Chase you down until you love me.

Too busy to blog you say? I say, yes! So this will be a blog of many colors. I will condense about seven blogs into one healthy blog for your enjoyment...

I present to you:

NEW ENGLAND TRIP!

My parents and cousin Melissa came up to visit me last month. We road tripped it up to New England. We took in the fall foliage and hit up some hot spots you'll see below. Both my parents and Melissa have failed to send me pictures, so these are the few pictures I have, but probably do not do justice to some of the amazing sights...

Look at those colors!

We stopped at a few of these cute roadside stores. Who doesn't want to buy Christmas ornaments, syrup , crafts and antiques when they are on the road?

We stopped at Robert Frost's house. We didn't go inside because we didn't want to pay- even though he was my Mom's favorite poet.

The Chocolate Barn... Seriously? What more could I ask for?

Me and Mel in a cute town in Vermont

My adorable parents sippin' cider on a porch.


My two favorite words: Ben & Jerry

We enjoyed it... obviously!



Oh, you bet we will!

Sharon, Vermont. The birthplace of Joseph Smith.

I was standing on the hearthstone of the original fireplace in the home where Joseph Smith was born. How awesome is that?

This was Plymouth Village... one of my favorite stops. It was a replicate the original pilgrim settlement. They had characters there, in costume and we could speak to them. "Good Morrow!" They also had a native American settlement, but they forbade us to use terms like "how" and "squaw". The native Americans were funny though because they all had Boston accents. They didn't even try to hide it.


The House of Seven Gables. It was the inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel.


The Mayflower II - a replicate of the original



Yeah that's Plymouth Rock.

A beautiful view from our timeshare on Cape Cod.

We also did a billion other things, then we spent a week in NYC. Ash and Brandon also came up to spend some time with all of us. It was so great getting to spend time with my family. I miss them so much!

Moving on...

"CREPES"

I Just ate a tortilla with Nutella on it. It was like a crepe- but not. The tortilla was like, "I'm a crepe. KIDDING! I'm just a tortilla."

I READ IT FOR THE ARTICLES:


what?

I won't really comment further on this, other than the fact that I am SO excited for New Moon to come out next week. SQUEAL!!!

PERSIMMON

I want you to know about this fruit. It's delicious. It looks like an orange colored tomato and has that same kind of texture, but it's sweet and delicious. Don't fear trying out new foods.

DON GIOVANNI

Over the summer I made friends with this girl Keri, who was working in our office as a temp. She was actually an opera singer who needed a temporary job over the summer. She promised me that she would email me if she had extra tickets. Well I knew the season had started and she still never contacted me, so I assumed she forgot. But then I got an e-mail from her on Tuesday and she had tickets for the evening show that night! I of course wanted to go, so I took my friend Phindi from work and we went to see Don Giovanni. It was an amazing show and Keri did such an awesome job. She was a lead too- not just in the company.

In the lobby had all of these vintage costumes hanging like art.


Inside the theater. Nosebleeds...


Me and Phindi at Lincoln Center. Yes my hair deserves a post by itself. It is THAT tall.

So the rest of my thoughts don't really deserve individual headings so I'll just take it from here.

I'm writing a novel. Yes, I can't believe it either. It's not going to be good and I'm sure none of you will get the chance to read it. It's just about me trying to accomplish this life goal of mine. Then once I get this under my belt and have more confidence in my abilities, I can actually write something worthwhile.

So this ambitious undertaking is also eating up a lot of my time. Ugh!

In other news, I almost just DIED on the deathtrap that is my floor. Rachel accidentally sprayed furniture polish on the floor and I just put slippers on my cold feet, which equals a recipe for disaster. Luckily my balance saved me and I did not fall or suffer any injuries. But she just gave me a Reeses peanut butter cup so all is forgiven.

Okay, I'm spent. I need to get back to my favorite show, Glee.

Happy night!