Living in Salt Lake: Week 2 Update

This week went by way too fast... I don't know if that is a good or bad thing!

So last week, I realized I was noticing some of the negatives of living in a big city. But there are lots of positives, too! For example, check out this amazing view I get to see and be around everyday:

The Breathtaking Mountains of Utah

I love the Utah mountains! They are especially pretty where there are trees that are red for fall scattered all over. I think this is why so many people live here. They fall in love with this view, and I don't blame them!

I also enjoy being close to everything... a mall, places to eat, etc. I don't have to travel such a long ways when I'm looking for something. So it's definitely a bonus from what I'm use to!

This past week at work wasn't as busy as my first week, thank goodness! But I did do something interesting that I feel is worth sharing. My boss asked me to go down to the Church History Library and see if I could get Brigham Young's obituary from Deseret News. He died on August 29, 1877. So I was really hoping they would have a copy of it even though it was from such an old newspaper!

After about an hour and a half, me and a few other people had searched the Internet with no luck of finding his obituary. So, our only choice was to search the microfilms. I had never seen how the microfilm machines worked, and after about a few minutes I was able to find it and was pretty proud of myself!

The Microfilm Machine

The newspaper was so old, it was pretty hard to read. And the obituary took up a whole page! I printed it, but it was even more blurry than it was on the microfilm. So I emailed a digital image to myself and hoped that would work and be readable. And luckily it was. My boss was able to read and use part of the obituary for a presentation he had to give the next day! This little assignment for me was pretty neat because Brigham Young is my great, great, great, great uncle. I think that's the right amount of "greats!" I was eager to tell my family that I found his obituary.

My little sister became a Young Woman this week, and by that I mean she turned 12, so graduates from Primary and goes to Young Womans! I still think of Kristen as this cute 4-year-old that I played with and did the silliest things with. She is only 2 inches shorter than me and will be taller than me before too long! So ridiculous. But no matter how tall she is, she will always be my Sissy!

My Birthday Present for Kristen

I wasn't planning on doing anything this weekend, but my mom reminded me that my Grammie and Grandpa Chlarson were here in Utah visiting. So I headed up to my Aunt Barbie's Saturday morning and spent all day Saturday and Sunday with my lovely family. Barbie made a delicious dinner, and Grammie made some of her rolls which made me super happy!

Oh and I also found a dining room table with a couple of chairs for only $50! My awesome cousin Derek is going to come with me to pick it up since he has a truck to haul it in. It's perfect for our apartment, just perfect!

And that is a brief update on my second week living in Utah! I am a little sad because I was suppose to be getting a letter from Geoff this week in the mail, but sadly it hasn't come yet. So hopefully it comes very very soon!