April 13, 2012

I just can't wait...


So as of today I only have 22 days before I leave Ephraim, and move back to BeAuTiFuL Pleasant Grove. I CANNOT wait! LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIN!! :) In honor of the count down, a list of 22 things I'm excited about this summer. (Note; not in order of importance)

  1. WORKING!! I'm lame I know, but I LOVE working! I already have a job at the library (again) but this time as a clerk and not a page. I am also hoping to get another job too because I need to save for a car and school. (fingers crossed for the places with connections-- the Italian Place or Emergency Essentials) 
  2. Going to Idaho with my Aunti Ginger and my cute little cousins Maddy and Ben. ( Just 3 of my favorite people alive)
  3. Spending time with my family and friends! I really, really miss the late nights with my brother. (and Dani, Kaylynn, Hope, Tyler, Christian, Faith, and all my other buddies.)
  4. Going to the pool! I haven't been swimming in SO long! I didn't get to go last summer because it was always raining on my days off work :( and I think I only went once the summer before that.
  5. Going to my Outlook class. (May 17-19!) http://www.afreshnewoutlook.com/index-1.html
  6. No HOMEWORK!
  7. Registering for classes at UVU
  8. The reestablishment of Hart's runs. ( aka; "Let's go say hi to Kameron" runs)
  9. Walks with ZooZoo
  10. Training for a 5k (excited by nervous- I CAN DO IT! )
  11. Flip Flops and Summer Clothes! Flip flops also mean painting my toes. :) love it
  12. More frequent Temple Trips
  13. Movie nights! 
  14. MACEYS!!!! Psh! Who doesn't love their local grocery store? I don't know why I love Maceys so much, but I do. Alex understands my love... Hopefully others do too.
  15. BBQ's in the back yard OR with the neighborhood. 
  16. Driving with the windows down! (Especially at night with music blaring)
  17. *Hopefully* buying my very own car! I absolutely LOVE my truck, but it's a gas guzzler and it belongs to my parents. Also it has problems,and I need something more reliable. 
  18. Cooking, baking, and crafting. Basically- doing the things that I've pinned on Pinterest, but just haven't had the time, money, or resources to do them.
  19. My 19th Birthday! What!?!
  20. Having my own bedroom! I love Ali-cat but it will be nice to have my own room again. It will also be nice not to have to share a bathroom with 3 other girls.
  21. Having the convenience of a ( free) laundry room, a dish washer, and air conditioning. 
  22. Snow cones with my dad! 
I can't wait! I don't have a lot of definite plans but the ones that I do have just make me more anxious for summer! It's such a great time!

April 9, 2012

Pols 1100

WHY!!!! I just don't get how I can research and read stuff for my Pols 1100 take home test, write 4 pages and still get a 73%. It was a freaking good essay too! Both of my essays got -12 because they need more specifics, details, and explanation. I get docked points for not having enough detail. Seriously dude. If I answered the question and have a fairly good response then why don't you give me more than half credit? I really think the only way to get a better score would be for me to write the essay and then just fill it in with a bunch of bs and see if i get a better score. I think I'm going to do the rewrites and try it. Only because it wont hurt and if it helps my grade FANTASTIC! Anyone out there a Political science major, or even if you know a lot about politics. I need your help!

April 2, 2012

Bromance

So this goes out to my guy friends; Wyatt Lantz, Ethan Warnock, Raine (Alma Forrest) Petersen, and Elder Joey Call. This is there newly dubbed theme song! It is SO funny! AND the awkward part where they are all peeing together just makes me laugh and think of the late nights with them at our apartment. I'm going to miss them (I already miss Joey) a lot when I leave Ephraim (in 33 days btw). So here you go guys!

