My life lately...

....is pretty awesome. I'm all moved in to Mike and Andrea's. And I am LOVING it. My uncle and aunt are freaking awesome. And I LOVE my cousins!!! They're all so stinkin cute! I'm at my new store at Walgreens. So far I like it pretty well... except that its soooo slow. But everyone I've worked with I like so far. Plus there's a pretty darn ATTRACTIVE black man that I work with. :) Good times.

I have pictures!! So I'll show you some. :)

I made waffles!!! And they were SOOOOO good. And I put blueberries on top with butter pecan syrup. DELISH.
I found this super duper nasty moth under my bed when I was packing up my room. I am officially grossed out by my own uncleanliness.

I own 28 pairs of shoes. I love my life. :)

This is ALMOST all of my music. I was really proud of myself for accumulating all of this over the years. :) Now I just need to actually learn it all. GOAL!

Okay, I have a confession to make. Remember Hairy Ben? WELL he's pretty much my best friend now. haha And I decided since he is no longer a lover interest. HAHAHA. I will just call him by his name. JON. Not that basically everyone who reads my blog didn't know that already or anything. But whatev. ANYWAY. So for my birthday Jonny took me to a bunch of places that give out free food for birthdays!! And it was AWESOME. I love free things. And I love birthdays. And I love food. It was fabulous. And I had a plan to take pictures of all of the free things that I got... but since I am not used to having a camera... I forgot. :(

So I basically just stole pictures from off the internet...

Hello delicious Denny's Grand Slam for FREEEE! This looked basically exactly like mine... except nasty sunny side up eggs I had over medium. Yumm. And instead of icky sausage I had hash browns. Seriously. I was soo hungry and it tasted sooo good.

Holy Hannah this was the BEST ice cream. Baskin Robbins World Class Chocolate. Sooo good. And FREEEE. :)

No other explanation needed. Krispy Kreme is heaven. I only got one doughnut, though. pshhh that's what I get for sharing, I guess.

Okay, this ice cream was gross, not gonna lie. Or maybe I was just so freaking full from everything else that nothing would have tasted good. It was blueberry ice cream and I had graham cracker crumbs folded into it. yeah. It was nasty. I mostly just played with it until I could throw it away at Denny's because we had to go back there to get my phone... that I forgot. Sad.

So basically I never wanted to eat ever again.... until my family offered to take me to Garcia's for dinner... and we got a couple sampler dishes and got to try just about everything on the menu. Delish.

I also donated blood that morning and watched a movie with some friends that night. Overall it was a pretty fabulous birthday. :)

Words of wisdom for the day: Do what feels right. Just because it's weird for other people, doesn't mean it's weird for you. Some of the weirdest things ever can be so perfect. And it would be a shame to miss out just because you're afraid of sticking out of the "norm" the end. :)

You have to be in the mood....

.... to blog. And I have either been too busy.. or just NOT in the mood to blog lately. ... and I'm still not in the mood. I am in the mood to chat on facebook and watch reruns of The Nanny on tv. I just thought I'd drop in and say that I'm not dead. And I'll update more soon!

Several things...

...soooo in the car I listen to the classical station a lot. I know, nerdy. But I do. I went to BYU Idaho for a semester studying music... and pretty much anything NOT classical there is of the devil. So I pretty much HAD to acquire a good taste for it.. plus I'm an orch dork. ANYWAY. So I listen to the classical station.. there is a lady on that station with a LISP. Or should I say LITHP. I mean, REALLY?? Why would you work in the radio industry if you have a SPEECH IMPEDIMENT??? Every time she comes on talking I miss a turn. No joke. I mean... I'm all for the American dream.... you can do anything you put your mind to... but some people just SHOULDN'T put there minds to some things.

Secondly... it's really hard to do yoga with a puppy in the room.

She kept trying to sit on me....

And that didn't work... so she just started attacking me. Which was cool. You know.

So...... it's my birthday on Saturday!!

... I'm working from 5 to 10.. poo. Oh well, I'll get over it.. because I'm going to the river on Thursday!! :) Life is pretty.

