Cleaning Checks 2!

Well the cleaning people were taking a very, very long time to get to our apt. and I needed to shower really, really badly . . . . so I decided to jump into the shower really quickly.

I said to my roommate "watch, now that I'm getting into the shower they will come".

I jumped into the shower. . . oh my heavens it was wonderful! Well right after I wrapped my towel around myself the bathroom door swings open and there stands the cleaning check lady. AWKWARD! (but just in time!)

Poor thing was more embarrassed than I was! Haha! She did not really look at our apartment after that . . . she left very quickly.

I think I have just discovered the trick to cleaning checks!

(We all passed!)

Memorial Day Weekend

My parents informed the herd that we would be going down to Manti, Utah to participate in Scandinavian days. (We were thrilled)

After loading up the trailer and a two hour drive we pulled into the camp ground.

There was a playground with a flock of children running around. I grabbed my camera and started to take pictures of my little siblings playing.

All of the sudden a little one came up to me.

LB (little boy): Can you help me get up on this tire?

I pushed him up onto this giant tire that was in the ground.

LB: Will you take a picture of me now?

Me: . . . . . uh. . . .

( I did not think that this kids' parents would want me taking a picture of their son.)

I snapped a picture anyway. . . swearing I would delete it later.

Then two other little kids came up to me asking if I could also take their pictures. I ignored them hoping they would forget.

LK (little kids): will you please take our pictures?

Me: . . . . uh. . . .

LB: Hey! Can I take a picture on your camera!?

Me: That is a great idea! Here I'll show you how to do it!

They then started to walk around talking pictures of the most random things. They also started fighting over who could take pictures.

These are the little munchkins that stole my camera.

Sadly after I got my camera back it wouldn't turn on. So I only got a couple of pics. from my phone

Little Miss Amber enjoying a hot dog.

My wonderful parents roasting marshmallows

Then our fire started to let off some really black nasty smoke. I think I am cursed. Sadly little children taking my camera was the most exciting thing that happened to me that weekend.

Dear Asian Boy

As I tried not to fall asleep in my history class I started to look around. That is when I saw you picking your nose.

I tried not to judge you as you did this for about 20 minutes.

I tried very, very hard not to throw up as you wiped your "nose goods" into a tissue which you put in your pocket. (grateful for the two seats in between us)

I started to cringe and close my eyes when you then started to flick your "nose goods" (because you no longer had a tissue). . . Praying they would not land on me.

As soon as the bell rang I ran from the room trying to get away from you.

Then

I almost cried when you got on my bus and almost sat next to me.

The End

P.S. People please do not pick your nose. We just don't want to see it.

Men and Ducks

Maybe I am just crazy. I just realized today that most men seem to have some sort of fascination with ducks. I think it begins at a young age.

I mean who didn't like going to feed the ducks when you were little? But with men I don't think it ever goes away. I was walking across campus and saw this cute little old man trying to take a picture of all the ducks that wander around BYU. I just had to laugh to myself.

The reason I discovered this was because. . . when I was walking to the bus I had my ipod going and was in my own little world. . . . a kid about ten feet in front of me stopped and was intently looking at the bushes. I didn't think much of it because lets face it, BYU has some pretty strange students. Well this kid turns to me and with the biggest grin on his face says something while pointing to the bushes. I gave him this odd smile . . . not having heard a word he just said. Then, still smiling, he turns and walks away. A few seconds later I was approaching the place he was just at. I heard something moving in the bushes. . . I started freaking out. What if it was a snake?! I turned and looked and saw two ducks. . . . DUCKS! then I started laughing.

I went home and told my roommate about this funny theory of mine. Men really did seem to have a fascination with ducks. She then reminded me of one little fact. Men like to kill ducks. . . I don't think my theory is very profound anymore.

The Broken Spears

Now we all know that Cortes came to the Americas and conquered the natives. What I didn't know is that there are surviving accounts of the natives side of the story.

For my History 202 class, I have to read those accounts in The Broken Spears book. It is rather interesting. . . but what made me really laugh was this. . .

"Our warriors rallied to defend the city. Their spirits and courage were high; not one of them showed any fear or behaved like a woman." (emphasis added)

Despite all the things I should probably be getting out of this book. . .this is what I have learned. . .

no matter the country, culture, or year, women will always be/act like women and that men will always think we are silly creatures. :) hehehe

AH! My Hair!

Yesterday while I was getting ready for church. . . three things happend:

1. My hair started to let off a large cloud (of what I thought was steam) when I ran my straightener through.

2. After that I saw something "clumpy" in my hair

3. I could smell something burning . . .

Yes my hair was burnt. It fell out in huge clumps. It is now a strange orange-ish color. Of course it is right by my face so I can't hide it. I still don't know why that happened.

