Big ol' post

Are you there May? It's me, Erin! Where did May go? Seriously though...

Anyways,  here's a big fat slab of meaty bloggy woggy goodness of what I have been up to recently... 

 

I got to have dinner and watch Portlandia (best.show.ever) with my hilarious and awesome friend Meg, you should read her tumblr if you haven't yet, I aspire to write my wacky thoughts as clearly as she does. I feel we were cut from the same cloth (both slight hypochondriacs, get goosebumps at the mere mention of Downton Abbey etc.)

Whilst cleaning out my room a couple weeks ago, I found this treasure. 

"Dear Erin, 

How are you? Do you like your teacher? Do you like your teacher? <3 Ashley " 

This was sent sometime during elementary school, the repetition slays me. She was so nice to decorate the border. (read her blog!)

 

Nope. I refuse to believe my baby brother is 17. No amount of facial hair, muscle mass or vocal changes will stop me from seeing him as my baby brother. If you don't know Jonathan, you should. He may seem very serious on the outside, but he is just one funny, loving and caring goofball. 

My dad was out of town for a few days so my mom and I were bad and went to Pinkberry for dinner. Having frozen yogurt as a meal makes me feel rebellious these days. Wild life of a 21 year old amiright?? (P.S. how gorgeous is my mother?? Seriously glowing)

New selfie. I never take pictures of myself for some reason. When I do, I can't bring myself to make a serious face, so here I am...a dash of myspace pouting combined with a sprinkling of "the skinny arm"

My mom was cleaning out some old binders at the middle school, and she found a detention slip for Travis in there. He was in advisory playing with Tim, I guess his teacher wasn't having it. Don't worry, my mom took it so that she could give it to Travis. Not to boast but...I never got detention in school, ever :) 

And that is how it goes! 

-erin-

Update

Seeing as I haven't done anything on this blog in awhile, I thought for my sake I'd try to remember some things that have happened recently. 

- the weekend after I came home we got to go to New Orleans to visit family, eat a lot of cajun food and play with my little cousins- 

- I started my internship and feel to grown up (for another post)- 

- I got to set up for Blake and Holly's engagement with three of my favorite people, we were all a litte jittery about the impending excitement, it was a fun memory to share- 

- I was also handed the task of taking picture's of the actual proposal which was so fun but I was kind of bummed because some of my pictures turned out blurry (at one point, I asked Travis to hold my arms because I was shaking from excitement..hence, blurry pictures)- 

- Finally I was reunited with Lauren and Ashley this past friday night, laughter and chatting ensued- 

- Blake asked Travis to be his best man, I am so excited for him!!!- 

And those are just some of my mumble-jumbled thoughts, I will probably read this tomorrow and catch a zillion typos. 

So, here's the thing.

Blogging involves being on a computer. 

My internship requires being on a computer. 

When I get home, I don't really want to be on a computer. 

My blog may be quiet for a little while.............

Casa de Pi Phi

Things I will miss about living in the Pi Phi house: 

Everyone being in one place

Eating delicious food 

Not having to prepare said delicious food 

Having a different person to talk to at all times 

Being able to walk downstairs for meeting instead drive 

The snacks in the mini kitchen 

All of the random things that happen (that's super vague but I don't know how else to put it) 

Having a workout room 

Having a birthday in the house

Things I will NOT miss about living in the Pi Phi house: 

Wearing shoes in the shower 

The freezing cold temperature they keep the house at 

Having to poop in a specific toilet 

When people are loud but you are trying to sleep 

That dryer that takes forever in the laundry room 

Not being able to make my own food 

Limited privacy 

How stinky the mini kitchen got during the weekends 

I really will miss it though. That was the one time in my life where I got to share a house with 50 people that I know. Also, not only have Sarah and I known each other since 7th grade, now we have been roommates too. There are only a few people you can say that about, glad it's her! Last night, we got to sneak Travis up to our room to sign our fan. I think it is fun that Travis is special to both of us. 

