powell

first trip to lake powell!! wahooo!!


ryan and shelly have a houseboat down there which is super cool, and it was the first time i'd ever been on a houseboat. it's said house then boat, not boat house--sometimes i said it wrong...  anyways, the weekend after labor day is supposedly the best time to go since the lake isn't very crowded and the weather is super awesome since it isn't so hot, but still great weather.


it rained.


hahah but it was still so fun! the oldies (allison, shane, emily, jason, me and dawes) got to sleep up on top under the stars and under the bats--eeeek! there's a wicked slide off the back, and two bathrooms. it was wayyy cool.! we spent our days wake boarding, skiing, and tubing. fun!!!!


but the sad part was, mike wasn't there. and the cell service was horrible. occassionally, in the evenings, i'd get service up on top before i fell asleep, nothing great though. it was hard. ten days away from my man. yuck.


tuesday rolls around and dawes had to head back to slc for work. i definitely hitched a ride back with him. i know it sounds dumb or lame or whatever, but i was going crazy and was soo sad and was missing mike way way way too much. the skin around my eyes was all dried out from crying. judge me.


i had this awesome plan to surprise him at work. i text him and told him my cousin, dani, was going to swing by before nine and drop off some make up she wanted to exchange. he didn't suspect a thing. i was doing such a good job not to text him or anything on the ride home. and occassionally when i did i just would say all the fun things we had done or food we ate--boring stuff couples text about when they are missing each other. 845 rolls around and i creep into his office. i saw he was on a call so i walk behind him and kiss his cheek. he thought i was dani!! hahaha and he was so confused! and then he was just staring at me and had to say a couple times to his customer, "yeah, i'm still here."


that night he left me a cute note about how much he loves me. seriously, did one of his sisters tell him to write love notes all the time? how did he learn this ancient, forgotten skill. he's amazing. and i'm so happy to be home.


*le nonne & pear pasta*