Let me just preface this by saying I'm not promising anything on how often I will blog but it's summer which means I have more time so I'll at least attempt to keep with it. There's no way I can go back in time to last July and fill you in from then on, so we will just go back a few weeks. Sorry not sorry.
April 30
It's only fitting that my last blog post was about the Cultivate Festival and this one is also about the Chipotle Cultivate Festival. Sydney, Caroline, and I made our way up to Scottsdale and met up with Zach and EJ to partake in all of the festivities. We were on serious missions to get as many free coupons as possible, so we hit up all of the booths multiple times. The weather was seriously the worst because it was cycling between being really hot and being overcast and rainy. At the festival they have concerts throughout the day so we got to see Holychild (who), Betty Who, and Lukas Graham. Right after Lukas Graham, we went to go get more stamps and then all of a sudden around 4 they shut the whole festival down. It was supposed to go until 7, and we were still waiting to see Echosmith and Young the Giant perform, but apparently there was a large lightning storm on its way. It was seriously so chaotic when they shut it down and we all ran around like crazy kids. EJ, Caroline and I lost Syd and Zach at one point but I just kept shouting that we would all meet at the car. I just kept yelling that it was the apocalypse because it was seriously like something out of a movie. Oh and then we got to be stuck in the parking lot for a while until we found a shortcut out.
The magical passport which gives you a free burrito coupon if you get three stamps from different booths.
The whole crew after we scored free full size Izzes while Lukas Graham was performing.
These cooling stations were the bomb.
Squad.
The mass exodus in the parking lot. Check out those ominous clouds.
May 1
May 1st was Fast Sunday and even though school was still in session, it was pretty darn empty. So during Sunday School and Relief Society I helped Maddy with Break the Fast, even though there wasn't much prep work to do. Then we headed on over to the Linden building and had a combined meal with 5th ward. Later that night there was a devotional and it was the one where they invited all of the seniors in high school to come so there were youths everywhere. But we got Klondike bars so it was A-okay.
May 2
Monday I went to school and in Science we had to share videos of ourselves teaching our lesson and honestly I was so tired I don't even know what else happened. These three hour classes are the death of me. In Art we had a "party" which was cool but I also thought it was pretty pointless because we had already turned in our final project for the class so she could have just let us go home three hours early. Joke's on her because I was feeling like crap so I asked to leave early anyways. I went home and checked in at the urgent care clinic and waited in my bed until they texted me that my appointment was happening. I had been sick off and on since Easter with the weirdest symptoms where my throat would just swell up and blister and look disgusting, but then randomly go away. There were many times that I thought about going to the doctor, but it kept getting better so I ignored it. Well after seeing the doctor, she confirmed my suspicions that I had had a sinus infection for over a month so she gave me some antibiotics and sent me on my merry way.
May 3
On Tuesdays I usually do a full day of fieldwork, but since I was done for the semester I had the whole day off. This combined with my recent diagnosis made me think it was the perfect day to stay in bed and rest. So I did and it was glorious. But around 5 o'clock Maddy posted on Facebook that she had free tickets to The Band Perry in Tucson. I knew that I should really rest because A) I was sick B) I was exhausted and C) I had school the next day. But I felt a little gipped from the Cultivate Festival and I love The Band Perry, so I said what the hey. I'm so glad I went because even though there weren't many people there, it was such a good show! They are all the cutest. I discovered that both of the Perry brothers are mighty fine and one of them has a man bun that rivals Harry Styles' old one. The highlight of the evening was that Reid Perry (the man bun one) liked my Instagram post right when I got home.
May 4
Wednesday I got to sleep in and then I went to school at 10:30. In my Assessment class we basically just went over what would be on the final. I wasn't too worried, since I did the math and discovered I only needed a 50% on the final to keep my A in the class. I wish I could tell you what happened after class but I don't know.
May 5
Thursday was dead day so I slept in and hung around the house for a little bit in the morning, and then Syd and I went to go buy some thing for Connor and Marcus' bro party that we were semi helping them throw. We got some food, decorations, and a kiddie pool. All of the necessary things for a bomb party.
