Snails make me think of my mom. I bet you didn't know that.

[Oh, here we go!]

So much has been going on lately! I can finally sit down and write about how crazy my life has been. I really need to blog more, or so I've been told. Zac repeatedly asks me to blog more because he enjoys reading my spastic thought process. Well, thanks honey. :)
I'm sitting at the family computer while I write this post, instead of my own laptop. While I was out in California last week, my laptop's battery charger died. :( I've had it since I graduate high school back in May 2009. Whoa! So long! Anyway, I wanted to buy a new one so Zac and I got online and saw that Amazon had one for $8. I freaked out! Then I came home to Arizona and went with mom to Best Buy to buy the charger. Came to find out they're actually $70! CRAZY. I called Emily to ask her how much she spent on her battery charger she got earlier on in the semester and she said she spent $80 at Walmart. Oh my. Well, I will get a charger soon. I hate taking up so much time on my fam's computer. ><
The past two weeks have been awesome! From May 10th-26th I was out traveling. I drove out to Kansas from Arizona with mom and Julie. Driving was so much fun and also nerve racking a couple of times. Seeing nature and animals and how the sky differs from state to state was so breathtaking. Texas was a little bit hard driving through though. >< So many cows. So many smells. :(
I went to Kansas to see my brother graduate from high school on May 14th. :) We got there a couple of days before that and stayed with the family that's been having Jim live with them for his senior year. I got to reconnect with old friends I consider family. One Friday night, I sat in the passenger seat of a very special best friend for several hours, just talking. It was so refreshing and therapeutic to get caught up with her. Smantha and I had our ups and downs in high school, but that is in the past. Hehe I love her so much.

[I also watched "The King's Speech" while I was out in Kansas! And I loved it. Such amazing acting. Wow.]

My brother's graduation was so touching. I saw several old friends and so many hugs happened! I got to talk with very special people and we've grown so much since our last visit.

[Just a little shout out: Thank you for being who you are! Thank you for changing my life. Thank you for being in my life.]

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I flew out to California on May 17th to see Zac for the first time in 3 and a half months! Dude. It felt so amazing being in his arms and laughing at the British woman on the intercom at the baggage claim in the LAX airport. :) We had so much fun being with each other again! I think my favorite moments were when we were just next to each other, not saying a whole lot, and holding hands. That sounds so overly romantic and girly. But I'm being honest. He is such an amazing man. :)
I danced my first game of DDR with him and a couple of his friends one night! hahaha I was laughing the whole time at my total and complete lack of coordination.
When the three rounds were over, I was like, "I'm done?"
"Yes, Chelsea. It's over!"
"I'm done?!"
"Yup!"
"I DID IT!" Then I jumped in Zac's arms and we had a good huge hug. hahaha
Several movies were watched while I was with Zac: 127 Hours, Priest, Bridesmaids, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Thor. I went to the beach, an arcade, the duck pond, Moorpark Community College (haha), Thousand Oaks, and Starbucks! Zac's friends are so awesome. I am so glad they seem to like me. It feels good that I can hold my own when in conversation with them. :) Zac also showed off a bit and did a few boxing rounds with Kenny. Kenny and Zac have been training for quite some timea and it was wonderful seeing them in action. And I was appointed time keeper! And let me tell you. I loved keeping time for Zac. ><
I also got to cut Zac's hair and trim his facial hair! It my first ever time cutting a boy's head of hair. Sooo it may have turned out a little askew. hahaha It was kind of short in some places and longer in others. But I actually did it! And Zac trusted me! And when we're finally hitched, we'll save so much money because I can cut his and mine hair. :3 Ahhhh yeah. Being a woman is awesome.

[127 Hours easily changed my life. Not even joking. I love James Franco. Did you know that he recently graduated from NYU with a master's degree in film and is also working on his Ph. D. at Yale?! So awesome!]

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As of right now, I am just doing the finishing touches with the wedding planning.
The wedding day actually looking realistically planned? Check.

Reception planned minute by minute? Check.
Starting playlists for reception? Check.
Mother making my veil? Check.
Makeup ideas set in stone? Check.
Hairstyle finalized? Check.
Send out bridal shower invitations? Check.
Of course, there are still many other things that need to get done: Details with decorating the reception; cake finalization; wedding license authorization. I know that sounds like a lot. It kind of is. But IT WILL GET DONE.

Well, writing down all that I have to get done has made me want to stop blogging. haha Need to jump on things!

xoxo Chelsea

This, That, and the Other :)

So lately I've been finding myself pondering the past. I'm in an awkward "waiting phase" for events to come in the future. I guess because I'm in such a peculiar position (foreign state, no friends here, and no job) I am just occupying my free time with contemplation. Just thinking about decisions made, consequences of those decisions, and where I am now. Thinking about people who've touched my life and made me the person I am today. And I guess I find it so refreshing to just think for a change. I was complaining to Zac last night that I am getting frustrated with my life right now. I told him, "It feels like I'm getting nowhere." "Do you feel like you need to be somewhere right now?"
His question stopped me. There's a purpose for this waiting and quiet time. I know it. I just need to embrace and live it for all its worth. Hopefully I'll figure things out and all will be hunky dory. But until then, I think I am just learning to love patience. :)
Zac and I decided it would be better if I didn't get a job because we're moving back to Utah in mid-July. And I'm going to be gone from Arizona for about a good solid month. (2 weeks gone for visits to Kansas and California and then 2 weeks gone for the wedding and honeymoon). Therefore, we just decided it would be easier on the both of us if we can move into our apartment and find work together in Utah before school starts. :)
I am going to be in Kansas in about a week! I can't wait to connect with old friends and see my brother graduate high school. :) So pumped! Then as soon as my five or so days in Kansas are over, I'm flying out to California to see Zac! I haven't seen him since February. LIKE FOR REAL. Freaking February. But being with him for a week will be wonderful. I've been informed that much will be going on: Sky High (which is an awesome tumbling gym), free movies at the theatre (Zac works there!), and plenty of down time with his family to get the rest of the wedding and reception planned. :D Then I get to come back to Arizona to be with my family right before gettin' hitched. hahaha
Mom is such a strong and awesome woman. She's keeping me busy amongst my meditation as I mentioned earlier. She's given me errands,which I leap at instantaneously; let's me use the jeep for said errands and, oh, how I've missed driving; she wakes me up to go run in the cool Arizona weather. All in all, she's helping me move forward instead of falling flat on my face. I'm finding ways to perform service for others and it feels really good. I love talking with my sisters about their days at school and I love giggling with my mom while watching That 70s Show and The Colbert Report. Connecting with my stepdad is difficult for he's always working or sleeping. But the times that I do just get to talk with him are cherished. Even just being able to hold our kitties and walk our dog is awesome. I love how animals just melt at your touch and immediately want to cuddle or get super excited when you pay them the slightest attention. One cat in particular has been following me around the house with his tail straight up in the air ever since I came home. :) And that is so endearing! hehehe
Well I do believe it's time for me to drive my sisters to activities for church and stuff. :) I guess I'll just leave you with a few things...