i'm going going back back to cali cali

howdy howdy howdy
i arrived to california last night around 6 pm EST. lauren was a sweety and picked me up. the drive home was rough but we eventually found our way to amanda's empty house! so i just watched snl videos on repeat until her friend mike came over to entertain me! we went and got gas, parked at a meter, put in coins, walked a little bit, went back and put more coins in, walked a little bit then decided that we wouldnt have enough time so we walked back and moved the car, walked 8 miles to the end of the pier to find ruby's closed, walked 8 miles back plus 2 miles to dairy queen to find it closed to walked to BJ's to eat, sat down, got a menu and decided we didnt feel like this pizza. so we walked 1/2 a mile back to the car and went to 'albertson's' and got frozen pizza and came home and made it with nephi and amanda! so fetch but too much walking, it was literally two hours of walking.

we gave each other tattoos. mature.

amanda and i fell fast asleep, woke up at 10 and jogged to the gym, worked out, walked to get breakfast/lunch and walked home.

this is us post work out sesh. not much of a post but we'll post tons of pickles and fun quotes later!

joyce, thank you.

SECTION 1:
Known as: A.J. to some, Alexandra to others
Born: at Cottonwood hosp

SECTION 2:
HAVE YOU EVER...
Fallen off the bed?: yes when i was really little i fell off a lot. and hit my head on the night stand :(
Broken someone else's heart?: yes
Had your heart broken?: yess
Had a dream come true?: yes

SECTION 3:
CURRENTLY...
Wearing: joes, boots, long sleeve shirt and sweater. oh utah..
Listening to: stuttin is a habiitt
Located: at work!
Chatting with: Adam, Amanda, John, Kalie, Chad. Oh how i love GCHAT.
Should REALLY be: working maybe??????

SECTION 4:
DO YOU...
Have any piercings: none
Drive: nissan altima
Drink: water
Have a cell phone: yes a BB like everyone else ;)

SECTION 5:
LAST PERSON YOU...
Hugged: tigg
Met: addie's husband! crazy
Talked with on the phone: people at work, not interesting
Text: jon hagerman

SECTION 6:
PERSONAL...
What do you want to be when you grow up?: an interior designer, yay.
What comes first in your life?: family
What do you usually think about before you go to bed?: auggie1'09?

SECTION 7:
FAVORITES...
Show: GG you KNOW YOU LOVE ME
Store: i like furniture stores. um apparently i dont shop because i can't think of my fave. yay for saving money
Food: pizza? soup and CHOCO
Color: it used to be silver but i dont know if that stands. probably....brown wah wahh

SECTION 8:
DO YOU...
Like to give hugs: love it
Like to walk in the rain: yes if its warm
Prefer black or blue: black
Sleep on your side: right side of my twin bed....
Have stuffed animals: um ask my dad, we have 8000. but i sleep with only one, that he made with me at build a bear.....3 years ago. haha.

SECTION 9:
THIS OR THAT...
(pick)Pierced nose or tongue: nose. those are cute.
MTV or BET: mtv i refuse to watch BET, so wrong.
7th Heaven or Dawsons Creek: dawsons for totals
Chocolate or flowers: both of course ;)
Color or black-and-white photos: it depends. black and white makes you look better, but its cool to see all the colors
Stay up late or sleep in: both.
Hot or cold: hottt
Sun or moon: sun
Left or Right: all of the above. i dont know :/
10 Acquaintances or one best friend: 10 Acquaintances. its more fun. but i wouldnt give lyndsi up if i really had to choose.
Spring or Fall: spring!
Happy or sad: why would i choose sad? i want to be happy.
Wonder or amazement: amazement!

SECTION 10:
YOUR FIRSTS...
First Screen Name: AJR888 thanx lizz
First self purchased CD: i dont remember.
First piercing/tattoo: ear.

SECTION 11:
YOUR LASTS...
Last GOOD cry: the day before yesterday
Last phone call: voicemail
Last time showered: ummm yesterday....morning.

SECTION 12:
CURRENT...
Current mood: chill
Current food: reisens
Current hair: layered, natural color. growing out!
Current annoyance(s): men. what's my weakness? MEN.

