Fairy Tale Kind of Life

I just finished reading my post from one year ago today (Janaury 27, 2012) and wow has my life changed. It didn't come easy and and wasn't quick at all, but it sure did a 180 degree change. And I am very grateful.

I just want to say that I have such a fairy tale life right now! I love my friends. I honestly cannot think of a better group of friends than I have right now. They are always up for adventures and it is a rare case when they say no to an idea. They are not judgemental at all and they accept me and everybody else for being crazy and weird and silly. I honestly don't think I could ask for a better group of friends.

But this past weekend was so much fun. It seemed so fake! First, on Friday night, Brett and Selya were putting on a show that we were invited to via Facebook. So Renan and I decided to go, but we of course invited a few more people. Only Sydney and Matt were able to make it that night, but it was incredible. The show ended up being played at some guys home near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The house was incredible. He had a whole reception center on the back of his house and that is where the show was played. I have never seen a house so amazing in my life. We were all in awe the whole time. I wish that you could see the house, then you would understand.

Anyway, after snooping around the house and seeing all that it had to offer, it was finally time for the show to start. All I can say about it is wow. They are amazing! Brett is so talented musically and can play almost any instrument. He also has a very nice voice. But Selya's voice is incredible. I could have listened to her sing and them play for hours. We all felt that way. It was like some private little show that they had put on just for us. It really set the mood for the rest of the night.

As we were walking out, Matt made one of the funniest comments I have ever heard him say. He said "Guys, now, I am not one to use "YOLO" very often, but tonight it definitely one of those moments. I am YOLOing tonight. I feel like what just happened is fake. I came with the impression that we were going to see some of your old high school friends play in some band at some random place. I did no expect what just happened. I am willing to go to dinner and drop a hundred bucks tonight". So that was our plan. We decided to go walk around downtown and hit up some restaurant.

We picked up Laura, and then headed downtown. We were all walking around looking for a place to eat when we ran into a nature conservation effort. There was music playing and then a projection of the northern lights shining on the whole side of this building. We almost walked right on by, buy somebody (either Laura or Sydney) suggested that we go and dance on this black rug that was set up in between the two buildings. So we went in and danced. It was great. The first song wasn't very good to dance to, but then a song by ratatat came on and did we ever dance! It was great, because all of the sudden a guy who had been standing there the whole time came up an started taking pictures of us dancing, and then suddenly out of nowhere this other guy came up with a really nice professional camera came up and started recording us dancing! We danced the whole song as people walked by and stopped and watched us. (It was a very long song). It was amazing. We were having so much fun! And then the song ended, and no new song came on. The guy filming us just walked away to who knows where, they guy taking pictures of us disappeared, and suddenly it was just us. We were wondering what happened and why the music stopped. We were also confused at who it was who was recording us! We really want to find that video! It felt like they were just waiting for us the whole night to come and show up and dance, and then once we left, their whole nights work was accomplished. We aren't even sure if the people who recorded us were with the nature conservancy!

We ended up walking to Redrock, where we all shared a table, got some hot wings, a pitcher of cream soda, and some fries and just talked. It was so much fun!

After dinner we went to Brandon's and watched a movie. He had all of my blankets and pads, so I was super comfortable and fell asleep for the movie. But the way home was so much fun! I gave Laura and Sydney a ride home, and they were in a crazy tired mood, so it was fun to tease them! We went around the round a bout multiple times, drove through dark alley ways, and then finally took them home.

I love my friends, and I love my life. It is a fairy tale. Saturday's story will be posted shortly.