4th of July - Week in Review

So it may have been a short week but it has been a busy one. It started off with my sister and her kids moving to Ohio. I still get sad when i think about it. We spent the weekend playing around downtown and trying to stay hydrated. Tony Caputo's was definitely a highlight (for the AC and the Meatball sub). I will miss my family greatly but they are moving on to Podiatry school near Cleveland so if the universe sees fit to have me be the sole member of my family in Utah I can live with that (for now).

Next up, I had a quick trip to Denver for the U of U's annual night at the Rockies. They were playing the Padres so I was more than willing to go. Turns out the Padres barely took the field and played some slophouse ball that produced the Rockies shortest game on record (nice Friar's, real nice - I took crap from everyone for the rest of the night).

The flight back was amusing. I sat near a lady that thought we were going to crash from the moment we took off. She spent most the flight bracing herself against the seat in front of her. I was glad that this was a 1+2 seat configuration - I would not have done too good if we were seated next to each other.

After landing I experienced some turbulence that almost grounded me. My trusty iPhone had been crippled. The speaker for the ear piece was no longer working. I had to use the speaker phone setting to hear my voicemail and make calls. NOT COOL. I restored my phone using iTunes and crossed my fingers. No luck. I bolted to the Apple store before it closed and after 15 minutes in the store and dinkin' around on Facebook with my phone it miraculously started working again. How does it always happen that things are never broken when you need them to be broken?!

Lucky for me two employees fiddled with my phone when I first got there so they were witnesses to my predicament and that I wasn't crazy. I had to go back the next day and after 5 minutes the tech guy disappeared and came back with a new iPhone. SWEET! I was planning on selling my phone in the coming months and it had a few dings and scratches but now I have a perfectly clean and shiny iPhone. My week was salvaged, that is of course until I went grocery shopping a left a bag at the checkout counter. Normally I would shrug that kind of snafu off but the bag contained the hot dogs and queso for the 4th. Back in the car and back to Harmon's. The day was never going to end.

In all of my forgetful moments and challenges this week I was proud that I kept things in perspective and never really got frustrated. I am getting more adept at laughing at myself and life in general. Work has turned me into a serious and staunch person that is not who I really am. I'm actively working to shed the uptight and stern-faced guy I have evolved into over the past year. Moving on...

I wrapped the week with some dog sitting that entailed a trip to Tanner Park, a walk to the Sugarhouse Arts Festival (not so artsy, no so festivaly either), a few laps around Sugarhouse Park and a quiet night of watching fireworks from my deck. I have one of the best views in the city and was stoked to have an empty house - it was nice to only entertain myself (and a dog).

For those that missed out on the fireworks you can check out the video below.

Enjoy.

Just before the show began...