SECTION 13:
WHO LAST...
Made you smile: brandon at work. he tried to scare me but i was just sitting there watching him sneak and so he started blushing and said he didnt really try to scare me....
Saw you cry?: i dont remember? really cry? i dont even remember. if it wasnt my sisters it was probably a year ago. or more

SECTION 14:
WOULD YOU RATHER...
Be serious or be funny?: funny for sure
Drink whole or skim milk? skim
Spend time with your parents or enemies?: um enemies. i love them, thats why they're my enemies.

SECTION 15:
DO YOU PREFER...
Do you prefer red or black?: black
Lust or love?: lust UH
Sunrise or sunset?: sunset
M&M's or skittles?: M&Ms

SECTION 16:
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY...
Do you like anyone?: yeah.
Do you believe in love at first sight?: not really, but you can be interested in them. if you guys both give/receive THAT look.
Do you fall for the wrong guy or girl?: no. i dont fall for the right guy/s. that i should.
the endddddddddd

jumble.

Me: I used to live out there?
Man Living on 2200 Madison Ave NewYork, NewYork: Where!!?
Me: Central Park West and 84th...
Man: Where are you talking to me from?
Me: Salt Lake City Utah!
Man: Why did you move out there? Did you get rich?
Me: ....No...I'm from here. I was going to school in New York.
Man: Oh. Are you coming back?
Me: I hope so.
Man: This is where the money is.
Me: haha...
Man: Alright come on back now. Bye.

He was so sweet. It's so weird to be home, I miss New York so much and no one understands. It's like when a missionary comes home and want to talk about his mission 24/7 and no one cares and no one wants to hear about it. I now kind of know what it is like being on the other end. However, one of my friends just got back from his mission in New York! Soooo that works out really nicely. We can reminisce with each other.

This is a difficult blog to write because I have so many different things on my mind. I could have taken in it so many different directions.

I'll just jump to the new addition to my family.

So I've had a few pets in the past..........thousands of fish, multiple hamsters, and a kitten. All of which I really, REALLY tried to treat well and keep alive.

But they didn't stay on this earth long.
I found them floating in the bowl, frozen solid in their cage, or, the most painful of them all, was awoken by two of my sisters one morning. When they found sweet (???????????????????) Keeska, laying very stiff, but very peaceful, on the top step in the garage.

How I loved her.

I'm hoping that won't happen with my newest, best smelling, fullest, and best dressed...

Christmas tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My dad helped me decorate this beautiful thing after Lizzie and her roommates and I picked it out! So far it hasn't drank any water, but I'm sure it will soon...............

that's the way i loved you....

He is sensible and so incredible.
And all my single friends are jealous.
He says everything I need to hear and it’s like I couldn’t ask for anything better.
He opens up my door and I get into his car, and he says "You look beautiful tonight."
And I feel perfectly fine.
He respects my space and never makes me wait.
And he calls exactly when he says he will.
He’s close to my mother, talks business with my father.
He’s charming and endearing and I’m comfortable.
He can’t see the smile I’m faking, and my heart’s not breaking.
CUZ I'M NOT FEELING ANYTHING AT ALL.


BUT I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain. It’s 2 AM and I’m cursing your name. I’m so in love that I acted insane. And that’s the way I loved you. Breakin down and coming undone, it’s a roller-coaster kinda rush.
And I never knew I could feel that much and that’s the way I loved you....

wisdom teeth.

i got my wisdom teeth out yesterday. right now is a good time to type because i took loritab 3 hours and 15 minutes ago and am about to take them in 15 minutes. they really affect me. even after taking them so long ago i'm a bit tips.

so lyndsi's mother took me to the doctor yesterday and of course i don't remember a thing. the doctor was worried about me because i guess i was trippin from the drug he gave me to fall asleep. he said it was really light weight or some shi. he told me to never do real drugs but i'm sure he tells that to everyone to they all get too scared to do drugs. he didnt scare me out of it though. so i'll put a couple pictures on here of the past days. i just redosed and am already feeling it.
okay here are pictures.
day 1- richard took this and its really hard to smile thats why i look like such a beeyatch in these.

day 2

i miss you oscar.

my good friend oscar left on a mission a couple weeks ago. he was one of my best friends in new york city, and is an amazing rap artist/singer/song writer. he wrote this for me.

