It's All About ME!

Who was your favorite celebrity as a child?
I always loved Angelina Jolie and then a tie between Robin Wiliams and Jim Carey for guys.

What is your favorite color?
Tiffany Box Blue.

What is most memorable about your high school years?
On the positive side - In my Junior year I started hanging out with a group of friends who were all Seniors and they were all really amazing people. We had a lot of fun together. Through them I met Jeff, who impacted my life a lot.
On the negative side - this is also the same time that my dad passed away and also had a close friend pass.

What word describes you best?
Dreamer

What is your greatest accomplishment?
I'm not sure I have a greatest accomplishment?

What is your favorite food?
Sushi. I love a lot of food, but in the end sushi wins.

Where do you want to retire?
Oh, who knows? I'm so indecisive on anything regarding my future.

What is your business goal this year?
To continuously grow and learn more about our company.

Where do you like to vacation?
I love vacations in the mountains, at the beach, and at the river.

Who do you admire?
I admire anyone who is further improving themselves. Anyone who goes out of their comfort zone to do good. Anyone who helps others. I admire lots of people.

What is your mission?
To be the best me I can be and to make a difference.

If you were invisible, where would you go?
I'd probably sneak into places I shouldn't be. Concerts, music videos, figure out government conspiracies and which are true and which aren't. Too much X Files!

What traits in others are you attracted to?
Honest, loving, respectful, adventurous, funny, chivalry...

What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you?
Minnie and Randy Chung made it possible for me to stay in California when my mom moved back to the Midwest.

How do you want to be remembered?
As someone who cared and loved those around me.

What would you do with a million dollars?
Buy a house, buy a car, buy a personal trainer, finish school, get some gadgets, donate some, and save whatever is left. If any. Hahaha.

If you were on an island, who would you want to be with? Why?
Timmy - because he always knows how to have a good time!

You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about?
It's about how life is hard and how you can't let that get you down.

People Watching

Last night as I was driving home I saw an "In Loving Memory" on the back of a vehicle. I see these all the time, but this one was different. This was for a woman's son, and yesterday was his birthday. He passed in 2008, and he would have been 30 today. For some reason this made me extremely sad and also made me think, "I wonder what the woman, the mother, was thinking that day behind the wheel. I wondered what her life was like. What happened to her son. Was she married or alone? Maybe she had other kids? And I just hoped she wasn't going to be alone that day.
Sometimes I go to Disneyland just to have me time, but also to people watch. I make up stories about the people who are there. They are very elaborate, almost like playing with barbies again as a kid. This woman is married to this man, they have a small house in this city, and their kids names are...
I'm sure this might seem odd, but it's kind of a creative outlet for me. I could easily just sit with a group of people and just listen and watch. It's funny too, because when I was younger I always wanted to be heard and to be the center of attention, but the older I get, the more I realize I'm content with just sitting back and letting the people around me get the spotlight.
Anyways, this was a random posting - but I figured I'd let my thought process be known just a little more.

Indiana (Jones)

Okay, so this post has nothing to do with Indiana Jones. But I think he's a hunk (hahahaha)and the theme song is awesome and sometimes starts to play in my head. That's not weird, right?
So, last Friday, July 2nd, I left on a red eye flight to Indiana for a family reunion. I left Orange County at 9:30 pm, had a lay over in Detroit at around 4 am, and arrived to Indiana at 8:30 am. Two things - the obnoxious family of 10 on my 100% full flight to Detroit kept me from sleeping more than an hour or so; and the Detroit airport is very eerie that early in the morning. I was literally the only person in the walking escalator across a football field sized hall that had a light show with music. So after that fun I finally arrived in Indiana to have Kate, Adelaide, and Brian pick me up.
This was my first time meeting Adelaide, and it was really hard not to cry. She is so precious and full of such a zest for everything that surrounds her. I love it!
Upon arrival I was famished, so we went to Cracker Barrell (a must!) and I ordered an egg, bacon, and wheat toast with a whole lot of coffee on the side.
After eating we headed to Turkey Run to meet up with the family. The day progressed with a ton of food and BBQing, hiking the trails, and then swimming two times - once earlier in the day and another time later in the evening. We also sat around as a family and played the dictionary game. I love this game. It makes me giggle. And snort. A lot.
The next day was spent packing up our stuff from the cabin at Turkey Run and heading back to Crafordsville where we went out to lunch and then proceeded to head to Grandma's house. We played Pictionary for a while and then went to Wally World to walk around and peruse the aisles.
All the girls of the family - My mom, Aunt Marcie, Grandma, Rachel, Katie, and I all decided to have a girl's evening that night. I picked up a face mask for us to use that night and my cousin got some super awesome yellow nail polish. We drank wine, ate junk food, painted nails, applied face masks, washed each others hair, (getting the disgusting chlorine out of our hair from the previous day)used hand exfoliation, and had a giggle fest.
The following day was my last day with family. As tradition stands, we went to Little Mexico (my favorite) for lunch. My cousin and I each got margaritas and we all just talked and hung out.
All in all it was a great trip. I left out a lot of details, but this is the gist of the trip and it's amazingness.