Rachael, Relaxing, and.... Rearranging?

So, I realize that this looks like just a really messy room. Which it is, but it's only messy because I had to move things. But I'll get into that later.

Today, I didn't want to wake up. I don't really know why. I just didn't want to get out of bed at all. So I didn't. Until I decided to go to  7-11 to get some caffeine. When I got there, a very pushy newspaper man informed me that it was free slurpee day. So I got a drink and left, because I didn't feel like getting a slurpee.

So then I came home and watched the first season of Workaholics. Which was really funny, but kind of made me hate myself a little bit. BUT IT'S SO ADDICTING. And it's hilarious. But I feel like a stoner when I watch it. Oh well.

Eventually, I decided to be productive and wash a load of laundry. Which I did. And I was happy because we got more fabric softener, which smells like Heaven. It's amazing. Also, I put away all of my clean clothes and shoved the dirty ones into a hamper. I'm a boss at cleaning.

Then, as I sat in my room pondering the mysteries of life, I decided I was going to move my dresser. And so I did. Only halfway through moving it did I realize that it was far too heavy for me to move by myself. But I managed it anyway. And with minimal injuries! But it took a really long time, possibly because I stopped in the middle to photograph everything I found behind the dresser. And, lucky you, I decided to put them on my blog. Hooray! Enjoy.

The Adventures of Things That Have Been Behind My Dresser for God Knows How Long




This is a lovely thing that used to smell wonderful. But now it's dusty and empty.

Here is a wonderful pipe cleaner that used to be on the corner of my mirror. And now it's coated in dog hair.

This artifact is a lovely Purple Haze flag from a DHS football game.

This is a program from my sophomore year in orchestra. Which is actually where I met Lizz. And she lives with me now. How fun. Also, Mr. Mairs was the best orchestra teacher in the history of the world.

An old CD. I have yet to listen to it.

This is a letter that my grandma wrote me in 2004. She called me Nikki Dee. It was adorable. I miss her.

Here is an array of Pokemon cards. Most of which will get thrown away because I have absolutely no use for them.

Lastly, a lovely anklet that I got in Florida.

So that was fun. Then I got Rachael  and we went to McDonald's. And they both broke their diets. Not me though. I'm not on a diet. Ha.

The end. (:

"I NEED THAT ONE THING!"

Days, Drinks, and Dogs.

This is sweet tea. It runs through my veins. And makes my life happy. Imagine if you are a coffee junkie. It's kind of like that, only cheaper to acquire and it doesn't taste gross or burn my face.

Well, yesterday was fun. I woke up, called NCTC, and stayed on hold for an hour only for the woman who answered to hang up because I didn't say hello fast enough. That was annoying. So after that, I went to the gas station with Matt. And one of the guys that works there threatened to tell my dad if I was smoking. Which I wasn't. So I was safe.

After I got home, I went to NCTC. I had never driven there from my house before, but it was really easy and now I know how to get there. So that's good. It took all of five minutes to get my stuff straightened out, and then I came home and signed up for classes. I'm officially enrolled in college. Woo!

So then I made spaghetti and went to Walmart. In that order. Then I Skyped with Rachael, until we came to the conclusion that I was going to run and pick her up. So I did that at about ten, and we hung out in my room for a while with Lizz. Eventually, we decided it would be fun to Skype with our friend from Florida again. And we nicknamed him Magic Mike. Which is a very complimentary nickname. And not mean at all.

So then, the three of us ended up on Skype with Magic Mike all night until we went to bed. Fun day.

Today, I woke up at nine because Rachael had to leave. But then I went back to sleep until eleven or so. When I finally woke up, I found that Sawyer had started a new Occupy campaign. So here's a photo of the Occupy Holly's Bed While She's At Work campaign:

He stared me down while I was taking pictures of him, too. I think he understands what I'm doing.

Shortly after I woke up, I ran to the bank to deposit Holly's check. The lady at the bank didn't ask for my ID but she asked how to pronounce the doctor's name. That was entertaining.

After I got home, I obsessively checked the mail every ten minutes until it came. BECAUSE MY AP SCORES CAME IN. And I got a four on my English test! Hooray! I thought that my work was pretty sketchy, but apparently it was just fine. This made my entire day happy, because now it is very likely that I will not have to take English at NCTC at all. Thank God for Mrs. Seeley!