March 21, 2012

Update

So here is an update of all the latest drama in Apartment 1. Are you ready? It's another long one. So where did I leave off? Oh yeah Saturday. So Sunday was parents day in our singles ward so my parents and Alex's parents came down and we all went to church together. Kailey's mom and sister came down a little later so we ate dinner with them and then we all back to our apartment and had some DIVINE peanut butter bars that me and Alpaca (alex) made. When we were alone my mom told me that she was having a hard time being nice to Kailey because she knows the whole story and how upset I am about the whole situation. I think that its funny because normally my mom is the type of person who will side with me but she ALWAYS  tries to make me see the other side and understand what they are thinking or maybe why they are doing what they are doing. She is doesn't judge and that is ONE, of the many, things that I love about my mom. So it was crazy to me when she told me that she was having a hard time being nice. Anyway, Sunday was good for the most part. I mean Kailey and I were talking and stuff, the same thing for most of Monday. It felt awkward but it wasn't like Whitney awkward. (which is WONDERFUL) But on Sunday night Christine had a friend over and it was past curfew and they were being loud, Kailey texted me and asked if i was awake, and I was because they were being loud and because I was restless. So I asked her to give me Christine's number so I could text her and tell her It was curfew and that her friend needed to go home. Well she didn't respond, or listen for that matter. But by 12 they were quiet, so I was able to go to sleep. On Monday night it was worse because it was John John (Christine's boyfriend) and they kept waking me up by turning on the lights and being kinda noisy. (again because I was restless and easily a waken.) Because of this I had drafted an email to send to our manager, and I was going to get up on Tuesday morning and send it to her. On Tuesday morning at like 7:45 or 8 my phone buzzed more than once, which usually means that someone is calling me, and because it was so early it worried me so I looked. Nope, not a call, just 4 text messages.  2 from Brian and 2 from Kailey. Brian's said;
"I hope this doesnt wake you up if you are asleep, but last night was the second night in a row that john john broke curfew (technically Christine, but yeah...). he and christine kept kailey up all night with their noises. I'd like to talk to you about that sometime today."
So I just gave a simple answer of "Don't worry about it, I've taken care of it." and he responded simply (for the first time in his life...) saying "alright thank you." The thing that makes me upset with that is because it kept me up too, not all night but it did wake me up a lot. Kailey's text are when it gets interesting.
"Hopefully this doesn't wake u up, if it does i'm super sorry! but did you end up texting christine about curfew the other night?"
I was upset because I honestly don't think it was a coincidence that they texted me at the same time so I may have been a little bit rude. This is what I said
" Yeah she didn't respond so I've taken care of things. Oh can you let Brian know that he doesn't have to be a jerk. I am aware of what goes on here to be a jerk. I'm fully aware of what goes on here and I;m taking care of things. That wold be great. Sorry, I'm not upset with you just him."
So I told her about how I was going to email Gwenaly to which she asked if I would send her the email so she would know what it said so I fwd. this to her;
"Hey Gwenaly, 
I feel bad  that I have to turn to you about this but it has become a really big issue in our apartment. I know that Kailey talked to you a few days ago about how she broke curfew. She told us what you said about how we need to work things out as roommates. Which is great, we have worked things out, especially because all of us have struggled with the curfew rule. I need to let you know the reason as to why this has escalated to a bigger problem for me and Alex though. The biggest reason we we're upset is because it's not that there is someone at our house, it's that there is a boy in the room with the lights off, the door closed and locked. It just gives off the wrong impression. That has happened both with Kailey and Christine. I know that there have been sexual activities going on with Christine and her boyfriend, but as far as I know, nothing like that has happened with Kailey. It's really hard for us because we feel like we are confined to our room. We can't shower, use the bathroom, or even be in the living room or kitchen, especially when they push the couches together to sleep on. I don't know if you want to take care of this or if I should say something more to them, but I figured that I would let you know so that hopefully I can get your input on how to deal with this for the next 2 months.  Thank you so much Gwenaly, you really are a great manager. I'm sorry that I have to bug you but I think that you have a right to know what's going on. Sincerely, Kaci"
So after that Kailey was kinda upset because I "tattled" on her but like I told Gwenaly, it's something that she deserves to know about. Kailey asked me to tell her when Gwenaly replied, it took a little while for her to respond and I just got it this morning. I wasn't trying to avoid Kailey's text but I had been in class and at the library with spotty reception so I ended up with like 3 texts asking me if I had gotten an email back. I felt bad because she was obviously worried about it, but I wasn't able to respond until like 10:30 ish.
So the email that Gwenaly sent back said that she was going to meet with Kailey and Christine today at 3:30 (like right now... they are in the other room talking about it and my stomach is in butterflies because I'm worried about how they, especially Christine, is going to react. I can hear Christine in there getting defensive and Gwenaly trying to calm her down :S) I'm really glad that I finally talked to Gwenaly about this, its one weight off of my shoulders but it has been replaced by another. I really hope that things will finally work out. At least to the point that I will be able to live here peaceable for the next 45 days left in this place! THEN I"M GOING TO BE AT HOME! HOORAY!

