Falling Leaves

Princeton is so beautiful this time of year. Well, so far every season I have been here has been very pretty. But fall is amazing! Whenever I’m driving I’m always thinking to myself, “I wish so and so could see this” (you can just put your name in there) There are so many trees here. Especially where I live. I’m driving through a little forest everyday to get home. But sense there are so many trees, the pile of leaves are huge! I tried taking a picture with my phone but it does not do it justice. They are lining the streets in my neighborhood. The piles are easily 6 or 7 feet high and go on forever. The color of the trees is pretty darn incredible too. The orange, brown, red, yellow, there like the colors I would want at my wedding some day:)

So this last Saturday, I took Hunter to Hebrew school. I actually watched him all day which was a first to me but I liked it. So anyways, I found the temple where his school was and dropped him off. It’s in New Brunswick and that area is a little ghetto. It’s kind of like the small dirty parts of New York. I had like 2 hours to kill while he was in school, so I went to a Barns and Noble..Is that how you spell it? Anyways, I was looking for some new books to read. I was not going to buy them just find some and write them down so I can go to the library and check them out. I looked at some by Nicholas Sparks and Clare Naylor. I’m very excited to go get them so I can read them. Reading is my new thing. It’s so nice to have a book to pull out whenever you need something to do. Or if you are waiting somewhere by yourself. The next book I actually plan on reading is,” The Other Bolyin Girl” It’s the story of King Henry 8th and his wives. Its 900 hundred pages so it will take me a little longer but that’s fine. Back to My story now. After the book store I went to Panera for a cup of French onion soup and to do a little reading. When it was finely time to pick Hunter up a throw everything away but when I tossed my water glass in it bounced off the edge and the ice flew at this mans head who was sitting at his tabled, minding his own business. I was so mortified and embarrassed that this happened. I just said I am so so sorry and I left before he could really reply. I’m sure my face was bright red.

The rest of the days was pretty layed back. I got Hunter some Mic Dees on the drive home . When we got there we played basket ball and some bored games. Watched a movie and did some computer games. He took a nap which I was very excited about because sometime he will not fall asleep but I had a head ache and wanted to sleep myself. I talked to Joe over Skype which always makes even the best day grander. Hunter and I ordered some pizza and watched Jeopardy. I put him to bed and that was the end of my nigh. It was my time to relax and I sure love to do that.

Happy Birthday to ME:)

Last weekend was my birthday and I was pretty dang excited to be turning 21. I’m not sure why cause you cant really do anything different on that birthday then I could my last one. But then when I was watching some tube, there was all these deals that you could get like staying the weekend in Vegas or hotels in New York and you could not get them unless you were 21. So that’s the reason why I am excited to be 21, I can get extra good deals on random things. I think that is pretty cool if you ask me.

So, I actually had to work on my birthday but I partied before and after. On Thursday, I took the train into New York (the first time by myself, I totally felt 21 haha) and I met up with a friend, Chelsea , that I really had not seen sense high school. So it was so so much fun to see her. She works as an intern at the temple doing international communicating. Or something along that line. I got off the train at Penn Station and was supposed to take the number 1 train up to 66th. I got on the wrong one and ended up at like 14th but no worries, I just grabbed another one and got to the right place. We ate dinner at Applebees on Broadway and then went to see Legally Blond. It was sooo funny. I was laughing the entire time. The only reason I can say I like the movie better is because I love Reese Witherspoon to death. To this day, the songs from that show are in my head.

Friday was my actual birthday. Dina had a show to go to so I had Hunter. Which I fine cause I love when I got to spend any type of one on one time with him. Hunter’s teacher, Dina, and I actually made up a fun schedule for Hunter and I to do when it’s just him and I and im very very very excited about it. Dina got a piece of non chocolate cake and put a candle in it and Hunter sang me happy birthday,. It was so cute. Then she gave me a watch and a gift certificate to an amazing shoe store. She knows me so well all ready. So anyways, After Hunter was in Bed, my friend Alana came over to chill with me. She brought me a cake and it was delish and an IOU that was good for one purse in China Town. If you have ever been there or have heard about it you would understand why I was so excited. It’s like knock off central. Love it! One of the reasons I like it so much out here is because of the friends that I have met. Without them I know that I would be ready to come home a lot sooner.

