Camping, cupcakes, and craziness

Since I lack the motivation to get a head start on my homework for this week, I decided to grace my blog with another post. :)

Aside from torturous schoolwork and attempting to cure my recently relentless acne problems, things have been pretty good for me! In recent crocheting news, I have made another hat. This time, it is a cupcake hat. You can't tell from this picture, but I used sparkly white yarn for the frosting.

It took me a pretty long time, but I thought it was good enough to show off. I ended up getting a huge response on Facebook, which I did not expect. After the comments I've received, I'm thinking about making more of them and trying to sell them on Etsy. Perhaps with different bands and flavors. It would take a lot of time for me to create more, and with time being something I don't have a lot of these days, we'll see!

I had a lot of fun things happen this past week! I went to my friend's concert, which was fantastic. I also went star gazing on the Blue Ridge Parkway with some friends where we drank hot cocoa and wished on all of the beautiful shooting stars we saw! 

As for my weekend, I went camping on Friday. It was a lot of fun, minus the part where we had to sleep. It was a freezing cold night, which wasn't so bad for me since I had a deliciously warm plush blanket wrapped around my entire body. What I couldn't take was the ground being so bumpy and hard to sleep on. Needless to say, everyone missed their own beds that night. 

The girl's tent! We set it up perfectly :D

And here's the boy's tent... not quite as great as the girl's tent. :P

We had wonderful campfire music, thanks to the instruments we brought!

I brought my bongo with me and gratefully contributed to the campfire tunes. :)

My friend Tanner and I!

Not a very good picture of us, but very reflective of the crazy night we had. :D

On Saturday, I got to hang out with my sister Danielle and Kyle! They came to visit me, which was very nice. :) After they left, I went to a basement party on Saturday. It was definitely the weirdest party I've ever been to. Also the most confusing. Haha. Then today I hung out with my friends Katie, Christina and Kelsey! We made beautiful Star Wars-themed Wookiee and Wampa cupcakes together and watched Up. All in all, I think my weekend turned out to be a great success. :)

         

Who would win in a battle against each other?

In other news, I'm going home for fall break on Wednesday! There's a few things I hope to get done whilst at home besides hanging out with the fam; for instance...

-Finish my Halloween costume (which will remain a secret! For now. Details to be announced later :P)

-Dye my hair auburn/red

-Finish watching season 3 of Arrested Development

-Start watching a new TV series; either Breaking Bad OR Community. I'm leaning towards Breaking Bad.

-Start working on new crochet project! (also another secret!)

Happy 2nd birthday, Josiah!

So today was Josiah's birthday! He was so funny and cute today. We took him to favorite restaurant, Red Robin, where he always behaves. He also had his first taste of delicious birthday ice cream! I love him so much and I can't wait to continue watching him grow every day while I'm still at home.

In other news, I finished another headband today!

I love the white a lot. I can't wait to make more! But first I need to wait for my next pay check so I can buy more yarn colors. :)
Speaking of work, I FINALLY get to work tomorrow. I work at a summer day camp and I haven't been put to work since Monday. What sucks is that I'm only working 2 hours tomorrow. 2 HOURS. Not enough. I'm supposed to be working 9-10 hour shifts. They keep cutting back my hours. If they don't make me work at least 3 days next week, I'm going to be so pissed.
But you know what's exciting?! I'm going back to Boone next weekend! It's my roommate Olivia's birthday on July 5th! I can't wait to celebrate! :D And I've missed my room at school terribly. It's ridiculous. I have so much stuff to bring back to my apartment.

Anyway, I better get ready for bed and call Spencer. We're spending the night at his house tomorrow and going to Charlotte on Saturday morning! Woo!

Nothing but decorating and surprise back pains.

So today basically consisted of a delicious sandwich, crocheting, my grandma arriving, Target shopping, me decorating my brother's birthday cake, and my back pains deciding to kick in again.

1st off: DELICIOUS SANDWICH. Okay, this sandwich was awesome. Whole grain bread, provolone cheese, turkey, and bacon. NOM. I think I just might make it again tomorrow.

I also did a LOT of crocheting today. I finished a rainbow ear warmer/headband and made a few tiny bows as well!

Next, my grandma finally came to visit! I don't even remember the last time I saw her. She's still quite the worrisome lady, but apparently she plays poker with her friends. For some reason, I think that's awesome. I told her we should play poker sometime while she's here, haha.

I went to Target with my mom later to get dinner supplies and the cutest thing happened. I was shopping around for things on my mom's list when I hear a little voice say, "That girl is pretty!" I peek over my shoulder, and sure enough, I see a little girl looking at me. She was so cute! She waved at me, so I smiled at her. Later I see her again, and she says, "It's that girl again!" And she started waving again, so this time I waved back. As we were leaving the store, I was telling my mom how adorable this girl was, and then we see her and her dad leaving the store right as we were leaving. Then she says to her dad, "Hey, it's that pretty girl! Byeeeeeee!"

She made my day.

My brother's birthday is tomorrow, so I also slaved over his cake and iced it as best as I could, given my limited working supplies. I think it turned out rather nice, if I do say so myself!

The picture doesn't do the cake justice since I took it with my phone, but trust me, it looks good considering that it was all decorated with a single butter knife.

So lastly... my back pains. My back was killing me not too long ago, and I went to the doctor's a month ago to see what could be wrong with it. After urine samples, x-rays, and expensive medications, apparently it is still there. I was sitting down today and tried to get up, and my back hurt so bad to where the pain forced me to stay down. I just want this pain to go AWAY. And the medications don't even work. It sucks.

In other news, I'm going to Charlotte with my boyfriend for the weekend! I can't wait to get away from my house for a little while, even if it is only for two days. I'll be able to see my friends, too! :)