MA

So Mom, Amanda, Miriam, and I were trying to find a good show to watch. We were looking through the free tv shows On Demand. There was a murder mystery that I thought sounded good. I really didn't look at the rating because it wasn't R. We started watching when all of the sudden the lady pulls off her shirt. . . exposing everything. We all started screaming and my mom. . . poor mom was trying to change the channel but didn't know how to. Finally after the screaming stopped and the movie was stopped we realized the rating was MA and mom goes "well I guess we aren't mature adults"

Am I just stupid? I didn't know that Mature Adult had its own rating! I thought that was part of the rated Rness of movies. . . I guess I'll just have to be more careful.

Birthday Card from Geoffrey

I came home today to celebrate my birthday. It is actually on Tuesday but today just worked out for everyone. I got home and my mom goes, "Camille, this was in the mail for you". Of course I got really excited (who doesn't when they get mail?). So my mom hands me this. . . It really had my name on it and everything! And Geoffrey the Giraffe called on the phone to wish me happy birthday . . .ughh too much giraffe

I guess they don't know that I'm turning 20 . . .

I Hate The BUS!

I hate riding any kind of bus! Hate, hate, hate them! I had a fear of them while I was younger. Moving to Draper I had to ride the bus to school. Coming down to Provo I have to ride the bus to school. I somewhat got over my fear. This morning was my first day of classes. I got out to the bus stop 1/2 hour before my class started. The bus didn't come for 15 minutes. I wasn't too worried at that point. We then hit every light. We even had a red turn signal and the bus driver, tired of waiting, just went for it. We then had a car break down in front of us. . . grrr. I was 5 minutes late to class on the first day! On the way home the bus lady had a problem. She couldn't slowly and gradually apply the brakes or the gas. Slam on the brakes. . . . slam on the gas. I was so tired and my back hurt. It didn't help that her bad driving skills made my head want to explode. She even missed a stop that some people signaled for. She was horrible! She would put on the brake fast then get off and then put on the brake again. . . over and over. . . from intersection to intersection. Sitting sideways didn't help my sore back at all. I thought I was going to throw up. So I started laughing. . . people thought I was crazy. . .

What to Wear

Amber: Mom, what should I wear?
Mom: Just wear a skirt.
Amber: I can't go topless!

Blood

When it comes to blood I think it is pretty cool stuff. I don't have a weak stomach for it at all. Yesterday I drove to my parents house and saw a sign for the Red Cross. They were at the church for a boy scout project. I went in and waited forever! The only thing I hate about giving blood is the finger prick! It hurts so much! I was brave and finally made it into a chair about an hour later. Usually I watch them put the needle in but the lady wouldn't let me look. She started counting. . . when she got to 3 she shoved the needle in my arm (she must have thought I had thick skin or something for shoving it in my arm like she did). . . Several things happened when the needle went in 1. My arm hurt really bad 2. the lady gasped 3. blood squirted everywhere! I thought it was pretty cool but I could tell she was really freaked out. She was a little shaky (I really started to wonder how she get into this profession). I tried to look around but once again she wouldn't let me look at anything. Blood squirted all across her white lab coat and onto the table next to me. I knew it was pretty bad because I could feel it running down my arm. The arm rest was this giant cup thing which let the blood pool. So my arm was soaking in a puddle of my own blood. The poor lady was so flustered and couldn't stop saying sorry. She got some wipes and started cleaning my arm and the area. It took longer for her to clean up then it did for me to fill up a bag of blood. It is a good thing that I didn't have a weak stomach. . . poor lady would have created a very interesting scene.

Temple Night!

It seems everything weird that happens to me in life only happens right before, during, and after I go to the temple. I walked across the hall to get Shantel and Kleresa. Coming out the door I was walking backwards and tripped across the bottom thingy of the door. Luckily I caught myself. I said I would drive so we got in the car and took off. All of the sudden Kleresa goes "Camille did you only have one nail painted?" I looked at my hands and I only painted my left hand. It was too late so I was just going to have to look like a dork. (Hey I just got busy and forgot to finish) We were close to the temple when we got stuck behind this guy on his moped. HE WAS SO SLOW! Finally we made it to the temple and we were walking up the side walk when Kleresa says "Camille what is wrong with your foot?" I looked down to see my foot and saw nothing wrong. She then told me it was on my heel. I didn't stop to look but turned my head to look. I guess I looked really retarded doing that because Shantel started laughing at what she calls my "dance". I had black stuff all over my heel. Don't know how but I have bad luck with anything ink. Since I was scrap booking I apparently stepped on my ink pad? Who knows but with my luck I just knew I would trip down the stairs or something next. Fortunately I didn't and it wasn't until we got into the confirmation room that my next bad luck hit. After being confirmed I turned around to shake hands with the men. The first two smiled and the last one gave me this horrible look. (Like I had food on my face or something. I didn't like that at all!) We were on the front row waiting to be baptized when Shantel leans over and says "If you were married to Blake and he started going bald would you still love him?" I said of course and asked why. She pointed to the guy in the font and sure enough he had a bald spot on the back of his head. Shantel then goes "They must be in love" I asked who. She replied "the couple in the font". I gave her a weird look and said there is no couple in the font. But there is a father and his son in it. We started laughing. (We try hard to be good in the temple but today it didn't work out). Turns out the guy's wife had short hair and was the next in line and Shantel didn't have her glasses on.

