Dallas’s Priorities

“Why are you checking your phone when you have five girls in your kitchen?” Kate, talking to Dallas

Made Up Words Make Great Quotes

“If you weren’t so tired, you’d be giddylicious.” ~Megs

The Sleeping Habits of Master Larrie

Here’s a great entry from when I was 20 years old. I went to sleep around two a.m. back then, too. It’s good to know that there are some things in life you can always depend on and one of them is Larrie not going to bed when she ought to.

7/15/2001

The strangest thing happened to me. I woke up—it read six o’clock on my watch. I remembered going to bed just after two (a.m.). It didn’t seem possible to me that I would wake after only four hours. A grey light was settled across the room. I thought it must be 6 p.m. I slept that long? Nobody woke me or bothered me all day?

It took me a while to find my common sense. It was six a.m. The sun was rising.

I went back to sleep.

How Cute is Master Larrie?

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Last Contest’s Winner: I do believe this was the closest contest since the BEGINNING OF CAPTION CONTEST TIME. Wow. And the winner is… drum roll ta tat tat tat ta tat ratatatat… Meredith! Way to win that Mom. Just had to give it to the Panguitch reference. Too good.

Charity Cut Short by Shortness

“I felt so bad; I had some cookies in my car that I was going to give to a homeless man but I couldn’t because I couldn’t reach them.” ~Megs

“Oh because you’re short?” ~Maren

“Yes.” ~Megs

Master Larrie the Graduate

Last week, I was absent from the blog world. I have no commitment with you people, apparently. How terrible.

Instead, I spent much of my time with my precious laptop giving myself a headache writing my LAST PAPER EVER for my master’s degree. Can you believe it? Two and a half long years of going to school in the evening (summer’s included), I can finally say that I’m done done done done done done done done AND done!

I finished the last sentence on Thursday night.

And then I celebrated by dancing around my home.

And then I celebrated by making a gingerbread house at Maren’s. Isn’t that how YOU would celebrate?

And then I celebrated some more by going hot tubbing with Megs. It was perfect because it was well below freezing, we were surrounded by snow and Megs put in the new John Mayer CD to listen to.

And then I celebrated some more by going with this hot guy that I know for some midnight Mexican. Well, it was kind of midnight.

And then I celebrated some more by getting up early on Friday to iron my gown and hood, meeting up with my parents at Alberto’s, driving to Logan, walking across Utah State in the 4 degree temperature and participating in graduation. Please begin referring to me as Master Larrie the Graduate now. Thank you very much!

And then I celebrated some more with a party that Megs threw for me where we had a smorgasbord of goodness to eat, we played some mean games of Twister, and I did a terrible job of trying to sound like a wicked witch while playing Curses.

And then I celebrated some more with a baby shower for Ali, and then a headache that sent me to bed for a bit, and then off to the Tabernacle Choir’s Christmas concert, and then Wal-Mart and then watch a movie by myself because, despite the lack of sleep all week, I couldn’t fall asleep.

And then I celebrated by going to the Tab Choir’s Sunday morning concert with this hot guy I know and then to church and then to my parents’ for dinner and then to a musical fireside for the Stake where I promptly fell asleep.

And that, my internet friends, is how you celebrate finally finishing graduate school.

HIP HIP POORAY!

This Season, It’s All About High Hair

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Last Contest’s Winner: Hip hip pooray for Janet. I still type that phrase because of her: “hip hip pooray.” She was by far the most entertaining coworker ever in the IM world. Also entertaining in real life, but she had a gift for the witty written remarks. Way to win former Diet Coke buddy.

Campbell Clan Thanksgiving Gratitudes

“I am grateful for instant heat.” ~Grumma

“I am grateful for those people who give up their bodies for cadaver labs.” ~Thane

“I am grateful for food.” ~Annie

“Emma, tell them you’re thankful for Leatherby’s 25th anniversary.” ~Mick

Dear November, Oh How I Love Thee

I am quite certain I’ve never had a better week in my life than I did last week—from winning soccer games, to good things happening at work, to a hot date, to lots of delicious food with family, to not getting enough sleep, to seeing some good friends from high school, to being DONE with loads of laundry. Makes it easy to be thankful, which was rather appropriate for the holiday.

Over on my good friend, Katie’s blog, she made a nice little list of some of her recent thoughts. I like lists. I like to read them. I like to write them. So here you have a list from me filled with random thoughts and things that made me smile this weekend:

1. I’m counting down the DAYS until you can call me Master Larrie. I will be finished with school for good. I’m very certain I don’t care for a Ph.D. That sounds exhausting to me.
2. Remember how I REFUSE to use the painfully overused and abused acronym, LOL? So today I typed it in an IM conversation with a coworker. She responded with, “WHAT?!” I would never really, intentionally use it, so obviously, it was a facetious use. I told her, “it’s like a mormon swearing.” And THAT, my internet friends, is how dorky humor is in the IT department.
3. Took my niece to New Moon this weekend. Just so you know, I’m not on Team Edward or Team Jacob. Since those men/boys don’t exist. But my niece liked Jacob much more than the skinny, moody, pale vampire.
4. My leg muscles are killing me from a gym workout. If there was a fire in the building at work, I’d probably die because I wouldn’t be able to physically walk down the six flights of stairs to safety. Oh wait, YES I COULD BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE!
5. I really like brushing my teeth at work. I also really like visits to the dentist and if I could convince my insurance to pay for it, I’d go once a month.
6. Number six is one of my favorite numbers. When I was little, I really liked 2, 4, and 6, but eventually swapped 6 out for 8 because they’re part of an infinite series based on the power of two. I used to skip stairs so I only stepped on 2, 4, or 8 stairs in the flight. I’m not OCD.
7. Last night, after dinner at my parents, we went around the circle and shared something new that we had learned in the last year. I love my Grumma’s comment. She was happy that my younger brother, James, taught her how to text.
8. My little niece Kate doesn’t usually give out lots of hugs like her older siblings do. But last night as I was saying goodbye to the kids, she put her arms up to me so I picked her up, she put her head on my shoulder and squeezed me, then she gave me a wet kiss. The best.
9. This is Max Hall’s last season. Hooray. Although that means that next year, Kirk and I can’t text our complaints about him. (And yes, I am a cougar fan, but that doesn’t mean I’m a fan of Hall.)
10. Does anybody know what the definition of crazy cat lady is? Just for debate needs, I could use a good reference.
11. My sisters-in-law wrote me some letters on Thanksgiving. They like me. How cool is that? I have fabulous in-laws. You’re jealous.
12. I like bubble baths.
13. This will be my first winter with 4WD. Nice.
14. I’d happily trade sleep for the company I had Friday night anytime.
15. Saturday was excessively busy, but it felt great to start the day off seeing Sabrina, Shannon and their little families. Plus, we won our soccer game against the girl who scores the most in the league. We won by a lot, too. Go my team.
16. I taught the Relief Society lesson. That means I don’t have to do it again for another four months.
17. Did you even make it to the end of this list? You deserve a prize then.

Busyness = Sanity

“I don’t even have time to have a complex now.” ~Audrey