hairspray, hairdye, and a waterslide?

i'm sorry, its very true that i haven't posted in a while. my life has been busy and when i finally get home at night, i want to sleep instead of write. well i spent some time with faith, she stayed with us for a few days to just hang out and everything. that was fun and obviously very crazy. we also had the 5th and 6th grade retreat at our house, we rented a huge waterslide and the kids ran around. it was alot of fun. on sunday i finally got to see my cousin again! i haven't seen her in 5 years. it was alot of fun to be able to hang out with her again. after that i went to my friend natalie's house and she cut my hair way shorter than it was! ahhh! i miss my hair! she died it red and blonde though, its awsome, i love it. other than that, i have really just been working and reading. i'm almost done with the last harry potter book, its exciting and sad at the same time. i don't want it to be over. well my sister's friend is coming over today to hang out and we're going to fill up the pool, yeah i know its late in the summer but hey this is california, it'll be hott for another couple months. i'm excited though, a group of us are going to chipotle for dinner and then seeing hairspray, it should be a good one. :) hope you all have a blessed week!

LA is scar-ay

well we went to the beach for the week and pretty much just relaxed. joseph came over for a couple hours and that didn't exactly go well. my family almost killed me when they saw him, i guess i can't blame them, i thought he was a freak when i met him too. we're just friends though, it's not like we're getting together or anything so i don't see the big deal. we also went to LA for the weekend. me, sarah, and corissa went to csun to check out the school and see if we liked it. it was awsome, it's totally where i want to go next year for school. the only thing was that when we got back to my car, the tire was flat. we had to wait for AAA to put the spare on instead. we wanted to take the car to the mechanics but they were already closed, so unfortunately we couldn 't go swing dancing. then the next day we were going to go to the fashion district but alas, my tire was still flat. we took it to get it patched and they guy told us there was nothing wrong with the tire and that someone probably took the air out. he filled it back up and sent us on our way. an hour later it was flat again. so we took it to another place and it took two hours to get my tire taken care of. we hung out in the apple store until they called. so my car aka katrina, kinda killed our weekend but we still had fun despite her short comings. other than that, i went to church yesterday, had a church meeting at my house, and cleaned out my closet today. ugh! i can't believe how much junk i had in there! well, i have work in the morning so i should go to sleep. have an amazing night, guys! sleep well and i'm praying for ya!

sleep is a powerful thing and boy do i miss it

well we did go dancing last night and got home around 3am so i'm pretty tired. it was alot of fun though, there was a whole group of us girls going to the stampede to go dancing. we were so ridiculous, none of us knew the dances at all! haha. well i went to church this morning dead tired and with x's still on my hands but that's ok. everyone thought i was sick because my voice was going, i think it was from all the yelling over the music last night though. after church the family finished packing up the rv, they just left a minute ago. it stinks, they're at the beach relaxing and i have to go to work. oh well, at least i like the people i'm working with. everyone at church wants me to go bowling but i have got to take a nap before work tonight or i wont make it... i feel really guilty for some reason. yesterday when i found out that sean's girlfriend had been cheating on him, i was slammed with guilt. it was very weird. it's almost like if i hadn't been avoiding it, we would be together and he never would have ended up with her, and never been hurt. somehow i have made this all my fault. i don't understand why i am doing that but i am. i put everyone's problems on my own shoulders. i've decided that i care too much about people. on the bright side, my worries might not be in vain; faith is finally starting to do better i think.

boys...i tell ya!

so once again i must begin my ranting and raving on how much guys frustrate me. all day yesterday i was being hit on! it's so stupid, i can't go anywhere without being bugged! like i took my sister and her friend to the mall yesterday and the guy in the store kept hitting on me. guys c28 is a christian store, it should be a safe haven but i dread going in there because i know that guy works there. christian pick up lines are just ridiculous too, its really hilarious. he was totally trying to use them on me. even mikaela picked up on it, she's like 12. she looked at me and she's like that guy really likes you. i was like you think? i realized that forever ago! then i go to work and get it again. i don't know about this whole thing. he has a freakin girlfriend! go enjoy your girlfriend and leave me alone please. whatever. anyways, i have work again tonight but i'm not sure who i'm working with. me and mom are probably going to get pedacures for the beach next week. which by the way i won't be on the internet pretty much all week because we'll be at the beach and then i'm going to my aunt's in LA. well i better go get dressed and ready for the day cause i'm going out dancing tonight! yay!

God bless America and other such patriotism

i actually wrote this yesterday for the 4th of july but here it is: it's kinda been a while hasn't it? wow, i am officially a slacker. that's ok though, i'm american and therefore i am allowed to sit on my butt and take my wealth for granate. it's july 4th and with that comes the need to be patriotic and excited about our beloved country. let us celebrate our laziness, let us celebrate our selfishness. let us celebrate our unappreciated wealth. let us celebrate our freedoms that we don't fully take advantage of. let us celebrate our rights that are slowly being pryed from our relaxed hands. guys, what the heck are we doing!? this is ridiculous! we as americans have everything other countries want! do you ever wonder why they're always watching us? its because we have the power and freedoms that they want so desperately! so what do we do with it? nothing. we sit in front of our computers and play with myspace, we sleep for 12 hours and then watch tv, we go to our prestigious jobs at target to make our 7.50 an hour and spend it on worthless things. this is so completely wrong! just hearing from blake and ivan has really made me realize how ridiculous all of this is! seriously! we have so much and we don't even realize it, even compared to the russians who have become extremely americanized, we have sooo much! why do we live like this? we don't take the time to realize what we have, embrass it, and use it for something more than ourselves. guys, america is a country founded on God, how many other countries can say that? we need to use it for His glory and stop wasting it! guys, God has so much more for us and this country but we're too lazy to do anything about it! we have the power of the almighty God inside of us! the power that created this entire earth is inside of you, and what is it doing? it's crying out to you to use it! embrass it, take it for what it is guys! He's given it to us for a reason, let's not waste it. today as we're watching fireworks and eating BBQ i challenge you to get off your butts and get on your knees for yourselves and for our country.