I haven’t been a slacker blogger, I swear. I actually took an unexpected, spur of the moment trip with Natalie this past weekend to Salt Lake City, Utah. I was worried about my first weekend without Josh and she was just plain bored. Her mother sent her father’s company jet to pick us up and take us to Salt Lake City where her mother was spending a couple of weeks.

Nat’s family used to invite me places on the company jet all the time when we were growing up but I was never allowed to go because my mother didn’t like the idea of me flying in a small plane. I just neglected to tell my mom about this trip…which caused some problems, but more on that later.

We left for Salt Lake City Friday afternoon and arrived there at dinner time their time. Nat’s mom picked us up and took us to dinner in the city. The next day I convinced them to drive me to Ogden because I love “Everwood” and that’s where it was filmed. I was such a dork. I kept asking people in the town about the TV show.

After that Nat’s mom took us to Antelope Island so we could see the Great Salt Lake. It was really cool. I went swimming. Nat and her mother thought I was crazy, but who knows when I’ll ever get back to Salt Lake City! I had to seize the moment.

While I was off having my adventure I didn’t realize that my mom was trying to get a hold of me. In my mad rush to get to the plane I left my cell phone in New Jersey. Oops…

Mom and Josh were calling all weekend and I didn’t know it. Molly called me Sunday morning and told me that my mom had called the house looking for me and wasn’t real happy that I was in Utah. I heard about that all Sunday night when I finally talked to her.

I didn’t get to call Josh until today because of the time difference. He said he had been worried about me but he liked hearing about my adventure out west.

There really is nothing like a change of scenery to get your mind off your troubles. It was so much fun being adventurous and not sitting around missing Josh or trying to figure out what to do with myself. I’ve always felt bad about Natalie’s family paying for me to go on trips with them, but this weekend I was just grateful for the opportunity to have fun.

(So if you’re reading this Nat, THANK YOU!!!!)