Fresh and Clean

I have a love/hate relationship with the spring. It's such a tease. One day, the weather is balmy and 65, and the next, it's snowing sideways. It's also the time of year that goes by the fastest. Soon, I'll be rereading this post and it will summer, and I'll be a high school graduate, basking away in the summer heat. But for now, life is full speed ahead. Senior boards are coming up, along with prom, a choir ski trip, AP exams, and lots of lasts. I'm reveling in all these final high school moments, but am excited for what the future holds.

Today, the birds are chirping and sun is out, and the earth is blooming. So it only felt right to give my blog a spring welcome. I sure can't wait for those summer days, where the birds never stop chirping.

via

xo
Hannah

PS- I apologize for my lack of posts, I have a concussion and am avoiding screen time so I can get better faster. Typing/reading/bright screens just make my headache and nausea worse, so I've just been lounging around lately. As soon as I'm feeling better, I have lots to catch up on!

I miss summer. a lot.

The first weekend back to school always reminds me why I love summer so much. I've spent a good chunk of this weekend enjoying, and also doing homework (blech blech blech)! But with Diana Krall and Steve Tyrell crooning the classics, sometimes you can escape calculus and economics of the environment. And reading about Britain colonizing early America is made 1600 times better when lying in a warm hammock, eating a grape popsicle. :)

Pictures from a practically perfect first back in school weekend...

a spectacular blind/first date (little baby hannah is growing up!)

pinterest//coffee//candle//christmas tree//love

xo
Hannah

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

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

Figurative Friday

Keepin' it real in my fancy figurative Friday attire. And the stereotypical deuces and duck face, because I SUCK at selfies.

My favorite blogger, Bon, is a high school English teacher. (always makes me wonder if any of my teachers have a blog!) I always love to read what she's teaching her kids, or the funny stories about her students, as there are times when I'm pretty sure the same stuff happens in my English class.

Anyways, today she posted about May and the end of the school year. It's like a figurative Friday. We get up and the birds are chirping and it smells so good when you walk to your car in the morning, and when you're walking into school, you just keep sniffing in the wonderful air. The grass is green and calling everyone to come out! Except, it's May. The end of the school year. The students are done. The teachers are done. We're all ready to break out and do nothing! BUT

there's still essays to be written. homework to be finished. projects to be worked on. tests to be taken. AP exams to annihilate. finals to suffer.

Last night was the beginning of the cycle. The tortrous cycle. Where I get home, and sit on my bed. And nap, or eat snacks, or dance in the basement, but overall, do nothing. Then I realize, oh shoot, there's STUFF TO BE DONE! So I do a little Spanish, or a little English, or some physics. And then get in a good hour or two of AP studying. And get to bed nice and early at the usual 12 or 12:30.

Stress is sorta high, but it's a figurative Friday! Who even cares! (hahahaha I really truly do care)

xo
Hannah

PS- I just had to share this! It is hilarious! And true true true! Love all three of these actresses! They know what being single is all about!