At some point, I decided that the car was dirty, and I should clean it out. So I went outside with sunglasses, all ready to get to work. Then I opened the garage to get the trash can and was promptly swarmed by angry wasps with cabin fever. I then ran halfway down the driveway, all ridiculous and flailing like I do. And right as this happened, a little girl was riding her bike down the sidewalk right near me. She had to be around eight or nine, and she just stopped her little pink bicycle at the end of my driveway and gave me this quizzical look, as though she was questioning my sanity. And I just looked at her and said "I'm afraid of wasps." She looked back at me, giggled, and rode off on her bike. After getting swarmed and judged by a child, I decided that the car wasn't actually that dirty, and resolved to go inside and watch TV instead.

And I ended up falling in love with Workaholics. That show is hilarious. I watched it until my parents got home. Then we went to Walmart AGAIN. And KFC. And Wendy's. And CVS. It was a fun trip. My dad ended up making friends in the line for the pharmacy. They were a man with a four year old boy on his shoulders and the woman in line in front of them. My dad ended up not getting his prescription, so the woman jokingly offered to share her A.D.H.D. medicine with him (only she referred to them as her "crazy pills" which was hilarious).

For the rest of the night, I sat around with Lizz on our laptops. And I watched part of Red Dawn. Here are some entertaining things that I found on the internet. Enjoy.

A lovely "Friends" reference:

A beautiful Mitch Hedberg joke picture:

And of course, everyone's favorite Derp Seal:

And I took a screenshot of Magic Mike on Magic Mike. Magic Mike inception?

We even got him to do the thing with his arms. He is the coolest. 

Congratulations, you made it to the end! Have a wonderful night!

"We could all use a little change."

Lipstick and Lists.

Check out this cool shirt that Holly got me today. For those of you who don't know French, it means "I love you." Except the heart translates the same. Just a heart. Also, I decided that this picture looked funny by itself. As though there were too much white spaces. So I added a vignette around it. Now it's a hipster photo, but I like it better this way. Even though I'm most decidedly not a hipster.

This morning, I kept waking up. It was annoying. I wanted to stay asleep, but my brain had other things in mind (ha). So eventually, I got up. AND THEN I REALIZED MY TIE DYE WAS DONE. So Holly and I decided to rinse it off and then wash it, like you're supposed to. The tie dye shirts came out surprisingly nicely. Here's a picture of mine.

 Hooray for minimal white spaces!

After the tie dye rinsing, I went to Aldi with my dad to get things and stuff. Which we did. And we got these knock off Whales crackers. They're called Sharks. And they actually have different shapes for the different kinds of sharks. Sharks are more politically correct than Whales are. But they don't taste as good.

My mom got upset at Holly and I about the amount of glitter that was distributed throughout the house after we glittered the shoes. But the shoes came out pretty nicely, So here is that.

They were just plain black flats when we started. Now they're vampire flats.

Today I decided to clean my room. Only the dryer is broken, so I didn't have the time or space that I need to wash all of my clothes and hang them up, so I skipped that part. Needless to say, my room is not that much cleaner, because of the fact that my clothes are the majority of the mess. Before I started cleaning though, ABC Family decided to sabotage my plan. So they put on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This just happens to be my favorite Harry Potter movie. So I got stuck watching it until a commercial. Then I was free!

Also, today I played with makeup. And by "played with" I mean "put on." And by "makeup" I mean "red lipstick that I found in Holly's room." So, that was fun. This is what I look like from a low angle with red lips.

Additionally, this is what I look like with red lips while making a really creepy face.

Taking pictures is possibly my favorite thing ever.

Here is a list of ten things that you may not have known about me.
     1) I absolutely LOVE having notebooks. Even if I don't write anything in them.
     2) Feet gross me out. All of them. Even mine.
     3) I own at LEAST ten pairs of high heels. And I almost never wear them.
     4) I dry and keep one rose from every single time someone gets me roses.
     5) I have a piece of tape that I keep over my web cam when I'm not using it.
     6) I honestly do not think that Ryan Gosling is as hot as people say he is. Ryan Reynolds is better.
     7) I have a VCR in my room. And I regularly watch VHS tapes. Especially George of the Jungle.
     8) I own a ridiculous amount of clothes. And I hoard hangers to put them on.
     9) I wish that I could draw. Or sing. But I can't do either.
     10) I love watching dramatic TV shows about people's dramatic lives.

That's all. Also, my quote is in the form of a photo today. The end.
             

                          

Thrift Stores and Tie Dye.

And everything in between.

Yes, I skipped two days. Calm down, Jason.

I'm starting back up again. So here goes.

