burrRRrr.

Right now, our apartment is freezing. I'm not being dramatic or exaggerating.

When I say freezing, I mean you can see your breath (INSIDE) in the morning.
When I say freezing, I mean the pipes are frozen when you turn the water on and you have to wait for the hot water to unfreeze them so water can come out in full force, not just a trickle.
When I say freezing, I mean my shampoo, conditioner, and body wash are all frozen in the bottles.

Very thankful for space heaters, slipper socks, and layers on layers on layers. Mr. Landlord better fix this or I'll scream. But no scream will come out, I will just let my teeth chatter I'll just look like I'm on vibrate mode.



ANNOUNCMENT:
Thankfully my sister called me in time last night to let me a new season of Teen Mom 2 premiered last night. My biggest guilty pleasure of all time. She told me on the phone when I was driving home from the store and let's just say that was the fastest drive home. I didn't want to miss Jenelle screaming at something/anything/everything.

 

nothing worse than car trouble.

On Friday, my car quit working. It was also Friday the 13th. Usually I'm not superstitious, but...............

So my car is the repair shop now, will be ready tomorrow. I hate the feeling of not having a car. The feeling of having to rely on someone else to give you a ride. Ugh.

When my car breaks down... so much more happens then just a bunch of swear words when it won't start.

-I lose my reliable transportation.
-I lose a lot of money going towards fixing it.
-I lose the privilege of driving around in the rain for fun... which is now. It's raining now.

Can I please express my excitement for fall and winter coming up. I really don't enjoy the summer..... like, at all. Everything from the weather to the clothing. I mean, as much as humid head and exotic bugs finding their way in your house is enjoyable, I can't wait for the freezing cold weather. And after all, winter is the official season for hermits. So it's only natural I'm excited for the fall and winter.

expectations vs reality.

What I wish would have happened today:

-Wake up comfortably warm in my bed without a pounding migraine.

-Go to the basketball game.

-Not get my jeans and shoes soaking wet from the snow.

-Go to Barnes and Noble and spend hours browsing the books.

-Walk around town and take pictures of all my favorite places covered in snow.

What really happened: 

-Woke up in my bed all kinds of crazy-sweaty hot with a pounding migraine.

-Went to the basketball game but didn't enjoy it cause of the migraine.

-Got my jeans and shoes soaking wet because of the snow. This is the worst part of winter.

-Didn't go to Barnes and Noble and spend hours there.

-Didn't walk around town and take pictures of all my favorite places covered in snow.

-Went to sushi with my sister.

What is the lesson that we learned by reading the difference between these lists? That migraines DO in fact ruin everything. 

the cons of winter.

Winter is my second favorite season. I like the Winter because:

• The snow.
• I look better bundled up in winter clothes than I do in summer clothes. Take my word for it.
• I think winter clothes in general are cuter. Like scarves, hats, boots, sweaters, etc.
• I don't like Summer heat.
• The holidays.
• Being a hermit is more fun in the cold.
• I just do.

However, there are two very huge things that are really worse than death that cannot be avoided in the Winter. And they are:

My jeans getting wet at the bottoms.

The days when I don't wear boots and the snow/sleet get the bottom of my jeans wet. My days and life feel so miserable when this happens. It leads me to start complaining about everything. Also, as I was Googling that picture, I found out that there is an actual Facebook fan page dedicated to hating when the bottom of your jeans get wet. I'm not alone!

Scraping the snow and ice off my car.

Does this count as a chore? If it does, this is 100% my most hated chore. Life would be complete if I would never have to do this again. 

four things that don't make me mad.

1. These pictures I took this morning.

2. Snow.

3. The weekend.

4. Being warm.

Those four things are basically what is happening right now, so I am happy and not mad.

photos by: me

SNOW yeah, baby.

photo by: me

That is a picture of falling snow and a lamp post.

I was pretty happy to see snow falling from the sky.

We went to a basketball game tonight, and as we were walking out, we saw it had been snowing. 

I caught a snowflake on my tongue.

I love the snow.

Even if it makes my hair go wet, flat and wavy. 

I got to leave work early today. 

Very few things are more pleasing than hearing you get to leave work, a place you don't like spending mass amounts of time, early.

