In Recent News...

Joey and I start school in a few weeks, and I am STOKED. Things are great right now. I finally feel like things are coming together for me this year. I got a promotion at work and am now behind the bar, which will help me financially big time. This way I can save more money for Joey and I to do fun things this year (when we have the time)! I also am going to start dwindling down my obligations. I love all of my friends. However, they can be demanding and are usually looking to do things that no longer really spark my interest. I am trying to make a change from the inside out and live a happy peaceful life. I want to stay close with my girls, but I also feel like the more time I spend around them, the harder it is to change. I don't want to be remembered for being a mean girl or a bully. Or the chubby girl that got hot. I want to be known for who I am now and the things I want to accomplish. I have been making healthier choices food wise too. I have Joey to really thank for that. I just think that living an active lifestyle and focusing on myself and my future is what I need to do. I have Hillary's wedding coming up in October, which I am looking forward to. However, I think that until then I will be focusing on myself and school. Rachel leaves in September. I will miss her! A lot! However, I am excited for her to finally be where it is she wants to be, with whom she wants to be with. I also am looking forward to making our house more of my home. I still feel like I am just living in someone else's house because it is all of her stuff. I have been thinking about starting an organization. Non-profit. I want to do something bullying related targeted at so-called "mean girls". Of course it will be open to all young females, but all in all moves in the direction of women treating other women with respect instead of always competing. I don't know. Just and idea! I will have to start living by that though, I suppose ;) Until next time readers. Which...I believe I have none. Haha!

Oh the opportunity.

Joey and I have been thinking about where we would like to end up after we are finished with school. I have been set on Oregon for sometime now and am really excited to show Joey Portland. I love the fact that the Northwest is just tucked up in a little corner, away from it all. Living in Phoenix for 8yrs has shown me what there really is to know about the southwest...and Southern California. It's hot. It's blonde. It's conservative. It's busy. It's big. It's hot. I love the friends I have made, and that my teen years were full of laughter, experience and memories. However, I have been realizing that I miss living somewhere where there is diversity, family, change in weather...and the decriminalization of marijuana. Joey is from Colorado so essentially he loves Denver, especially the Fort Collins area. Loveland is actually really beautiful and it is right next to FC. I could see myself being happy in Colorado. Basically because it also has diversity, family, change in weather...and the decriminalization of marijuana. My dad is from Denver, and although the Military took him to Texas, he still has brothers and sisters in Colorado. I got to see them recently and it was awesome! Bottom line, we both really don't want to be stuck in Arizona. We also want to travel the world...but one life changing moment at a time. ;)

Life as I know it...for now.

Today is my second day off in a row and I am so thrilled with the fact I can do nothing and be completely alone. Working two service jobs at two different fine dining facilities in the greater Tucson area can prove to be exhausting. At least one of them I get to be around some of the best people I have ever known. As school gets closer and closer to starting I get more and more excited. I don't know if it's because Joey will be in classes with me this semester, or if I just am staring to realize that I can't be in restaurant industry for much longer. I feel like this industry consumes me day in and day out, and I can no longer answer to the requests made by Tucson's cranky elderly population and the Foothills' snobby white collar ass holes. I do feel, though, that my experience with these jobs has prepared me for situations that college never will. They say your "20 somethings" are supposed to be your selfish years; to travel, be independent, experience new things, and trip on lots of crazy psychedelics. I am using these years to take my time and walk through these tribulations with my best friend and boyfriend. Together we are an amazing team; and well this blog is basically just going to be a little scrapbook of all the super bad ass things we do in the time we have left of these very best years.