High Five for Friday!

It's been a while since I've done this! Time to reintroduce it for the summer!

1. Ricochet, you take your aim, fire away, fire away! (ps friends in Ricochet this was taken for you <3)

2. New Vera for Europe!

 3. W.W.M.R.D.- What Would Ms. Robinson Do? I'm going to miss her!

 4. The definition of dysfunctional. I'm being attacked by Max, Riley laughs, Sierra helps Jess put Murphy up her shirt, Mack takes a picture.

5. If I were a painter...

xo
Hannah

Summer Day One

I made a little video of our adventure at Jessica's. I'll upload the pictures later, but for now you can get an idea of some of the crazy things we do. It was a ton of fun!!




also I promise it's just soda water in the shot glasses

xo
Hannah

PS- the video quality is not the best, and the filming is a little shaky but I'm getting a hang of it! more videos will be coming this summer!

Eleven Down, One To Go

I can't even believe that school is out! Another year of challenges and celebrations has passed, and only one more year of high school is left. It's bittersweet, but I'm excited for the future.

Junior year was by far my favorite year of high school. I loved every single one of my classes and teachers, and I have a reliable, fantastic group of friends that have taught me the value of true friendship.

This year was tough, but I wouldn't change it for the world. It taught me one thing- to live with grace.

It's no lie. I am a perfectionist to the max! But the challenges of this year have only made me stronger and a better person. It sucks to get a 70% on an AP Euro test you studied your butt off for. But the small failures in life prepare for the bigger ones ahead.

I am going to miss all my teachers SO much. Funny how they become such a part of your life, isn't it? And I'm even going to miss my classes. Don't get me wrong, I sure as heck don't wish to do any test corrections, derivatives , physics labs, or rhetoric multiple choices anytime soon, but there wasn't class I didn't like this year. Now that it's all over, I can't even believe it.

And now for my shout outs to everyone who has an impact on my life...


Best Friends 5ever- i love you all, and Ricochet, and watching movies, and hanging out, and laughing, and all of our memories. I hope one day when we're grown up, we'll always find a way to come back together.

Family- sorry for whenever I was mean due to my insane stress levels. thank you for constantly being there and giving me a strong foundation to fall back on always.

Blog readers- for reading my ramblings, and for your kind comments. Like this one- it made me day 100489798479189135 times

Now it's SUMMER! The best time ever!

So peace out junior year, and thank you for the memories! 

"The days are long but the years are short."

xo
Hannah

to see last years end of the year post, click here

One Day More...

I've studied for my last two finals.
I've showered and picked my clothes for tomorrow.
I've had my mandatory midnight bowl of cereal.
I've set my alarm clock for the last time.

Junior year is almost over. and it's bittersweet.

xo
Hannah

It's 1:33am and I'm posting this

Hey blog people. It's 1:33am and I got home about ten minutes ago.

From where?

Oh just about everywhere.

The night started at 8:45. I met up with Kylee and Suria, then proceeded to pick up Riley. We went to go bowling, play some laser tag, and a few arcade games.

We played four (or maybe three, I can't even remember) games. I had a great second game, then I kinda gave up. Riley ended up winning overall, that jock. While bowling, we sat around guessing Suria's middle name for a solid ten minutes, watched some gay Indian men bowl, and were poisoned with smoke, most likely causing premature lung cancer.

scores during the second game

We went to play laser tag, but they were sold out? Um, sorry, but remind me how you sell out of laser tag? Whatever.

We headed on to the arcade area. Riley and I failed at using the cards with game credits. It took us probably ten minutes to figure it out. We used $3 of our $5 credits each on the best thing ever- a roller coaster simulator. Holy heck, I love that thing! It's just the best! We then played some basketball and skeeball, but neither were as awesome as the roller coaster.

They kicked us out at midnight. We all wanted to get a Mountain Dew Baja Blast Freeze from Taco Bell, which are the best icee type beverage out there. Kylee had a map of all the nearby Taco Bell's pulled up. The first one we went to was closed. Lame. The second one we went to was too. As we were preparing to go, well I don't really know exactly where, I was prepping to turn left. The road seemed really weird and out of place. Kylee then so kindly remarked that she thought I was on the wrong side of the road. Yep. I was. The wrong side of the median, dang it. I backed up, as everyone was yelling, narrowly missing a fire hydrant and light pole. In my defense, the sign was not very clear. We got on the right side of the road, took a left turn, and then made a U-turn a little further up. AND GUESS WHAT. When we drove past the place where I was on the wrong side, we saw another car who was also on the wrong side of the road! HA! It's not just me!!!

