I'm Excited About . . .

I have a few things going on these next few days that I'm excited about.

- I'll be going on a date a little later this week. Dinner and shoot some pool, I believe . . .

- I have an interview at Targhee on Sunday. (Eeeh! SO excited about that. I have a strong desire to be a total ski bum this winter. It may be my last real opportunity to do so before I hit school hard.)

- I'm going water skiing today. So stoked.

Life is good, people.

Date with my best man!

Today I went on a date. With Levi. :) We went to Idaho Falls and had sushi, and went folfing, and shopping . . . and to Hastings. Just the two of us. No one else. :) It was a pretty epic day! There was even a kiss involved . . . and I have proof!

I love him. <3

Is This A Joke??

Lately I've been selling a lot of stuff on Craigslist, KSL . . . the works . . . so I wasn't surprised when my phone rang with a 208 number I didn't recognize. But I was surprised by the conversation that took place. Now you all know I live for this exact kind of opportunity, but . . . can't lie . . . it caught me off guard.

Me: "Hello?"
Female Caller: "Who dis?"
Me: " . . . Hello?"
Female Caller: "I said, who dis?"
Me: "Umm . . . this is Cortney. Who's this?"
Female Caller: "Girl you know who I is. And I know you been calling my man! A ton, gurrrl! Your number is all up over is phone. A LOT!:
Me:" . . . Is this a joke? Because, if so . . . bravo. You've totally just owned me."
Female Caller: "Hell no this ain't no joke, gurrrl. Why you callin' my man? Huh? Why?"
Me: "I-- . . . sorry?"
Female Caller: "He in love wit me, Boo. You need ta back off."
Me: "Ummm . . . "
(She hangs up.)

Later, the same number calls back. I of course answer. :)

Me: "Hello?"
(Recording of a man): "Baby, don't say a word, just listen. I'm in trouble, Boo. I got arrested. I need you to bring some cash down to the jailhouse and post my bail. I know I ain't treated you right, but girl, believe me when I tell you I love you. And I know I caused you lots of trouble and pain, but I need you to come through for me right now, baby girl . . ."

I tried to say something, but the guy didn't stop talking, which is why I assume it was a recording. Maybe she was playing an actually recording for me - her boyfriend's "other lover" - to make me jealous . . . ?? (Would that really work on a real "other lover"??) Or maybe this was all some elaborate joke by someone I know. If so . . . well played.

Well. Played.

Heart Broken.

My heart is so broken right now. The past couple of days have been pretty rough. Yesterday I officially lost someone important in my life (not via death, thank goodness - but he's gone for good) and today I lost two of my babies. I had to "rehome" them. I SWORE to myself and to them that I'd have them until they died so that they'd never have to go through the trauma of being rehomed, but I simply couldn't keep that promise. It was easy when I had a hubby to take on half the responsibility and cost, but as a single girl, it was too much. So I had to give my girls to a better home.

I had to do it for so many reasons.

A) It was expensive to do vaccinations/teeth cleaning/annual checkups for 3 dogs each year.
B) It was a lot of work caring for all three - making sure they were fed and exercised enough as well as given enough attention.
C) It was almost impossible to go anywhere, and pet daycare is expensive.
D) (And this is the biggest reason) It was too expensive to find an apartment with all three dogs. And that's IF I could even find one that allows three pets. (Most allow 2 at most.)

Omg, though. I'm in so much pain right now. It wasn't too hard letting Remi go. She's very social and loves people, so I knew she would adjust just fine. Letting Harley go, though, was brutal. She fought so hard when the lady took her away. She was thrashing around and looking at me with the most panicked look in her eyes. I can't even think about it. It crushes me. And I get this overwhelming feeling that I just made the biggest mistake.

I pray that she will adjust soon. It was especially hard because she was my favorite of all my babies. I know you aren't supposed to have favorites, but she was just so sweet. And she made it very obvious that she loved me. I don't think my other dogs loved me as much as she did.

Shit. I can't talk about it at all. This sucks.

I hope I made the right choice. I guess I'll know soon enough. In the meantime, it's just me and my baby boy now.

Levi

I have to take just a moment and brag about how adorable my little dog is. Isn't he so cute?!

I <3 that little boy. :)

Nailed it.

I had a date yesterday, and it was a lot of fun! The boy drove 6 hrs on Tuesday night just to see me (is that cute, or what?) and got here around 10 p.m. and stayed the night. We cuddled up on the couch and watched a movie. He even played with my hair the whole time. :) No makeout, though. It was a first date. ;) Pretty sure I fell asleep about 50 different times while he massaged my head. Haha. Then we headed into IF Wednesday for some sushi and a movie. We also got some frozen yogurt and chased some birds.

