A Few Things

1.  I cannot believe it has been over a year since I've updated this thing.  My apologies, but I have a good excuse!  If you read my blog, then you know I had enrolled in cosmetology school.  Well, drum roll please....I am now a licensed cosmetologist in the state of Colorado!  I recently started working at Charmaine's Bella and Colour Salon and loving every minute of it!  If you live in the Denver area I'd love to see you at the salon and do your hair!  Shameless promoting.

2.  I get to marry this handsome devil in six months.  He is the love of my life, my soulmate, my partner in crime, and my best friend.  He lets me be me, supports me in everything I do and he makes me smile more than anything in the entire world.  (Bonus, he snuggles with Riley, but don't tell him I told you).  

3.  I tried being brunette for awhile, (well, only about a month) and decided blondes have more fun.  Unfortunately, I'm in a strawberry blonde phase right now.  Word of advice, don't go super dark unless you're ready to commit to it for awhile.  If you need to go back to blonde, give your self plenty of time so you don't damage your hair too much.  My goal is to be blonde by my wedding in November, so I gave myself almost 8 months to gradually go lighter.  

4.  This shirt.  Need I say more?! 

For those that don't know. Rafael Nadal was my first love. 

 I flew to Mallorca while studying in Valencia, Spain just in hopes that we'd bump into each other. 

 (A girl can dream, right?) 

5.  My favorite team is back in the playoffs after a very long hiatus (looking at you Joe Sacco).  I was fortunate enough to go to game one against the Minnesota Wild and wow, what a game!  A win in overtime after being down 2 goals in the third period.  Doesn't get much better than that.  

Awkward and Awesome

Well boys and girls... I know it's supposed to be Awkward and Awesome Thursdays, but my life is way to hectic these days to be that organized so we're going to do a special addition of A & A.  I've been getting some requests AND I have encountered some awkward stuff lately!

Awkward:

• The other day I went to Walgreens for a couple of things, one of them being bread.  Everyone needs bread now and then right?  Well, don't go to Walgreens because they don't have any!  Apparently their vendor (I'm guessing Wonderbread) went out of business and they haven't found a new one yet.  Um hello!  It's bread.  Kind of a staple for most Americans.  Work on that.
• For those who haven't read my latest blog post I'm in hair school at Paul Mitchell.  Well, the other day this guy came in for a haircut and I realized I went to Mesa State with him.  Fine, whatever, no big deal.  He leaves, and then two minutes later comes back in and asks the front desk to speak with Lisa* (who is one of our teachers).  20-25 minutes go by and finally Lindsay comes down to talk to him (yes, he waited that long at the front).  Well, if things aren't awkward enough, he realizes oops, you're not the one I wanted to talk to.  Then they realize he meant my teacher Kim*.  Everyone tells Kim, but by the time she makes it down he has already left.  But wait, there's more!  One of the students went to high school with him and had his number.  Naturally, she texted him to pass along Kim's number.  Kim and awkward boy went out.  They had pizza. The end. 
• I'm new at this whole washing someone else's hair thing.  Let's throw color into the mix and it's not easy to get out.  I washed someone's hair yesterday and then the girl who was actually cutting her hair had to re-wash it.  Oops!
• We played "Fear Factor" at school the other day.  They blindfolded us and one of the things they did was have us eat different things.  One thing was shredded cheese, and let me tell you something, it's a very creepy sensation. We all thought it was some sort of creepy crawler and we all screamed.  Try it sometime! But you can't know that it's coming. 

Awesome:

• I'm engaged!!!  Blog post with all the details to follow, but we've been engaged for almost two weeks and we're very happy!

• Paul Mitchell is coming out with a dry shampoo.  I love Paul Mitchell products and dry shampoo is awesome, so I'm super stoked to see what there's is like.
• Brownies and Desperate Housewives.  Sometimes girl time by myself is just what the doctor ordered.
• Rekindling friendships.  So happy to have a great friend back in my life!
• Next week I can start taking clients at school.  I'm at Paul Mitchell The School Denver so you should come get your hair did!  303-233-1733 Tuesdays-Saturdays
• Baby Gangnam Style.  'Nough said!  

*Names were changed!

An Update

Well hello again.  Sorry for the hiatus. 2012 was one heck of a year and blogging took a backseat for awhile.  2012 definitely brought me the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.  I fell madly in love while the two people most dear to me fell out of love, and without Edward I don't know how I would have made it through that.  So I want to say thank you and I love you to the love of my life.  You have brought so much joy to my life and I can't imagine my life without you.

This year I also finished my first semester of grad school, coached the Cherry Creek girls tennis team (helping them win their 16th consecutive state title), interviewed for my dream job (and didn't get it), and took a leap of faith by enrolling in cosmetology school.

Since I was a little girl I've always dreamed of being a hair stylist, but for whatever reason I never went after that dream.  This year I did a lot of soul searching and realized that the business world would probably never make me truly happy.  But now, each morning I wake up so excited to go to school.  We've already learned all the basics of color, styling, cutting, and facials and it's so fun and interesting.  I've also met a great group of people who can always put a smile on my face.

Overall, I would say 2012 was a pretty good year and I can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for me!