SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!

I am writing my first blog post as a 21 year old! Woohoo! I am gettin up there in the years ;) This week has been full of adventures and excitement and some funny things. To begin, Frisbee got married!!!!! YEAHHHHH!!! You could see the joy on his face and Gma's and everyone's who was there. It was a glorious day! I went shopping with Ma for my birthday too. I found a cute maxi dress, a couple skirts, sandals, and a pair of flats. Hopefully all this stuff I will be able to wear for my internship. It was fun to have Ma here and be able to do things with her. She even got to see us play basketball!!!! Woot woot! We are now in the quarter finals of tournament! I WANT A T-SHIRT SO STINKIN BAD!!!!! 

Well, I turned twenty one on Tuesday, so you should probably hear the story because it's pretty epic and multiple people told me that my face made it totally worth it....soooo, here it is:

Hawaii wanted to take me to get dessert for my birthday celebration. That sounded fun and all, but honestly, I kind of wanted a party. I told Karrah that and she said I should just go along with what Hawaii plans. I ate lunch with Karrah and HerMan, and Karrah told me that she thought the dessert was just going to be a girl thing, so I went a long with it. Wouldn't you? Hawaii kept telling me how we could do something on the weekend, like broomball and I just agreed even though I didn't really care for the idea...anyways, after dinner group, I leave with Hawaii, Karrah, and Leese to go to Sammy's for pie shakes. MMMMMMM, I got a delicious shake and was almost to the bottom and Hawaii says we have to go back to the apartment to get a textbook for a girl in her class. She received a phone call and said we'd be there in about five minutes. Karrah seemed pretty disgusted that we had to leave to get a stinkin textbook. I agreed with her dismay. We start walking up to my apartment and we plan what to do the rest of the evening. We get to the top and a neighbor comes out and wishes me a happy birthday. I say thank you and we continue to the door. Hawaii had put her key in and dropped her water bottle and so I just decided to open the door since she was probably looking for her friend. I opened the door and SURPRISE!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!  I screamed and jumped back out of the door frame! There were probably at least thirty of my friends in my apartment shouting happy birthday. Bama had set herself in the perfect location for pics but then I jumped back so she missed the surprised look...her pic shows an empty doorway. Haha, my heart was pounding. They had scared me so bad that I didn't even know what to say. The lit the candles and I blew all twenty one of the out. :) Much better than on Sunday when I couldn't even blow ten out. We continued to party all night long and we had two cakes, ice cream, chips, dip, pretzels, licorice...all sorts of yummy food. I have wonderful roommates who fake phone calls and texts and amazingly didn't spill the beans before the party. I had absolutely no idea. I am impressed with all who kept it secret. I was literally scared and surprised when I opened that door. Homey was there taking pictures and so I thought he might have gotten some good ones, but he said he was laughing so hard they are mostly pictures of my legs. Hhaha, I think my surprised look will be a mystery to me forever but a legend to all who saw it. I am glad I could make some people happy, they made me happy, that is for sure. 

I hope you enjoyed this story. It was a very happy birthday! I even got to talk with all of my family. The best!!!!! 

Well, peace out.

-the tall girl

p.s. watch general conference : lds.org/generalconference

With 11 Seconds to Spare

What a fantastic week this has been! I got a letter from Dillydog and and email from Alps. Both were awesome letters. Alps gave me the biggest confidence boost ever and Dillydog gave me a great contact that I can talk to. This contact is doing exactly what I want to do when I grow up....train leaders of businesses. Saweet! Both of these two men brought big smiles to my face. I have a couple funny stories, but I am going to keep them short because I need to get to bed.

Nummer Een (that's Dutch)

This story actually happens to me about every day. In the TNRB on campus, they have electric sinks in the bathrooms. You just put your hands in and water comes out...amazing right?...This is a problem though. Now, every time I walk into a restroom I stick my hands under the faucet and I just stand there. It takes me a couple seconds to realize oh, this isn't automatic...oops. I hope I make the people who see me do this laugh, I laugh at myself. 

Nummer Twee

So, Hawaii and I got a couple Redbox movies this past week. She wanted me to celebrate doing well on an exam, so I agreed to watch the movie. I had never been to a Redbox before and I just watched like a little kid and learned how it worked. So, the day came for us to return it. It had to be returned by 9 PM. It was about 8:53 PM. Hawaii and I jump into the car and she says, we'll just go to the corner market because it is faster. As we are rushing over there, I ask for instructions on how to return it. She tells me the Redbox is to the right as you enter the door and you just put the movie back where it comes out. So, we pull up and it is 8:59 on my cellular device. I hopped out of the car, ran inside and turned to the right. That is where it was supposed to be! But, I just see the cashier. I look at her with probably a look of desperation and gasp, where is the Redbox???? She says, around the corner by the Subway. I run/shuffle over there. I am wearing shoes that don't have very much traction...kind of scary to be running on tile. I run around the corner and of course there are people. I hurriedly squeeze by and weave in and out of them and arrive at the Redbox. I start trying to shove the movie into the little box! It will not go!! So, I keep pushing...and it still will not go. I start looking at the screen as I am pushing and I see a return button! I quickly press it and start shoving the DVD back into the receiver. Of course it took time to register the whole thing and I finally got it into the machine. PHew! I was hoping it would say Congratulations! Or something to tell me that I made it back on time, but I had no idea. I calmly and innocently walked back to the car and proceeded to tell Hawaii about my mishaps. She was basically rolling with laughter. I think the picturing of me doing it was just too funny. We got back to the flat and she looked up online to see if it had charged her for an extra day. The time said 9:00:49. I had 11 seconds to spare before it turned 9:01:00 and charged her for another day! YEah! :)

