Sunday, August 05, 2007

Maybe I should update this...

The latest news is that I have a cool job in Denver, and that life is good. I do forensic accounting, which is an adventure every day. On Friday we went out to see a burned up antique store regarding an insurance claim. The police detectives were there trying to determine whether it was arsen while we were wandering around trying to figure out how to value the loss of inventory. I smelled like smoke until my lunch break when I went home and took a shower. My own scent was giving me a headache. My nose and throat hurt for a while, which makes me wonder why anyone would start smoking. Seriously, it can't be fun. I was only in the building for about 1hr, but I could feel the affects of it. And it's not like there was smoke in the building, just the stench of burned up stuff.

Life is just great. Can I just tell you how nice it is to be done with school? I feel better, I even look better, and I finally have time to be social again. I feel like my old self before I was hit with the semi truck that was the accounting program.

Last week I organized a group of people to go up to the Cheyene Frontier Days Rodeo . Did you know that it's the largest rodeo in the world? I got to wear my cowboy had and eat expensive greasy food, which included a rather large funnel cake. I had to share it with 3 other people. I heard they had deep fried candy bars there, but I'm not brave enough to venture into the unknown world of 1,000 calorie snacks. Good times. There was a huge thunderstorm during the rodeo, so the arena turned into a gigantic mud puddle. It was like watching mud wrestling, but better.

My favorite event was the wild horse race. Teams of 3 guys try to race wild horses. One guys holds the rope, one puts the saddle on, and one rides it. Believe me, when the track is one big mud river, it's pretty entertaining. A lot of guys got dragged through the mud by those horses. I think 4 or 5 of the 15+ riders actually got on their horses and rode once around the track.

Denver is awesome--I absolutely love it here. It's a great place to be if you're outdoorsy. I think my favorite thing about summer here is that it's hot during the day, but always cools off at night with a nice thunderstorm. It's fairly green, there's mountains in the east, state parks everywhere, and a million bike/running paths. Heaven.

Hey, do you guys all remember Zac Christensen from the 2nd Ward? He's in my Ward here! Well, he's gone for the summer, but he will be back soon. I can't believe Kat was here in Denver and I didn't even know. I've been living here since June 6, but I guess there's no way anyone could have known, since I have neglected my blog. Sorry. I am repenting, and will try to post more often.

If any of you ever take a trip to Denver, call me. :)

7 comments:

Ann-Marie said...

i love the new look and that you are loving denver!

Nama said...

you're so awesome, kimbo! you sound so happy and settled, and that makes me feel happy, too! :) enjoy yourself!

Kimberly said...

Correction: the mountains are in the WEST, not the east. Oops.

Adriane said...

I'm glad your comments work now! How exciting that there IS life after school...if I ever make it there, I will be so excited!

Kimberly said...

My comments weren't working?! Sorry, I had no idea. I was feeling unloved for no reason.

Annegirl said...

I had no idea accounting could be so cool! And I'm totally jealous of your rodeo! Yeah mud wrasslin'!

Leah said...

Seriously, I've been trying to comment FOREVER. I adore you! And I'm happy that you're happy. One of my good friends from here just moved to Denver too... I should give you her info so ya'll can hang out. She really likes Mormons.