this is not a love song
but a friend song
to a beauty in my eye
yeah her soul give me life
every time's a delight
when i spend time with her
she rises up my temperature
cute and she knows it
but i wont let her go with the impression that i love her
as a lover
but i love her as a friend
but lets not pretend
any guy in my shoes would make all types of moves
but i just play it cool cuz i dont wanna lose
what we have right here is way more valuable
there's not many things betta than having a laugh with you
you're like the sister i never had
we've walked similar paths
we both lost our moms
and we grew up with just dads
and we came out pretty good
we both look pretty good
we both act pretty hood
at times misunderstood
i'm not too worried about it
you're such a sass
you're so sweet but fiesty
you're so street but classy
you are a guys dream
i'm so lucky to know ya
i may need some visine
as my eyes fill with water
as we go our separate ways
i hope you never forget me
and know that i think the world of you.

i recorded two videos of him singing the same rap. they are both the same video but in the first one he starts laughing at the end. i couldn't just watch the second one though because he's way too serious.



p.s. we tried to get him to do one that wasn't religious but he refused. he was set apart as a missionary when we taped these so he said he felt weird doing any others, haha.

his friends tried to get me to hug him, but oscar wouldnt have it.

school project.

I had to ask 5 people what they would want to be renown for and why. I asked my dad via text and he said.

Dad - "World Peace. Lol."
Me - "Why?"
Dad - "That's what all the Miss America contestants say."


thanks.

"welcome back to new york, sweetheart."

its crazy being back. its not like a vacation, its so normal.
i'm really happy to be back. i've had a lot of alone time, wandering around the city, loving the humidity and the shopping and the people, all the crazy people.
i havent taken many pictures, but i will try to. and post them on here.

today i was taking the staten island ferry and there was a seagull flying next to the ferry the whole way from staten to manhattan which it like a 20 minute ride. and people were throwing nuts and m&ms off the side of the boat and the seagull was doing all these crazy dives and everything catching the food in the air before it hit the water.....it was the weirdest thing ever. why dont seagulls in utah do such things? if they did, they MIGHT be more respected.

i wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep.

i'm going to new york tomorrow.

i am so
nervous
scared
anxious
excited
excited
excited.

i have no idea what it will be like. i'm so scared that i wont want to come home and that i'll regret ever moving back.

but i am so excited to see all of my friends, its going to be such a good reunion.

i cant wait to
get my hair done!
go to adam's game.
see oscar and attend the farewell! with many people that i have missed dearly.
shop!
live the ghetto life that i deserve in good ol wash heights.

i'll get there 5 am friday.
i will report what it is like. wish me luck.



i am so excited.

poor delton.

Devin: "Hey is Delton there?"
Devin: "Hey Delton this is Devin from Fortune Academy, how are you doing?!"
Devin: "What part of making money doesn't interest you?"
Devin: "Okay bye."
Devin: "Hey Josh, he answered and i asked if delton was there and he said no and i was like hey delton this is devin!"

i work in the front office with like 5 guys making calls behind us, and we hear the funniest stuff.

for you kelly.

1. What is your occupation right now? Receptionist at some random. Aka, Pam Beesly. ( Thank you Kelly! i do the same thing )

2. What color are your socks right now? not wearing socks...

3. What are you listening to right now? rihanna take a bow. best song ev.

5. Can you drive a stick shift? thats a tough question. i had a friend teach me how to do it in may, and i did really well. i was driving around all by myself and stalled it like twice so yeah i thought i did. then lyndsi and i made this kid leave us his car and promised we knew how to drive stick (but under the impression that we both knew how to drive it) well turns out neither of us did, ODD. so after an hour of stalling this kids car who we met hours ago, we finally called our friend in st george to come save us. we were laughing so hard we were crying and i was an anxious mess, so shakey and weak.

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my grandma last night. and at work today.

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? kelly. yes.

8. How old are you today? 20 years of age.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? i am lucky that no boys read my blog (except my cousins. i love you guys.) because i'm coming out right now. i HATE watching sports on tv. so much. as soon as i get to a friends house and espn is on, i am immediately turned off. and bored.

10. What is your favorite drink? i drink warm water 24.7, milk with pizza, and italian sodas if i ever go out. if you get a chance, get a raspberry vanilla italian soda. so good to me...so good to me.

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? yes i have. i used to do it in high school with those home kits with my friends. pretty funny. but i havent now for a couple years.

12. Favorite food? i like pizza, and i love chocolate raspberry balance bars. and i love my grans home cooking.

13. What is the last movie you watched? "watched" or WATCHED? i went to the house bunny the other night and i loved it, it is so cute. so lame but so funny. and last night ....watched walk the line. i love that movie and still dont know how it ends, though i've started it like three times. i always fall asleep..........

