Stupid is as Stupid does

I know I just posted, but I have something else to say.

Where can I buy patience for stupidity? Seriously ... there has to be like a class or something you can take to find the inner idiot in you... so that you can be at piece with other stupid people.

I truly wish i was blessed with this patience, but, alas, I was NOT and it is my BIGGEST pet peeve... which really isn't fair.. cause some people don't try to be stupid, they just are! and i'm not sayin i'm a rocket scientist, but to have to teach a 26 year old how to change a trash bag really raises some questions.

In the last 9 months I've literally met people that hurt my head. That are so mind numbingly stupid that I just don't understand how they function... how do they buy groceries, how do they put gas in their car, how do they make dinner... are they the way they are because they DON"T do these things? that they've had someone cater to them their whole life?

I shouldn't bash so much, but its just how i feel at the moment, Its really frustrating to me, and it shouldn't be. Should I be trying to help these people? to direct them? or is it a lost cause and a dangerous risk for my temper? .....

Riddle Me This

So.. even though I update my blog like, once every 4 months, I read a lot of other peoples blogs... and I've noticed that some people kind of use it as an outlet... so

i'mma try it!!

here's the deal. Is it weird that I'm CRAVING school? even more so that I may actually be craving Rexburg, Idaho?? I don't understand where this came from... but ever since about September, i've had this overwhelming urge to do a homework assignment. I seriously almost enrolled in online courses at community colleges... just so that i could get that fix... never did cause i'm not THAT weird. but thought about it!

So I'm wondering how long this will last? I enrolled in 17 credits for the summer, and I really don't think it will be too much, but i'm kinda hoping this hunger will continue throughout the last couple years of school, so I can GET through those 2 years. who knows, we'll see.

Anyway, that's my post.

Hello Spring, Good bye Tennessee

I can't believe it's March already!

so there are a few updates we need to talk about.

1. Jamie's visit was fantastic! we had so much fun!... we did a LOT of shopping, hit all the "nashville hotspots" and of course saw John Mayer, who was so happy to see us that he cried.... okay he didn't cry for us.. but he DID cry at his concert.. and anyone who would like to hear the story may ask. I won't share my thoughts and obsessions with you for fear that it will expose me to more teasing. Bottom line... it was a WONDERFUL time... and it was much needed!

2. I'm leaving Tennessee! i've been here for almost a year... and it has been a wonderful experience. I really didn't do anything here that i planned on doing. But life is funny that way. I am confident that I was brought to Tennessee for a reason, and now that I've done everything i need to do here, it's time to go home. Some of you may be upset that i'm not pursuing my music career, and that's understandable, but I hope you all realize that it's by choice, not by fear, that i've decided to postpone music. I just think that there are other things that I want to do and I can't spend all my time daydreaming about becoming a country star. And I really don't think i'd enjoy the attention anyway. so that's that

3. I start school in April! It's been such a rollercoaster trying to get back into BYU-I... and though I still have some opinions of what went down 3 years ago... I have to face the fact that I really messed things up for myself. And it's hard to right wrongs. So i've definately had my work cut out for me! I'm still not in the clear yet... I am inrolled, and ready to register, and i've been approved for aide, but i have one more petition to clear before i get my financial aide through the school. Keep your fingers crossed for me :)

That's all i can think of for now! I promise my next post will be picture-filled and there will be some fun stories! ... but i just thought i'd update while i had a few minutes!...

SEE YOU IN IDAHO!!!

LONGEST BLOG POST EVER!!

so... it's been FOREVER since i posted something.. and even though i feel like my life is pretty uneventful, I think it only fair to update everyone on a few events, thoughts, opinions, embarrassments ...ya know

so..

