Looking Up

SHUT UP IT'S GOING TO BE 2015 TOMORROW!?  I'm still not skinny, rich, or graduated from school. However, I have become really good at finding strategic methods to pack all my belongings in my car (I've moved 6 times, and it's become more handy than you would think), I have also become really good at avoiding the gym, and of course managed to make Diet Coke the main staple in my diet.  I realized that I am actually an 80 year old in a 21 year old body. I can't stay awake past 11 and I actually borrow clothes from my grandma's closet. 

Perhaps the hardest thing that I have still not learned is how to date/ find the right people to date. It's actually a pretty common thing. Well.. that's what I tell myself. I fell in love with the most perfect guy. He had the best smile, he had a great laugh, he would open the doors for me, he would help me with my math homework, he always smelled good, he would wash my windshield while I got gas, he would send text messages that would make me all giddy, we'd go to the movies,  he would read books that I recommended (okay, just one, but still), we sometimes would just chat with his parents *swoon*, he would make chocolate chip cookies while I studied, he would take me to dinner, AND he even pretended to like my cooking. It was perfect while it lasted and then we just stopped talking. Out of NOWHERE. What's the proper way to find closure in that?  "hey I know we've been best friends for a couple months now but, see you never. And then you're just suppose to never talk to them again? I guess so! Time will pass and hopefully those feelings will too. *fingers crossed*

I know it sounds weird but I HAVE THE BEAUTY IN BEING ALONE

*dramatic pause* 

Maybe I take that back because that sounds a little depressing and slightly dramatic. I like being alone. I like going to restaurants and saying "table for one, please". Taking bubble baths while watching The Fault In Our Stars. Or going to the movies and getting one ticket. Or going to Swig and getting a 44 oz Diet Coke with lemon wedge and yelling Taylor Swift lyrics and not actually knowing where I'm going. As weird as it sounds you should like being alone too. I think it's important for a person to be happy by themselves before they can be happy with someone else. You should like yourself, right? 

Cheers to the new year! New can be beautiful and exhilarating. New can be awkward and scary. There will be days when you don't know if you are making all the right decisions. Days when you feel alone. There will be a lot of challenges and potential heartbreak. However, no matter what's in store embrace it and be sassy.

XOXO, 

Bree

He's Just Not That Into You

"He's just not that into you" the phrase made popular by the movie and also by Greg Behrendt's book. 

When a girl hears those words it's almost as bad as hearing "it's not you, it's me." Guys are notorious for trying to let girls down in the nicest way possible (well, most guys). Guys take drastic measures to make sure when they are dumping you, it doesn't actually feel like you are being dumped. Which leaves you (the girl) wondering on if there was something that you could have changed about yourself to avoid it. 

For privacy purposes of my friends and myself I have changed the names of the people in the following stories. 

Quick Story: Shey and Tielur have been hanging out for years (literally). Yet, whenever Shey wanted to take things to the next step Tielur made her feel like it wasn't necessary because things were already good they way they were. FALSE. If someone, after years, isn't willing to commit. HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

Quick Story #2: Kassie and Brady had been hanging out all summer but when summer was over, so was the relationship. When it was time for "the talk" Brady stated that he wasn't looking for anything serious right now but reminded Kassie that she's his best friend. PAUSE.  Let me interrupt, when he says that he's not looking for anything serious right now: He means. He's not looking for anything serious WITH YOU. 

In the event that your realize that your "someone" wasn't that into you. I have put together a few steps to help ease the pain. I call it Break-Up 101. Please note that there is no specific order.

*Drink your calories (Regular soda and not diet)

*If someone asks what size you would like your combo always say large

*Download sad songs radio on Pandora

*Eat your weight in ice cream

*Remember you you will always 'want fries with that'

Okay, I'm kidding! There's no proper way to heal your broken heart. However, I strongly believe that food can help a lot. In all reality you just have to realize that you are better than *insert guys name*. 

Good luck with dating. 

Xoxo, 

being in your 20's

"WHOAH!" -Me when life hits me in the face. I wish someone would have made a manual that had everything you needed to know about how to handle things in life.  Something I imagine looking like this:

Not sure where to get your oil changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Page 45
Does putting contact solution in mascara really make it last longer? . . . . . . . . . .  Page 52
How to handle your first heart break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Page 75-1000
Pick me ups for getting through school  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . .Page 1001

It seems silly, but seriously being in your 20's is the most crucial and awkwardest time of your life. You  are living on your own. Getting zits. Paying for everything on your own (barely getting by). Drinking your  calories because fruits and vegetables are too expensive. Realizing that some people cope with their feelings by deleting you off of all social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat (awk)) Also, finding out that your DIY Pinterest projects WON'T always turn out, and realizing that no matter how good someone is at explaining things ObamaCare will never make sense.

