time bomb

dear sunburn,

really? don't you think it's kind of ridiculous that it's been a week and i'm still red?

dear tax season 2009,

ooooh the stories! i guess the thing i will always be thankful for is the stupidity/paranoia that without a doubt comes out in people when tax time rolls around. like the man who left a message and actually used the phrase "cease and desist." that will never stop being funny.

dear cold sores,

why must you show up around the time of EVERY vacation i go on? what is that about?

dear oregano's,

heaven in my mouth. that's what you are.

dear macbook pro,

welcome to my life.

dear savings account,

i agree, it probably was a total joke to even set you up. i'm sorry i never let you keep a decent amount of money. i have good intentions but i think we both know those don't always mean anything. i'll try harder.

dear eagles,

thanks for not dying before i got to see you. it really was the best show i've ever been to. also, i think joe walsh is a little crazy. just sayin'

dear arizona,

my thoughts on summer: the hotter the better. please and thank you.

dear american idol,

how do i say this? this season sucks. i can only imagine how next year will be without simon when it's already this bad. maybe let's consider calling it quits..

dear future,

i don't know what you hold but i've decided to stop worrying. come what may and love it. i'm working on it.

dear 20th birthday next month,

i have one word for you: ew.

xoxo,

me

hotel california

remember how tax season ended on april 15th? it did. and on april 16th i got the heck out of arizona and had a lovely weekend in huntington beach.

i went with friends hillary, brendy and morgin. we had SO MUCH FUN. nothing cures me like a road trip to california, and the girl time wasn't so bad either.

saturday we spent a huge chunk of the day at the beach. and i got REALLY sunburned. it's 5 days later and i'm still red. and before you be like my dad and say "you're dumb!" i have to defend myself. the only sunblock we had was spf 70 and i knew if i put that on i was going to get NO color and that would have totally defeated the purpose of going to the beach. so i put some on my face and was going to put more on the rest of my body after a couple hours.
well.
i fell alseep.
and it was overcast.
and you know the rest of the story.

sunday we went to the newport temple and even found a singles ward to go to! we maybe only did that in hopes of finding cute boys (there weren't any) but the point is that we got to take the sacrament, right? (right.)

funny stories:
1. we were sitting on this wall watching people play volleyball and a big group of guys walked by. they made it almost all the way to the water when one of them turns around, walks back to us and says, "um... you forgot to ask me for my number when i walked by earlier" HAHAHAHA! if you're wondering, yes we got the number and we applauded him having the guts to do that.

2. hillary had on a bright neon yellow bathing suit (that was super cute) and she had a victoria secret tote that said "love pink" on it and the straps on that were also yellow. there was a different group of guys that walked by and one of them said "she loves pink but she's wearing yellow..." hahaha, it was great.


things i learned:
1. driving in california makes me speed like no other.
2. when they put the north and south entrances to the freeway on the same side of the road i get REALLY confused.
3. i need to live closer to the ocean.
4. when the back of your knees turn purple from the sun, moving becomes extremely difficult.
5. i can be easily persuaded to agree to run a half marathon.
6. i am going to become one of those people who flakes out on things they never really meant to agree to.

no worries, i'm already trying to figure out when i can go back.

ob-la-di, ob-la-da

my friend megan and i email back and forth during work a lot. and sometimes, we say funny things.

i've provided examples:

m: i wish i worked for an airline so i could get free flights.
c: i think i want to marry a pilot.

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m: it is my favorite coworker’s birthday today, and i got her a zebra print snuggie. it’s a HUGE hit!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHA
c: there was a snuggie at the gift exchange my parents do with my dad's side of the family and my dad got it and then it was stolen :( i was sad. weezer made a snuggie and i think i need it.

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m: i want in n out burger sooooooooooo bad
c: good thing they have one up there now! that actually sounds so good right now. i think i just decided where i'm going for lunch
m: we are so cool! lets exchange pictures while we're eating haha

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m: and i want you to know that i am so bored that i just dissected my wrist pad. well, it used to be my wrist pad, now it’s just a huge pile of plastic all cut up. i regret this decision………

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m: so just now, my phone was in my purse and it went off and i realized i never turned it down this morning. so it was on FULL blast, while someone was calling, and my ring tone is…………… the Sesame Street theme.

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m: WORK IS BOOOOOOOORING
c: I JUST SPENT THE LAST 3 HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER A TOY ROCKING TYPE HORSE. yes, it really took me that long. and i broke the noise maker and it took forever to fix because those screws were RIDICULOUSLY tiny. ah. and my back kills like a friggin mother. i don't want children.

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m: i am so annoyed with 97% of my coworkers.
c: so far, i'm only annoyed with 20% of mine.


and now she is moving to egypt for the summer. who is going to provide my entertainment at work??

still fighting it

the other day my mom picked up my grammy and met lindsay and i for lunch. it's hard to do things like that because she no longer understands anything. when she talks, she rambles about nothing and what she says doesn't make sense. we have to laugh because if we don't, we'll cry. we were trying to get her to make a funny face but couldn't get her to hold it long enough for the camera to capture it. while we were laughing about it, grammy said, "this is the most fun i've had in a long time." and for those few seconds she didn't have alzheimer's anymore and we were laughing like we always do.

it's those moments of lucidity that make the rest of the time easier. because we're reminded that even though the disease has taken over, she's still in there somewhere.