Alas, it is good to be back in Casa de Kanter, where I can poop in any toilet I want. 

-erin-

Birthday Post!

I apologize in advance if this post is long/wordy, I am really doing this for myself so that I can remember everything! 

At midnight, as in 12:00 am on my birthday, I was downstairs studying for my exams and everyone else that was down there sang me happy birthday. Living with 50 girls has its fun advantages, that was one of them! 

Then, I walked up to my room and sweet Shannon had bought me flowers and wrote me a little birthday note! 

 

When I woke up the next morning, I got right to studying (blegh) but then Travis picked me up to take me to lunch and then we decided it would be fun to go to Spec's and look around. When we got there he handed me his debit card and said, "pick out whatever you want and I'll get it for you." Of course, I am the most naive person when it comes to alcohol so I just called my Mom and asked, "hey, what's that stuff I like?" The point of me having the debit card was so I could do the obligatory handing over my ID to the cashier thing. 

Me and my first purchase: Beringer White Zinfandel 

 

When Travis drove up to the Pi Phi house, I got a call from Crush cupcakes asking me when would be a good time to drop off a delivery my parents had sent. I was so surprised but, I thought they were sending me one cupcake. Boy was I wrong, when I got to the door, there were THREE DOZEN cupcakes. They wanted everyone to share in the fun!!! 

Vanilla, Red Velvet & Chocolate cupcakes! 

 

It made me so happy that everyone got to have a treat. It also helps that everyone who lives here is gracious and wanted me to thank my parents, how sweet!

Oh my gosh this is too long but I want to document it somewhere! OK-so then I got to talk to my grandma, open my birthday card from my family and not concentrate. At 4 I had a little happy hour at Chuy's where I gulped down a deelish strawberry margarita (on the house) and had fun chatting with everyone for a little while. 

 

After happy hour, Travis took me to dinner at a new Mexican place called Lupe Tortilla where we got to eat yummy fajitas. I was starting to feel sleepy already from my margarita so all I really said while we ate was "oh my gosshhhh, this is so yummy" 

 

Travis and I went back to the house to study for our final we had together today, I was so tired that I was deep asleep by 11:30 last night. 

If you made it this far, you rock. This was one of the best birthdays I have had in awhile. I felt so loved and I got to spend time with great people, eat good food and have a tasty drink. My hope for this next year of my life is to be thankful, be more appreciative of what I have. I know that a lot of change is going to happen but I hope I can always look at the bright side. (ok, I know that was cheesy) 

I get to see my parents tomorrow, go on a 'fancy' birthday date tomorrow night and I'm done with finals  Monday, YIPPEE!!!!! 

-erin-

Get in mah belly

It's the day before my 21st birthday, I have been studying since 10:15 this morning and this is what I want: 

A mocha cookie crumble frappucino (for a limited time only).

Only Travis...Part 2

 

Last night, my friend Marie texted me that her mom had sent her a care package that was waiting at the MSC for her between 10-3 tomorrow. Since Travis and I are on campus at the same time we decided on going after class so we could look at the new MSC and pick up her stuff. Well, Travis did not want to go to his math class (who would? Numbers?..blegh) so he begged to be able to walk to the MSC and get Marie's care package instead of class/waiting for me. I mean, twist my arm, I said "go ahead!" 

When I was out of class, I didn't see Travis waiting outside my classroom and I felt a little confused.A moment later, I saw him walk down the hallway with a big smile on his face. 

"So, I went to the room where the care packages were and there was like, a whole room full of moms handing out snacks and stuff. And I went through the line to pick up Marie's stuff and saw that after you get your care package you go down this line of like, ten moms who just give you a hug and wish you luck on your finals. So i was like, 'oh, I am just picking this up for a friend' and the lady said, 'ok, well you can do whatever you want!' so I just went down the line of moms and hugged them all, they were so nice!"

All I can picture is Travis laughing, smiling and chatting with each mom as they gave him a hug. Just as the title says...only Travis!! 

-erin-