"Mama said there'd be days like this.."

I don't even know how it happened.

I was getting out 2 cans of dr. pepper to put in the refrigerator. I grabbed one can and then as soon as I touched the second can it exploded on me. It slipped out of my hand and fell on the floor and just spewed dr. pepper everywhere. I mean e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. I just stood there in shock. I didn't know what to do first. I looked in the mirror and saw my clothes soaked and watched as the dr. pepper rolled down my face, arms, and legs.

I was upset because I had just mopped my floors and washed my rugs this past weekend. I didn't know if I was supposed to clean the floor first or get in the shower first. However, once I realized I was standing in a puddle of dr. pepper, commonsense kicked in and I knew I needed to take a quick shower.

I soaked up the rest of the dr. pepper from the floor up with towels and had no choice but to go wash the towels and rugs again. As I walked to my front door I noticed there were some brown spots on the bottom of the door. I was amazed that the it had spewed that far. I reached up to unlatch my door and then I saw it.

Simultaneously, I said, "OH. MY. GOSH." as the towels slipped from my hand. I took a step back, with my jaw almost touching the floor from my state of shock, as I realized the horror that lay in front of me.

There were dr. pepper spots all the way up my door. I took a step back as my eyes followed the brown spots all the way up to my ceiling.  I then noticed that my wall was covered and dripping in dr. pepper. My WHOLE kitchen was dripping in dr. pepper literally.

How could this all come from 1 can??

I slipped on my yoga flip flops and went to go throw the towels and rugs in the washer. I noticed my shoes were sticky since the dr. pepper had decided to attacked them as well. I rinsed off my flip flops with the water hose before I went back up stairs. When I took my first steps something sounded weird. I looked down and white stuff was coming out of my shoes. A few step later I realized it was soap coming out of my shoes. Why in the world would there be soap in my flip flops?? Suddenly I remembered that there was powder laundry detergent surrounding the washers that I must have stepped in.

I just stared at my soapy flip flops and thought of the mess that was awaiting me and said, "Why me?"

20 clorox wipes, standing on: chairs, table, kitchen counter, and an hour later I had the mess cleaned up. At one point I was jumping on my chair to reach the middle of my ceiling to clean the dr. pepper spots and mumbling how I hate my life. (I can be a bit dramatic)

As I was leaving to go to class this afternoon a downpour of rain came out of no where. I went to go grab my rain jacket and then remembered that I had washed it with the towels because it was soaking in dr. pepper too.

Today was not my day.

I told my mom that I would not be surprised if I had ants or geckos attack my apartment because I had probably missed dr. pepper somewhere and they were coming after the sugar. As I was leaving tonight, I saw a gecko near my door. (on the outside) I yelled at it to go away and threw my keys at it. My neighbor saw me and thought I was crazy. I just smiled and walked off.

The culprit 

My ceiling... 

I hope your Monday was better than mine.

P.S. Don't be surprised if a new gecko story arises soon. I have a feeling one is lurking around.

Why me?

Who am I??

This is a text message that I just sent my boyfriend and mom:

"I just scrubbed my toilet clean...Who have I turned into? I miss the old Anna.. I think I need to go buy a new pair of shoes to even everything out..."

New Favorite Commerical...

A Day in the Life of David...

David told me today that they are starting baseball practice tomorrow. I hate baseball. I think it is so boring. The pitcher throws the ball. The batter hits it. A player catches it and throws it to first base before the batter can touch the base. He is out. The End. - Boring.

I was complaining how I was going to have to go to baseball games the rest of my life. Then this conversation took place.

"Do you know what?  You coach the worst sports (baseball and football) for me to wear my nice shoes too." - Anna

" (chuckles) Why is that?" -David

"I would like to wear my nice shoes to your games but I don't like when my heels get stuck in the grass. This is a big deal you know.....what do you think?"- Anna

      (Side note: His football stadium is surrounded by grass. I realize not all football stadiums are, but his stadium is right now)

"(chuckle) I am just listening. Plus my shoes are fine in the grass." - David

"Well... it would be better if you coached basketball so I could wear my nice shoes, but this is the last I will say of it."- Anna

Just another day in the life of David... (don't be jealous) 

Zip-lining...

