Field Trips and Fire Alarms...

Yes I went on a field trip today. Yes it was awesome. Yes I wished I could have seen the whole thing. We went to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats. They are from China. And they can stack 7 chairs on top of each other and then do all sorts of awesome tricks. They also did cool tumbling stuff jumping through these hoop things and balancing on things and other cool Chinese stuff.

Then there was a fire drill before 8th period. I am glad it wasn't too cold outside.

But really. On to more exciting things. Do you know where I was TWO years ago today?? I left on my mission two years ago today. I was saying goodbye to my family for the next 18 months and walking into the MTC bawling my eyes out and wondering what I had gotten myself into. Turned out to be pretty cool. I had a pretty amazing 18 months after that. It still amazes me how fast it all went by. I have now been home for 5 months. But I loved it all. The good days and the hard days. Too hard to explain at the moment. Just trust me. It was awesome.

november already?

So yes. I went to the Howl. It was actually really fun! Cartel. was. awesome. Totally worth it. I don't have any pictures. Don't ask me what I was cause I don't know. Velvet dress, big satin bow you figure it out. Someone took a picture but I haven't seen it yet. Monday on real Halloween we went FHE hopping. Never done that before. Then we got locked out and Jamil had to climb in the window.

It's cold. I am always cold. I wish i could always walk around in a giant coat or blanket. I am not going to survive the winter.

I am SO excited for the holidays. Thanksgiving, Christmas, no school, no work, the fam, etc.

And...I forgot. We are watching. And by we I mean the 7th graders. Are watching a video about the Donner Reed party. We didn't get to watch the part that talked about the eating of the people. Which I really wanted to watch. But it was really interesting. I learned a lot. And tomeowmw I am going on a field trip!!!!!Chinese acrobats.

I LOST MY IPOD. IT'S GONE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT WAS IN MY POCKET. IT ESCAPED AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE ITS GONE. I HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE. I ALERTED THE SCHOOL. I AM SO SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. HALL MONITOR DUTY IS NO FUN WITHOUT THE IPOD. PLEASE COME BACK.

I have a giant mid-term towmwom plus and essay to write this weekend. no fun.

OMG. I am going to see Thriller tonight!!!! I am SO excited. I love this show. I have seen it a lot of times but I LOVE it every time I go!

I also love listening to Kesha. or sorry. ke$ha....no me importa.

I can't check my email. It won't open. I'm bothered.

I will be purchasing a new wallet. Soon. The one I have is so sad.

I didn't have to work today!!!!!! Work is fine but it's so nice to have break. Right now I am currently in the computer lab at school trying to write my essay. Which I totally have 2 whole pages!! But I have been here for any hour and my concentration is starting to die. (Don't even think I wrote two pages in the last hour. Are you crazy? The other page happened this morning) It's Friday. I don't want to be doing homework. But the less I have to do tommowmw the better. Plus no one is home and that is kind of boring. There is a girl a few computers away and she is watching Glee. It looks so much more interesting than my essay. I wish essays came as easy as blabbering away on this thing did...

I wanna go back to Puerto Rico...

It was NEVER this cold there. And its not even that cold. I am going to die this winter I think. BUT the other day I got SO incredibly excited for Christmas. I haven't had Christmas with the fam for 2 Christmases now and I CAN NOT wait!! I also got excited for Thanksgiving. But we're not even to Halloween yet. So I'll refrain for now. I need to figure out what to be for Halloween. It look like I might be going the Howl......again......ugh.......sigh.......

Today at work one of the kids I work with let me know how much he appreciates me. The conversation went something like this...(to bad you can't hear how he talks) me: how are you today? him:...had enough...me: You've had enough of what? him: had...enough of you being here....me: oh.  Oh gosh. Sorry you feel that way.

And I hope that you have an excellent night/day/afternoon/morning/whenever you happen to read this time.

blehhhhh

There is snow on the mountains. I am dying inside a little.

My life...

I wanted to share with you all some little known facts about my job as the after school hall monitor. (or bouncer)

Any child you talk to will automatically hate you.

Sometimes they challenge your authority or make excuses. Or call you racist.

Walking with the iPod makes things a lot more enjoyable.

Sometimes teachers think you are lost and will ask if you need help. (Haven't you seen me doing the exact same thing every day for the past 4 weeks?)

Snack time is fun only when they eat things that don't have crumbs.

cheese anyone?

Excuse me sir, would you like a block of cheese?

Today in my life...

a 12 year told me he was a couch potato.

a different 12 year old told me i was racist.

i went shooting guns. or i went gun shooting.

i made beans. Guatemala style. 

football and babies

football: the little brother. they won! its so much more exciting when they win. and the little brother is so much happier when he comes home.

babies: oh gosh. i keep saying it but. so tiny! and adorable. No i did not give birth. Sorry to disappoint. My friend had her second baby. (second baby. that is crazy. two. she has two) So i took a jaunt down to hold her. the baby that is. So little! She was so cute. and just slept the whole time. I think she opened her eyes maybe twice the whole time i was there. Love it.  Plus i got homemade tomato soup.