March 17, 2012

Drama, drama, drama!

Any guesses as to what movie the Title quote came from? Well I think that it is fitting for what happened last night. I didn't get to bed until 6:15 this morning.
So I don't think that I have ever had so much drama in my life as I did last night. I'm so sick and tired of trying to work things out and help my roommates and friends. We have had a lot of problems keeping the rules of our apartment and I've tried really REALLY hard to be nice and understanding. After spring break, where I was able to talk to my family about things that have been going on, I realized that its not right for me to feel uncomfortable in my own home. So I decided that we need to start working on being better. In order to do this, I was going to enforce curfew hoping that if we followed that rule then the other problems, like boys sleeping over, might stop. I informed my roommates and my friends. I made sure that they knew that I would talk to management if it continued. Things have been pretty good this week. The boys have left right at or just a few minutes after curfew which was exciting for me because that is good progress.
This is where the story changes. Last night Alex and I went to Raine's house to watch a movie and hang out. We got home at 1:45 ish and Brian's (basically Kailey's boyfriend) car was parked across the street, so we knew he was at our house. We figured that Kailey and Brian would just be watching Psych in the living room and just didn't realize that it was past curfew. When we walked in they were not in the living room and Kailey's bedroom door was shut and the light was off. Alex and I figured that they were asleep and honestly I thought that they were trying to pull a fast one on us and that I would just be fine with him staying over.So i texted him telling him it was curfew and that he needed to go home. Honestly, I am really uncomfortable with boys staying the night. And when Brian stays the night it encourages our other roommate Christine to let her boyfriend sleepover and when ever he is around I just get a bad feeling. I also was raised in a house where boys were not allowed in my room, especially with the door shut (unless it was family). I don't really care whats going on behind the door with the light off, they could innocently be sleeping one on the floor and one on the bed, BUT it just gives a really bad impression and it makes me feel awkward. So I stuck to my guns! I felt that it wouldn't be fair for me to turn to our manager without informing Kailey. So I, with Alex's help, drafted a letter informing Kailey of the situation and what I would be doing and then I told her that it made me feel uncomfortable and that I felt that they were disregarding my requests. Requests that dealt with my safety and moral reasons.  I put it in an envelope and slipped it under the door. Then I went to bed. By this point it was like 2:30 AM so I went to bed. Before I even had the chance to fall asleep I heard Kailey's bedroom door and then the front door. Alex heard it too and she said that Brian had left. She got up and went to get some water, and while she was gone I received a text from Kailey Saying that she was sorry for breaking curfew, it was an accident and then she went off talking about how why would I turn them in but not Christine. It made me upset, because I felt that she was accusing me of unfairly judging them when she was aware of my new feelings. She may not have known why, but she knew that I was going to be enforcing the rules. So I responded asking Why they were in her room if they had the whole house to themselves. Then I told her of my epiphany during spring break and how I realized I needed to have the integrity to stand up for what is right, even if it meant standing alone, even if it meant standing up to my own family, friend, or a girl I hardly know. I also told her about how it was her choice to keep or break curfew and it was my choice to talk to management or not. Then she just went off on how she is suicidal. I know that she has depression and that yeah when you are depressed you have thoughts like that BUT she only pulls that card when she wants attention! I don't take it lightly, I have and will continue to make sure that she is safe because I could never live with knowing that something happened because I didn't believe her but I feel that SOMETIMES she does it just so that people will feel bad for her, or apologize, etc.
This is where the "good" (not so good, but juicy) stuff happened. Brian texted me a 17 page text. OKAY! And this is what it said; and I quote- (misspellings and all)
  •       "Fist thank you for the letter, i'm grateful that you informed me about your unfortunate decision. This message is to let you know a few things. In regards to your letter itself, in my opinion (this is my "favorite" part) as a published author and and acomplished wordsmith your letter was laughable at best. For you to even begin to think that kailey would purpously and without shame break a curfew is a truly sad testimony to your character and your understanding of mine. secondly, i feel that my rights under the 6th amendment ensure me the right to be there in person as you accuse me of this curfew violation.(not true-- that is only in the court of law or for prosecution.) If you fail to ensure my personal presence at the time you tell the landlord it may result in my taking legal action as far as suing you for heresay and slander. (how is that here-say? and as for slander... okay, no.) It would be unfortunate to face you in court because I still value our friendship and feel that a courtroom may end that. next i would like to address your letting christine break the rules on a regular basis, if you do not inform gwenaly about christines sexual activities and your own curfew and bedroom violations (that makes it sound like I'm be OOBER hypocritical when really my "bedroom violation" includes letting a boy in my room with the lights on and with Alex and/ or Kailey and or HIM in my room for a few minutes and NEVER to sleep or any kind of physical things.) Then i will again be prompted to inform her myself and take legal action. Now my own personal feelings are shame at myself, regret for kailey who has plenty to worry about already and now will spend a sleepless night before her all day shift at subway (ooh, I'm SO sorry that she wont sleep because SHE broke the rules... I know she is stressed. I live with her but I don't mean to be rude but there are thing that she could do-- like not spend time watching TV instead of doing homework until 10:30. but that is my personal opinion.) and dissapointment in you(um.. okay. RUDE!), alex and raine (why raine? he wasn't involved)  for your harsh judgement and lack of faith. I will be telling these things to gwenaly tomorrow and am willing to swear before you, a judge, my parents, and the police that no sexual activities tok (?) place during the curfew violation. if this is questioned i wil be submitting my self to a full physical evaluation of myself to prove that i have been no where close to sex in my life. (can they really test a male? just asking a honest question. BUT ALSO... When did I say anything about them having sex? Oh yeah, NEVER!) on the other hand the outstanding testimony and physical evidence against christine will be clear (okay? I know that Christine has had sex, yes, in my apartment, but he really felt the need to say that? maybe i feel that way only because of what is coming...) i will also be informing christine and john john about my unfortunate decision and will be supporting the both as best i can to ensure they are fairly treated as they are not the only ones breaking the rules. (I know that they are not the only violators. I am guilty too, but there are different punishments for different offences. I think that having sex in the room is a greater offence then letting a boy come into my room for a few minutes.) thank you and goodnight. i await your reply so i can be present to face your accusation tomorrow and to admit my guilt and regret to gwenaly about the whole instance, and if needed to inform city authorities on what legal action will be taken if any. to close i feel more protective of kailey than anyone but family, and wil defend her from anyone and everyone who could cause her harm of anytype. Goodnight. (so now i'm causing her harm? okay because i think that we are good enough friends that we are able to work things out and she trusts me with her deep secrets. She is like family to me-- even when she does something that might annoy me. I'm not going to "hurt" her.)

