Day 195.

Family pictures?

Success….

[hopefully.]

Day 194.

Yes…
I realize that I do need better sleeping habits…
But isn’t that what college is for?
Today began when I decided that I didn’t want to get ready for work.
Thank heavens for my little black hat.
Life saver.
When I die…..
I want it buried with me.
Infact…
I think I want to be wearing it.
Work was super long….
Super boring….
I only broke the tape machine once.
Me and Derrik had a nice conversation today:
Q: Is it jammed?
D: Yeah.
Q: Do you want me to go get Danny?
D: Yeah. Thanks.
Thank heavens that we got out an hour early today….
I came home and rushed to get ready for family pictures…
Do not fret.
I burned myself curling my eyelashes…
[don’t ask]
And melted the tube of mascara…
[don’t ask]
It was way to eventful for not even ending up getting pictures taken…
Mason ended up having a fever of 102.6 and was throwing up all night.
Instead I went out with the girls since it was Jamison’s 20^th birthday.
Creek?
Cookies?
Diet Coke?
What more did we need?

It’s weird to think that me and the girls are getting old…..
Meg drove me home as we listened to her strange music…
Meg wouldn’t be Meg without her music.
The boyfriend called and we talked about the things he had fixed and how I don’t think I’ll get on his 4 wheeler with him now that it’s been all fixed.
We talked about lots of things.
It was great.

Before heading to bed I [naturally] had to finish watching Bedtime Stories. 

Thought.

Russell Brand may be a strange human in real life….

But he is my favorite human in that movie.

Day 193.

Say hello to my face……

Mascara sure did.

In preparation for tomorrow’s main event [aka family pictures] I put some on my face just to make sure it didn’t look strange.

I wanted to go for a brown….

But the black didn’t seem to do much anyways.
If you didn’t know….
Me and make up don’t exactly go way back.
It takes me long enough to get ready in the morning….
I don’t super have the desire….
And I’d rub it all off by the end of the day.
That’s basically the end of the story.
I guess we’ll just have to wait and find out if it actually does anything tomorrow.
Today was fine.
I got up early[ier] to go with my mother to do the final check on my bridesmaids dress….
You know….
The one I’m not going to forget.
Then I went to work.
Woo.
Hoo.
I was put in verification.
I was with Derrik again today.
I think the reason that they put me and Derrik together all the time is because we don’t talk.
We spoke a lot today.
Our conversation went as follows:
Q: Do you put the barcode or the address label on these boxes?
D: Actually, you put them both. They’ll just go straight to shipping.
Q: Oh. Perfect. Thanks.
*Silence*
*Check boxes*
*Silence*
D: They actually told me that we can check the ones with the pink flags. They just need to be double checked. The other ones still need to be sent to the expeditor.
Q: Oh really? I must’ve missed that one. Thanks!
Aren’t we an exciting bunch?
Maybe one day we’ll be friends….
That day will be when he decides to take the UPS Ground truck and lets me take the basic shipping truck instead.
I drove and saw BFF Jill after work and attempted at being crafty.
Twice.
I was mostly there for moral support as the 4 of them created roses for the wreath.
We just talked.
And built stuff out of paper.
I think I just realized that the BFF Jill is for reals getting married in like a little over a week.
Odd.
I came home and ate dinner and had fhe and all that good stuff.
Then I got to talk to the boyfriend.
The boyfriend is a funny human.
I enjoy talking to him on nights like tonight.
Approximately 32 more days or something till Rexie.
…….not that I’m counting or anything.

Day 192.

Unfortunately I don’t think I’m going to make it to 365 days of blogging by the end of the year.

This weekend?
Fantastic.

Lots of adventures.

The boyfriend came down from Idaho.

I was so pleased.

He told me he wasn’t going to be here until around 10 but he was able to head out of Idaho around 2 and got here around 6.

Once he got here we got him fed and headed to the much awaited reception…..

Intern finally got married.
I’m pretty sure we’ve waited for this day since she became our intern last semester of my senior year.
It’s fine that I’m blurry in this picture….
It’s the event that’s important.
I’m pretty sure boyfriend was more entertained by crazy Tim’s arc than he was by the reception.

We left the reception and headed back to the Decker household where we discussed life and other things with Robin, Drew, and Holly.
Boyfriend had man talk with Drew as they discussed Megs Valentine ’s Day present.
Boyfriend wanted to go shopping so we headed to Ross.
We sat on the floor while he tried on shoes.
He asked me to pick out which ones I thought were the most Jacob.
Unfortunately the ones I picked weren’t….
Ooops.
After he had purchased 2 pairs of shoes we headed to Provo to see the sister, the brother in law, and the baby.

We hung out with them all night.

Party.

