Awkward And Awesome Thursday!

AWKWARD:
1. When you are walking around barefoot in a hotel and you step in gum. Who wants a piece?
2. Driving back home when you look over and see a man driving, and woman reclined with a facemask over her face. No...no a ski mask, but the masks that your dentists wear. My family was rather concerned.
3. Sitting and keeping to myself just reading for my institutions class when a bumch of African-Americans walk by. (No, I am not racist) and realizing that when I looked at my book across the top in large letters it read: AFRICAN SLAVERY.
4. That kid who sits next to you in class and instead of listening and taking notes on the lecture he sleeps. And not only does he sleep on you, but he snores. loud people. And when he wakes up? Um...hey? Can you please not use me as a pillow the next time to decide to waste your time in the class? THANKS.
5. When you're at the gym and this kid says, "Darn, I forgot my waterbottle." Me, being the friendly and polite person that I am reply, "If you want you can have some of mine." (mind you I have never seen slash met this boy before) He just gives me a weird look and says, "no....I'm good..." BUT don't worry because I have now seen him everyday since then at the gym.

AWESOME:
1. You know, there is just one thing that I love more than anything on earth and it is grandpa kisses. As weird as that may sound, my grandpa still percieves me as a little girl so when I see him, which isn't often, he kisses me. And yes, that is the only kisses I get from boys now.
2. Coming back from break thinking that you have NO food whatsoever, and realizing in the verrrry back of the freezer is one piece of chicken that you didn't eat. Good feeling my friends.
3. New semester, and new priorites. Who would have thought that I would be studying, but staying ahead of schedule? Talk about straight A's.
4. Waffles at midnight. There is just something about eating breakfast food not only for dinner, but in the middle of the night with friends. Such a bonding experience. Even though the new kids in our building think we're crazy anyway.
5. Feeling crazy sore. I know that sounds lame, but for me I never get sore, so when I do that's when I actually feel accomplished. Hooray for no freshman fifteen! Yet.

Where Have You Cabin?

Over Christmas break, my best friend Kyra and her family were kind enough to let me stay at their cabin up in MCcall, Idaho. Over my week there we:

Played dress up.

Hung out with smelly dogs. There were four of them.

Celebrated Christmas as a family. And by that I mean I watched them celebrate Christmas as a family.

Hung out by the fireplace looking at the exotic African animals that were mounted all over the house.

Went out to eat and watched everyone in the family play on their Iphones except for me.

We also played games, watched every Harry Potter movie in order, wrote poetry, made delicious food, hung out in our pajamas all day, and was pretty much lazy the entire time. Was it worth it? Yes. Did I love it? Yes. So thank you Transtrums for your hospitality! Unitl Summer!



A Typical Family Outing.

While there is NOTHING to do in Cedar City, Utah other than watching paint dry or grass grow my family took as close as shot as they could get to having "fun". So we hitched up the ole station wagon ( and by that I mean truck, and no I am not a part of the Brady family) and drove down yonder to the ole bowlin alley. I have to say that I wasn't on my A game, or B game for that matter. But luckily I didn't end up in last place....and you would have thought that the bowling league I was in ten years ago would have helped. After we had some fine dining and ate the best burgers and fries I have ever had. One point for Cedar; they have good food. I guess it was just another one of those bonding times for us, how lovely. And strike, you're out.

The Wedding: Part I

Okay so not the best photography on my part, but the best are yet to come! On Saturday my dearest sister and her fiance got married!! It was a simple and low key wedding, but it was filled with family, food, laughter, and love. The ceremony itself took place in The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints and it was decorated with teal, black, and silver fabrics and lights and ribbons and all sorts of things. It really looked nice and the vows were so sweet. After the ceremony, who I got to walk down with my four-year-old nephew Maddux, we all came together and ate a really good luncheon and gathered as family and friends. EVEN AFTER that was the recpetion where I stood in line and greeted strangers and ate more and danced and you know all that other wedding ritual stuff. Such as throwing the bouqet. (No worries, no catching of the flowers for me.) And after all the celebrating and goodbyes was the cleaning up. Which I would have to say was the most stressful part of the day. Go figure. But congratulations you two, I love you tons!!

Awkward And Awesome Thursday!

AWKWARD:

1. When you run into a really attractive guy from school at the Nike store while waiting in line to pay. And you are chatting it up only to find that an employee comes up to you and says, "you know that you have been standing in the exit line for like five minutes?" Yeah, it was really good talking to you, I'm just going to walk away now...
2. The fact that I now text people in my sleep. Don't worry, I wake up not remembering it. So if I text you in advance, sorry.
3. When your at dinner and you go to squeeze lemon into your water and the lemon instead turns on you and squeezes its acid into your eyes. And of course your dinner date goes into the bathroom conveniently at the exact same time. So the only person who sees you jump and scream is a woman across the restaraunt. And then we made awkward eye contact for about thirty seconds. BUT even better, my eye contact was with watering eyes.
4. When you cry from reading about another blogger announcing her pregnancy. You don't know her.
5. Working on my fitness at the gym and about to finish on the stair master, when you take a step and the machine slips from under you and you fall directly on your face. On the stairs. And the woman next to you doesn't feel the need to help, but only show me the fact that there is a sign that clearly says, "out of order". THANKS FOR THE HELP. And instead of leaving in embarrassment, I proceeded to work out on the machine right next to the woman.

AWESOME:
1. When there are available car washes open twenty-four hours, and you need one at four-in-the-morning.
2. The amount of free food that I have been getting lately, I will surely miss that when I'm home. Except if it is Marc's cookies.
3. The red pants. I finally broke down and I bought them at Target.
4. My sewing machine! Boy, oh boy do I not know how to use it, but you just wait because before long I will sew something.
5. All of the family I am about to see and the upcoming wedding excitement! Yayayay!

As Fun As It Was..

to be living out of a suitcase for a month, I am finally leaving my hometown. It's a bitter-sweet feeling because I have finally adjusted to curfews, and free laundry and food. You know, the benefit of being home. Oh and family, can't forget them. But I'm going to miss this place, and not too ancy to drive thirty hours in a matter of a few days, but hey, what can you do when your sister gets married? I'll always love and miss you 208.

Happy New Year!

There is not better way I know then to bring in the new year with stress and hair losing. That way, it makes you appreciate all of those times that you aren't freaking out. Prior to the madness of 2012, friends and I made our way going to multiple house parties and crashing our way not only into the fun, but into the new year. You know, I think this is the first time that I didn't have apple cider...curious. It was a good way to wratp up the holiday fun, and now I must wrap up my things and head back down south. cheers.