That's all. :)

Oh yeah, except for Words of Wisdom. Do yoga!! It makes you feel awwwesome. Even if a puppy is attacking you. It's THAT awesome. The end. :)

oh yeah!

and while I was up at the cabin I had this dream. Awesome. But FIRST I must tell you the story of the person IN the dream because it's funny.

SO. At my Walgreens.... I have 2 coworkers that are seriously like big brothers to me. As in they call me their little sister and we laugh and joke and gossip and it's jolly good times. One is a manager... so we can all fart around and not get in trouble! Woohoo! Well anyway, there's a night shift worker, Rickifer. And he is mighty attractive. And funny and smart and such. I sooorrt of... have a crush on hisself. If you know what I mean. But then I was all, "He drinks coffee, icky!" But then I was all, "But he's cute and is all GOOD in other ways." But then I was all, "What the heck, he's like 25 and works at Walgreens?? LAMMEEE!" But THEN I was all, "Maybe he's just a little lost... I like him. I'll be friends!" And so then I was nice to him and we had some jolly good conversational exchanges and were witty together. Which was fun. AND THEN I realized I was transferring to another store because of the whole moving to Gilbert thing... and I said to myself... I will never see this boy again. I MUST DO SOMETHING DRASTIC. So I did. I went up to my "big brother" who is not a manager and I said to him, "Do you want to know a secret??" ".....sure whatever." (I try to be sneaky and gossipy when there's nothing to gossip about but he will not cooperate, lil booger.) "I sorta have a crush on Rick!" "... yeah I know." "YOU DO?? WHAAA?" "I'm a guy. But I'm not BLIND." "Curses!" "Come into the office and we'll talk about it." So we go into the office and I try and get info from him.. but he knows nothing! Worthless! But then the night manager walks in and hears us talking and he gets all excited like Rickifer and I are gonna start dating. "He NEEDS a girl in his life," he says. Hmm what does THAT mean? "It means he needs a girl. He's a bum. He still lives with his parents and plays video games all day. He used to be Mormon.. but doesn't really go to church anymore. I mean, he still BELIEVES everything, he just got bored hearing the same things every week. He needs a girl to whip him into shape." So I say to myself, "That could be fun!" So I give my number to the night manager to give to Rickifer because I am a big fat chickenface and can't do it myself. And I think he did..... but Rickifer has not called me yet... and I have to see him on Monday night.. HA! It could be really awkward or suuper funny. We'll see. Hopefully I can pull off funny. But I DO feel like a sorta loser woman that this bum of a man will not even call me. PSHH WHATEV MAN. I'm basically over it. HA!

But that's the story. And now with the dream.

So I was dreaming that I was with Rickifer and another guy. And us three were just hanging out, having fun.. walking around the streets and stuff. Whatev. And then we decided to go to my house. And when we got there my mom had made food and the boys loved it! They said, "Nom nom nommmm good!" And then my mom brought out twinkies with this special chocolatey sauce stuff... and the boys REALLY liked it and said, "NOM NOM NOMMMM" to this stuff. And then I got a call from a friend who's actually on a mission asking me to come hang out with him and I was all, "Whaaa? Weird, no. SORRY, I have friends over." And then I went back out and I just looked at Rickifer because he was cute and wished he liked me... even though he's really short and skinny and a bumface. And that's all I remember.

But I was just thinking about that dream and my last post was short and boring so I thought I'd share!! Woohoo! Happy night! :)

Vacaaaa

Uhm. Hi, I love vacation. I really really do. It was a MUCH needed break from life. My family rented a BEAUTIFUL cabin in the Show Low region. Seriously. It was gorgeous. EVERYTHING was gorgeous: the cabin, the weather, the fam fam, the cute little antique shops. I didn't take any pictures... because I didn't have a camera...

BUT I DO NOW!! Dad took me shopping for one when we got home today and I love it I love it I love it!!

It is purple and pretty and we are going to get along splendidly, I can tell. :) I haven't thought of a name for this little beauty yet... but it will come to me. Probably the first time I use it. It's still charging... but pictures will be coming very very soon I promise! :)

Okay. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis are seriously awesome. Awesome possum. They make me so happy to read them... because I'm all, "In your FACE, Satan. You're so sneaky but I'm soooo smart! BAM! No you will NOT bring me down!"