14. Favorite day of the year? different. last year my favorite day(s) were the few days before chase left, oddly enough. this year my favorite day was in feb when i surprised my family and came to visit. everyone was so happy to see me, which i totally didn't expect. i loved it.

15. How do you vent anger? drive and cry. one of my favorite books is Dreamland and the main charactors best friend cries and drives. i dont mean to, but i seem to always be in the car when i'm upset. and i listen to things like "saddest girl story", and "face down". then by the time i get out of the car i'm fine, AND no one knows i was ever upset. winwin.

16. What was your favorite toy as a child? barbies, american dolls, girl stuff girl stuff, maple town "dolls" and houses.....

17. What is your favorite season? spring summer and fall....odd.

18. Cherries or Blueberries? neither. is that wrong?

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? when i email them? um. yes.

20. Who is the most likely to respond? to this posting? probably katie.

21. Who is least likely to respond? probably amanda because she doesn't like these things.

22. Living arrangements? just me and my father. for a few more weeks. then i have no idea what i'll do.

23. When was the last time you cried? probably yesterday.

24. What is on the floor of your closet? shoes, boxes of boy stuff ha ha! stuff i have no place for.

26. What did you do last night? went on a date wtih chad. worked until 6, went to dinner at the old spaghetti factory, played tennis and watched walk the line.

27. What are you most afraid of? heights.

28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? cheese when i ate them. still havent eaten a veggie burger.

29. Favorite dog breed? i do not like dogs. but if someone forced me to choose it'd be a black lab or something.

30. Favorite day of the week? every day of the week has something positive about it. and negative ;)

31. How many states have you lived in? 2

32. Diamonds or pearls? pearls because i dont have my ears pierced so that narrows it down to a bracelet or a necklace. diamonds on my fingers.......

33. What is your favorite flower? i'm not much of a flower person.

34. How did you meet the person who sent this to you? schoooool.

seriously, SO blessed!

amanda showed me this girls blog.

http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/

she is the typical married mormon who waited faithfully for her missionary, married him in the temple, loves teaching 2nd grade, loves scrapbooking doing arts and crafts, and LOVES her husband.

she is so dead on it makes me sick. but not sick enough to not read it.


"Worst! Morning! Ever! BUT whenever I'm sad, I'm actually happy because I know that by having drama, I am getting cooler, so it's like a sick win-win I don't really get, but i DO really love."

just one reason why i love her.

take a gander, you will not be disappointed. especially if you often read mormon newly-weds blogs.

good newz.

i thought i'd lost my life-long lucky streak, but i definitely haven't.

in the words of my good friend kanye west "to whom much is given much is tested." this has proved very true this past week. i really am blessed with so many things, i am a blessed and lucky woman and in turn i have to undergo some rare times of disappointment and frustration.

lizzie and i talked about some of our secret talents. some of them were practiced at a recent party on monday. i have a plenty, but would prefer to keep them secret, and i also am lucky in so many different ways but i fear that if i say or write them down, they will escape between my fingers.

anyway the whole point of this post is that i'm back to my old self, thanks to kanye.

"But only I could come up with some shhhh like this, I done played the underdog my whole career. I've been a very good sport, haven't I, this year? They said "he's going crazy and we seen this before"...but I'm doing pretty good as far as geniuses go.
You should go here and bow so hard till your knees hit your forehead.
I'm high up on the line, you can get behind me, but my head's so big you can't sit behind me."

he is the one we all hate to love because he is so cocky but it is so hot and such a good thing to listen to when you are feeling low. katie you've gotta admit that confidence is key, even if its coming from him.

do me a favor.

and write a blog about how you think it is dumb/weird/annoying/pointless that i'm vegetarian. you should make sure its really long with a lot of pictures. get everything out that you would want to tell me. include insults/jabs/jokes/sassiness. after you write it and post it, tell me about it and i'll pretend to read it. then do me another favor and never say any of those things to me again. it would be greatly appreciated and it would improve our friendship. you're the greatest.
love aj.

