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A quick morning in Yosemite National Park

October 19, 2021 Randi

Well, the last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind!

Between moving to a new apartment and hosting friends and preparing to relocate for my new work assignment (which, oh hey! By the way! Relocating for a new work assignment — more on that later!) I feel like I’ve been moving nonstop for the last several weeks.

Luckily I had a chance to take a “break” (is it really a “break” if it involves hiking multiple miles?) and check out Yosemite National Park this past weekend.

I only had a few hours to explore, but it was still totally worth it.

I don’t know about you, but I’m feelin’ (THIRTY-TWO!)

October 15, 2021 Randi

I am one more year into my thirties, and I gotta say: I don’t hate it!

Hello new Flagstaff apartment!

October 5, 2021 Randi

Update your address books! We moved!

Goodbye, first Flagstaff apartment!

October 3, 2021 Randi

The boxes are packed, the trucks are loaded and I’m completely moved out of my first Flagstaff apartment.

I kind of teased it a little bit way way back, but I snapped a few photos of my unit right before I moved out and I wanted to share them, because as much as I hated my leasing office and property management group, I did love the way I decorated this cookie cutter unit and made it totally my own.

Camping at Ashurst Lake

September 18, 2021 Randi

I’d been trying to get ALL of my friends together for a weekend camping trip for months now (before I was rudely interrupted by fire season), and it finally happened!

Several of my local Flag friends and I spent this past weekend camping at Ashurst Lake.

Petrified Forest (‘Bark Ranger’ Yukon’s first National Park adventure!)

September 7, 2021 Randi

Yukon had his first National Park adventure this past weekend!

A low-key camping trip to Manzanita (also: Yukon’s first camping trip!)

August 18, 2021 Randi

I’m kind of on a mission to stay at every campground on my forest.

I mean, it makes sense. I want to know as much about my forest (the Coconino National Forest) as possible, and that means… visiting as much of my forest as possible.

When I first started, my boss was cool enough to take me on field trips across the forest, which was dope! But, given that I have weekends? Cue the camping trips!

This past weekend’s trip? Manzanita.

An updated skincare routine + why I stopped using hyaluronic acid

August 5, 2021 Randi

Hi! It’s been a hot second since I shared my skincare routine.

By hot second, I mean almost five years, which is honestly kind of a lifetime when it comes to 20s/30s skincare.

Within the past few years, I moved from Chicago to overseas (where my fancy Korean skincare products weren’t available) to Michigan (where I was unemployed for six months and not about to spend my COVID-relief checks at Sephora) to northern Arizona (desert weather!) and I’ve been switching up my skincare routine accordingly.

I figured it was due time for an update — especially now that I’m living in an entirely new climate.

My first wildfire season as a PIO (Public Information Officer)

July 27, 2021 Randi1 comment

Well guys, I did it. I survived my first wildfire season here in the southwest, working as a Public Information Officer on a National Forest in Arizona.

It was a bit busy.

So, I joined a climbing gym

July 22, 2021 Randi

So, just in case you didn’t think I could possible cram myself anymore into the Flagstaff stereotype mold…

…I finally got around to joining the local climbing gym.

*Shocked Pikachu Face*