rainbow colored sprinkles

So as we all know, I'm a bit of a small child at times

And I like sugar a lot.

Sometimes I can seriously resemble the female version of Buddy the Elf.
It's not cute.

Well this particular day there was a genius and I mean GENIUS  fundraiser going on .

Freshly dipped caramel apples.
Holy baby Jesus I nearly died.

And they were only 2 dollars.

And so not only was the caramel still warm but you could then choose the toppings.
And I got graham crackers and get this.
Rainbow colored sprinkles.

Shocker

But seriously it made my day as I was gnawing away at that thing.
Too damn good.

So if you ever want to make me randomly happy.
Just cover it in rainbow colored sprinkles.

Tall enough

We all know i'm tall.
Hello 70 inches of woman right here.

So WHY THE HECK DO I EVER WEAR HEELS?!?
I always do this.
I wear heels and then regret it.

Well today it was these really high heeled boots that are occasionally nicknamed
THE stripper boots.

Theyre not actually but dad thought they looked like stripper boots so it has unfortunately stuck.

And I wanted to mix up my style because its durango and we do that.
No we dont.
That is a lie.

So I wore heels.
And immediately regretted it.
Because I'm pretty sure I flashed a few people because I thought wearing a high waisted skirt was a great idea too...
Bad life choices.

There's actually a video of me and regretting my decisions.
Its pretty funny.

So long story short.
It's durango.
I dont need heels.
I already stick out I dont need any more reasons to be even more of an anomaly in this town.

So there.
Flat shoes it is.

Not too long now

I always hate Sundays.
Especially when my family is visiting.
Because its the day they go home.

And I just feel this emptiness when they are gone.
Like I'm the missing piece left behind.
We headed up to honeyville as per usual to get our fix of honey items.
Drank some mead.

And I just remember how good of people my parents are.
How compassionately they love

And how much I miss them.

Whenever they leave mom always says "not too long now until we see you"
And we always cry.
No matter how old I am and no matter how many times we do it I still cry.
I hate when the pull away and I see how truly far away I am.

They are not just around the corner.
We are hours upon hours away from each other.

But then I realize its okay.
This is part of growing up.
And being an adult.

You learn to be alone and stand as you grow up.
And its not as hard each time.
But its still hard.
And that means we still care.
And that they are still my world.

So not too long until i'm home.

We're not prepared for this hike...

So we decided to head out that morning and go to Mesa Verde.
Not before we first stopped by the farmers market and go THE MOST DELICIOUS CHEESE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
There was cumin in it.

So stinking good.
Like I was more excited about the cumin cheese than really anything else.

So we head off.
And go to a couple places
And then we stop for lunch and I get way too excited about eating the nutty cumin cheese really than I should be.

And then we decide to go hike down to cliff palace and on our way back we see a hike that jets off to some pictographs.

Not really thinking and with out proper footwear, a map or any real idea what we are in for and how long this hike is, we set out.
Because that is a smart idea.

So we go for a while over hill over dale.
And then we start to question how long this is going to take.
Since we are sans water.
And the weather is starting to turn.
So we go a bit further and then decide to head back.

When we get back we find its a few mile loop and they reccommend that you dont go out with out proper footwear, water and some idea of what you are in for,

yeah we should have read that sign...

Well later we get home and have a lovely evening and it was so good to just be by myself with my parents because I never get that.
I was an only child for a little bit.
And it was great.

STRONG DRINKS

THE PARENTAL UNITS CAME INTO TO TOWN AND IT WAS THE BEST DAY EVER!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Like I came out of my last class and they were driving into the parking lot.
I was so excited to see them.
You don't realize how much you miss them until its been some time and you just really need a hug.

And then here they are just driving up to me.
So we went back to my place, made dinner and then decided to head out for dessert.
So of course we had to go to Gardenswartz because dad just has to go look at water bottles.
And then we found a place to get drinks and dessert.

Eolus.

Also saw Diego at El Moro.

But we got in ordered drinks that we found wer a bit strong.
Very strong.
And oh hot donuts too.
Those were damn good.

And then we went home and snuggled.
And I was so happy.

That wasn't Aaron....

So I swear I saw my friend Aaron Tomaselli walking past the media center on that particular day.
Now just as some context.
Aaron and Lane lived next to Hallie and I sophomore year and we all became great friends.
And I stayed friends with them after all the craziness of last year.
And I don't get to see them very often because they are busy little enginerds and hardly ever go out and just don't have time.

But I swear I saw Aaron.
He had the same hair.
Same gait.
Same long board.
Same sort of long board.
Similar face.

Wasn't him.

I ran through the back door of the media center.
Turn the corner and yelled AARON!
Wasn't him.
He turned around,
I just said, crap youre not him.
And ran back to the back door.

And hid my head,
Because I was that girl...

Nothing can ruin my day today

So that Wednesday was just a particularly good day.

For some odd reason.

And I literally could not get in a bad mood.

Which is really weird because I can get set off by just about anything.

And that day I was exceptionally happy.

For some crazy reason.

Like I had to present my video in my video class and it was less than stellar.

It had been thrown together.

And it wasnt that good.

But I took everything with a grain of salt.

And it was okay.

I don't know.

I just had an oddly good day.