Currently...

it is 8:54.

I could have been in bed asleep at 8:02.

I am that tired.

I think dinner made it worse.

But instead I am pretending to write my essay...and listening to music.

hmm...

ugh. first essay since the mission. it was a killer.

the next one (which is longer and more awful) is due next week.

"the earth is probably 12,000 years old"

i almost fell asleep at work today. there was head bobbing.

i am excited for cold weather only if it means all these grasshoppers (hundreds. thousands?) will die.

squaw bread. its very tasty.

doings of the weekend.

It was a very loooong weekend. But a good loooong weekend. Not the bad kind. It began with Hailey and Jessica coming up for the 80's dance. (pictures found on facebook, well like 2) You could say we had a pretty good time. Gotta love the 80's. Saturday I did lots of things. ...like getting my haircut... and lots more things that I don't care to write about. Sunday I slept in really late. Sometimes I like 1:00 church and sometimes I don't. Last Sunday I liked it. Monday was...Tomato Days...dun dun dun...The parents got put in charge this year. So I was up at 6:30 and down at the park at 7:00 helping them. I left at like 9 that night. It was a crazy day but I enjoyed myself.

....so that was my weekend in a nutshell. I know you were all just dying to hear about my weekend so now you can stop dying.

I got another job! Did I tell you that already? I am going to the after school hall monitor. Yes, I know it sounds to thrilling to be true. But it is.

I'm pretty sure I had something else equally thrilling to tell you but I suppose it will have to wait for next time since I can't seem to remember what it was.

ATTENTION! BREAKING NEWS!

I.
HAVE.
A.
JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right folks. FINALLY. (the real story is that I actually got offered TWO jobs. Which pretty much always happens to me. Look FOREVER. Find nothing. Get 2 good ones at the same time. Stress and decisions.) But after some thinking it over. Pondering. Calling my mom about 27 times. I decided. And I'm so excited! I'm going to be working at a middle school. I'm going to be an aide person. School started today but due to some fingerprinting issues I will hopefully start tomwomw.

Other slightly boring happenings in my life. I finally went in and got my drivers license taken care of. So exciting right. And then I remembered it was taco wednesday!!! I had to go. So I went and got some tacos. They had chicharron. In Puerto Rico chicharron is pig skin. Gross. But the other day I was at a restaurant and they had that on the menu but it was just regular pork. The meat. No skin involved. So I was confused. I should have just asked. Or said I wanted pork. But now I know that chicharron at the taco stands is pig skin. It looked gross. Well I know its gross I've tasted it before. Not a fan. So needless to say now I've got two chicharron tacos sitting on the counter waiting to be eaten. Or thrown in the garbage.

Califoorrrniaaaaaaaa

(remember that song that was on The O.C.? the california one. at the beginning. yes. that is what i'm singing. you know the one)

Californiaaaaaaa....here we coooooome. right? now you remember. good.

Currently: Watching American Ninja Warrior.

Before that: Went to an old folks FHE and talked about my mission.

Before before that: Logan for more job interviews....

Beofre before before that: Driving home from California. Which is the real reason I'm writing. I totally road tripped it to Cali this weekend with one of my old missionary companions. So we had plenty of time to catch up if ya know what I mean. Like...16+ hours worth of driving time. We had some good times. We got to go to the Sacramento Temple.(so pretty) Watched Elder Pietz eat like half a gallon of ice cream.(awesomely hilarious) Gun shooting. Games. A hike... (or maybe a long walk would be better to say) ...and other fun activities. Oh and lots of food. And then we drove home.It was fun to see people. And...that's all I have energy for at the moment.

(ps. did you see that I was putting these things on facebook? yeah...just a trial run. i'll see how i feel about it)

again.

My eye is twitching. AGAIN.

This whole job search thing. NO. I'm DONE. SERIOUSLY. SO FRUSTRATED. And it's all my school schedule's fault. A schedule that I have just realized COULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED. I could HAVE a job by now. But no.

So I saw a thing on Pinterest. It says .........Some people just need a high five.     In the face.     With a chair.

It made me feel better. There isn't anyone in particular I would like to do that to. But I like it.

I went fishing this morning. Didn't catch anything. But don't worry!!! Cause I bought a year long permit. So we can go again!! Please take me!!! Maybe I'll actually catch something one of these days.

Drive-in last night.....cowboys and aliens.....meh.

I went to Lava Hot Springs this past weekend. It. Was. A. Blast. I had so much fun. Also I got FRIED. Again. I am currently peeling. Again. It's not pretty.

Harry Potter.

So I totally forgot to tell you that I saw the last Harry Potter movie!!! Oh gosh. I didn't want to see it really cause if I saw it then it would really truly be over....sigh. I was reading someone elses blog (no idea who) and they had this video from Youtube. Yes I am kinda a nerd. And yes I kinda wanted to cry when I watched it.