eyeball headaches and dry lips my favorite!

Well, actually it's not actually my favorite. Thats just how I feel tonight. I thought I'd do a quick update even though it's late.

Lets see, blah blah blah working blah blah blah, I did pick get the materiel and stuff for my dress for Cali's wedding. That was kinda fun....it's going to be lightish teal, and its really really cute! Kinda the same color as that dress that Nyssa has (I think she made it for prom). It's strapless though so we have to make a jacket to go with it.

Also that weekend my cousins, my sisters, and I dyed our hair red and purple. That was fun although after camping most of the sun bleached it out. Jodie's was really purple for awhile. There are, of course pics on facebook. Seriously we pretty much put our whole lives on there.

I went camping with my family this Mon, through tonight. We got home about nine thirty. It was really fun. I turned off my cell phone and with it went the drama. Yay! Even though the nights were super cold, and my feet got blisters it was sooooooooo nice to be away from the drama. And my sisters and I didn't fight once while we were up there which was also nice. I'm so glad we get along so well.

The biggest thing occupying my time now is that Cali's bridal shower is going to be at my house the 29th of August. And Cali accidentallly put 5-9 instead of 5-8 so now we have to entertain a bunch of people for 4 instead of 3 hours. Sheesh its a lot more stressful than I thought it would be. And we have to make the dress which is going to take forever. AND I'm out of money so Cali's mother is funding the shower mostly which I feel really bad about, but I really really can't afford it so it's the only way its going to run. Sigh.

K now I'm off to bed after taking some asprin for aforementioned eyeball headache. Toodles!

Summer depression is setting in.....or something.

Sigh. It has been a loooooooooooooooooong summer. And I still have a month to go. Part of me can't WAIT for summer to get over, and other parts of me really don't want it to end. Also I'm having trouble coping with the fact that my best friend has replaced me, but I don't have anyone to replace her. So I spend a lot of days alone or with my family. On the upside, I'm spending lots of quality time with my sisters.

Speaking of quality time with my sisters....last weekend I went to a secondhand serenade concert with them and it was EXCELLENT. Possibly the funnest day of summer so far. It was at Thanksgiving Point which is like 20 mins away from Provo, and about 30 mins or so past South Salt Lake if you care. It was an outdoor performance so we just put a blanket out on the grass. We weren't that close to the stage though we did walk up as close as we could when secondhand serenade actually started singing so we could be with the group that was jumping up and down and belting out the songs insead of in the back where the people were mostly making out on thier blankets. :) A group called Single File performed first (they were ok......) then We Shot the Moon who was better (and they gave us free samples of their new CD which is pretty good) Then a band called Parachute who's song "she is love" is apparently really popular on the radio although I don't really like it. Hee hee ok. Then at like 9:30 (it started at 7) secondhand serenade actually started and it went til 11. Man I had so much fun it was great. And thanks for letting me rant about it for a really long paragraph.

Seriously nothing else has happened this summer. And nothing else is planned. I don't even get to go to peach days because its a week later on account of Labor Day being a week later on account of September starting on a Tuesday. Usually Peach Days is the last weekend before I go up, but its the weekend after this year. Bummer. And I was kinda planning on being in the Peach Queen Pagent (for the experience and also cuz my job would have sponsored me) but I guess thats out.

I am going to go to drive my mommy to Salt Lake on Friday so she can get her chemo, and since it takes like 4 hours my Aunt Wendy is going to take me (and Jodie) to lunch and also perhaps shopping if we're lucky. So I guess that'll be fun.
K thats it. Bye

Update!!

Heeeeeeey there folks! It's an update!!!
Pretty much my life is about chicken and tacos and stupid stupid drama right now. But thats ok.
Lets see.......
Well I went to Heber with Cali last weekend to go shopping and also a family reunion. The shopping was really fun, the reunion was really boring especially since it wasn't even my family. To alleviate the boringness Cali and I took like a billion pictures which are, of course up on facebook. So go look at them if you want. Also, maybe I'll stick one up here. Might as well.We're nerds I know, but life is so much more fun that way. I know I'll stick up the one of us with the gigantic Stormtrooper made of Legos. He was quite the guy.

K what else? Well there's the whole wedding drama thing, which I guess is just panning out the way most do with lots and lots of drama. But I don't know if I've said but I get to throw the shower which I am sooooo excited about. I'm going to do it in my (well not MY but my parents? K whatev you get the point) backyard cuz it's real big. Not sure what we're going to do yet, games, or whatnot but it's going to be awesome! Planned for the last Sat in August.