So, those are my adventures of the week. I hope you enjoy them.

Peace out.

-the tall girl

p.s. we won our first round of bball 60-17...no big deal...

The Star Stretch

Another week has flown by! I can hardly believe how fast time is flying. On Monday it felt like summer, and right now as I am typing, snow is falling from the sky! I knew the beautiful weather was too good to be true. It was a nice break from the cold though. Well, I have quite a few funny stories, so you better put your seat-belt on so you can enjoy the ride.

Numbero Uno - the star stretch

On Sunday, we had a Priesthood/RS dinner. They beat us in HTeaching stats, so we had to make them dinner. They brought dessert, and we enjoyed chatting. Eventually, they started to put the chairs and tables away. I was enjoying sitting and admiring the happenings. Hawaii and I decided we didn't want to leave, so we sat in our chairs until everyone had finally left. Many times they asked if they could take our chairs, but we didn't really want them to...we were capable of putting them away. 

When everyone had gone, I decided to show Hawaii the star stretch. You lay on your back and you spread your feet and arms out. It relaxes basically every muscle in your body. So, she hopped down with me and we were laughing and we thought it would be super funny if someone walked in and saw us. Welllll....my thoughts came turned to real life. In walked Bishop. Yep, he came in and saw us, and we all busted up laughing. He had come to see if there was any food left and he just found Hawaii and I lying on the floor. We all laughed, I think it made his day. 

Numbero Dos

In my iSYS class, I sit by Clark. We have a grandeo time by talking and laughing throughout the class. One day he looked at me and asked, "So, what is your real name?...Catherine..." I said, no it is Kitt or you can call me Kittrisha. He laughed and said, "What, are your parents black?" Hahaha, no, no they are not...

Numbero Tres

Finally, Wednesday night, I had just finished drinking some chocolate milk. We were just chillin after institute. Hawaii came up behind me and and put her arms around me. I raised my arm to put it around her, but my cup tipped and there was still a little bit of chocolate milk in it...slash...onto her glasses and forehead. Oops. Laughter continued and I felt terrible, but it was hilarious. Good times my friend, good times.

Well, that is about it from here at Cougar College. Livin life and lovin it.

Peace out.

-the tall girl

Everyone's Hopes and Dreams for Me

I got an internship!!!!! Woohoo! I am so excited, and I will begin work in May and then continue through November. It is going to be great. I was working through a lot of the logistics today and every time I complete one thing I get excited all over again. That is a very good sign. We lost our waterpolo game this week, so we are out :( Luckily, I still have a chance at winning basketball! Woo! I don't know when our first game is, but I am excited. We are in the middle division so I think we have a good chance. Well, on to the funny stories because that's what is fun for me to write and you to read. 

This first story is more or less just look at this picture: 

Here you see my notes for business law. Is it a question that I am not doing well in the class? ;) Just kidding, this was just one little part of one day. I was falling asleep as I was writing, and you can see it kind of becomes unclear what I am actually trying to write down so I can remember....that's a problem when you begin to read over notes to study for exams.

NEXT!!! 

At institute a couple weeks ago, Vanceypoo attended. Oh, it was so glorious to see him! I was so excited when I got there, I gave him a big hug and throughout the lesson we made side comments and he put his arm around me...like any loving cousin would do. I chatted with him afterwards and enjoyed the refreshments as well. I was so happy I got to spend some time with him. 

On Sunday, BroWall came up to me and asked with a little twinkle in his eye, "Who was that you were with at institute?" I replied with a laugh and an explanation describing Vanceypoo as my awesome cousin. BroWall was so disappointed! He told me that he had gone home and told SisWall that I had a boyfriend and they were both SOOOOO excited! (Here is where the title of my post comes in). He was sure upset that I wasn't dating anyone, he claims me to be his favorite person. Don't we all wish haha. He was mostly embarrassed because he had to go home and tell SisWall that it was just my cousin.