It eventually came time for me to head home so I grabbed the boyfriend’s keys and drove home.

We were a tad bit worried that he wasn’t going to be able to find his way back…..
Don’t fret.
Me and the boyfriend’s car are best friends forever.
Me, Taylor Swift, and the car were probably thee hottest things on the road at 1 am.
I may or may not be in love with this car….
The adventures started the next day around 9.
The younger brother had lacrosse championships.
It only took me approximately way too long to find the game.
I was a tad bit paranoid that I’d end up on the freeway but instead I ended up on the sketchy side of the underpass.
We watched the game….
Lacrosse is combination of field hockey, soccer, basketball, hockey, and ballet.
Breakfast was calling our name after so we headed back to his sisters and made breakfast and played with baby.
Hashbrowns. Bacon. Eggs. Muffins. Orange Julius.
We played blockus…
I lost…
BUT….
I placed my single piece right in the middle of where he was going to perfectly fit his awkward piece.
He wasn’t too pleased.
I can’t remember what we did for the next couple of hours but it was soon time for boyfriend to experience long boarding down Provo Canyon.
The first part was extremely fast….
The last half was a leisurely ride.
We ran around looking at every skate shop around in search of the wheels that he wanted.
[Michelley….. This is where we saw your bikes. This is where we missed you dearly.]
It was around 6 and time for dinner.
We were all ready to go when boyfriend fell asleep on the couch…..
Typical old men :)
He woke up and we headed out.
Originally we were going to get waffles but then decided that it wasn’t going to fill the men up.
Thai Ruby.
We each got something to share.
It was soo good going down…..
[story to continue in approximately 5 seconds….]
We ate and then headed up to the BYU campus.
The Clyde Building.
Boyfriend and Brother in law share the same major so Lane decided to show off the toys that BYU has

to offer.

I thought we were never going to let boyfriend leave.
Ever.
He was like a kid in a candy store…
We headed out and Kevin [aka stomach] decided that something wasn’t right.
No bueno.
We walked to the car and I tried to tell Kevin to behave.
Didn’t work.
By the time we were driving in the car I was telling myself no.
“Quinci. Hold it in. Do NOT throw up especially in the car. Run away.”
“Quinci. Don’t even think about it. Look out the window.”
“Sparkles.”
We finally got back to the house and I ran out of the parking garage as I prayed that there would be grass somewhere.
I tried to hold it in.
I really did.
….BLAAAAAH.
But out it came.
Perfect.
Just what I needed.
Throwing up on their grass.
I’m sure I’m their favorite person now.
Thai food and Kevin got in a fight…..
And the Thai food won.
The rest of the night was spent laying on the couch and thinking how awesome me throwing up on the grass was.
All I wanted then was my Strawberry Shortcake blanket and pillows.
Jacob drove me home.
Bless his heart.
I was a tad bit surprised when he showed up to go to church with me and the fam the next day.
Thank heavens my little episode hadn’t scared him away.
He headed over Sunday morning around 10 and we played with the small children and he talked cars with my father.
Man stuff.
Its completely fine that the first thing my dad asked the boyfriend was how I looked as I was throwing up.
Oh bless…..
We headed to church and all was good.
Dinner came after church along with some not so funny jokes.
I think my family decided to play a game called ‘how much can we embarrass Quinci while sitting the dinner table.’
My mother even brought up the baby pictures……
The rest of the afternoon was good.
Boyfriend headed out around 6 and safely arrived back in Idaho.

This weekend was super great.

It’s always nice to be in the same state as the boyfriend.

Day 191.

Deciding whether to blog or go to bed has been a battle

every night this week….
I know that I should get to bed earlier but sometimes it doesn’t work when me and the boyfriend are on the phone until one of us remembers that it’s late and we both have to work the following day….
Or when we realized that the other person is focusing more on staying awake than the conversation.
Yes.
It happens.
Hahaha….
Last night…
Obviously going to bed won.
Nothing too exciting happened yesterday.
Me and the brother had another institute moment but this time at AFHS.
Unfortunately we didn’t have one of those tonight as planned.
Today happened just like any other day.
Work.
Come home.
At that point I fell asleep on the couch.
When I woke up I decided that I needed to do something with my life….
So I cleaned out my car.
Just so you know…
Cleaning out my car was like a treasure hunt.
I took a picture but the new yahoo mail stresses me out and
I didn’t know how to save it…
Or I just didn’t have the patience.
I found a necklace that I purchased like 30 years ago….
Pens, pencils, Colten’s high school notebook, 2 pairs of
work gloves, a mini bat, pad of paper, tire pressure checker, and a whole lot of garbage.
I decided that since me and my car had a wonderful bonding moment we would run away together…..
Unfortunately I was low on gas….
So Trish backed it out of the driveway for me and I read my book….
In the car.
Things got more exciting as the night went on…The crazy random thunder storm rolled in out of the blue causing my dad to make us all come inside.
I got to talk to the boyfriend and some of his friends while he was out on a man date.
Thought.
Boyfriend is coming tomorrow.
I cannot wait.