I'd say it was a win. :)

You know what else is a win? These shoes.

If I had had ANYTHING that went with those, I probably would have purchased them. They were about $60. But I seriously think they are wicked cute. They make my calf bulge a little bit, but . . . meh.

. . . Speaking of bulging calves. I took the most disgusting photo of my own leg (completely by accident) and now I'm going to share it with you.

I accidentally took this picture while I was pushing myself up with my leg to get off the couch. Upon seeing this photo, I decided I need to ease up on the running and strength training and maybe stick with just walking for a little bit. Yikes. That's a little TOO muscular. (In my defense, my muscle is flexed really tight right here. It doesn't just bulge like this all the time.)

Oh! But check out the cute mani/pedi I gave myself! It's a little girly for my personality - Okay . . . a lot girly -, but for some reason I'm still diggin' it.

They match. :) I don't know why I've been so girly the past few months, but I think it's just a phase. I hope it's just a phase, actually.

Oh! And I finally took a legit duck-face photo of myself, and I'm pretty darn excited about it. It was brought to my attention that I failed to take it while in a bathroom. And I realized a little too late that I'm actually supposed to be lifting my shirt to just below bra level . . . but I think the messy bed in the background sort of makes up for all of that . . . right??

. . . Nailed it.

Lagoon!

Lagoon was awesome. (Of course!) My date fell through, but I still had an excellent time. We arrived at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, rode rides aaaalllll day until they closed at 11 p.m. and then bounced back the next day for about 6 more hours.

I was super proud of myself for two reasons. But before I explain that, you have to understand something. When I was about 14, my family and I were all traveling to Florida when our plane hit an air pocket and dropped for about 4 seconds. That doesn't sound like a long time, but in the moment it really was. And it did some damage. Before that, I LOVED rides. ALL rides. But after that experience I could no longer handle rides that dropped at a very steep angle, so I never tried anymore roller coasters that were very extreme and I avoided the Rocket like the plague.

I hadn't been on any rides in about 7 years, so this weekend I decided that I was going to forget all about my past experiences and just go for the "scary" rides. When we first got to the park, we started off easy with rides like the "Tilt-O-Whirl" and the "Scrambler" and then slowly worked our way up to the more extreme rides. We tried the new "Air Race" ride.

As you can see in the picture, it's just a ride that takes you around in circles while spinning you upside down at the same time. It was, of course, AWESOME! So then we started skipping the "kiddy" rides and going straight for the big guns. We pretty much spent most of our time on rides like The Samurai, The Mouse, The Spider, Colossus, and . . .

Wicked. :)

Yep. Straight up and straight down.

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

But here is my one crazy story from the whole weekend.

We all decided to go on Colossus. (By "all" I mean, me, my mom and dad, Aubrey, Wyatt, Sophie, Janelle and Milo.) There was no line, so we got on right away and we got on right at the very front. Sophie and I actually had the front seats.

Anyway . . . The ride starts climbing and just as it gets to the very top of the roller coaster, right before it starts down it's first drop . . . it stops. Stops. We're all like "uhhhh . . . .". We sit there for about 5 minutes before someone finally climbs her butt to the top to tell us there are "maintenance issues" and we should be finishing our ride at any moment. By now we are all a little freaked out. But we all REALLY start freaking out when we see a car from Wicked start to climb that big hump . . . make it half-way up . . . and then shoot back down into the tunnel. It's NOT supposed to do that. For some reason, witnessing that was like the last straw for our party. We were telling the lady that we would be just as happy to get off the ride as to finish it out. She responded with, "Well, we may have to evacuate you, but it'll have to be one at a time for safety reasons, starting at the back."

Hooray! That means I go last. My whole party goes last. Haha.

Then the lady tells us that what happened over on Wicked is actually really common . . . ??? Ummm . . . yikes.

Finally Colussus started moving again and we rode the ride.
We were all shaken up pretty good after all that went down, so we rode a few more kiddy rides until we could get up the nerve to hit up some more roller coasters. Haha.

So, remember how I said I don't like rides that drop you straight down? Well, here is the part where I tell you why I'm proud of myself: I rode the Rocket. Multiple times. And the experience was amplified by the fact that my first time was well after dark. In fact, it was really incredible and I LOVED it. It's by far my favorite of all the rides. (Followed by Wicked and then The Spider.)

Here are a few random pictures we took this weekend.