SUNDAY - It was our ward's turn for church again. The Sacrament went smoothly and it was so silent! Josh and I gave the opening and closing prayers. The Bishop forgot to announce that I was saying the prayer in his opening remarks, so during the opening song, I leaned over and asked Josh if I was supposed to do it when the song ended, to which he said yes. During the song, the Bishop realized his mistake about not announcing it, and he was staring at me to make eye contact. He saw the interaction between Josh and I, and he nodded 'yes' to me, and then we both laughed! It was funny! We ate with Ed & Kathy and Grandma in the yard, and then Ryan and Amanda stopped by for a bit, too. Josh and I went to the Judy's house that afternoon. We played SkipBo with Dallin & Jen 3 times; the 3rd time we played "Speed SkipBo" to get it done faster before Dallin had to go to work at the hospital. Josh took Jen and Sam on motorcycle rides before we went home. We sat in the Triple S for a bit, and Amanda joined us. Then the 3 of us soaked in the hot tub for a while, which was so relaxing and therapeutic for me!
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| We caught Micah soaking in the hot tub for his first time! |
MONDAY - I drove for River Shuttles for the first time this summer. I was on the Carey Creek crew, which thankfully had changed a lot since last year. There were a lot of different drivers, and the really negative/problematic ones weren't driving anymore, which made it a much nicer day for me. Julie Demick was the driver, and we had lots of good conversation on the long ride back. It was the best day I've ever had on the Carey Creek crew! Also, that was the first day that Hwy 95 was open south of Riggins since the massive rockslide happened 3 weeks prior, which saved an hour or more, and we got back to town by 9:30pm, which was awesome! It was a long day--I had to be to work by 5:45am. I was glad to feel purposeful again (I'd been a little depressed for over a week, and it felt good to be working again). Josh waited up for me that night, which was so sweet of him, so when I got home at 10, we were able to go to bed together, and he told me about his day riding and hiking up Kirtley Creek.
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| There was a pilot car detour around the rockslide; they'd moved/exploded enough rock to have enough room to drive on a one-lane gravel road around it. |
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| Josh's favorite wildflower, the Indian Paintbrush |
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| A snowman in July! |
TUESDAY - I drove again for River Shuttles, but this time for the Boundary Creek crew. They had SO many cars that needed to be pulled out that they did a double run, but I didn't because I told Conny I needed to be home by 5 that night since I already had plans. I drove a nice Ford truck with the eco-boost, my favorite! It was a sweet ride! I got back to town about 3:30. Josh grilled up some pork chops for dinner before he left to Men's League, and then Jen, Amanda & Ryan, and John came over to watch "Hamilton" the musical, which had recently been released on Disney + on July 3. I'd been dying to watch it since then! But I waited because I wanted to watch it with friends, rather than by myself. I talked to Jen about it, and knew it needed to happen on a Tuesday night when Josh was gone golfing, but then we decided to wait to watch it when Amanda was in town. Then the viewing party grew: Ryan and John joined us, too. It was fun watching it with other people! When Josh got home, he finished watching the show with us as well. Sadly, Jen had to leave since her husband was working, and then Josh, John, Amanda, and I soaked in the hot tub together. It was the first time we've had 4 adults in it, and was the vision we had for the hot tub when we got it--to sit with our friends and enjoy it together. We've soaked in Hot Springs with John and Amanda for years, and this was a dream we'd all discussed together. We soaked for about 45 minutes, and it was heavenly! We saw the stars, had fun conversation, and it was so relaxing! It was a perfect ending to our fun evening!
WEDNESDAY - I drove for River Shuttles in the morning down to Cache Bar. I got to drive the same sweet truck as the previous day. Unfortunately, though, after I got out of the truck and into the shuttle van to take us to Corn Creek, I realized I didn't have my phone with me. I searched my seat in the shuttle van, but it wasn't there. After we picked up our new vehicles at Corn Creek and were coming back through Cache Bar, Conny helped me break back into the truck. We searched everywhere for it, but couldn't find it there, either. I looked on the road where I'd gotten out of the truck and walked to the van, but didn't see it. It straight up disappeared. We stopped at the North Fork store on our way to town, and I gave them my name, a description of the phone, and Josh's phone number in case it turned up. The circumstances around its disappearance were mind-boggling to me! When we got back to town, I went down to the golf course to talk to Josh and gave him the bad news. I was rather distraught about it, but he handled it well. When he got home from work, we planted new Privot bushes along the ditch to replace the 20+ bushes that died 3 years ago in the bitter freezing sub-zero temps we had for a couple weeks. When it started raining, we went inside and Josh helped me order a new replacement phone. Amanda and Ryan came over that evening and we watched a few new episodes of Yellowstone together. It was nice to spend time with them in the evenings!
THURSDAY - I drove for River Shuttles again to Cache Bar/Corn Creek in the morning. I looked again all over the road where I had been the previous day, and searched again in the van, but still came up empty-handed. My phone was old, and was needing to be replaced; in fact, when I started driving for River Shuttles, Josh told me that my first paycheck should go towards buying a new phone, and he was right--that statement definitely came true! Once I got over the initial shock of losing it, I realized the timing was good to replace it, it was just weird to be without it in the meantime! Amanda colored my hair when I got home from driving. I'd had my previous hairstyle of "Neopolitan" bangs with stripes of red (or pink), blonde, and dark brown for 5 years, and I was ready for a change. Since my hair had been growing out (due to COVID, the salons were closed for months), I thought a change in color would be nice to go with the new style, too. I decided to go with a dark brown all over because I'm tired having "dirty" blonde or "mousy" brown hair. I told Amanda I wanted a dark, rich color instead. Since my hair is thinning, I thought a dark color may make it look more full, too. She colored it and trimmed it in her trailer, and then she helped me style it in a new way, too. It's a lot darker than I thought it would be, but I liked it after she styled it, and so did Josh! He told me my hair was sexy, which he's never told me before!
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FRIDAY - Amanda and I woke up early and drove into town to watch the sunrise over the mountains. I took her to the golf course and drove her up on the gator to the new, unfinished lookout tee on Hole #9. The sunrise was gorgeous! We watched the pinks turn to orange, and then fade to yellow, and finally to white before the sun crested. It was very peaceful and relaxing to behold. I can see why Josh likes being at the golf course so early each morning! We went to go get some chai teas and then came home and soaked in the hot hot tub for about 45 minutes. It was the first time I've soaked in it in the morning. It was just lovely! I exercised and blogged during the day, and that night we went out to dinner with John, Amanda, and Ryan to the Water's Edge Pizza in Gibbonsville. The food was delicious, but the place was packed, so we sat outside at a table on the grass. Some of Amanda's high school friends were there, and she bantered with them through and after dinner. On the way back to town, we stopped at Dallin and Jen's to play games and see the outdoor projects they've completed this summer. Josh was absolutely exhausted, and Ryan kept approaching their big dog Shiloh, which made the dog bark incessantly which in turn annoyed Josh. Jen's high school friend and her family were visiting, and they were trying to teach us a new game called "Dominion" that Josh wasn't understanding, and he finally got irritated with all the circumstances that he wanted to leave. John wasn't getting the game either, and Ryan was getting cold, so everyone else in our party except me left. However, I stayed and played games with Dallin and Jen and their friends Erica and Scott until midnight! I love playing games and was so glad for the chance to play with people, even though I stayed alone to do it!
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| I have no photos of the beautiful sunrise, because my phone was AWOL, but thankfully, Josh had his phone and took lots of photos from his perspective while working on the course. |
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