We then traveled on to the third, and final Taco Bell. PS- it was now about 12:30am. In that drive thru, we introduced Suria to Pitch Perfect. The lady who worked there was verrrryyyy tired, and sort of cranky, but I guess I would be too, if I was working at Taco Bell during the graveyard shift. but that's life.

On the way home, we just sang. And sang loud. We got back to the grocery store parking lot, where Kylee and I jammed out to Mindy Gledhill, the most perfect singer on Earth, as Riley and Suria sat in the back, thoroughly enjoying the music as well. ;) jk. Oh well, sucks for them cuz they're missing out!

After Mindy and some talking, we parted ways. I brought Riley back home, and now I am home. And exhausted.

For now, I'm going to watch some Netflix and knit. #partyanimal

xo
Hannah

All photo/video credits to Kylee!! thank you:)

Babysitting in the Numbers

sums up the night

 4 kids

1 dog

6 movie choices

1 wrestling match to decide which movie when I wasn't in the room

2 boys covered in chalk pain

4 hungry kids

1 pizza

1 bowl of Apple Jacks

4 bananas

2 apples

3 juicebags

7 gumballs

4 bowls of chocolate pudding

3 kids helping with the dishes

1 twin always crying

4 inches of water on the bathroom floor after a bath

1 bottle of soap squeezed in the bath to create

4,000 bubbles all over the place

15 minutes of bath time

2 types of detangler used

0 tears when brushing hair

2 pairs of pajamas

2 good older brothers hanging out downstairs

1 twin making 

1 dog go crazy with a ball

1 twin sobbing because the ball had to be put away for bed time

1 twin laughing at her sister crying for

20 minutes straight

1 happy twin climbing on the edge of the bunk bed

1 then not so happy twin split her lip

2 twins now crying

1 bleeding all over

1 realizing the emergency and wisely deciding her tears were for no good reason

3 blood stains

1 red wash cloth with an ice cube

1 judgement call if the split lip needed stiches

2 soothed girls ready for bed after 

30 minutes past their bedtime

3 stories told

2 water bottles brought up

6 hugs

1 light switch turned off

2 boys downstairs watching Tanked

1 friend of the lady sitting with them

2 rooms to quickly clean

30 dollars

2.5 quick hours

1 exhausted babysitter

xo

Hannah

Three More

Three more days of school. The first day of finals was physics and anatomy, easy schmeasy. It's kind of a strange feeling though, knowing I won't be going back to the classes ever again:( I really enjoyed both of them and will really miss them.

We had a celebratory at lunch, followed by hanging out at my house.

Jessica showed us these videos, and they are HILARIOUS! You have to watch them, it's time well spent! :)

xo
Hannah

All Over

Yesterday was the last full day of my junior year!!! holla! I am ready to get out of school and travel and not have homework and hang out with friends and enjoy my favorite season!

I don't really have anything constructive to say. So here's the last few pictures on my camera roll...

i <3 delivering babies

We survived AP Euro!! I'm going to miss this class!

Kylee's birthday breakfast (and my new love for iced coffee) PS- HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLEE!! Your post is in the works!

We are the best singers you will ever meet.

On top of the world!

#mamamack

Emptying the Locker :(

I love CO sun

I love the city skyline.

xo
Hannah

I Love To Cut Things Up

That ought to catch your attention.

But it's true, I do. 

Disclaimer: there are very graphic pictures of the insides of cats on this post. You've been warned!

The past few weeks in anatomy, we've been doing the best thing in the entire world.

Dissecting a cat.

I LOVE DISSECTIONS. I LIVE FOR THEM. Our cat was a big, fat cat who so graciously died so we could cut the sucker apart.

Sadly, we weren't allowed to take pictures but I BROKE THE RULES and took some. Because how many times in your life do you dissect a cat?!

And I totally did wear this shirt. My classmates (and myself of course) thought I was pretty hilarious!

The inside of our cat was so fatty, it was unbelievable. It's left lung was just a mess, it looked like ground meat. It didn't look like any lobes were even left, it was sorta disappointing. But later into the dissection, as we took out the heart (!!!) we found the bottom lobe, all alone. 

