Triky, Triky

Alright. Update time.

For those of you who don't know, Trik got his LDS mission call.  He has been called to serve in the Provo Utah Mission.  Let's be real, it is kind of funny.  Before he got his actual call, we had talked about where we thought he was going to end up going.  He really wanted to go somewhere out of the country, and then he had jokingly said something along the lines of: “Knowing my luck, I'm going to go to like... St. George... or Idaho... or somewhere else close...”  Yup. Can't get much closer than Provo.  He is only serving there for three months, after which point they are most likely going to send him somewhere else.  We don't know where the somewhere else is going to be yet, but hopefully it is somewhere cool.

Anyway, in the past week, we have all been spending a LOT of time together, due to the fact that he is leaving.  On last Wednesday, we went laser tagging.  I really like laser tagging, but I am probably one of the worst players ever.  On the opposite side of the spectrum is Trik, who was REALLY GOOD.  It was super fun and intense, and on the bright side, I didn't get last place either of the rounds we played.  We played 2 half-hour rounds, though they both didn't feel like they were half-hour.  After our rounds, we went to Dairy Queen and got ice cream.  It was most yummy.  Then, we went and watched some Doctor Who before I had to go home.  My mom had let me stay out till 11:00 that night, so waking up the next morning for school was a massive PAIN IN MY RUMP. 

On Friday, we had his official “Going Away Party”.  I had to work, which made me sad, because I ended up being late.  At said party, I gave Trik his going-away present that I made for him.  It was a blanket that had “Rejoice Evermore, Pray without Ceasing, In everything give thanks”  sewn into it.  It was a very fuzzy blanket.  Anyway, so I gave it to him, and for like half the night he was wearing it around kind of like a cape. It made me so happy.  We had a brawl tournament, and we just sort of hung out.  It was super fun.  We ended up playing night games later.  I suck miserably at those.  I am better at the whole “laying low and hiding” thing, but when it comes “running like there is no tomorrow” I am sort of a FAIL.  We also played MUNCHKIN, which I have mentioned before, though never explained.  It is a card game which is sort of like Killer Bunnies, but different. 

Saturday morning Hair 'n' Trik 'n' I got together to watch the Christmas special of DOCTOR WHO.  Yeah, I know, it's a little bit LATE, but whatever.  So we went to Trik's sister's house and watched it with his family.  Afterwards, we went to UVU campus to buy some things for Trik's mission.  Then we went back to his house, and found Prime and Bobo waiting for us to go to the FESTIVAL OF COLORS.  I was SOOOOO EXCITED to go this fabulous thing.  However, by the time we got back and we had gotten everything together, it was about 1:45 in the afternoon.  Unfortunately, I had to work on Saturday, so if I had gone to the Festival, I would have had to drive out, spend MAYBE 10 minutes throwing chalk in peoples faces, and then drive back.  I do not have the money to spend on that kind of wasteful gas, so... I didn't go.  I was pretty upset about it, but that is OK.  So I went to work while all of my manfriends went to the Festival.  Work... Happened.... but we are NOT going to go into that.  After work, I went back up and we hung out.  We ended up watching The Incredibles. I like that film.

Sunday was Bobo's farewell talk in church, so I saw Trik on Sunday too.  At the luncheon after church, we all just sort of sat and discussed life.  Trik was pretty depressed due to the fact the preemptive  homesickness had set in.  It stressed me out to see him so sad. 

On Monday (AKA yesterday),  it was a minimal day.  Minimal day is this stupid thing that my school district does instead of giving us days off.  They are stupid because it means we are at school until 12:25 and each period isn't even an hour long.  Anywho, so afterwards we went and we hung out at Trik's house.  We went and filmed some, and then we went back to his house.  Hair chilled up stairs with Trik's older brother, while I went down into the mancave to help him pack.  It was lots of fun, and we had lots of good bonding time.  This whole time in the back of my head there was a little voice telling me how this was the last time I would see him before he leaves on his mission.  I did a pretty good job to ignore this voice, though it still made me kind of sad.  While we were packing, he got distracted by one of his sketchbooks.  We ended up going through it and having deep discussions about the pictures and things.  It was thoroughly enjoyable.  After that, though, it was time for me and Hair to go home, so Trik could focus on packing, and so I could go home and clean the bathroom. 

Let's be real. I LOST IT.  I honestly can not remember the last time I have cried that hard.  It was kind of embarrassing, and Hair felt SUPER uncomfortable, but frankly, I didn't care.  I just sat there and hugged Trik, and then when I pulled away, I noticed how much I was really crying.  I got his shirt wet with my tears.  He was very chill about it though, and he did a pretty good job of comforting me. 

I am going to miss him SO much.

I cried the whole way home, and I swear Hair wanted to punch me in the face because of it.  When he got out of the car, though, it got even worse.  Honestly, I hadn't thought I was capably of crying harder.  SURPRISE. I can cry pretty dang hard.  When I got home, my mom saw how torn up I was and gave me steak.  It helped, but still. 

Sorry that was kind of angsty and also super long.  But that is what has been happening as of late.

Love always,

Holly.

A year in review...

So... it is already the end of the year. Awkward...  So, without any further ado, I shall be giving you a summary of my actually life this year, and the things that may have happened in it.

