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The Aftermath, So to Speak

So, here it is a few days later. It doesn't really hurt aside from getting stiff and the bruising. I promise you, these pictures don't do the coloring justice. Its really quite cool looking.

As you can see its still swollen, and bruised 2 or three inches up past my ankle bone. The bottome of my heel as well as the other side of my foot is all purdy lookin too. Before I get in trouble, I did have several medical professionals look at it. The fact that I have been able to walk on it with very little pain and have good range of motion is a VERY good sign. I didn't feel like wasting my time and the universitys money to go have it x-rayed only for them to tell me it stretched the tendons and ligaments and there is nothing they can do. Its not my first sprain, wont be my last!

I know you were dying to see a picture of my foot...

... So I have rather unhappily obliged...

Anyone guess what is wrong with that picture?

I will spare you the embarrassing details

i48 Reel Pirates Group Picture

A Hefty Goal

The best book ever. Matt and I have wanted it for a while, so last night we finally broke down and bought it. We have made a goal to do every hike on the book during our lifetime, starting this summer. There are some that I have already done, but we haven't done together. They range from quick 2 or 3 mile easy hikes to 4 or 5 day backpacking trips. You have no idea how excited we are to cross them off our list. Maybe I will put a scrapbook together with all the pictures from each hike... or maybe it will have its own blog. Hmmm... what do you think?

From Hawaii, With Love

Busy, Busy, Busy, Busy week.

Last week was insane. It is now Friday of the following week and I barely feel recovered. Just in time for another crazy week!

Last week myself and a few others from the Morrison Center worked at the SPEC (Special Events Center) over in the student union building. Its a pretend theater. Its actually quite ridiculous if you want my honest opinion. When it was built I am positive it was amazing, I would know, because my grandfather was on the project. But in the years following it has gotten NO LOVE and has fallen into disrepair. The fly rail (what makes things go up and down on stage and what you hang the lights on above stage) it SCARY, and incredibly unsafe. All of the lights were dirty and some just didn't work at all. The problem isn't that its a bad space, its that it doesn't have a staff aside from glorified janitors and audio visual guys who don't do more than plug mics in for events in the student union. Its both sad and frustrating to see something not utilized to its full (or even partial) potential.

That being said, we built a show there for The Trey McIntyre Project. I love these guys. They are a modern dance company who has made their home in Boise. Look them up, they are nothing short of amazing. This is my third show with these guys, and I love them more every time. Check out their tour schedule, if they come anywhere near you, GO!!

This guy is huge, he is well over 6ft... outstanding dancer

These 3 are my favs. The are so synchronized. Their timing and spacing together is impeccable.

Monday and Tuesday were spent building these guys, Wednesday was spent with my second show of the week The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Another AWESOME show. Hey, if I have to work all week, at least I am enjoying what I am doing!! I was able to work a position that night after load in where I was able to watch it while working. It has been a long time since I have truly laughed that hard during a musical. It pushed the envelope in so many different ways, and made us laugh about things we have needed to laugh about for a LONG time.


Thursday morning brought me back to the SPEC for tech rehearsals. A friend and I were running follow spot through these windows, and mine was lucky enough to have a frame right smack dab in the middle of it. In order to be able to shoot my light through the bottom window, I had to raise myself up enough to look out of the top window. I was on a bar stool, on a box that was hardly wide enough for the stool, running the light from behind. Needless to say it wasn't the most ideal situation, but I made it work. After a long day of tech rehearsals I headed over to the Morrison to fill in for someone who called in sick. Its a good thing I like her because that was 5 hours of sleepy time I was looking forward to.

Friday was opening night for Trey. Awesome, awesome show. As usual. After show my 3 fellow MC buddies ran over to the MC to start load out for Spelling Bee while I ran the spot for a Q and A with Trey. The longest they had ever gone in the past was 20 minutes. 35 minutes later I got out of there and ran myself over to MC to help with load out. I think we got out of there around 1am.

Saturday we were up at 5am, grabbed breakfast and met with a whole gaggle of people from Silverdraft (the movie studio) to participate in the i48 film competition. Our team name was Reel Pirates and we had a blast together!! It started at 6pm the night before with our info packet. In our packet we received a genre (silent film) a prop (dice as well as a line in the film and a name or something. They started writing the script that night, we film the next day, and edit the following day and turn it in by 6pm, exactly 48 hours later. They decided to film at the Morrison Center. Ugghhh... I felt like I was at work... lol. We got there, and the first shoot of the day was on the fourth floor. The only way to get up there was up a skinny metal spiral staircase. So we lugged all the film equipment up 78 stairs. We worked on the film for a few hours before I had to book it over to the SPEC to do a matinee with Trey. Another successful show. Went back to MC and worked on the film for a few hours and ran back to the SPEC for the final show and load out. The day was finally done at 1am.



It was a crazy week, but everything I was involved in was so much fun! Now We need to get rested up for Miss Idaho next week! Go Meg Rowe!!!

Memorial Weekend Camping

We decided rather last minute to go camping this past weekend. We left Saturday in hopes of finding somewhere to camp due to the busy weekend. Needless to say, we found a spot. Ella really enjoyed being outside even if she didn't enjoy the drive up. She got Dramamine...
NO PUKING!!!

We got set up, ate some food, drove down the road further to Atlanta. Not much there, but it was gorgeous. I would totally move there. The river up that far was all run off and almost completely clear. It was gorgeous and I am sad I didn't get more pictures. It rained once we got back to camp, and as you can see the river was moving pretty fast so fishing wasn't very good but that didn't really dampen our spirits. The sound of the rain hitting my tent is comforting. One of my favorite sounds in the world. There is nothing better than being in the wilderness, no cell service, just Matt and I and our dogs. I am so grateful I am able to do that less than an hour away from my home!!

Piper knows the drill, she is an awesome little camper. She is always off leash, and stays close to camp. When she is tired she goes in the tent and cuddles up in someones sleeping bag. Ella was off leash part of the time. We only had to chase her down once, so I was pretty happy for this being her first trip. It will be a whole different story when we take her brother with us next time. The might split half a brain when they are together.

quick update

Our Internet has been down the last week or so so everything has to be accessed from our phones. I had the two previous posts saved but not published. I have a lot more show pictures and photos of Ellas first camping trip. Soon, hopefully.

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Ella Bella

She's getting so big!

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Zoo Boise

While Matts parents were in town we made it to the Boise Zoo. Neither of us had been there in more than 5 years and were pleasantly surprised at several improvements that have been made. It's a very nice start!

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A Wonderful Find

I was digging through some bags of old pictures that was given to me to scan when to my surprise I found some wedding pictures I hadn't seen before including this one that just happened to bring a tremendous amount of tears to my eyes.

My grandfather and I dancing on my wedding day

I thought I didn't have one... and the ones I did were blurry and from quite a distance.
This was the one picture I kicked myself over and over and over for not getting. For as long as I can remember Grandad danced with all of his granddaughters at every wedding reception we ever attended. Although it isn't fair to my sisters, I consider myself incredibly lucky to have been the only one to dance with him on my wedding day, and I am happy beyond words to now have a picture to remember it by.