Ashley is going on a trip and stuff.

It's been a while since I've written. And that's because nothing's going on, basically. And now I forget why I came on here to write...

Ok, updates then.

*I'm going on "vacation" with my brother, his wife, and 4 kids. We're going to (hopefully) go past Big Sur (which I keep hearing about and really want to see it), up to Sacramento to visit my other brother, his wife, and 2 kids, staying there for three days including the 4th of July, up through the Redwoods, to PORTLAND (where I've never been) where my sister-in-law's little brother is getting married in the Portland temple aaaaaanndddd... my sister lives there! So double whammy. New place plus sister. Then we'll come home. My only wish is that it's worth it to be constantly crammed in a car with 6 other people! I like all of them though. I just haven't been on a roadtrip like that since the 80's. My dad would always take us to Vegas. But all we would ever seem to do there was swim in the hotel pool. Haha.
*I'm on a new "diet". It's for my digestive health, but hopefully (if I stop eating Diddy Riese cookies or the cake our house guest made) it will be another double whammy- in the form of helping me lose weight.
*Speaking of house guest, this guy lives here at my house. His name is Daniel. He's really cool. But he's married so don't get any ideas. Haha, my friend was flirting with him and poked his butt, and then she found out he was married... her reaction was so funny!
*I'm getting released from my calling as a teacher in Relief Society. I have been very assured that it has nothing to do with the possibility of not being good enough. It's just time for a new group of ladies to learn how to be teachers. I have had some INCREDIBLE feedback on my lessons. Like wow. It's really cool, but at the same time I have no idea what my lessons are like because I'm on the other side of the table/pulpit just trying to keep composed and organized. It's hard to know how to recreate something if I don't really know what it was... but really I just try to rely on the Spirit each and every time. And that's how I'll keep doing it next time around. :)
Anyway, that calling has been a GREAT blessing in my life.
*I've been overwhelmed by some sadness the last few days. A family I'm friends with various members of (it's a large extended family group in the area)... tragically lost one of their girls. She was 18. I'm most closely linked to Joe, and it's his cousin. On Saturday she went on a hike, went missing, and was found dead 2 days later :'( An article said that there were no signs of "foul play". I've just been kind of preoccupied by it. It's a big hit to like 2 stakes worth of people over here. It just makes me sad for so many people.
*I still don't know what I'm doing with my life, but I got a probably-inspired letter from my little brother in the mail today. I just need to do SOMETHING. I don't know if I'll go to school again, but I need to get SOME job. And I'm still determined to sell drawings on my Etsy shop. But I have to figure out how to get good duplicates/prints made.
*I mean it about what I wrote on my status: "Ashley Wutkee needs to stop being attracted to hipsters, because hipsters are never attracted to her." I will say again what I put on my friend Jenni's page about it: "Is it just me or does it seem like they are all just TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL??!?! Not actually- but they think they are? You know they were all losers in high school." Haha. There is no point in having a type. Not for me I guess. Because I'm not ever going to try and be someone else's "type." I just want to be myself. I hope I find someone cool who is himself.
*Yeah, I'm desperate right now. There's no denying it. I can't stop talking/thinking/whining about boys. One more reason to get a job or a new hobby or something.
*Hi Cora :)
*I colored my own hair for the first time today. I used a box/kit from Target. My friend was here and patched up a couple spots but I did pretty good myself! My roots were grown out like 2 inches. Now my hair is a little more cohesive and it's a bit warmer/redder, but still blonde basically.
*I keep staying up super late. It's 3:30 am. I gotta go to bed. Goodnight.