8/25/2008 6:46p 4:45

what do you guys think the best way to deal with having a missionary leave is?
because when chase left, he told me he didn't want to hold me back and he wanted me to date and everything. i didn't want to be THAT GIRL that doesn't date anyone while her missionary is gone. i decided i'd do kind of what my sister did. if i'm dating someone when he gets back, i promised myself i'd still give him a chance and see if what we had-we still would have. and so here i am dating all these people, i want to know that i really love him and that i can't find anyone else. it is really scary because i dont want to find anyone else, although i am looking...(all of this is if chase even wants to date me when he gets home.)
so do you think its best to break up before they leave and not write?
have pretty much an open relationship and have the girl dating, but still writing.
or having the girl wait faithfully til he gets home, not having gone on one date?


what i am sure about is, i'm going to do anything i can to not let my daughter send off a missionary.

here are some lyrics from of my favorite songs.

I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
Is if I lived 'til I was one-hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

Your face it dances and it haunts me
Your laughter's still ringing in my ears
I still find pieces of your presence here
Even, even after all these years

I don't want you thinking I don't get asked to dinner
'Cause I'm here to say that I sometimes do
And even though I may soon feel a touch of love
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

rob and big.

Rob: My mother thinks I'm 13 years old. So when I get around her, I act 13. She thinks I'm just a baby.
Big: You left home when you were a baby. Thats why she still....
Rob: Yeah.
Big: Yeah.
Rob: So it's like...I can't help when I get around but to torture her. And its not like in a bad way. Its almost like she forces me to, ya know?


why do i know exactly what he means?

when a turtle becomes a son.

normal day.
i walk in the house and much to my surprise, i see a package on the counter from a certain someone! i totally did not expect it, and was so happy. it was about an 8 inch by 8 inch box. sent straight from the ghettos of Louisiana. so i quickly open the package, maybe toss it around a bit trying to find the top and struggling with the tape. i see something covered in towels and am immediately weary. chase has a sick sense of humor and has been known to send me such things as, his companions entire ripped off toe nail, a real alligators head, etc...
so i felt through the towels and could feel a hard shell and knew it was a turtle. i assumed it was dead and when i thought about what it'd be, i wanted to barf. i cant even imagine what a turtle shell with no turtle in it would look like, and i really don't want to.
i looked through the rest of the box, found a cute beanie, some beads sent from New Orleans (missionaries love Mardi gras), a tape, a few pictures and a note.
something along the lines of "hey... i hope he isn't dead. if you don't want him, you can give him to my sister... :S" anyone who knows chase knows that he didn't really say it that clearly, but that's what he meant.
i, obviously, was turned off and just stared at the bundle of towels sitting on the counter. i slowly started to unfold the towels. finally i was on the last towel and hurried and pulled it away. i sat there face to face with the most worried looking turtle ever. and we stared at each other for probably five minutes.

i grabbed my phone and sent out a mass text telling my family that chase had sent me a live turtle in the mail. i looked on the box and it said 8-3-08. today's date was 8-5-08, so he'd been without water for at least two days.

when we were on good terms.

my dad told me there was a fish tank down stairs so i fetched it and brought it upstairs. of course i wasn't going to touch the turtle, so i got a paper towel and started to reach for it. he tried to run but couldn't get a grip on our slippery counter, but it still scared me and i jumped back. i tried talking to him and telling him it was okay, i was just going to pick him up, and reached for him again. a mix of being tossed around in a tiny box for two days, hurt ears from the airplane, and fear of a large white object coming towards him made him contemplate life and he started running so fast that he got a grip of the counter and leapt from my grasp and the counter and landed with a thud on the hard wood floor on his shell. all of this happening to the soundtrack of my screams. i sat there screaming for probably ten seconds as he laid there quiet, not moving. my heart was pounding so fast and i was at such confusion and regret that i grabbed my phone and immediately called my grandma. i said "gran. chase sent me a turtle in the mail, and it just leapt from the counter and isn't moving. will you please come pick it up? i can't touch it." and she said "yes, bye" and was there in no longer then five minutes.