So no more emo Annie. :) At least for now. haha, I mean we all have ups and downs, right? WELL I'm definitely in an up! The vacation did a world of good. It was fantastic to spend time with my awesome family and not have to worry about ANYTHING for 4 whole days. No work, no school, no boys. And now that I'm back I actually miss those things! So overall life is jolly good.

Seriously. I'm just smiling for no good reason at all.

Words of wisdom for the day? Take vacations! If you're freaking out and stressing out and running out of gas for life.... take a vacation. It'll be worth the cost and time off work, I PROMISE. MM I just feel so good.

I'll post again soon with PICTURES! The end. :)

BLOOOGGGING...

...is awesome. I have nothing to blog about. I keep opening my blogs like this and it's getting quite depressing. BUT I will have something to blog about soon! Woohooo! My life will be exciting, I'm determined.

So on Wednesday my WHOLE family (minus Amber and Khris in Georgia and KC, Lynn, and Rhone in Tucson) will be staying in a GORGEOUS cabin up in Northern AZ. I am beyond excited for this. I will not have to worry about ANYTHING ANYTHING ANYTHING for FOUR WHOLE DAYS. Holy hannah. There really are no words. This is also a warning because I will not be blogging up there. So all my lovelies will have to wait a whole 4 days for me to blog again. Terribly sorry.

And then it's my birthday!!! I'm really excited to be able to say 19 instead of just 18 when people ask how old I am. Because I say 18... and people think I just graduated and I'm just a little baby. ... which I kind of am. But I WANNA be all growed up! And I'm sort of getting there.. :)

AND THEN! I'm going to visit Shawna in Oklahoma!!! Uhm hi, I'm excited. I'm thinking of driving over there all by my lonesome. 14 hours in a car by myself sounds like heaven. I love driving. And blasting music and belting out songs and rolling all the windows down and feeling everything in the world with no one else around and being perfectly ME and no one else with no other influences or awkward moments because it's me. ...but Mom doesn't like the idea. So I might be flying... if I can find a cheap ticket.

You know what I want to do? I want to write something beautiful that really SAYS something. Maybe when I know more about life I can do that.

I'm going to the gym tomorrow with my darling, Addi. Because she's really good and healthy like that and invited me.

And I found out ANOTHER boy reads my blog regularly. Seriously. These boys. AND he had a lover interest in me in high school. Weird. My life is cool. Because boys that like me don't tell me. But he's not Mormon. Flirt to convert though, yo. And then we can be wed and make hot babies and they'll get the skinny gene from him and talented gene from me and they'll be super smart writers from both of us! Awesome. And since he reads this he'll be super weirded out by me and stop talking to me and then none of this will be possible at all. Tragic. But I just HAVE to give a shout out to my boys who read. Because it's funny.

If you are a boy and want a shout out. Leave a comment. And I'll shout out to you... in my blog. HAHA. I'm cracking myself up. I need to go to bed. I'm not even being funny, either. Okay. Stop talking, Annie. Time for bed. You're silly.

EXCEPT FOR WORDS OF WISDOM! Hmm. I feel like I've already used up all my wisdom. This blog has sucked me dry. OH something I'm realizing. Everything is not about me. I know that sounds dumb, like I should already know that. And I do. And I did. But remember that post where I talked about being the leading lady in your own life?? Well, that still holds true... but maybe pay more attention to the supporting actors too. They're just as important. Nobody wants to watch a movie with just one person in it.. remember Castaway? The end. :)

Have you ever wanted to just TALK to someone so badly... but anytime you tried to talk to anyone... you couldn't find the words to say what you wanted to? And then when you try to think of what you wanted to say.. you couldn't even remember? Or perhaps you never knew what it was that was so urgent to talk about. What was so pressing on your mind. And you think maybe it was just restlessness. But then you think... maybe it's just an overwhelming need to be understood. I just want to be understood.