I'd Rather be Repulsive, but Thanks.

Beginning Sidenote: Once upon a time I went to jackson these passed three days. & guess what!

I saw a baby bear!! I holga'd the crap out of him & jackson hole for that matter, but then in true Babbitt fashion, I forgot my multi colored joy in my friends backpack. There goes my whole summer...

just kidding..

kind of..

bah.

Anyways, recently I have become aware that I am not perfect looking...

Shocker. (!!)

I am not what society tells women they should look like. & most people aren't.

But this is it, I realized that if I was, I would have a complete and udder shizzy boring life. I will elaborate because it is my blog, and I can ramble here. Great!

I don't have (perfect skin)

I have freckles, sunburns, and blemishes because I have spent thousands of hours under the wonderful hot sun and enjoying the company with the ones I love. Sometimes my face isn't clean because I am too tired to wash it from having too much fun that day & I just crash.

I don't have (perfect legs)

They have scars, cuts, scrapes and bruises almost always. These are from discovering the trail less traveled, falling off my scooter when racing down a giant hill or trying to keep up with my gang that jumps off curbs, sliding down thousands of slides, and climbing huge mountains. If I had perfect legs, I would probably be a very very boring person with no stories of adventures and no prospects for future adventures in fear of a scratch to ruin all my hard work of keeping perfect legs. (barf)

I am not (perfectly toned)

I like food. Hate me for it.

Also, I have other interests then how much weight I want to lose or how many carbs I need to avoid, like what books I want to read next or the next camera I want to learn more about. I don't spend all my time obsessing over my weight, starving myself, and running till my body is what is considered a perfect size/proportion. Yes I try to be healthy, stay active, & run as much as possible, but I know just by living my life to the fullest like I try to do, there will not be room for a substantial amount of extra weight on my bones, and I'm okay with that. I am an avid believer in being healthy and active and support those who want to be that way but really, eating four raisons at dinner is a bit much.

I don't have (perfectly polished fingernails/manicure)

You can't climb with them. You can't be outside or else the color will fade. You cant do one thing fun with them except look polished and pretty (which is great for special occasions by all means) but really, your not going to live it up because of a little lacquer on your nails? Come on! Secretly, I love seeing my chipped nail polish and uneven lengths because it usually means that I conquered a seemingly impossible rock wall and left a little peice of it to make sure it remembers who climbed who.

I don't have (perfectly pouffed hair)

Let the wind have it's way with it! It usually is curly out of control, sun bleached in random places from many hot days spent in the sun, and damaged from chlorine, lake water, river water, dirt from backcountry trails, and worn from many days of pony tails to keep it out of my face while I am having too much fun to worry about what it's doing. Who cares if you come into a room with perfect hair if you have nothing interesting to say? zZzZzZzZ

I realized all these beauty flaws are because a real person does not get ready to sit in a plastic bubble.

Hair goes flat, legs get prickley, and blemishes turn up, but it is the journey of these flaws is what's really important. Obviously, there ARE some days that these things are VERY important like wedding days, interviewing for a new job, or a hot date night. But this is it, in the past I realized I too have become victim of letting these things become way too important in my daily living which is a crying freaking shame.

If you feel like this, like you aren't perfect, or are less then decent looking some days please remember that you have a life, and you live it, and that is one bajilion times more important and interesting than taking a pretty picture or being the most put together girl in the room with nothing to talk about and nothing to offer when asked about your life. Girls worry about looks too much sometimes, when we should be enjoying the time we have here to be sucking every adventure & knowledge out of life we can! I vow here and now to keep an eye out for this and CTR when spontaneously challenged to jump in the water or to put the top down and let the wind and sun warm my face and mess up my hair & I challenge you to try the same and see how much more fun and passion you get out of life! Just something I was thinking about.. nbd. 'Till next time!

G.I.R.L. T.A.L.K.

This post is dedicated to all things (girl talk).

First off, let's talk about the concert. Yep, it was a good one! pretty sure it was because I had my beautful, hilarious friends with me and some of my favorite boy friends with us too. Probaly didnt stop having fun until my head hit the pillow that morning.

Exhibit A.

It started off like this. 11 people riding down to slc, yes your read it right eleven, young sweaty adults crammed into a sweet vintage VW van with no AC & only two baby windows in the back and a box of otter pops. It was about 90 something degree weather and the van hit a whopping 35 mph in the canyon. It was really one of those experiences you get an out of body experience for a sec and under any other circumstance think to yourself that these conditions would be more than unpleasant, but because they were with my best friends, and going to a rad concert and just the mere fact that I had more otter pops then I could eat, it made it an experience that made me think, I could die a happy happy person at that instant. It really is one of the best memories I think I will have of the summer merely based on the car ride down.

Yeah it got a little crowded..

Hi, I love my friends & Salt Lake. And my freakin blessed out of my mind, life.

The concert! Yeah we're about 2nd row, it's just what you gotta do.

The after concert pizza stop. Tonight it was at a place called Este on 2nd & 2nd In downtown Salt Lake. It was freaking deee lish. I'd pick it over The Pie anyday but get it straight, there is a strict

NO RANCH

NO PINEAPPLE

NO REDSOX

policy.

It is not a joke, when one asks for ranch the man points to the sign and says we don't sell ranch here. To be fair it is so good you don't really need it, but there is a definite "hatred of the man" vibe in this joint. No doubt there is a lot of talk of how consumerism is crippling our society back in the kitchen and maybe even some politically based bumper stickers on the oven doors promoting a government free economy. Okay I have no idea but it has good pizza and you feel really hipster just being there so if that tickles your fancy check it out!