when she walked in, i was standing there staring at my lifeless, unmoving turtle. she walked towards him and flipped him off of his back with her foot and he stuck his legs out. he lives!!! and she hurried and grabbed him with the paper towel and dropped him (yes, dropped him) into the fish tank that was currently empty. he ran around and kept bumping into all the see through walls, bless his heart. so i text chacha and asked him what turtles eat, they responded "greens. fruits and vegetables, but you should probably get him real turtle food." i searched all over the house and only found parsley, and hot peppers....so i gave him some parsley and a bowl of water. right when i put the bowl of water in, he submerged himself in it, which i thought was odd.
i let him hang out in his cage until my dad got home and said i needed to put leaves and grass in there for him and needed to go talk to petsmart about how to care for him. i was leaving for the night, so i just hurried and got some grass and a few leaves to put in there, then i went out. i came home around 1 and checked on "Oscar". my dad had gotten WAY more leaves and grass than i had, and Oscar the turtle had burrowed into them so that i couldn't see him. I'd find out why, later.
the next day i had work until 2, then i went straight to petsmart. i told them i received a foreigner in the mail and had no idea what to do. they asked if i had a picture of him, and of course i did.
250 dollars later, and with new knowledge that Oscar was a water turtle, i sped home hoping that i wouldn't have to uncover his corpse. much to my surprise, he was still hanging onto life. i hurried and put my new tank together and my dad helped me fill it with water. he pulled Oscar from his tiny waterless fish tank and dropped him into a huge tank filled with luscious water and Oscar just sat there soaking it all up, so pleased.
a few days later, after Oscar and i became acquainted and got on good terms, i sent his father a tape. told him he owed me child support, but that our baby was happy. i even saw him eating yesterday for the first time. i don't know what I'd do if i would have lost him when he was at his lowest point in life. literally and figuratively.

in honor of. :)

lately happenings.

this was my last visit to my school!! so sad.

this is the kid i babysat for a week before i left. he's really cute.

this was the last night in new york. i took the ferry to staten island.

this is me and lyndsi in st george!!

missions

gotta love the missionaries. i went and played two hand touch football.......with them on monday and it was SO FUN. there were a few other people who werent missionaries but i was the only woman and i killed it. i definitely scored (they stopped going easy on me) and got us some yardage.

the one i'm sitting on is NOT a missionary. he's a convert. they gave me his number and told me to hang out with him and turns out he's a pretty funny guy.

ABC's

A. Attached or Single- attached?
B. Best Friend(s)- my three sisters, lyndsi, jill
C. Cake or Pie-mmm definitely cake
D. Day of Choice- friday
E. Essential Item- telephone and wallet. lets just say this-my purse :)
F. Flavor of Ice Cream- chocolate ice cream with fudge and chocolate chunks maybe a little bit of reese's in there....
G. Gummy Bears or Worms- bears. just because.
H. Hometown- Murray, UT
I. Indulgences- shopping? and chocolate
J. January or July- July. july. its hot and summer
K. Kids- none that i know of!!!!!
L. Last movie I saw in a theater-indiana jones. i was a fool for seeing it. shia wasn't even worth it.
N. Number of siblings- 3 sisters
O. Orange or Apples- oranges
P. Phobias or Fears- i'm kind of scared of the dark, kind of scared of water. oh i'm claustrophobic
Q. Quote- "its not that serious"
R. Reasons to smile- i'm about to go get a pedicure and meet my friends from east hampton :):)
S. Season- summer. but i want to live somewhere were i have all four
T. Tag 4- i wasn't tagged so i'm not tagging.
U. Unknown fact about me- I dont have a heart
V. Vegetarian or oppressor of Animals- i like eating meat.
W. Worst Habit- not caring enough yikes
X. X-rays or Ultrasounds- Ultrasounds because the doctor doesn't have to hide behind a wall when they do it. <<<< lizzie's answer but i liked it
Y. Your favorite Food- spinach artichoke dip of course.
Z. Zodiac- taurus and i believe in that stuff like you wouldn't understand. thank you daily horoscope.

does this happen to you?

normal day, walking home from church and i stumble upon the puerto rican parade going down 5th ave. there's a video, but it only shows half of what i saw. it's long, but pretty funny.

then the other day we went to the museum crawl. on 5th ave, they had the street blocked off and all the museums were free and there was all this crazy stuff going on and chalk on the ground and stuff, here are some pics.

adam and i have been hanging out a lot lately....and he loves to take photos of me. so here are a few.

central park. 

at our favorite restaurant.

the boat basin cafe. 

at a little cafe on 84th street and columbus.

we decided to go to the bronx zoo! so funny and so sketchy. the only. THE ONLY. white people in all of the bronx until we got to the zoo and it was like a 15 minute walk.

it was so hot. i was sweating through my shirt (hot). this is a picture of me and a couple lions. can you see them.

 licking a giraffe's rear end.

 adam took this artsy photo of me waiting for him.

 this is the giraffe essentially eating OUT OF adam's mouth.

someone took this photo of us with our lion friend. adam and i are about the same height. the room was misty in there, that's why it looks weird and we look so hot messy.

nothing can be planned.

why buy a plane ticket months in advance when for $50 more you can buy one for the next day?
one minute i'm getting sassed harder than ever by my boss, the next minute i'm getting dropped off by her amazing husband at the bus stop (he hugged me, kissed my cheek and said "have a safe trip").
i took a bus to manhattan then a taxi to my friends apartment where we had the time of our lives, went to CPK did a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and then they dropped me and my bags off at the subway station at 3 am. the next day at 1 i was picked up by adam at the airport in the SLC. then, we had a family party here and i thoroughly enjoyed everyone. i have the best times here.

