Introducing Skarlette

Meet Skarlette. She is the adorable kitten that appeared on our porch early this Sunday morning. She meowed for a long time before my little sisters convinced my mother to give her a can of tuna, which she scarfed. We left a bowl of water out before going to church and then left the remainder of the can of tuna as well. The little girls we're so afraid that she wasn't going to be there when we got back but I was quite indifferent. I figured she would leave after we didn't come out to see her for an hour or two, but to my astonishment there she sat at the top of the stairs two hours later when I came home from church. I went out and after she got over the shock of the sliding door came over and into my lap. I sat out on the porch with her for a half an hour and after that I was a goner. She is the most playful, friendly, and sweet cat I've ever met. My little sisters spent most of the evening going in and out of the back door to play with "our" new kitten. Of course my mom loves her, but my dad needed some convincing. However, by the end of the evening, she was allowed to stay. Moriya went outside to say goodnight and noticed that the poor cat was shaking from the cold and decided that she could absolutely not stay outside for the night. So after clearing it with my mom she ran down to our neighbors house, borrowed a litter box and a can of cat food and is now hiding Skarlette in her room. I promised my mom I would make fliers tomorrow to put up around the neighborhood, but she's so sweet that I'm dreading having someone take her away, but I'll do it anyway. Who would of thought we would have ever gotten a pet so quickly? Even if it is only for a few days.

i used to...

what can i say. time seems to continue to go by without even asking. we only have ten days left in february and then we're in march, march!? my day to day life style hasn't changed one bit in the past two months and yet there are things i noticed i don't do anymore. i used to listen to music. all the time. now i don't seem to listen to it unless i make the time to listen to music, i don't just put it on anymore. i wonder what that means. in a past post i even wrote about how much music meant to me. now it seems like its just another thing in the past. i don't know why i don't listen to it anymore. music is good stuff. i'll have to ponder on it some more. i don't swing on swings anymore. i used to go to crestview all the time, even when i didn't live at home and i'd just visit i would go. i haven't been on a swing in a long time. i don't watch movies like i used to. in fact, i can't remember the last movie i watched on a dvd. i don't write anymore. i used to write, whether it was on my blog or just writing a story, i used to love to write and escape. i don't read for fun anymore. anything i read is for school. the last book i read for fun was peter pan and as good as it was i just couldn't get the desire to read it. i've become a more boring, yet more responsible version of me. at this rate who knows how dull i'll be in just a few short years. goodness i need to move get out and get that crazy sister back in my life before it turns to black and white.

Anxiety

Today I decided that I was actually going to start to catch up on all that procrastinated reading for all my classes and I realized that after procrastinating all of it for a month that there is a TON of it! I spent over two hours on homework this evening and I haven't begun to put a dent into how much I have left. How did I let it get so out of hand? Even now as we speak I putting off writing an English paper that was due 5 days ago. I'm just hoping that I wont have any repercussions for turning it in late... considering I haven't actually been to class in the last week. I spent the last week sitting on my couch trying not to be completely miserable while trying to get over the worst cold of my life. Now I'm wishing I had done some reading on that couch, all though that would have really sucked, but I should have done it anyway. My online computer class is giving me some serious stress. I kind of have no idea what I'm doing. And then there is the whole issue that I'm in debt up to my eye balls and I just spent a week off of work for some crappy terrible illness. I worked my blood pressure up just trying to catch up on some of my work today. This kind of life style is just not healthy. No wonder so many kids drop out of college. It is definitely not for the faint of heart. Well, here goes my attempt at a catch up week.

Just Me and My Music

So as total inspiration from a friends blog, I'm going to put up some of my favorite tunes and let you listen to them. Now this totally isn't going to be as cool as 'friends' blog, because she has a really unique style in music that you can't help but love completely. So here are some of the songs the I <3

I'm a flip-flop wearin', free carin', California lovin' girl

So after seeing all the amazing pictures of my sister in Jerusalem and seeing all her friends amazing pictures, I thought I better represent with some photos :) These are just some pictures of the last 3 months of my life, and looking back, they've kind of rocked. So as jealous as I am of all those people that are off on some big adventure, I'm happy to be on my own little adventure. It may not be exciting and it will not involve great stories or big romances, but none less it is my adventure and anyone is welcome to come along for the ride anytime.

My dad and me coming back from Sanfran :)

Living my dream!

Pretending to live my dream :)

Dad and me at Capitola by the Sea

Dad and me walking the coast line on a very rainy day.

Me and Lysee Boo looking hot and dressin up for Halloween. I was a fairy and Alyse was a raggle taggle gypsie..

A rainy day at Ghiradelli Square with Alyse and Kel

Fishermans warf, Alyse had to have those fish and chips.

Just above Capitola by the sea.

Me and my Bestie :)

I always knew that one day I would have the whole world in my hands.

Me becoming perfect ;) lol

The prettiest sunset I've ever seen PCH 101 in Pacifica, California.

My life ran away with it self...

My life just got incredibly busy. I came back from an amazing vacation and all of a sudden my life just ran away with it self. My sister is currently in Jerusalem taking classes through BYU and she recently posted her hourly schedule of a typical day. Now granted my typical day does not involve cool stuff like going to the old city of Jerusalem or being woken up by the call to prayer, but none the less I will bore you with my boring and yet busy daily life.

6:30am Wake up to the noise of my little sisters annoying alarm clock and then proceeding to put a pillow over my ears.

6:45am Wake up to my annoying alarm clock, which I typically snooze until seven.

7:00am Officially wake up, now late, I rush to get ready in a short twenty five minutes.

7:25am Leave my house and head to classes at SLCC.

8:00am Attend a computer systems class with a professor that does not speak English.

9:00am Attend History 1700 with a very quirky professor and some very very dumb people.

10:00am Attend International Politics, the only class that shows some potential of decency.

11:00am Attend a Personal Ethics course with a professor with such a thick Russian accent that he might as well just be speaking Russian.

12:00pm Spend a sweet 40 minutes eating lunch and catching up on reading for my next class.

1:00pm Attend English 2010 with some interesting characters.

2:20pm Drive back home.

2:45pm Spend a precious forty five minutes shoving down food and packing a lunch for work.

3:30pm Drive to work

4:00pm Spend a monotonous five hours working on telephones taking surveys.

9:00pm Drive home.

9:20pm Arrive home completely tired and crash into bed after a ten hour day.

I suppose I did this back in high school, but now it seems so much longer. I'm not sure how long I will survive.

My love affair with the ocean

Now I know what your thinking... First of all that is a really tacky title for a post, and its way cliche. But I couldn't come up with anything better and I need to save my creative juices for my actual post, because my creative waterfall is running dry as of late.

So I had the marvelous and blessed privilege to come to Santa Cruz for a week right before classes start. I can't believe it worked out so well. I love California from the bottom of my heart. I've been trying to figure out if everyone loves the beach and the ocean like I do, or if maybe I like it more. I've never had anyone try to explain to me how much they love it and I think I've come to the conclusion that I must love it much much more than most. Today I walked about 3 miles up and down the coast line in Santa Cruz and I can't describe to you how much I never wanted to leave. I've never fallen in love with a boy like the way I've fallen in love with the ocean. The last time I left the beach I really thought it would cause me physical pain. Every time I'm there its like I can breath just a little bit deeper. My entire life seems to be washed away and I can sit there and smell the ocean and not have to worry about anything.

So now that I've attempted to convey my love of the ocean I'm going to write my top five favorite things about nature, what I couldn't live without, things that Jesus really must have put a lot of thought and care into...

5. The Trees

4. The Flowers

3. The Rain

2. The Sun

1. The Ocean