The Groove

I know I haven't posted in awhile so here it is...

Well, School started a couple of days ago, and it will definitely not be a "walk-in-the-park" kind of semester. I have a lot of writing intensive classes, and those definitely take up lots of time. My internship is going well! I still love it! Right now I am still working on my movie "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."

I am just really tired. I am juggling many different hats at the current moment, which is fine, I just haven't adjusted yet. I'm a full time student trying to graduate, I am looking for a job for when I step into the real world, I have an awesome internship that I just want to make sure I'm awesome at, I am the president of an organization that is trying to get kicked off the ground, and most importantly I'm a wife who loves the feeling of cooking dinner for her husband-- even though I'm exhausted by 6:30.

I know the Lord doesn't give me more than I can handle, and I am definitely thankful for that. I just need the strength and the patience to get into the groove of things.

Another thing that is weird is not seeing Aaron at all from the hours of 8-6. We used to eat lunch together everyday, and I'm not going to lie... eating lunch by myself sucks. The really positive side is that we cherish the time we are able to spend together at night. I have also noticed that he is appreciating the fact that my day is just as full as his, and I still make him dinner. I just have a wonderful husband. :)

Anyway for those of you who read... there's my update! :)

Lauren

Fun couple of days

Aaron's younger brother and his girlfriend, Brandon and Kelsey, came to visit us for a couple of days! We had so much fun! They got here Monday and left Wednesday. Tuesday Kelsey and I went and saw The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: 2! It was such a great movie! I thought it was cool how much more mature actors the girls have become! I would definitely recommend the movie for a girl's afternoon out!


Then Tuesday night Aaron's dad had Astro's tickets and we sat in a suite! It was so great! It was an awesome game. There were lots of homeruns AND A GRAND SLAM!!! I was so proud of the 'stros! Here are some pictures:

We won so there were fireworks...
The Scoreboard...

Brandon and Uncle Virgil...

Aaron and I...

It was Aaron's parents' 31st anniversay!

Me, Aaron, Brandon and Kelsey...

Brandon and Kelsey...

Me and Kels....

I've decided that I have been staying up too late to watch the Olympics. I'm really tired the next day. Also, I think I might be getting too much into them. I mean when we don't win... I get REALLY upset. I almost feel as if I am the one losing... I think that's a bad sign that I'm too competitive. I really do compete with everything I do. So, naturally I would be really upset when the freakin TEAM CAPTAIN of the girls gymnastics simply steps out of bounds. I know that's a small deduction compared to not landing on the beam but still. I get upset. I understand that it's alot of pressure on the girl's shoulders, but like I said I'm really competitive! We'll see how the weeks to come go...

Anyway that's pretty much all I have for now! :)

Lauren

Yeah, no big deal

I started my internship yesterday. I have worked only aproximately five hours in the past two days and I have loved every single minute of it! Yesterday I stuffed envelopes with movie screening passes all morning. While stuffing envelopes I learned ALOT about the Moroch business and what they do. I feel like I'm learning so much... and it's only been two days!!

Then today... I wrote a letter to the mayor. Yeah, no big deal. A LETTER TO THE MAYOR! There is a fundraising event called BOLT ACROSS AMERICA and it's part of promotions for a new animated comedy called BOLT starring John Travolta and Miley Cyrus that is coming out November 26. The movie is about a super-dog named BOLT that stars on a hit TV show. His life is full of adventure and he has superpowers-- at least until the camera stops rolling. He has believed his whole life that his superpowers are real until he is accidently shipped from the Hollywood studio to New York City. Now, he is faced with the biggest adventure of his life-- a cross-country journey. Along the way he meets two unlikely friends, a cat and a hamster, that help him discover that he doesn't need superpowers to be a hero.

