A Southern Soul

I'm pretty sure I have a Southern Soul. I'm loving being back in the South. A LOT. I miss Gregg , but i'm loving the warm weather and the sloooow days. Seriously. I don't know what it is , but even on the busiest days that I can remember having down here , they seemed so slow. It's like people actually take time to enjoy life down here.

The feeling of slow days began the second I stepped out of the airport and hasn't left me yet. It's nice to just finally enjoy life for what it is. The pollen is kind of ruining my slow days , because my allergies wont let me get out and walk around and enjoy the weather , but seriously ya'll. If you ever need a fantastic vacation I highly recommend the South.

When I was in the car with my mom I was thinking this : " Georgia , where children are drinking Sweet Tea the second they're on bottles , and eating Chick Fil A nuggets the second they have teeth." There's something about the way life passes in the South that makes me yearn to raise my children here.

Alas , that will never happen. No Joke. The boy would never let it happen. I asked. So my children will make several visits. It's just the way it's going to go. I don't think you'll ever be able to take the Southern girl out of me. I'm okay with that.

A conversation about Nuts

Sometimes My fajah and I have conversations about the cans of mixed nuts you can buy at the store. They go a little something like this :

F: Afton , these nuts are bad.
A: I know, the cashews are all shriveled
F: No, I mean they taste burned or something.
A: yeah I know , I've eaten them. and by them I mean the ones I like. By the ones I like I mean the cashews and the Almonds.
F: Well... Almonds are good.

This his how pretty much all of our conversations go. Well as far as food is concerned anyways. Well and we don't say all food is bad either. Or shriveled. That was just one of the best parts of my last night. I needed to share, because frankly , I giggled a little to myself after this conversation.

Hi.

Today has been interesting. To say the least. This morning I got my hair cut. It looks GOOD. Then mom drove me around to turn in applications. While out the large amounts of pollen got in my eyes and made my contacts nearly impossible to wear. I did it though. Mostly because i'm crazy awesome like that. Get home and what do you know ? I have a very random , very bad rash all over my hand. it's weird,I have no clue where it came from.

Also. Last night my left Cheek (ahem. lower cheek) Started hurting. BAD. I literally lost sleep over this. It continued on to right now. So what have I done ? Well I took tylenol for the lower region and benadryl for my rash. Problem solved. Kay thanks.

Awkward Turtle

Okay folks. I just wanted to make a mini post.I want to make a little blog lovin shout out every now and then. Today it is for this Gal's blog. This may seem a little odd since i've never actually met her , but I feel like she's one of my best friends. Weird? Perhaps , but you guys should seriously check her out. Seriously. You'll love her . Not in a weird , please marry me way , but in a please-be-my-best-friend way. Seriously. Okay. this post was awkward in General , but you get the idea right ? I hope so.


On a different note , I'm getting my haircut. Like this. ( please let this be below the picture...Can you tell i'm just now figuring out how to blog ??) Anyways. Long layers , Side swept bangs... Hopefully. Cute no ? I love it. Except maybe it's just me , but Hilary looks a leetle high in this picture.

Okay , I'm done bugging ya'll. Much love folks.

Puppy Love

I REALLY love this boy. A WHOLE LOT. Especially when he pulls really cute faces like the one above. Those eyes too. OH MY. I melt just thinking about him. I guess what i'm trying to say is i'm in love. I've fallen hard.

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Uhm , I'm pretty sure my emotions right now are at the maturity level of a 2 year old. One throwing a huge tantrum. You see. I didn't sleep at all last night. As you can tell by the many posts. Plus I miss Gregg. So the insides of me are curled up in the fetal position crying their eyes out. I've been staying in my room so I don't bite off any heads and randomly breaking out in tears. Mostly because i'm so tired. BLEH. Anyways , i'm done with my random post about how old my insides are. This post sounded a LOT better as I wrote it out in my head. Sorry.

Random thoughts of a sleepy Afton

Hi , this evening I can't sleep. Because of this i'm posting yet again. A post that may or may not get deleted by tomorrow evening.I haven't decided yet. I have so many things running through my head though so maybe this will help. Mom says if I have to vent just do it in a word document that way it's out and then you can delete it. Or send it to her so she can laugh. BUT i'm not venting. I'm just rambling. There's a difference right? Maybe I should still just write this in a word document. Too late.

First thing is , I really should take up writing again. When I was a senior in highschool , I had a poem of mine published in the schools... Literary book. I'll call it that anyways. I also was known in my family for writing cheesy love stories. Don't get me wrong , they were pretty good.Just cheesy. I gave the best of those to my mom for Christmas one year. At least I think that's what I did anyways. I was reading one of the stories I wrote in Nov of 2010. It made me want to write again. Maybe one day i'll do that. Who knows.

