The crazy life of Rachel!: July 2011

Three years ago I met my friend Rachel Smith while working at Sego Lily Spa! We hit it off since day one. Literally! While she only worked there for a little over 3 months I knew immediately that she and I would be good friends, and to this day it has remained true! We have so much in common, including our names and natural hair color! We love the same TV shows, books, music, so on and so forth. Pretty much if I don't see or talk to her for more then a couple of days, I kinda go insane.

Well the point of this blog post, beside pay homage to my BFF, it is also

to let you know some of the exciting things that have been going on in my life. And a lot of these events have included Rachel.

To start off, a couple days before the big U2 concert, my friend Jessica informs me she she is selling tickets for $20! Seriously! Tickets were selling for over $100 where we were sitting and we got it for only $20! So of course I call Rach and tell her the screaming deal! And to my delight she and her dad were totally on board. So the 3 of us had a little evening out on the town. We went to get a bite to eat at the tasty Paradise Bakery, waiting for about 45 mins to get on tracks up to the stadium, and then went to see The Fray, Bono and the Edge rock our faces off!!

Besides being absolutely FRREEZING, the concert was AMAZING! I was so glad I got to experience a U2 concert with my bestie and her papa! Totally worth the 20 bucks!

Waiting for the show to start! Look how excited we are!

We thought the stage looked ridiculous, but it sure

ended up blowing our minds when it lit up!

See what I mean....

Just another fun and crazy night with my BFF!!

Next on the list of Rachel and Rachel nights out, comes my most favorite time of the year, that's right, the international holiday known as my birthday! Rach knows that I love attention and birthdays and planned accordingly! She surprised me with dinner at a great Italian place at The Gateway called Biaggi's. Yummy food, bad customer service, although it was hilarious. I highly recommend the canoli's. Actually I recommend the canoli's anywhere you go... Next she took my to Barnes and Noble to buy me a book. We walk in and she pretty much says pick any book you want. While that is super exciting for any book lover, I have to be honest in saying it was a little overwhelming. I have a problem with indecisiveness. I get anxiety when trying to decide which place to eat let alone having a whole store of possibilities. But don't worry, I made a decision. :)

We then got some cookies and chocolate at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and ate them while watching Selena Gomez frolic around Europe in Monte Carlo! Yep, that's right! Selena Gomez....

It was a good night. Rach definitely spoiled me that is for dang sure! Thanks friend! :)

Dinner!

It tasted as good as it looked!!

She gets that excited about most food!

My girl Rach. She's the best for sure!

Chocolate....yummmmmm....

And last but certainly not least Rach is able to make me do things that no one else can make me do. No joke! Sometimes just by asking, sometimes by threatening me. Either way she gets the job done! This occasion was no exception. Threatening came in to play here. We recently joined a book club! A themed book club mind you, where we dress up depending on the book we read! It sounds kind of lame, and it probably is ha ha, but we love it!

The threatening came in when we were deciding what to wear. She made me wear (although I secretly wanted to) beautiful gowns to book club. We read Beauty by Robin McKinley (not my favorite) and dressed as princesses! My fellow book clubbers did an amazing job with treats and decorations (shout out to Karen and Anna woot!) and it totally set the mood! I can't wait to see what our next meeting has in store! I'm sure Rach will make me dress up in some crazy outfit again, and honestly, I'm stoked! :)

The book club crew! Yes, we all dressed up!

Rach and Rach and Schmenrich... the unicorn!

Me and Mike, my radio co-host for the last 2 years!

So a crazy thing happened, I graduated college! Can I get a woot woot?! It was so exciting and emotional and crazy and all sorts of other things. Pretty much any major emotion came to me at some point throughout the day! I am the type of person who makes a big deal about special occasions. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, etc. etc... So I was really excited when my entire family and my BFF came to support me at my graduation.

I have been working my behind off in the grown up school since I graduated high school, and it is so surreal to know that I am done! Finally!!

The morning started off with no hot water, which made for a miserable shower!!!! Then on to Commencement where I almost passed out! (That was a good time. Note to self, eat a hearty meal before the next big occasion.) and we did the whole move the tassel from one side to the other thing. Pretty much almost started crying at that point.

Then later in the day was Convocation. Where I officially became a graduate of the College of Arts and Humanities. I have my degree in Communication - Electronic Media with a minor in Criminal Justice. Yep, I'm legit! Later that night my dad and marina and I went to eat at Ruth's Chris. Omg best steak ever. Seriously like ever!!! Amazing!!

It was so much fun to be able to celebrate with my family and friends! I am so grateful for all of their love and support. It would not have been possible without them! Here are some pics from the big day!