I could be having an awful hair day, have no feet, hungry, wearing soaking wet clothes.. and none of this would matter as long as I would find out that day, I would get to leave work early. 

a weekend i think everyone should experience.

This post is brought you by the girl (me) in the red, thick knitted beanie hat.

I have tragic and disappointing news. My laptop no longer reads my memory card when I insert it, so as of right now, you will never see a picture that I have photographed... again. So, since I cannot show the pictures I took myself, I will just have to explain them and find something similar on Google. Thank goodness for Google.

It snowed on Thursday, and that made me feel pretty happy and I took a picture to remember that day. The snow pretty much looked like this:

Then, that same day, it had the most beautiful sunset. If Gorgeous and Beautiful had a child, it would have been the sunset on Thursday night. The picture I found on Google won't do it justice, obviously.

 Since, my favorite thing to do on a weeknight when it's snowing/raining outside is to cuddle up inside and be warm... I put on my warm cozy, fuzzy socks. Which look a little like this:

Then, on Saturday night, we went out to Wendover. Basically, Wendover is Las Vegas' forgotten step brother who has to live under the stairs and do the chores nobody wants to do. We sat and played the blackjack tables and I turned five bucks into............ 118 BUCKS. You read that right, Reader.... 118 BUCKS!! I am basically a millionaire now. While we were out there, I was invited to a party by a... man. Room 311. I said no.

In conclusion, this weekend ROCKED! I'm pretty sure I haven't used that phrase since I was in 5th grade, but that just goes to show how awesome this weekend was. Still wish I could upload my own photos though....

meanwhile on 2nd ave...

Reader. I am the best. And I'm about to tell you why.

Well, last night, a big, mean, brutal headache snuck up on me and... basically dominated me. I had a hard time falling asleep. I know, that has nothing to do with why I am the best.

But. This morning, (even though my head was still throbbing when I woke up) I stepped out of my warm nest that doubles as a bed early. Steve, being the handsome scholar he is, was getting ready for school.. I went out and scraped the 6 inches of snow and ice off his car.

Aren't I the best? Steve: you are welcome.

i live in utah and like the winter.

I like Winter.

I do not like when you are driving while it's snowing and after you come to a stop and open the door and step out... the snow from on top of the car, drops down right on your shoulder and goes all down your shirt. Boooo!

what did you do at work today?

I started my work day by crawling.. CRAWLING on all fours over a snow pile to get into my office building. I wish this was a joke. Oh, and I was carrying a cake too. Do you ever wonder how I get myself into these situations Reader?

Shortly after I was struggling on all fours on a heap of snow, I found myself quietly whimpering at my desk with wet knees, pink hands and a face plasterd with snow flakes and shame.

Besides crawling over snow piles, I got 18 free dollars at work today. However, I'm not going to share how because you will think I am a terrible human being and say I'm going to Hell on a rocket. I didn't steal or hold anyone at gun point or anything, let's just say... there was a misunderstanding with said cake. My first thought when I got the 18 bucks wasn't to buy lunch (even though my stomach was yelling at me), early Christmas presents, or 18 jr. bacon cheeseburgers. My first thought was to lay out the 3 five dollar bills and and 3 one dollar bills and roll around... roll around and laugh evily. You do that when you have a lot of money, right?

i like snow.

Utah is getting a large blizzard tonight. The news people are calling it, Utah Blizzard 2010. But I call it Snowmageddon 2010.

Reader, I am sick. I've been sick since late Sunday night. Not the type of sick where I start...er... continue to write my will and start thinking, this will be my last Thanksgiving; but the sick where when I cough it feels like someone is shredding my lungs with a cheese grader and  pumping my sinuses up with a bike tire pump.

Then, after work yesterday, Steve and I went to the grocery store and got some Theraflu, Cold-eeze, and a Neti Pot. My plan was to murder this cold, destruction!! So far, so great. For once it's:

Evil Satan Cold: 0 Kaleena: 1

Today I am thankful for:

+ Theraflu, the Neti Pot and Vitamin C.

+ My puffy white vest with green and brown stripes at the top.

+ This insane blizzard! So many snow angles will be made, it will be phenomenal.

+ Phone call from a best friend.

+ Having Steve as a boyfriend and roommate.