May 6
Friday was easily the longest day of my life ever. Maybe not ever but it was kind of ridiculous. I had my Science final starting at 8:30 but my teacher said she would get there early and bring us breakfast so I went at 7:30 which means I had to leave my house at 7. Ugh. Our final was a paper that we could use our computers to write. I usually finish tests wayyyyy too early so in between writing my paper I was goofing around on social media. I still ended up finishing 45 minutes early. Oh well. So then I had a bit of a break before our next final at 11, so Ciara and I went on our merry way to Mickey D's. Our next final was our Assessment one, which was for real the easiest thing ever. I finished in maybe ten minutes. So then I had almost three hours left to kill haha. Then we had our PE final which was also easier than I expected. After our PE final, we had to stick around to have a meeting about student teaching. It was basically just us filling out a bunch of paperwork and listening to Maggie tell us about all of the important dates we have to remember and what not. Then we broke off into smaller groups and met with our supervisors for next semester. Mine was super nice and broke everything down so it wasn't as much information all at once. We scheduled in some meetings for the future and she ran through our homework assignments and due dates for things, which was awesome, since we are all super type A and need to plan everything a million years in advance. They started the meeting earlier than anticipated so I got out at around 4:30. I rushed home and then grabbed some Chipotle with Syd. Then we went back home and got ready for the Bro party. The party was super fun and there were a ton of people there! At 11:30 the cops showed up and busted the party which I was actually super grateful for because I didn't want to stay very late, but I also didn't want to miss out on too much of the party. We drove home from the party and were grabbing some pre-bedtime water when Syd said she heard something crawling on our kitchen counter. I figured if she could hear it crawling, it was probably bigger than something I wanted to squish. So I posted a status on FB as a cry for help and luckily Peter Derek answered the call and came and killed our roach. I FINALLY got to bed around 1...which wouldn't normally be so bad except I had to wake up at 3 to catch a flight to Houston.
May 7
I woke up at an ungodly hour to head on over to the airport. I decided I needed some caffeine and that it wouldn't hurt if I went really quickly through the McDonald's drive thru to get a soda. WRONG. I was stuck in the drive thru lane for 20 minutes. I was livid. Even though the Tucson airport is small and there is never really anyone there, I was still cutting it kind of close. I got through security with about five minutes to spare before boarding. The flight was alright but I was so tired I slept the entire time and didn't even wake up for them to give me breakfast. I wasn't too bummed though since usually they give me a cold banana that tastes like death so I wasn't missing out on much.
I went to Houston because Katie (my sister) had just bought her first house and my family needed someone to wait around during the week to let the service guys in to do work on the house. Being that I am the only one in the family without a full time job, my father sent me right on over. Since my sister is still living in her apartment, she didn't want to pay for wifi at both places (understandable) so I was concerned that I would have nothing to do all day. Not to worry, we went out on Saturday and bought 8 gallons of paint so I would be busy during the week. We also went out and ate food and ran a million other errands to get stuff for the house. Then we went back to the house and painted for about four hours. I was so exhausted by the end of the day, but I hung in there until around ten.
May 8
On Sunday, Katie wanted to go to the house in the morning to get some more work done, but when she tried to wake me up at 7, I grunted angrily and pulled the covers over my head, so she went to the house by herself. I woke up around 9 and took a shower and got partially ready for the day. I sat down on the couch to watch some tv and passed out. Katie got home around 1 and woke me up since we needed to leave the house at 1:30 to meet my grandparents for lunch. We got ready and headed on over to Masraff's to get Mother's Day brunch. Even though we weren't with our mom for Mother's Day, at least we were with our grandma. After I filled up on steak, I felt fueled and ready to paint some more so we headed back to the house and worked for a few hours before going home around ten again. There's a theme here guys.
May 9
Monday was the first day of me waiting on service men to come and I don't even remember who came on what days. But by the end of the week we had the contractor, carpet cleaner, air duct cleaner, pest control, heat/air conditioning, and security system people come and do their thing. While I waited on the guys to come I did more painting, shocking I know. I did the same exact thing on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I'll spare y'all the words and just include some pictures of some of the before and afters of the rooms we got done.
Side by side of the guest bathroom. Gray is a common theme throughout the house, in case you couldn't tell :) The whole house just felt really yellow and old, and it's really amazing how much of a difference a little paint can make.
And a before and after of the guest bedroom. I should have taken a better before picture, because it didn't have the gray on the bottom before. It was all the same beige color.
