first of all, listen to some john mayer as a soundtrack to this post
i love this song. i love john mayer. i woke up with it stuck in my head. and i think it's because i got a text at 4:19 in the morning that said, "My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room." good start to my morning. thank you, mike schwartz, for putting that song in my head. anyways, moving on.
my 4th of july weekend was kind of lame. i had thursday through monday off. and i honestly don't even remember what i did on thursday, friday, or saturday. i'm entirely pathetic. but sunday morning i went to church to teach my little babies.
and then my stepdad's family had a going away party for us...
dan grilled burgers and brats
everybody ooh'd and ahh'd over josh and melissa's new baby burke
my mom posed with my grandma (aka, the potato salad queen)
we let little logan charm us with that face
and logan's sister lilah told my family to "go away"
(minus hadley cause she was at the lake)
i mean, i probably gained a couple pounds in the matter of that three hours. but hey, i didn't want to be rude and refuse all the wonderful food that took so much work to prepare (including the brownies with oreos in the middle). that would've been disrespectful. aaaaand then we came home and put our fat pants on and watched beastly. alex pettyfer is yummy. so that was sunday.
monday we had cheeseburgers on the grill again, pasta salad (made by me), watermelon, and potato chips. i feel like we probably watched another movie but i couldn't tell you what it was. then we piled in the truck and went to watch what came to be the most pathetic firework show i've ever seen. no offense, america.
so that was my weekend. not too terribly exciting. but it was a quality 4th of july spent with family, family, and more family. i'm not complaining though. i'm probably not going to be seeing them too often anymore. i guess maybe that's part of growing up.
i'm so happy to finally be back to work. it feels weird not getting to play with kids all day. ha! i seriously have the best job. why didn't i start nannying sooner? yesterday sam and i decided to prepare ourselves for the 15th and start a harry potter marathon. so we popped our popcorn, got some blankets, and curled up on the couch to start harry potter and the sorcerer's stone. it's kinda cloudy and not really feelin' like a pool day today, so we'll probably watch the second one! oh and my lovely mother finally had time to highlight my hair. yay for mom's that don't have work for the next six weeks!
and here's for the ultimate countdown...
16 days until i move out of my house
43 days until phil flies to kansas city
45 days until our trek to utah
54 days until i'm in vegas
57 days until disneyland with juelaine and ashley
and 64 days until i drive up to rexburg
i'm getting so giddy and excited and weird about it :)
i'm so happy the long weekend is over. seriously, a 5 day hiatus from work is not what i wanted. thankfully i have a busy july ahead and then in just 47 days i'll be on my way to utah! i stole this from chelsie. oops.
current guilty pleasure: streaming netflix
current color: gold
current playlist: jack johnson and bon iver
current read: it's not summer without you
current drink: razzleberry peace tea
current food: baked potatoes
current favorite show: life unexpected
current wish list: a new camera
current needs: independence
current triumphs: 6.6 miles for a week straight, and 2 more pounds gone
current bane of my existence: humidity
current celebrity crush: alex pettyfer
current indulgence: keebler's oatmeat and fudge strip cookies
i'm not sure if anybody can tell yet, but last summer (which was spent in rexburg with my best friends) was my favorite summer. so every summer holiday, like memorial day, and like today, i spend wishing i was out west.
this time last year, my roommates blake and kat went to oregon for the long weekend. so i had the whole apartment to myself for like four days. yes it was lonely, but yes i kind of liked it. i don't even remember what i did in the morning. for some reason i feel like i went and saw a movie. idk, that's weird. but in the afternoon, amy and i went to idaho falls with zack and tanner and tucker and matt and jeremy and jeremy's woman and braden and a few other people that i don't remember or don't care to mention. we played cards on the side of the highway, and then walked down to the river to watch fireworks. it was magical. but unfortunately these are the only pictures from that day.
every once in awhile i get in this really... productive, mood. i want to make things happen, i want to take on new things, get new hobbies, meet new people, and just, be better at living i guess. and right now, i'm in one of those moods.
i want to do things
i want to paint. i want to volunteer again. i want to write in my journal every single day. i want to get better at the piano. i want to go to more concerts. i want to learn to sew. i want to cook. i want to run a half marathon. i want to get back into photography. i want to be in charge of something. i want to make plans, big plans. i want to decorate my new apartment. i want to play a game of assassin. i want to be good.
i'm perfectly capable of making all of these things happen. i'm also perfectly capable of making excuses so they don't. i choose the former. one at a time. here i goooooooo. wish me luck.
Twenty-four. Kansas City native living in Utah. Returned Madrid & Provo missionary. Lover of college basketball, Thai food, the Spanish language, fall clothes, loud music, and a boy named Michael. This is my little life.
