HAHAH.

awwww <3

Blogging...

I like blogging. But I don't know how to do a lot of things on this website...

Makes me feel like a newbie.

Fact:

The oldest piece of chewing gum, discovered in Finland, is at least 5,000 years old.


Quote: "NO, I'm out of facts! Unless I start from June. ;)"

Code Red

I'm sitting here in the dark listening to Brianne McGuire read facts out of her assignment notebook.

Man, I love code reds. <3

p.s. anyone know if this is for real?

I'd like it if you stayed.

Bad days.

Everyone has them... Mine was yesterday. Everything seemed to be going wrong. I found out I had 3 tests that I wasn't ready for. A huge spanish exam, which was longer than I had anticipated... It was rainy outside on top of that, which generally makes everything worse. Especially when you have to stand out in the pouring rain and wind waiting for your mom to come pick you up, so that you can make it to work on time. So, I got home and made myself a chai tea and some pasta... thinking that would make it better. And it did! For a while. Then I got to work, which wasn't so bad... Just slow. And boring. But then I went and watched Pretty Little Liars! <3 Which does generally make everything better; except at the end I realized that it was the last show of the spring season and I would have to wait a couple months to ever watch it again... which was a bummer.

When I was done procrastinating, I started my homework... and my brother came up and decided it would be a good idea to breath down my neck asking ME to move so that HE could check his precious facebook... He wondered why I yelled at him so much. And after ALL of that I found that my cute little devil cat chewed through my phone charger... sweet. That ended up just being the icing on the cake and I found myself crying on the phone to my boyfriend who was so sweet and listened to every word. It was only after I talked to Cam that I calmed down and was able to get to sleep...

I don't know what I'd do without him. But today I woke up to Electric Avenue, read my bible, and started off the day right thanks to a cinnamon sugar bagel with strawberry cream cheese from Kaitlyn McCrary. Today will be better.

This is the last angry blog for a while, I promise.

Things I hate:

1. Bad hair days.

2. Precalc tests.

3. Any type of test...

4. Rude customers at Rosati's.

5. Speeding tickets.

6. Hidden baggage fees.

7. Infomercials that lie to you.

8. People that can't wait their turn at an intersection.

9. When I can't play Angry Birds on my Mom's iPad, because the internet is mysteriously down.

10. The interference on the speakers of my computer when I get an incoming text message.

11. B+'s... can't you just give me the A?

12. Stress.

13. Headaches.

14. How I can't hit "enter" for a new number, I have to click the spot underneath...

15. Waiting.

16. Sharing a bathroom with my brother.

17. Taking the bus.

18. Taking the bus.

19. Taking the bus.

20. Pessimistic people...

So I decided to add this link to my blog, so that I feel a little happier inside. 

Finals week...

Can someone wake me up when it's over?

Vacations;

As of right now, all I can think about is vacation since I am leaving for Mexico in t-minus 6 days. Needless to say I am SO EXCITED. I started getting spoiled with family vacations when I was just able to walk... We went to Marco Island, and from the looks of the pictures we took, it was pretty fun! The first vacation I remember taking was to Jamaica, where I got stung by a jellyfish :( I can't even tell you the order anymore, but after that vacation we had been to The Dominican Republic twice, Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, and Marco Island again. Also, South Carolina one year with the whole entire fam.

I loved all of the vacations, and the best part about them were the memories with my family that I get to reflect on now that I'm older. Especially for the vacation to Cancun that we went on with my whole family in order to give my aunt a good memory before she was taken from us by cancer. I would consider that vacation one of the best. There's nothing I love more than vacation with my family... And I just hope one day I'll be able to give my family such great memories. <3

Me and daddy in the DR

It doesn't look that high, but I was freaking out.

Fiesta Cancun!

This weekend my boyfriend and I celebrated our 6 month by going out to eat, and going for a walk at Lapham Peak. The walk was freezing and we were both starving by the end of it, so we just had to decide where to go. The restaurant list was endless, and neither of us could decide what exactly we wanted. It started with The Delafield Brewhaus, but then we realized that neither of us had enough money for that and an acceptable social life. Then we thought about Burke's Lakeside, but neither of us wanted steak (weird i know). Finally, we settled on The Pacific Bistro, since we were close to Delafield anyways. We got there and there was a wait for a table, so we sat down at the bar and looked at the menus... It took about 3 minutes for me to decide that I didn't like anything on the menu, and decided that I didn't want Cam to spend all of that money on a place I didn't even know if I'd like. 

So, off we went to the new Fiesta Cancun; and we could not have made a better choice. I loved it, and it was much better than the old Fiesta restaurant. There was even a Mariachi band playing at the tables for people while they ate... It was fantastic. Needless to say, it was a great experience, and the food was awesome. I'll definitely be going back.

At Lapham Peak

Cam and I before we stuffed ourselves.

Can't live with 'em... Can't live without 'em.

Over the years, I've had a lot of different friends. There were my friends at Drought School, out in Racine. My friends at Richmond School, out in Merton. And of course, the friends from all points in my life that were my friends... but not really my friends. 


Don't get me wrong, I still have great friends from all of those places, and they're awesome. But I would have to say that my group of girlfriends right now have had the biggest impact anybody has ever had on me.

Abby came first, and she has been there through a lot, so she gets first dibs on a paragraph. I love her, she definitely understands where I'm coming from and knows exactly what makes me tick. She knows how I feel, even when I don't. I can be very disagreeable, and she definitely puts me in my place when need be. She's probably the only person that I have ever been comfortable enough with to go over to her house just to read cosmo and take a nap while she cleaned her room. Last summer with Abby is one that I will never forget and I'm so happy that she has been there to listen to all of my stupid problems that seem so important now, but in reality... aren't all that important. No matter where I am in my life I will always have time to go get an Arizona and drive around with the windows down listening to the "Mmmmmm, Ahhhhhh <3" Cd that we dedicated to ourselves.

Then there's Tori and Brooke. I'm gonna talk about these two crazy girls at the same time, since I feel that they made the same amount of impact in my life. Every time I see them, I'm smiling. They're both very upfront, and very opinionated, but at the same time you can tell that they actually care. (Even though you know that sometimes when you walk out of the room, they're immediately giving their opinions about your issues to each other). I met Brooke on awkward circumstances, but I would never change anything about the first time we hungout, because it just gives us a very funny story to laugh about with each other. Tori was scared of me the first time she met me, because apparently I'm scary? Doesn't make sense, but now I understand since I know her. Tori has been a huge impact in my life, and I absolutely love spending time with that girl, because we know exactly when enough is enough... even though I rarely, if ever, get sick of her. We've become very good friends, if not best friends, over the past school year, and I'm so glad I met her because I know I wouldn't be the same "Jo" that I am today if I hadn't.

Then, of course, there's Tay. She's the bubbliest of the group (minus Abby, on occasion) and she always brings a smile to my face. From what I've seen and experienced through knowing this little bundle of fun, it's that she's not only exciting and adorable every freaking day... she's also very understanding and a great friend to talk about your problems with. I'm really glad that she got sick of her other friend group and came to hangout with us, because our group would be missing an essential part if she hadn't.

It's safe to say that I love all of these girls more than anything and I just felt that they deserved a nice first post of my blog, to show them how much they do actually mean to me. We're just a group of fatties, who use words like "fat asians" in place of the swears... other people are confused by us, but honestly; I wouldn't have it any other way.

One of our favorite photos together. note: this was before Tay .

A beautiful display that describes us so well. (minus B)