gettin' our birthday on, changing my name to meta world stace, etc.

To start things off, this is us right after we picked up our new tv. Not a joke, Levi was doing excited little screams for a solid 30 seconds because he was so excited. I love this picture though. Picking up the tv was our last errand after a long day of errands. It's good to spend my Saturdays with this guy.

Speaking of pictures, I've been organizing our pictures today in preparation for potentially hanging them up. The thing is, we only have pictures from our wedding. And I can't tell if that's a bad thing. Like, is it bad to hang up like 6 pictures of just us in our living room? I mean, I can't exactly figure out what other kinds of pictures we should hang because we've been married for not even three months so I mean, the only major event that we've had together was our wedding. I would post pictures of our kids, but we don't have any of those, so that won't work. Anyway, I obviously want to get other things to hang along with the pictures, but I haven't gotten that far yet. So what I'm trying to say is that if you come over, don't judge the bajillion pictures of us all over the place. After all, I think we look pretty cute. Anyway, that's all I had to say on that matter.

Also, this picture is meant for my family and of course, Katie Cutler. There's this story about my childhood (that my mom told to Katie once) that includes me being like 2 or 3 years old and having a terrible fit. Apparently, we were out running errands and in an attempt to cheer me up when we arrived at Costco, my mom pointed up to the Costco sign which looked very much like the one above. She said, "Look, Stacy! Costco has no C!" to which I responded in the most tearful and dramatic fashion that could be mustered, "Costco has no C!! Cooooooostco has no Ceeeeeeeeee!!!!" I mean, imagine full on drama. I still don't understand why I wasn't cast into a movie right then and there. Anyway, it's a funny little family story, and when my family was in town, we went to Crest grocery store and would you look at that sign?! So a picture was required, obvi.

Also when my family was here, we went to a minor league baseball game--the OKC Redhawks! As you can tell from the picture, the stadium was packed. Jokes. Three home runs came straight to us and even though there were only like four other people even remotely close to us, we somehow were unable to get any of them. But that's okay. What's really important is to know that when the teenager dressed up as Superman went running around the field throwing shirts to the crowd, I get my scream on and yelled and yelled at that guy to throw us a shirt. And even with all the competition surrounding him (i.e. my mom), Levi managed to snatch the awesome Redhawks shirt. Yesssss.

Also while my parents were here we somehow managed not to get any pictures of the whole group, but we did manage to get multiple pictures of Levi with his early birthday gifts from my parents and from me (because while I might look patient, I can't wait to give gifts). So when we celebrated Levi's birthday early, he open his two new shirts!

On his real birthday, I put together this silly little Star Wars gift that I had found on line over a month ago and I am proud to say that I kept it a secret until the day of his birthday and I was feeling pretty awesome about it. Also, Levi is seriously considering a modeling career. Those interested in having him model for them may contact me directly. I expect to receive 75% of any profit.

And finally in birthday news, I made a pie. I successfully made a pie and you should know it was incredibly stressful, but I did it. Not a joke, I was sure I was going to mess it up, but both the pie and I survived and actually it was quite delicious. I now have much more confidence in myself and may attempt making another pie in the future.

Also, good news. I changed my name. No, I did not change the way I look, in case you thought that was me in the picture above. Of course it's not me, I wouldn't be caught in public wearing a shirt like that. Ha, no but really. This was taken while I waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, aaaaaaaaaand waited. (That sentence was meant to be read to the tune of "Pioneer Children Sang as they walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, aaaaaaaaaand walked.) Although I'll have you know that there was no singing involved. Anyway, my name is now officially Meta World Stace. Such a nice ring to it, don't you think? Okay, fine jokes. My name is actually Stacy Marie Heperi. Woo, get it girl! Thank you.

And in closing, this is a picture of Levi's 5th grade classroom on the day we first saw it. It has since been organized and there are colorful posters and such all over the wall--although, don't worry. It's not too girly. Levi's manhood was at stake though when everyone was offering him all these bulletin board borders covered in owls. I personally thought they were really cute and wanted to use them, but Levi opted for plain red and black ones. I don't get it.

Anyway, today was Levi's first day of school! And as I type he is within minutes of ending the school day and walking out the door. I'm so happy for him and so happy that the school year has started and we can finally settle into a routine! I can't tell you how many teachers have commented to him and to me about how glad they are to have a male teacher at the school (he's the only male in the building besides the P.E. teacher and the Special Ed teacher). Levi is teaching at the poorest school in Oklahoma City. All of the kids qualify for free breakfast, lunch, and weekend snacks as well as free uniforms. Not very many of them have fathers in the picture and 30% of them are homeless, which breaks my heart. So I'm really proud of Levi for what he's doing and I look forward to this school year as I'm sure we will see many sad things but I'm sure we will also see a lot of great things and a lot of blessings come as a result of this experience. Yay for fifth grade!

tomorrow.

(the end of last summer when we went to some random bbq in alpine for some other ward...one of the elms wards maybe? anything for free food, I suppose.)

Tomorrow is my last first day of school.

I think I hate that. I hate that summer is over, but I also hate that this is my last year. I like college.

Also, it turns out I tend to be pretty good about blogging during the school year because I'm usually supposed to be doing something else...for example, homework.

