The Exception.

I got to go to LA this weekend with my parents. We hadn't gone somewhere together as a family in years!! Probably since I was 11 or 12 years old. I forgot how funny my parents are. I hope that I find someone that I can laugh with that much and make fun of that much. They are truly the exception to the rule.

Dad and I got to chose paint colors for my apartment. I am so excited!! I have colors AND furniture! I feel like a grown up. But I would have to say that my favorite part of the whole trip was seeing Tracie and going to work with her. We got to walk around the Warner Bros lot and see the sound stage she works at. But the best part of the whole thing was this...



For those of you who are not obsessed as I am, we got to see the bar from True Blood!! I felt like i literally stepped into a movie. I wanted to go get some true blood and wanted to see a vampire appear out of the bushes. Cheesy I know but I was like a giddy school girl.

I really can't wait to move and be around my family more. I feel like I am being my life instead of being suck in a life where I am not doing what I love to do. I want to be one of those people that loves what they do, and is the exception to the rule. Three more months and counting!!

New Obsession

I have been looking at this watch for months! One day I will get up the courage to buy it.

Furniture and Family.

I have been so stressed out at work lately. A trip to LA was exactly what I needed. My mom and I decided to go at last minute, which was fun. But little did we know that we would be driving into a snow storm.



I have never been so on edge for twenty minutes straight. But we got through it. I was so excited to get to see my sister. We hardly ever get to see each other, and I hadn't seen her since Layla and Leah were born. And let me tell you, if you are stressed out, the one thing that can get you out of it are faces like this.





All I want to do is kiss and bite their cheeks. A day with them is not enough for me. If anything spending time with them has shown me that life is too short to let people or situations get to you. Another thing I realized that day is twins are ALOT of work. I felt like I ran a marathon after I left there. But a good cleansing marathon. lol. But I love them to bits and whenever I am having a bad day I just look at a picture of them.

The second awesome thing I got to do is hang out with my cousins. Since I am moving there soon, we went furniture shopping. I thought that any shopping in general was easy, but going shopping for furniture is like going on a scavenger hunt. You have to literally find the perfect piece of furniture that fits you. After breakfast and three stops at other furniture stores, I found my couch!!!! It is so comfortable!! Tracy was able to get the whole set for really cheap and I was so excited. It was like my first big purchase without calling my mom lol. And I loved it.

Annoyed Love.

So the past few months have been amazing and horrible at the same time. I have finally decided that I am going to move back to LA after I graduate. I figured you only live once and I need to try and start my career out there before I decide if I want to live in Vegas for the rest of my life. Work sucks as usual. I miss the days where I was excited to go to work. But I have been trying to get back to that even though two of my favorite people in the world aren't there. My mom is feeling soooo much better. PLUS, I had a little vaca which I totally needed.

These girls have kept me sane. Cheesy but true. Through boy problems to me being sick to try being there to hear me vent to late night plane rides...they have been there. And we definitely have some more memories to add to the pile. I will love them forever, not just because I do but because if I don' they have alot of back mail on me too!! (aka Sadie). But I am especially grateful because I know that I will have these girls forever. I don't need a silly valentine or stupid flowers to know that someone loves me. And I definitely don't need to post pictures about it to annoy other people. So all in all, this year's Valentine's Day was a success. Even though there is someone that I secretly care about alot and haven't told, I leave it up to the love gods, and what ever happens, happens. Bottom line, I am trying to enjoy life and the people around me. So in honor of Valentine's Day I made a list of things that I love this year:

1. Muh girls. <3

2. My mom. (always a good valentine)

3. Birchbox. (my valentine present to myself)

4. My kindle. (what I did without it I don't know)

5. Michael Kors.

6. Forever 21.

7. Sundays.

8. The Bahamas

9. Romantic encounters.

10. Little everyday surprises.

11. Kissing. (even a kiss on the cheek).

12. Kim Kardashian. (I strive for a butt like hers)

13. Sunday nights with the girls

14. Nick Minaj

and last but not least....

15. Coke.

Make It Work.