After re-writing that I find it really funny that he starts out my saying he is a published author because you wouldn't know. I'm not trying to be rude but honestly, give me a break.
So after that, I didn't even know what to say so I said this;
  • "Okay. Lets blow this extremely out of proportion and send 17 text. But because its 3:15 in the morning i will be more than willing to talk to you tomorrow." 
  • (he responds with;) "Lets blow this out of proportion? i'd rather not. Sorry to have woken you i assumed your phone was silent and you would receive then in the morning." 
After that I was just really done and Kailey was talking more and MORE about how she felt suicidal and I suddenly had this thought of how Brian had been making her a knife and I was really hoping that he hadn't given it to her already. So I asked him because she wasn't responding. I sent him a simple text of "did you give Kailey that knife yet?" and i was bombarded with another  ridiculous text;

  • "Because your letter is making her feel even more suicidal then she felt when i stayed in her room with her and fell asleep on accident which led to me breaking the curfew? dont worry. i take all the blame if something happens. i should be able to stay awake or at least set an alarm for myself." 
I WAS LIVID!!!! HOW DARE HE PUT ALL OF THE BLAME OF KAILEY BEING SUICIDAL ON ME! YEAH I MADE HER UPSET BUT IF A STUPID LETTER EXPLAINING THAT I WAS OFFENDED BY THEIR ACTIONS IS GOING TO MAKE HER SUICIDAL, SHE NEEDS TO BE ON MEDS!!!!!!!!! Even though he said he would take the blame, that doesn't change the fact that I would feel so bad. I couldn't even respond nicely, so I said