On the last day, my group already had 100%, which no group had ever accomplished before, and were ahead. We decided to attempt to take out the BRAIN! for extra credit! (in case you were wondering, we finished with 114% #winning) It took a while to strip away the skin, muscle, and bone, but once we got the brain out, it was spectacular. 

I was high on adrenaline, and basically, my life was complete.

wittle baby brain. No larger than a walnut with the shell!!

THEN, the unthinkable happened! MY TEACHER SAID I COULD TAKE HOME THE CAT BRAIN AND HEART. I think my heart stopped for a minute there. I was beyond ecstatic!!!!!!! In two little jars, filled with rubbing alcohol as preservative, went the cat's heart and brain. I paraded those suckers around school proudly, looking like some sketchy cat organ seller. But I couldn't even care because I was so happy. To present the newest cool thing in my life to my mom, I promptly put the jars in the fridge, right next to the hummus and yogurt, which she was bound to eat. Let's just say when she found them, there was some yelling from her, and some laughing from me. They are now proudly displayed in my room, and I show them to all visitors.

I gave one half of the brain to the psychology teacher. She was so excited! I loved it:)

I had been hoping to have a pregnant girl cat, but we got stuck with a neutered male. My teacher had mentioned to me earlier that he had a uterus with kittens. I was obviously intrigued. The seniors are done with school now, so there's about 6 of us in our anatomy class. (PARTY!) Today, I asked him about it. He asked if I could handle it because it was really gross. But nothing fazes me. I am an invincible teenager for heaven's sake! I was expecting a smallish sac that was semi-transparent with little fetuses visible.

I was wrong.

Out he came with a bag filled preservative and a pink uterus the size of Texas (ok more like the size of a basketball). I again was FILLED with adrenaline! 

I prepped the organ, and palpated around to see if I could find any of the fetuses. And then it was time for my first C-section. 

The inside was not at all what I was hoping for or expecting. I had no idea that you could just order a pregnant cat's uterus online, and my teacher said he had this one for a few years but no students asked to see it or expressed interest in the dissection (fools, I know). I opened it up to find all these golf ball size and smaller knobs, not very hard but not very soft. And only ONE fetus! JUST ONE! gosh darn it! I wanted a litter!!! 

I pulled that little thing out and cut the cord. SO COOL. And then posed for lots of pictures. :)

Kinda looks like a horse, right?

Cutting the cord <3

It's a fetus!

enamored.

 The inside was pure disaster. Tumors and polyps were on nearly every square internal inch.

No mas fetuses:(

Inside of uterine horn- looked like Cheerios! YUM. ;)

Right before the cat dissection, we went to the cadaver lab. That was also one of the best days of my life, as I got to pop the femur out and held a HUMAN BRAIN IN MY HANDS! That was ridiculously awesome too. The smell wasn't bad for the cadaver or the cat, not candle scent worthy, but not horrible.

Anatomy has been my FAVORITE class this semester. I cannot wait for Anatomy II!! It's going to be so great! I hope you all thoroughly enjoyed my pictures, I wish you could all dissect a cat and preggo uterus. If your like me, your life will just be more and more complete:)

xo
Hannah

ONE

One...
jam packed day.

The AP Euro exam was today. That meant my stress level was through the roof and nothing else was on my mind. The exam was in the afternoon session, which I decided is no good. I'd much rather get it done with in the morning.

Mackenzie came over around 8:45 so we could calm our nerves together and watch some of our current favorite movie. Then, we met our other AP Euro friends at Egg & I for brunch, where we stressed, laughed at anti jokes, and listened to how Matt is so close to Nicholas Cage, that he calls him Nick.

And then came the exam. And it was not my favorite. I answered all the questions, wrote decent essays, and am happy to say I AM DONE WITH AP EUROPEAN HISTORY! (even though it's been one of my favorite classes ever)

We got some celebratory frozen yogurt, and I left to babysit. I played with some playdough, danced to some Justin Bieber, went to Coldstone, was swarmed by a million other first graders, played some Avengers video game, and told a wonderful story about a fairy/princess/mermaid.

I came home at 8:45 to crank out some Riemann sums and study si clauses. I finally got in the shower at 11:45.
And here were my thoughts:

I hate showers.

But I love them.

Good lord I have too much hair. I need a hair cut.

Have I really not washed my hair since Saturday? Go Hannah, it looks darn good!

