Things That Make Me Tasha

I have been contemplating a lot of things lately. And for some reason random little things about me keep coming to my mind. All the things that make me, well ME. There are all the obvious things, but there are some not so obvious too.

*I love drinking water from the hose.

*The past summer I have fell in love with.... nightgowns. Truthfully. It all started with my MRSA infection. But since then I still love them and wear them all the time. I'm like an only lady. I actually had a lady tell me once that her 80 year old mom had the same nightgown as me. Yeah, that's how cool I am.

*I am a food separatist. Foods that shouldn't be together, should be just that, not together. (My friends here in St. Louis like to point this fact out all the time.)

*I have an order for the way I do everything. Really. And I get all flustered if I have to switch it up.

*I like to wear things that don't match on purpose.

*I like to talk about myself... hence the whole blog. But I don't open up to people unless I know them really well and feel like I can trust them. Yeah, I'm confusing that way.

*I love movies. I could watch movies all the time. And I like to watch the same movie over and over again.

*I don't know how to be short and to the point. I drag out every story and even voicemails..

*I leisurely drive and walk. I don't mean for fun. I mean I seriously drive and walk slowly. I am not in a hurry to get anywhere really.

*If I like something I obsess over it. And I am not exaggerating.

*I like to be barefoot.

*I'd rather be outdoors doing anything than inside. I feel trapped and bored indoors.

*I'm very competitive. Though, I think I have gotten better about this.

*Most of the time I am motivated by fun. I just like to live and love life. :)

There you have a post about me. A little self-absorbed, but oh well. :) Don't worry a post not so self-absorbed is coming soon. haha.

Frogger Lost

Missouri is overflowing with animals. This is what I have to keep telling myself... Why you may ask? Because I seem to be on an unconscious mission to make the number of animals in Missouri smaller. I spent 4 years of my driving life in Utah and never hit any animals. But here in Missouri, it's like they intently cross the street when I am driving.

Now, I am usually not upset about hitting the animals because eh its an animal. Most of the time it is a opossum and they aren't really good for anything. I hit one a couple weeks ago and while it was really gross I didn't mind it much. But last night I ran over a frog. And it really upset me. I had to turn around and make sure that I hit it. I was hoping so much that I was seeing things. Nope. Flat as a pancake. Seeing it clearly just upset me more. I don't know why I was so sad because really it was a frog. Poor frog. I'm very sorry.

Naturally, I had to tell someone about my frog killing. So, I sent out a text to a select few people. One friend responded with "Did you try kissing it to wake it up?" That made me laugh and I soon forgot about my sadness. Yay, for clever, funny friends. Though, apparently I am distracted easily.

As if you didn't need any more proof.

Sometimes my sister likes to remind me how cool I am. Or how weird. It's really all in how you look at it. Okay, mostly she reminds me of funny stories that I really need to write down some where so I can always remember them. Some day people are going to want to know these things about me. Or maybe not.

Today, we were driving in the car and I was talking about how I ate banana pancakes for dinner (along with some delicious quiche, but thats besides the point). Her response to this is "Remember the time you ate barbecue sauce with your pancakes?" Now first, that has nothing to do with our conversation. But oh well. Anyways, I do remember. But then I went on to say "You weren't even there." Then as we talked I realized I have done this on more than one occasion. In my defense, I was a kid. 11 year olds do weird things. But still, it must have been okay tasting if I did this more than once.

The first time I did it because my meal consisted of chicken nuggets and pancakes. I was spending the night at my friend's house and she wanted pancakes and I wanted chicken nuggets. So we did what we were taught to do and compromised. We had both. I had finished my chicken nuggets but still had some barbecue sauce on my plate. So I decided to dip my pancake in it. Yep. I don't remember the taste now, but apparently I did it more than once. What I do remember is that it made me burp incredibly loud. Maybe TMI? I am just saying. I burped real loud and her mom who was in her room and not in the kitchen heard it. Yeah, I am sure she thought I was such a great influence on her daughter.

Try Chocolate Orange Gelato

In my last post I said something about gelato and a good story that would follow. Well it has been awhile since my last post. I got a little busy. Well, busy isn't the right word. Because I actually didn't really do much. I didn't feel like doing much. And that would be because I got a skin infection. MRSA to be exact. I was hospitalized for a few days and put on bed rest for many more. And I probably could have blogged in that time, but I just didn't feel like doing it or much of anything actually. I don't even know what I did with all the time. Slept. And I had visitors to entertain me. Anyways, I am on the mend. Still can't do much of anything, and it really stinks. Summer is my favorite time of year, and I can't do all the fun summer things. I spend my days indoors. BLAH! Oh well, it's life. Anyways, I don't really want to blog about my infection and the huge hole on the side of my body.

