eeeeeee!

miss this lady already! how is this possible?

oh yeah, cuz i love her.

i'm aware i have yet to update on the rest of my arizona adventures.

but until that happens, just know that i am now home safe and sound.

but only for about 4 more hours.

because this little lady (that would be me) is headed to colorado!

did i just hear a "hoorah?"

i am just beyond excited and cant wait to see the beauty with my own eyes.

maybe i'll find some gold too.

that would be a bonus.

wont be back till next week.

maybe i'll surprise you with a little shout out from the pretty state..?

i'll never tell, i like to keep you on your toes.

until then, how about some stories from my travel adventures home?

ok!

-me being the exhausted grump that i was, entered the security checkpoint at the airport.

lucky me had the golden ticket to enter one of those embarrassing robotic

spread-your-arms-and-legs-and-get-felt-up-by-air machines.

while waiting to get the "okay she's safe" from security,

the security guy decides to start up a little convo:

security: "how ya doin?"

me: "fine."

security: "you look tired."

me: ".....thanks. i am."

why thank you stranger for pointing out i looked quite as terrible as i feel.

my dog ran away too, do you want to talk about that as well?

(kidding, elly didnt run away.)

-THE BEST TRAVELING STORY OF ALL TIME.

are you ready for this? i was completely DYING the whole time!

2 hours to be exact.

ok so without the help of my flight being late i had exactly 15 minutes to get from

my gate in the las vegas airport, to the shuttle that would drive me to st george.

then, my flight was delayed 15 minutes. my luck, right? yep.

when we took off, we caught up on time a little. but i still had to hurry my bootay off the plane.

so here i am carrying my dinosaur of a bag literally running thru the airport.

and if you've been to the vegas airport, you know how intense that thing is. yikes.

shuttle driver calls me, "ashlee i'm waiting." me: "i'm running!"

finally arrive after earning some burning calves and a half broken back.

go to get in the shuttle (which holds 13 people).... holy cow there were 11 people.

which meant i was clear in the back row.. excuse me while i crawl to the back and

stick my bum in your face.

oh and dont mind that fact that i'm sweating profusely, i just ran 3 miles.

it gets better.

there is a guy (around my age) sitting on that row already... do you see where this is going?

i sit down with the middle seat empty between the two of us.

then, of course, another lady hops on the shuttle, headed straight for the last empty seat.

so i scooch on over and realize, "okay, i can handle this, its only 2 hours."

we finally leave the airport, this kid is on his laptop playing some game so i'm watching.

then he decides to stick on his ear phones and pull up an application where you can

basically become a dj and mix all your music. - not sure entirely but i saw akon on there.

he starts bobbing his head like he's all into it. and i had to restrain myself from laughing out loud.

i was dying. and it was hilarious.

la-de-dah, he decides to put his computer away. uh oh.

he strikes up some conversation with me. traveling, states, music, his high school sports career.

oh yeah we covered it all.

asked what kind of music i like, pulls out his laptop again and itunes.

me: "i like pretty much everything.. except rap." ALL his music was rap. hilarious.

la-de-dah, we talk more. oh how convenient he has Toy Story 3 on his computer.

i'm thinking, wow this kid is friendly, but yeah sure i'll watch it. no problem.

let me set the scene for you. keep in mind it is night time. DARK.

watching Toy Story 3.. minding my own business. realize he's trying to get comfortable.

hard to do on a small van with 12 people.

his arm goes AROUND my shoulder onto my seat.

i think, okay thats fine.. he's not touching me..... time goes by and i feel something on my shoulder.

uhhhhhhhhhhh... i dont remember there being something on my shoulder earlier.

THEN his hand is totally on my shoulder! yikes!

i sat right up and leaned forward. holy cow get me out of here. but at the same time,

wanting to laugh my head off.

finally get to st george, i run off the shuttle and straight to jordan for a husband hug.

oh boy, that kid. he is BRAVE. kudos to you sir, but guess what? i'm married.

and that was just plain weird.

on one hand, kind of flattering. on the other, super weird.

how do these things happen to me.

♥