Friday, April 16, 2010

Hey! It's Okay Fridays!

It's time for Hey, It's Okay Fridays, inspired by Amber over at Airing My Dirty Laundry One Sock at a Time.

Hey, It's Okay....

... to change the order of your online classes to avoid a 15 page research paper, even if only for a month or so.

... to mock/laugh at all of your friends because they have finals, and you get to schedule your own and space them out through your semester.

... to (blatantly)ignore your roommate when she's being obnoxious.

... to be late to the chiropractor EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

... to talk to your favorite aunt about inappropriate things.

... to eat out twice a day in the name of saying goodbye to all of your friends.

... to avoid packing, even though you are moving in one week.

... to be ridiculously excited over something as simple as seeing a real-life firefly for the first time.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Introducing.... Hey, It's Okay Fridays!

So... Amber over at Airing My Dirty Laundry One Sock at a Time started doing a weekly feature called Hey, It's OK Tuesdays, after she was inspired by a column in Glamour magazine. I decided to jump on board and let you know a whole bunch of things that are OK. Enjoy!

Hey, It's Okay...

..... to be ridiculously excited about driving across the country solo. It's an adventure!

..... to quit your job a few days early so you can spend some extra time with someone you know you have no future with.

..... to compare Justin Bieber to an ultrasound photo... they're about the same age, right?

..... to wish you could speak another language solely so your friends couldn't have secret conversations right in front of you.

..... to spend an hour doing word searches because you just can't bear the thought of going through (and getting rid of) more clothes!

..... to crawl into your best friend's bed at 11:00 am in an attempt to wake her up, and end up sleeping there until 7 pm, when she wakes you up so you can go away and she can go out.

..... to be super forward with members of the opposite sex, because you know you are moving in less than two weeks, and you no longer care about your boring reputation (and you want to be remembered as "saucy")!!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Overheard

Sometimes, when you are in a high school, you hear terribly random, awkward things come out of people's mouths. I'm a private tutor, and for 2 of my students, I go to their high school and work with them during their study hall hour. One student and I work together in the counseling office. There is another tutor group that works at the next table. Usually, we just ignore them, they ignore us, it works out pretty well. A few weeks ago, though, H and I started catching snippets of conversation from their general specific direction. We decided to keep track of some of their ridiculous comments. :) Enjoy!


"Every time he touches me, it's like all my problems go away. I feel like I can FLY"

"I only want to be a teacher so I can tell people what to do, and laugh as I punish them"

"I wish I was the dominatrix of the world"

"I finally got her to the point where she'll tickle me."

"If you think about it, every word you say leads back to sex."

"All day yesterday, I was touching someone."

Lesson learned? Keep you ears open in public, and you'll hear some pretty priceless things. :)

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Please stop stalking from the shadows.

Most of the time stalking is socially unacceptable, but in the blogging world it is much appreciated. :)
I get 15-20 hits on my blog daily, which I know isn't a lot, but it's way more than I thought I had. I think I would realize the sheer amount of visitors I actually get if people were commenting! :) I love all of you, and I would definitely appreciate some comment love, or at least a quick email, so I know who's seeing this! 

I know I've been a slacker about posting new and hilarious information about my life, but that's because I'm formulating some awesome ideas, and they take some time. Also, I've been really busy thinking about how I'm going to accomplish the things on my to-do list! I'll let you know as soon as I actually DO something about it!

I love all of you! Thanks for visiting!

Monday, January 25, 2010

You can call me Miss Poppins.

Six.

That's how many children I'm now in charge of.
Scary? Of course. Incredible? Absolutely!

I started nannying today.  I'm definitely loving it! It's cuh-razy but so, so fun! I feel like I have gone from
0-60 in 3.5. This morning, I was a lazy college student griping about how her ridiculous roommates feel the need to mess with her laundry and ruin her clothes. Fast forward 10 hours, and I'm coordinating baths, doling out goldfish, reading storybooks, signing off homework, and kissing boo-boos better.

I feel like superwoman.

The house is finally silent, and I'm basking in it. Though I normally have music playing as a background to every moment of my life, I am content to hear the clicking of my keys, and nothing else.  I know it's only 7 short hours before I hit the ground running, but for now I just sit.

I just heard a rustling noise from the general direction of the children's room and I nearly had a heart attack. I. Must. Sleep.

P.S. This is day 2 in a row.... let's see if I can make it 8 more. :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Resolute.... for now.

I know it's way beyond the socially acceptable time limit for posting your New Year's Resolutions, but I'm pretty good at ignoring those unwritten rules! :) I've never really believed in New Year's Resolutions, because I think they burn people out, and everyone thinks that New Year's Eve/Day gives them some sort of magical superhuman self control. Yeah, right. So I like to take a while, and reflect on my life, and truly decide what will make me happy. Then, I make a bucket list. :) Way more fun than saying "I want to be healthier, exercise more, keep my house cleaner, blah, blah, blah" So here it is!

20 Things to Do in my 20th year

1. Buy a beautiful camera, like this one.
2. Pay off my car.
3. Take and Post pictures with said camera.
4. Bake a homemade cheesecake.
5. Sing the National Anthem at a Utah Jazz game.
6. Go snowboarding (I've lived in Utah for 8 years of my life and never been.)
7. Visit ArizonaLewis at least three times.
8. Act in a play.
9. Do my laundry BEFORE I am perilously close to running out of clean underwear.
10. Write a song.
11. Learn to play the guitar well.
12. Learn to speak fluent Spanish.
13. Go camping.
14. Go fishing and catch a fish.
15. Hike Mount Timpanogos and tour the caves.
16. Go to Disneyland.
17. Visit Washington D.C.
18. Blog every day for 10 days.
19. Go on a road trip.
20. Take a yoga class.

I'll be updating you all each time I complete one of these things. I'm sure some great stories will ensue!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Guess who's back??

So, maybe I'm so busy blog-stalking other people, that I forget to update my own. Also, my complete lack of camera makes my posts full of words, and empty of picture. I guess I'll just have to get more creative, and continue to save some cash! I'm dying for one of these beautiful babies!



Yes, Please!


Photography is one of my loves. Too bad school, all of my jobs, and all that crap people call "real life" suck up all my time and opportunity to be creative! That's why I'm going to do school online for a while, cut back to just 1, maybe 2 jobs, (instead of 3 1/2) and stop letting people tell me how to run my life!


Ah, blogging world... it's good to be back!