Another Rushed Lunch Post

I am bad at this... Can I just tell you how nuts the last few weeks have been? Meetings on meetings on meetings. Like seriously, I think it was last week (they all are starting to blur together) we had 2 consecutive days of solid 8 hr. meetings. Those are so draining, but then again really yummy free lunch haha. I guess this was 2 weeks ago, but on Wednesday we had my entire team in town (some of our team members work remote and out of state) so as a team we went bowling and brought a cake for my manager’s birthday! It was a lot of fun! My momma came as my plus one it was awesome. We basically got the same score, but sadly enough we both really stink at bowling. It was really awesome that she came and got to meet my team and we were able to spend time together. Ever since I moved out I hardly see my family any more. That is not their fault, their door is always open, but you know how it is, life gets crazy. 

of course my character has pink hair,

Last weekend we had a crazy complicated course that turned into a hot mess. So, combined on Saturday and Sunday I worked 6.5 hours, all over time. It was cool to be able to help my manager out. Plus, the extra money was definitely a bonus! We finally got things resolved and it actually helped lead to a new pilot process that could help our new university wide project. I didn’t do anything significant, just enough to help, but it still felt cool to have the chance to. Have you noticed that all I ever talk about is my dog, my job, and basically that’s it… I need a life… So, letting my inner nerd out, I’ve been starting to make time to play World of Warcraft, what’s funny is today at work I was talking to a co-worker, and we have a team IM chat, and I had asked her a question in it, when I went to follow up on it in a private chat I lead with “hey did you see what I posted in guild chat” without even batting an eye… After sending it and feeling like an idiot I realized maybe I play too much lately haha.

I’m trying to think of exciting things to tell you. Or even just normal not dog/work things… Oh! So I re-registered my car last week (Can you believe it’s been a year since I got it?) Anyway, it cost $212 to register! It’s a good thing I had savings which it basically drained (I have issues saving, I’m bad at it) Point is, that I was shocked. I had NO IDEA it would cost so much. Apparently in 2 years it will go down but still… So the weather lately has been sunny and warm, I’m talking early to mid-70’s. Yay early summer! I am so antsy and excited to start hitting up the mountains with Clary and hiking. Personally I feel like hiking is my escape from reality. No cell service, just me, my dog, and nature (sounds like a bad country song) Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be really warm, so I might try get up the canyons then. It sounds cheesy, but I can really use some clarity and mental recharging. Ah, nature!

I was realizing today just how much I miss my family, and especially my baby sister. Can I just tell you that I have the coolest sister in the world? For being 9 years younger than me, sometimes she acts more mature than me. When I lived closer we used to hang out more. Go for drives, spend too much money at the mall, and of course lots of girl talk. My mom is good for that too. It’s “silly” to some, but my mom and my sister are my best friends. Sometimes I’m not sure they realize how much they do for me. My dad too, my dad likes to randomly send me texts telling me he’s thinking about me, that he loves me and hopes I’m having a good day. Those are my absolute favorite. I guess what I’m trying to say is my family is cooler than your family.  Have a good week all!

I'm a Slacker

I know I know... I should have had a post up by now. Let's just say it was a very distracting week. But lets get to the birthday festivities. This post is going to have a lot of pictures mixed with not a lot of typing. So, on my birthday I spent it with some friends. We went to Cafe Rio and had dinner. Didn't get a pic with everyone but here is one with Becky, Joss, and me. Cafe Rio is my favorite restaurant. like ever. So after dinner we just went home. It was fun the kids had bought me a few present that were super cute and thoughtful. And they made me wear this birthday hat thingy. No pics of that one though because I said the second the camera's came out the hat was coming off. Yep, Allie is a party pooper. 


Next Sunday was my party with my family day! It was SO much fun. I think my sister might have been more excited than I was (which is hard to do ;P) It's official I'm pretty dang old. Okay, not really, but it feels that way some times. We had an amazing dinner, all I wanted was an omelet (since I'm a vegetarian) and they bought really nice steak for everyone else. My little brother Daniel even came up from Provo to be there. My parents really went above and beyond to make this day special for me. Since my beats headphones basically bit the dust, and my mom knows how important music is to me. my mom got me an awesome new set of headphones which I use... well... all the time. :) then as you see from the picture I got a really Delicious cake. I'm serious it was REALLY good. Emma picked it out. She has good taste. While we ate and spent time together we got onto World of Warcraft a bit and played together, and We also watched Big Hero 6.  It's a good movie for those who haven't seen it. I had a lot of fun at my parents house. I'm very grateful they threw that party for me. I would happily say that this year my birthday was a success. Even if it did snow... Always does lol.

This is Emma. isn't she cute? Speaking of my cute sister if you haven't seen her new video here is the link. Go watch it, and comment on it :) she is truly amazing. Her superpower is singing, not mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zko_fdkl4h0 Now. I have some sad news for everyone. I am fighting my best to stop it, but currently my plant Gwen is on life support. I'm trying to save her, but no promises. The other two are just fine. It's only Gwen. Plus while my friend Sonia is on vacation I've been charged to keep her 3 plants alive too. So I've got 6 plants under my care... No pressure or anything right? I feel like I haven't talked about last week at all, but nothing really happened.

There is only 1 thing to note from that one. Allie=Blonde now. My friend Chelsea is in beauty school. What can I say, I'm always willing to help a friend out and let them mess around with my hair. Now, don't get me wrong, I trust her with my hair, but signing a waiver saying they are not held reliable for any mistakes and I can't sue freaked me out. I was extremely worried about how it would turn out, but she did a great job, and overall I love it. Those are really the only highlights of me week. It was fairly boring. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!