Family time in LBK

Hello everyone.

I've missed writing these past few days.

I've been having some really crazy thoughts

that I thought would make for a really great post,

but life got in the way of me finding the time to writing them down.

Whoops.

I hate it when life does that.

Anyways,

as y'all know my family was here this past weekend.

Originally, my cousin had a volleyball tournament.

But then it worked out that Mom's weekend for ADPi

was also last weekend.

Sometimes timing is just too perfect.

So everyone came.

I showed them campus.

I showed them our ADPi Lodge.

We watched my cousin kick some butt at volleyball.

Her team took silver.

It was pretty cool to watch her play.

She's really great.

{Future Red Raider volleyball?}

Then we had Italian food in a barn.

It was delish.

And I mean really really delicious.

I really loved having them here this weekend.

I wish we could've taken a whole family picture for me to post.

Oh well. Guess it'll have to wait till next time. 

I can't wait for Colorado this summer when we will all be back together.

Have a happy Tuesday everyone.

Brainy says "Nerds Do It Better"

Oh hayy.

I did the little wrist pop thing when I said it, don't worry.

I know you all remember that weird kid you went to high school with

who asked way too many questions and cried when they didn't get the grade they wanted.

Well, say hello to that kid.

That's right.

I'm kind of a super huge nerd.

I may or may not have a shirt in my drawer that depicts Brainy Smurf

saying:

"Brainy says nerds do it better".

I'm that cool you guys. 

Anyways, the point to my admission to being that kid you went to school with is to let you know 

that i'm not skippin out on blogging to go out and do crazy things.

I'm skipping out on blogging to spend my time doing this 

My life is so exciting.

It's beyond words.

PS. ya'll should all go follow me on instagram

@jungnatalie.

Get up on that. 

But this weekend is actually exciting.

Unlike my life.

Ya see, my ENTIRE family is coming.

Mom, brother, aunt, uncle, two cousins, grandma, and grandpa.

I can't wait for them to get here.

(Don't be expecting much out of Lubbock..)

Oh and I'm on my favorite blog in the world.

I'm kind of a big deal.

Keeding.

Mostly.

Have a great weekend muffins.

Oooh now I'm off to go find me a muffin.

And plant a tree.

Story time. Whoop

So guys.

Summer is my favorite and all, but this is a little bit ridiculous.

It's April.

What is this nonsense.

I just realized I haven't ever told y'all my favorite

"I can't believe that really happened" moment.

So that's what I'm going to do right now. 

And trust me, it's a good one. 

You see it all started with Prom.

Before you quit reading, I promise this has very little to do with Prom.

So don't start rolling your eyes yet. 

Here's how it went down:

We did our prom thang.

Ate food, danced, you know the drill.

Then we all hopped in our party bus 

(because, really, what 18 year old doesn't get carted around in a party bus?)

and headed down to our friends beach house in Galveston.

We spent the night there and the next morning went out on the water.

We boated, we swam, we kayaked, and we jet skied.

The usual beach-y activities.

But see here's the deal.

I'd never driven a jet ski before.

The only time I'd been on one I was about 6 months old.

So my experience was a little lacking.

 But the boyfriend, overestimating my abilities, said I could drive.

Obviously, I was way too excited about this.

So I got to driving, and felt a little more confident.

When I looked down, the speedometer said 50 mph.

And I freaked out a little. 

So instead of just letting of the gas a little, I let go completely.

(Sometimes, my judgement amazes me)

Which led the jet ski to jerk to a stop,

throwing us both off the jet ski.

I hit my face on something and he smacked his back.

We were in good shape.

So I reached down to get the key so we could swim back,

only to discover it had flown off of my life jacket.

Now we were in even better shape 

So I swam over to the jet ski which had floated a ways a way by this point,

and then sat on the back and kicked it over to Keegan, who wasn't feeling 

good enough to swim. 

Then I found the "blow-in-case-of-emergency" whistle.

And I blew and blew until Keegan took it away

because he was so angry at the noise. 

We sat on that jet ski for 2 hours

until a stranger came across us and 

towed us back to the house we were staying at. 

Not only was it mildly embarrassing,

It left me as burnt as can be.

Seriously, pants were out of the question for a good 4 days.

Too bad I didn't feel up to snapping a picture of this

to show yall how red I was. 

And there ya have it.

My favorite "I can't believe that really happened" moment. 

