Thursday, June 30, 2011

the post i thought i would never ever have to write.

That day.

That day when my entire world and everything I've ever known came crashing down all around me and I was left standing. Alone.

Alone.

 Being that hurt and feeling that much pain was draining. This isn't just Kaleena typing. But it is a very devastated, empty and very much heartbroken Kaleena.

Me and Steve are no longer "me and Steve"


No more: we, us, ours, together, Steve & Kaleena.

It's now: me, mine, I. Alone.

In one, short minute, my entire life was changed. It just took one minute to destroy everything I thought I knew. That single minute, that stupid short minute, somehow was the longest sixty seconds of my life. Everything was in slow motion. I was suddenly aware of my breathing and the strong tugging of what little was left on the inside.

Reader, I would love to tell you the whole tragic ending to what I thought was going to be my happily ever after with the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I still want to. But I'm afraid I've already used all the tissues in the entire world and I don't want to make you cry. But I will tell you a little....


First off, I want to tell you that we have never had an actual fight (that wasn't over who left a mess or who locked the keys inside the apartment) and our relationship didn't have any issues. This is why I was ( i still am) so shocked.


Steve no longer felt like we had a future together.  He thinks we need to spend some time apart. He thinks that I can do better.  He thinks that maybe one day we might find ourselves together again.

That break up was certainly unexpected and  left me feeling empty and heartbroken. And it surely was NOT mutual. I will admit that and say I was the one DUMPED. I won't try and  make excuses to myself say it was "mutual" to hide the fact that I was no longer what Steve needed and/or wanted. I was dumped.


I don't know if it's normal for a person who has just gotten dumped to feel this way... but right now, I feel like I am nobody, nothing. Without Steve I feel like I am nothing. He was my home. For three and a half years, he was my home. My best friend.


Over the last while, my head has been playing on repeat silent memories of all the countless happy and special times I was lucky enough to spend with Steve. I keep looking for some sort of sign I might've missed that could have warned me of this tragedy.

Monday, June 27, 2011

bits of my weekend.

So, this is where bits of my weekend usually goes. But since stupid, silly me didn't take any pictures over the weekend, ahem, MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, I feel like an idiot and decided to take this spot to dedicate what could've have been a place to document my 22nd birthday weekend.

Moving on.

A lot of big changes have been happening to me. And sometimes they don't hit me, but when they do it's all at once. It all finally catches up to me. It keeps adding up and adding up. Getting heavier and heavier. And then the 'what if's' start bouncing around my brain (can I please tell you I first typed 'brain as breine).

What if X never happens.
What if X will be forever.
What if I don't make it to McDonald's breakfast in time
What if X never gets figured out.
What if I take a shower and when I come out, I'm in a parallel universe.

As you can see, some what ifs are legitimate and some are just silly.

My Sister threw me a little birthday party tonight. She baked me my favorite red velvet cupcakes and I wore a white button up shirt today. So basically at the end of the party my white shirt was no longer white. But white with little red stains everywhere. Because records show that I will only spill when I am wearing white... and other color for that matter.

Also, I need a new method on repairing broken things. I typically bang on it or hit the thing a few times to make it work and when it doesn't work after I'm done hitting it, I'm left scratching my head.

21 while 21.

Twenty-one years old.
I am completely aware that I say this every day before my next birthday, but this time I mean it. Twenty-one years old has been my most favorite age so far. It will forever be remembered in my messy head as my favorite age.

21 things I did while I was 21.

1. Bowled my highest bowling score. 184. Oh yeah.
2. Flew on an airplane for the very first time.
3. Went to Las Vegas for the first time.
4. Got another ear piercing.
5. Got a new car all on my own.
6. Had my wallet stolen. Mr. Burglarjerkdude, I am still angry at you.
7. Won employee of the month.... TWICE.
8. Tried sushi for the first time and became obsessed shortly after.
9. Lost some friends but gained some even better ones.
10. Kept up my ever-so-persistent habit of picking my split ends.
11. Saw a Utah football game in the Notre Dame football stadium. This is huge news.
12. Went through a major baking phase and made close to a bajillion red velvet cupcakes.
13. Was a bridesmaid in one of my friend's wedding.
14. Didn't get sick once! Uh-oh. I really, really, really hope I didn't just jynx that.
15. Saw these concerts: She & Him, Modest Mouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Silversun Pickups, and CAKE.
16. Decorated my first Christmas tree since I've moved out. 'Twas the prettiest Christmas tree. *sniff, sniff*
17. Rode a wave runner for the first time. Daniel Tosh was right. It's impossible to frown while riding one of them.
18. Beat Steve in mini golf. This was HUGE breaking news. No one as ever beat him in his 22 years.
19. Formed an incurable addiction to Amazon.com.
20. Went hiking in the snow. It wasn't as miserable as it sounds.
21. Had to endure the dreaded day at the DMV where I had to renew my license. I survived.

