"You make me smile like the sun"

Song: Smile - Uncle Kracker

The past 2 or 3 weeks since my last blogpost have been pretty busy! I finished the Spring semester, have been working an average of 20hrs a week, seeing Zack and Katy, and partying.

Here are my grades for the Spring semester:

Math - A

Psychology - A

Public Speaking - A

Geology lecture - A

Geology Lab - B

Pretty good right?! I'm very pleased with that.

Works been going good! Still enjoying it. We've hired 3 new people (on the Marshalls side) and I've worked with all of them now. All nice, but Stacy gets on my nerves just a little bit. I bought my first clothes from there last week! First time ever shopping at work, felt really weird too! Got this cute mini skirt that came with a pair of 3/4 leggings and I also bought a top. Sunday I came home with 2 very fluffy and cuddly pillows from the Home Goods area. They are beyond amazing. We've got our 20% off discount weekend coming up so i'm excited for that! I want some fake flowers and a vase plus maybe some clothes.

On Sunday though, that was a stressful day at work. About halfway through my shift, some lady had a seizure in the womens department, luckily it was near the front and she had friends with her. She hit her head when she fell, all I heard was something breaking which was her shopping cart when it tipped over then her convulsing on the floor then blood. It was scary. I did not know what to do. Lucky for me Iman and Carolyn were up front and dealt with it, Iman pulled me away to the side. We called 911 and the fire department got there first then about 30min later the ambulance arrived. She was conscious when she left on a stretcher and I hope she is ok.

A few weeks ago my car was broken into. The fuckers stole my iPod. Thing is that you couldn't see it. It was in the centre console. Nothing was visible except the stereo.....Which they left. Now every night the stereo and everything comes inside with me. My (step) dad put money into my NZ account so I could buy a new iPod. I got the 8GB iPod Touch... I LOVE IT! So amazing. I use it for Facebook, MySpace, checking emails, Twitter, Internet, plus all the other apps I've downloaded :)

I'm still seeing Zack. He was over this past Thursday (20th) and he bought me orange Tulips! He bought me flowers. First guy ever to buy me flowers. He also bought a pot plant for Phyllis. He is so amazing. We aren't "official" yet, but heading that way. I feel like I need to meet his parents before I want to be, i guess, official. He's met mine, and I have met his sister. We're just taking it one day at a time. There isn't any rush for us. We both know we will be together. We watched Fight Club when he was over for dinner Thursday night and I remember him saying something along the lines that he hopes we are together for ages. I can't remember what he said but that was pretty much the meaning of it. He later sent me this amazingly sweet text that said:

"I am telling you right now that I will be the best boyfriend you have ever had. And I will treat you the way you are supposed to be treated"

Amazing right? I get a text every morning that just says "good morning beautiful" :) Oh and the song from the subject line was chosen because Zack told me that song reminds him of me. Go listen to it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj03CIizqFQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=aY3N7_aFsiI

Katy and DJ are now together and I could not be happier!!! They were hanging out a lot after my birthday weekend and I knew it would only be a matter of time after I found out that DJ liked her. Katy was getting there slowly. By the time of the party, I knew it was inevitable! He will treat her right, like the princess she is. If he doesn't then I will hurt him. Or find somebody who will.

Katy had a small party last Sunday (16th) where I got extremely intoxicated. So much so that I do not remember the rest of my night when my wine was opened. My own fault I know. Should have started with it but whatever, I had fun. Well, I'm pretty sure I had fun. Zack was there as well. We played the first 2 games of BP and WON! Me and DJ were both shocked at how well I played.

My car is having issues...Again. This time its the tail lights. Dad replaced a blown fuse last night, checked it today and it had blown already. Not a good sign. Plus the "service engine soon" light is on and I have no dashboard lights. My car needs to go into a shop I think.

I think thats all....Most likely I have forgotten things but oh well.

Have a good day and SMILE :)

The week thats been

Heyoo! Wow, 3rd blog to be posted in a week!! There is just so much to say. So I will begin with Monday...

Monday

From my previous blog about my birthday weekend you will know that I had to write a speech for Monday morning? I finished and printed out my speech at 1am and then fell asleep. Before I did that though I set my alarm clocks, plural! My phone was switched to loud and the one on the other side of my bed was turned on. Next thing I know i'm being woken up to a knock on my door and Phyllis saying "Sam hon, its 10 after 7. Are you up?" All you hear me say is "fuucccccckkkkkkkk!" very low and quietly. Roll out of bed, grab a pair of jeans and a top, brush my hair, wash my face and brush my teeth, grab my psych book, bag, car keys, a poptart, and a coke before leaving the house 10min later!! Good timing right? I get into class 5min before it starts and I am soo thankful I live so close. I had a Psych test this morning which was why I could not miss class. I left straight after it finished and made my way home because even though I had finished my speech I still had to create my powerpoint for it, plus get changed into something professional looking. I skipped math and was happy with the overall result of my powerpoint and what I looked like. Got to Public speaking on time and signed up to be 3rd to present. I honestly did not care about this speech. At the end of class I found out what I scored..... 68/68. 100% baby!!! To say I was shocked was a major understatement!!

Tuesday

I just had math today and nothing exciting actually happened so moving on to....