It's the little things

Ya know those days when you just think to yourself

"Man, I got it pretty good"?

Well, today was certainly one of those days.

I woke up in a little bit of a funk.

I just wasn't feelin' the day.

But then I got up and got ready.

I went to the ADPi house and spent time with sisters.

I grabbed lunch.

Got a car wash.

I got an email letting me know that the shirt I ordered is on it's way! 

It's this one 

I'm super duper excited for it to get here! 

Then I dropped my charm bracelet off to get my ADPi charm put on.

Went to Target and bought a super cute dress and some new nail polish

I'm thinkin' it'll look super cute with my jean jacket.

Then I grabbed some Starbucks 

and got back to work on my interior design project.

And my mom called to let me know that my boy can come to Colorado with us

this summer as long as his parents agree. 

It wasn't anything special, but days like today remind me that I'm super blessed.

It's the little things in life that make it worth living. 

I love my life and wouldn't change a thing about it.

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

Grown Up Sims

Guys.

This week and I are no longer friends.

For some reason, everything managed to fall this week.

But after this week there are only two weeks left of school.

Which is awesome.

And scary.

Because that means my project is due in two weeks.

Which means I'm behind.

And we just started.

It's an interesting feeling.

Getting behind before you even begin.

I don't like it.

This project, we are taking our apartment floor plans we designed

and turning them into 3D models using Google SketchUp.

It's like playing a grown up version of The Sims.

I love it. 

And I hate it.

All at the same time.

But mostly I love it.

It just gets a little frustrating when drawing baseboards takes 3 hours.

Anyways.

On to pins.

Whoop. 

Peace out chicklettes.

Time to get back to work. 

Fruit Dip

'Sup guys.

I'm not feeling words today.

Instead, I'm feeling

Fruit Dip.

Sometimes called 

"The quickest way to make the healthiest foods fattening". 

Which obviously means I'm going to share it with you.

Because some days we could all use a few extra calories, ya feel me?

At least that was my justification yesterday when I had

a sausage biscuit, a hot dog, and chicken fingers all in 

the same day. 

Feel free to judge me right now.

Anyways, less about my tendencies to eat like an obese child

and more about fruit dip.

It's real simple and real delicious.

Which means I make it a lot. 

Because I'm all about being easy.

(Mom, I promise I didn't mean it like it sounds).

Alright, here goes:

Ingredients:

~1 package of cream cheese

~1 jar of marshmallow fluff.

Directions:

1. Microwave cream cheese for about ten seconds so it's not so solid.

2. Pour entire jar of marshmallow fluff over the entire package of now

mushy cream cheese.

3. Mix em all up.

And you're done.

I told you, it's all about the easy in these parts. 

Enjoy with some delicious strawberries.

And when you run out of fruit, it tastes pretty good on a spoon.

Now get off your lazy butts and go consume about 900 calories worth of this stuff. 

You won't be sorry while you're eating.

Afterwards, well that's another matter.

Letters on Friday

Dear Friday,

Why the heck are you so close to Monday? I spend all week waiting for you to get here only

to realize that in two short days, I'll be waiting again.

You're a constant tease, my friend.

Dear Keegan,

I am glad we got to spend two extra days together.

Dear fish,

I am still way too excited that I caught you.

I've shown the picture of you to basically anyone that would stop and look.

Dear God,

I'm glad you gave me a good sense of humor and the ability to laugh at myself because the number of embarrassing moments or awkward situations I encounter on a daily basis is a little high.

Dear Family,

I'm so excited for you to come see me.

Only two more weeks and you'll all be in Lubbock at the same time. 

Dear Spring Semester, 

Where the heck did you go?

I can't believe it's already half way through April.

I need you to slow down a little bit.

Dear Summer,

I can't wait for you to be here.

So Spring Semester, I'd be ok if you disregard my letter to you and read this one instead.

Dear Ice Cream,

Why are you so delicious?

You know that you hurt my stomach, but you still always find a way to make me eat you.

This is an unhealthy relationship.

I think I need to end it.

But you are so delish.

Dear Teachers,

I know you're trying to prepare me, but giving me a final exam review this early is stressing me out.

Dear Hunger Games,

I loved reading you.

I read all three books in less than 3 days.

The movie was excellent.

Congratulations Hunger Games. 

Dear Life,

When did I get to be in college?

I think you're moving too quickly.

I didn't plan for this to be here so fast.

Sincerely,

Me