Elia's Life

Monday we decided to go to the Renaissance Festival. Annette and Alita had been once before and said it was pretty cool. I'd never been to one at all, so i was game. Once we got there, it was pretty fun. The problem was getting there. For some reason, I think there was a road closure or something, it took us FOREVER to get to the Festival. It is held out past Apache Junction, but still, goodness people. I was a little unsure of what to do first when we got there. So we looked around for a minute and then stepped into an on-going performance of "Hey Nunnie, Nunnie" It was so funny. We actually ended up going to it again and then we bought they're DVD. They were that good. That was the only show we really watched. We tried to stay for another guy who was supposed to be doing a funny version of Romeo and Juliet, but it wasn't very funny, so we left. Other than that, we just walked around and enjoyed the sites. It's a pretty cool set up they have. After walking...

In February, I realized that it was imperative to my health to do two things. 1. Take a break from work. We were in the process of cutting large portions of our program and trying to figure out if we had any work at all. Not fun, and tensions were running high. 2. Get away from the cold! Utah seemed to be snowier and colder than ever before. Granted this is only my third winter out of the great state of Nevada, but people, enough is enough. Anyway, I decided that i would solve these two problems by going to Arizona for a much needed vacation. Besides, I like hanging out with my sisters, and I especially like they're new house. Honestly, guys, it's fantastic. So they invited me down for the three day weekend. Mostly the plan was to just hang out and enjoy the sunshine. Of course the first two days I was there, it rained. And I'm not talking about a polite drizzle. I'm talking about Monsoon rain here. So much for promises of sunny Arizona. Still, I didn't have to shov...