Wednesday

A lot happened on this lovely Wednesday :)

I woke up on time today! Good start right?! Haha. So some background information about what went down after Psychology is going to be needed.

There is this guy Zack who sits in the table straight across from me and we always have random conversations before class starts and everything and sometimes I catch him looking at me and vice versa.

Today I had decided to get his number. I don't know how I was going to accomplish this but I knew I was going to get his number. By chance we walked out together cos I was saying something about this picture on the video, anyway he went the same way I normally go. We exit the building and he turns to go one way and i'm like "hey, so whats your number?" I think he was a little shocked I just asked but he put it in my phone and had to double check he got it right because his number is one off from his mums number. Zack did say that I would probably like talking to his mum anyway, haha. I texted him not long after and was like "Hey it's Sam, I really hope this isn't your mums number!" He didn't take long to text back and then we just started talking. While I was in Math he asked if I wanted to go out for lunch. Of course I said yes but said I didn't have my wallet or my car. Being who he is he said he would love to drive and pay. I said well you can pay today and i'll pay another day, he replied lets just call this a date so I can pay. How could I argue with that?! He took me to In 'n' Out because I felt like burgers. We were there for almost an hour and a half just talking!!

During work I texted him and asked if he wanted to go see Nightmare On Elm Street with me, Katy and a whole group of people, he said yes of course haha.

Thursday

Class, clean, work, movie. That was pretty much my day! Zack picked me up after I finished work, which I don't know why. We weren't going anywhere!! All I had to do was walk across the carpark to the movie theatre. But that is the kinda guy Zack is, a gentleman. Bitch bought my ticket to see the movie too! I was already about to ask for 2 tickets but he moved me out of the way and paid for them. He held me through the entire movie and I seriously almost fell asleep 5 times. He was that comfortable and I was that tired! The movie was good, scary at times but I never saw the original so I can't compare.

Friday

I had my Geology exam #3 today, almost fell asleep during the review as well! The exam was hard!! For our Geology Lab we had a field trip to the North Phoenix Park, such fun! But it was a nice day to be outside :) I was walking with Sean and Jeremy and those too are sooo funny and cute I might add :P I hung out with Kelsey for 2 hours then was driving around before suggesting going to a park to meet up with Zack. Me and Zack hung out at the park for almost 2 hours just talking. It was fun!

What made my Friday even better was that Odette, the Marshalls manager, had called because she needed Dushanka in the morning for open and not me so she switched our shifts! This was good cos it meant I did not have to wake up at 6 to be ready for work by 7. I now don't work until 5pm.

Saturday (today)

Slept in until about 11 :) Have been writing this for awhile now and it's about to be posted! Next on my list is to write my Psych research paper.

Birthday Weekend Surprise

[sigh]

Where to start? I guess from Friday night? Good as place as any.

Friday

I had geology, and I was pleasantly surprised when Jeremy sat down and said "happy belated birthday" :) Definitely made my morning for sure. Became so bored during class that I decided to draw a heart on my thigh and one on my foot. Jeremy was playing Sudoku and I have such an addiction with that game haha. I had driven to class today because I needed to get home quickly so I could go and get my pay cheque. I got that then went to Target to see if I could an MP3 connector cable so I could just listen to my iPod in Spartacus.

The name has stuck so that is what my car will be called from now on.

I was successful in my quest and as soon as I had that I was on my way to Katy's. We planned on going to the bank, then a park, but when we arrived at the park we had talked to DJ and he said he would see if he was going to go in the hot tub later. So we had to go back to mine and hers to pick up our bikinis. :) We then went to McDonalds cos we were hungry and we both got Happy Meals :) The guy who served us laughed and then laughed when we played with our Barbie toys. While we were eating there was this guy, Josh, sitting in front of us and we eventually included him into our convos. His friend arrived a short while later and Katy decided to go out for a smoke. As soon as we got outside, Josh and his friend, started asking about what we thought happened when we died. They started to preach to us!! Turns out they go to the same church Katy goes to. Are you freaking kidding me?! They even gave us each a book.

After that we made our way down to Tempe to chill with DJ before Katy blindfolded me for her surprise. We had to go to Tempe Marketplace cos DJ wasn't ready yet then he gave us directions which pretty much sucked and it was like 9:30pm before we even got there!!! By this stage I already knew what Katy had planned for me. We were gonna stay at Justin's and he was taking us to a Metal party. We decided to just stay at DJ's cos we would have alcohol, hot tub, and a place to crash for the night. We met some of DJ's friends including Dan, Garrett, Jay, Zach, and Adrian, this chick Brittany turned up later in the night. Katy and I went with Dan and Garrett to the liquor store for his first time ever buying it because he had turned 21 that day! To say the car ride there was funny would be such a complete understatement! Its was fucking hilarious!!

Katy and I pretty much paid for the beer and Malibu that night, we played some awesome games of beer pong (bp) and also did get in the hot tub and pool. Didn't pass out until Around 5:30am haha.

There are probably small details I am missing but you get the idea.

Saturday

So we woke up around 12 and didn't head back to Phoenix until 3pm. I had work at 5 so we couldn't just stay down there, though we told DJ to find something for us to do cos we wanted to come back down after I got off of work at 10:30. He was gonna have another kickback at his place and when I got off of work Katy was already on her way down there with her friend Caleigh so I had to drive down by myself which I didn't have a problem with.