Thanksgiving-

well seeing as I don't have much of a social life out here in The 'See , and what few friends I do have aren't exactly hospitable, I tried to keep the thought of what I would be doing for the holidays locked in the back of my mind until i HAD to do somethin about it. I ended up joining a family from the ward with two ADORABLE boys who i probably ended up talking to more than the adults. I haven't been with my family for thanksgiving in 5 years, so it wasn't anything I was uncomfortable with. Though I will admit, having spent the last 3 thanksgivings with the Peterson's, Thanksgiving in yet another home made me more Idaho-sick than homesick. All in all it was a great dinner. Grandpa gave me a quick lesson on College Football before the girls took over and we watched a little bit of Cakeboss and then I made my way back home with WAY too many leftovers that were practically duct taped to my hands before I was allowed to leave the house. I was very grateful for the hospitality, and reminded of the wonderful teachings of charity and love and family in the Church

Christmas in Cali-

I went home to California for 2 whole weeks! While in the Airport i totally met this kid!

he was very shy... believe it or not.. but I shook his hand and walked away smiling cause i just met my first celebrity since being in Nashville. Got to LA christmas eve, my sis and her friend picked me up and we drove to bakersfield... after getting lost in the ghetto of LA... i wasn't scared though... at home, it was the first time all 5 of us kids were home together for christmas in i don't know how long. It was really nice and I think my parents appreciated it more than we did. For Christmas I got some beautiful leather boots ( actually they had to grow on me. but after I found out how much they cost my step-mom, who is currently the only bread winner in the house since LAST christmas, they became really good looking! and I couldn't keep them off my feet) I also got a HUGE back of Jerky, which i proudly finished off by the end of the night. Christmas was good.

Colin and Whitney's Wedding

So Colin and Whitney got married. Let me tell you about THAT story. So about this time last year, Whitney and Colin were in the same ward that i started going up at the college. I knew Whitney through My old roomies Melissa and Mckae. And i've known Colin since... uh.. a few years ago.. i don't really know. Now as long as i've known Colin, he's secretly wanted to get married. I say secretly, but in actuality, everyone knew, he just wouldn't say it out loud. I remember having heart to heart's with Colin about girls, which i'll keep details between him and I. But I do remember thinking to myself how perfect I thought he was ( always crushed on this kid since the day i met him) and how it was only a matter of time before the perfect girl got to him. Then there's Whitney, who I really didn't know much history about. but i did know that she's had her fair share of heartbreaks and jerks. Super cute girl who was also just waiting for Mr. Right. Well Colin took Whitney out on a date, and a few days after, whitney and I went to dinner with some friends, and she, knowing that i was pretty good friends with Colin, wanted me to tell her everything i knew about him. Then confessed how much she loved him after One date! I just thought it was the cutest thing ever, OF COURSE. after a few more dates I somehow went from the "mutual friend' to the "middle man" of the relationship. Colin wanted to make sure that whitney wasn't leading him on, and Whitney wanted to make sure she wasn't headed for another heart break. I was CONSTANTLY reminding them that they had nothing to worry about, that either one was genuinely interested and intrigued by the other and they were going at the pace that they needed to. Well eventually they did get engaged, and onDecember 30, 2009 they were sealed in the Mesa, AZ temple. When i flew into Mesa, I was greeted by Matt at the airport, and we rented a car and found our way to Whit's house. That night we had a fun, low key bachelorette party. I tried Sushi... it HATED me. and then the next day was the beautiful wedding.

The next day Matt and I killed time at the mall, and then the Pheonix Zoo and caught up on life, talked about things that we should have leveled out years ago. And came to good terms about our friendship, NOT relationship. Trying to find the zoo was quite an adventure in itself though... it was totally hidden in the city, with NO signs to direct us whatsoever. We actually ended up lost in a parking lot filled with crazy AZ state fans, for about 30 min... we could NOT find the exit! We finally found the zoo of Narnia Arizona and checked out the few animals that weren't put away for the winter. mind you it was 75 degrees in Pheonix that New Years Eve. Finally made our way to the airport and then back home. I spent the last few days of my vacation trying not to be ridiculously bored.