I did go see Harry Potter though not on opening night or anything. Like everyone I've talked to LOVED it, but I actually didn't like it that much. I really liked the 5th one so maybe my expectations were too high. The thing was that it didn't really ever have any action. Or maybe it didn't seem like it because I've read the books and I know whats going to happen. Someone ahead of me got mad cuz I was getting bored and when they were in the cave I practically shouted "Don't touch the water!" Also the Inferi looked like Gollum. I kept expecting them to go my precious! Hee hee. Also I was mad they skipped the whole battle at the end. And instead of acting everyone just stood around awkwardly. Ok fine I'll stop criticizing. I told Jodie I'd go again with her so I'm giving it a second chance.

What else? Oh. I officially made my nerd status go up 7 points by purchasing Star Trek 1-4 from Kimber for 20 dollars. I didn't really like 2 but for 20 bucks it was worth it. Ahhhhhhhhhh. If that stupid movie had never come out I would not be wasting so much of my time on this. Oh well. I usually get really obsessed for awhile and then I'm done. Shouldn't be much longer 'til I'm done.

K well that's all I can think of. Hmmm last night I went to a potluck in the park with my sisters and my mama, (who is doing really well despite the fact she's now a baldy. I totally thought she'd cave and buy a wig but she didn't! She's awesome!!!!) and then came home and just hung out with them. It was nice, I haven't done that it quite a while.
K well I guess I'm pretty much done. Have fun y'all and I'll see if I can't remember to do this a little more often.
Bbbbbyyyyyyeeeeee

"Being a nerd means you're allowed to get unironically enthusiastic about stuff.....when people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is "you like stuff!" which is just not a good insult at all." -John Green-

Back to the usual as you can see.....

Sigh.
It's been forever since I've updated this. I really need to. Life is life is life is life. Same as usual I guess. Today I went to work 11-4 and then at 6 they called me in til 11:00. Things like that happen way to often to me although I really need the money.
Umm something huge huge huge huge that has happened is that Cali is engaged to Jake now and I'm her maid of honor. I'm really happy for them but it is so much work! Holy cow! And I'm not even the one getting married. Also there is way too much drama. I think when I get married drama is going to be illegal. The date is set for Oct 3 so I'm gonna have to come down for the wedding, and also tons of other things that first month. I really hope school won't be too crazy.
Speaking of which I can't even register for the bloomin' classes I need to and I really need to get it figured out soon. Sigh. It's just hard to think about school when there's so much else to think about.
Oh Rena went home that was sad. We really miss her. Uhhhhhh what else? I've spent a lot of time walking with my dad, ddr-ing with Jo, and watching way too much star trek to be considered normal.
Tomorrow and Saturday I'm going to be attending a massive family reunion on my mother's side of the family. I don't think all of my moms brothers and sisters have gotten together in a very long time so it's going to be quite the reunion.
Oh also my mom is doing really well. She had her first bout of chemo a few weeks ago and her hair is starting to fall out a little bit. But she staunchly refuses to by a wig and says she's going to wear scarves the whole time. I think she's going to cave. After chemo there's going to be radiation every m-f for like 3 weeks. She'll be done in like October. Sigh. Man I've been sighing way too much. I should be more cheerful. :P :)
Ok I'm done. Sooner than last time I hope.

"Since my customary farewell seems oddly self serving, I will simply say good luck."

Ten points to whoever knows what movie that quote is from.
Actually I'm just going to tell you because I want to talk about it. I just got back from the new Star Trek Movie and it was nerdtastically excellent. Actually it was also excellent in a kind of non nerdy way as well which surprised me. Even though Spock was actually Sylar. (From Heroes. Ya I'm probably the only one that watches that show.) But I only thought he was going to steal Kirk's brain at the beginning. I got past it fairly quickly. But now it's like one in the morning and I can't sleep. It's cuz we'd been planning on going to see the movie a bunch of times but things got in the way and we'd put it off like 3 or 4 times. So even though it was a Monday night, we went at 9:45. Hee hee.

Man my life has been crazy lately. Mostly I've just worked a lot. I've worked 35-40 hours at my job every week, which means I'm really sick of chicken right now. But I'm also grateful that I have a job because I know quite a few people who don't have them and can't get one. Stupid Economy. So really the reason that I haven't updated it quite awhile is mostly that I haven't really had the time, or when I have had time I forgot to. Oops.

Also because something has happened, or rather I found out something that I've been avoiding thinking about but I can't really not write it here because its such a big part of my life right now and I suppose the whole point of this IS to write down whats happening in my life. Awhile ago we found out that my mother has breast cancer. When my mom told us about it I kind of didn't believe it because my Aunt also just found out she had breast cancer. But it's true. She's going in for surgery this Friday and starts chemo soon after that. Sigh. They say that this is very survivable and that we shouldn't worry about her dying or anything, but it's going to be a tough summer. Because of the chemo, we won't have a mom a lot of the time. I'm sure we'll be able to get along, I mean Jo's the youngest and she's 15, it's just going to be different. It scares me a bit. Sigh. Mostly I cope by not thinking about it.

