Phil Party, Y Hike, and Fort Charlie

I've had a really enjoyable weekend. Late Friday afternoon, our orchestra had its annual opening social at a cabin in Provo Canyon. The cabin belongs to the parents of John Kovalanko (a violinist in the Phil). There were food, games, socializing, music, and relaxing. It's so beautiful up there. We took a short "hike" to this waterfall and I took a couple of pictures on my phone. It's kind of hard to see the waterfall, partly because it is so small in the picture and also partly because there wasn't very much water this time. It was more like a trickle, but it was still very pretty.
The next picture is of Kaitlin and I. Kaitlin plays violin and we're in a quartet together. This was in a "secret grove" we found by way of jumping across a creek. Anyways, I had a really good time at the party. It was a good orchestra bonding experience.

After a year of failed attempts, I finally succeeded in hiking the Y!!! I went with this guy named Jason (he's in my piano class and we've
gone on a few dates). We almost didn't get to go because of the weather. It was rainy and cold, with a chance of snow, but we found a window of time when it wasn't raining quite as much and we went for it! It was much harder than I had anticipated, but it was a good workout (I'm pretty sore today), and it was a lot of fun. It had been sprinkling the whole way up, but once we got close to the Y it was more like frozen precipitation. The view was incredible and it was really nice getting away from the hustle and bustle of Provo.

When we got back to my apartment, Jenna and Tyson had built a fort in our living room out of blankets, chairs, couches, and our "entertainment center" . We named it Fort Charlie (pictures coming soon). Later that evening Jenna, Tyson, Amanda and I watched Newsies in our fort. Actually, I fell asleep about 10 minutes into Newsies, Jenna and Tyson soon followed, and Amanda was the only one who stayed awake. And we started the movie at 8:30!! We all (except for Jenna) woke up after the movie and watched some episodes of the Office: Season 2. Speaking of which, I love that show! It's hilarious! I had refused to jump on the bandwagon all of last year, but my friend Scotty and Amanda sucked me in.

Well, now that I've made my bi-monthly update I feel better.