Last one for the week:

To conclude, I will just give a little follow up the visit to the G-Parents. G-ma is a little overwhelmed with her new computer. I think it is actually a little terrifying for her. We tried to turn off the touch pad, and that wouldn't work. It is Windows 8 so S-Dog had to help her understand that. UDee bought a super intense printer instead of just purchasing a simple one...so that confused and overwhelmed G-ma too. We woke up Sunday morning and G-ma says to us, "I don't know what I did, but I pressed a button and the printer just started printing colored pages!" She was referring to the print head alignment pages. Oh, that made me laugh so hard. Of course she really has no idea what she pushed, so we just had to laugh and basically she shouldn't every press anything unless she is printing an envelope. Oh dear. S-Dog might have gotten a lot of calls this week for service.

Well, that wraps everything up. I hope you get a giggle or two from this. 

Peace out.

-the tall girl

Buy a Stranger a Coke

Week full of interviews, school, assignments, tests, chatting, loving life....awesoemness as always. I did play basketball for a couple hours last Saturday. I was so sore and tired after that! Oh, I was exhausted and kind of disgusted with myself that I was so tired. I used to do two hours of basketball day after day. I must be gettin old. I will be turning 21 in less than a month. Yep, must be old. ;) Just kiddin. So, I do have a couple funny stories...

So, after this intense workout of mine, I went to the neighbors for a crepe party. I showed up and didn't really expect to see many people I knew. Homey was there and Bernard. Then, on the couch was a TA from Econ 110. What??? Haha, I recognized him immediately, but it is that awkward I don't know if he recognizes me. That was a long time ago....almost a year. So, I just kind of don't acknowledge him. After a while, he is sitting by me and he turns and asks, "Are you in any of my classes?" Haha I laughed and said, I know you from Econ 110. I took it last winter semester. He laughed and we made the connection and then it was small econ talk and then we actually introduced ourselves. Haha yay for knowing people. I am glad he did remember me. 

Another....I had to buy a 'coke' for a stranger and give it to them. It didn't really have to be a coke, so I bought a Powerade for a stranger. I didn't know who to give it to, so I just carried it around with me everywhere for most of today. Still not giving it to anyone. Finally, I was with Bernard and Homey and we had just finished playing wallyball. They said, oh give it to that guy. So, I chased after him and ran as fast as I could and hollered, "Do you want a Powerade?" He turned and said flat out no. I was very disappointed. I said, please, you have been working out and you need to restore energy to your body. He said, no thanks. I said, are you sure, there is nothing wrong with it. He said, no give it to someone else. I couldn't believe it. Who would turn down a Powerade. So, I had to try again. Once again, this girl was walking out of the women's locker room and I could tell she had just gone swimming and so I chased after her and asked, "Do you want a Powerade?" She looked super surprised and kind of pleased but said, "Why, don't you want it?" I pulled the same, no there is nothing wrong with it, I just want to treat you to a Powerade. You just worked out and it will restore your electrolytes and stuff." She looked so happy and said thank you. It was quite an adventure. I have never been so happy to be-rid of a Powerade. I even got her my favorite kind, so it was a sacrifice. Great day.

Now, I am off to the G-parents. This is a spontaneous trip, and I am going with S-dog. We are delivering a computer to them and we will be training them on how to use it. Hahaha, it'll be an adventure.

Peace out.

-the tall girl

Do you want my parking spot?

My goodness gracious, it is March already. I can't believe it! I will tell one story that is maybe funny, but here are some pictures of my recent life adventures....being in a musical. We did 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, it was awesome and so much fun! Homey is my partner, so you'll see him in these pics. Some are from practices and some from the live performance. Make sure to watch the video too :)

starting the polka

 i look like i am sneezing, but this is called a cake lift....pretty cool aye?

the whole group 

moral support 

 the two of us basically goofed around whenever we could.

It was quite the ordeal. And to quote Leese, we were the best in the whole show. I wish you could hear the lyrics on the video. They are quite funny. 

Story #1: This past Tuesday night, I played in an entire basketball game without a sub and then I went and played waterpolo and then my visiting teachers came over and then I went to bed. But, my body was exhausted, so I was sure that I wouldn't be able to run the mile to volleyball and still be able to play. I decided to drive to class. I parked in a mass parking lot, and when I came back to the lot, a girl pulled up by me and asked would you like a ride to your car? I thought to myself, oh she wants my spot, sure! Haha how funny. Only once I was in the car did I realize I had just gotten in a vehicle with a stranger....but, she was super nice and I could tell she would be of no threat. Thankfully I go to BYU. So, she asked where I parked and I thought I told her the right row, but in a car you go a lot farther quicker than you do by foot. So, we went a couple isles too far and we probably drove around the lot for 10 minutes where as if I had been on foot I could have found it a lot quicker. Haha, she probably thought I was crazy. I seriously couldn't remember the type of car I had and I couldn't remember where I parked. It was embarrassing, but I did eventually find it and I drove away and she got my spot. Moral of the story: remember where you park and don't get in the car with strangers. Oops. :)

Hope this brings you some joys and laughs. 

Peace out.

-the tall girl

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - 99th Ward Style!