Round Four

(Disclaimer: I have had fun, on occasion the past two weeks... and I'm not depressed or anything)
Almost done. That is the phrase that plays in my head a thousand times a day. Whether I'm thinking "almost done with class," "almost done with Polish days," "almost done with rush (which hasn't even started),"or "almost done with college." I don't know what it is that has made me so stressed these past two weeks. It could be the pile of girls who complained about the constant lack of the weather not being pleasing to them, it could be my fault and my lack of planning, but I'm almost done.
One saving grace has been my roommate Tommy. With so many girls in such large quantities I enjoy hanging around guys much more. We are strictly friends, in case you're wondering, but Tommy has saved me from myself these past two weeks and I'm very grateful.
("heart attacking" the DPO house)
I couldn't have made it without my little sister Kaily either. She was so willing to participate during Polish days and so willing to listen to me moan in my passively complainey way. Thank you K-new.
(Ridiculous picture of Kaily that makes me laugh everytime)
I feel as if I'm giving the impression that these past two weeks have been hell. After I saw Silence of the Lambs for the first time last night, I will no longer claim that they were hell... but yes, yes they were bad. I am glad they are over and I realize why it's not totally the norm to elect someone to the same Vice President position twice. Four rushes would make almost anyone want to kick the bucket, but it's okay... because I'm almost done.

Feliz Birthday!

The list of things I should be doing when I'm actually blogging is quite long... but once again here I am.
Yesterday was my 22 birthday! I know you're saying "22!?!? She doesn't look a day over 19!" Thank you, thank you for that thought, but yes, I am 22. Anyway it was easily one of the best birthdays I've had!! At least in the top 5 or 10. I never really remember my other favorite birthdays. 21 was fun.... Refocusing.
My birthday began bright and early at 6:30 when I woke up and started thinking about recruitment. From 6:30am to 9am I happily puttered my way about some rush projects I'm working on. Then at 9am Tyler and Alicia made me delicioussss strawberry pancakes with homemade whip cream! I'm going to miss the food they cook almost as much them!
From there, I showered for the first time since, oh yeah, Sunday. That was a real treat! Then I headed out to the art center where they made me a cute thank you card and then to visit Alicia at work for a bit.
My friend Connor informed me that he was on the U campus and while I was supposed to be attending a baking party with some frat at the U, I decided to postpone that and hang out with Connor. The U campus is a LOT bigger than I thought. I ended up wandering around for about an hour. Connor and I even ended up in a hard hat construction zone, with some construction workers who expressed some hard feelings they had about our presence there.
Eventually I ended up at the baking party, where not much baking was going on. They had moved on to the eating portion and I, of course, was okay with that. I hung out and made some new friends there and then I left too late for my birthday dinner at Buca.
Dinner was so fun and I'm so grateful to everyone that came!!! I felt so loved, and I truly have the best friends anyone could ask for. My whole Alpha Phi family even came!!! I'd never ask for a different family away from home.
After dinner Kaily, Connor and I went to the free Bright Eyes concert (and they were AMAZING!) and met up with some friends there. I ended up taking trax home and had some time to reflect on the fantastic people in my life. My reflection only led me to an extreme sense of gratitude. So thank you everyone for a great, fun and exciting birthday!

What do I want?!

My lovely red-head and I have (most likely) permanently ended our relationship. After an intense brief mourning period I've tried to use this experience to gain some perspective. Austin, bless his heart, was always so patient with me. One time I kept asking him what he wanted and he proposed the question "do you know what you want?" and I didn't!
I'm not looking to mope around and say I'll never find this person. In fact, I believe being single can be an excellent positive growing experience and I am most certainly in need of growth (mostly physically, but in a couple other ways too). After much reflection I've decided to post a list of what I think would be ideal in a future mate.
1. Suggestions of things he should probably like: reading, furry creatures, dogs, harry potter, being active, eating, napping, cuddling, watching movies, not watching t.v., traveling, new places,(live) music, indie/bluegrass music, laughing, texting, pictures, big dreams.
2. Should adadvisably not like: being obbsessed with a sports team, lying, being boring, being crunk
3. Good personality traits (for him, for me... people in general really): patient, easy to talk to, understanding, honest, flexible, caring, confidant... but humble, smart, hard-working.
4. My biggest personality pet peeves: ignorance (occasionally tolerable), bad spelling, rudeness, laziness, dull, narcissistic, oblivious.
If this mysterious knight on my horse happened to be loaded, tall, dark and handsome I wouldn't complain either. I wouldn't complain if I got the horse too.

End of Invierno (that's summer in spanish right?)

My summer in the 801 is coming to a swift close. I am so grateful that I was able to move up to the Sleazy and a make ton of new friends, live with an amazing couple and get some real world experience.