Saturday, Alana and I had off to New York. We went up to see the Temple and found this nice little place to have lunch. I can’t remember the name, but it was the name of a woman. We then took the subway down to China Town. I was so dang excited to get a new purse, you have no idea. SO after wondering around China Town with no luck at all, we finely get luck with like a little over an hour before are show starts. So we go into some secret rooms and its like heaven. Big brand label purses everywhere! These little rooms can fulfill a girls dream. They certainly fulfilled mine. It was AmAzInG! Alana and I then rush to the subway and make are way back to Broadway. Broadway at night is really a sight to see. Its kind of like Vegas but classier in a different type of way. I love it. And the weather was amazing. To make it even better, all the Navy sailors were there that weekend. They were all gorgeous and I just wanted to..well..we don’t have to talk about that. We made it to our Show (39 steps) it was my first non musical play and it was supper funny. Its kind of like a spoof on Alfred Hitchcock’s movies. All the shows I have seen I would be more than willing to see them a second time. I have to thank Dina’s mom because she always gets me all the tickets , so I have never yet payed for one. So this was my first birthday away from home and I think that It was a really good one. One that I will remember forever. Thank you to everyone who made my 21sy birthday the best 21st birthday a mormon girl can have.

Going for Gold

So, its kind of been awhile sense I have updated this but what’s new right? Haha. So last Saturday (Sept. 27) my friend Alana and I ran a 5K for “The Parkinson Alliance” And when I say a 5K I really mean I mile run. It sounds so much cooler to call it a 5K though. I was happy with myself for running it in the 13 min range. Considering I have not ran the mile sense I was in like the tenth grade I impressed myself..alot. It was an amazing feeling to run for a cause . To be running for the finish line and everyone is cheering for you and to get your cheesy little metal. It was grand. And I felt really cool to wear that paper number. It made it all official and stuff. After all the runs were done they had food for us. Subs and pizza, I ate the sub. It felt weird to eat this greasy piece of pizza after you feel so good for exercising. They had games for the little kids to play and a massage table set up to relax your body I guess. By the time I made it over there they were closed. Bummer.

After the race, Alana and I decided to start working on our poodle skirts for a sock hop that we are going to in October. It’s a young singles activity for everyone in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. I’m way excited to see friends and to meet new people. Well anyways, back to the skirts. Neither I nor Alana know how to really sew that well. But we figured we would give it a try. The felt was really cheap so we would not be out that much money if we messed the whole thing up. So I found out, well I really knew it to begin with but I can sew, I just can’t read patterns. I also do not have the patients for them. The same goes with pinning the fabric before you start. Its so time consuming and I just don’t like it. Needless to say, the farthest we got was cutting out mine and trying to figure out how to thread the sewing machine. Which we never figured it out so we just called it an afternoon. Alana had to be somewhere so I just went to a movie cause I did not really want to go home and I read all the books that I just got. I watched Ghost Town and it was an excellent movie! Definitely one of my favorite’s sense I have been out here.

That Sunday was really neat cause I helped the sister missionaries by picking a girl up that is investigating the church. I sat with all the missionaries at church and that made me feel like I was doing my calling. Just being surrounded by them . She actually decided to get baptized this past week. So Saturday October 4th, I am going to my first baptism here. I’m very excited for it. And to wear the new dress I bought for the occasion. There is this guy that had been investigating for the past month and a half. He is 24 years old. Has a collage degree in criminal justice and just got out from serving four years in the Air Force. He asked me out on a date and we did go out to dinner Monday night. He asked me out to lunch and then to dinner again and a movie. He is kind of date crazy! Every time I’m with him he talks about wanting to get married and start the part of his life. It was kind of funny, He would say something that he wanted, ex. He wants 6 kinds. And If mine was not the same he would change to that. So now he wants 3 kids like me. Haha. I am not really feeling him so I told him I was not interested in dating and yada yada. I did make me feel good that someone wanted to date me. I had not been on a real date sense tenth grade. I think everything must have happened that year. So don’t worry Heather, I’m not getting married at the age of 21!! Haha. Ill wait tell..well..I’m done having fun I guess. Oh yes, something else. I stared working out at my gym with a personal trainer and by body has never hurt so much in my life! But its kind of a feel good hurt in a way, weird I know. I do an hour and a half 3 days a week and its actually kind of fun. Well im off until next time I decide to write. Who knows when that will be.