fair.

danny and i went to the fair this saturday night instead of watching the byu vs utah game. i know, i seriously don't know how i managed to dodge the game, but i did! so anyway. we headed up there with his brother ian and his girlfriend. grabbed some delish food at california pizza kitchen and then went to the fair. we got to see all the animals. and i tried my best not to be completely terrified. i have a confession, bunnies terrify me. i can't help it. they freak me out. but the goats were cute and i liked the cows. the only thing that could have made the night better was a churro. but no luck.

one.

danny and i celebrated our one year of marriage in new york city. it was the best time. we ate so many delicious foods and did so much PDA. i was in heaven. sorry for the mushy stuff, but i am completely smitten with my love. we had a different first year than most. suffering the biggest loss of the most influential man of my life was the hardest and is the hardest thing i've ever had to deal with. i feel lucky that my dad was able to meet and approve of danny. i'm happy he left me in good hands. danny is my rock and my happiness. he has helped me with each hard day and is the reason for each best day. i love him with all the love i am able to muster. i picked a good one. happy one year baby boop bop bop.

ps. i'll post more about our new york trip. some day. when i have enough energy to sort through the pics.

hot.

it's hot in our apartment. like really hot. we have no ac. no window cooler units. we have two ceiling fans and, thanks to my mom, one standing fan. it is miserable. like i'm pretty sure hell will be like this. and the more i grow up the more i am in tune with what puts me in an instant bad mood. number one, hunger. number two, tiredness. number three, heat. and the problem is when all these three things happen at once it is like an explosion of melissa hormones and no one is really safe.

anyway. i don't know where i was going with that.

oh yeah.

i wanted to complain.

lady.

i got called a lady.

you guys it was seriously mortifying. like i practically passed out. i was sitting in line waiting for the dark night. we were about 3 groups from the front. danny had left to get treats and so i was sitting alone. minding my own business. when i reached for my bag and a huge phone came soaring over the crowd and hit me on the hand. it hurt. but i wasn't too pissed about it until i hear some 17 year old girls start saying "oh my gosh you hit that lady!" i looked over figuring i'd see that some lady got hit. when i realized. they. were. talking. about. ME! they had hit that "lady". the lady was me. i picked up the phone and this 17 year old boy looked at me and said "sorry!". i muttered something under my breath and tossed it back, purposely throwing it so he would have to move a lot to retrieve it. i was beyond upset. but mostly embarrassed. my hand hurt, but my ego hurt worse. couldn't they have called me a girl? please. can't i still be a girl? not a lady? a stuffy, OLD lady i was.

since then i've come to deal with the fact that i'm a lady. but i'm pretty sure they meant it like "muh lady" like on downton abbey. so i'll just live with that.

braggin.

danny booked our flights to new york. i've never been and all i know is i am saving my pennies. like literally every penny i am putting in the piggy bank. i'm gonna eat so much shake shack and shop so much clothes. it is going to be my best time.

it's my mom's birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. i am bringing her a diet coke for lunch. route 44. with lime. with my sonic fanatic sticker she bought me for christmas. what a mom! she is the greatest mom. so mommy. so funny. so friendly. so beautiful. i hope i'm funny and friendly and beautiful like her one day. so raise your glass ya'll! a toast, to my mama. hope your day is the happiest!

i went crazy shopping the other day. so i guess i lied before. i am not saving EVERY penny. a girl's gotta have some clothes. i CANNOT go naked all summer. that would be insane. anyway, i shopped and then i dropped. really. had to take a nap and then i woke up and i had traveled through time and i was mad cause haven't you ever been mad after a nap? maybe it's just me. but then i remembered i had a new shirt to wear. and then. bam. all was well in the world. and my nap headache madness was no more.

i am looking forward to the weekend. right? i mean, i should be. i want to try out this new restaurant by my house called "the black sheep". they sell navajo tacos. i've got a thing for navajo tacos i think. so we will probably go there on friday, maybe saturday. then i will probably force danny to go to the pool. he is so freaked to get a sunburn so i have to make sure to pack the sunscreen. i'm not scared. only ever had a sunburn on my nose. and that was after i was in the lake powell heat for 7 days. 7 days straight i soaked up the rays. and i'll have to tell you more about that trip sometime. it was so sketchy. but so fun. plus i jumped out of a helicopter into the LAKE! only then did i realize that i can't really swim that well. whatevs. stay tuned.

adventure.

i'm so excited for the warm weather. the other morning, on our drive to work, danny and i were talking about all the things we wanted to do this summer. he started getting crazy saying he wanted us to go mountain biking and repelling. i got all into it and said i wanted us to do so many adventurous and crazy things too. like, ride our bikes to the park and have a picnic... we couldn't stop laughing. park and a picnic? i sure now how to live life on the edge.

slugo.

 
my dad found this snail. he made a home for him. and then he called him slugo. kinda like how he found me. made a home for me. and called me daughter.