Summertime..

... and the livin is easy... kind of... ok. not so much, but I'm having fun anyways!!!

So I'm taking a TON of credits and basically working myself to the point of insanity doing my "fast track" semester to get ready for my internship this fall. But here are a few things I've done this summer to make it still wonderful and fun :)

1. Trip to Northern California :)

Jeff's roommate got married a few weeks ago so he was going home for the weekend so I got to go too!!! It was so fun to see what Northern California looked like and meet his wonderful family and have so much fun :)
Highlights.
the drive. yes. 12 + hours talking and laughing and listening to "The Host" on CD, and stopping at truck stops... sooo fun! Who would have thought such a long drive could be so fun?


San Francisco. Jeff lives super close to the city and we went down and spent a few hours being touristy. I took lots of pictures, we went to Pier 39, watched street performers, watched some sea lions battle it out for some room on the dock, shared a sundae at Gheradelli Square, went down Lombard Street and walked down this cute little beach... I forgot the name of. But it was super cute. :)

Oakland Temple. On the Saturday we were there, we got to go up to the temple and see Josiah (Jeff's roommate) get married in the Oakland temple. It was so pretty. It sits up on a hill overlooking San Francisco and it is just gorgeous. Also, it has this cool walkway on the temple with gardens and beautiful sculptures protruding from the walls of the temple. Jeff and I walked up there between him being in all the pictures and it was so pretty! I loved it.

Jeff's family. I don't have any pictures with them, but they were wonderful! They let me stay in their beautiful home and they made me feel so welcome and comfortable the whole time I was there. I've heard so much about them and it was so nice to finally get to meet them and find out where Jeff got all his wonderful characteristics from :)

And thus concluded California trip with Jeff. <3

2. Dinosaur Museum.

Ya, it may seem random to you, but I bet you didn't even know that Utah is famous for having a lot of dinosaur bones! It's true. I saw a lot of them. And took some funny pictures with my roommates.

There were giant dinosaur heads, footprints, and I even got to shake the hand of one of these huge piles of bones! I would recommend this museum to anyone! loved it. and it was free so who would complain!?

So... all in all, I'm liking this summertime business :)

Angry or a Little Confused?

So the other day I was minding my own business...
driving down the freeway...
(I was in a super great mood cause I was on my way to pick up Jeff from the airport after his week and 2 day long excursion to Mexico. Yes, he is MUCH tanner than I am right now. sad.)

So I'm driving along, listening to "Hey Soul Sister"- another new favorite- when some expensive car behind me starts tailing me.
not okay
I didn't even get angry cause I was so happy thinking of my cute boy at the airport.
I simply tapped on my breaks enough so my lights went on so the expensive car man would stop
He didn't. He got closer
ps. the whole lane next to us was COMPLETELY open...
I didn't like this. It was seriously killing my happy vibe.
I looked in the mirror at him and shrugged my shoulders a little like "Why are you doing this?"
He motioned for me to get into the lane to the right.
So I put on my blinker. No worries. I go to move over...
And he floors his gas pedal and gets into the lane I was about to move into!!
Really buddy? Necessary?
I look over to catch a glimpse of this character...
and he threw a TOMATO at my car!
my poor poor Pooter (name of my car) is now smeared and dirty.

First thought.
Who throws tomatoes at people on the freeway?
Next thought.
Who has a tomato to throw?

I don't know if I should be angry or a little confused...
maybe he has bigger issues - carrying around tomatoes in case he gets angry

Is it weird that I love this?

The Man I want to be - Chris Young (I put Chris Brown when I first typed it. false.)
ps. I recommend fast forwarding the first minute...its just kinda boring. Also, Listen more than watch. Hey, you could do something else while you listen. Don't even look at it. haha I don't know how to just put a sound clip in so I put in the video, but I'm not the biggest fan.



Reasons I love this soooo much
1.This is good country. Listen to his voice! O man, I love it.
2.I seriously cry every time I hear this song. Call me emotional, but I just love the lyrics. Obviously, I'm not a man haha but isn't that just the goal? I want to be the best person I can be.

I'll love Provo in the Fall....

I, Alissa Pitt, or maybe I should say Miss Pitt, will be a 2nd grade teacher this Fall!! For the 2010-2011 school year, I will have 23 second graders all to myself! I'm so so excited I cannot even tell you. Let me tell you why.

1. Second graders are sooo funny. This month while I was in another 2nd grade classroom, I had a little boy come up to me... this is how the conversation went.

boy: Miss Pitt, have you ever seen a real toad? (He was writing a report on toads)
me: No, I haven't, but I'm sure if you wanted to see a real one, they have some at the pet shop.
boy: umm... sooo...after school, how about you and me go see those toads?
hahahahahaha needless to say, I had to decline, but I was honored to possibly be the first girl he asked out haha



2. Second graders are the sweetest. Example number two... There was a little girl in my class who, every day without fail, commented on how much she loved my outfits.

