22!

I'm 22 now! This is the beginning of the twenties where it's not too cool anymore...except for 24 or 25 when you can rent a car haha. but besides that i had a pretty awesome birthday! I ended up babysitting in the afternoon because i needed the money and i'm glad i did because everyone was either working or at school so I would've had no one to hang out with anyways hahaha.

I went to dinner with a bunch of friends for half-off sushi and then went back to my house and ate the most delicious cake ever, sex in a pan, because it is haha! my roommate chrissy made it for me and my other roommate brittany made a cake too but it turned out looking like a pile of cake haha it was still really good tho!

after cake we went to the the VFW (veterans of foreign war) bar and tons of friends showed up there! It was a good time seeing everyone

all in all it was a great day!

too much work!!

This is what my week consists of:
monday: math 12-2, drawing 5-8
tuesday: homework then nanny 2:45-6 then probably more hw
wednesday: math 12-2, drawing 5-8
thursday: homework, nanny 4-9ish
friday: english 830-1220 then jcrew 2-10
saturday: 8 hour shift at jcrew
sunday: 6 hour shift at jcrew

as much as i would love to have some more free time over the weekend like all my other friends, i like working all weekend at jcrew bc i need the money. i wish i didn't have to work as much but once again i need teh money. unfortunately my money goes to food and bills so i can't save but i'm trying!!

Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight!

soo I'm back at school...yayyyy...not! ha!
i'm taking college algebra with my favorite math teacher, liz, love her haha and english once a week on friday at 8am blahh sucksss and drawing and painting. i'm actually really enjoying the classes so far, I know they'll get harder which then will ruin my thoughts towards them but for right now i'm keeping positive. i actually don't mind the 2 morning classes anyways; gets me to bed early, my morning started, and since i can't take naps anymore (i don't know why...i wish tho don't get me wrong!) but tired enough to WANT to go to bed early haha.
i nanny every tuesday and thursday afternoons and i work at jcrew every friday, saturday, and sunday so i don't really have time to stay out late anymore unfortunately...my social life has gone down hill but i need the money so i'm okay with putting it on hold for a little bit (daytime activities with friends are good, but nighttime...ehhhh im tired ha!). life will pick up and get more hectic once ski season starts...i'm pretty stoked!

to everyone on the east coast-- fall is about to start, i'm pretty jealous!
west coasters-- lets enjoy the fall for the two weeks that it lasts haha!

One Week in Utah in a new house

Once we got home from California I had a week to work and move and do whatever in Utah because I was heading home at the end of that week. I ended up working 6 of the 8 days that I was there and it paid off because I needed some money for when i went to connecticut. I did a lot of eating out too :/ because I didn't want to grocery shop and then just leave and have all my food go bad...I still bought some snacks and frozen pizzas from the store. Brit and Chrissy moved everything while i was in california to our new house which is the best house ever haha we got our living room set up and it is the best room because we have a bunch of couches and my futon and directtv so we hang out in that room a lot. we love the new house!

California

John and I spent 10 days in California this summer and it was the best trip ever! We spent a lot of time at the beach even though it was cold! First of all the temperature was perfect, but it was also windy at the beach pretty much the whole time we were there so with the perfect temperature and wind it created chilliness on the water :/ super bummerrrr. Other than the beach we did a lot of shopping and hanging out with John's family. His cousin Kellie got married in the Newport Beach temple at the beginning of our stay. Since Gerita was the photographer for the wedding John, Kristian and I named ourselves the 3 best friends that anyone's ever had! Gerita named herself the Other haha :) After spending a bunch of time in Garden Grove and Huntington Beach John and I went south to San Clemente to visit my family. My dad and my uncle John flew in and Jeff and Derek were already there so it was awesome! Its been awhile since I've seen everyone so it was great to spend the time with my family! My aunt Brittany had her second child, Teddy, and it was so awesome to meet the little guy! instead of being "cousin lauryn" i'm "aunt lauryn" that makes me feel better haha Jack was teh cutest guy ever. He's still learning to talk and do everything and it was so adorable! the last day that we were with my family we went to Teddy's baby blessing and then headed to the park for some good ol' family fun. we stuffed our faces with delicious food then played 2 games of croqout! it was soo much fun!

John and I had so much fun in california, we didn't want to leave! We're stoked that we have family there so its so easy for us to leave utah whenever we have some free time and peace to california haha

Newest

Saturday to Sunday John and I spent the night in Park city and the next day went to PCMR and rode the alpine coaster and slide and then we took the bus to main street and walked Park Silly market. Tons of people and it was soo hot. They didn't have the farmers market there so i was bummed :/
Monday Brit Chrissy and I hung out all day and brit and i decided we wanted burgers from Shivers so we jump in the car and 5 minutes into the ride we get hit! the lady did not put on her brakes so we were hit pretty hard. luckily it wasn't my fault :) but super inconvenient since i'm going to california on friday and supposed to be taking my car, but oh well i guess i'm taking the rental!
so yesterday i had to run errands since my car is messed up. i got an estimate though and it's about 2,300 worth of repairs so not too bad but sucks that i have to get my car repaired in the first place.
today i got to work! yay! i needed that little extra money for california anyways
tomorrow i got to run errands again and drop my car off and get the rental and then go nanny and then go up to park city to sleep then leave for california!
guess what everyone?!? i'm getting DUNKIN DONUTS AND YOU'RE NOT!!!!!! WOOOO!

What I've been up to

One free day my friends and I decided to go for a hike up Little Cottonwood canyon. We had no idea what we were getting into. it was so hard! at times we wanted to turn around and not finish the hike but we were so glad that we didn't because there was a beautiful lake at the top.
Wednesday and Friday I went to Echo Lake with friends to jump off the cliffs. i did it once and i was done! But fun to hang out with friends.
Works been pretty slow so I've had a bunch of free time and as much as I would love to work and get some money, its been so much fun!
This friday I leave for California. it's going to be the best! I'm so stoked for the beach!