It's Here!

It's Here!!

Alright, so I gave up on the countdown. Life just got too crazy and I perhaps got a bit lazy. I've decided that today's post should probably be a spontaneous poem off the top of my head. So here we go:

The days will be long and treacherous too

The chickens will cluck and the cows will moo

My crap is loaded in the big uHaul trailer

22 plus hours with mom...hope I don't kill her

Or should I say that I hope she wont kill me

either way we'll probably laugh excessively

Yes off to Texas I go again

Bags packed and a big country grin

Yeehaw to that I say

I'm sure we'll see lots of horses eating hay

Yep, off I go, Texas please come near

If you help me move my furniture, I'll feed you beer.

T-minus 8 or 9 hours and Mom and I will be hittin the road! The bummer is that we have to go 55 mph the whole time. Ugh, that'll be rough. Lots of quality car time with the mama! Yeehaw! Talk to ya from Tuscon....probably with lots of good road trip stories. ;-)

Days 9 and 8...Colorado!

Day 9 & 8 --

Yesterday me, the mom and pops flew into Denver to visit my bro and his fam! I was super excited to see snow...turns out Colorado is a barren wasteland right now...fail. But the highlight of the whole day was REI. I mean holy smokes folks, this REI is incredible! The building is an old train station and each section of the store is on a different level. I think I walked in quivering with joy and could have stayed in there for hours.

Anyways, it's been awesome to be here in the cold brisk air and just chillax with the fam. My little nugget of a niece, Riley, is growing by the second and is going to be walking by herself in no time. She is already so fast! My brother is in for some trouble ;-)

Today we are headed into Boulder to walk the little strip mall and enjoy the hippies everywhere. Although I think I'm the only one in the family that can truly appreciate that.

That's all for now! We're back to San Diego tomorrow and I'm going to be going insane trying to see friends for the last time before I move and packin up! yahoo!

ps- im pretty sure i need to live in CO for some part of my life.

making up for a couple days...

Making Up For A Couple Of Days

So I have slacked hardcore with the blogging. Finals sorta got in the way and my laziness took over. So I am going to give you random facts for the days I missed. Here we go:

Day 13 -- Half of my wardrobe is tie-dyed. Seriously though...slight obsession.

Day 12 -- My parents had their 37 year anniversary on December 16th! How legit is that? They've stood each other for THAT long! ;-) I feel blessed to have such incredible parents.

Day 11 -- I really enjoy old school wooden pencils.

Day 10 -- At some point in my life I want to write a book.

Those are the random facts for now! Maybe more to come soon. :-)

Words of wisdom

Countdown to Fort Worth - Day 14

I forgot to blog today! So here is my passing thought...

Always dance in the dressing room when trying on new clothes. What's the point of buying them if you can't dance in them? Exactly, there isn't one. I tried something on today and I realized that I was dancing in front of the mirror. I probably realized it because I am not really very good at dancing...it'd probably catch anyones attention. haha. However the realization didn't stop me. I kept dancing and was quite happy about it. So, my words of wisdom for the day - Always dance in the fitting room. Because why the hell not?!

Day 15: Go ahead....just laugh.

Countdown to Fort Worth: Day 15

Go Ahead....just Laugh.

This post is really just a post to throw myself under the bus and for you to laugh.

While most of you have been bundled up in layers of clothes and sitting by your fireplaces, I have been in shorts and a tank top in San Diego's freak 85 degree weather. Yesterday was the first day of this hot weather, so I decided it was a good idea to ride my skateboard to the bay and get some reading done. I grabbed my books, a towel, threw on my bather, and headed out the door with my skateboard in hand. It all started out great. The wind whisping through my golden locks, shades on, me pretending that I'm really bad ass, etc etc. I get to the intersection where I needed to turn left and a car was coming so I started to slow down thinking that they would just go straight through the intersection. Well they decided to turn on their turn signal last second, which means that we could both turn at the same time. Or ideally, that's what should have happened. In the midst of the turning and slowing and then speeding up and one foot on and off and balance struggling and car turning and me in the smack dang middle of the intersection....for lack of a better phrase - I hate shit. Flat out on my bootay. In the middle of the intersection. I sat there on my butt and just watched my skateboard roll all the way to the other side until it smacked into the curb. I tried to ignore the people walking and biking past me. Mostly because I knew their laughter would only bring my ego down another 1000 points. Luckily I was not hurt. Just some scraped palms. So I swallowed by pride, walked to my board, and continued down the hill to the Bay. Needless to say I was a bit nervous to get back on my board when I went home.

Lesson to be learned...well, I guess there really isnt one except don't fall in the middle of an intersection because you'll look like an idiot. At least I can laugh at myself! (secretly I'm still embarrassed)...

Day 16: Tradition

Countdown to Fort Worth: Day 16

-Tradition-

Every year my mom, dad, and I hang all the ornaments on the tree. Probably one of my all-time favorite traditions of Christmas. Mom blares the music way too loud and dad and I sing along. Luckily we don't hear mom singing because the music is so loud...I guess thats why she does that! (trust me, it's a good thing). I just got back home from my parents house and hanging all the ornaments. First of all, the tree is HUGE. Nice work picking that one out Daddy-o. But the best part of hanging all the ornaments is seeing exactly what all the ornaments are. My favorite are the homemade ones and Andy, Chris, and I all made when we were little. I mean, it's really high quality stuff! But it's also fun to see the ornaments that we got on different vacations. Or ones labeled with the years my parents got them. I picked on up tonight that was a Pi Phi ornaments from 1989 Pi Phi Convention. I didn't even know I would be a Pi Phi then! Anyways, I love Christmas traditions. I know someday I won't be able to hang all the ornaments on the tree with my parents, so I guess I'd better soak it all up now.