I wish some cool things were on that list. Like, skydiving, winning the lottery, riding a dolphin, winning a prize, etc.


Saturday, June 25, 2011

birthday celebrations.

Today this little girl is:
8,035 days old.
11,570,400 minutes old.
 192,840 hours old.
1,147 weeks old.
Today she is celebrating the 1st anniversary of her 21st birthday.
Today she is 22.

Friday, June 24, 2011

love/hate

Things I currently have a love/hate relationship with:

1.Technology.
2. Facebook.
3. Junk food.
4. My bangs.
5. Trying new food.
6. The unknown.
7. Love/hate relationships.
8. Summertime.
9. Wind blowing my hair.


according to my calculations....

20 days
22 hours
8 minutes

until......


and now for the feature 'you can already tell what is going to happen'

I hate hate hate that every movie made these days is so stale and easily predictable, you can tell what is going to happen or what the ending is by the time the preview is over...Girl hates nice, sweet guy. Girl is after some P.O.S Dirtbag with a capital D. Girl realizes she was made to be with the sweet guy just as sweet guy is at the airport leaving to his hometown. A few dramatic running scenes through airport. Girl tells sweet guy how wrong she was before and how she wants him. Kiss. Hug. Happily ever after.

There was only ONE movie that I was completely clueless to the ending. And it was (500) Days of Summer.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

happy early birthday, kaleena! love, kaleena.

I bought myself some early birthday presents at Target with no intentions of them being for my birthday til I wanted to justify the reason I bought them. For my birthday! Sure, why not.

 My bikini. It made its debut tonight when I went swimming with my Sister. I was awkwardly lingering on the lawn because that moment when you take off your clothes and reveal yourself in a swimsuit to the people of pool is just so terrible. I waited a solid 15 minutes before I was brave enough. I was kind of hoping for a round of applause for the courage it took, but I guess everyone was too busy swimming.
 Flip flops. Yeah... just flips flops.
A mini skirt! Not just a mini skirt, but the first mini skirt I have ever owned/worn.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

not only the best tv show but the best show on tv.

It's the only show on TV I watch religiously these days.
I mostly love this show because it makes me laugh til I spit out my Mountain Dew and fall off the couch. But I also love it because it isn't a reality show/talent search/singing competition/dating elimination/teen pregnancy.


two summers.

Remember how Summer was the ultimate highlight of the entire year when you were a kid? How all plans and activities revolved around those two and half short months when you didn't have to be trapped at school? After living for twenty-one summers, I've realized I've only had two summers. My childhood summers and adulthood summers.

My summer as a kid was:
+running through sprinklers
+playing kickball
+swimming during the day
+night games with the kids in the neighborhood
+staying up really late and sleeping in late the next day
+eating endless popcicles
+laying in the shade in my front yard with my first BFF.
+sneaking out
+water fights
+crying because someone threw a water balloon a little too hard and a little hard to my face.
+standing barefoot in the street when it was BURNING HOT to see who can stand on it the longest. Ouchie.
+getting a mouthful of water and see who can keep it in the longest without laughing. I always lost first. Surprise, surprise.
+making "scary" home videos with my sisters and neighborhood friends
+watching the "scary" movies and witnessing how non-scary they actually were
+going for very very very VERY long bike rides
+mowing the lawn
+complain about mowing the lawn
+going up to the cabin

My summers now:
+wake up early, go to work
+work
+come home from work

Sigh.  I'll take the first list, please because the second list is as fun as watching someone else watch someone else alphabetize a movie collection that only has seven movies in it.

summer in one photo.

Since today, well ahem, yesterday if you get technical.... but I don't consider it the next day til I go to bed. So anyways, yeah, since today was the first day of Summer, I am sharing this photo that I took tonight.

It looks very summery to me.


COMING SOOOON. I downloaded some new photo apps on my smart phone that I have come [shamefully] overly dependent on and sometimes have an acute case of separation anxiety when it's charging in my bedroom and I'm watching TV in the living room, expect more photos on here.