New Years Resolution

Be more exciting, YES-year. take any good opportunity you have.. no excuses.

THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO!!

James and Johnny!

well my little Jamie Lynn Anderson will be coming to visit me in less than 2 weeks! I can't express my excitement... to make things even better John Mayer will be joining us!. or rather, we will be joining John and 50,000 other screaming fans. But still... this will by concert number 6!

!!FLASHBACK!!

July 26th 2003- Smirnoff Music Center- Dallas,TX -opener-Maroon5

my first John experience! my mom took me, she didn't enjoy herself at all.. sept for maybe the slew of drunken grey fox that surrounded us. I had to call my Dad during every blues solo, he couldn't hear a thing of course.. but it was the thought that counts

*the great drought*

September 30th 2006- Sleep Train Ampitheatre- Maryville, CA

had tickets to this show, but no one to go with me ... so Parker helped me sell my tickets on Ebay. sad day for all who knew me

June 3rd 2007- Idaho Event Center- Nampa (Boise), ID -opener- Ben Folds

Jamie and both REALLY wanted to see John this summer, so we bought tickets for his Vegas show, since it was the closest one to Idaho, then, as a result of pure revelation, John decided to add a last min stop to boise a week before our trip to Vegas. Of course we couldn't let him be in the same state as us and NOT go see him... so we bought some tickets, drove out to Boise and hung out with Parker! who ended up coming to the show with us.. it was WONDERFUL! ... i actually cried.

June 8th 2007- Mandalay Bay- Las Vegas, NV -opener

-Ben Folds

Jamie and I, and my friends Rachel and Kelly drove all the way down to St. George and stayed with my old friend Clare from highschool! ( who is now married.. as are the other 3 girls...wait maybe not Kelly.. haven't talked to her in a while) it was GORGEOUS in st. george and we didn't wanna leave. But.. we decided to make Vegas a full day.. so we got to the strip about 8am and walked all the way down and all the way back up just intime for the concert at 7pm. naturally we were exshausted! but we pulled through... for john. Just before the concert Jamie and I bought our John tee's at the vendor outside and then walked into the HUGE venue. the usher took us to our seat which we COULDN'T BELIEVE was so close! we were freakin out... row 6 DEAD CENTER...

we sat next to this extremely rich lady named Candy.. or somethin like that... who became 19 again when we started talking. She promised Jamie she would send her a wedding gift ( jamie got married that August).. she never did. We blame the booze. That was the night that John said "I love you too" to our isolated shout out "WE LOVE YOU JOHN" solo. That night we also ran into Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson from American Idol. and i really embarrassed James.. LOVE that story ( "oh gahl" jamie says .. i can hear it all the way in TN)

That night we drove back to St. George, after almost getting shot by some local BAMF thugs .. again .. my fault.. ( i told you.. i'm not scared a nobody).. an also stopping by in and out. and doing EVERYTHING we could to stay awake on that 1.5 hour drive. it was rough. That was also the night of the "sexquillow"..

July 21st 2008- USANA Amphitheater - Salt Lake City, UT -opener- Colbie Caillat

Conveniently enough, on my way to California to see John at the Mid-state fair, he plays a show roughly 8 hours before my flight outta salt lake city. General admission was like 12 bucks.. sat on the lawn with the drunkies while Mary Brosanhan and I played the "who can guess what song it is by the intro" game... I won...

July 23rd 2008- Mid-state Fair- Paso Robles, CA -opener- Colbie Caillat

... still no restraining order... My aunt bought me tickets for my birthday. and her and I and my brother and his girlfriend went to see him... since i was basically alone in my infatuation that night, I befriended the girl sitting next to me. she was ALMOST as smart as i was on John Trivia. so she could hang.

February 10th 2010- Sommet Center- Nashville, TN

TBA!!!!!

Can You Duet

so even though I wouldn't be able to compete if i made it past auditions, if we pan back to my new years rez. I am seizing the day and I am going to audition on March 8th at the Wildhorse Saloon. WISH ME LUCK.. maybe i'll get to meet Wynona!