So that's a synopsis... and now to the letter to the Mayor. Well BOLT ACROSS AMERICA is a fundraiser for ASPCA which is an organization that provides effective prevention of animal cruelty. It started in New York and stops in Hollywood. A giant orange truck with an orange trailor is carrying A GIANT HAMSTER BALL!!! The giant hamster ball is rolling from city to city making appearances to raise money for the local SPCA's. The hamster ball is "bolting" into Houston September 24-26, and I wrote a letter to the mayor asking him to declare one of those days BOLT ACROSS HOUSTON DAY. My letter also asked him if he would take a picture with the hamster ball in front of one of Houston's landmarks such as The City Hall Reflection Pool. *below is a picture of Miley Cyrus with the giant hamster ball*

So I wrote a letter to the mayor today... yeah no big deal. What did you do?!

-Lauren

GRADUATION!!!!

It all started August of '04... I started on a journey called college. I attended two years at the greatest school ever... Texas Tech University. Then came the man of my dreams... and he swept me off my feet to a little town called Houston, Texas. Unfortunately, I had to change schools to The University of Houston in August '06. UH doesn't mean as much to me as Tech did; but hey it's a degree! So that brings me to today... August 6, 2008 I OFFICIALLY APPLIED FOR GRADUATION!!! Holy smokes I'm graduating in December! It will definitely be here before I know it, and that's kinda scary. Who knows what "life after graduation" holds. We'll find out in about 4 months. I'm nervous about the "real world," but SUPER excited!

That's the coolest news of the day!

Last night Aaron and I went to see the screening of Pineapple Express. It was so funny at times I thought I might pee in my pants! It was the funniest movie I have seen in awhile! GO SEE IT!

Tropical Storm Edouard came and went, and all we got was rain. It didn't even really hit Houston it went more up the Texas/Louisiana border than actually hitting Houston (which is what "they" thought it was going to do.) Everyone freaked out that it would actually hit Houston, and now all of the grocery stores are out of bottled water for no reason!

Well, that's all I have for now. Peace out.

Lauren

Vegas for Jordan's 21st Birthday

Here are my pictures from Vegas this past weekend. We had so much fun that I forgot to take pictures... so there aren't very many. Sorry! :)

At the Indoor Go Cart Track in Vegas

Mom and Jordan playing WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Watch out folks.... SHE'S 21!!!

We waited forever at Mandalay Bay for these chairs!!!

Ok I know I am really really white... but I don't want skin cancer... thank youuuu

Yes... my hot mom and sister

At Jordan's Birthday dinner at the amazing White Chocolate Grill

Birthday Girl

Marty and Mom

My Uncle Brett and Aunt Donna

After a great dinner! :) Sorry it's the last one!

Ok, well there are the pictures. I'm sorry that I was bad and didn't take very many! Enjoy! :)

Lauren

I've given in

Okkkk so I figured I would give into the world of blogging!

So Aaron and will have been married 7 months tomorrow! It's been a pretty crazy ride! Marriage is not always easy, but it makes each new day something amazing! God has taught me so much through my marriage about love, patience and kindness.

So I think the biggest and most recent thing in my life is my paid internship! I just got an internship with a company called Moroch Entertainment. They do PR for major studios like 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Universal, Lionsgate, Sony, Columbia Pictures, Miramax and many more! Not only studios but also McDonalds! I am so pumped!!! I have already been able to benefit! I got tickets to the screening of Pineapple Express! FOR FREE! I was supposed to start tomorrow, BUT... since there is a tropical storm headed this way... I don't have to work! My new job is downtown, and it floods easily... so no work.

Speaking of the tropical storm Edouard is headed for Galveston, and if it hits Galveston then Houston will be in it's path. They are also saying there is a possibility it could turn into a cat 1 hurricane by landfall. I went today to get "storm supplies," and HEB was almost completely out of water!!! CRAZY! I'm not too worried, but I've never experience anything like this. Any other time that there has been a big storm, Aaron and I usually happen to be going out of town. I'll let everyone know how it goes!

Aaron's mom and dad aren't going to be staying with us this week. They are going to be staying for a week because they have suite tickets for the Astro's next week. So, instead of staying with us for the week they are going to stay with Aaron's uncle Virgil. The exciting news is Aaron's brother, Brandon, is coming to stay with us and he's bringing Kelsey! We are all going to go to the Astro's game next Tuesday! I love going to the game and hanging out in a suite! I'll post pictures later.

Well, ta ta for now!

Lauren