And we all should be celebrating right now because even though tomorrow is Wednesday, it really is my FRIDAY at work (3 day work weeks are heaven on earth). So like I said, let's celebrate. 

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

ssssooo... this is awkward.

Oh hi Reader, your zipper is down. Ha! You fell for that?

I have a few things I need to make clear.

1. My blog and I aren't going anywhere.
2. I am hungry. My belly is yelling at me. And If i'm hearing it correctly, it is requesting some ham fried rice. Oh pretty, please.
3. I really don't want you think I made that previous, over-dramatic, farewell post just so I could hear "how much I am wanted" or "that you don't want me to go" I am full on aware that's what it came off as. And while that helped me come back, I can tell you, those were very much not my intentions. I mean look at my face, this is the face I pull when I'm not lying. And I would never lie to you, Reader. It also happens to be the face I pull when I want some ham fried rice. I'll be honest too, If I read a post like that on someone else's blog, I would surely think they were needy and wanted to hear that they are loved. I am needy, but that isn't what I was doing.
4. Please look at this cute picture:


Monday, June 20, 2011

the end of the rainbow.

Reader. 
Reader, Reader, Reader.
How many times have I said Reader on this blog?
How many times have I come to 'new post' and sit and wait til words came to me?
How many times have I yelped and ran around the kitchen when I saw I got another follower or a new comment?

Well,
there is only one way to say this to you, Reader.
All good things must come to end, they say.
Just Add Kaleena has come to the end of the bleak rainbow.
I am shuttin' it down. 
Temporarily? For good? I don't know really.

My creativity feels completely suppressed.
And I'm tired of forcing lame excuses for posts.

But knowing how indecisive I can be, there is a great chance I will change my mind in the morning or something, I don't know. I'm already feeling a little bit overwhelmed with regret as I type this.

Bye, Reader. 
I love you. I will always remember you and that thing you showed me that one time.
Please don't forget me.
xoxo

Sunday, June 19, 2011

maybe...

Maybe I listen to one song at a time over and over and over again until I find another one to listen to over and over and over.

Maybe my biggest celebrity crushes are: Bradley Cooper, Harrison Ford, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise, ahem, young Tom Cruise that is.

Maybe I think being 21 has been my favorite age so far.

Maybe I wish it would pour rain 6 out of the 7 days of the week.

Maybe I am already wishing it was Christmas time. Maybe I was when it was March.

Maybe I had McDonald's breakfast two times this weekend.

Maybe I never hang up my clothes in my closet so I have an empty closet full of hangers and a bedroom floor full of clothes piles.

Maybe I want to be living in another state by the time I am 25.

Maybe lately I have been taking full advantage of the free coffee at work. Maybe that means 3-5 cups a day.

Friday, June 17, 2011

it's my birthday (soon) and i'll make wishlists if i want to!

I always have something that I am wanting and make several wishlists. Some are realistic things like cameras and some are things are not so realistic, like a Panda bear. But with my birthday coming up on June 25th, I've been getting asked "well what do you want?" and I end up staring into space cause I wasn't ready for the trick question. I always know what I want until someone asks me and then I have no idea what I want. So I pull the famous adult quote and say 'aw, I don't want you to get me a present' when really that is a lie. Anybody who ever says that is lying! Nobody is going to turn down a birthday gift. It's not like i'm expecting a present, but if you are offering, I will accept it and be grateful.

Now let's check out what made it to my birthday wish list this year (both realistic and non-realistic)

Zach Braff, of course. Zach, if you are reading this cause I know you love and read this blog, please say yes or no in the comment box.  Preferably yes.
 Canon Rebel XS
 Instax Mini 7
 PANDA BEAR
 Peacock earrings. Fake, please.
 Flowers. Any type, really.
 Sewing machine
 St Bernard that I will name Dolly
 VW bus
Cheesecake!!!!
Shoes. Shoes. OHMYGOSH shoes.

and i quote.




"Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted." 
-Sylvia Plath

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

i'm a duck feeder, feeder of the ducks.

I went to Liberty Park tonight for one reason.
I had a loaf of bread I wanted to get rid of before it went moldy.
So, I decided to give that loaf of bread to the ducks at Liberty Park.
It appeared they loved me for it. 
They didn't make eye contact with me, but I think that is their way of saying 'thank you.'
Ducks are adorable. Except for that one that came flying right at me. That one was scary.







Monday, June 13, 2011

dreaming in the avenues.

