It's Sunday!!!

It is finally Sunday night! And i am pleased to announce that as of 4pm my babysitting duties were over!!

It was a very long weekend and also very tiring. To start off i took the baby monitor Friday night so i could wake up with Jake and let Amanda sleep in. Jake decided to wake up at... 5:30am! Yup. Early morning start for me!

I was right about what me and Amanda ended up doing Friday night haha. We did our girl talk for a few hours and were going to watch Texas Chain Saw Massacre:The Next Generation except she fell asleep so i kicked her upstairs. Oh and btw it was not scary at all! The only scary part in there was Matthew McConaughey b'cos he can be a creepy fucker! Wow he was psychotic!

Saturday Amanda and I took the boys up to Nick's school so we could wear Jake out. It worked though he fell off his scooter 2 times and yelled/cried a bit. Amanda got Jake to sleep till 7am (Sunday), lucky bitch! Also that night i found out that USA were doing a Pirates of the Caribbean night! They played all 3! :-) We have the 1st one so i recorded the last 2 and watched them last night. It was a good night.

Today i honestly thought i was going to lose my mind. Jake was having a bad morning! It was bad! He was just getting so upset over nothing in particular.

BUT the good news is i made it through the weekend. Still have 2 brothers and 1 dog. I think i did a pretty good job!

Anyway that was my weekend! Was yours any better?

Tonight made up for my crappy weekend, i got to talk to Josh on MSN and talked to my dad on the phone for a little bit.

Short week this week! Thanksgiving is on Thursday and on Wednesday i will have been in America for a YEAR!! This past year has gone by so quick and i have experienced so much! I am very grateful to be here.

We're having Thanksgiving here so i can escape to my room if i need to haha but we have no idea how many people will actually come over!

Cannot wait to put up the Christmas tree and go Christmas tree hunting again! Hopefully i can do that again. Last year i got to go with my Uncle Gary to cut down his Christmas tree and it was fun!

Long Weeked has Begun....

My long weekend officially started today when i woke up. Now i mean long as in "I'm babysitting all weekend long" long. Luckily i have Amanda, Jake's hab or aid worker, staying until Sunday.

Now i just mentioned on Twitter that i am beyond tired. Lemme explain that one - mainly for Lindsay so he can remove his mind from the gutter - i went to bed last night at around 1.30am and woke up at 7.30 thinking it was Thursday and i had class. Lemme tell you, i was not happy to figure out i didn't need to be awake and by that stage i couldn't fall back asleep!

It's now 10.50 and i have nooo idea what time im going to be woken up! See me and Amanda made a deal; im going to have the baby monitor tonight and she'll have it tomorrow night. The baby monitor is so we can hear Jake wake up because he gets locked in his room at night so we don't have to worry about him getting into trouble while everyone is asleep. Normally on the weekends he wakes up between 5 and 7am, but thats because dad is home and dad isn't home so my fingers are crossed that he'll sleep in!!

Amanda and I ordered pizza for dinner tonight and had our girl talk. :-) Tomorrow were planning on a Scooby Doo marathon with Disney movies and some boardgames! Which will be good as i think i'm going to be kinda tired all day.
Anyway i have just put on a Winnie the Pooh movie :-) Its a christmas one and i have seen it many a time!

Will try and sleep soon. G'night

Revelations

Today is the best day i have had since Halloween. I don't mind sharing the events from that night now. It's personal but this is my online journal and i want to write it down so here i go.....

Now if you don't remember the Halloween blog, here it is. So i got extremely drunk. Slept with Dustin. Yup. We were both drunk, and it seemed like a good idea at the time (as most things do!) It was my first time too. Ha-ha, yeahhh that was a interesting night considering i don't remember much and what i do remember all blurs into together! I can't say i regret it, i just regret the manner in which it happened. So of course without having much memory of that night i couldn't remember if, you know, we used protection. Hence we writing this blogpost here. BUT my worrying is over now :-)

Moving on from that.

