Holy Sh** I went hiking today

Why is when something sounds like a good idea it turns out to be a REALLY bad one? So this week my boss and one of my coworkers told me about this really great hike not too far from my house. They said it was only 1.5 miles to the top and a lot of switchbacks so i am thinking hmmm must not be that bad and since it is beautiful here in southern CA i might as well get out there and enjoy it. BAD IDEA hahah so friday night I say to Blair "B my coworkers told me about a little hike we could go on." Now being the good friend that she is and knowing that I am trying to get back into better shape she of course agreed. Well around 10:30 am we drive about 15 min to the base of the so called small hike. we sat in the car for a good 5-7 min debating if we have just made the biggest mistake by going there. For the record we both HATE to camp and we HATE to hike hahah. after going back and forth we decide since we are already here we might as well give it a try so gatoraids in hand we start the long journey to the 360 degree view of san diego. Let me just say this the hike was not small and was wicked steep. the best part was they had a sign for ever quarter of a mile you walked. I knew after i saw that first 1/4 mile we had made a mistake but since neither of us wanted to quit we just kept chugging up a giant dirt rocky walkway. Half way up blair turned around and says "you owe me a trip to disneyland for this and we are so staying until midnight" hahah this is because we just went to disneyland and well i am ok if i only go once every 5 years and i could leave at 9 pm and be just fine. I think the only thing that got us to the top of the mountain was laughing over a convo we heard coming from 4 girls about our age... it went something like this:

"So that guy I went out with over the weekend he invited me to church with him. He told me god invites all children to come unto him."

So of course this perked blair and I's interest, but we could have NEVER guessed what was going to happen next. She stops looks at her friends and says.

"He was a mormon and was trying to convert me."

hahah we laughed so hard.

WEll to make a long story short we made it to the top of that damn mountain sweating bullets and breathing hard and decided we would never do it again. But i must say the breeze at the top and the view of everything was pretty amazing and it made me appreciate the 80 degree weather even more.Plus we stopped by sonic on our way home and crabbed a diet coke a diet strawberry limeaid rootbeer float and fresh fruit slush hahha Just so you can all see the view i added a picture of what it looks like at the top :)

Lots of random thoughts

I guess when you only blog once every 4 months you have a lot of different random ideas for the next time you blog. So much is going on in life that it is hard to even know where to start. first i moved to San diego, began paying way to much rent for a condo that I really love and started as I told my boss on the 3rd day of work.. "well there is day 3 of my career" the good news is my boss thought it was hilarious and i think that may have been when I decided heavenly father answered my prayer and sent me to the perfect PT clinic just for me. We listen to talk radio, we discuss the outragious amount of TV we both watch and I have some of the coolest patients ever, along with a few crazies but they keep it intersting.So even though i still say i hate to work I LOVE my job and along with the move i also turned 26. something i never thought would happen since in a lot of ways i still feel 16. Its funny how when we go through changes there are are so many ups and downs that go along with it. I feel so blessed to be in a profession that is safe in these crazy times. I feel beyond lucky to have the roomate i do and to be closer to the family i adore, yet sometimes i still feel unsettled and i am not really sure why. I've decided it must just be the feelings that come with being in the middle of your 20's and not knowing how life may turn out. but for today at 11:00 pm i have decided to focus on all the things that make me happy so here are a few of those things.

One of the reasons i moved to cali was to be closer to my brother phillip and his family. I have missed not getting to hang out with their kids which is why i love this new picture of aubrey and I


Today my niece brooklyn called me today and just kept saying hi joanna, i love you. this little girl makes me so happy. and doesn't Jackson make the cutest dragon. i love him so much


It has been so fun exploring SD with Blair. Its like i said all along, the best thing about Boston came with me to CA. And I am so lucky to have kacey be in my family


Riding the ferry to coronado island. Gotta love the view of my new city

Family vacations to bear lake. My mom threw this together and we had a blast. I am gratetful this is my eternal family.

Friends. I love them and since i have no sisteres heavenly father has done an excellant job putting amazing friends in my life

Taking my parents to fenway park. Its a day i won't ever forget.