Anything is funny at 3 a.m.!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go on a cabin trip up to Payson with a few of my friends. It was really nice to get out of the heat. The high was in the 80's and the low was somewhere in the 50's. It got pretty cold during the night. It felt nice to wear a jacket again. I haven't worn one in so long!
This cabin trip brought new meaning to the phrase, "Good Times". Below are some quotes from the trip that I thought were funny. Enjoy!

1. "I'm just going to wear shorts. Do you think that's okay?" - Jaimee
"Scandalous!" - Jenny
"Why?" - Jaimee
"Oh, I pictured you in booty shorts." - Jenny

2. "I'm skinnier than people think. Here . . . let me show you." - Casey
"Really?" - Jaimee
"No." - Casey
"Good. I almost spit out my food." - Jenny
"It's nice to know that the thought of me shirtless makes you want to throw up." - Casey

3. "Where's my pillow? Oh . . . Casey has it." - Jaimee
"Where's my pillow? Someone stole it." - Jenny
[. . .]
"Jacob would you mind moving into the other room to sleep. Sorry we woke you up." -Jenny
"That's fine." - Jacob
[. . .]
"Did you see what Jacob was holding! He has my pillow." -Jenny
"Great . . . our pillows are getting more action than we are!" -Jaimee

4. "Aaahhh!!!" - Jenny
(A tuck, dive, and a roll over the bed. That must have been one scary moth.)

5. "It's a car dance off!!" - Jenny
"We totally won." - Jaimee
"Ya, but I don't think the other car knew we were having a dance off." - Casey
Ha ha.

Well, those are just some of the funny things we did this past weekend. :)

Costochondritis! AKA: False Heart Attack

So, for the last five days I have had this pain in my chest. I finally decided to go into the doctors and check it out. I called the doctors office to make an appointment and the receptionist said that the doctor wanted to talk to me. I explained to her what was wrong and she thought that I was having a heart attack. She told me to go to the E.R. I assured her that it wasn't a heart attack - although it was painful so she scheduled an appointment with me. When I went into the office, I explained again to a different doctor what was going on. He did some tests, pushed on my chest, pin pointed the pain, and found out what was wrong. Luckily it was not my heart. He told me it was something called Costochondritis. Basically, the cartilage that connects a rib to the breastbone (sternum) is inflamed! Mayoclinic.com says: "It causes sharp pain in the costosternal joint — where your ribs and breastbone are joined by rubbery cartilage. Pain caused by costochondritis may mimic that of a heart attack or other heart conditions. Most cases of costochondritis have no apparent cause. In these cases, treatment focuses on easing your pain while you wait for costochondritis to resolve on its own." I have a gnawing pain in my chest, it hurts to breathe, and it is just uncomfortable. The doctor was trying to figure out what could have caused this and the first question he asked me was, "Has anyone sat on your chest recently?" Haha. I thought that was funny. I guess Costochondritis is caused by injury, infection, or pain from other areas of the body; including stress. This will go away on its own. The doctor said to take inflammatory pills, put heat on my chest, and take it easy. Be even more lazy than I already am? Alright . . . Doctors orders. Ha ha. He said the pain will go away slowly, but it will go away, hopefully within 10 days. That's it. It looks like I'm going to survive another day. :)

Having Fun in the Sun!

This summer has been a blast. Last month, my family went on vacation to California. We explored cities we've never been to before: L.A., Hollywood, Burbank, Universal, Beverly Hills, Long Beach, Catalina Island, Malibu, San Diego (which we've been to several times), and more (but because we got lost, not because we were trying to visit these cities.) We had so much fun together.

We drove around for, seriously, five hours looking at the Hollywood sign and trying to see how close we could get to it.

We went to the Kodak theater and the Chinese theater. My sister loves Hugh Jackman, so she was very excited when we saw his hand prints and footprints in the cement. I love Will Smith and looked everywhere for his prints. They were no where to be found. I couldn't even find his star on the sidewalk. I was very disappointed.

We went to the Wax museum which was awesome. The wax figurines looked so real. Especially Samuel L. Jackson. I was half expecting him to reach out and scare me. . . but he never did.

After the wax museum, my family decided to go to the Guiness Records Museum across the street. Here is the tallest man in the world . . . well his statue at least. My parents teased me and said, "Finally! A man tall enough for you." Haha.

Universal Studios!! This is the ball right outside the entrance of Universal Studios.

Here is me a Chucky. There is a haunted house at Universal Studios. We walked through it. the scariest part for me was when the chucky doll jumped out of a corner and scared me. The scariest part for my sister was the end when the butcher tried to cut off her head. She was not happy with him. Let's just say, it was a good thing my dad was there or he probably would have gotten a good beating.

The Simpsons! They also had Homer and Marge walking around somewhere. There is a new ride at the studios staring the Simpsons. It was our favorite ride.

Warner Brothers Studio!
This is us in front of the visitor center at the Warner Brothers Studios. This tour was probably one of my favorite parts of the vacation because we got to see where some of my favorite movies and T.V. shows were/are filmed.

This is on the set of the hit T.V. series Friends.

Catalina Island!
My family took a boat over to the island. It took an hour to get over there. I got a little sick from the up and down motion of the boat on the waves, but I survived. We saw packs of dolphins on our way over as well. Dolphins are so fun to watch.

The island was so cute. Everyone who lives on the island drives around in a golf cart. Some of the carts were custom made to look like trucks, mini vans, topless convertables, ect. It was so cool.

Sea World!
We went to Sea World. I thought that Sea World was going to be so lame because I'm not that big on animals and I'm 23, but I was wrong. It was a pretty awesome place. They have a new ride there that my family went on four or five times in a row. It's called Journey to Atlantis.

My Niece is so Cute!!

I love the look she is giving the person standing to her right in this picture. It's like she's saying, "You're weird." (I'm guessing it's Lyndsie. . . hehehe).

I absolutely love her hair in this picture. She has a Mohawk!!

Having too much Fun!!

Who knew that taking pictures of yourself with friends could provide hours of entertainment! :) We took about 50 pictures of ourselves and these were the best two. Ha ha.

Hiy-may???

So, this guy just called me from Google. He had a Hispanic accent. He asked if he could speak to Hiy-may. Ha ha. I died laughing. I kind of feel bad for the guy. I bet he felt so stupid. I corrected him, but then later in the conversation he asked me if he could verify my e-mail. He said, "Is it hiy-may L @ gmail.com?" Ha ha. I burst into laughs again. I couldn't refrain. He said "Sorry. I thought you were Spanish." That made me laugh even more because my last name is Lenkersdorfer. Definitely not a Spanish last name. :) You gotta love people. They are so great.

Charcoal!!

On Sunday, I opened the door to the garage and found a grey kitten having the time of her life inside my garage! I have no idea how long she was in there before I found her, but as soon as she saw me she ran and hid. I couldn't find her to swoosh her out of the garage so I just left to go to church. I told my dad about it later and I told him that I didn't know if she was still in the garage or if she somehow made it out. So we went to investigate. As my dad was moving around the wood in the garage, we found her . . . scared as a . . . kitten? Is that where that phrase came from? Anyway, I grabbed her, took her out of the garage, and tried to calm her down. I fed her water and she slept in my backyard. I named her Charcoal. I haven't seen her since Sunday, but I put water out for her everyday. :) I don't usually like animals, but I think I'll make an exception for Charcoal.