Being in your 20's is about experiencing life. You are in charge of what you do. Think about it. We are constantly moving from apartment to apartment. Meeting new friends that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE (good and bad), getting in and out of relationships. Having your heartbroken for the first time.  I can't stress how important it is to be with people that encourage you to be passionate about everything and that will be there for you through everything (heck your 20 it's time for real friends) BECAUSE  THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. BE HAPPY. BE SPONTANEOUS. BE LOVING. BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE DOING THINGS THAT YOU LOVE YOU WILL FIND THE ONE YOU LOVE.


PS. Taylor Swift can aid in healing a broken heart and lots and lots of junk food. 

THIS ISN'T FUNNY PERIOD.

If you're a guy and you get easily grossed out.... I would advise you to click the "X" at the top right hand corner. This is real life not the lovey-dovey love stuff I usually write about. At one point or another you are going to have to meet your girl friend's visitor. The visitor that comes and visits for a week every month. DO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? If not, all hope is lost. Let me explain to you what life is like while she is stays..

First you wake up and you are like "Oh hey GOOD MORNING WENDY, how are you?" Then five minutes later you are being rude to everyone. Suddenly you hate everyone and  everything you just wanna be by yourself. BUT WENDY won't go home. SHE INSISTS on staying for a WEEK. Your patience ... well who am I kidding you don't have any patience at this point.  Then you get back aches, side aches, headaches. But wait now you are crying.. why you ask? NO REASON. Pretty soon Wendy eats all your food, so obviously you are still hungry. So you eat french fries, candy, DRINK SODA BY THE 2 LITER BOTTLE.  That's day 1. Day 2 you have zits everywhere. How cute.  Day 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 your pants don't fit you. And by don't fit anymore I mean you have a bulging muffin top. ( I have it everyday and I'm not judging) Day 4 you are just extremely tired and very irrational and rude. Did I mention it feels like people are punching you throughout the entire day? You go a little crazy but what do you expect?

Usually I try to not let Wendy effect me but I'll admit. Sometimes she does. Okay, okay, so I lied like I might be the worst person to be around when Wendy is here. When I was on cheer  the girls would be like "OH SHIZ BREEANNA IS ON HER PERIOD"  and Stetson is like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" For some reason I felt like I had to be 20x's meaner to him. It was funny. Not at the time, just now.

How to get through the week: drink lots and lots of soda, eat candy, sleep, take tons of midol. Tough times don't last, tough people do!!

There I said it.

Bree

Strictly Platonic

I have a friend who told me this story, and so I don't embarrass her I will use different names. Girl=Aubrey Boy=Brady. Okay, got it? Aubrey is outgoing. Brady is  awkward. (IF YOU ARE THE REAL AUBREY AND BRADY I'M SORRY) She tells me this story of how they met and they were friends and she was like "Bree this kid is cute" and he had no interest in her at all. (that's just how it goes) Anyway, they kinda stopped talking for awhile in the beginning because he got weird-ed out by her. After the awkward 'I hope she is getting the hint that I am not interested that boys do' they started talking again. Except for this time they were just friends getting to know each other. From an outsider's perspective I would say that they were borderline best friends. You could just tell ya know? They would tell each other school sucks, about past relationships, funny stories, watch gay TV shows (IN MY APARTMENT), complain about how guys are douches, and so on and so on.  Here's the catch...Aubrey wanted more. So she went along for the run (literally they ran together). Now that they were past the awkward phases (or so we thought) Aubrey was like I want to kiss Brady so she asked and he was like....ummmm no that's weird.  Of course Aubrey didn't think he would be awkward about that but he was and he avoided her for like 2 days and it was funny for me to watch. This is where it gets funny....Get this, after what was suppose to be a giant joke it really happened! They always talked about kissing and occasionally about kissing each other because they are good friends and one night SHE REALLY GOES TO HIS HOUSE. Like WHOAH FOR REAL AUBREY? Are you stupid?

She goes there lies about what happens. Like we knew, we're not stupid. Finally she tells us that they made out and yeah it was fun but she was mad that after this whole time of waiting and wanting  to kiss him there would be a spark. She said there wasn't. She was like welllll....it's always really cold at his house so maybe that's why I didn't feel anything because I was so cold. Now not only is she freaking out that they kissed she has made up a crazy story in her head of why he's avoiding her. Maybe she was a bad kisser? Maybe he was? She won't tell me.  If you ask me it sounds like a one night stand, but what do I know? 

