Christmas Love

Everyone needs to read this. It is exactly what I needed to hear, even when I didn't know I needed to hear it. Thanks friend.

Happy Monday and Momday.

It's lightly snowing outside. I'm at work with my Signature Hot Chocolate and my Mucinex. Despite the fact that I couldn't sleep last night (various stresses and nightmares), I feel good this morning. I feel nice and warm inside. :) Maybe it's because I watched The Testaments at 3 AM, and maybe it's because lack of sleep has made me loopy. Who knows? Right now however, life is good.

Monday quote of the day:
"You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of a sudden even though you have some place where you put your shit, that idea of home is gone. You'll see one day when you move out it just sort of happens one day and it's gone. You feel like you can never get it back. It's like you feel homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. Maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't ever have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I don't know, but I miss the idea of it, you know. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people that miss the same imaginary place."
-Garden State

It's funny, two years ago today I was watching Garden State alone in my first apartment. I had barely moved from Massachusetts a few months prior and was terribly homesick on my Mom's birthday. It was exactly how I felt. It was so comforting. I love the truth behind it. I don't get nearly as homesick anymore, and I do feel like I've built more of a home for myself here, but that feeling of home is gone. Moving back to MA won't change it. The only thing that will is when I have a family and build a home for myself.

Today, on my Mom's birthday, I wish we were together. My mom is one of the lovliest people I know. She has such a capacity to love and such strong work ethic. She's my best friend and my partner in crime. One of my most favorite things about growing up was how she would let me skip school so we could go to lunch and go shopping together. It was our little secret and I loved that. She's the hardest thing to leave behind and the most exciting thing about visiting. She doesn't know it, but she's also the most beautiful woman I know. The most beautiful woman most people know. I love her so much and am so glad we share so many characteristics. So happy birthday Mom! I love you.



Edit: Apparently today is Tuesday. Haha. Ya, sleep deprivation is cool.

San Fran

View from the plane.

Yay for Pier 39!

5 of us cramming into 1 picture. Haha.

Cable Car (aparently NOT called trolley cars) with Wicked!


So this past weekend I took a trip with 8 lovely ladies to San Francisco. I had never been there before, and overal I had so much fun!

6 Favorite Things:
-My cold completely went away with the humidity
-Delish fish and chips (finally!)
-Going to see Wicked (even if I did fall asleep for a bit!)
-Sharing a crab cake between 5 people.
-Taking a 12 passenger van back to Utah instead of flying!
-All the walking we did. So fun!

3 Least Favorite Things:
-Getting sick on the micro plane we took to get to San Fran.
-My cold immediately coming back as soon as we crossed the California border.
-Definitely not enough time in such a rad city.

It was a short, but super fun adventure. :)

My best friend, Lysser is leaving me for a whole month! She flies home to Boston tonight and I'm a tid bit jealous. Not because she gets to see my mom and I don't, but because I don't get to be there when she gets engaged! Her boyfriend is flying out with her and will be proposing after he asks her dad for permission. I'll have to wait until January 12th to even see the ring! Ugh. It kills me that my best friend is getting engaged and I can't be there to jump up and down with her in an excited frenzy. I'll survive, but there will be hell to pay if she doesn't notify me the night it happens. Haha.

On a side note, I was supposed to take the manfriend on a date tonight (he's taken me on like 3 billion, so I figured it was my turn, haha). Within the last 2 days however, my slight cough has turned into a full blow head cold. Upon telling him this, he told me to come over so he could make me home made chicken noodle soup. Is he the greatest or what? Ya...I love him. :)

Dear customers:

We love your gluttony. Just because you have 300 grandchildren, doesn't mean we can give you 300 gift envelopes and all the brand new $2 bills we possess in the branch.

Standing in line for 5 minutes impatiently then coming to the teller line with nothing filled out or signed is the fastest way to get things done. We're here to add your money AND fill out your deposit slips. Who cares about the other customers waiting behind you.

After we've completed your transaction and printed your reciept is the best time to ask for an account balance. We have all the paper and time in the world just for you!

You all ruin the Christmas season for everyone that works at the bank. You make us bitter and resentful becasue of your bitter and resentful attitudes. Yes, we work here. No, we are not required to wait on you hand and foot. Be nicer. The end.

Azul y Amarillo

So I have a love affair with navy blue. It's my favorite color ever. It's so soothing and rich. I feel like if I were a color, it would be navy blue.I just love it. And paired with crisp white or bright yellow, it makes for a stellar vision. I love the combination so much that I have a few outfits centered around the colors and I even want them to be my wedding colors. Before any of you get any ideas, I have not clue when I'll be married. It could be 10 days or 10 years... I kid about the 10 days thing. Haha. I was never one of those girls that planned out her whole wedding and had the dress picked out from birth. The one thing I know I want are these two lovely colors presented in an elegant and understated way. What do you think?