Hey blog, how you doin?

• Today I called Sun Life of Canada and their hold music was muzak. I haven't heard ACTUAL muzak in a while. But it was "We've Only Just Begun," and it immediately reminded me of Albertson's. Also, the girl on the phone totally had a Canadian accent, enough that it was distracting to me and also seemed fake. I hope it WAS fake. Like, she was sitting there thinking, "I work at Sun Life of CANADA! I'm going to start saying 'aboot' and 'eh'!" and then carried out her plan.

• We went to the Shakesperean Festival a couple weeks ago. It was so great. We saw Much Ado About Nothing, Pride & Prejudice (you didn't know Shakespeare wrote that? Take an English class), Macbeth, and Merchant of Venice. As often happens, the one I was expecting to like the most (Much Ado About Nothing) was the one I enjoyed the least. My favorite was a tie between Macbeth and . . . wait for it . . . Pride and Prejudice. Remember when I was all like, "What's the big deal about Mr. Darcy? I'm not even into him." Well, apparently the universe wanted me to learn a lesson because I LOVED it. It was 3 hours long and felt like 45 minutes to me. I loved Mr. Darcy, he was so fabulous and also very handsome. He was also MacDuff in Macbeth, and possibly the reason I loved Macbeth so much. No, I think Lady Macbeth was the real reason. She was so great. The going nuts scene with "Out, damned spot!" was so great. I often worry that tragedies will be TOO tragic, and there will be so much screaming and wailing that I will just feel uncomfortable. Not the case with this play. It was perfect. I had never seen Macbeth before, so it was my first experience with it, and I doubt it will ever be topped. There's something magical about the first time to see something. Merchant of Venice was wonderful. Chris said it reminded him of an episode of I Love Lucy, which was really a very accurate description, I think. (He said that out of love, by the way, that was his favorite play.) And Much Ado About Nothing was just . . . I don't know. It just wasn't as great as the others. I liked it fine, but I wasn't totally captivated.

• I was sick for like a week and a half. I'm pretty sure today was the end of it, however. And my gosh. Can you die of phlegm? Because I think I almost did. Also, do you think phlegm is even more gross than it sounds when it's written out? I do. And the coughing! So much coughing. I hate coughing, it's so terrible. And as soon as you lay down it starts up so you end up propping yourself up with pillows to go to bed. I don't mind the propping up though, it makes me feel like I'm a sickly rich kid for some inexplicable reason.

• Listening to my Enya Pandora station at work kind of makes me feel like a weirdo. But sometimes I want to listen to music like that, ok? It's pretty. It doesn't mean I'm going to add another N to my name and start wearing lace up, busty dresses.

• I got up this morning before work and went running. WHAAA? And every time I do that (which is like 4 times in my life) I really love it, and I'm all like, I'm going to do this every day. And then we all know what happens. But really, the morning is so mysterious to me. Like, did you know that there all a LOT of people awake at 6:30? Seriously. Doing yard work, running, biking--I saw like 45 bikers this morning, driving. It's nuts.

• I want new curtains for my apartment real bad. The other ones are so ugly, and the more I've decided I want new ones, the less I can handle them.

• I found a new hobby. Making jewelry. I have made 3 necklaces and am awaiting an assortment of pearls from joanns.com. I think I really like it. It's hard to tell though. But I like everything I've made so far.

• Our old pal Jared is coming to town this weekend. Jared and Chris were roommates. Then Jared moved to DC. Then he had a roommate named Sterling, who I've never met. But turns out Sterling is marrying Bren, one of my dear friends from high school. So this equals Jared coming back to Provo for their wedding, and we are so glad about that. And also about the wedding. I have a pretty pink dress to wear for it. And Bren is just so cute.

• My weight loss is still happening. I have like 5 ish more pounds to go. And then possibly 5 more, we'll see how motivated I feel at that point. It's happening slowly, because you know, treats, but it is happening surely.

• I want my blog to be cuter. Ki, Ann, help me out.