Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Packing: Books

Well I packed up all my books today. I filled one box with just my Harry Potter collection, and then two other boxes (one being quite large for books). I find it sad that even having this many books I still want more...I think I have a book collecting addiction.

I think packing my books was the thing I was dreading most about moving, because I had just unpacked them all and organized them on my shelf. I guess I'll just take the boxes straight to college. I think I'll compress and keep my boxes this year so when I have to move out we don't have to scrounge for boxes.

I love my books, they kept me sane during hard times and helped me relax. I hope to have a couple very full book cases when I have my own house. FYI: hard backs with slip covers are waaaaay better than paper backs.

TTYL
Carly

Monday, June 27, 2011

6 Hours of Death

I don't know why but for me the 24 hour flu decided to concentrate its self down to about 6 hours for 4x the normal potency. Got up at 5:30 this morning with the normal (for me) morning nausea and figured it would be better after eating so I forced myself to eat some toast and went to work.

Half hour into my shift I was so nauseous I couldn't think and I was shaking and drenched in sweat. I told my manager that I was going to go get the phone list to call some one in for me and I had barely grabbed the list before I had to run for the nearest sink. About 3 solid minutes of retching later I cleaned up my mess and had to start the phone calls.

With so many people who have quit or I don't know because of shift differences it was very hard to get a hold of someone and finally Holly said she would come in because this is the same thing she had and so she came in. Anne (the manager) wasn't too happy about it because holly can be hard to deal with some times and Anne had already had two no show's this morning. But I was sick and had to go.

Mom came and got me and I went straight  to grab a bowl from the kitchen and head to my room. Didn't make it half way up before it started again and ended up with the bowl at the top of the stairs and fell asleep/ passed out there. Every time I moved it started up again and I could feel myself dripping with fever sweat. I eventually was able to get to bed and fell asleep for 4 hours. I woke up and felt totally fine. Well not entirely, I still feel weak and a bit girgly but hey I feel 80% better. Very weird

Why can't my body just be normal?

It was...a weekend...

I really don't know how to describe the last two days... I mean on the one hand I was with Evan so that was wonderful, on the other there were many tears and changes...

Well to start it off I bought the bleach for my hair and almost ran out, even after buying two boxes. But my hair has turned out a cute mix of soft lemon and strawberry blond. I like it, I just didn't have enough for my eyebrows...so they are a bit too dark but what ever. I haven't taken any pictures of it yet, I am thinking I might have my mom trim it now that I have fried it so much.

Evan and I watched the sound of music and hung around in the sunshine, then we went to lay in the grass but apparently his dad seemed to think that we were planning on getting it on in front of the whole neighbor hood when all we were doing was laying there talking. So, after being insulted a couple of times, we had to relocate to the lumpy back yard. And the embarrassment of the dad incident unleashed the flood gates of stress that I had been building up this past week and Evan ended up being the good boyfriend and trying to comfort a nearly hysterical girlfriend. Blech...I hate being such an emotional girl.

Neither of us ended up sleeping well because of dreams and waking and warmth and tossing and turning. Today we hung around for a while, we watched his brother play Bioshock (well I mostly slept) and then decided to hit up subway after seeing a delicious commercial. The close one was closed, then we decided to go to crown burger, but that was closed then we decided to hit 'Nelson's' but it was closed as well.

We finally made it to a open subway only to be given terrible service by three High employees...ya...So I ended up funneling my anger into the online survey: Rude, High and Sluttly dressed employees and them messing up our stuff. I mean one of the girls had her ass hanging out of booty shorts. AT WORK! I don't understand how these things happen. Plus she was a total bitch the whole time until she left in the middle of 'helping' us.

The whole time I was dealing with the subway fiasco I was trying to get a hold of someone at my work to find out if I had to work tomorrow since the schedule never gets done before Saturday. The first time I called the manager put the phone down and forgot about me and I finally hung up after 5 and a half minutes, I tried calling back 4 times and it was busy every time and finally I got a hold of her and was told that I do work tomorrow at the usual six am.

So we end up back and Evan's house and we hang around in the sunshine, play with the dog and watch some tv. Evan's mom cleaned out her closet and gave some of the stuff to me, including a $500 purse that is beautiful.

Oh, and I think Evan has officially decided to get me a promise ring for my birthday, I think his mom slipped him a coupon and then he asked to see my current ring and he tried to figure out my size by testing it on his mom, and he says that it fits on his pinkie so that's how he will measure. I am a bit excited I am sure it will be awesome.