Katy managed to find out if DJ was interested in me that way but he thinks I am such a cool chick and he would love if did like me but I'm not his usual type he goes for. I am beyond glad Katy found that out because, yes i did have a crush on him, and yes i could have started to like him more but now I can just like him as a friend! I will always have a crush on him but whatevs! I would so much rather have him as a friend then not in my life.

It was kinda funny as well cos his friends are pretty damn cute! I honestly though Jay and Zach were so much cuter than Adrian, and Garrett. Dan is a cutie but kinda reminded me of Korie.

My first stop was McDonalds though because I was freaking starving! Bought another Happy Meal too. Drove down the way we had gone Friday night cos I was right next to the 101 instead of the 51. When i got close to the exit I thought I had to take I rung Katy to make sure, she passed the phone to Dan and I was like "who am I talking to?" cos I had to make sure it wasn't DJ cos his directions sucked!! He was like yep take University then go through the lights and turn right when you get to the Waffle House. I knew my way from there was to head down University to Rural then to Southern.

Dan called me when I got into the apartment complex parking lot and was like where are you? Katy thinks you were somewhere else. I was laughing and it took we 5 times before they listened when I said I was already in the parking lot! Dan came out and got me along with Katz, who wasn't at the party Friday night. As soon as i got in the door it was like we need more money for beer. I ended up driving us to the store cos I was stone cold sober. After we got back we found out my sunroof would not close. We were out there for 20min getting it so it was closed at least all the way. Got inside and Katy handed me her Malibu and coke to drink, after I downed that I played at least 4 games on bp. Katy saved the last to inches of Malibu for me to down, you know I did :) Haha it was funny cos I was sitting on Katz when I did that and I remember his saying "hot". Haha. He is HOT. Hooked up with him that night too. :)

Pretty pleased with myself because I had said to Katy, "I wanna get drunk, and I wanna hook up with someone." I was honestly thinking it would be Dan cos DJ said he thought I was cool and cute. Nope haha it was Katz and I am not complaining at all. Katy talked me into playing one last game of bp against her and DJ, cos she wanted to play Jay one more time. They pretty much made every single fucking cup. Me and Jay gave up after 5 and sat on the kitchen floor. Me and Dan poured all the cups down the sink which was about 4 beers wasted. None of us could drink it. I ended up sleeping in DJ's workout room with Dan, but believe me when I say- nothing happened!

Sunday

No idea what time we passed out at but I know we woke up around 11 and went out into the lounge to find Jay still passed out. Katy and I decided we wanted McDonalds cos we were hungry so we went there and came back and just lounged around until 3pm I would guess at. The drive home was good, I was a little pissed cos of my sunroof and dreading telling dad but he didn't flip out on me or anything.

I was freaking out when I started to write my speech though! It was due Monday and I hadn't even started it yet. To say I was acting sane would be a complete and fucking utter lie! I was on the phone with dad and "fuck" came out of my mouth every minute when I was talking about this speech. Poor DJ as well! I was talking to him over facebook and he was seeing my crazyish side come out, but he was being such a sweetheart and encouraging me and saying I can do this! I finished it around midnight but still had a powerpoint to create but I decided that could wait until break. I was also texting Katz, haha, he was telling me to stop procrastinating and I was like "im done!!" When he said goodnight, he included 'princess' in there and I was like "really, you just called me princess? Hahah thats the first time anyone has called me that" he was like "there is a first time for everything" made me giggle. I am most defo not reading into anything he says cos he could be a man-whore. I'm just having fun.

The pictures are on facebook right now :) If we are friends then you can go check 'em out :)

I definitely had the best birthday weekend ever :)

Celebrate good times!!

Hey guys! So today is my twentieth birthday!! I cannot believe how fast this past year has gone and all that has happened while I was nineteen!

It's a busy day for me! I am writing this at school on my break before math. After public speaking I have to haul ass to work because I start at 12, that means I have 15min. It also means I get to drive tomorrow :) In my baby!!! Yes I have a car =D I'll do a proper blog Sunday night because I will include what happens Friday night... My best friend Katy has something planned and I have no idea what!! She posted this on my Facebook yesterday...

Dear My Bestest Friend in The Entire World,
I know tomorrow is your birthday (here in the states) and I just wanted to let you know that although tomorrow may not be epic (considering you work and it's a school night) Friday...you best bet your amazing butt you're going to be having a good time, and always with me when you aren't working. Andddd my family and I got you something we know you'll like as your present...ANNNNNDDDDD I have a surprise surprise for youuuuuus whenever I feel like giving it to you. :)

Super intriguing right?? I am now dying with curiosity so it's lucky I am not a cat haha.

Anyway I had better post this as it is almost time for my class.

"If he were telling the truth he wouldn't have told us"

Ahh yes, lovely line from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Please forgive me in advance if this post has random quotes from the movie..To which I am currently watching....

"Pride of the Kings navy you are"

So it has been about, oh, two weeks since my last post? [checking...] Yeah about two weeks!