So there's that.

tuesday letters on a wednesday.

i believe this is called "candid moments" by dillon manwaring. don't you think he captured lacey's lazy eyes, danielle's knee pop, the part in my hair, and martha's creepy hand on the shoulder just perfectly?

dear lacey, tonight is your last night here and we're super bummed. you're a pretty neat lady and an excellent replacement for katie (although no one can ever replace nugget, our protector).   we couldn't have had anyone better than you.  I guess this means we don't have to save anything for tuesday and maybe you don't look like a witch after all.   you had better hang out with us one MILLION times next year.

dear finals, you're basically done.  I just need to look over that take home final tomorrow and then submit you and be done with russian regression analysis forever!! (or at least until next year).

dear chemistry professors, it's absurd how much I enjoy hanging out with you guys. you're definitely one of the top five reasons I'm super glad I'm not graduating.

dear landlord, we cleaned the apartment for you today.  I hope that means you'll fix the fifty problems that have been around for months and I also hope when you say you're bringing us new furniture, it isn't just "new to us" furniture.  I mean, the 40-year-old "new" lamps you brought as last summer are cool, but...

dear school year, as cool as it is that you're over, I'm super sad you're taking away all of my graduating friends.  I don't know how I feel about that.

dear sunshine, you seem to keep getting stage fright.  stop hiding behind those rain clouds every day and just show yourself already!

dear st. george, let's hang out this weekend.  I hear the sun isn't afraid of you.

dear summer, let's do this.

last day of college?

Today, April 11, 2012 should be my last day of college classes.  Of course, as I've mentioned approximately 894388970 times in the last month, I'm on the five year plan.  So, this means that unlike all my hip friends who know how to get college done in four years, I am still here for another year.  I'm not actually that upset about it, except I do kind of wish I could join in the graduation festivities with the rest of my friends in the major (I hear they're having donuts!), but it's okay.

Anyway, after Soc 420 (420, say what?!) today, Meghan asked me to take a picture of her, Lindsey, and Ariel with a sign saying "last day of college."  I'll be honest.  I was totes jealous.  I wanted to join in the fun!  So, later that day, I made a sign for Janelle and me to hold and asked Ariel to take a picture of us with it right after we had finished our Soc 405 final.  I look creepy, but I was trying to look sassy.  Which is a little depressing because if that is what my sassy face looks like, I'm suddenly understanding why people don't give me much sympathy when I try and use it to get my way.

So, here's to another year of college with the majority of my freshman roommates and sociology with my main girl Janelle (even though she's taking a semester off to birth her child--so selfish!).  Hopefully Janelle, Aaron, Tyler, and I can convince the new department chair to start some new capstone classes like Soc 485: White Males: How to Exploit Your Advantages and my personal favorite, Soc 473: Sociology of Kittens and Cute Things (Bows, Buttons, and Woodland Creatures).  I feel like people would really like those classes.

tuesday letters.

dear skin color, do you see this picture?  do you see how no one can tell the difference between your shoes and your legs?  please do something about that even if it requires that you sit outside for 61 hours a day.  yes, I just said 61 hours a day. not a joke.

dear self, you sure know how to pick the wrong seats in the library.  In the past two days, you sat next to mr. clear-my-throat-every-five-seconds, mr. sniffles, mrs. the-library-is-the-perfect-place-to-take-a-phone-call-every-three-minutes, mr. and mrs. madly-in-love-so-obviously-we-only-need-one-chair-as-we-look-lovingly-into-each-other's-eyes, and my personal favorite, mrs. play-video-games-that-require-you-to-click-a-mouse-continuously-for-over-an-hour. keep up the good work.

dear slang, congratulations to the words perf, supes, totes, litz, def, and prolls (and more) for become a part of my everyday language.  uncongratulations for being used when talking to professors.

dear next tuesday, you mark the day in which I will have successfully completed my first senior year of college.  too bad I have another one.  actually, I'm totes okay with it.

dear dad man, thanks for doing my taxes (maybe you got tired of me struggling and asking you questions on every step?). I'm excited to go buy a lifetime supply of bubblegum with the money I get--that's a reasonable way to spend it, right?

dear red sox, thank you for finally! winning a game yesterday.  i was starting to get pretty stressed out.

dear self, good day.

tuesday letters.

dear april 19, you are supposed to be my graduation day...a mere 37 days away.  Good thing I'm on the 5 year plan or I might be having an identity crisis--how has time gone by so fast??

dear naps, I'm pretty sure I've taken more of you in the past two weeks than I have in the past two years. What the heck?  I've found that this is not a particularly effective study tool.

dear winter, you didn't really happen this year, which is strange because I was actually prepared to enjoy you this time.  Oh well, I'm over it. Plus, this 60 degree weather we've been having this week is pretty rad.

dear pi night, you are tomorrow. Everyone should come to the pie night we're having downstairs! (there's even going to be a jumbleberry pie! If you don't know what that is, that's even more reason to come!)

dear tolkein reading that I must do for class, why the heck do you exist?  I never ever thought I'd see the day when I of all people would be reading some of Lord of the Rings.  I did not sign up for this.

dear april 19, I also just realized that you mark the day that summer begins. SOOOOO STOKED.

dear summer, I look forward to celebrating you by eating hundreds of sno cones and scootering every single day during your existence.

dear little brother, supes stoked for you to come visit!

idea for this post came from this girl.

so close.

tomorrow is the last day of classes and then it's on to finals.

I only have to edit one more paper and then I'm done with classwork for the semester.

SO CLOSE.

but sometimes, when you're so close, you start to do weird things...

late date in the library

by the way, what is up with my arms in that vid?

p.s. I think that if you're not facebook friends with me, you probably won't be able to see this...sorry!

Wishing.

Sometimes I wish all I did was hang out with my homechildren and eat pazookies all day, every day.

Who needs school anyway, right?





But apparently school is important or something and I should really try not to despise it as much as I currently do.

It's a work in progress.

So until I learn to love school again, I prefer to think about eating delicious treats and not doing homework and Thanksgiving and my birthday and new clothes and Christmas and my family.  Those are some real nice thoughts.