why i like christmas. a story in 3 parts.

part 2.


i sometimes get really cool things. (although this in no way tops the dollhouse of 1995. it had stairs people! and real carpet.)





i don't know how to say it...but my family might be cooler than yours.





santa brought brother a drum set. good luck parents!





pretty grandma and pretty cousins.





i maybe really like this girl.


the end!

why i like christmas. a story in 3 parts.

part one.


traditions. like visiting santa.





i know. i'm adorable. and look slightly asian. (that must be where my brother gets it) also, santa's eyes are boring into my soul.





please enjoy my inexplicable fourth of july outfit. patriotism and christmas have always seemed like a natural combination to me.





rocking the classic denim on denim combo. and trying to ignore my brother as he rudely expresses his distaste for santa. boys have no social tact.





don't cry brother. you're wearing moon boots for crying out loud. life can't get much better.

work ends in three minutes.

and i'm looking at this.

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/throwing_water/

magical.

you smell just like christmas.

it's alllllllllmost christmas.

- the apartment is decorated all winter-like. if i ever feel like it, i may put up some pictures. (warning. it's likely i'm far too lazy for that sort of thing. i don't know what it is about winter, but i lose almost all ambition. except for the ambition to wear sweatpants and sit in front of the fire while eating)

- presents are almost all wrapped. (in four different kinds of target wrapping paper. i have a pretty concerning addiction to that store. i've been three four times in the last week.)

- after tomorrow my shopping should be done. hopefully?  i kind-of maybe get freaked out by large crowds of christmas shoppers, so i really really need it to all be done tomorrow.

i found this picture on one of my old phones. (hence my lack of bangs)

merry almost christmas!

texts saved on my phone. part 2.

part 1 here

I have no idea. She is seriously his twin with boobs.

I know! Fo shizzle! I’ve missed you!

That’s a good idea…”hey can you please cut your hair so we can get married?” I think I’ll do that.

HAUL  ASS!!!

Thanks! It turns out if you are prepared for what you are getting into, your car actually does work.

Can you send me some Victoria’s Secret Mailers?

He just told us that when he was in elementary school they tattooed his blood type under his arm. He said it disappeared but just found it again last week.

So I know this probably stupid, but lately he has been watching Lady Gaga videos like crazy and I’m starting to get annoyed by it. I think I might be jealous..? 

Its not the neck beard of times past unfortunately.

That poor puppet. She’s had a turkey stuffed up her butt and now this

Well we are cute girls in need of a bed to sleep in….i think you get the picture

Umm why did you not sing a duet with your mother on the fourth of July?

I’m losing my mind. Sorry it’s early but I figured you would understand the terror a 10 yr old can inflict…

So there is this dog chasing shadows at my friends house…and barking. It remind me of your dog that was inbred.

Sorta like when I grabbed that guy’s crotch at the valentines dance.

HOW DO I GET YOU ALOOOOOONE?! (In a singing type of way…)

It’s more than cool. It’s ice cold.

Oh happy day! I can’t wait to see you and your elbows.

and i can still remember, the laughter in a stranger's face.

i still have a hard time fully comprehending how much has happened in the last 7 months.

i graduated from college.

i moved all by myself to a brand new city.

i got in my very first car wreck, and gave my very first incident report to an insurance agent.

my best friend whom i shared a bed with one summer moved what feels like forever away.

another best friend had not one, but two babies. [who make me happier than i ever could have imagined]

 i picked out my first health insurance plan.

i'm so different from the person i was last april. since then i've had some of my highest highs (see - babies, graduation, getting a job, being in love) and lowest lows (see - moving back in with my parents, being unemployed, staying in bed for one entire day).  i've gotten to a place i didn't know i could (with help from a lot of people) and i've had several days where i didn't think i could ever be any sadder. (i was unfortunately proven wrong) 

i don't really have a point, not even to to say something cheesy like, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you respond to it or there's no I in teamwork (which makes sense if you really think about it). because really i wouldn't change anything.


hi. i'm lacy. i get excited about lame things, like clean pillowcases, hostess cupcakes and buying wrapping paper.  i'm learning to be happy just because of me, not because of anyone else. it's an exciting journey. (that last part was to make up for my lack of cliche quote. you're welcome!)

 here are some pictures i find especially neat

found here, here, and here.

addendum - another thing that makes me excited? finding half a peach propel in the fridge.
 end scene.

i tried to do handstands for you.

tomorrow i'm starting a new job. (for those of you keeping track on your official lacy davis scorecard, this will be my third job since moving to salt lake. no big deal)

things i will (kind of) miss about my previous place of employment.

- starting my work day at 1:30


- the part-time instructor who looked and dressed like a j.crew model. [um, i will maybe really miss him]


- immediate access to hot chocolate, water bottles and soda (which i don't really drink. but just knowing it was there was comforting)


- being able to change the print cartridge and use the labelmaker. (two tasks i weirdly enjoy)


- my co-worker with the last name of Bottom. (yes, my sense of humor is often on par with that of a 10 year-old boy. case in point. my mother said "number 2" the other day and i laughed for about five minutes)


- the constant stream of cnn. sometimes it made my brain want to cry, but it kept me ridiculously well informed.


- another co-worker who liked to sit at my desk for the last hour of my shift and tell me about her life. (juicy details include an abusive ex-boyfriend, a new, but possibly soon to be ex-ed boyfriend, and a secret unplanned pregnancy. ....you can't make this stuff up)


- the columbian man-boy who greeted me every day with a "heey seester" before requesting coffee.


so farewell first grown-up job. hello new grown-up job. 


[you may now feel free to subject me to any range of infectious disease as i will soon be medically insured. woot]

i don't do too much talking these days.

i had a nice and mopey post alllllll written up for your mocking and enjoyment but then....i deleted it. (on purpose....just to clarify)


guess what? sometimes i err on the side of being sad. which is really quite lame of me, because seriously? i have everything i need. [plus a lot more] i refuse to be the person who fixates on something that didn't turn out the way she wanted it to. because guess what else? sometimes that happens.


and that's ok.


this clip makes me so happy i can barely handle it.






and not that you care, but the original song is also quite great.





i can't really recall having eaten anything since my eggs this morning. so i think i need to forage for a poptart.


and you're welcome for not subjecting you to my mopey-ness. (trust me, it's not fun for anyone)


the end.