Well, That's all for now. I am so freaking blessed to have such a fun & enjoyable life this summer it's insane. It's amazing how much fun you have when you don't let the things you can't change matter to you. That is oe of the biggest things that ake me so happy that i have rencetly learned. Money, People, The Future, The Past, some things I used to make myself crazy about but this summer I have learned to come what may and love it. Heavenly Father's plan will work out perfectly (literally) for me so i really don't need to worry about all the things I can't do anything about. Just living my life, and trying to keep a prayer in my heart and an eye open for all the knowledge I can take from every experience. Meanwhile I am having a blast along the way! Woop, till next time friends! You're great!

Blog OVerload

Oh Hi!!!!

Can we talk about how I have been such a sucky blogger lately? (sorry Mom!)

This is it, I have been so freaking busy!

These passed weeks have been such a whirlwind of greatness it's probably unfair.

Lets talk about it.

3rd

I think this was the right day.. but one day I went climbing and swimming & cliff jumping all in the same day! It started off like this,

& Ended Like This,

This was a great day!

4th

Bear Lake with my freennnns for fireworks & tons of fresh mosquito bites! The highlights were Le Beaus after & a surprise visit from Log Cabin Boyz (they are great)

Sunset.

5th

Laying out with my great friends Mon & Shalee @ the pool!

6th

Work. Taco Tuesday!! Yep, it still happens even when schools out. Another reason why Cafe Rio is de best!

7th

Work, then boating with my great buddys spence, nate, & dusty!

Story Time:

Once upon a time I got invited to go with all my friends and then they all had to work, like responsible adults. Barf. So I went with these crazy boys boating. Upon waiting for friends to return to the boat with our cheesy sticks and pizza, (sidenote, Pizza Plus. Can we talk about the best cheesy sticks in Cache Valley? honest to goodness fb) so while waiting we went for a little drive. We stumbled upon a bunch of high school kids jumping off this cliff so we could not pass up this cliff jumping experience. It was pretty legit, 25 - 30 ft at least and had a rope to climb up to get to the top. When we got up the kids so helpfully informed us that you hit bottom every time you jump and if you don't jump out far enough it's suicide (their exact words, no freaking joke!) I said HI WHAT THE EFF I AM LEGIT CLIMBING DOWN THE BABY ROPE THIS FRIGGEN INSTANT YOU FOOLS! but then they said it was just soft mud.. So my friend went for it and made it alive, but in my head was just this > once upon a time my friends watched this video of a guy not jumping out far enough and splitting his face open, is this going to be me in five seconds? Am I going to be the new most hit youtube video of a cliff jump gone terribly wrong? What if I lose my footing at the last second and fall into a muddy clay ball of death?

..five seconds later I stopped thinking and ran for it. I have a new love for running off cliffs. it was seriously the best cliff I have ever jumped off of and freaking I could've swore I turned into a soaring hawk in the middle of it. So Legit! I did hit bottom like the kids said but it was more of a bucket full of soft clay and water. I have recently discovered the feeling of doing scary things and loving it. Usually I just do it cuz everyone is pressuring me and I get it over with. but these passed couple of months, I have been loving looking fear in the face and saying "Suck it Trebeck, I want this adventure in my life and I want to make it my playtoy." I have been enjoying my life to the fullest all the more ever since scared or not scared. It is a great feeling to feel like you control your life and not letting fear control you. Even if it is just jumping into a muddy lake.

8th

Work & then Modest Mouse concert!! It was a friggen zoo of probably every drunk "Your teamer" in Salt Lake! I honestly would have rather paid 30 bucks and had it in a venue where I didn't get nearly decapitated by a speeding beer can. Don't worry it didn't hit me, it hit the much taller man 5 inches away from me and sprayed all over me. I am lucky, but definitely thinking twice about going into the crowd again without some protective gear. Bury Me With It, was so worth all the madness of the crowd though, it was the only song I was up at the very front for and it was perfect timing. I have a black and blue left foot to prove it too.

9th & 10th

Camping with Mon, Ivan, Matt, Jackson & Lauren & a couple of their buddies! Tubing was so much fun! My body is toe' up!

Story time:

Once upon a time I love tubing. It is my only joy in life. Okay not really but I really really love it so sometimes it can get a little crazy. Anyways so I'm tubing you know and I get so tired so I get flipped off going about warped speed. Somehow on my way from the tube into the water, I managed to kick the back of my left calf with my right foot. I don't even know how it happened but I think the water and speed played a big role in it! Don't worry the entire top of that foot is now blue and the back of my left calf pretty much has a permanent charlie horse in it for the passed two days.. This is it, One thing you need to know about me is that 99.9 percent of the injuries that occur in my life are usually some how self inflicted.

Translation - I'm retarded

(Ps. Happy Birthday to my friend Gingabawls today too)

This week I am looking forward to

Getting some summer reading done

Working & kicking butt learning all the new denim styles & selling the crap out of them

Getting new fishes to replace the ones I killed on accident (not as traumatic as last time but still sad to see one little lonely fish in his tank) ps. I found out today from my sis that his name is Scooter. :)

G.I.R.L. T.A.L.K. Thursday in SLC with my bff's. Yeah, it's gonna be semi insane.

Getting all my FREE food that I won from beating Cort in California Speed. I won about 5 times in a row, so he is pretty much feeding me all this week. :)

Climbing Beta Graph please? I feel it is a necessity.

Running again when my calf heals, thanks.

Want to join in these excursions? Please do! Chances are if you are reading this, I want more of you in my life. Great, go ahead, your good!