We eventually had some dinner and watched some myth busters (apparently the myth that hitting water from high enough is like hitting concrete is not true). I got tired of being a hermet and suggested we go talk to his parents upstairs. Ended up getting in a minor fight with his dad about how rude he can get (especially when he drinks, like last night) and retreated downstairs to have the flood gates unleashed once more and to silently pack my things and have Evan take me home.

I usually love weekends at Evan's just because I can get away from the stress that is my family but this weekend was just as stressful. I just feel like I need to be in control of something in my life...and right now I don't feel like I do, that might be why I was so willing to dye my hair.

Well anyway I need to go to bed so I can get up and go to work in the morning.

Gute Nacht

Friday, June 24, 2011

Hair.

This has been a hell of a year for my hair. Natural with highlights-->dark brown-->black-->black and red-->black and red with grow out-->black, red, grow out and highlights-->dark brown, light brown an blond-->now I am probably going to lighten it again to get rid of the dark brown and some of the brassy tones...

I am just one of those people who can't keep things the same for too long, plus Evan really likes blond lol. So I think I am going to have him take me to Sally's this week end and buy some bleach or "Manic Panic" so I can get it lighter.

Aside from color I am pretty happy with it right now, its growing out and I am slowly losing the bangs (I'll probably end up bringing them back when winter hits) and its getting this nice look where its layered just enough in the front that it kinda turns in towards my collar bone. Might need to trim it soon to keep it from looking ragged but ya its good.

Ya know its funny, people at work noticed that I changed my hair...even though its in a hat all day...idk I didn't think that it was a whole lot lighter other than on top...anyway I am rambling about hair to avoid cleaning/packing my room.

Ciao

Random Joke #1

Last night at the family get together my little cousin came up and asked:

"What is the smartest animal?"

"Fish. Because they stay in school."

;)

A Rainbow, Grandma and a New House

Blech 5:35 am and I feel like the walking dead. Working at six has perks but when you don't get a good nights sleep it can be hell. First off I got home at 9:30, got into bed at ten, couldn't sleep, got startled by a text at 10:30, went to sleep got woken up at 4:30 by Patrick's alarm clock singing some rock song so loud it sounded like a concert in my empty house and of course because he is not home I had to get up and turn it off.

 Well hopefully the day will get better. So I uploaded some more pictures from our camera and we had a very beautiful rainbow the other day...I wasn't able to capture it really well though, I was tired and didn't have the right lens...








So a week ago we found out we hat to move because our Ass-hole-landlord saw that our lease was up and decided he wanted to charge 400 more a month or we could get out and he stuck a "for rent" sign in our yard and started parading people through. Thus, yesterday we found the house we are going to move into, right price, good landlord, same neighborhood...only one hitch--three bedrooms. Its a beautiful house and really our best option so my parents had to jump on it so I get it...its just going to be interesting living in a den. That's right, I will be moving into a den, with no closet and no door. Its only when I am home from school but still... I have to work at 6am and we have to do all these things to block sound. OH I forgot to mention, we are moving in 10 days and nothing other than the storage downstairs is packed. Well here is the house:










After looking at the house we went to my grandma's for a father's day get together with my uncle, cousins and grandparents. I missed all the fun because of work, they went on a picnic on ATVs in the mountains and had a ball...I was kinda sad they went without me...I really wanted to go for a ride yesterday and by the time they came and got me from the house and we looked at the new place there was only an hour before dinner and nothing happened. Then we ate a delicious dinner and played cards and had dessert. In between dinner and cards I noticed my grandmother's flowers in the backyard and I just had to take pictures of them.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Family Reunion

So my dad's side of the family had a little reunion last weekend...it was interesting to say the least. At least the first hour we basically stuck to ourselves so I took a lot of pictures of my family. I must say it was kind of awkward because I don't know any extended family and as a young adult I don't know where to fit myself in with the relatives. One thing that really made the trip awesome was the scenery, the Utah spring setting was perfect for a photographer's dream land, I touched some pictures up with my very limited software but I love the shots I got :)
Brady is too cool for pictures

Ethan looking quizzical

An odd brotherly moment

Such a model shot :P

"Carly I found a good place for you to take a picture of me!"

Grandma trying to impart wisdom to lexi

Lexi laughing as she fails to block the camera
There's a smile!



  
I loved bringing Evan and showing off my man :)