  • "Okay simple question. You can't even answer simply. Never mind then."
I ended up going in to check on her and her ONLY excuse as to why she hadn't done anything was because she had to work in the morning. I'm sorry, but if you are really suicidal, it wouldn't matter if you had to work in the morning. Another reason I think that it is just to get attention.
So eventually, Kailey came into our room and talked with me and Alex. We worked things out enough that we can live together and still be friends. BUT the only thing it that she texted our manager and told her that she had broken curfew. (only to avoid me doing so) The problem is that breaking curfew isn't the only reason i wanted to talk to management.
Today, our manager called and talked to Kailey telling her that she doesn't want to deal with curfew if we can handle it as roommates, and that she did not want to talk to Brian. I feel like i still need to inform the manager as to what is going on but it might just cause more problems, but I'm to the point that I don't care.
The most annoying part of this story for me is that when Kailey got home from work she was talking to Brian and I hear her say well I'll ask Kaci. Then she hangs up and comes to talk to me. She then tells me about how Brian's brother is in town and he wants to hang out with us. Well Brian's brother Zack is awesome, and he doesn't come into town very often. I felt bad saying no but I knew that if i were to be around Brian that  I would come across as a... how should I put this.... a not so nice word that starts with a b. Brat. Yeah that's the word. I decided that I needed to get out of the house and talk to my mom so i called her and took a walk around the block. About half way though my walk, I hear a truck behind me and it slows down i look over as it passes and it is Zack and Brian. well they flip around like 4 times and drive past me and then go to my apartment. I was not ready to face Brian, but weather i liked it or not, it was time. So they come in and Kailey is getting ready so it's just the 3 of us. Well then Zack goes out to his truck to bring something in and show me, so it was just me and Brian alone. It was really really awkward so I told him.
"Um... so, Brian. I think that we need to talk about what happened last night but some of the things you said were really hurtful and I'm not ready to talk about them." all he said was "umm humm." THAT WAS ALL! So I then said, "I just wanted you to know so that you don't think that I'm being rude if I don't talk to you like normal." again just a "Umm, humm. okay." Then Zack came back in and i was able to talk to him until Kailey came out and helped the awkward moment. Brian keep trying to leave and go make food. When they were leaving, Kailey asked if they would be coming back and Zack said yes but then Brian started making excuses so I'm pretty sure that he is still upset too. UG! I HATE FIGHTING! but ya know, if he is going to be the type of "friend' who is willing to take me to court for something so minimal, I don't really even want to be friends with him at all. OH well. Maybe one day we can trust each other again, but right now, I would rather have a few close and REAL friends then a lot of FAKE friends.
There is my peace. Sorry its long, but it's my journal and one day I'm going to be able to look back and see this and remember that I made it, I CAN do HARD things! The lord has blessed me and I know that what I am doing, the things that I am standing up for, they are right and I will be blessed.
OH YEAH! by the way the movie quote "drama, drama, drama." Is from How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days. LOVE THAT MOVIE! :)

March 6, 2012

Hair Cut!

So there will soon be pictures of the final project but for right now these are the styles I'm going for. LOVE 'EM!

        
The color is going to be a Copper brown. I AM SO EXCITED! I only wish that I would have the guts to do this:
Ginnifer Goodwin With this back; Jenna Elfman Layered Razor Hairstyle
OR (haha-- my favorite!)
    Ginnifer Goodwin Hairstyle - click to view hairstyle information
Basically what I'm saying is i wish that I was brave enough to chop ALL of my hair off and LOOK like Ginnifer Goodwin because she is BeAuTiFuL! I also really like Jenna Elfmans hair. UG! decisions,decisions, decisions...  
We'll see what happens! :)

February 20, 2012

Catch up

I'm slightly proud of myself. but merely for the fact that it has been 11 days since i blogged and I have also cut my computer time in half since then too. I have a problem... I admitted it, that's always the first step right? Since i last blogged, I went shooting (pictures below). I got to shoot a pistol, shot gun, an AR 15, and a 22-- those might not be correct-- still trying to get "gun lingo". After that I got to go home! I had a fantastic time with some of my favorite people, but sadly not everyone. ):  Luckily spring break is ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY!! AhA! I cannot wait! Suggestion... GO SEE ONE FOR THE MONEY! Like, right now... okay maybe not right now, but you should see it at some point because it is REALLY REALLY good!
Okay so now here are some pictures of the happenings from the last few weekends.

 Shooting the AR 15
This GUN is so freaking amazing! I want a real gun now, but its expensive and I cant even buy amo yet anyway. But dang! I felt so awesome with it! (guy magnet? No, just kidding)


Sometimes we have WAY WAY WAY too much fun on my mom's iPad! Thanks Dani and mom for a great night! :)
( Don't get upset that I posted these...)






The "Vortex" 
 
I freaking love my mom's eye in this picture!

As Dani said, This is reason enough not to get fat. 

Photo booth on the iPad is like my favorite thing ever!