SoOzIn, MANdy, 'n' Me

Mama, Me, 'n' MANdy

The first thing of import that happened last year was UTA! For those of you unaware, this stands for Utah Theater Association NOT Utah Transit Authority.  Basically, it is when high school actors all get together and go to class and workshops and other various things.  MANdy, Mama, SoOzIn and I were pretty close on this trip.

Next that deserves, you know, being in my blog, because it is all big and important or something, is the REGIONAL DRAMA MEET.  This is a drama competition.  Yes, they DO actually exist.  Funny, huh?  WE DRAMA KIDS ARE JUST AS HARDCORE AS STUPID SPORTS FOLKS!! Anyway, there are lots of different categories that you can compete in, including things like humorous monologues,  old... timey  monologues (I can't actually remember what this is called... awkward) or like, Modern-day scenes and stuff to that effect.  There are rounds and judges... blah blah blah... I didn't actually compete, but I went and watched the rounds and was supportive and what not.

Drama Kids at their finest

Alright. Up next is THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS.  I went to this BEAUTIFUL thing with Trik, Crack, Prime, and Bobo.  It was good stuff not only because it was the Festival of Colors which I would imagine would always be fun, but also because we all wore various helmets/costumes.  Bobo wore the Darth Vadar Helmet and an AF cape that he made.  Trik was dressed as Link from Legend of Zelda, with THE BEST FLOPPY GREEN HAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.  Prime had the Optimus Prime head. Yup. Anyway, Crack had the Bumblebee Helmet on, and I had a generic clone helmet.  It was super fun, and EVERYONE AND THEIR DOG wanted their pictures with us.  It was slightly ridiculous.  It was super fun. I love the men of whom I went with. A LOT.

Bobo, Prime, 'n' me

Prime 'n' Trik

Nextly, is the END OF THE YEAR BANQUET.  Yes I know there is an actually other blog post, but this was a REALLY important point in my year!  There was MUCH weeping involved.  That is basically all I am going to say about it.

I love them!

Also, my favorite BATMAN took me to Lagoon for the first time in my life!  Holy Poo, I love this woman.  She made me go on every single ride that I said I was too scared to go on.  And yes.  Every ride that she made me go on I had buttloads of fun, but as they would start up I would be screaming "I HATE YOU I HATE I HATE YOU!!"  :D One of the funnest days in my whole life.

Me 'n' Batman after a LONG day of FUNSIES!

Uh... I am kind of done writing now I think, though I only got to June... darn. So... Here are pictures for events and things I didn't mention!

25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee

Going to Bear lake with FUTH

A letter to my Missionary Friend

Drama Kids... got to love them...

My EFY company

Me, MANdy, and the Potatoman of my DREAMS!

Futh 'n' me 'n' Doorknob

Showcase...

Pantz and I travel the world

My weeping angel cartoon redone beautifully by Trik

Prime's Birthday Party

MOST INTENSE HOCKEY MATCH EVER

... Birthday?

All right folks.  Here is the lowdown.

Yesterday was my 17th birthday. Yes exciting and whatnot.  Anyway, I slept at the Oswaldadon's house, and it was AWESOME.  For dinner, we had STEAK WRAPPED IN BACON.  Magic, right? And then I stayed up till two in the morning playing Assassin's Creed.  To top that off, in the morning (aka morning of birthday)  the Oswaldadon made magical birthday muffins and bacon and eggs.  It was really really yummy.

On the way to my actual house, we got stuck in traffic on the freeway, due to the fact that there was a really bad wreck.  We were on the freeway for like and hour, but it was good because we all sang along with the radio in ridiculous voices.  It was pretty awesome.

Anyway, when we finally got to my house, Cadbury and her family were all there already.  We were planning on going to Parkers for lunch, because they are both cheap and they are going out of business.  However,  we couldn't actually get through, and nobody really wanted to drive down there and order and wait forever, so we decided to go to FIVE GUYS instead. 

For those of you that don't know, FIVE GUYS is probably the most magical burger place ever to live.  We ordered online (I got a BACON CHEESEBURGER with extra CHEESE and BACON), and then the men went to go get it.  It was super magical!  Anyway, after they got back, we all ate, and then just sort of chilled.

As my family was leaving my house, my dear friend Trik called, wondering if I had any fun plans for my birthday.  I told him I didn't really have any, which was totally true. I have such an exciting life.  He was wondering if I maybe wanted to go hang out with him, which I was totally OK with.  He said he had some stuff to do first though, and not to come up till 5:30.  I OK with this, I just had to figure out something to do for the next hour and a half.  Then... TADA! Surprise! Hair called and wanted to know if I could hang out until I went up to Trik's house. So me and Hair watched the Cathrine Tate Show, which is... really odd. A very very VERY strange show.

Anyway, long story short, Trik was THROWING ME A SURPRISE PARTY!!! :D  It was SUPER awesome!!  We played Apples to Apples and watched Sherlock Holmes, and just sort of PARTAYED IT UP! Hair, of course, was in on all of it.  He was distracting me because Trik wasn't actually done when he thought he would be, so he had me and Hair go get him some chips.

But yes, those are the exploits of my birthday. IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER. That's all.