So I was sitting here. Alone. Watching "Going the Distance." And it made me think. A.) I need to start writing more. and B.) that guys make the excuse of "I don't do long distance" ALLLLL the time if that is the situation they are in. In reality, long distance relationships can work, if both people really care/love the other person and they know eventually they are going to have to move closer to each other. I know it is easier said then done but when you truly love the other person, you will do anything in your power to be with them. Move mountains, quit your dead end job, jump through fiery hoops. Anything. Like the only thing that is holding you together is them. Distance shouldn't matter. Who knows, you may be passing up the one thing that ever made sense or felt right to you.

All in all, I just wish and hope that one day I will have that heart-shattering, make you want to move across the country, sing in a love song in your underwear, smile at the thought of the person you love, watch them while you sleep kind of love.

ahsjskfkgkggjgkgk.

The upside to my sad but enlightening inner monologue is....BAHAMAS IN 15 DAYS!!!!!

I love you.

Things I secretly/openly love:

1. My family.

2. Date night with my mom.

3. Listening to thought provoking music. (i.e. Nicki Minaj to hymns)

4. Twilight movies.

5. John Hughes movies.

6. Guys who touch your face when they kiss you. Or guys who will blast music outside your bedroom window (never happened to me, but it could happen).

7. Guys in general. Or a particular guy, depending on the day.

8. My girls (you know who you are).

9. Secret meetings on Sundays. (see #9)

10. Hot chocolate on rainy nights

11. Reading on rainy nights.

12. Netflix.

13. Any Vin Diesel movie, sound is of no importance.

14. California.

15. DSW.

16. Spontaneous decisions to go to the Bahamas.

17. Shelly's facial expressions to spontaneous decisions to go to the Bahamas.

18. Chocolate.

19. Victoria's Secret

and last but not least

20. My life. I have to say that it is pretty awesome right now.

What I needed.

Like every Thanksgiving, we went back to Los Angeles where all our family is. My family is what has kept me sane, and being with them always makes me feel at home. The downside of going to LA for Thanksgiving is eating more than once for dinner. There is everything you can possibly imagine at every house we go to, but the one thing that I look forward to is my Aunt's Masocholi. It is penne pasta with every single kind of cheese you can image. It is heaven in your mouth. LOL. And this year was the first year that I have EVER cried during grace. My grandma said "Love life and it will love you back." And for some reason I felt the tears swell up in the back of my eyes and my face start to scrunch. But I recover quite quickly; I was proud of myself.

The one thing that I love about Thanksgiving is seeing all of my beautiful cousins and taking our yearly picture together. We now have a beautiful new edition to the family, Isabella. She is sooo cute and is already following the girls' footsteps of wanted to dance. She looks like one of those dolls who only moves their legs when they dance. It's soooo cute!!! But sometimes we get a little carried away with the pictures in our family.

This is the first year that I didn't go shopping on Black Friday!! I was a little disappointed. But I did find this cute little vintage shop in LA and picked up some awesome jewelry. I also got to go to the movie with my mom and grandma, which was a awesome to me because it is funny to see my grandma treat my mom the way my mom treats me. I thought of it as sweet revenge! LOL we went to see "Burlesque" in this vintage theater that my mom used to go to when she was a teenager. The theater had old fashioned curtains and only four rows. It was like stepping back in time, when REALLYY good movies were made.

The last night I was there I got to hang out with two of the best girls in the whole world, my cousins Joy and Ashley. I always laugh so hard when we see each other, maybe because we have the same silly sense of humor. We went out to dinner and then went shopping for furniture for Joy's apartment. Let's just say that you shouldn't buy furniture until you know that it will fit in the car. We made Ashley sit in the front seat with a TV stand and a mirror, squished to death. Not to mention with one turn Joy would have been decapitated by the mirror. I had never laughed so hard...and I have it alll on video tape. :)

Not to mention she likes to dress up like a homeless person. LOL

All in all, this weekend was very memorable. Saying that I love my family is an understatement. I am lucky to have such an awesome support system at home and in LA. Leaving is always bittersweet since I never know when I can get the time to go back. But I am thankful for them everyday, every minute of everyday.