[the people in my life] are the harmony to my heartbeat, baby.

"Hey Mom, can you help me remember this phone number: _ _ _-8580"
"Sure! *chants* _ _ _-8150. _ _ _-8050."
"Mom... you realize you're not even close."
"Really? Whoops! *Continues to chant up the stairs* _ _ _-8080. _ _ _-8015."

I tell ya what, I don't think anyone will ever really understand me 'til they meet my momma.

Ah sweet Maymester/Summertime.

Fave new summer artist: Sally Seltman.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126977987&sc=emaf

I got a scholarship yesterday (which came complete with a giant laundry basket of groceries, school supplies, a neat watch & other fun things like soap!) & came home for the ceremony. Since then I've just been blessed with the fabulous opportunity to hang out with my fambam, of whom I'm so terribly fond.

PLUS! I got to see the fabulous and talented EMILY ARNOLDDD! & I got to see Sara and James too, which was awesome. It's been so long. I can't believe that I'm old enough to have married friends..guh. Anyway, Emweee and I watched a lot of SVU and I forced her into becoming a Next to Normal fan. It's a fever, spreading like wildfire.

& Yeah. You are probably next.

Mommy and I DVR'd Grey's Anatomy last night & we watched it together this morning. MAN I love Callie and Arizona together. And OH MY SWEET BABY JESUS that was an INTENSE episode! And beautifully directed, too. My mom and I talked about the superb nature of Bailey's performance when she found out that the elevators were off? Ya with me? I'm trying not to spoil anything for anyone who may not have seen it yet... but watch it. Cause it's AMAZING.
Then we went to the beach with aunt lori-loo and anna banana, which was a good time. I met some cute puppies & I'm looking forward to going to visit my cousin at her new job & being SUPER OBNOXIOUS. Yippeeskips.

& tonight I went to the club to see Jamie Kennedy with my high school best friend/elphie/other half.

Do you ever look at your life and honestly NOT REMEMBER why you stopped talking to someone? I know it happened, and I know I felt strongly about it at the time, but it seems so silly to me now. Especially someone who meant so much to me, someone who knew me as well as you did, elph. I'm really excited to have you as a friend again, and I guess that's all part of growing up. People come in and out of your life when you least expect it, but always just when you need them.

But hey, if the cast of characters were always the same, the sitcom that is my life would've been cancelled long ago,

[Which brings the "Metaphors Used" tally in this blog up to: 1.]

& it's quote time:

Appropriately:

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-Dr. Seuss

my my, miss american pie.

Ohh my, what a beautiful day for some good ol' fashioned strawberry pickin'. I abide by the same strawberry-picking strategy that I did when I was about four: One for the bucket, one for my mouth. I'm pretty sure I'm made of strawberries right now... and probably a little dirt, too. Whoops. Well, because we did such a good job pickin', the lady gave us stickers too! In combination with the amazing food we ate at Greekfest, today's been a monumental success. I got to spend the day with my best friend and my brothers. I adore my family and friends & I adore my brother's girlfriend. She's a perfect fit & Cameron's really set the bar high when it comes to significant others hangin' around the Granger clan.

That really got me thinking. It's been almost four years since I had that head over heels falling for someone sensation. I want nothing more than to love someone who fits in here. I want to be crazy about someone, doesn't everyone? & All the sudden, I got to wondering if I'd ever feel that way about anyone again.

So I did what every strong, independent woman with a good head on her shoulders does: I whined to my friends.

But see, this is where the whole having friends who rock thing comes into play. When I told a particularly wonderful friend that I worried I'd never find that person, he told me that everyone has these moods and that it's important to remember that these feelings are temporary. He told me I have to trust God that he's got someone special waiting for me.

I really don't know how I ended up surrounded by such wonderful people who are twenty going on eighty, but I sure am thankful.

So anyway, I'm gonna go count my blessings and eat my berries.

Bonne soir, mes amis!

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion!

It's summer & I'm thrilled.

My skeleton was sick of winter. Now it's ALL SUNSHINE ALL THE TIME.. with the occasional thunderstorm which is also okay by me.

I went to Myrtle Beach earlier this week with Student Ambassadors & it was pretty flippin' amazing. I just wish I could have stayed longer! But Ah, c'est la vie. I need to get on this employment thing. Hopefully some of these applications I put in will come to fruition, cause I actually enjoy eating & I'd prefer to keep doing it throughout maymester.

I'm watching Steel Magnolias & falling in love with it again and again as I do every time I watch it. "Honey, there's so much static cling in this room, I'm pickin' up everything except boys and money." Ahh yes, I loves me some sassy, strong southern women.

Ah, sweet summertime. In addition to windows down, music blasting, half-price frappucinos & lunch al fresco, summertime also means that my heart can keep beating cause it's time for the return of So You Think You Can Dance!

Some favorites from summers past:

This one.
This one.
And this one.

AHHHH I can't wait to see what Mia, Nappy Tabs, Tyce, & Travis have in store for us this summaahhhh HEYYOOOO!

What a curious sensation. I have this week to putter around in Virginia Beach & then back to Hburggg for what I anticipate to be the best maymester JMaddy's ever seen.



It's nice to have my sanity back, at least to a certain degree. Just a sidenote: If you really meant it, it's a compliment to be your only regret. But I'd have settled just to be your only.

But hey, that's life. And now the world's our oyster, kittens!

"Birds & bees and songs like these cause we want what we want and it's natural baby."