After I was done with my shower I had to stand shivering in a towel waiting for the girl in my locker to get out. Shantel got out of the shower and a girl was in her stall too. We stood there feeling really awkward when Shantel looks at us and went "Hey we are both in towels!" (Thanks Miss Obvious). We both just started cracking up it was so funny! We got out of the temple and we were driving home on University Ave. and Riverside by Buy Low and Cafe Rio. We got through the first set of lights right when it turned yellow. It was on red before we could make it through the intersection.. . . so I stopped.

Now this picture is hard to see but that first car is where I stopped. There is a designated place for you to stop. So no I wasn't an idiot by just stopping in the middle of an intersection. As we sat there I began to feel really really stupid! Everyone was staring at me so I started sinking down into my seat. Shantel and Kleresa were laughing so hard they couldn't breathe. I begged somebody to hurry and change me seats. After saying this they started to laugh even harder. I swear that was the longest light I have ever sat at in my life. To make things worse a good looking guy was totally staring at me. As soon as that light turned green I slammed on the gas and made my escape. Last time I try to not run a red light.

Mom: Miriam's home!
Amber: Where was she?
Mom: at A.J.'s house
Amber: She better wash her hands!

Softlips

I walked into the computer room and saw some Softlips Chapstick. I love the stuff so I started putting it on. Miriam looks over and goes "I wouldn't use that if I were you". I must have had a confused look on my face. She then goes "that is my friend Mikey's chapstick". Mikey is a guy and was at my house the night before for Miriam's party. Yuck! Maybe I shouldn't be going around using random chapstick anymore.

Fashion Advice

I was doing laundry and really wanted to wash my jeans. I didn't have any other pair so I borrowed some from Miriam. When I was walking away she yells "they are skinny jeans!" Ughh! I hate skinny jeans but I had no choice so I put them on. I was putting in the wash when Amber comes up to me and looks at my skinny jean legs and goes, "Camille, if you ever get fat. . . . you probably wont get fat though. . . but if you do, don't ever wear skinny jeans. People try to wear them to make themselves look skinny. It never works they look fat instead". Hahaha that kid makes me laugh. Good thing I have her around to give me fashion advice.

Mother's Day at Church

Today the bishop had all the women 18 years and older stand up at the end of sacrament to get a Mother's Day gift. I didn't want to, I felt really weird. My mom made me stand up and I'm glad too! The men came out with chocolate covered pretzels! They were so so good. I was a good girl and waited until I was walking home to open it. I was trying to get the bow off when a lady asked, "oh did you steal that from your mom?" I didn't know whether I should be offended or what. I told her that I was 19 so they gave me one too. She laughed and then went to find her family. Another lady who sat in front of us turned around when Miriam exclaimed "you are turning 21 next year!?" The lady somehow thought I was pregnant and asked, "oh is this your first mother's day?" Wow. . . and I thought the singles ward was weird!

Mung Beans and Jelly Beans

I was fooling around with Amber and Scott with a huge blue ball. I hit it away from Scott and the ball went up on the counter and knocked over a bowl of mung beans in water. I cleaned up the mess and Grant goes "why is mom trying to grow so many beans?" My dad then said "she is emergency preparedness person, and she just took a class on making beans." Grant then goes "well why can't she make jelly beans?"

Hi, It's Sarah

Back in August we had a girl from Germany come stay with us for six months. Whenever she called she would say "hi, it's Sarah" she also loved wearing thongs which totally creeped us out. So today Scott goes, "Hi, it's Sarah back from Germany came to get my panties!" The whole family just started laughing.

I Should Be Married!!

Shantel and I were walking to biology today and it was rather chilly outside. We get into the building and we are climbing the stairs when I said "oh it is nice and toasty in here." Shantel just gave me this shocked look and was like "What!" Then I got all confused and asked what she thought I said and she goes, "didn't you just say you should be married?" I don't know how in the heck she got that out of what I really said. But I just started laughing my head off. Making fun of her I repeated "I should be married!" out loud just as a kid turned the corner and I almost ran into him. He gave me the strangest look (probably thinks I'm some bitter girl who just got dumped or something) and kept walking. Shantel and I just busted out and laughed the rest of the way to class . . .

Old Shantel

So it has been decided that Shantel is getting old. She is going deaf, which sadly provides me a lot of entertaintment. We were sitting on the couch chatting and watching tv when a Home Depot commercial comes on. "I love the Home Depot!" I said, Shantel turns to me and says "You love old people?" Hahahah poor Shantel . . .