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?
Friday, August 22, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
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.
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.
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.
when we were on good terms.
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. :)
Thursday, July 3, 2008
lately happenings.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, June 9, 2008
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.
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.
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.
central park.
at our favorite restaurant.
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.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
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.
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.
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 before studio.
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.
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