My internship at the Salt Lake Art Center was super positive, while occasionally boring it provided me to find my long lost twin Kelsy and have the best two supervisors (Talia and Maggie). I love working here and I'm so sad to leave. Even if we didn't get paid it was well worth it. I will miss Mags, Kels, Talia, Sam, Felicia, Jared and even Logan all so much!! Feel free to hire me when I graduate.

Working at abercrombie was a flash back to high school. I feel like no matter what store you work at there's always the same people. At least one cool manager (luckily all of mine are awesome) the odd girl who you kinda feel bad for, the one guy that everyone thinks is hilarious and the new kid... There's always a new kid. Poor new kid.... I was the new kid. Everyone made me feel welcome though and if all else fails after graduation then I'll be back abercrombie.

And lastly there's Joe's Basement... You didn't know that I'd be leaving after only a month and sorry I just broke the news to you. We have had some SERIOUS good times and good laughs. I've loved working here!! I'm sad to leave, but maybe I'll come back before I graduate. Heaven knows that if I'm waiting tables with a college degree under my belt... all hell will break lose. (This probably will in fact happen... both all hell breaking lose and me waiting tables even after I have a college degree. Overall an empty threat).

So Thank you Summer 2011. It has been real and although the weather is still awesome and it's not even officially over I must mentally prepare for, what is sure to be, a most epic Senior year.

Sharing

I am always tempted to post things on facebook that I shouldn't. I usually resist temptation, but sometimes I crumble. I've done pretty well lately, but I have to let it out somewhere... this seems an appropriate outlet.
- my mango peach vegetable juice has reconstructed fruits and veggies listed in the ingredients. Does this mean they were deconstructed? How do you deconstruct fruit??

-Song lyrics are my biggest weakness. I always want to post them:
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth, if you straight along you'll end up where you were
If you'll be my honey I'll be your bee
When you hold me I'm home
I just haven't met you yet?

I could keep going... but for the sake of my dignity I'll stop.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

There is something in that mixture of flour, butter, sugar and chocolate that makes me emotional. I should avoid chocolate chip cookies like the plague but instead I drift towards them like I drift to sale signs that say "50% off!" If only I could stay away, but in the end I'm not strong enough and that's why I've ended up blogging. I believe it's the butter that ladens me with fat oils and emotions. Tonight it has caused feelings of missing. What do I miss you may (or may not) be asking? Well I'll tell you.
1. I miss my family. From Mom and Dad down to Emmett and Brigg. I miss them all so much and wish we could all just hang out for a couple days.
2. I miss Cedar City, it's slow paced ways, tumbleweeds and deep ditched irrigation things that scratch the bottom of my car.
3. I miss Austin... I miss him making me laugh and kissing me. (tmi?? probably.)
4. I miss Alpha Phi. It's incredible how much I work on improving our organization, how much it drains me and how much I love it.
5. I miss running... even though I did it yesterday that cursed cookie dough has made it impossible for me to run today.

That's all. Remind me next time readers... to stay away from the Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Tips for a Succesful Shopping Adventure

I realized recently that there is a swift decline in love for shopping. What has caused this?! I believe it's simply that people don't know how to shop anymore! It is not a chore, but a joy to shop!! We are women, since the time of Marie Antoinette- maybe even before, have been called upon to enjoy this blessed art. Below I provide some tips for a successful shopping adventure from someone who knows how to have a good time among the cottons and silks of the world (and even polyster)
1. decide what you need before hand! Unless you've had a bad day and just need some retail window shopping therapy not having a plan will only frustrate you!
2. Do a little pre-shopping! Feel free to wander around the internet looking for those items that you need before you head to the store. Make sure you know what you like!
3. Don't go on a day where you're like "oh i ate that whole chocolate cake!" You'll be bloated and miserable- unless you still weight 100 lbs after eating that whole cake. If you weight 100 lbs... my advice to you? Go eat another cake.
4. Be friendly to the store associates! Most don't even work on commission anymore and they're forced to offer you those ridiculous lines about 'buy one get one free'. They're there to help you and most are happy to do so!
5. Recognize if you prefer shopping alone or with a friend. It's okay if you like one better than the other.
6. Go when you have ample time. Nothing is worse than being rushed and not being able to find what you want.
7. Unless you and your mother have the same style (or she's paying) I recommend avoiding shopping with your albeit amazing maternal figure.
8. Have fun- try on things you think are hideous and cackle in the changing rooms as you model them!
9. Try new colors and styles, you never know when you might stumble upon that new "date" shirt. You know the one.... the shirt that gets all those men asking fo yo numba... if men knew how to ask for numbers anymore.
10. I like to pretend that shopping is the most epic scavenger hunt. Find good deals, listen to what sales people pitch (sometimes they are GOOD deals) and find something sexy.
You can do it anti-shoppers!!! I believe in you!!! Now - go stimulate our economy.