♪ Ladeedadadadada, dadadadada,  Now, oh, now is the start ♪

I am done with AP Euro what now?

And I'm done with physics!

Two more weeks of school!

Twenty-five days till Europe!

Oh seriously, I need a new razor.

My soap is freaking diluted. OLIVIA.

 ♪ Home, let me come home, Home is wherever I'm with you ♪

I want a baby. 

What is wrong with me.

I'm only 17. 

OH MY GOSH THOUGH.

I WANT A BABY.

What should I wear tomorrow?

I'm thinking a dress.

I hate pants. 

Hey our choir concert is tomorrow!

 ♪ I knew you were trouble when you walked in ♪

I hope my dress doesn't stink.

I want to see The Great Gatsby again.

I love Leonardo DiCaprio.

And Ryan Gosling.

And Chace Crawford.

I need a boyfriend.

But actually not.

Kinda.

I just want someone to sing Taylor Swift songs about.

Oh my gosh Taylor Swift concert in 18 days!

Shoot I haven't even listened to the entire "Red" album

I probably shouldn't just listen to Mindy.

But she's the best!

#mindyproblems

Gosh I love hashtags.

Hey maybe I'll write a blog post about them.

Is today May 15?

OH MY GOSH IT IS.

IT'S MY BLOG'S BIRTHDAY! 

Happy birthday blog of mine. Thanks for always being there for me, whether I'm writing my shower stream-of-consciousness or any other random thought that comes to mind. I know this is just our first year of many. <3

xo

Hannah

Enjoying

The Great Gatsby
     A lucky Saturday find...
        and purchase
            Mother's Day with the world's best
                  A cousin I love
                       Sunsets that tease of summer

The sunset made the brick look pink.... so lovely

What a wonderful day it was! I took two finals and am beyond relieved to have them done with! I spent 5th off/lunch with Mackenzie watching our most favorite movie. We sat eating our Which Wich, quoting the movie, and screaming at our favorite parts. It made me so excited.

Isn't it funny how excited for the future we can be? Not a day goes by without thinking of some other grand thing or less anticipated thing to come. For me, I tend to look wayyy in the future. I think about what I will be like, what my friends will be like, how life will really be. But I need to think about the right now. Because in order for the greatness of the future to occur, the present has to happen first.

xo
Hannah

Wait? It's Friday?!

This week has FLOWN by! I always forget how fast the last few weeks go by!

Today was the AP Lang Exam. I thing I did really well, say what? Can't wait to see my score in July! Turns out all those stupid, hard (isn't it funny how when something is difficult for us, we call it stupid? just saying) multiple choices in class, quizzing on rhetorical terms, and writing a trillion timed writes pays off! I prepared, I tested, I conquered. (Asyndeton right there;))

Moving on... I am literally OBSESSED with this song. OBSESSED. I know post a lot of music on here but really, this song is one you HAVE to listen to!! If I had one last dying wish, it would be for everyone to listen to this song. It's the perfect good mood, gotta dance song. It helped me to wake up pumped for the exam, stay awake and alert during the exam, and celebrate after the exam. IT IS LITERALLY THE BEST.

Now is The Start -- A Fine Frenzy

After the exam, we had lunch at Panera (my fave!) and decided to go knit for a while at Tattered Cover. (a whole post about that to come soon!)

thanks for the pictures Kylee! hope you don't mind I stole your insta pic;)

With a quick break for AP Euro studying, we knit until about 6:30. It's basically my new favorite hobby even though it's frustrating as heck sometimes!

I just got back from a late night movie date with Mack. We saw The Great Gatsby and I loved it! There is so much to say that it too will get it's own post:)

I know that technically, as I post this, it is 1:43am on Saturday, but to me it's still Friday. I've been going for almost 20 hours now so it's really, it's still my Friday. But I'm exhausted, so peace out loves.

xo

Hannah

How to Stress Less

Make your bed a cocoon.

Listen to Mindy.

Journal. (fun fact- I blog and journal. So being a writer when I grow up is an ok back up plan seeing that I write a lot)

Knit.

Paint your nails.

Light the best candle ever.

Volcano a la Anthro

 

Take a hot shower and use the best body butter afterwards.

Read a good book.

Take a walk in the rain.

Wear cute clothes.... or comfy clothes.

love charcoal, lace, and peach

Watch a good show.

7th Heaven is perfect.

Know that in the end, what happens is what was meant to happen.

xo
Hannah