Two Sunday's ago i had my bowling date with Hayden. Now don't go putting air quotes or saying it in a sleazy way *coughLindsaycoughCindycough* ha-ha! It was a fun night, we played 5 games and i got to win the 1st 2. It was a fun date! Then last Saturday, Hayden came over with a movie cos i was babysitting my brothers. He brought 1408 which was meant to be scary but just turned out to be weird. He met my dad and step-mum too!

Sunday i got to talk to Josh over msn, i posted some of that convo in the previous post. And in the post before that one, this one here, me and Josh created our "To-Do List" that we hope to accomplish in the week we have together when i eventually head home. It was an emotional convo for me, though it didn't help i was listening to Daughtrys 'Home'. We both came to the realization that when we get to see each other again it's going to be emotional for the both of us. Though i think i'll be the one who will be crying! Somehow i think when our week is up that it will be much harder for me to say goodbye to Josh than it will to mum and dad.

Ahhh bugger! I just had a thought as to what else i wanted to write and i got side-tracked with my movie and now..... i've lost it!! Oh im sitting here watching The Lion King :-) It's my all time favourite movie next to Beauty and the Beast. It's my night to be a kid and be happy!

This weekend i'm babysitting my brothers all weekend. Dad and Phyllis are going to San Antonio together. This will the first trip they've had together, without the boys, and in a different state for quite a few years i can imagine! I know they will have a good time and i won't be alone! I'll have Amanda, Jake's habatation or aid worker, with me which will be interesting. Hopefully we both survive the weekend! It's going to be filled with lots of boardgames and girl talk i think.

Ohh yay i remember what i wanted to type now! In 6 days (Nov 25) i will have been here in America for exactly a whole year! Yes a whole entire year! This past year has just flown by. Next week will be my 2nd Thanksgiving and at least this time around i'll know everyones names!

Hmm i think that's all....? Yeah must be :-)
Have a great weekend

Elven Princess + Driving School + Harry Potter

Aloha bloggy babys.. I am watching LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition). I love Legolas and Pippin the best. Who are your favourites?

The guy who plays Haldir, one of the Elven people who lives in the forrest, is kiwi actor Craig Parker.

This past week has been hectic but only in the form of my Philosophy class. Mr Dickerson seems to have his favourite students that he asks for answers to his questions- unfortunately i am one of those few! I have no idea why because i hardly answer his questions. Though some of the discussions are interesting, i will try and remember next week so i can share them with you all.
Though i do remember we were talking about the bible and Jesus and how he rose from the dead... well that's when Kayce leaned over and whispered "Jesus was a vampire?", that made me laugh! =) Come on it at least made you smile??

So im not sure if i mentioned it in a previous posting but i have my first ever Jury Summons coming up! August 10th to be exact. It was meant to be July 29th but i have class that day so me ans Phyllis changed it. Im nervous but excited.

I thought that i would be able to have a nice relaxing Saturday but yesterday dad told me i would be attending Driving School!! To get my permit!!! Majorly exciting =D =D then i can finally start learning to drive.

Also this Saturday dads taking me to go and see the new Harry Potter movie!! YAY! Haha i soo cannot wait. Eeep. Phyllis told dad he should take me to a movie because I've been very helpful and babysat a few times these past few weeks. I think he wants to see it too. But it'll be good- one on one time with my dad.

And I wrote about Harper's Island in a previous post.. I was right about the killer. =)

Tonight i babysat again, hence dad taking me to the movies Sat, which was fun. Nick challenged me to a rematch to the Mario game we played last time on the Wii (don't ask which one i have no clue) anyway i had won the last won. He won this won which he was happy about but then we played the same game but had Tag Teams instead of Battle. Hehe i won that! I was Princess Daisy (again0 was her last time) and my partner was Princess Peach, our team tame was Damsels in Success =) how cool. So its 2-1 and i can guarantee Nick will challenge me again soon. Plus he didn't like the fact that i bet him at his best games, where you shake the Wii remote.

**Will post pics tomorrow**

Hmm.. What else do i need to share?
I cannot think of anything else. Will do another blog with pics tomorrow and one after the movie and driving school.

Back to my movie. Onto the 2nd disc where they are staying in with the Lady of White, the Queen, played by Cate Blanchett. I like this scene because i love the Elves.
Doubt im going to watch all this tonight.

