peonies.

yes...i have decided white peonies are my new favorite flower. they are absolutely lovely.

so...i walked outside the train station the other day and literally thousands of people were zombified. it was quite a site. i mean we are talking fake blood and all....turns out there was this huge zombie parade thing and somehow i got trapped in the middle of it.

then it started raining.

haha and i didn't even care...it was pure awesomeness.

my face is redder than a stop light...ahh i'm so sunburned. went to this awesome private beach today with some friends from church...it was beautiful. breezy too. and we even played a little lacrosse...and surprisingly, i didn't embarrass myself too badly. soo much fun. the beach soothes me. the smell...the sand between your toes, the seagulls, the kites in the air, kids burying themselves :) i love it all.

so the first couple days being back were hard...i missed home like crazy. i still do...but when i walked into church yesterday, i felt at home again. i love this church.

found this wicked awesome (yep. i said it) diner tonight while i was waiting on my train...it's only right around the corner from the train station, i will definitely be paying more visits there. anyways..i got a free milkshake for smiling at my waiter haha. score.

aaaand my favorite train conductors were working tonight. this was the first time i'd seen them since i've been home...haha they were worried i decided to stay in AR. close...but not quite.

i'm really starting to love it here.

now if the weather were this nice year round...i'd be sold.

oh yeah...my roomie gave me a yak bone bracelet tonight haha. i'm not lying. it's awesome.

22nd phone.

yep...you know what this means. i will be having to get a new phone soon because puddle phone (aka: fakeout phone) is just about dunzo. joy.

for those of you who receive the same text from me 500 times a day...sorry.

i miss my zoolander phone...ahh that thing was the best phone i've ever had.

i'm sick. blech...i've been running fever. my throat feels like it's closing in on me. oh and i get dizzy just walking to the next room ughh...so of course i had to call in sick at work, which i HATE doing.

i haven't eaten anything since yesterday about lunch time...and i'm hungry, but i don't think i can make it down the stairs without face planting it.

it was so good to be home...i've missed it so much.

chicken minis never tasted so good :)

why why why must i continue to be so stubborn?? i blame genetics.

that's all for now...gonna try and get some more rest.

clapping.

well. i couldn't help myself...i missed blogging too much.

it occurred to me this evening at my sister's graduation that clapping is probably one of the strangest things ever. hitting your hands together to make noise to acknowledge people? weird.

also...it makes me feel old seeing my little sister graduate high school. (side note: i don't miss high school one bit) tonight confirmed me of this.

and i really have loved being home so far. i just don't know how good it has been for my heart though because it's going to be ridiculously hard to say goodbye...ugh. and if you know me, you know i'm seriously the worst ever at goodbyes.

what to do. what to do...

my mother is getting married sunday. crazy. 6 new family members this year...a niece, 2 nephews, a step father, a stepbrother, a stepsister...and a partridge in a pear tree. ha :)

"if there was no money, we'd all be rich"

this is so true.

also. i forgot how cheesy charlies angels was until tonight...ha.

all the right moves.

don't judge...i love this song. :)

also...i'm on a plane right now flying into branson...and i cannot contain my excitement!!! ahhh

just a few points to remember though:

the ATL airport gets worse every time i'm there. i don't think i've ever had a good experience at this airport...and i always have connecting flights through there and i always make it onto my flight by the skin of my teeth. really irritating.

there is this presh old lady in front of me who has the cutest smile ever. it made my day. :)

i think this was up there with one of the most hectic weeks of my life...i literally had planned like every single minute of it. pure insanity.

i think i'm finally starting to get a hang of this city thing but it will be good to have a break for a while...

got a new century version of the Bible...can't wait to study it more.

this will probably be my only blog entry till i get home...just a heads up.

i meet my niece today!!! my little sister graduates high school this weekend!! my mom is getting married on sunday!!

haha...i have a feeling this week is gonna be chaos, but that's okay. i'll deal. :)

have a blessed week everyone!!

branson.

the only good part about branson is the chocolate covered strawberries at the brown factory in silver dollar city. i am thoroughly convinced of this.