Thursday, I went to NCTC to register for classes. So that was pretty good, because I needed to get it done. Except for the part where they kept sending me to different parts of the school for random things. That was annoying. So then I went to register for classes online at home, since I was enrolled in the school. Nope. Apparently, I have not been cleared for WEB Registration. So I called, and I ended up stuck on hold for an hour before I gave up and decided to try again Monday. Woohoo.

Then I took holly shopping. We went to Goodwill and Denton Thrift, because we like to hipster shop like our grandma taught us. That was pretty fun. After, we went to Walmart to eat dinner in McDonald's and get glitter. McDonald's was a tragedy. It took two people to sort out our order. And we ordered two combos. It was not that hard. Even the "Staff Trainer" couldn't help. We ended up with free drinks. I'm not even sure if they realized they gave us free drinks. But they did. Also, we got a TON of glitter. Then we wandered around Walmart for an hour or so trying to find things to put glitter on. We ended up with a pair of black flats. But they look cute with glitter so it's okay.

Friday started with me watching my new favorite show (thanks to Tori) all morning. It's a dumb MTV show called "Awkward." and the fact that I like it makes me hate myself a little bit, BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON TV IN THE SUMMER. And it's girly. Which I can be sometimes. And the girl in it has a more exciting life than me. Not necessarily good exciting, but still exciting. My sophomore year consisted of goofing off with friends, not partying. But anyway...

Then I went to pick up Valerie. We hadn't hung out in a really long time,  so it was pretty cool that we finally decided to. Valerie and I are the kind of friends that can pick up right where we left off and act like we just saw each other. It's kind of great. And the fact that we had so many stories to tell each other made for good conversation. So there's that. Friday night, we ended up watching a really awkward movie and its three sequels. They're all about these gay couples falling in love, which is not the awkward part. The awkward part is the bad acting. It was borderline pornography. BUT IT HAD A STORY LINE AND I HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. Also, we had watched the first three before. I can't believe I watched that when I was fourteen.

My dog has seemed normal ever since his seizure, which is wonderful because I've been really worried about him. Right now he is pacing around and whining at the front door like he does every time someone leaves at night. I think it unnerves him when people go out at night. Poor baby.

Also, Rachael and I meet really cool people on Omegle. We must attract entertaining people, because the other night we ended up on Skype with two guys from Florida for a couple of hours. We also met Batman. He said he would buy us the actors from Magic Mike. What a nice superhero.

Here is a list of reasons I love my dog.
-He is SUPER ADORABLE.
-He always listens to my problems and he doesn't judge me (or he does, but can't tell me).
-He is loyal.
-He tries to protect me, even though he is misguided sometimes.
-His personality is amazing.
-He keeps my legs warm at night.
-If I lay on the floor, he runs up and sniffs my face.
-He is ALWAYS happy to see me.
-He tells me when he wants to go outside. Or, if I ask him, he either runs to the door or sits down where he is.
-He puts up with all of our crap, and he still loves us.
-He follows me around when nobody is home. I think he knows I'm paranoid. Or he's paranoid.
-He is honestly the best dog ever.

That's all for now. I should be back on track though. Yay.

"It's a great day to be alive."

Happy Birthday America!

Yes, I missed a day. But only because I was actually hanging out with friends and having a life. So at least there's a legitimate reason.

First off, happy Fourth of July! And happy birthday America! I hope that everyone had a great day and that nobody has any firework accidents. And such.

I know I said that I did stuff yesterday, but that's only kind of true. I misled you. But I did end up on Skype for a few hours with some guys from Florida with Rachael. That was pretty entertaining. Also, everyone I meet ever is mean to me. I must radiate mean things even when I don't say them. Awkward.

Today, we got up and went to IHOP. I got French toast. It was wonderfully delicious. And I got caffeine. Which was good for my friends who have to deal with me.

Then we went to the lake. On the hour long ride there, we blasted music and sang to people in other cars. People love when they look over and see a truck with three girls in it singing to them. It makes their whole entire day. So we did that. Then we got to the lake, and we floated around and swam and did lake things until food was ready. And then we ate super amazing steak and potato salad, along with fruit and corn on the cob.

THEN WE WENT TUBING. YAY TUBING. Except for this time, I wore a lot of sunscreen and we wore elbow pads. IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER. Except I ended up with missing skin on my chin from hitting the thing with my face. Oops. Oh well.

Now we're exhausted, and just laying around trying to figure out what to do tonight.

