Going Short!

It had been about 7 months or so since my last haircut. I have really enjoyed having long hair. I would say I was pretty attached to it. After getting a lot of advice and looking at lots of pictures I decided that is was time for a change.

I went from this...



to this after losing about 8". I wish I would have taken a picture of the floor when she was done cutting. My hair lady was even surprised there was so much on the floor.

I am still getting used to it and I miss the long hair, but I think it's a good change.

I like it.

Happy 24th to Me!!!

On September 16th not only was it Mexican Independence Day, I celebrated my 24th birthday!!!

I took the day off work which in itself made for a great day.

I got to wake up without an alarm. I started the day off with washing my car. It really needed a bath.

Then I took a trip to one of my favorite places ever... The Beach!!!!
It was such a beautiful day. I couldn't pass up the chance to spend a few hours there. The beach was pretty empty.






I did make a few new friends.

These seagulls. They waited for me to go put my feet in the water before they decided to check out my bag and see what they could find. It was their lucky day because i hadn't finished my grapes. They thought they were pretty good. Silly birds.

On my way home from the beach I stopped by Disneyland to see my friend Grace. She was celebrating her half birthday. We hung out at CA Adventure.



We learned how to draw Tiger- Yes I drew that. Not so great, but they don't give you an eraser.




I went out to dinner with these wonderful people. I love my parents. They are awesome. It has been fun being back living at home. I am glad they haven't kicked me out yet because I think I might be here for awhile.

After dinner I went to Institute before coming home to have cake and ice cream with Mom, Dad, and friends. Mom made me a delicious ice cream cake-(chocolate cake, strawberry ice cream, with cool whip frosting)

It was so good!!!! Thanks Mom!

I blew out all 24 candles (my lungs are still good)



Here are some of the people who came to celebrate

And Thanks Darci- Love this girl!!

If my birthday is any indication of how this year is going to shape up I am looking forward to a wonderful year!!!

Attack of the Killer Hornets

So I was sitting at my desk yesterday at work and I look up and notice that something didn't belong. About 2' above the door frame to my office was this abnormally huge giant hornet. (Wikipedia says that hornets can grow up to 2.2" long. This one was should have been inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records. It was pushin' the 2.2" mark.)

When I got my heart to start beating again, me and the hornet had a stare down. It won. I picked up a few things and walked out the door as quickly as I could. It was watching me the whole time- his head moving as I did. Really- It was creepy.

Thankfully the owner was in the office yesterday and he ended up killing this mother of all hornets. I think this must of upset or caused concern for the other members of the colony because an hour later I look down at my leg and there is one of its friends making itself comfortable on my knee. Yes- the hornet was on my leg. Thankfully I decided to wear a pair of my think jeans yesterday. But don't worry I freaked- I jumped up and down a few times and of course let out a little scream and after a little dance with the hornet, I triumphed and he fell to his death. Sorry Mr. Hornet- you should have stayed outside.

After a little investigation we discovered there to be 2 nests outside my office door. One about 1" in diameter and another once just starting to form.

Well I get into work this morning and those 2 nests are still hanging pretty right where I left them yesterday. Thankfully one of the guys from the field came in this morning and was very concerned for my safety. After he took a quick look around he discovered that not only were there 2 nests there were 6 that he could see. He went to Home Depot and bought some spray. After returning to take care of the hornet problem, he came into the office to tell me all the hornets had been obliterated. Oh and there were not only 6 nests, but 10+ hornet nests mostly being in the 2" diameter category.

oh how I wish my camera was working- the pictures on google images just wouldn't do them justice.

Really I can't make this stuff up.


---Side note: The payroll company did not process our checks again today. Any one know of someone who is hiring???