Night xx

Sleep Deprived Ramblings

Its 2am and i did what i set out to accomplish! Stay up as late as i could manage, well i could stay up later but i don't want to be grumpy when i wake up =)

OheMGee i hate pimples! I have like 3, does anyone out there in the blogosphere have any tips to get rid of them (without squeezing)??

Hehe also have worked out that if you want to talk to me after midnight you will have to be prepared for me rambling on and on as Kelsey found out! It was a crazy random conversation and i had to end it when dad and Pyhllis got home from their bowling night. They went out to a bar afterwards. So i was at home babysitting my brothers. Nick challenged me to games on the Wii, never played before so it was fun! We played this one game which i was the overall winner in!! Sah-weet!

Ugh i cannot believe tomorrow has to be Monday! Where the heck did my weekend disappear too?? Anyone know? Haha. Today i need to study, study, STUDY for my first Philosophy test. Well now that should me fun! I can guess thats where you'll get a profound post filled with quotes from my Philosophy book.

Why is it whenever i stay up late i get hungry? I really don't understand my stomach but all i do know is that i repeatedly tell it "you are not getting any food! I shall not give into your belly-aching!".. I have to create some sort of timetable for me to stick to tomorrow! Cos i need to watch the FINAL 2 episodes of Harpers Island! I'm pretty positive that Henry is the 2nd murderer so i'll let you know if i was right or wrong hehe.

I've come to the conclusion that Josh loves being mentioned in my blogs haha.. Silly bugger =) But its ok cos he's my best friend and i love him (one, two, three.. aww) Anyway todays/tonights msn convo we talked about what would happen when i came back to NZ and stayed with him. We both believe that we'd stay up most of the night just talking, talking, and more talking haha. And its true we will no doubt to that, but also we plan on watching some movies (we both can't remember which ones they were) but will end up talking all throughout it haha.

Why do English accents have to be soo damn sexy? -More on that in another post.

I think i need sleep now, my head goes fuzzy if i shake it from side to side really fast and my stomac is angry with me.

Night x

Valentines Day Tomorrow.. *Yawns*

Yes, i survived babysitting! haha. Nah, they weren't bad they we're good. The youngest whos 8 taught me how to play wii! I got a few strikes on the bowling! I made $35 which is good, $9 hour 3 1/2hours..

Gosh i am sooo tired! I stayed yo till 2am this morning IM'ing (instant message) my bff Josh.. I know crazy time haha but what can i say? I miss talking to him..

Ahh i have a compare/contrast essay to write for english- im thinking of comparing rugby to football.. i mean rugby is WAY better!! but as they are similar (ball shape and field size) i might be able to come up with something.. i hope!!

So it's Valentines day tomorrow.. i actually got a v/day card! Admittedly it was from my youngest brother- but as its the thought that counts it was soo super sweet! But other than that i have no Valentine (again) this year.. Oh well i kind've think its over rated

Well i think i'm gonna have an early night! I think i need it lol..

night all xo

Indoor Picnic and Babysitting..

So that family picnic that i mentioned previously, well it was meant to be this weekend after it was postponed last weekend cos of the rain.. I have now heard it is being moved to my grandma's house because it is forecaste to rain yet again this weekend! So i have now renamed it the Indoor family Picnic- lol! Surprisingly i haven't yet been out to my grandparents house! But I've only been here 2 and a half months!!

Gosh that has gone so quick! I can't believe i have been living in America for over 2 months! I got here 2 days before Thanksgiving, because i was adamant that i would get to experience a Thanksgiving holiday.. We don't celebrate that in good ol' NZ.

Yes! Hahaha, i'm babysitting! One of the Cub Scouts mum's has asked me to babysit her 2 boys- their around the same age as my half brothers. Though i'm not sure what the going rate is now haha.. My cousin says $8-10.. Thoughts???

I was soo happy! I finished my Reaction Summary Paragraphs paper for English, 10min ago! It's due tomorrow.. Ahh it was soo tedious.. but at least its dunzo!

Gosh my blog posts are getting longer! So that is a sign to stop writing i guess!!