Also, I realize there is no photo. Or clever alliteration title. Or quote. That's because this is a special, different, and unique blog post. In honor of the Fourth. Because I can, that's why.

Have a nice night.

'Merica.

Schools, Shots, and Shows.

Today, I woke up at around seven to various things. First, the dog wanted out. Then, Lizz's alarm went off. And a bunch of other things, like Holly yelling and my dog barking. But eventually I fell asleep until my alarm went off at ten. Then I took a shower. What an exciting morning.

But after I got up, I ran to the bank to deposit Holly's first paycheck. Hooray for Holly! Now she has no excuse to not pay me back the money she owes me! Yay!

After the bank, I came home and hung out for a little while. Then we went to Tori's. And we watched NCIS. This kid had a bomb strapped to him, and he was being controlled by some creepy guys in a van. Only the end was stupid, because they found his mother that was supposedly dead, AND THEY DIDN'T EXPLAIN WHERE SHE WAS. It really bothered me, so I decided to make a list of things she could have been doing when she was "dead." Enjoy.
-Learning to drive a jet ski so she could surprise her family with her new skill.
-With her alternate family, in which she was the husband.
-Raising a family of ducks.
-Living in disguise as a moose.
-Training as a under cover agent and completing a secret mission.
-Becoming a vampire.
-Hiding her face in shame for her failed boat antics (she "died" in a boat crash).
-Finishing college in secret.
-Following her dream of becoming a princess.
-Having an affair, then having a secret baby and putting it up for adoption.
-Hiding from the cops for a parking ticket.

So there's that.

Eventually, we went to NCTC with Tori's cousin Cocoa so Tori could register and I could ask a couple of questions. I found out a lot, and started planning my schedule. Also, I got a loan. That's pretty good, too, because that means I can pay for school. Hooray!

After we got back to my house, we did nothing except eat potato salad and watch TV until my parents got home. My mom cooked dinner tonight, and after we ate, my dad and I went to Walgreens to get my meningitis shot. We found out that our medical insurance covered the entire shot (at least for now) and the lady took me back to the little room to stab me with a needle. My dad insisted on coming with me just so he could make fun of me. Then, after the lady gave me the super fast shot, he decided the best thing to do would be to backhand me in it. He even asked which arm it was in before he did it, just to clarify that he would hit the right one. Jerk. Good thing it didn't hurt.

Also, my arms hurt, but not because of the shot. It's because when you're tubing, you have to hold onto the tube for dear life. When the boat starts moving, you have to lift up the front of the tube, or else the weight of the people on it will drag it underwater. Then when the boat slows down really fast, you have to push up on the handles really hard so that you don't fly forward off of the tube. So my arms are sore, and my elbows are missing skin. And I'm sun burnt. BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT. But my eye isn't black from where Tori accidentally elbowed me in the face, so at least there's that.

Today was pretty good. My dog hasn't seemed to have any more trouble (knock on wood). So I'm extremely thankful for that. But I'm still worried about him. I hope he's okay. I really do. He is a wonderful dog.

But for now, everything is in order.

"Remember how we used to say we couldn't wait till tomorrow for a brand new day."

Tori, Tan lines, and Tubing.

This is Hunter. He is the second cutest dog ever.

This morning, at around four, Sawyer started making these weird noises. And I got scared and launched myself out of my bed, turned on the light, and checked on him. He just looked at me like I was an idiot. Troll dog.

Eventually I actually got up around ten and took a shower. Then we went to Tori's to pick up Hunter and we headed out to the lake house.

On the ride to the lake, Tori and I ate a bunch of candy because we could. And then when we got there, we realized Hunter had thrown up in the car. It was really gross. But Wendy cleaned it up, which was nice of her.

So eventually, we put on our swimsuits and hung out in the lake on rafts for a while, until we decided it was time to go tubing. Tubing is a ridiculously fun thing to do. And it requires a lot of strategy. It should be in the Olympics. Anyway, usually whoever is driving the boat that the tube is tied to is trying to get the people on the tube to fly off. That's fun. Thank goodness for life jackets, because sometimes when you fly off the tube you don't know which way is up. That was a lot of fun, and we were out on the lake way longer than I thought we were.

Then we came home. Upon arriving, I realized that my arms and legs are really sunburnt. And my elbows are scraped up. And I might have a black eye from Tori's elbow flying into my face when we hit a bump on the tube.

Totally worth it.

Exhausted.

"We are young...so let's set the world on fire."