this is for sure the newest, most exciting thing in my life as of yesterday. i got three amazing shower caps from the grocery store for $1.00. the one thing i've always needed but for some reason never purchased is a shower cap, and this is the cutest one i've ever seen. sorry...no makeup in this picture--just woke up in fact. go get yourself a shower cap and make those days of not wanting to wash hair a little more fun!
for any of you who happen to look at my sister's blog, she is going private. she doesn't care if you want to continue looking, which means you have to leave your email on her blog. no big deal if she doesn't know you that well or at all. anyway, just wanted to get the word out for her.
dear friends and fellow bloggers,
two days ago, i walked into nordstrom on a mission. i bought this great eye-liner about two weeks ago...the twisty kind (or so i thought). it wasn't twisting and i couldn't figure it out. i confidently walked up to the counter and this was the said conversation:
me: hi there. hey, so i bought this eye-liner about two weeks ago and for some reason, it's not twisting up like it's supposed to.
lady: that's because it's not a twist kind. this is the twist kind (pulls out the kind that obviously twists up).
me: oh (stunned).
lady: yeah, this is the kind that sharpens. see? (gives me a free sharpen).
me: wow, that sharpens nicely. i feel like an idiot.
lady: it happens to the best of us.
me: don't tell anyone i came in with this problem (i really did say that).
lady: oh, i won't (with a smile).
me: have a nice day! (walk of shame out of nordstrom).
oh, bother.
sorry...again, no pictures. you see, i'm in the process of trying to get the internet and losing 15 pounds. neither are an easy task. soon though friends, i promise. the past week has been quite a roller coaster. i've been thinking that i should explain why i haven't exactly been up to par on my blogging these days. two thursdays ago (may 1), jake left for his BYU rugby championship in california. i stayed behind to pack up the rest of the house and get everything ready for our roadtrip on sunday. i was out on saturday running some last minute errands when my dad called, telling me that my grandma passed away. she had been battling with cancer for a long time (the sad effects of smoking), so it was sort of expected, however she died a lot sooner than i thought she would. she was in a lot of pain though...so in a way, it was a blessing. and yes, i know she is in an incredible place and so happy to be back with my grandpa, but the human side of me is selfishly sad and wishing she was still here. such is life i guess. her death presented a challenge...the funeral was the upcoming wednesday (may 7) in florida...so we had to get from utah to DC to florida in just two days. jake got home from his trip on sunday around 1:30 p.m. (we had planned to leave at 2), and something wasn't right with him. as he smiled at me when he got home, i noticed that half of his face wasn't working. at first i thought he was joking around, and i kept saying, "stop making that face! what are you doing??" unfortunately, he wasn't kidding. he had lost all muscle control in the right side of his face. he called his mom, who is a nurse, and she said she was pretty sure it was bell's palsy (to read more about it, click here) and that we needed to get to the emergency room. so, off we went to the hospital where we waited for two hours to be seen. jake was so over it--he was just about to walk out when they finally called his name. we went back, and sure enough, he was diagnosed with a very mild case of bell's palsy. most people don't catch their symptoms until after 72 hours, which means it's too late to get some antibiotics to help it. well, jake's symptons had started the day before, so we were very grateful to catch it in time. he was given some medicine, and 3 hours later, we finally got on the road. needless to say, we flew across the country as fast as we could, feeling the pressure because my flight to florida was on tuesday night. we had to be in DC by 5 in order for me to make the flight for the funeral on wednesday morning. we got to DC at 5:30 last tuesday, and i literally got out of my car and immediately into katie's car to drive to the airport. we flew to florida where i spent the next day with a lot of family that i hadn't seen for awhile. it was an emotional few days for me, to say the least. we flew back to DC wednesday night. jake is so sweet and had already unpacked most of the house, so i didn't have much to do except unpack my clothes and do some grocery shopping the next day.
so this brings us to today, where my days consist of going to the gym, cleaning, cooking, and reading. i'm starting independent study classes next week, which will occupy a lot of my time (something i'm very excited about). i've also started my first book. yes....i'm writing a book. not only that, but i've decided to change my blog around a little bit. i think i'm going to turn it into more of a very, very honest journal...with pictures of course. anyway, i just have all these ideas burning through my skull and i'm going to do something about them. jake's face has improved a lot, and it's slowly getting back to normal. it hasn't slowed him down one bit, that's for sure. he's had a lot of success since we've been here, something that we're both really thankful for.
SO, now you all know why i haven't been posting very often. i will be better. until next time.
oh my gosh, are you so bored with my blog? because i am. really, really bored. i don't have the internet in our apartment here, which means i have to come down to an internet cafe in our complex...and i can't upload pictures. not that we have any new ones. anyway, i just want to say that #1: i am alive and so is jake and #2: will hopefully get internet soon and update more often.
you have my word.
love to all. and come visit.
tomorrow is the big day. i've got everything all packed up, ready to be loaded in the car. i was going to put it there myself, but i can't lift everything. the kitchen stuff is heavy. jake gets home from the rugby championship tomorrow and then we are off. i went to costco today and got some snacks for the car. i've been filling my belly all day with the food in our house, trying to get rid of it through my digestive system instead of throwing it away---it's been somewhat of a success. speaking of success, i've successfully burned the first 3 harry potter books onto cd's so jake and i can have some form of entertainment. i won't get into the details of the process because it will only put me in a bad mood, but all i will say is that it is finally finished. what else. i'm so tired. it's 11 pm and i'm thinking i'm going to head to bed now. i love you all. will post sometime later this week. pray we don't wreck. pray our car doesn't get stolen somehow. you never know.