"I don't see your ship"...."I'm in the market as it were"

So the big news in my last update was that I was offered a job at Marshalls Home Goods. Its a super store combining Marshalls and Home Goods. I work in the womens department right now with Dushanka and Alex. It's kinda crazy hectic but in a good way. I worked Wednesday 7 and Saturday 10 last week, and this week I was scheduled for Sunday 11, Tuesday 13, and Saturday 17. Tomorrow is payday so hopefully i'll be able to go in after Geology and check my schedule for next week along with picking up my pay cheque. I haven't sorted out direct deposit yet.

"Your not a unick are you?"

Oh in other news, last week we sold the Nissan!!!! $600 for it. The guy knew about the problems with the over heating and engine issues now. So I no have no car. I get to drive dads car during the weekends if im working. Dad and I may go out this weekend to look at used cars. I know we need to sort out the loan and the payments etc. I hope I can handle all this!!

"You can keep doing that forever the dog is never going to move"

Orientation at work was good. Long but good. I meet Lindy and we text each other, she seems cool. Afterwards I went straight to RJ's place and stayed there until 2am. It was fun cos I hadn't seen this kid since before the semester started. Last Saturday (10th) after work, as soon as I got home in fact, I called RJ and was like "Hey....So come get me!" This was like 4:30. He picked me up an hour later and it was sooo much fun! I had put my bikini in my bag as a 'just in case'! Turns out I did jump into his pool. His mum was surprised and happy to see me! We were sitting outside for, I dunno, maybe an hour before I went and stood in his pool, RJ and his mum were like.."Just dive in!".."No, I don't wanna get my clothes wet!" So I said to RJ "i'll go in of you go in", he said deal. Had him shake on it, and said "ok, i'll go get changed" Came back out in my bikini and he was still standing there. He thought i was joking, but I wasn't so he went in and got his boardies on. The water was kinda chilly but got warmer as you moved around. His parents were shocked he actually got in!! Go me! Hahaha. After I had got my clothes back on, his mum, me and RJ sat outside until 9pm. I was killing bugs but a bug zapper that looked like a badminton racket. I killed soooo many of the big bugs that were around. You pushed these two buttons and these lights came out, get the bug on it and it fries the crap out of them. You can make them pop and crackle, they also emit a burning smell. Katy came over at about midnight to hang out, it was cool she got to meet one of my friends for a change! Those two got along famously!

"I am disinclined to act-request your request....means no"

Hmm what else.. I passed my book review speech! I got 65/66! Go mee!! Also I passed my tribute speech! I got a 94 on my math test from Monday. I think its safe to say I am doing pretty well in school! This semester is almost already over. It's gone by so fast. Signed up for Summer classes already.

"This is either madness or brilliant.....Its remarkable how often those traits coincide"

Next week i'm turning twenty! Crazyy. It doesn't even seem like a year has past since I turned nineteen! I have class on Wednesday which means its the 7:30 class! Bleh. Fun stuff. Meh, I don't mind so much haha. I hope i'm not working either Saturday or Sunday. Katy has plans for me and I wanna party sooo bad! She won't tell me what she has planned or who it'll be with. I think I have some idea who we may be with but I am not positive.

"Curse yah for breathing yah slack-jawed idiot!"

Mum and dad sent their birthday boxes to me which arrived Tuesday. Dad's had a few tops which are super cute and the rest of the box is full of NZ delicacies! Like pineapple lumps, cookie time cookies, crunchie bars, rose's chocolates, whitakers peanut slab, jar of marmite, tim tams, toffeepops, oddfellows, and some more items!

Mum's box had some clothes I wanted plus a present! Which I have already opened..tehehe. It's this MASSIVELY huge white pleather handbag. It's gorgeous but huge. haha.

I think thats about all. I honestly can't think of anything else to tell yah!

"Annamaria, [slap]"..

"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either?"..

"No, that one i deserved"..

"You stole my boat"..

"Actually [slap] Borrowed, borrowed without permission but with every intention of bringing it back to you"..

"But you didn't"..

Haha i could go on for hours! I could almost quote this entire movie. I am such a dork!

So no more movie quotes!

Time to tell you about my Easter weekend and why it was the best Easter everrrr :)

Saturday night I had Aunt Charlene's easter dinner. Phyllis and I went down together b'cos dad had taken the boys to Castle N' Coaters. I had a lot of fun there as well! Grandma got me a birthday cake that was seriously delish! I told Phyllis I was gonna be her DD, she had like 8 beers that night! Dad had had a few beers too so he had obviously decided I would be driving the van home with my brothers and Phyllis. The drive was ok, dropped Phyllis off at the Whiskey River bar. :P Katy came and got me soon after I got home. We were planned on having a movie night cos Kylee hadn't gotten back in touch about hanging out. Took some beer out of the fridge and Katy and I made our way to her place. Her dad gave us half a bottle of red wine. Made two bowls of popcorn and popped in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, we decided we would take a shot of wine every time we saw a owl. Made it 20min into the movie before we weren't paying attention, so we just decided to drink it. After her dad left, Katy and I opened up another bottle of wine and at around midnight her friend Mike came over (from the party out in Surprise that night) and hung out with us. Katy and I opened up a third bottle and we were fucked!! Completely trashed on wine. Mike left at like 2am. Sunday morning we were supposed to go to church but we overslept, so we just ended up going to lunch at her aunts house. They told Katy to invite me haha. That food was seriously AMAZING! Defo went into a food coma, again. Found out that DJ is of German and Ukrainian decent. Hot combo, haha. After lunch Katy and I headed back to her place with her dad and his GF where we decided we wanted to go and play in a park. We have such an affinity with parks. We tossed around a football and decided that we were gonna have a picnic in a park with Ilya and DJ and have some games.

