Well, folks, it's been a year since I've been home. I'm not the type of girl who has to be clinging to mommy and daddy all the time. I'm pretty independent and comfortable being alone, but enough is enough. A year is too long for a single college girl to be away from home. In the past two years, I have only been home once. I dunno why it ended up that way but here I am missing home and so ready for a break.
Home is happy (even with the constant, and i mean constant, arguing over silly games and politics and whatever else there is in the world to argue about). Home is comfortable. I don't have to impress anyone at home. My family knows me as the bossy little girl who wouldn't wear anything except Disney princess underwear but they also know me as the senior in college music major who gets so busy she forgets to eat for a whole day. They see and know every aspect of me and like-it or hate-it...they still love me.
It's fun to be with my family. Oh how we laugh (i'll never forget the day when we were screaming at the top of our lungs Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' when the doorbell rang and a freaked out neighborhood girl returned the basketball that had rolled down the street). We do inside jokes like it's our job. We are so obnoxious. There was time we played truth or dare and we made Lindsay stay in the dog kennel for 2 minutes and Megan and Rachel had to switch clothes in the playhouse in one minute. How long ago was this you ask? Just last year. :)
I have a huge family. I'm 6th out of 9 kids. To get all the questions out of the way: no, there are no twins/adoptions, no, there is no polygamy, and yes, I always remember their names (these are the questions that I always got growing up). Maybe in Utah it wouldn't be so weird to have a big family..but in Texas, it is. My family has been a big part of forming who I am, and though I am in no way perfect (in fact, sometimes I wonder just what the H i'm doing), i like me.
In conclusion, I am excited for the pillars of our house that are wrapped in Christmas lights, the wooden Rudolph that will always be on our fireplace, the brown Texas grass, the constant playing of Hanson's "Snowed In" CD, the card games that get so intense that sometimes there are tears, the silent laughing during family prayers, the trips to the roller skating rink (our family literally takes over Skatetown), the laundry shoot adventures, the matinée movies, and the love.
I'll be home for Christmas.
Ok, I realize that I'm a complete lame butt with my blog. But seriously school has been H-E-double hockey sticks lately.
Once upon a time I thought I knew what four wheeling was. I thought I had gone four wheeling several times. I was wrong.
You may think that four wheeling is getting on one of these:
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I went to the library tonight. At 10pm. You know why? Because I was bored. I thought the library would be exciting. THE LIBRARY. Is this a bad sign?? I vote yes.
Will you just get here already???
Hehe. He. Hehe. Sorry for the absence. Life is still good blah de blah blah.
I'm still selling. I feel like Tom Hanks in Cast Away when he says "I...HAVE MADE FIRE!" and pounds his fists to his chest. I..HAVE SOLD PEST CONTROL!
Things that have come with this job:
1. My voice is literally lower
2. I am extremely sweaty....allll the timeee.
3. I wear the same white loose polo every day. Shexy.
4. Bugs don't have NOTHIN on me!
5. 90 degrees is a cool day.
6. Getting home early from work is getting home at 10:15pm.
7. Sunday is the best day of the week. Hands down.
8. The greatest and closest friends are made when doing hard things together.
9. Happiness starts with keeping commitments.
10. I HATE...i repeat...HATE the smell of curry.
11. I'm really good at pretending to love pets.
12. Monster, Red Bull, Full Throttle. Meet my new best friends.
Ok, just kidding. But it got your attention, didn't it?
Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. SO much to say in so little time. I only have 10 minutes.
-I got in a car crash before I left for DC. Yep. It sucked. It delayed my journey for a bit, but now it's all good.
-The drive from Provo to DC was accompanied with flash floods, tornado watches, snow storms, and crazy wind. It was fun and scary all at once.
-Emma and I stopped in Chicago on the second day of our drive. Chicago is SUCH a cool city. We went up in the Sears tower watch. The whole time we were paranoid my car was going to get broken into so we didn't get to fully enjoy the city. I'd love to go back.
-WE MADE IT TO DC!! Yep! Even though we just got here this past Sunday, it feels like I've been here for a month. I love it! The days are long and hard but i'm doing great! Life is so busy I hardly have a second to breathe! Man oh man. I know that this summer is going to push me to my limits. It already has. The hardest part is being away from loved ones. The people here are pretty awesome though. Life is good on the east coast!
Well I must depart! I love you all!
Since we came out of the womb, girls will not fully understand boys and boys will not fully understand girls.
Today is snowy. Very snowy. As I walked to campus with my pink polka dot umbrella (that my lovely roommate, Tiff, gave to me) I noticed a strange phenomenon. NO ONE else had an umbrella. And let me tell you folks, it was snowing pretty heavily. Since I've been in Utah I've noticed that no one really uses umbrellas in the snow. In fact, it's looked down upon. I could see what was going through everyone's head. Why is that girl wearing an umbrella? Is she high maintenance? It's SNOWING...why would someone wear an umbrella in the snow?? On rainy days here in Provo, everyone has an umbrella. Hm. Just a random thought slash wonder of the day. Should I lose the umbrella on snowy days??
Your voice melts me and you move like nobody's business. Even though you gave your children weird names, I still love you anyway.
For the record, I liked your nose through all the stages.
Thank you for the music.
Michael freaking Jackson.
