So the busiest week of the Summer session is over and I celebrated in style. I took my boyfriend to the Vale 4th of July rodeo, drank overpriced coors lights, and watched cowboys and girls compete for money and rodeo titles. I saw many people that I knew from high school, all of them congregating in the beer garden, but I wore my oversized and limo-tinted sunglasses so I didn’t have to deal with the repetitive conversations of “HEY HOW ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOWS LIFE YOU MARRIED GOT KIDS? BLAHBLAHBLAH?!?!” Yeah I think it’s really obnoxious to catch up with people who you weren’t really friends with in the first place and don’t really give a darn anyway…..sounds pessimistic but I’m just being realistic. Although I did see my best guy friend from high school, in which I gave him a hug and rushed off, scared that someone would recognize my very loud and excited squeels and wonder if Jennifer Phillips really was in the beer garden. My favorite part of the rodeo was introducing Jacob to my second family, which is the 4H group that I showed horses in. We are called the cactus riders and, 4 out of the 12 months of the year, they were my everything. This week is actually the biggest week for the group because they are heading out to the mountains for their annual trail ride. I’ve gone on this trip since I was born, except for the 2 years that they cancelled it due to fire and snow. SO I’m heading out Thursday after class for that.
The rest of my weekend was AMAZING and for some reason, felt like it was lasting forever (Which is such a good feeling) Jacob and I went and swam at Lake Lowell on Friday, then went to the fireworks show in Caldwell at Simplot Stadium (which was amazing) And I almost blew my hand up afterwards because I lit black jacks in my hand….and for some reason I was holding the fuse…but they weren’t just any black jacks, they exploded and shot fireworks in all different directions. I’m lucky to have a hand today. We then rafted the Boise river on Saturday, headed to a wedding in New Plymouth that night and then to Saddles ‘n Spurs in Ontario, and finally yesterday we made dinner for his family. All in all it was a fabulous summery 4th of July weekend.
I’m getting excited for the summer term to come to an end. I will be excited to sleep in and enjoy the sun a little more than I have, although I feel like I’ve taken every opportunity to enjoy it when I can over the weekends. Jacob and I are also planning a big hoorah camping trip with a ton of friends after summer session is over, so I’m looking forward to that…and spending some time on the farm. I will miss everyone though….a little bit. 
I feel the same way about going back to my hometown too. HAHA, i pulled the wearing the sunglasses trick also! yeah for summer!