This is it

Several memorable things have happened this week, and several things that were supposed to be memorable didn't happen this week. I will list them and be brief:
1. Monday: my massive British Lit test, 12 hours spent on campus, Meghan's birthday party (that was super fun, by the way), and the HOT SPRINGS in Midway. Elaboration later, and perhaps never. How I had time for all of that in one day I will never know.
2. Tuesday: School, American Idol, and Kyle's surprise party! Yay! I swear, it was like birthday week!
3. Wednesday: School, Pebbles, back to campus for a group project.
4. Thursday: presentation of said group project, Pebbles, and scrapbooking with Audrey P.! I am happy to say that my ugly stage from last week disappeared, and I was able to create 2 fabulous pages! Yay! The thing that went wrong: my ward was supposed to go tubing at Soldier's Hollow that day. First, I couldn't go because I had to work. Second, the Soldier's Hollow people wouldn't let them come anyway because it was too windy.
5. Friday: one class from 8 to 9, and then Audrey relaxation day began. I came home, put my pj's back on, fixed a bed on the couch, set up my laptop on the coffee table, and put in my newest arrival from those nice people at netflix. I love those guys. After the movie, I got ready in what was supposed to be warp speed but ended up taking a lot longer, and Rachelle and I drove to Draper for the temple open house! It took a couple hours, but it was SO beautiful and SO worth it. We loved it. After the temple, we drove to the Fashion Place Mall in SLC. The point of going was to see Stephanie, who was working an event for Lancome, and of course, to shop. The event was the grand opening of the new Nordstrom's at that mall. It was just like Stephanie said: shiny, sparkly, and you kind of want to buy everything. After braving the masses in Nordstrom, we were super tired, and decided to settle down for some cheesecake. At Cheesecake Factory. Lemon Raspberry all the way. Yum. After eating more sugar in one piece of shared cheesecake than either of us had eaten in a week, we attempted to drive home. I really don't know what the problem was. I think I suddenly came down with a disease called, "I no longer know how to follow freeway signs." Actually, I'm just going to blame it all on the cheesecake. In a matter of minutes, we found ourselves at the airport, not on the way to Provo. After a while of examining distant roads and thinking really hard, we found our way to downtown Salt Lake where we KNEW that we could find our way to I-15. Piece of cake. Piece of cheesecake, rather. However, it took us like twice as long to get home as it did to get to Draper in the first place. So dumb. Below is Rachelle and her happy face while eating our cheesecake!

Also, my plan for yesterday depended wholly on sunny, very warm weather. There was a double header yesterday at BYU, and ALL week I was determined to go to one of the games. I wanted to SO BAD. But who wants to sit as a baseball game when it is like snowing outside?! No one. So we stayed home. I ended up going to "Bedtime Stories" with Meg and Lorina, which was great, but still. I was muy disappointed.

6. Saturday: Pebbles all morning and afternoon. We counted inventory. Fun! I worked on Pebbles, Inc., which is a massive job. Ashlee laughed at me when I said I wanted to do that company today. haha. I had a plan for today too, that DID NOT work out. I wanted to go to the basketball game REALLY BAD. I wanted to all week. But when it came down to it this evening, no one wanted to go. Sad day. Instead, we went to Kneader's for dinner (instead of Zupas, which was my one heart's desire since I couldn't go to the basketball game), Baskin Robbins for some delicious pistaschio almond ice cream (yay Audrey Squared!), and then came home and watched Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The exciting thing of the day came after the movie, and Rachelle, Paul, and I were just sitting around listening to our favorite songs. Paul mentioned something about Michael Jackson and his upcoming tour. This is when my jaw dropped and an explosive "WHAT?!!!?!??!" came out of my mouth. I immediately did the research. It is not actually a tour :(, but, he is performing 10 concerts in July, in London. LONDON??!! Why not New York, or WASHINGTON D.C.??? What is wrong with you, Michael?? Do you not care about your American fans?? Also, the concerts were announced as his final bows- the last curtain call- a retirement from the entertainment business for good. The tour is actually called, "This is it." And it is. Anyway, I looked up flights to London in July, and they are like 900 bucks. So it's a no go. But for a small, glimmering instant, I thought I was there. I will never ever see MJ live. No longer possible. (Unless I can win some sort of sweepstakes and fly to London for free. Keep your eyes out, everyone.) I know I'm a weirdo, but wouldn't you go if you could? I mean, who wouldn't? No matter how creepy he is, remember what he was. If you want to see the announcement, here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKaySqh1XPU

That's the end of this week. Hopefully next week will be more eventful. This weekend was definitely a dry spell. Too bad. I'm running out of weekends to spend in Provo, so next week has to be super double amazing to make up for it. You hear that peeps? Make it up to me.

So much for trying to be brief.

Odd Things About Aud.