• movies/pictures in LAYTON.UTAH.
• shopping at fashion place/gateway/trolley square(NOT SO MUCH)/literally ANYWHERE else
• eating out nearly every meal
• bee's games
• going bowling for a WEDDING RECEPTION and meeting THE david waterfall family

this is us pre-bowling

studio 600+the after maths of studio 600
this is us before studio.

 my dad taking these two pictures. we're surprisingly, NOT drunk.

this is the aftermath of studio. in between leaving someones house after a night of dancing and not sleeping and going to village in for dinner and a murray sun rise.

shoppingshoppingshoppingshopping.
nephew and sister, this is him after he cried when i tried to put lip gloss on him. i was forcefully trying to do it and katie was screaming ROBBIE NO DON'T LET HER NO NOO!! and he freaked out, pointed and me and yelled awful things and started sobbing. he got over it quick. love those m&ms.

us at the bee's game. boston vs new york? how bout the fact that i choose boston over new york?

more pix to come.

its over now.

how bout a round of applause? standing ovation.
you look so dumb right now, standing outside my house.
tryin to apologize, you're so ugly when you cry--please, just cut it out.
don't tell me you're sorry cuz you're not, baby when i know you're only sorry you got caught.

but you put on quite a show, you really had me goin.
but now its time to go, the curtains finally closing.
that was quite a show, very entertaining, but its over now.
go on a take a bow.

grab your clothes and get gone, you better hurry up before the sprinklers turn on.
talkin bout 'girl i love you, you're the one' this just looks like a rerun.
PLEASE, what else is on?

and the awad for best liar goes to you, for making me believe that you could be...
let's hear your speech out.
how bout a round of applause, a standing ovation.
go on a take a bow.

hampton shiz.

i'm sorry for
...losing your exacto knife.
...always having to tell you to do such ridiculous things.
...mis-judging you on the first day.
...not taking you out to lunch like i'd promised.
...not being able to speak better spanish.
...being republican. :)
...calling you a doll.
...not changing before hanging out with you.
...not paying more often.
...ruining your night when you wanted to have fun.
...describing you by saying "the one with the eye?"
...you, that you have to be married to her.


thank you
...for always always doing things for me, even if you were busy with something else.
...for never letting me down and always finishing the ridiculous thing i asked you to do.
...for being a mentor, friend, and support.
...for letting me help you do small things like help you use the laser leveler and use your screw driver.
...for teaching me spanish. thank you for letting me help you paint. thank you for telling me i look 'muy bonita' everyday, and in a sincere way, not a creepy way. thank you for looking sad when i told you i was leaving and thank you for continually saying "alexandra..bueno...:)"
...THANK YOU for telling liz that i was a good manager, before you even knew i quit. and thank you for kissing me goodbye.
...for getting me a snickers bar everyday.
...for showering and looking nice everytime we hung out.
...for paying for me all the time. even though it wasn't about the money. thank you for letting me cry on your shoulder, thank you for staring at me and smiling all the time, thank you for talking in my ear in spanish, singing to me in spanish, and teaching me how to dance. thank you for teaching me how to drive stick, for taking me to Montauk and listening to brand new with me, for worrying about my eating habits, and bringing me my favorite lunch; a tuna sandwich with cheese because "i know you like cheese on it..." and thank you for knowing skor bars are my favorite candy bars even when i didn't tell you that.
...for trying to lighten the mood. and teaching me cesus parce.
...for ogling me day and night.
...for being the sweetest grandpa in the world. thank you for actually showing me the family kind of love.


i'm going to miss
...waking up at seven everyday and hearing "morning alex"
...mi amigos, chillin with them speaking spanish.
...laughing at all the insanity that goes on in this house.
..."meester sharlees" aka mr charles
...being called a 'stupis ass' and loving it.
...being the only woman on a construction sight and being adored.