Until next time dear readers :)

"Tik tok on the clock but the party don't stop" - Tik Tok, Ke$ha

Hey guys, how is everyone doing? Well well well. So much has happened!

I guess i shall start with last Friday 26th.

Like a typical Friday i had Geology, but today my teacher was dressed like he was going to go on a safari. No lie. He had on the khaki top and pants - which were of course belted high on his waist - and he was wearing those sandals with the Velcro straps. Me and Jen were talking about how we figured he even had the hat at home because he used to be a geologist. Jeremy and I were half talking during the lecture when we could, he's fun to talk to and when i got home i added him on facebook. Later on in the night he accepted! Go me haha.

This was the day i also had a interview with Marshalls Home Goods store, i'm telling everyone from New Zealand that its like Farmers just without the electronics. They had rung me on either Tuesday or Wednesday? Can't remember which day it was but it was done for 4o'clock. I had also made plans to pick up Katy after my interview for a GNI (Girls Night In). Anyway, i made my way to Marshalls and was actually in there for 1/2 hour! I talked to 2 managers as well.

After that was over i decided to put gas in the car, when i had done that as i was going through 40th and Bell the car decided to almost die on me... AGAIN... I swear the car hates me. Fucking scary but i made in through the intersection okay and parked in the Phoenix Hospital car park. I rung Katy and talked to her for almost 30min while giving the car a break, after that it seemed to have improved and i started driving again. I made it to 31st and Greenway when i felt like the car was gonna lose power again so i pulled into a parking lot. I rung Phyllis this time and told her what was happening, i then asked what the H and C stood for and after i said it was reading Hot she immediately said to turn it off. I didn't know to keep an eye in that! Dad never told me. Car was bloody overheating. By some cosmic occurrence i had parked outside of a auto shop! So i went in and asked if anything could be done to get me home. Nothing could. So Phyllis said she would come get me and follow me home, when she arrived we tried the car again and when i revved the engine the needle immediately started to climb towards hot. So we just locked the steering wheel and put the steering wheel bar on and she dropped me off at Katy's.

I got to calm down and chillax with Katy for a few hours because her grandma was letting her use her van. When i arrived at Katy's she immediately attacked me with a hug and just looked at me and handed me a smoke. She knows when i want one and when i don't. Around 7:30ish (?) her grandparents came and picked us up, i hugged her grandpa before i even got in the van! We dropped them at their house and came back to mine so i could get some jeans on and a different top. Katy made a mix cd and i was absolutely shocked when MY grandma (on dads side) added me on facebook!!! She said she only made it to have a better way of getting in contact with me which is cool. We left the house about 8:30ish (again i can't remember) and headed towards Kylee's (Katy's other BFF) so we could decide what we were going to do, i had grabbed 2 Miller Lites from the fridge to start our party early. :)

We ended up going out to Surprise for a party that Jake invited Katy too. He has like a monster crush on her, it was kinda funny to watch! The party was kinda fun, meet a few cool people and watched some epic beerpong battles! Had a shot of something while i was there too. Met this guy Dan and got his number before i left. He was quite intoxicated and very touchy-feely with not only me but the other females there. We left about 1:30am and Kylee drove us to her place then Katy and I headed to Jack n' the box before heading home. I guess we got back to mine around 3:30am and Jake was texting Katy all the way back and was put out that he didn't kiss her goodbye so she said if you want it come and get it. So he asked for directions which i gave. We had hardly been home for 10min before this guy Adam called saying we should come over and hang out. I was extremely tired but had decided to go anyway. We got there and i met him and this guy Devon. They were beyond drunk!! We each had a shot and decided to play beerpong. Me and Devon verses Katy and Adam. Surprisingly to me, I won the game for me and Devon! I made the last 2 cups and prolly the last 4 cups in reality. Adam was all over Katy, i know Katy wasn't appreciating the forcefulness of his actions but didn't want to hurt him. Devon was all over me, i didn't mind the kissing but he would not take 'no' for an answer and keep trying to put his hands up my top and down my pants. I finally text Katy when he finally managed to get me into his room, and that was only because i knew we were leaving soon, saying "are we leaving soon". It almost said "save me" and that was what she was expecting it to say! I said goodbye and Adam held up Katy again so i just left and started the car waiting for her to come out. By this time it was 4:30am. Katy finally came out and Adam followed saying that we shouldn't leave, he would come with us, we should just stay. I had only had a shot and a beer in that last hour! I was fine and really just wanted to go home. Devon had made me feel uncomfortable because he was just not respecting me!

We made it home safely and were in the door by 5am!! Turns out Josh was online so i just gave Katy my laptop and she was talking to him until i PTFO (Passed The Fuck Out) at 6:30. I asked Josh the next day what time she went to sleep, he said 8am. We woke up at 10:30 and Katy had to leave straight away cos her grandma needed the car.