And that's my life in a nutshell. That and Cali and Jake are practically engaged so I'm losing my best friend. Seriously I see no reason to come back to Utah next summer. I can take some summer classes, flute lessons or whatever, and if I can find a job I'll be able to get money.....sigh sigh sigh sigh. It's going to be a looooooooooooooooooooooong summer.

Help me Obi Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!!

Ahh Star Wars. Some of the best movies ever made. The last 3 anyway. The ones that came later were mostly bunk. Hee hee hee It's so much fun just to watch and laugh. At midnight. With my pops. Good times. 5....4.....3.....2.....1.....Blast off!!! :P

Man I should update more than once a week I think....because then I would remember more of what happened during the week I think. Man I don't really even remember what days I worked.

Monday I worked I think......ya. I did. Then went home and did something of other that was really interesting and fun I'm sure. Hee hee.

Tuesday was much the same. Actually I worked from eleven to ten thirty I think. Eww. I hope not to have too many more of those days.

Wednesday I had off...............what did I do? I think I waste too much time sometimes. Oh oh I remember! I went to Logan with my mother. I slept in the van while she went to class then we went shopping. Yay for shopping! We went to Old Navy and got stuff for Jodie's birthday and also some tank tops that were on sale. Then at Ross I found a really cute new dress for really cheeeeep. I love it when that happens! I don't remember what I did after that. Uhh........I think I went over to Cali's and helped her with Math for her final on Monday.

Thursday I worked in the afternoon.....and didn't really do much in the morning....I'm starting a new jeans quilt for my bed on account of the one I have being too small and also ripping. I think I started it that day. I also went and bought the fabric. Its really cute, green with flowers.
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Friday after work I went to Logan with my family and Cali to shop some more and then a choir concert for Madison HS and Mountain crest. It was really cool. Madison sang some of the same songs they sang for the concert they did with the college chiors back in Idaho. My cousin Becky is in that choir which is why we went. Also I made my video that day. I hope that works out. It will be fun if it does!

Saturday I mostly did chores and worked. Messed around. Stuff like that. Yay. I don't know why I don't really remember.

Today I went to the singles ward for the first Sunday. I think It'll be ok as long as I can get my two friends to get along with each other. Grrph. We had turkey and mashed potatoes for dinner which tasted like heaven. Then I watched Mulan with Jodie and we laughed at some of the more ridiculous things that happen. Its fun just being able to do things like that. Its what I miss most about home I think. Then we did DDR until late. And now here I am. Watching Star Wars with my padre. Hee hee hee ok I'm done. We'll see if I update before next Sunday.

How to make my life sound interesting.......

Time seems to go by in spurts. It's either super fast, or excruciatingly slow. I can tell it's going to be a looooooong summer. Emily will be at school, Nyssa has her internship, lots of my flute friends are in school in the summer, and Amber is working at this Ranch thing in Wyoming. But I'm stuck in Utah selling chicken. And tacos. It's not that I'm not happy to be home, I really am! But right now, with my sisters still in school, Cali still in school my mother still in school for goodness sake...I get kinda lonely. Also I never have a car. So tomorrow I have to walk to work at its like a 35 min walk. Not looking forward to it.

My week went pretty good, I worked Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. That night I slept over at Cali's house and then went to Weber with her on Friday. She only had a Math class so it was cool. We found Alex and some other people (at the chess club table...hee hee) and talked to them for awhile then went to the mall, where we tried on dresses again. Dillards is probably getting sick of us trying on prom dresses and then not buying anything. Hee hee I told the lady we were looking a bunch of different places, and we would come back when we'd made a descision. And we came back, but we didn't buy anything. Hee hee the pics are on facebook as usual. Also I bought some really nice purple sparkly nail polish from hot topic and also we got some stick on tatoos from one of those 75 cent machienes that gives you a little bubble. So much fun. When we got home Jake came over and I hung out with them for as long as I could stand and then went home.

Saturday was kinda boring. I did chores.....worked in the yard with my pops.....oh and we watched seven pounds that evening. It was kinda fun especialy since I'd seen it and they hadn't, which does not happen very often.

Sunday I descided to start going to the single's ward with Cali, but when we got there the place was empty and Cali suddenly remembered that it was stake conference. So we raced out to the church in Perry and was like 20 min late so we had to sit outside on one of the couches. Alex found us and sat with us for awhile. It was fun but I didn't listen very much like I should have. Hee hee.
This evening we went to Antelope island as a family so that Rena could see the Great Salt Lake. I stuck my finger in it for the first time, which is sad considering I've lived in Utah all my life. It was really pretty but also full of bugs. Rena got like three mosquito bites. They shouldn't be out until like May. Bleeeeech.
And now it's late, and I'm kinda tired. And I need to go to bed so I can be all cheerful selling chicken tomorrow. Eww.