How do you act after a kiss?! Everyone wants to avoid having it be awkward. Do you wait for them to text you? Do you text them? Do you send them a funny picture of you first so they know that you are trying to not make it awkward? 

• I guess that answer is NEVER LOOK/TALK to them again. It's easier. Pretend it never happened. (Of course I'm kisssing... *kidding) 
• Even when you are in a relationship first kisses are so awkward. WHY? 
• Guys if you kiss a girl and you know it was unwanted you better let her know. Like it won't hurt her feelings if you are like how about we never do that again. Well just let her down easy. :)
• I don't believe in NCMO's. Sorry. 

Pretty much I am saying that there's no rule book. No proper etiquette of how to act when something awkward happens. You just go with the flow. Roll with the punches.  Let things happen and try not to over think things.  After this whole time of chasing him to get a kiss, she got it, and now wishes she didn't.  That's what happens. It's all just a giant game. You want what you can't have. Once you get it you are like now what? 

 

Aubrey sorry I blogged about you. ANYONE WANT TO GO TO CALI? I AM GOING THIS WEEKEND.

"Love is a ruthless game

Unless you play it good and right"

-T Swift 

 

Hello November/ Relationshits

NOVEMBER= FOOD, FAMILY, FRIENDS, THANKSGIVING, & MOST IMPORTANTLY FOOD. 

Can I tell you how excited I am to go home?! Let me tell you a few reasons why....

• I get to see my family 
• I will go to Conoco errryday 3 times a day with my sister. 
• I get to GO ON DRIVES WITH HER AND JUST LISTEN TO MUSIC
• I will get to work at Lisa's and have my 'Wednesday at a Cafe'
• I get to meet Daxton J. Memmott. 
• I get to go running with the best running partner ever (Maddex) 

November please be good to me. 

 Here's a funny story for you.... One time I convinced this boy that I made these "homemade cookies" but really I bought them from a local bakery and they were good. Anyway, for a a good couple weeks he would be like "Do you have cookies?" and I would be like ... "Of course... they will be done in 15." When I am really thinking holy crap I sure hope that the bakery is open and I hope there is some money in my account." It's like I was buying his friendship. I do that if I think you are a potential friend I will buy you things. Because after all... Food is the best way to a man's heart. OR SO I THOUGHT. 

Dating is an odd thing. Don't you think? (PS. I never dated CookieBoy and never will.  I just thought it was a funny story.) First you start off by texting and then you hope that they pick up on the your sarcasm and your stupid jokes. You start hanging out and at some point you decide whether you want to pursue them. If you do... you open up to them you start telling quirky, weird things about you. You just get comfortable around them, and maybe at some point you contemplate whether you LOVE them.  Do you tell them? Do you wait for them to tell you? In fact do you really LOVE them? 

WHAT IS LOVE?! Someone PLZ tell me. As of now I think it's just something with your brain cells chemical imbalance lack of neutrons. Ya know? You find comfort in being yourself when you are with them.  Think about it.... after you have dated for awhile you just get comfortable around them,  and I guess that is love? 

Maybe you have a big fight with them and you can't get over the little hurtful things that they said. You realize that after all the little talks, laughs, and memories you don't love them or they don't love you. So things end, and of course you are sad and you wonder if maybe it could have been prevented. You put all those walls back up. You wonder why you aren't good enough. Obviously sometimes it isn't going to work out and that sucks. I guess that will make it better for when it does work out and you will realize why none of the others worked out. ALL I AM SAYING IS...

WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'LL KNOW 

Finally a Monday that I'm in Love With...

There's something about waking up in time for McDonald's breakfast. Wouldn't you agree? Or  wearing a banana suit around town because you are running for PREZ. I have also been texting T- Swift songs all day to people. Even when it doesn't make sense. It's like them: "hey bree what's up" me: "Right before your eyes I'm breaking". Sorry I just really like her new album and yelling the lyrics in my car just isn't enough. 

STAY STAY STAY! Give this song a chance and tell me it doesn't make you happy. It is a great feeling when someone invests their time in you. They want to be with you. It is a great feeling. Well that's what my friends tell me ;) Give "red" love a chance, eh? Or give Chance another Chance? NO. 

Why has no one taken me to Perks of Being a Wallflower? Or pitch perfect?

Well see you around town in a banana suit.