I feel like the older I get, the shorter my summers feel.  It’s so sad…

These last two weeks have flown, and it is almost the middle of August!  I feel guilty that I haven’t embraced summer like I should have.  Settling in at my new job has really taken up the majority of my life lately.  I haven’t been to the pool even ONCE!  I missed all the family trips to Lake Powell (on both sides) and it just doesn’t feel like summer was even here.

So these last two weeks I have made an honest effort with Zach to enjoy the perks of summer on our weekends together.

Friday we went to dinner and a movie with my parents downtown.  We saw Crazy Stupid Love with my man, Steve.  I still love him better as Michael Scott, but it was SUCH a cute movie.  My parents where officially the “loudest laughers” in the theater.  Oh also, in the movie…the word “Va jay jay” was used, you know…a nickname for a part of the female anatomy?  My mom and I were laughing and my dad leans over and asks…“Guys, what’s a Jay Jay?” Awesome.

Saturday morning we went to the Farmer’s Market.

It was so packed, and we loved every second of it.  They had these two guys selling these modern concrete planters, I would have left with ten if I could lift even ONE of them.  I’m goin’ back though…with a forklift.  I left with a bag full of fresh basil and cilantro and a loaf of amazing wheat bread….and Zach left with his Snowie.  We both were in heaven.  We shopped around the Gateway for a few hours and then went out to one of our favorite new places, thanks to the recommendation of my in-laws, Caffe Molisee.  I am obsessed with their angel hair pasta.  AND they have a gorgeous patio to eat out on too, if you can brave the SLC summer heat.

At work I’ve been working with some pretty high-profile clients.  One being Mrs. Fields and TCBY yogurt (they are both owned by the same person).  Tuesday, one of the ladies in marketing treated us to a visit to the tasting room.  I felt like I was in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.  Actually, I felt like this kid…

Yeah, that was me.  That white stuff was frozen yogurt, and the chocolate was…you know.  I was serious when I told them they could pay me in Cookie Cakes.  You know, those giant cookies with the frosting letters?  That’s what I want on my final day of design with those guys.

Along with MF and TCBY, I am working on an amazing Adidas project.  For the record, it is pronounced Ahhh dee daaas.  You know, like audit, but without the ‘it’?  I felt like a fool, but luckily my co-worker corrected me before the VP of Marketing came in for a visit.  Can you imagine, me calling it UH DEE DUHS?  That would have been awkward.

Even though my summer has dwindled away, we still have 3 weeks left of August.  That’s good enough for me, and we’re going to make ’em count!  Some highlights including:   attending our first Bee’s game of the season, going to our annual Bear Lake trip with my family and some family friends next weekend, celebrating Zach’s birthday at the USC vs. Utah game in Cali, eating at Ruth’s Diner, hiking Ensign Peak (Zach’s never done it…maybe he’ll get lucky up there), and having a few more BBQ’s.  My new job doesn’t really lend itself to vacation time, so I’m looking forward to our anniversary already.  Summer will be over soon, but at least we have November!

We don’t know where we’re goin’…

but it’s going to be a BLAST!