Starbucks Makes Amends

Yes, today after a long voice lesson, I felt an urge to indulge in a sweet iced Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks. I ordered it, a few minutes later my order was called, and alas! On the counter was a Caramel Frappuchino. I thought to myself..."I could actually go for one of those right now...but I also really wanted an iced caramel macchiato...which is what I ordered...." So I very nicely said, "Excuse me, I have a slight problem..." And all work ceased. It was like I had three Starbucks workers there to make sure my order was corrected. My order was successfully corrected and just minutes later I had a blissful collection of caramel, both macchiato and frapp.

Another Trendy Turbo-Blog

So I seem to have this trend now to where I only blog once every couple weeks or so...but man, these blogs are just loaded with goodness!

So first things first!

Billy and I have been together six months as of Saturday - yay! It seems crazy that it's gone so fast! But it just keeps getting better and better....I love you Billy!

We celebrated on Friday and spent the day together just chilling - getting shave ice, working on our AWESOME Snoopy puzzle, exploring the candy store, etc. For the record, Powell's candy shoppe is pretty phenomenal.

On Saturday, we took a trip to Mexico with some peeps (ha) from church, and did some construction work for a guy who is building a house for his family down there!

This is before:

This is after:

And it may not look like much, but let me tell you we leveled that dirt pretty well...and it wasn't just dirt, it was 60% rock; 40%dirt that flew through the wind and directly into our lungs.

Also this is the concrete that was poured to finish part of the foundation:

NEXT on the list to talk about is my first Sushi experience! It was crazy! Way better than I expected it to be, and I wouldn't mind having it more often! Billy took me to this sweet Japanese cuisine in Dana Point called Maki Yaki, and I have to admit that it was delish!

And lastly...I was in Batstone's room today and was shocked to see the amount of jewelry that one person can own and absolutely NEED to have...that person being her roommate. Check out this insanity - tons of jewelry all organized into these little compartments, hanging on the back of her closet door. Hm.

That is all.

Madness

Yesterday morning at Starbucks, Batstone, Kaitlin, and I observed this woman's skill for selecting shoes. It's sort of like a shock system that you would see on a bike, and yet it has sort of a high-heel effect....I'm just gonna call them "spring shoes" for now. Again, I apologize for blurry cell phone pictures, but on each heel of these classy sandals is a giant spring. Wonder if the comfort is as good as it looks.

Also, Billy and I witnessed this sign on the side of the Subway building by his apartment..."Acrobatic or hazardous skateboarding is prohibited".....???!!! What qualifies as acrobatic, I wonder?

As you can see, Billy was blown away and confused by aforesaid sign and was caught off guard. Here he is pictured carefully pondering what delicious sub he should partake of. Don't worry, he made an excellent choice: Meatball Sub on Honey Oat Bread. MMmm. I've never had it, but I hear it's quite a hit. Also he's sporting a hat! Woot! :-)

This is a reason why

I live at home for many reasons, most of which are economic. However I realized another reason today: At home, I can be surprised by awesome edible gifts from my mom. Such as Reese's. Amazing.

ALSO. I bought this new CD by Vicky Beeching. It's kind of old...from 2002, but you know, it's absolutely wonderful! I love it because it's powerful, fun, upbeat, catchy, and female worship leaders are hard to come by. Of course you have Darlene Zsecschhsseh (or however you spell her last name), and then you have Brooke Fraser, whose music is just quality stuff....and now I have found Vicky Beeching. Check her out. :-) http://vickybeeching.com/

Look Out!

Okay so check this. I have so much to say, I'm just gonna keep it compact and to the point.

Point 1.

What the heck is this?! We looked at it in "Intro to the Arts" and supposedly you should see a human figure descending a staircase. I have looked and looked and looked....and to no avail. Just needed to share my frustration.

Point 2.

I was talking with Brandi about a profound system of complimenting people. Consider this: It's a compliment to be called fat.

Why? Listen carefully. If people are willing to joke with you and call you fat, obviously you're skinny enough that the statement can only be taken as ridiculous. Therefore, if people are teasing you and calling you fat, you should consider it an honor because that inherently means you're skinny.
If....people are jerks and call you fat and you are fat, then you should consider yourself an exception to this observation. Along the same lines, if people never joke around and call you fat...maybe you should think twice about why they don't.

Point 3.

Speaking of Brandi, her blog is awesome. http://www.brandicheriesings.blogspot.com/

Point 4.

Also speaking of Brandi, we observed this giant red taco in the window of Taco Bell as we drove through for her to get some delicious nachos for herself. Odd. I am fairly certain I am forever uninterested in eating a Volcano Taco merely because it has a red shell. Their advertising technique on this one is driving me away.

Point 5.

Let's get a little political. Obama. I only heard about this magazine cover a few days ago and since then I have begun to see it as a very interesting political cartoon. Have you seen it? Pretty intriguing.

What does that mean to you? How does that make you feel?

Point 6.

Remember those promised pics from my birthday? Here are a couple. :-)

Point 7.

Also, here's a couple pictures from Billy's and my birthday date... :-)

Point 8.

We've been together 5 months as of yesterday! Woot!

Point 9.

Interface started last Wednesday! We are going through two separate books: "Captivating" for the girls, "Wild at Heart" for the guys. I'm really excited to lead the Freshmen/Sophomore girls with Raquel and I think the Lord has a lot in store for us!!!

Point 10.

I purchased some new music from iTunes including Chris Tomlin's new album entitled "Hello Love." It is proving to be a great purchase!

Space Please!

Classes officially started yesterday! This semester promises to be extremely educational and yet very consuming as I am carrying 17 units once again. Today was exhilirating with a schedule consisting of: World Civilizations I, Intro to Theology, and Intro to Advanced Mathematics. I am actually really excited about this semester because my professors all seem to be passionate about their classes and I am interested in learning a variety of new things. Not to say my other professors haven't been passionate....maybe I should rephrase that: my professors this semester seem competently passionate about giving us a great atmosphere in which to thrive and succeed. :-) I'm already sounding more academic. Ha!

But this picture below you may find very amusing, or you may even be able to identify with it. Parking at Vanguard is very limited and very tight. My car is the one on the right, and some idiot decided to pull dangerously close to mine. Did they hit my car? I don't believe so. BUT, this is disturbing.

But as this semester gets underway, I'm evaluating where all my time is being spent...and to be honest, I'm running out of time. There's simply not enough to do all the things I love. How frustrating! People often tell me that it's good to have a lot of interests and be involved in a lot of things, but I'm beginning to believe that's not exactly true. I almost see my plethora of interests as a curse because I love too many things - how can you say no to something you love? Why should you have to? It's basically a big dilemma and I either have to be the best kept, most organized, on-top-of-it person, or I need to figure out a solution to my overflow of activities and interests.

Also...

Thank the Lord that Billy is home! He came home from Scotland on Saturday, and I finally got to see him yesterday morning...sweet reunion. I'm so happy he's back! It was awesome to just know that he's here in So. Cal and to spend the day with him yesterday! Yay! :-D





I also wanted to share this work of art with you, which was seen in a TJMaxx Home Goods store last Friday:



What does it mean?!!?!


Also, Music Camp started at school. Yee.
And lastly, I declared a Mathematics major today. Crazy.