One of the other most exciting things that happened while I was in Houston was that JJ Watt opened his snapchat up for anyone to send him snaps. Unfortunately, him doing that basically broke his phone so he could only open the snaps, and couldn't respond to them. That's ok because I know what he would have said in response to mine (a profession of his love for me).
May 12
Thursday I got back to Tucson at 9 AM and went and ran a few errands. Then I waited around the house for Ty (new roomie just for the summer) to swing by and move her stuff in. This was also the day that I decided I would like to replace my stolen guitar since I had been without one since our burglary in December. So I let Ty in and helped take some of her stuff into the house, then went off to Guitar Center to pick out a new guitar. There was one in particular that I really liked because it had a lot of abalone and mother of pearl on it and it looked super snazzy. However, when I went to buy it, the technician said the wood was warping in the middle of the guitar and it basically wasn't playable. Sad. So I asked the guy to recommend one to me and he said to just get anything that said Yamaha on it. He showed me a few then randomly found one that was acoustic/electric and it was cheaper than all the other ones. We both though it was kind of weird, but agreed it was too good of a deal to pass up. It was marked at $170. When the technician checked this one out, he agreed that it was a much better guitar but told me it was mis-tagged and was actually supposed to be $300. Guess who didn't have $300? This girl. BUT they said since the price was advertised as $170, they had to honor that, so I saved a butt-ton of money. Holla. I guess something good came out of this burglary situation.
New guitar. Needs a name.
May 13
On Friday I had to wait around in the morning for some movers to come and bring Jenny (new roomie) her furniture. Since Jenny was in LA and I had a lot of practice waiting around the house for workers to come, I figured I was perfect for the job. They were supposed to come between 9-12 but at 12 they still weren't there so Jenny called them and then told me they would be at the house between 1-4. That was a little problematic since I didn't have much time. Luckily, they came around two so it wasn't too much of a hinderance. Jordan Hall who served his mission in Tucson came back to AZ for a friend's wedding, and he told me he wanted to see some people while he was in town. I had no idea who was still here for the summer since I had been out of town, but I texted a few people telling them to meet at the institute at 4. Maddy reminded me that the institute was closed, and no one else even responded to me. Other than a few people who said they couldn't make it. So when Jordan called me around 4 he just ended up coming to my house to catch up a little instead. It was a short visit though since I had to peace out at 4:30 to go babysit.
May 14
I went to babysit at 2 on Saturday. The parents told me they needed me to babysit from 2-4 and then again from 5 on since from 4-5 they were taking the kids to a birthday party. Well since this family lives out in the boonies, and I only had an hour, I went to the birthday party with them. It was super fun for the kids and they had a bunch of bouncy stuff and a slip n slide. I didn't know anyone there and they were all parents so I felt a little weird but hey I was getting paid so no regrets. I was there until like 11.
May 15
On Sunday I woke up around 7 and had a million hours to get ready for church at 1. I always sit around and do nothing and start getting ready too late and then end up rushing out the door at the last second even though I've been awake for 5+ hours. I went to fifth ward since Jordan Hall told me to go and that was where all the cool kids were going. Unfortunately since I didn't manage my time too well, I walked in late-ish and sat in the corner by myself. But we mingled for a bit afterwards which was cool. Later that night, Jenny and Ty both came back into town so I had to wait up to let them in since neither of them had a house key. We got to bond and talk but it was sad since Syd wasn't here yet.
May 16
My first official day of doing nothing this summer YESSSS. I woke up and laid in bed for two hours which was glorious. Then I got up, went to the gym, and went home and showered and got ready. I knew Jenny needed to be let back into the house whenever her class was over but I didn't know when she would be done so I decided to just go to Target anyways and that she would text me whenever her class ended and then I could go home. I got all the way to the parking lot when Jenny told me she was on her way home, so I drove back home to let her in. Syd showed up shortly after I got back to the house, so I turned back around to go get a new house key and to go to Target. It feels so weird to have new roommates because I'm so used to no one ever being home. It feels like the good ole days! We will have tons of party fun times this summer, I just know it. I'm gonna have a lot of free days which is awesome since I won't have any once I am student teaching. I figured I deserved a break after the school year from hell (but I got a 4.0 both semesters so all the tears were worth it) and I'm loving every minute of it.
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