1. I can identify any sort of random scrapbook supply by company and time of production/distribution. Barely a day goes by that I don't come across some sort of display at school or in a store that I don't say, "hey, they got that stuff at Pebbles- that's Pebbles' ribbon. And the paper is My Mind's Eye- the first Bohemia line that came out like 2 and a half years ago. They need a new display. This one's out of scrapbooking style. And does anyone really use that ugly cricut font anymore? Puh-lease."
2. I randomly fall into phases where I become kind of obsessed with something. Examples include the Beach Boys, Elvis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Harry Potter, the Holocaust or any other random time in history, Sharon Creech books, Linda Crew Books, iTunes, gymnastics (aka the Magificent 7 from the 1996 games in Atlanta), Veggie Tales, boys bands like Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, an O-town (Ashley Angel, anyone? I promise it's a boy, and he was SO hot), high school football (yeah, I was only in 6th grade when this started, and I went to all the games with my Dad. It was the best thing ever) Harry Potter again, etc.
3. I like to name things like pencils or back massagers or just about anything else you can think of. In 8th grade my lucky pencil was red, made by pentech (because they make the best erasers), and was named Pretzel A+ 2. The best back massager in the world is named Paul Handy. Paul seemed suiting and, well, what is more handy than a back massager that feels good no matter who does it? Paul Handy has been around since 7th grade. We're good friends.
4. I have all sorts of complexes about not wanting to do my best. Because, well, what if your best isn't good enough?
5. I'm kind of a Harry Potter freak. I still check Mugglenet for Harry Potter news almost daily.
6. I really really really like colors. I collect crayons, markers, colored pencils, chalks, etc. because I like the colors. Sometimes I reward myself with a new box of crayons.
7. I put lotion on my hands, feet, and face several times a day. Like probably 8 times.
8. I'm kind of obsessed with celebrities. That's not my fault, though. I blame Stephanie.
9. I like to read autobiographies.
10. I can walk really fast. Not kidding.
11. I have super amazing muscles on my shins. I know, it's weird.
12. I love ducks and I love yellow.
13. I like to make signs.
14. I believe that anyone can be pretty if they are not dirty. Dirty people are not attractive.
15. I shave my arms.
16. Rachelle claims that I am ridiculously photogenic. I say this with a disclaimer because I don't necessarily think it's true. I just like it when people say that. :)
17. I get really really excited about dumb things.
18. I am currently personally angry at Chris Brown. We are totally in a fight.
19. I collect pennies. I have one from every year since 1960. I know, it's not that cool, but when I searched through all the pennies in the Disneyland savings jar when I was 9, I was super impressed with myself.
20. I am kind of obsessed with making lists. This whole thing started when I was 12, and I decorated a notebook titled, "Audrey's Notebook of Lists." I was coming up with too many lists, and it majorly stressed me out not to have them compiled in one place together! Hence the birth of the Notebook of Lists that I still use today.
21. I get super involved in my school work. If you don't buy this one, check out my blog posts from last fall...
22. I am still a Toys R Us kid- I don't want to grow up.
23. I have an enormous collection of keychains. I get one (or several) from wherever I go on vacation. My favorite one is the one I got in Springfield, Illinois: the Land of Lincoln. It says "Lucky Penny" on it and has a penny inside that was made in 1988- my birth year. So, it really is my lucky penny! Plus, a penny has Abraham Lincoln on it, and I got the darn thing in his hometown. And, you all know how I feel about pennies! So, this keychain has FOUR amazing pluses!
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25. I have lived in 14 different houses/apartments. If there is one thing that I truly hate it is moving. I HATE MOVING.
26. I classify books as if they are foods. This is partly because the analogy comes out so beautifully and partly because books are necessary for life, just like food is. A book needs to have the right nutrients, just like food does. Example: Silly and dumb books like Twilight are the equivalent of candy- delicious but only briefly satisfying. Good literature is like Pride and Prejudice or A Farewell to Arms (now that's quality), and they equal say, an amazing full course meal. They fill you up and leave you thinking about them for weeks. I also like to compare people to the books they read. If you see someone reading a gas station heaving-bosom romance novel, what does that tell you about them? What about dragon books? (You know, the kind with dragons and fire and damsels in distress on the cover) I'm telling you, the books you read speak VOLUMES about you- no pun intended.
27. I always make chocolate chip cookies without a recipe.
28. Whenever I write a paper for school, I never have a problem with making it long enough. I do struggle, however, with limiting what I write. My papers ALWAYS end up too long.
29. I kind of like to study. I LOVE the BYU library.
30. I know, hands down, without a doubt, that I have the funniest, best family in the world. Anyone who hangs out with all of us together would recognize this statement as fact. Andrew and Stephanie are the funniest people I have ever met. At one point they ackowledged that Elise and Moriah were funny. I'm still the laughing stock because apparently I don't have the funny skills. Andrew suggested that joining the circus would help. He even offered to start a freak show for me when I was 11. Naturally, I declined. I was mad at him for an entire hour after that one.
31. I am incapable of washing my face at night without getting water ALL OVER the counter, the floor, and my shirt. I don't know what the problem is. Elise gets REALLY MAD at me about this.
32. I have recently diagnosed myself with an illness called: I CANNOT, no matter how hard I try, put my clothes away after I change. I am capable of doing it about once a week. I hate it when my clothes are messy and all over my desk chair and floor, but I can't put them away! It's ridiculous. It has been like this for years. My parents told me it was okay because I needed to have some area in my life that I was lazy/bad at. I think that there are a lot of things that I am lazy/bad at, but whatever. It got me out of cleaning my room all during high school. :)

I think I'm going to stop now, before everyone who ever reads this thinks I am the weirdest person they have ever come across. But seriously, a person's eccentricities are what make them interesting (as long as they aren't creepy eccentricities), so I am proud to be an Odd Aud!

P.S. Rachelle came up with a lot of these. I kind of just added commentary.