I managed to get a 2 hour nap in the afternoon which helped me a lot! Ben had sent the tops dad had given him while he was in NZ and they arrived today. Ben's mum had gift-wrapped them for me, i tried to be good but i was dying to know what he had bought!! So i opened them and i have to say - he did a great job. He bought me my Canterbury Crusaders jersey!!! It's the one they wear when they play. He also got me a top that says "I still love you Dan"... You know as in Dan Carter. Dad and Phyllis were going out for dinner so i was gonna be babysitting my brothers. Started to watch Halloween but was smart enough to stop it before it got gorier than what it already was! Its on tomorrow night so i think i will record it! I was in bed by 12 and PTFO again!!

Sleep for 10 hours straight! Dad and i finally went to get the car! He showed me how to put water in and he drove it back home while i drove his new car. I like his car haha. Grandma and grandpa were coming over for dinner at 4 which was cool. I showed grandma how to write on peoples walls and how to send private messages.

Yesterday i got the best phone-call ever!!!! Marshalls Home Goods offered me employment!!!! Of course i fucking accepted!! I have orientation on Friday which goes from 1-9pm. I get a 1 hour dinner break as well. I will have to skip out on the Lab part of Geology but thats okay as long as i am there for the exam during the lecture.

So, a lot has happened right? I got drunk, the car overheated, partied, slept for 10 hours, and GOT A JOB!!!

[Breathes a sigh of relief] Dad is now off my back about getting a job.

ohh and Katy wants me to go and see Nightmare On Elm Street when it comes out at the end of April. I said if we could get Dj and Ilya to go so i could hold on to Dj i would love it haha but we might find other guys. This guy Mike who was at the party in Surprise offered to go and he let me hold on to him which i thought was super sweet of him! The fact that he's into Katy but wants to hang with me and will let me hold his arm in a death grip!!

Katy told me today that she was talking to Ilya last night and he said that "he doesn't know what Dj thinks about me but thinks you guys would probably be better off as friends with benefits." That kinda sucks if he's right. I would rather be in a relationship. But oh well, i've only hung with the guy once but text him quite often!

Hope you are enjoying your week!

"Yes the rest is history"- Cruel by Dane Rumble

[insert depressing music]

Spring break is overr. :(

I know, it has flown by for me. Plus it doesn't help that it wasn't until Friday that i did something! This week has been very interesting for me. Mostly have been avoiding dad, which i know is not good. Phyllis told me Friday that i have to tell him what im thinking/feeling when he says things instead of just biting my tongue and bottling it up. I know its true but i don't want to discuss them with him!! I do that and i will cry just like i did with Phyllis Friday arvo.

Plus the whole not having a job, how many applications i put in daily etc doesn't help. I need a job!!! I had an interview Tues 9th for Blockbuster but i haven't heard anything back from them so i assume they do not want me.

Anyways.. Where to start, where to start??

I honestly have no idea. I don't know what to share. Haha.

[checking previous blogposts]

Ahh ok so lets see...

So my informative speech i did on Wednesday 10th i passed! 65/66. YES! Haha, i think they liked it. I didn't get it recorded but heres the link to the blog about it:

http://kiwiinthestates.blogspot.com/2010/03/tangiwai-disaster-auckland-museum.html

Plus here are 2 other blogs about some exciting adventures i had with Katy:

http://kiwiinthestates.blogspot.com/2010/03/saturday-6th-march.html - I need to edit this post to include the fact that dad and Phyllis were away for the weekend

http://kiwiinthestates.blogspot.com/2010/03/wednesday-10th-march.html

Let me tell you about Friday arvo/night!

Katy came and picked me up when her dad got home from work and we went back to hers to chillax and all of that. Luckily i had bought clothes with me! Her dad went out to the shops so we didn't get it until around 7ish before we could leave again. At first we just drove around because we had to kill 3 hours before we headed over to her friend Josh's house for a small kickback. We got some energy drinks for the night cos neither of were planning on drinking. Rockstar was my fave over Monster.

Our plan was to head to Tempe and see who wanted to hang out for that time but.. DJ couldn't, Gabe was meeting for a group project, Justin was working, and Scott had a super stressful day so we just ended up staying in town and went over to see her friend Neal. He took us over to In & Out and bought us some fries cos thats all we wanted. During this time Katy's ex-boyf Bryan texted her telling her to stop spreading lies about him. Then he texted me to ask if i still talked to her. I mean she is my best friend so i was yes! He told me to tell her not to spread lies about him cos he's not saying shit about her. I won't share the details cos its personal and stupid. But in short she isn't saying why they broke up, she's not saying he is this.

So i told her she could drink tonight if she wanted. She did. I was DD.

After dinner, it was finally 10:30 so we were able to head over to Josh's place. I got to meet Rod, he's from Brazil and GORGEOUS!! Like HOT! And there was another chick there called Tabitha and she was a lot of fun too. We decided to watch a movie, The Italian Job, and then after 10min Katy wanted to play BP. Tabitha was her partner cos they were both drinking. The boys one 3 games plus the next 2 games they played! By this time it was almost 2am and we had to get the car home before 3!! So we decided to drop the car off get the guys to follow us then we could come back and restart the movie. I drove us to Katy's, and Rod drove us back. He had been drinking so i know it wasn't smart but there was no way i could drive his car haha. We made it back safely. Restarted the movie, me and Rod cuddled on the couch while Katy and Josh were in the recliner.

