nyc with lil cynda.

thanks for the AMAZING time!! and thanks to donna for letting us stay with her! her apt is sooo cute. i am a little jealous that she is there now - why didnt we live there at the same time??!! there is still nyc in my blood. think i will go back again this fall...

bearded bf.

this is what warren looked like when he came home from indiana. yes - kind of like a bum. he did not shave the entire 5 weeks he was gone (and the 3 weeks prior). he was so proud of his multi-colored beard, i dealt with it for a day. although i was a slightly terrified when i first saw him at the airport. i was shocked when he told me a woman started a conversation with him on the plane! i would have been frightened of him, or thought he was just going to ask me for money. he shaved the next day :-)

nyc. friday.

4 more days.

and i will reunite with this gem. 5 weeks went by pretty fast. and with minimal "girl freak-outs." sooooo excited to see my boo.

bachelorette party.

my gf kaytie st. pierre (one of my besties from hs) is not your typical gal. but then again, neither am i or the rest of my dancer friends from civic growing up in b-town. so it was no surprise to receive an invite to her bachelorette party which was themed, "80's dance party/music video." and thats exactly what we did. we spent the weekend filming ridiculous 80's dancing around bakersfield in ridiculous costumes. the marketplace, dewars...pin oak park.....bhs. and dont worry - those st. pierres were able to even get the harvey auditorium to open its doors to us to film our choreographed routine. we used sets, lights, curtains, fog machines....etc. it was awesome. here is a little preview (our warm-up) of what you bloggers have to look forward to once kaytie cuts down our 75 mins of raw footage to an 8 min 80's dance montage to a slammin 80's mix specially prepared for the party.

this was pretty much me today.

i went on an evening hike with a couple friends tonight down in crystal cove. it was beautiful and the weather was perfect! i climbed (uphill) the WHOLE way and was just about dying. anyone who knows me knows that i dont hike often - probably average once a year. and when i do, i mostly complain the whole time. but when it is over i LOVE it and am always sooo happy i went. well....today i got to the top of the climb overlooking laguna and the pacific ocean and my knee popped. kind of like it did when i was in europe (i know - such my luck). and what is retarded is that it hurts even worse going DOWN hill instead of up. i hobbled along for a bit, but when it came time for our descent....dont worry. my fellow hikers carried me. yes. on their backs. and shoulders. one of these saints was even a girl who carried me for a bit. good friends. i am a disaster. at least my knee is feeling better now that i am home and not out in the wilderness. probably wont hike again until next year. or may possibly skip a year.

email my heart.

brit's concert was hands-down the best concert i have ever been to. no - she didnt really sing. but i was ok with that. it was ALL about the production. it was AMAZING. i would have paid even more money to see it. i would see it again. and again. and again. i found myself even choking up at times - i couldnt believe my teen (and even now) idol was right in front of me. incredible. and pcd was hot too. obsessed. britney has been on repeat in my car for the last week. and in case you dont get the reference to the back of my shirt/title of this post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHnn4zxrAjI