So onto the gelato story. Now, it doesn't seem as good of a story as it was. Probably since it has been awhile. And you probably needed to be there for it really to be funny. But it was one of those Tasha Moments that I just want to share. So Em and I want to get some yummy gelato. We get to the place and there are many wonderful flavors. I am having a hard time deciding when the Gelato Dude asks me if I want to sample the Chocolate Orange. Without hesitation I said yes. So he gives me a tiny tester spoon full of the heavenly Chocolate Orange. I now know that is the kind I want. After Em finally decides on her flavor our helper is now Gelato Girl instead of Dude. Not important really, just trying to paint the picture. So she is scooping up my "more than I needed" scoop of Chocolate Orange. (I'm going to keep saying it so you will try it). And I have this tester spoon still in my hand. Thinking I don't want to hold it anymore I look for a trash. I see this bowl on the glass of spoons and drop my tester spoon inside. I did think to myself "hmm, those spoons are much bigger than my baby tester spoon". But Gelato Girl was handing me my Chocolate Orange and I didn't care about anything else. Yes, she was watching me this whole time. Then when I had my delicious Chocolate Orange in my hand I was like "huh I need a spoon". So I turn back to the glass and see the bowl of the big spoons. It was then that I realized I dropped my gross used tester spoon in the bowl of clean spoons. And the Gelato Girl watched me the whole time and didn't say anything. What did I do? I just got a big spoon and left my tester spoon in the bowl. Pretty horrible? Maybe. But I didn't know what else to do. I guess I could have fished out my used tester spoon from the bottom of the bowl, but I didn't. When I told Em on the way to the car she could barely handle it she was laughing so hard. But oh well. These things happen. Mostly, the moral of the story is I love gelato. And Chocolate Orange is very good.

It's That Time Again

So apparently I don't update my blog much. Oh well, it doesn't matter much...

But guess what!?! It is that wonderful time of year again. As my friend truthfully said today "most magical month of the year"... it's June and you know what that means! My BIRTH MONTH! Boo-yah! It really is a magical month. It's a great time to celebrate me, but also this month Wizarding World opens. Awesome. (Though I won't quite make it to Florida in June...)

Anyways, on to other news. Let me update all my followers on my life. (Though maybe one person reads this. I really like to think I am more popular than I am. hahaha ;) jk... 82%)

• I moved to St. Louis. Pretty big news, but also really great news! Cuz it rocks! Seriously, its a great city. There is so much to do here. Going from CJ to Provo to STL. I am just moving up in the world. haha. And you may be thinking, how is Tasha surviving in a "big city"? Actutally quite well. I drive downtown, I walked on more than one death-trap (aka man holes, sewer thing-ma-bobs, you know what I mean), I cross big roads, etc. So this shows that you should come visit me for 2 reasons: 1. St. Louis is a great city with some much fun things to do (and a lot of free things!) 2. You can see me in my city element (you know you want to) oh and 3. You can see the Midwest in all its glory and see what you have been missing out on :)


• Why did I move to St. Louis you may be wondering. For an internship. And I have a pretty amazing internship at that. I am realizing that I am on a luck streak. 1. St. Louis rocks. 2. Living with my aunt for free and it's fun 3. My internship is a fantastic exeperience 4. My sister lives with me 5. I am just cool. Anyways, the internship, it's just a really great experience. And I am learning a lot! And doing things I never thought I would do. So cool!


• Insert side comment: I just realized I am being so incredibly enthusiastic in this post... Ah oh well. It works.


• Fun things I have done in St. Louis so far (not counting things done with my internship): City Museum-- okay it's like a big playground, what more can you ask for! Sculpture Park-- is it a park? Then yes I love it. Cathedral Basilica-- so pretty! Gelato-- stay tuned for a "only Tasha would do that story" Shakespeare Festival-- watching Hamlet in the park. totally cool! Renaissance Festival-- watching Emily freak out of the sword swallowing is priceless. And then there were all the other cool things too like the jousting, camels, people dressed up, the singing, etc. That's only the major things. Other things include: bike rides, runs, jumping on the trampoline, spending time with family, swimming, BBQs, movies, malls, going for drives, etc. And there are many more things to come!


• Fun things I have done with my internship: went and saw Robin Hood, bowling a couple of times, lots of food, game night, going to a Cardinals game tomorrow. And there are many more fun things coming up. And I am learning about all the hard work that goes into these fun events. Though, it is hard work I am loving that part also.
  

And there you have. I think this is the end of my blog post. :) But some pictures are needed I think!!!

Me on the roof at the City Museum.

Em and I at the Cathedral.

Shakespeare Festival...

Naming

I like to name inanimate objects. Actually I like to name just about anything. I name fish when I catch them. And animals out in the wild. It's kinda weird. But oh well. I enjoy it. :) I just thought I would write down some of the names for my current things.

car- Neville
phone- Tonks
ipod- Luna
computer- Jude
camera- The Walrus

Yes, I think that's all. And let me just tell you, all the names are for a reason. And a great deal of thought goes into each name. Oh, and yes all the names are related to Harry Potter or the Beatles. What can I say? They are my true loves. :)

Lets Just Drive Across the Country

Well, its nearing the end of the semester. And I am leaving Utah. Weird. Am I excited? Why yes! Am I nervous? Of course! Change is not my favorite thing, but I am thinking this will be a good change in my life (crossing fingers). The internship is going to be great and I think St. Louis will be a fun place to live. And I will be closer to my fam! There are so many exciting things that await me. In some ways I am not so ready for the change though. I am really excited don't get me wrong. But I feel like it just came all of a sudden. There is a handful of people that I am going to miss so much and I feel like I haven't done all the things I wanted to do with them. Oh well, things will work out like they are suppose to.

One song I have been liking recently is Costal Cities by the Secret Handshake.

Lets just drive across the country
Just drive me to the coast
Its just that
Im sick this
Sick of here
Sick of everyone
And everything around
Lets just start over now
Somewhere else

I am driving across the country but in the other direction from the coast, so that doesn't really apply. But the rest kinda does. And I am getting ready. Hopefully this will be a good step for me.