Then we all went to bed to pass out, i will point out i was sleeping in the same bed as Rod. Nothing happened. He tried to kiss me, i tried but, haha, it was not as pleasant as i was hoping it would be! After i denied him that he wouldn't cuddle with me haha. Oh well. I still think i should have tried a little hit harder and got into it cos he was hot but he just wasn't the one i wanted to cuddle and kiss. Last time i checked the time it was 6:20am. I got 3hours sleep that night! Katy got the same amount too. Josh tried to actually have sex with her and she told him no, at which point he moved to the other end of the bed.

When we were all up, to say it was a nice morning is wayyy off from the truth! It was painfully awkward!!!! I think that when Rod got up, he and Josh had a girlie convo about how they were both denied the previous night. Haha, i don't know. It just what i think. They dropped us home pretty soon after that but we did get hugs before they left.

We just pretty much chilled all day at Katy's before her dad got home and she got the car to take me home. It was a pretty fun time at Katy's cos we texted Rod all this random shit. Haha it was hilarious!! We ended up in Tempe. But did not meet up with anyone. Haha. Got home a little after 8pm.

And i did do something after i got home Sat night.... It was exciting.... I watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!!!! It was on Disney channel. Tehehe. It was amazing!! I got it recorded so i was able to watch all of it at 10pm. All the while i was talking to Josh on FB chat. So all in all a pretty fucking great way to end Spring Break!!

Katy and I are pretty stoked today... ILYA GETS HOME FROM PARIS (or wherever he ended up) TODAY!!! We are gonna try and all get together at Ilya's place next Friday if he wants. I want to see DJ and Ilya but more DJ haha, and Katy wants to see Ilya so badly!!

DJ had actually asked me out on a date for last night, but i decided to postpone it until we could all hang out with which he was fine with. I wanna hang in a group environment before a date. But he asked me to a movie, and i was like.." me and you? or me, you and katy?" he said "me and you" YAY! I can't wait to freaking cuddle and kiss this guy. Haha.

Ohh and totally forgot to tell about the drama with the car! It happened after my job interview at Blockbuster. I was driving home and, its hard to explain, i started to lose power, i mean my foot was at that point on the fucking floor and i was just managing to get up to 30miles!! Scared me half to death but i made it home. Told dad, and i think he realized that i would not drive it until he got it looked at. So it went in on Friday, and from what i can remember Phyllis telling me, they took the Thermostat out and dad has to check the radiator every few days to make sure its cooling down properly. Not good!!! I hope he's not going to make me pay $500 for it cos as soon as i buy it, after i get a job, i will be saving for a new one. i will not drive that thing for long. I'll ask my step dad for $$ if i have too. Which i think i will have to do.

Katy and I have decided that we want to go to Amsterdam next Spring break. Haha, yes Amsterdam!!! We need jobs asap so we can start saving so we can do it!!

I think thats all i have to share... No doubt have missed loads of little things but whatevs. Those are the main points. :)

Planning on being lazy and hopefully getting in a nap :)

Friday 5 to Sunday 11 March

Dad and Phyllis's weekend away in other terms haha. Grandma came down to babysit my brothers but really she was just looking after Nick while i was in charge of Jake. It was a semi stress-free night thankfully. He didn't say any bad words, so i didn't need to put hot sauce on his tongue. Saturday morning was a different story that i don't really want to relive to share with you. The boys had their pinewood derby cubscout event which dad was coming back up to take them too. Jake came 4th but Nick didn't place :( I had dropped off the DQ (dairy queen) job app before i headed over to where they were doing it. After we got home, Amanda and i took the boys up to Nicks school. After we got back, Amanda stayed for dinner and keep looking at me like "you're g/ma is insane, im so glad i get to leave" haha.. well turns out i wasn't there Sat night either....

Katy invited me to go out and watch Courtney's basketball but when she arrived we found out it was $15 to get in! So we decided to go down to Tempe and see who wanted to hang out. Literally everybody we called that lived down there didn't answer our calls or texts! So we were still driving down there when Katy called Ilya. Ilya was planning on going down to Tempe as well, but he had to get ready so he suggested we both come and chill at his place until he was ready to leave.

His place is AMAZING! Mansion style! He lives in Fountain Hills.

When we got there, we just hung out for a little bit, played some pool, before going out front of his place to walk and smoke, we hiked up this hill and the view was amazing! When we got back to Ilya's house his friend DJ had arrived so we just decided to play some BP (beer pong) at his and just chill there. Before the game even started, Katy asked if it was alright if we crashed there if he wanted to play more than one game. He said it was so she texted her dad and i rung grandma up and was like "hey grandma, did the boys get to bed ok? I was wondering if i can stay with Katy tonight so im already with her in the morning for church" she said it was ok. Sweet! Haha.

Katy and I played 2 games before i wanted to switch partners... Meaning i wanted Katy and Ilya on the same team and my ulterior motive was cos i wanted to get DJ on my team :) Katy and I managed to win the second game but DJ and i lost to Katy and Ilya for the third game.

