However, I don't think life will ever be normal, and I'm ok with that. I like things a little crazy. Here is a blist of some of the crazy things in my life that I like.
1. a. My family.
1. b. It seems like everything that happens in my house is silly. And I like it that way. The ways we entertain ourselves here...endless. The other day we decided to do some measuring, and it turns out the circumference of Walker's biceps is larger than my neck...no big deal or anything, right? We proceeded to measure other things. I guess that was a bad example of my crazy house. But you get the gist of things, right?
Compare: the left is my 15 year-old brother, the right is my 19 year-old self.
2. a. Work.
2. b. The pool is the same as always! Love that place, love the people. The guy who always brushes himself off and does yoga in a speedo is still here. He told me he can smell people in the water. Normal. All the ladies come in for water aerobics, and I love listening to the gossip, which is always highly entertaining.
2. c. THE BAKERY! I haven't told you about the Bakery yet! I could make an entire blist about the Bakery. But to spare you all, I will just make it another numbered item in this blist.
Oh you know, just chillin with a supersoaker on the back rack of the jeep and me being awkward.
Andy Samberg travelled around the pool for a while.
He made a stop at Marco's sign. (Yeah, you WISH you had his phone number.)
And by the time cards.
One Saturday it was raining all day, so we ended up playing cards. Whenever someone won, we got a Point of Awesome. Cool, right? Haha.
3. a. The Bakery.
3. b. So...I kind of love working at Bouchon Bakery...(<-- click here to go to the website for the bakery!) I love the 8 hour shifts and being on my feet and interacting with people and having awesome co-workers and being around amazing food all day long. I especially love closing shifts when there is extra pastry and I get to bring it home to my family. And then we get to eat it. All of it. Its the best. People always ask me, "What is your favorite thing here?" or "What do you suggest?" and I am always at a loss for words. Because everything - and yes, I mean EVERYTHING - is delicious. Good stuff.
I make coffee.
I eat deliciousness. This was from my first day of work...I took home broken stuff and other things...it was all wonderful. And it still is.
4. a. My Reading Schedule.
4. b. Basically, I have been reading books all summer long. Long books, short books, adventure books, romance books, fairy tale books, historical fiction books...a little bit of everything, really. Ask me and I'll get you a list of books I recommend. Because seriously, I've read a lot of them this summer. And a lot of them have been great.
So I'm recycling pictures...I just don't really have photos of books. Also, this is appropriate because I feel like my room looks like this sometimes.
5. a. My TV Schedule.
5. b. So, I guess I have been watching some TV this summer. Like The Bachelorette. I'm kinda ashamed to admit it, but it's true. And I've also been watching Say Yes to the Dress, House Hunters International, NCIS, Pretty Little Liars, Gilmore Girls, the Middle...you know. All the good stuff. Haha. I'm very up to date on all this.
I was thoroughly entertained by Cee Lo Green for a while...so I kept taking pictures. Because he always wears sunglasses...I freaked out when he didn't. But then he put them back on. No need to panic.
6. a. My Friends.
6. b. Friends are crazy, too. In many different ways. It's crazy that we all have a thousand different schedules and hardly have time to hang out. It's crazy that after two years, Thomas Seymour is home from his mission and we get to hang out. It's crazy that Becca Owen, who lives in Phoenix, was driving to Seattle and happened to be in Santa Rosa, so we got lunch. It's crazy that even though it's been a year, I'm back in Calistoga and it almost feels like college didn't happen because my high school friends and I have been able to connect again so seamlessly. It's crazy that the only contact I have with the people I lived with for a year is through Facebook and cell phones and the occasional Skype session, and that I don't see them every day. It's crazy that guys I have known for years are leaving on two year missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (<-- click here to learn more and read about real Mormons! It's a super cool website). But hey, it's life, and it's crazy!
A few of my lovely roommates. Just a normal night in the apartment.
Becca came to California!!
7. a. Baking.
7. b. So I've totally been on this baking stint the past couple of weeks. I think I have been inspired by the Bakery, to be honest. But it's been so much fun!! Look at the cute (and DELICIOUS) things I made!
This is a white cake. Inside is a lemon curd and buttercream filling, with a vanilla buttercream icing and gumpaste buttons and ribbon! All from scratch!
My coconut cupcake with a strawberry filling and a cream cheese coconut icing!
So yeah. It's back to normal around here. Well...almost :)