Yee-haw

I thought the title would be fitting to be the blog title of my last week in Texas.
It was fantastic.

Me and Brandon

Treats by Alexiss and Rebecca...delish!

Need a credit card, Cameron?  Alexiss will give you one

Trying to figure out what's going on

Valentina!

Cameron!

Silly picture

Miss Carissa

Gorgeous

Wonderful Lacy!

Brandon thinks I'm Santa Claus...don't worry, he was not on the naughty list....or was he?

Brandon, me, Robert

Cameron and Alexiss....always silly

My friends threw a farewell party for me with chocolate treats.  There was even a Backstreet song performed and danced to by Karen, Annie, and Lacy.  And let's not forget that Austin flipped me one last time.  Best five months of vacation ever!  Thanks, Dallas! #dallasistheplacetobe....but only because of the awesome people

September hapnings

Here are some pictures of kayaking Lady Bird Lake with the Austen city skyline

Melissa and I

My friend Lacy had to get jaw surgery so I hung out with her a lot this past week.

This is our make-shift bib.  Poor Lacy hasn't been able to talk until recently

And of course there's been parties:

Vegan cupcakes made by Alexiss....delicious!

I love random present from random people who talk to me!  Ginger, rosemary, and a flower

Pizza slice larger than my hand?  Yes, please

Bath tubbing in the dark!

I should take more baths when there's no electricity

Indian vegetarian food in a Hari Krishna temple

Flower necklace made by a monk

Ahlin and Valentina getting their giggle on while looking at hot men

Watching Alexiss do crafts

Non-alcohol wine aka really expensive grapejuice

Hello again

It's been a while. 

I made a chocolate cake to eat my failures away....haha

The decorations did not go as planned.  There was suppose to be a huge 200 in the middle for all my rejections

I started writing down my song Cinderella Waltz for Rikki

 Went to Pei Wei with Car-Bar

I took a trip to Austin, TX.  Did some service, ate some food, met some people, kayaked Lady Bird Lake with the Austin skyline in full view, boogied my butt off, and got flipped by my friend Austin (not to be confusing...Austin my friend did a dance flip with me in the city Austin...I felt cool)

My service face is on

Relaxing at the hotel for a while after the service project and before kayaking

Melissa (my roommate for the Austin hotel) and I loved these free hotel cookies!

Soaked!  After kayaking

Walking downtown Austin

Dinner with the peeps

Waiting for the bats to fly out from under the bridge at sunset...nope didn't happen

Goodbye Austin!

Came back early Sunday morning to teach a church lesson and make pizza with my friends Lacy and Valentina

This pizza is delicious (thank you Valentina's grandmother)

Went to brunch with some friends

Big ole pancake

Got my sparkle on with Robert and later watched a movie and ate pie with some friends

Look at me I'm sparkalane!  A firework a dancin' flame!

I had two interviews and made myself a power lunch before I went

love/hate

So, Dallas and I.....we're in this love-hate relationship....emphasis on the hate....

It's not that I don't like living with my sister or making new friends.  I enjoy this time.  But I'm getting really frustrated with job searching and not having many things to do.  So basically I make tons of pro/con lists, and I've made lots of them about being in Dallas.

Con:  Can't see my parents, no job, no nannying, no best friends, missed my bff's wedding where I was suppose to be a bridesmaid, gym really sucks so working out doesn't always happen....hello chocolate and heart attack at 30...

Pro:  .................um..............hold on..........I'm sure there's something..........

Sometimes it's really hard to follow through with things if you really don't want to be doing them.

Especially when I consider what I want to be doing I COULD be doing in Utah.

One of these days, I think it'd be funny to count how many emails I've gotten that say:  "Although your resume is impressive, we are considering other applicants for this position and no longer pursuing you."

Well, gee, peace out (insert hospital name here), I hate you too!

I am awesome
I am a great nurse
My patients appreciate me
I will achieve all the righteous desires of my heart
I do good now
I make a difference now

But cream always rises to the top.  Even if it gets rejected 178.....oh new email......179 times...... :)

Missin' those hugs

My parents came this past week and it was so much fun.  I'm so glad they come visit me because I missed them so much.  And my Dad especially helped me get excited to look for jobs again.  I got pretty exhausted looking for nursing jobs and going into the hospitals and always being rejected and told to go to the computer which then rejected me again....Blast this whole job searching ordeal.  But my parents went with me to different hospitals and I got some phone numbers to call tomorrow.....cross your fingers!

My week with the parents was awesome, even though they took my bed and I slept on the floor.  I'd sleep on the floor any day if it meant I could hang out with my parents in the morning...

These people are my best friends.  I love them so much even though we sometimes get on each others nerves.  I love how we always have each others best interests at heart and we know that even though we aren't perfect, we're still good examples to each other.

I was definitely missing them this weekend, especially as I woke up in my bed and realized my parents weren't already up and going to tease me for sleeping in....But this little cat was pretty fun to pet and hug

So the picture is obviously blurry, but this cat is freakin' adorbz

I'm so hottt

I dub today to be Kelsey's Day.  Mostly because it's been so hot at night for the past 2 weeks that I have a hard time sleeping.  Also, because I applied for even more jobs and haven't been rejected....yet.  Time to bring on the victory popsicles!
I would eat the popsicles even if I failed though, because, come on....it's sooooooo hot.

It's been a really nice week for myself.  Went on a nature walk.  Saw a rainbow in the fountain.  Got Sam's Club pizza with Carlie.  Got a cupcake.  Got a nice note from Carlie and Seth.  Went to the temple and got fro-yo with my friends last night (no picture).

  

Oh, and I made some frozen pizza for myself tonight because on Kelsey's Day, you have to eat pizza for a meal.

I can't believe it's already August.  I've been in Dallas for 3 months!  I miss my parents a lot and my best friends back in Utah.  And I super miss the little W kids always telling me how awesome I am and how they want me to be their older sister so I would HAVE to babysit EVERY day.  Presh.  :)