We had decided to name our new teams while we were out by the pool smoking: Team Awesome was me and DJ, against the Hello Kitty Adventure Club, Ilya and Katy. Their name was epic and they won!! :(

After that Ilya gave me and Katy a pair of shorts so we could jump in the hot tub, we wore our bras as well haha! Ilya made a mean Malibu and coke too! After the hot tub we went into Ilya's home theatre room and watched Boondock Saints. We all snuggled up, well me with DJ and Katy with Ilya. It was like that when we went to sleep as well! Me and DJ in the guest room right next to Ilya's room. I couldn't even tell you what time we got into bed but we flipped on the tv cos we were all wide awake. Katy came into the room 3 times to ask/tell me things. And the first time that she came it with Ilya i was half expecting for Dj to move his arm from around me, but he didn't. It came to a certain point when Dj randomly asked me "if I can try something" after i said yes cos i sorta figured out he wanted to kiss me.. And he did!!! He asked my permission. I know we watched House before watching The Da Vinci Code. Last time i looked at my phone it said it was 4:40am. Katy and i had to be awake by 9 to get ready and leave for church. Me and Dj knew Katy and ilya were still awake cos we could hear them talking. I found out after Katy and I left that ilya hadn't kissed her :(

We made it to church with a few minutes to spare!! I was starving throughout the service but her grandparents took us out to lunch after which was much deserved! When i got home i even had a nap! I was sooo tired on Monday as well.

Everything and Anything

"Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring

Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun

Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time

To rock the night away

Jingle bell time is a swell time

To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock

Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet

That's the jingle bell rock."

Haha.. Sorry but it was so addictive to sing to and its at the start of Lethal Weapon - which is what i am watching right now.

Anywho

Time to get into writing this blogpost. I feel guilty with myself for constantly putting it off.

I did write ideas down on paper during math class this week as what i wanted to write.

Speaking of my math class... The people i sit with are very, very lameee! I mean one is this chick Sarah who i don't even know if i can explain. She has this pregnant chick who takes notes for her in class while she does other homework. I hope she fails. And this is her 2nd time taking this level of math! Its not that hard. I mean i admit to having trouble working out fractions. Then theres this guy Eric. I don't know who old he is but he is super annoying. What frustrated me even more in the last 2 weeks was that they were being absolute hippo-critical (?) of this group of girls! I admit they were being slightly catty to this chick at another table but she did bring it upon herself when she pulled out her laptop and went onto facebook. Eric and Sarah decided to be like them and gossip:

" I hope they just shut up today"

"I wonder if i would get away with bringing in waterballons" -Eric

On Monday 8th i presented my speech to my Public Speaking class. I thought it went well enough. I was right, haha, i got 61/62 :) My 'official' time was 5:59 BUT the guy who was timing me took off about 30-40seconds!! I love him haha.

Heres the link to my speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6q6Z3_YDVM

Lemme know what you think of it. I would love to show you the powerpoint i used cos it was pretty awesome!

So far i am still enjoying my classes! I don't mind having classes all week, its enjoyable to be out of the house every morning. Geology, for the most part, is a lot of fun. Also Psychology and public speaking are fun!! Although being awake enough at 7:30 for Psych is hard but walking over wakes me up enough.

Speaking of my Public Speaking class, hehe see my play on words, there is this super cute guy in my class. I mean i find him really cute and i have a crush on him but if i dont get to talk to him soon then i may just admire from afar. I added him on facebook and got a few replies back, he took awhile to reply so i messaged him my cell BUT haven't had a text or call from him. Kind of disappointed. I was hoping for a text. I sent the message last Friday, to be honest im not sure he has even checked facebook this week. I wrote on his wall that i thought he did pretty good on his speech Wednesday.

I didn't have any luck with those 3 job interviews i had 2 weeks ago?

I have applied at plenty more place i just still haven't caught a break yet. I wish places would call back! Get dad off my back, and i will get to buy the car. Employers want to hire people with experience but the only way for me to get experience is to be hired. Bad cycle.

Did anyone do anything special for Valentines Day? Get chocolate? or roses?

I got neither but i did get to spend the day/night with Kelsey which i consider to be even better!! We rented Penelope and Definitely, Maybe. Both were SUPER adorable! I loved Penelope more. We also watched the Olympics, did facials and Monday morning Kelsey cut my hair! Yes you read right. I finally got a haircut. Shorter than it normally would be but so nice. I wonder if my crush noticed? Hopefully.

Saturday im going hiking with Katy and i am super excited. I get to drive down to her place, i squared it with dad.

Two Sundays ago i went for a hike with Phyllis and my brothers, actually near Katy's, while dad went and looked at cars. By the time we got back from the hike, dad had bought a NEW car!!! Yes i am that much closer to getting his old car. Just need to find a job.

Here are the pics from the hike with Phyllis:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3286738&id=639217209

Lately i have been feeling the urge to write a story.

I need to come up with an outline and good summary.

I have an idea but im not sure which genre i want to use.

Im thinking either strictly romance, mystery, or murder.

OR combing all three genres into a romance murder mystery.

Actually, that is a great idea :-)

Yup, i think thats about all thats new with me.