Piano. I realized Sunday that I should really practice again. Piano has this calming effect on me that nothing else has been able to compare to. I really should practice more. Not only because I love it , but because apparently nobody in relief society knows how to play. Which I find extremely odd. So my sister and I are kind of having to take over as far as music goes. Weird right ?

Bathroom. This one really is random , and kind of unnecessary I suppose , but I hate having such a small bladder. I'm pretty sure no amount of water is going to expand said bladder. As a result i'm always worried that my constant trips to the bathroom are one day going to wake up my parents and make them mad. I can't help it. Which leads me to this.

I'm going to have a horrible pregnancy when I finally decide to have children. It's something I've come to accept. I just know it's going to be bad. I have a small bladder now? add baby pressing down on that. I have crazy mood swings now ? Add pregnancy hormones . I have odd cravings now... Well , multiply that with the odd pregnancy cravings... I'm doomed to have a terrible pregnancy. Or at least a normal one... times a billion. I'm pretty sure no one is looking forward to pregnant Afton.

Which leads to my conclusion of I love designing rooms in houses. I think i've planned the way my apartment/ house is going to look when i'm married a billion times over and over again. I LOVE IT. I took an interior design class in High School that I absolutely loved. Is it odd that all the home-y classes in High School were the ones that I took and did the best in ? No joke. Nutrition , Child Development , Interior Design , Home-Ec. I Rocked those classes.

Anyways , I'm pretty sure you guys are done listening to me rant. I'll go now.

help

I promise after this post i'll drop it , but seriously everyone, can you guys read this email I sent to my ex and tell me exactly how I was talking inappropriately to him ? I can't for the life of me figure out how this is in any way inappropriate. Maybe i'm just too close to the situation and stupid to figure it out though... So your help would be appreciated. I'd love to know exactly what I said wrong.

Hey I have some pictures from your mission , and A baby picture of yours. I wasn't quite sure if you wanted those or not. So If you want them It would be awesome if you could message me your address so I can mail those off to you. Oh and I heard you were engaged. Congrats :) When's the big day ?

If you guys can figure it out i'd love you forever. I just want to know exactly what it was i'm supposed to be in trouble for...thanks.

Do you mind ?

Would it be really odd to rename my blog "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen " ? I'm really feeling like that name would better fit my posts.

Moving on. I made dinner tonight. Let me just say it's going to be delicious , and yummy. Which are practically the same exact thing.

Tonight we're having Oven Breaded Chicken, Potatoes ( still deciding on whether to mash them or not , and Green Beans.

Yummy huh ? Just wanted to share. Kay thanks.

This is Why

The reasons I date and love Gregg are different , and the same , everyday. Like today for instance. I asked Gregg to call me after a horrible afternoon. Took a nap. When Gregg called me I told him the story from the post below. Gregg the proceeded to tell me that she was probably just Jealous and threatened by me. Which Is why I date him. Because when my days almost completely suck , he tells me i'm awesome.

So thanks Gregg :)

Really ?

I got a message from my ex's fiancee. I feel as though I should back this story up too. I facebook messaged HIM last night , asking him if he wanted me to mail him back his mission pictures and some of his old stuff. that's all I said. In the spirit of being nice I even asked him about when the wedding was and if he was excited.

I get a message back from his fiancee telling me that I'm talking inappropriately towards him and how i'm just being a complete bitch to him and that everything i've ever said about him isn't true and to never contact him again ( didn't plan on it anyways ) and how she hopes my current relationship will eventually be good enough for me to forget all about him.

OKAY MISSY. A) I don't know you. You have NO RIGHT emailing me and telling me off like that. Maybe he's not a cruddy boyfriend to you , but he was horrible to me. You weren't in that relationship , you don't know. B)I NEVER EVER planned on talking to him after that message. I simply wanted to send him his shiz that I will now burn anyways. thanks. C) My relationship with Gregg is amazing. I'm so over your boy. DONE. I was DONE with him when I saw him back in July. I was DONE with him when I dumped him and MOST OF ALL , I was done with him when he told me ya'll are having sex.

Gregg and I are amazing , I love him. I have forgotten your man. Have I forgotten how he treated me after I gave him 2 years of my life. no. Will the feelings from those 2 years ever go away ? yeah they're gone , but I will always remember how i DID love him. Not anymore. Not that he's marrying trash like you. Gregg makes me forget everything. Gregg is more than enough to make me forget your boy , and he's more of a MAN than your BOY could ever hope to be. I mean that in EVERY SINGLE WAY it could possibly be twisted turned and taken.

Moral of this story ? Don't be a bitch and send me hate messages. You are in no danger of me stealing the little boy you've decided to marry and take care of.