Muse

not a huge fan... but my roommate is makin me go to see them in March.. should be fun!!

BYU-Idaho

I finally got accepted, officially, back into school. So come April 1st i'm moving back to Idaho. REALLY looking forward to living with 19 year old freshmen... and getting a parking permit.... and having a curfew... but in all honesty... it's a small price to pay for an accomplishment like graduating college. so bring it on!

Oh and for those of you who haven't seen or didn't notice... I cut my hair and darkened it! ... i'm cutting it just a little bit shorter next week! so i'll post another picture when it comes...

that's all i have for you now! .. quite a big update i know! but you asked for it!!... I'll let ya all know how everything goes .. with more pictures!!

Put me Down

So it's been an interesting month! My car, Red Socks, has been sluggin along!... barely gettin me to work each day, and I have been living in constant anxiety wondering when he's gonna break down! Luckily, good ol' Matt found me a shiny new buick le sabre and towed it to St. Louis for me... what a good friend ya?? seriously. The trip to St. Louis on Labor Day weekend was a bit crazy. First off, let me tell you that I have taken a Greyhound once before in my youth... and I vowed that I would NEVER do it again... so what did I do, I did it again. Took a Greyhound up to St. Louis.. clutching my Mase with all my might!! I sat next to this guy that kept fallin asleep on me... and he moaned... not when he was asleep.. but when he was awake... I was not comfortable with that situation. In the end, I made it to St. Louis Louis where I was greeted by BJ (matt's brother) and soon.. the one and only Matt... and then.... my new baby... Lil' Rusty... Russ for short

The rest of the trip was all fun and games... we went to Six Flags and road rides till I threw up... and the boys made fun... and then went to a big Rib dinner! so good... and finally I had to return home and start work back up again.. ugh...

Work is going well though!.. I hate working.. but I love my job... I don't get paid enough, but I get paid. so I guess beggers can't be choosers. I'm still nannying about 15-20 hours a week. which is nice to have that extra money. and this weekend I got a raise! woo hoo...

I got my hold removed on my registration for school so I can finally re-apply! which I will do in about a month or so... I'm SOOO ready to start school back up.. I just can't wait.

That's all for now!

Long Time Coming

I haven't updated in a long time, so here's what's going on!

Well the Carlyon kids started school last week, so I had to find a new job! I start teaching at Primrose School as a Toddler teacher on monday! I'm so excited, I'll have 9 little ones! On friday my co-teacher Sydney and I got to go set up our class room and it's just so cute! we did a circus theme, i'll have to post pictures. I still have not sold my car! I learned that I just don't have the credit to buy another car, so I have to wait a little while. I have an appointment to get my car checked out out on tuesday which should help my anxiety a little bit. Having to drive half hour to and from work everyday with an undiagnosed car problem is a little unsettling!

I recently made the decision to go back to school! which i'm so excited for. It'll be a while before i get there. Gotta save up a little money, and get the car situation handled, then I should be good to go! I'm hoping i can do some online classes until I get in full time... as of now the plan is to be in Idaho by March ish.. maybe sooner, maybe later.. we'll see

until next time! I'm out!

That's why i come to church

So on sunday the kids agreed to come to church with me as long as they could go to they're other babysitters church.. which was totally a hole in the wall baptist church!!... and I got this clip of these guys that were singin! they were legit guys! had cd's for sale and had handkercheifs for singing in the old church with no air conditioning.. my favorite is Nicely Nicely Johnson in the middle.. i'm pretty sure it doesn't get more Tennessee than this... Is it sacreligious that this makes me laugh EVERYTIME!?



Also, the missionaries have been stopping by randomly and unannounced to play with the kids (give me a break) so we got some fun picks of them with the kids too!



Notice Jr. Mr. T down in the corner there...

White men can't jump....

but black kids can