I took a picture of one of my several favorite dream houses in the Avenues. I walk by them every day I today I decided to take a picture. Isn't that one cute? Reader, I want to live in it. And read and eat breakfast on that little porch. And play with a puppy on that little grass area. And sleep with the windows open. And give people directions to this house.

I didn't know ( I still don't know actually ) if it's okay to take a picture of someone's house without asking, so.... I hid behind a bush in this yard (you can see the bush in the top left hand corner) and stuck my arm out with my camera in it to take a picture. Well, stupid, silly me, I forgot to turn off the flash and BOOM, I light up my dream houses' yard. So I waddled away quickly.

I can be an idiot.


bits of my weekend.

Two things I learned this weekend:
1. If you stare directly into the sunset you will continue to see it for like, two hours after when you close your eyes. It's like mini souvenir. But a dangerous souvenir that will probably cause permanent damage to your eyes.
2. If you don't know what is in old purse I suggest you don't jam your hand in there like there is a full plate of cheese fries waiting to be eaten at the bottom... because there might somehow be a broken picture frame in there and you will slice your finger right on open.

The two sauces in the above picture is ketchup and fry sauce. For those of you not from Utah, fry sauce is... wonderful, just wonderful. It's ketchup mixed with mayo.  It's a Utah thing.




Saturday, June 11, 2011

take a sad song and make it better.

Firstly, I would like to say thank you to those of you sweet Readers who left me a cyber hug and comment. My response to the cyber hugs is a cyber hug back of course, but with no awkward pats on the back because I love you, Reader. In this post here is no 'secondly' so I'm confused too why I started this post with 'firstly'.

I know depression sounds scary and sad but I've been through this hell before and I really am doing okay [most days]. I still can be quite the optimist even in these dark days so with that being said, I look at my depression with opportunity. I'm looking to learn from it. I learn more about myself when I am down in the dumpies and messed up than I do when I'm just happy and content. I think everybody does.

And pssst. I have a secret. I think that people who are "messed up" and "weird" are far more interesting than people who are happy and people who have the perfect lifestyle. People who have a plan, know what they want in life and have it all together are B-O-R-I-N-G. I need something more real than that.

* * * * *

I had big plans to spend some time in the kitchen tonight, Reader. I was going to bake you a couple of red velvet cups cakes, scrub-a-dub a few dirty dishes, clean out that cold box packed with expired food that once used to be a fridge. But no, that bastard spider that ran across my foot while I was standing in front of the sink had other plans. He wanted to ruin my plan. And ruin my plans he did. If you need me, I will be crouching on top of the bookshelf with something long and pointy to fight spiders off with.

My birthday is coming up Reader. *HINT. HINT.*

an almost bedtime story.

Once upon a time, there was a girl who had a birthday in June and was perfect at doing nothing.
 
She was very, very sleepy but sleep ran away from her as she replaced sleep with the Internet and stale thoughts.

She finally makes a conclusion. The conclusion that some people can only exist in a memory, if, at all.

Most days she wants to not work and stay home and read books on her list and have one-women music downloading parties.

She wonders how shows like the pitiful Jersey Shore are still on TV but Arrested Development isn't.

She found out today that she realized that the big dark scary monster beast is back that she thought went away for good three years ago. Depression.


Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I went to A Street and 6th Avenue tonight around 8:10pm and watched the sun go to bed.
I was sitting there alone on the bench.
There was a young couple with a stroller who was fighting to the right of me about 25 feet away,
and 5 girls sitting and laughing on the other bench on the left side of me.
I liked being there alone.

While I was there alone, watching the sun set, I realized two things:
1. I liked that with everything going on around me, I can still just watch the sun set and appreciate it.
2. Even though life is unpredictable and you can't help what happens to you and what doesn't happen to you, you can always rely on the sun rising and the sun setting.

Monday, June 6, 2011

bits of my weekend.

Three things I learned this weekend:
1. At casinos, I guess cleveage becomes a shelf. When I was at the casino, girls had things from packs of cigarettes to cell phones in their cleveage. I even think I saw a book stuffed in there too, and a small plant...
2. If you get home at 9AM from gambling with friends, you will sleep until 3:30pm and feel a mixture of accomplishment and shame.
3. Reading is the greatest escape. Please ignore how cliche and cheesy that sounds.







IN OTHER NEWS:
1. My birthday is in 19 days.
2. Harry Potter 7 part II comes out in 39 days.
3. Cheers to a great week, Reader.