Day 190.

Waking up this morning was like waking up during an opera…
Oh wait.
It was.
I was so fortunate to wake up to Colten and Jace singing…..
At 7:30…..
I really woke up around 9:30, got ready, and headed to work.
Today wasn’t so bad….
I was stuck with the scanner…
It wasn’t too bad.
4 hours and I was out of that place.
As I was leaving I told myself I deserved a diet coke.
I headed home, but not before making a quick stop and the local library.

I needed some books.
The boyfriend gave me and couple but they were nowhere to be found.
So I went to an old friend…
Chaim Potok.
I cannot wait to start reading his books….
But being the LDS girl that I am…
I [naturally] found my way over to Jack Weyland.
I looked up and grabbed the first one that I didn’t recognize.
This is what I saw.

They always say not to judge a book by its cover.
Well….
That’s exactly why I picked this book.
I’m halfway through and it’s making its way up my list.
I can’t figure out if Jenny is going to wait for Bruce or just fall in love with Kevin.
The suspense is killing me.
Jack Weyland doesn’t give any clues as to how it’s going to end….
[I hope you sense the sarcasm here….]
After reading for a while me and jace got all ready to head to institute.
Dating and Courtship.
Me and Jace sure know how to find the cool classes.
We may or may not have driven all the way to Orem for it…
Do you know what I learned?
The habits of lovable people include the following:
Financial planning/tithing/budgeting.
Gratitude.
Temple attendance.
Forgiveness/patience.
Keeping up appearances.
Humility.
Favorite date idea from the 3 pages that were given to us?
’60. Collect rocks and make rock people- and a rock village.’
Class was really good.
I came home and got to talk to the boyfriend for a [long] while.
It was fantastic.
I caught a bug and wanted him to eat it….
Then he decided he wanted to play a game called ‘Let’s pretend we’re stranded on an island and that bug is the only thing left to eat. You eat it.’

Strange human…. J

Day 189.

If you know me well, you know that I love a few things:
Doughnuts.
Crappy hot chocolate.

McDonalds.
Journals/blogging.
Walks.
Café rio.
Parks.
Diet coke and Reese’s.
JCW’s Bacon Ranch burger.
Sweatshirts/sweatpants.
Sitting outside on Sunday nights with the family.
Boots.
Travis [the fish].
Friends.
Peanut butter filled pretzels.
The creek.
White shirts.

Don’t fret.
My mother found me some more white shirts today.
Ta-Da.
Are you pleased?
I am.
Today…
I went back to Nuskin.
I pulled into the parking lot and wanted to run away.
I saw some old friends which made it okay and talked to a recent graduate of BYU-I.
I clocked in and was assigned to be upstairs for the shift…
Packaging.
Party?
Problem.
The paper machine.
We don’t get along.
Its programmed so that when you push the foot pedal, paper will shoot out at you through the machine.
Keep in mind that the place the paper exits just so happens to line up perfectly with my face.
Ugh.
When I get stressed out or something my foot somehow to push the button…
Ta-da.
Paper in the face.
I think Bob [the other human up there] got quite the laugh out of it.
Lets just say it was quite possibly the most boring shift of my life.
Work was so slow.
I may or may not have been talking to myself by the end of it all.
“Quinci…. Stay in school.”
“Quinci…. Marry and old rich guy so you never have to think about this again.”
“Quinci… Get over the fact that people are spending more on wrinkle crèmes than you are spending on a semesters worth of tuition.”
“Quinci…. Your face is in the way of the paper.”
“Quinci… It’s not okay to sing to Justin Beiber while working even though he’s on the radio right next to you.”

“Quinci… It’s time for you to go home.”
I’m pretty sure I was more entertained by those painting the walls.
Nuskin is so pleased to announce their new paint color….
The bright and cheery and motivating…..
White.
Oh wait….
That’s none of those things.
Oh well.
Someone forgot to tell the painters.
On the way home I stopped to see Aly in her new little apartment.
14 more days.
[Don’t forget the bridesmaid dress!]
I headed home…
We ate dinner…
Watched True Grit for FHE…
And I got to talk to the boyfriend J
Wanna know one of my top 10 favorite things about the boyfriend?
I can talk about the weirdest, most random things that he probably doesn’t want to talk about slash doesn’t care about….
And he’ll just humor me and listen.
He’s a fantastic human.