Since I don't have photos of my own 4th of July holiday,

which consisted of poolside lounging, rib-eating, and dancing with the Ecuadorian family who lives behind Mario's house at their pig roast. Why do I not have pictures of these amazing adventures? Because Yes.

So look at this post from From Me To You instead! It seriously made my night (that and the cake batter ice cream I just had) and I can't even tell you how flustered I am to know that this event happened the weekend I arrived here in Connecticut, really close to where it happened in Manhattan. It just gets my giggly goat. Giggly. Goat.  

I hope you enjoy the rest of the photos as much as I did,

because they reminded me how pretty life can be sometimes.

I'm sooooo ready for summer and wearing dresses. 

I really, really want a maxi dress, too. 

Sorry to totally girl out on you all. Here's some compensation.

The rest are from me.

Last night while procrastinating writing an essay on my values

(could there be a more broad essay prompt, by the way?)

I re-discovered my love for wasting time on fashion blogs.

 ohm. em. gee. 

Shoes, cardigan, sunglasses from gargoyle.

I wish I was rich.

Douglas makes me want to be a designer. I don't care if I lay out yearbooks for a living. 

Guys, I can't tell you how relieved I am that I finished my English paper an hour ago. I am super mego happy.

Except, I'm also sad, because I can't call my loverly bee-eff and talk to him about how relaxed and happy I am that I'm done,

because he's currently on a

on his way to 

and I will 

ohhh How was your weekend?

Mine was absolutely loverly. 

Full of beautiful landscapes and a shiny white puppy...

My grandmother was in town,

((whom I love SO much))

and we got to cuddle a little bit.

plus also! I got to see Chris this weekend,

and we got to cuddle a little bit...

Happy Valentines Day!!

How was everyone's weekend? Mine was goood.

I picked up Chris in Knoxville, and we

DIDN'T have reservations at a nice restaurant like he promised

("They were all full up when I called! I swear!")

but we DID get Bubble teas ( my new favorite!!) at the Cereal Bar and

had delicious greasy hamburgers and huge thick fries from Shelley, Idaho.

And that was amazing.

Of course, over our weekend of virtually doing nothing

(and yet having time to do nothing, either)

but watch movies and spend money,

we once again failed to do as we promised to each other and forgot to take pictures.

Except for two!!!

So here they are!!

This week my mom is in New Orleans with our neighbor Sam,

so me and Benny have custody of the baby!!

And it's potty training time...

Wish us luck!

For one, I am tired of checking my email hoping for some scholarship-related news from Stephens
and finding my email completely empty of new letters.

Also, my brain is tired, because I took the ACT today again,
and I never, ever want to see a science chart/graph ever again.
My heart has been thus broken.

Bascially,


And also these two things:




That's right.
A Box of Cupcakes. And a kitty.

What do you need?

love, rudi

I took some more pictures!
I was so happy about this little mini-photo shoot,
because all I wanted was a single photo,
and a single photo I got!!

Look, enjoy, and tell me what you think!!



love, rudi

Happy Merry Fun New Year!

I want to take this special holiday to welcome a new special friend!
This is Craig:


Craig is one of my good GSA friends. I never get to see him anymore, because we are so terribly far away,
but whenever I think of GSA (which I so often do)
Craig is always somewhere in the mix.

It always amazed me how Craig instantly knew everyone as GSA. I don't think I ever saw him hanging out with the same person twice. He was on best friend terms with almost everyone,
and his smile is simply infectious.


And his acting,
wow.
He's a cartoon character! In the best possible sense,
his voice is just loud enough, and he seems to have full control of every movement and voice wave he throws out.

Plus, this photo of him exists,
a photo that I consider one of the most epic pictures of all time because it contains
two of the most epic men I know.

That grey haired beast of a man is Tim, everyone, for those of you not in the know.
And Tim and I are pretty much dating.

So I applaud you, Craig, for being
hilarious
suspiciously sweet
ginger without being too creepy
lovable in every respect
a really good friend, no matter the distance between us.



And because I am sticking true to my title as "High School Student", I must be off to wrap some Christmas presents for our family Christmas party that begins- TODAY!

Love you all! And Have a great New Year. Hopefully, because you are all very close to me in some way, that new year will be filled with adventures and good stories of which I am lucky enough to be a part.

I love you all,
Happy New Year!

love, rudi