rain, rain, go away

i really wish it had.

this morning around 2.30 my family and i arrived in valencia. for the duration of our visit we will be staying at the house of some friends of my sister and brother-in-law. when they were first living in california they met this nice family and have been friends ever since. but by the time we got to their house, i didn't care where we were just so long as i wasn't driving any more.

why, you ask?

well, for some strange reason i decided that i needed to get up at 5 on tuesday morning. i think it had something to do with wanting to finish packing or something that made sense until i was staring at the business end of an alarm clock. shudder. i had also gotten to work late the day before and so when i was ready early i decided to go to work and make up some of that time. i went to work at 7.30. around 11, my mom was supposed to come get me so we could all (mom, dad and brother) drive to la.

11 comes, no mom.

12 comes, no mom.

12.30, i call to see what's going on. they're in salt lake waiting for my dad's meeting to get out.

1 comes, no mom.

1.30 i get a call and they're downstairs from my work waiting for me.

so then we have to go to my brother's house to drop off some of his stuff. and then i realize that i left something at my house and need to pick it up before we leave. and then we get gas and grab lunch. and then we leave provo for our 11-12 hour drive.

at around 12.15 my mom pulls off the freeway and asks if i can drive because she's so tired she's started seeing double. no problem. for some other really weird reason, i'm still awake and have been since i woke up at 5 tuesday morning. we were already in california, not too far from hour destination, maybe an hour and a half away.

but then it started raining.

and we started hydroplaning.

i honestly don't think i have ever sweated so much in my life. and no, you didn't really need to know that particular fact.

all in all, we arrived safely and i only tried to go up one off-ramp when we had to turn around. we arrived at 2.30 (as i already said) and promptly spent about an hour talking about random things with christianna. meh.

football

i am not the biggest fan of football. in fact, i could get along quite well without it and usually do. no offense to anyone who likes it, but it isn't my favorite thing.

this year i lucked out in having a friend and roommate who feels the same. and so, since amber and i live right near the byu stadium we still get to hear the game. oh, joy. we have since learned to find other things to do when the games start since pretty much no one else is out doing stuff. it makes for very little waiting.

it all started with bowling. since that was how amber and i met, it seemed fitting. we invited a friend, richie, and went bowling up at the miracle bowl on state street here in provo. but for some reason today that wasn't what sounded fun. instead we decided to see a movie.

and though i fought it, we saw twilight. okay, i didn't really fight it so much as not plan on seeing it any time soon. the reason? i've read the books. i realize that it isn't always true that the book is better than the movie. case in point, i much preferred the movie stardust to the book of the same name. seriously, i loved that movie.

anyway, when amber (who hasn't read the books) suggested it i thought i'd at least give the movie a chance. we bought the tickets, finished getting ready, went to lunch and then drove to the theatre. in spite of this being a college town, there were surprisingly a lot of people in the theatre.

so i have now seen twilight. and now i can honestly say to all those who have read the books, wait to watch the movie. or at least go in for the matinee instead of at night. don't get me wrong, it was good. in fact, i liked it. but i feel that the story line was so different from the book that though i still recognized it, it wasn't as good. worth seeing, but not for full price.

for those who haven't read the books, amber said that she liked it. though there were a few things she didn't understand. maybe if you haven't read the books you should go to the matinee with a friend who has read them and who doesn't mind explaining some things.

the end.

two costumes...lots of strange looks

a few weeks ago amber and i got invited to a halloween party hosted by her boss that we were supposed to dress up as celebrities for. the problem? i really wanted to wear another costume to work...

okay, let me explain.

at work we have these nicknames for all the students on my team. danny is this one. erik is that one. lex is lexi hopalong. melissa is missy punkin. paul is hey you (he didn't much appreciate that one). preston is bubs. calista is allison. and i...i'm the crazy cat lady. sometimes the extra crazy cat lady.

come on, now, doesn't that just beg to be a halloween costume? especially if i don't tell anyone? :)

so it started like this...

and after a little help from my brother, i became this:

scary, no?

anyway. so i then had to become some sort of celebrity. and my friend and former roommate, megan, suggested marilyn monroe.

what do you think? well, amber's costume was a little harder and a little more fun. since she had to be some celebrity we spent some time trying to decide who she could be. pussycat doll? no. edward scissorhands? cool, but no. and then we had it. she would just be all of them.
apparently she was an inmate at an insane asylum who thought she was every celebrity. i must say, it was a lot of fun when we were driving to the party to have amber always saying, 'hey, i'm on the radio!'
richie also came with us, but we don't really know who he was. interestingly enough, no one asked. though, can you blame them for not?