... Miss Pitt, that is such a cute shirt... Miss Pitt, I love your shoes today... Miss Pitt, your hair is so pretty. I like when it's curled... Miss Pitt, where did you get your necklace?...
haha mostly, I need to carry her around in my pocket in case I need a confidence boost haha



3.Second graders write the nicest notes.One I got from a girl in my class:

Dear Miss Pitt, you are a very nice teather and you are pretty. I thick you are gun be a great mom and teather. I thick you very very friendly. Your friend.

I am so excited for a class of my very own!!
<3

My Hill

I think everyone should have a spot. Mine happens to be on BYU campus.
It is a hill.
and I love it.

My hill is behind the McKay building and its kind of hidden.
It's a little steep, but not too bad. I can walk up it without getting too out of breath
but when I walk down it, I have to kind of lope down it... kind of skipping...
I might look weird. but I feel like I look happy.
I love looking and feeling happy.

Today I noticed a sign.
No bike riding down my hill.
$50 fine.
Mostly I really like that sign. why?
No bikers will run me over while I'm enjoying my hill.
I love that.

Another notice today..
I found a bird nest in one of the trees.
I feel like spring is coming.
and I love it.

That is my hill.
You can walk on it too if you want. Its a beautiful hill.
you can love it too

<3

life. and everything that goes with it.

Whew.
snapshots of life this week.

monday.
skipped all my classes for the day to figure out what needed to happen to get my roommate and best friend Marissa well again.

tuesday.
grocery shopped, cleaned my room, went to school and work, then country dancing (so amazing. i loved it! There were tons of people there 60+ and lots of way good dancers) That evening, like most tuesday evenings, I stayed up waaay to late getting homework done.... maybe because I procrastinated... or maybe because my teachers think I have a ton of time and frankly I don't agree.

wednesday.
Marissa went to get a procedure done and I got a phone call during my Teaching Literacy class saying she would be hospitalized for the next week :( I finished the last few minutes of that class, then went to inform the professor of my next class I would not be there today. needless to say, i don't like him anymore, I shed a few tears and he didn't understand why I would prioritize my dying (ok, thats totally exaggerating) roommate above Children's Literature. Who would have thought? ugh. makes me mad just remembering...

also, I get a text that Kelli is having her baby!!! Luckily in the same hospital as Marissa!! Perfect.
Jeff and I run down to the hospital and visit Marissa for awhile, then he came down with me and met my mom (he shook her hand and was very gentlemanly and it was super cute <3>

thursday.
visited the hospital girls this morning, got to hold connor andrew yorgason, ya. he's sooo cute!
he's like a baby model! Look at that! so precious. <3

went to class, then work and just finished 2 - 3page papers in an hour.
I do have to go home to an empty room though. It may seem ridiculous, but I've roomed with Marissa for over a year... sleeping in my room by myself is quite sad. Maybe I'll pull my mattress into one of my other roommates' rooms....

tomorrow will be friday which means the weekend and hanging out with my family and Jeff and sleeping more and relaxing for 2 days! It's been an INSANE week, but I think it will all be ok in the end. In fact, I know it will be. It always is :)

next weekend. CALIFORNIA TRIP!!!

Cultural Diorama

This is for my Multicultural Education Class. These "artifacts" from my life tell a little about me as a person and the culture of my life.

My Label.

Happy Little White Girl from Huntington Beach, California

Artifact 1: A Penny

As a child, I remember a large coin jar in my parents room. It sat under their desk until it was needed. Whenever I wanted to buy lunch at school or needed some quarters for the ice cream man, the money would come out of that huge coin jar. You see, my family didn't have a ton of money growing up, but these pennies and quarters were for us kids to get treated sometimes. I did not know it at the time, but my parents sacrificed so much for me. A penny doesn't seem like much to some people, but I have learned from many pennies in that coin jar, about self control and sacrifice. I hope that those lessons are ones I will retain my whole life and will teach to my children one day.

Artifact 2: A deck of cards

All growing up, and to this day, the card game NERTZ has been a family favorite. This fast paced, competitive, crazy game was a family tradition. I remember playing with my cousins and grandparents and now I live at college away from my family, but my roommates and I have NERTZ nights every Sunday night and we've met so many friends through these game nights. Besides being a tradition and a loved game in my family, I think NERTZ shows true colors. Some would call me a quiet, easy going girl... but when NERTZ gets going, I get loud and competitive and I love it. These little hand held cards get me out of my box and allow me to be a little crazy for the hour or so the game lasts.

Artifact 3: Journal

I write in my journal almost everyday. I love it. It's like free therapy. I can write whatever I want, for as long as I want. My journal is a collage of movie stubs, notes I want to keep, pictures from my neice, to wrappers of the amazing English Chocolate I got to try. It is me. I write in my journal for myself, for my posterity, or sometimes I imagine that someone in the distant future will find it and discover a culture of my life they had never thought of before. I believe in keeping a record of my adventures and life happeneings. I believe in leaving something behind me when I go. This is how I do it. This is my way of being selfish as I keep these thoughts to myself, but generous as I donate my journal to the future archeologists of my room.

These things are just little pieces of me. My cultural diorama attempting to encompass my life and culture in 3 short paragraphs. I hope you enjoyed yourself. I know did trying to to think of things.

peace and love
<3