I surprised my sister with a trip to Kauai and we went Zip-lining!!  Even though Hawaii doesn't technically have a 'winter' season compared to the rest of the continental 48, it does get quite chilly here with the trade winds. I made the arrangements a couple of weeks in advance and at the time it said that the day I had picked was the warmest day of that week.

The day before we went zip-lining I checked the weather and it was just my luck and we had flash flood warnings. Normally weather here just passes through in a couple of hours but this front was going to stay on the islands for the whole day. We wake up the next morning and of course it is pouring rain. Luck was not on our side early that morning: Our flight got delayed due to the weather, the rental car worker told us we wouldn't be able to make to Outfitters Kauai because the roads were flooded, and once we got to Outfitters Kauai our tour guides wanted to wait out the rain.

Our guides decided that we would go ahead and leave even though it was raining. As soon as we got in the van it stopped raining and it didn't rain again until we were on the van back to the company. We went with Outfitters Kauai and did ZipLine Nui Loa.

Before our first ZipLine

We Repelled/ ZipLined over the waterfall

We ZipLined from one side of the mountain to the other. 

There goes Katie! We were ZipLining side by side.
(Katie has pictures of me, but I still haven't seen those)

Mini Golf...

My sister flew back with me for a week after Christmas. Whenever my sister and I spend an extended about of time together, I never know exactly how things will turn out because my sister and I are night and day different. I like to tell people that we only have 3 things that are similar: Our morals, beliefs, and we cheer for the same football team.

We don't even really look alike. She has a type A personality and I am type B. She likes pale/neutral colors and I like bright and vibrant colors. She is a rule follower and I believe rules are meant to be broken. She got me to high school on time and I was always late when I drove myself. She is book smart and I am commonsense smart. She likes flat or small heels and I like big and pointy toed heels. She would rather wear nice pants and I would rather wear a dress. My sister is fine not being the center of attention and I love being the center of attention. She loves country music and I hate country music. She likes things to be done in a systematically order and me: What's a systematically order?

While she was here we decided to play a game of mini golf. This conversation will show you just how different we really are.

"Now is it a 5 stroke limit or a 6 stroke limit?" - Katie

"What?" - Anna

"There is a limit to how many times you can try to hit the ball in the hole ." - Katie


"Oh, I just hit the ball into it goes in. I don't think it really matters." - Anna

"It matters. Now do we need to go over the rules before we start the game?" - Katie

"There are rules? What rules?" - Anna

"Yes, we need to decide if you hit the ball off the green does it count as a stroke or not to put it back on the green? " - Katie

"That's a rule?? I really don't care, I say lets just hit the ball. You could hit the ball 10 times if you wanted too and it wouldn't bother me." - Anna 

"My boyfriend and I always have to state the rules before each game so there is no confusion later on when a situation occurs." - Katie 

"David and I never really play with rules. He just lets me hit the ball until I get it in the hole." - Anna 


We ended up playing a good game of mini golf with as few rules as possible. Guess who ended up winning?? (the non-rule follower)

I'm Alive...

As I re-read my last post, I might have been a bit on the dramatic side. However, I always feel that  a little drama every now and then makes things exciting. Just think, if you were always calm about everything. How boring would that be?

My time home was great and I got to spend it with all the people that I love. Christmas was extremely special because my Christmas dream came true!!! I finally had a White Christmas! My mom came to wake me up and all she said was, "Your dream has come true!" I popped up and looked outside my bedroom window and the ground and houses were covered in White!! I was so excited! My mom and I went outside to go play in the snow and we were literally the only people out there. (My dad and sister weren't so excited about the snow, in other words: party poopers) 

I loved the snow! It was one of the best Christmas' by far! I wished it had snowed more where we would have been snowed in! I will update more about my trip home later. If only it snowed in Hawaii.. a girl can only dream.