I feel like...

Time is slipping through my fingers.
Where did my summer go?


I leave in one week.
Adios.

So this past weekend...

(*it was the past weekend when I started this, but I have ADD with my blogs, so I take forever to finish them)
I had a wonderful time at a wedding. :]

On Friday, we spent the day with Jessie and Tyler and Travis, just basically sitting around (we also went to the mall to try to find an outfit for Travis). Then it was rehearsal time. We basically had to learn about what happens at a wedding in 30 minutes. No one was paying attention, so we didn't learn much. And because the bride and groom were young, the bridal party was young, and most of us had never been to a wedding before. So, we kinda had no idea what we were doing... We went to the rehearsal dinner after that. The free food was actually pretty good. They had those edible bouquets that I have always wanted to try. They were delicious.
After the dinner, we all headed over to the place where the reception was going to be held, to help set up for the big day. They had the coolest freaking idea for desserts. They had a candy buffet. I was in love. It had pretty much every kind of candy you could possibly want.

Anyways, on Saturday, the 'big day' we were up by 7, and at the church by 7:30. Considering that we had stayed up until 2, this was not much sleep (unless you are Becca). The 'we' at the church 5 hours before the ceremony was Jess, sister, the girl doing Jess's hair. I ran across the street in shorts and a tank top to grab everyone caffeine, and I barely made it back before it started to pour. I basically sat around in makeup for 3 hours watching Travis. He's adorable, and he slept most of the time. It's weird, but I actually did my own makeup. Like, I spent 20 minutes more than everyone else trying to figure out how that eyelash curler worked, but I did it myself!
The wedding was a little hectic. The ring bearer didn't have his pillow/the rings, the flower girl refused to leave her mom, and wouldn't throw flowers down the aisle, and Jess kept tripping over her dress. Also, the maids of honor (sister/Casey) and best man didn't have any clue what they were supposed to do during the ceremony.
and there was no "Kiss the bride"
but, other than that, it was pretty nice :]

The reception was pretty awesome. The guy who walked down the aisle with me, Jesse, who I had never met in my life, was a pretty nice guy. He cornered me during the reception, while I was on my way to dance, and said he wanted to take pictures with me. His parents snapped like 20 pictures of me and him, and me and them, and just me. Awkward. Then they asked a bunch of questions about me, like they were testing me if I was good enough for their son. Then they said, "You kids have fun tonight" winked at me, and left. It made me giggle.
I danced a lot at the reception. Let me tell you, 4 inch heels + cotton eye Joe = not so much fun for the feet...

After the reception, we went back to the hotel and changed into swim suits with the full expectation of soaking our swollen feet in the hot tub for a few days, but we were intercepted by a phone call from Jess. They were hiding in their room, and had just changed rooms (and had a secret name they were under) so that no one would be able to find them. They invited us over, we had some amazing take out, and opened the wedding presents and cards and such. They got over $7000. Who wants to marry me right now?

The next day, we distracted Travy while Jess and Tyler made a run for it (they were staying the night at a fancy hotel an hour away). Honestly, it was harder for Jess to get away then it was for Travis to see them go. We took Travis to the mall, and every time he saw a balloon, he said "UP!" and wanted me to get it down for him. I was ready to take one just sitting in the pet store, but April said I was retarded.
Apparently, Travis is one of those babies who hates getting changed. Hates putting on clothes. Hates getting a new diaper on. The first time I saw Jess change him, and then try to put his clothes on, he flipped out, and started bawling. So, when he did that to me, I just told him that I wasn't going to take that, and that he was going to get dressed whether he wanted to or not. Sister helped me get it on. After the first time, he stopped crying. I don't think he understood, but he knew I wasn't mommy, and I wouldn't stop just because he cried.
Also, he does this thing where he hits his head on something if he's not getting his way. I hated seeing him do it, but I didn't want to give in, so I turned my back to him very deliberately, and he stopped right away.

Overall, this little method of organic birth control was very effective.

April has sworn of children forever.

I finally learned just how much work and time is required for a baby. I know that I won't be ready for that unless I'm in a stable, healthy, marriage. I think I could make a good mom, but I know that won't be for a while.
I'm sorry to say this Becca, but I think I do want to have a kid.


And you're going to babysit.







I think my momma and I are going for a ride now.
okBAI!

Drama drama drama.

But Travis is a cutie :)

I haven't done much with this.

I never really expected to anyways.
But I was going through a rough patch when I started this, and I hoped it would help.

I think it did?
I can't really say one way or the other...

Am I too wishy-washy?
I feel like sometimes I am. Like I try to hard to please other people, and therefore don't form concrete opinions like any normal person with a spine would.
Hopefully I'm not like that.

I'm trying extra hard lately to assert myself more often. I think it comes out rude. A lot. (Becca can attest to this).
I think that this ROTC thing is effecting my life more than I originally thought possible (also, is it supposed to be affecting in this sentence? I am horrible with this sort of thing, and I hate getting it wrong. It always feels wrong.)


In other news, there's a wedding this weekend.
They're already married, but they're doing it again. And to be perfectly honest, it kind of bothers me. If they're so madly in love, why should they care if everyone comes out to celebrate it? They're already married legally, have been for a little over a year. It's not some little party they're throwing. It's a full out, 250+ people attending, event. Eh. Who am I to judge? I've never been in that situation.
I do feel bad for Jessie though. She's having a wedding this week, and then Tyler (the hubby) is finishing his (HIGH SCHOOL) finals, graduating, and shipping out to boot camp. He'll be gone for 8 months - a little over a year. She's one of those girls who has to be in constant contact with her boy, so this is going to be hard for her. At least she has Travis (who is my godson, and I am going to take a little time to brag about him, even though I have no hand in raising him. He's a little over 14 months old right now, and he can already run! He's kind of talking, and he is learning how to golf, or at least learning how to hit his loving godmother in the head with a plastic golf club. Okay, well, I'll tell you more about him at a later date, because I get to baby sit him this weekend :D :D :D).



Also, if you have not seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, I suggest you watch it right now.
It's on hulu, or on drhorrible.com.
Or, if you hate watching things on the computer for over 30 minutes, then text me, and I'll be happy to lend out my copy (as long as I get it back). It's pretty much amazingness in the form of a short movie.

(The hammer is my penis.)
:]


I think that's all I have to say for now. I just wanted to check in with you guys, I know it has been a while since I've posted anything on here (even though my pointless babble has no real sustenance, I do appreciate you taking five minutes from your day to acknowledge my existence).


I love you?
(well, maybe not)
-hunk

This is carly shreck the cooliest girl in the world

I am...

Never getting married.

Weddings are too complicated and expensive, and I won't be able to make everyone happy, so I won't be happy.

I'm going to be an old maid who sits on her front porch with a paintball gun and shoots kids who come too close to her house.




In other news, I'm going to OC tomorrow for a senior week reunion, graduation Thursday for sister and the rest of the seniors, and party Friday, stuff that I can't remember for the weekend, and a wedding to try to shield from drama in 2 weeks.
get excited.

So, I don't know if y'all have seen these or not, but yesterday I discovered electronic cigarettes.

WTF?
Really?
What is the purpose?
Okay, so you can 'smoke' indoors. woot woot. Why would you want to? I saw the guy using it, and I just about puked. I turned to my mom, "Mom, don't they have rules against that in Maryland? That's just gross. And he thinks he's cool. Poor delusional guy."
she had to explain that they weren't real. Who the heck would want a fake cigarette? Hell, who would want a real one?



Okay, so I'm done.
Just wanted to get on and say a little hi to everyone, and let you know that I love you all very much :]


Okay.
Have a nice life.