why am i speaking of branson you ask? well because i am flying into branson from atlanta...and flying to atlanta from boston. ridiculous. (side note: i hate the atlanta airport...that place is way too big. i get lost every time i'm there.)

buuuut i'm so so so so sososososo SO EXCITED to go home and visit :D a trip to my home turf is long overdue.

some celtic players were at the restaurant the other night...i don't really care about basketball, but everyone there was pretty much flippin out.

my newest friends are these like 70 year old train conductor men haha...they let me ride on the train for free anytime they're on my train and gave me $80 worth of free passes! such nice guys :) haha they just sit and tell me funny stories all night long. they make me miss my uncle...whom i will be able to see next weekend!! along with my precious aunt, who i hope will be cooking...because she is the most incredible cook EVER.

tomorrow is my only day off this week. thank you God. i need rest.

sleeping fan.

fans + darkness = great night sleep...which i would love to have right about now.

i have so much crap i need to do...it's not even funny. why why WHY do i let things pile up? and why am i blogging right now?

the answer: i do not have the energy to do all of the things i need to do in a day unfortunately. i wish i was super woman...but i am not. and i am blogging because well...i don't know, i just am.

it's been an extremely off day.

the train never showed when it was supposed to this morning, instead a bus came...and it was a good 30 min late at that, on top of traffic, transferring to a subway...which was also delayed, which meant i was 30 min late for work.

on the bright side...i didn't really care. there are more important things to stress about. but even then...stressing just makes things worse. so i try not to stress. it irritates me when i see people flipping out about train delays and whatnot...you can't change it, so why freak out?

also...i met this really cool family from holland in the midst of the public transportation chaos. i even showed them where the freedom trail was...ha! me giving directions in boston, that's a laugh. it was the first time i've ever been able to give anyone correct directions upon moving here.

10 days 10 days 10 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"where is the trash receptacle?" -richard

"who even says that?" -me

freedom trail.

story time.

okay..so i work in the financial district, which also happens to be a huge tourist area, considering there are lots of history landmarks all throughout this area. so the restaurant i work at is in the old city hall building, which happens to be right smack dab in the middle of the freedom trail (it's this guided tour to all of the major history landmarks in boston...super cheesy. there is someone dressed like a colonial person from the 1800s who is the tour guide and they all talk really loud and obnoxious). anyways, the restaurant decided to open the patio yesterday and today and i was the lucky chosen hostess who got to work outside. (which basically meant i was a lawn ornament)

what i have experienced upon being a patio hostess:

1. an amish man asking me if the restaurant i worked in was the place where the declaration of independence was signed......how do i answer that with a straight face??

2. a deaf homeless man who pretended to shoot me with an umbrella and walked all throughout the patio area....i was too afraid to tell him to leave. it's not like he could hear me anyways..

3. a kid on the freedom trail tour stopped in front of the restaurant to take a picture and a pigeon crapped on his head.

priceless.

i am in need of a new bible. oswald is great but only for so long...

13 dayssss till i get to eat some chicken minis and REAL sweet tea!!

ahhhhh...i may start packing tonight. and i hate packing. that's how excited i am :)

crunch crunch.

"i am so famous, there is a keychain named after me" -me

"i am so famous, the girls at mcdonalds know my first name" -richard

some people are born naturally with great social skills. i definitely feel like i am a "people person" (haha that's such a weird phrase) but to an extent...i love being with groups of people, but i don't feel i have a strength with engaging group conversations. i am more of a one on one gal when it comes to conversing...at least when it comes to intelligent conversation haha..

how did this enter my mind you ask? i figured this out at the cast party last night. this polish guy introduced me to these girls and instead of talking to everyone, making group conversation (the normal thing to do), i just started talking to one of the girls and subconsciously shut out the rest of the group.

maybe it's because i don't really know these people very well and i'm not completely comfortable around them yet...who knows. anyways...i'm workin on it.

i want my bicycle...maybe i can convince my mother to ship it up here whenever i go home in 2 WeEKS!!


i read 1 and 2 thessalonians this morning on the train. paul is awesome.