^Me in pre-school.

^ I think this is first grade. I just look so joyful....not. (it's okay to be jealous of my glasses and outfit)

17: I'm a Doodler

Countdown to Fort Worth: Day 17

I'm a Doodler.

As most of you know, it is cramming time for finals. It's time for coffee (tea in my case), books, notes, cafe's, and some sort of motivational drive (working on that still). As I write I'm sitting in a cafe and have been here for 3 hours with the intention of studying my ass off. Now has that happened? Absolutely not. I did get some studying for Spanish done...but that's about it. And clearly I'm blogging right now and not studying. Fail. During my "study time" today I was flipping through my notes and a reoccuring theme appeared. I doodle. Excessively. To a point that's possibly unhealthy. The picture above is by far my most exquisite doodle and I felt as though the world would be a better place if a shared it. Yes, the duck is quacking, the dinosaur is telling us he's an herbivore, and the cow is mooing because he has been tipped (unfortunate). Oh the state of delirium that I must have been in when I drew this is astounding. I'm looking forward to the binders full of doodles I do next semester!

18: Oh Grandma Millie

Countdown: Day 18

Grandma Millie Monster

I've realized I accidently missed yesterdays post, so this one will be relatively short. I decided that you should all know about my Grandma Millie. She is not your ordinary Grandma. No, no, she just turned 90 and she is still kickin with the fiery pep left inside of her! Here are the top 5 facts about Grandma Millie:

1. She has given our whole family animal names. Jan Jaguar, Tom Turtle, Chris Crocodile, Andy Aardvark (sometimes Armadillo), and Robin Rhino.

2. She held that parrot above at a farmers market I played guitar at...we turned around and there she was...just holdin a parrot. NBD.

3. We call her Grandma Millie Monster. Although sometimes she likes to be called Millie Magnificent my Favorite Monster. nbd again.

4. About 5 or 6 years ago she decided that she wanted to go to the batting cages. So she would go all by herself and hit softballs. haha

5. She is now a Great Grandma to my niece Riley.

Those are the facts of the day! Good ole Grandma Millie. I always tell my mom she's turning into her...and then I realize I am too. Yikes! :-)

19: In Spite of Ourselves

Day 19

"In Spite of Ourselves"

I was jamming out to Pandora the other day and had an Avett Brothers station goin when a song caught my attention. I tuned in a little more, listened to the lyrics, and couldn't help but smile. The next thing I knew I was downloading it on iTunes and listening to it on repeat. If the lyrics weren't slightly inappropriate at times I would want it to be my wedding song. Here are the lyrics:

"In Spite of Ourselves" by John Prine and Iris Dement

She don't like her eggs all runny

She thinks crossin' her legs is funny

She looks down her nose at money

She gets it on like the Easter Bunny

She's my baby I'm her honey

I'm never gonna let her go

He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays

I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies

He ain't too sharp but he gets things done

Drinks his beer like it's oxygen

He's my baby

And I'm his honey

Never gonna let him go

In spite of ourselves

We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds

Honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses

Right off of our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

Dancin' in our eyes.

She thinks all my jokes are corny

Convict movies make her horny

She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs

Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs

She takes a lickin'

And keeps on tickin'

I'm never gonna let her go.

He's got more balls than a big brass monkey

He's a wacked out werido and a lovebug junkie

Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon

Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon

He's my baby I don't mean maybe

Never gonna let him go

In spite of ourselves

We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds

Honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses

Right off of our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

Dancin' in our eyes.

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

Dancin' in our eyes.

20 Day Countdown

Hey Folks!

Today is the beginning of the 20 day countdown to me being back in Fort Worth, TX! So for the next 20 days I will provide a random tid-bit of whatever I feel like. Could be funny, could be serious, could be inquisitive....so be on your toes! It's been a while since I've blogged and tis the season to pick it up again. With that, let me begin:

20

This past weekend I went snowboarding with some friends up to Big Bear, which was an absolute BLAST. Not only does snowboarding rock my world, but the mountain always blow my mind. Just LOVE it. However, that is not the point of this tid-bit. On the way up to Big Bear, Katie and I had to stop at her parents house to grab her boarding hear. So while we were stopped we raided the fridge for some lunch where I made a bagel with turkey, lettuce, and avocado on it. I was eating my bagel and super happy because it was delicious when I saw it. I looked down in the middle of a joyous bite and looked at what was left of my bagel...and it was Texas. Literally...it was shaped like Texas! Totally unintentially. I pulled a grilled cheese Jesus Glee moment and decided that it was an affirmative sign that I really am supposed to be going back to Texas. I had a minor celebratory moment, took a picture, and laughed at my bagel Texas... then I ate the rest of it. :-) It was a great moment in my life. Quite life-changing, let me tell you. And if you don't believe me, look at the picture below!