i am kayak hear me roar.

in no particular order. here are the last two weeks of my life. 

well last week i was in california with david. we played. a lot.

zoo? yes please.

(can we not talk about how big he's getting. but he still lets me hug him and hang on him wherever we go. he's my baby bro.)

oh david. how you later regretted this.

but what's a zoosperience without some facepaint?

we love the fish eye cam.

i think we spent more time playing on fake animals than we did looking at the real ones.

oh yes. we did convince dad to get a fake stache. life of the party.

eight hours at the zoo equals this photo.

kayaking? why not.

sharks. seals. fish. birds. caves.

i am kayak hear me roar.

david made it safely in.

so so so fun.

family time.

dinner and concert in the park.

i LOVE my family.

love.

packing.

my nightmare.

two weeks ago:

yesterday:

after weeks of doubt and fear. yes. it all fit. perfectly.

my stuff is now on it's journey to virginia. good luck.

sorry for the long post!

pictures are way more fun to look at though.

love to all.

goals

i'm finishing up packing today.

i found my seminary journal from my freshman year.

as i was flipping through it, i came across this entry.

"Education - your key to opportunity. 

I AM GOING TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE."

i think i love my fourteen year old self. 

a summer of photobooth and oatmeal

after eating a delicious breakfast (plain oatmeal with some agave nectar and walnuts mixed in. mmmm.), i realized it was due time to post on the blog. 

i've been waiting for something awesome to happen to me so i could do the post of a life time.

but instead i will do a post of the times of my life. 

exhibit a:

photobooth entertains for hours

(what should we do - let's call people - yeah - or - photobooth? - that sounds better)

(love my babies)

exhibit b:

pinto 

(drive - car explode - hold fm transmitter with toe - love andrew - get sick - leave the next morning)

exhibit b/c:

get wisdom teeth out

(be scared - get drugged - act crazy - swell up - get meds - act crazy - no pictures)

exhibit c:

provo with the fam

(shopping with kendall in SLC - play in provo with ahlin - shopping/pick up niki from airport in SLC - get attacked by waiter at CPK - niki not at airport - play in provo - go to SLC to get niki - play in provo)

(read more about this fun fun experience here at ahlin's blog)

exhibit d:

babysit the brutsch children

(so excited - heart melt - decide to not go to virginia and stay with lauren and the kids forever - realize it's too late - cry about it - love these children)

exhibit e: 

buy another guitar

(save money - buy guitar - realize i don't need another guitar i love my other one more - return new guitar - play all the time)

exhibit f:

baptisms at the temple

(to go temple with carlee - love it - go get ice cream after - look over at the drive thru - see three old women in motor wheelchairs ordering - die of happiness at such a site - document)

exhibit g:

sleep

(a lot)

exhibit h:

play scrabble

(more than we sleep)

exhibit i:

easton

(go visit sara - easton running around like crazy in my shoes - crashing in my arms for an hour - bliss)

exhibit j:

optometrist

(go get a check up - get told my eyes are worse - stronger prescription - dang - buy my own glasses - feel old for buying my own glasses)

exhibit k:

go to concerts - oh wait

(be excited for concerts - listen to their music non stop - end up not going to any of them - cry - listen to more music)

{but it's okay - mom said she has a feeling i'm going to get another chance to see brandi - i'm banking on that}

exhibit l:

pack

(pack my room - cry - stop packing - find out my roommates - start packing - cry - go shopping - pack - laugh/cry - play with mom all day every day - repeat)

well. that should sum it up! i'll be going on a few more adventures in the next couple weeks - so expect another long nonsensical post soon!

(in the mean time - go here to check out what i'm listening to)

xoxoxo

georgina florence

day for father's

i love days dedicated to the special people in my life!

i have the best dad in the world. i've had opportunity upon opportunity because of the love my father has for me. he is always there for me. if it's just a phone call, or a trip across the country.
we were talking yesterday about how much my life is about to change when i realized. because of my father, i'm going where i am. you usually can't pinpoint big decisions on one thing. usually it's a lot of little things. but no.
when my dad was a kid, his parents took him on a trip across the usa. and because of that trip. he took me all over the states as well when i was little. and because of those trips, when i was nine, i fell in love with virginia. and then he took me on another trip to virginia last summer. and i fell in love with the school i'm going to. as a direct result of my grandfathers influence on my dad, and my dad's influence on me, i have the incredible opportunity i have today.
okay. that was a rant. but it's incredible to me how blessed i am to have such inspired men in my life.
so here's to you papi. i love you more than words. thanks for everything, and happy father's day!

and i am eternally grateful for dave's influence in my life. he's such a great man, and is always there for a good laugh or great advice. i'm so blessed to have him in my life and home. he's such a great support to all of us. love ya dave!

and let me just say. i have the coolest grandpa on earth. i mean. come on. look at him. he's so sweet and i love him to no end. 

and let's not forget it's my snister's birthday today!! don't worry. she got her own post. click here to read it. 

time running

in less than nine weeks i will be departing. and it feels. weird.
in my drunken stupor of pain and pain pills. i have managed to fill out the majority of my final paperwork for college! yay? mixed feelings.

i don't know what to expect. with me, i can't really predict emotional reactions. will i get homesick? will i forget i have another home? will i binge and gain 100 pounds (as is the prediction of most the people in my current household. nice.) or will i become a health junkie and be in the next olympics? who knows.

what i do know is this. my room continues to get more and more bare, as boxes continue to accumulate along my now empty walls. i have less than nine weeks to say my goodbyes and be on the road (or in this case. in the air.) to my new home.

well. since i am so horrible at consistent posting, who knows. maybe the next post i write will be from my room in 'the lofts' on one university hill drive, buena vista, va.
just got an email from my admissions counselor with this little tidbit:

 It is very pretty here in Virginia. Temperatures have been in the upper 80’s to low 90’s thus far. We have our occasional passing thunderstorms and rain which is making the flowers beautiful. The best part is the fireflies are out every night.

buena vista, va

love to all!

i lost my wisdom.

teeth.
i got them taken out today.
i may or may not have done some crazy things while on drugs that i don't remember, but my family is more than willing to share with me over and over.
thank goodness - i have yet to swell up. a little swelling - but not chipmunk status yet. hopefully it will stay that way.
i can't believe how lucky i am to have the family and friends i do.
david was ice police like no one's business. whether i was sleeping (which was most of the time) or sitting staring into the distance. every twenty minutes david was there to give me icepacks or take away old ones. i can't tell you how many times i heard him say today 'gina this is serious. 20 minutes on 20 off.' he even went to the store and got me a movie, and took care of all my messes. can you say husband material? he's incredible.

mom should get a medal. she sat there as i asked over and over 'mom am i a fatty?' she said i hugged her and told her i loved her every other minute, and would bust out laughing at random times when i was drugged.

honestly the only thing i remember is the nurse telling me over and over, georgina you need to open your eyes while you walk, as i laughed hysterically. i guess i was entertainment of the day for the office.
carlee came over at 4 and just barely left. that's eight hours of devotion i'll tell ya. she wouldn't eat in front of me because she felt bad i couldn't eat too. but i made her.

and dearest emily what can i say. i have the best of friends. she sat there a large portion of the day and night listening to me jabber about i'm pretty sure nonsense.

which reminds me...anyone who got an insane text from me. i'm sorry. i guess i sent a few of those out.

wow this is a long rant of nothing. i will probably delete this later. my whole screen is a blur. also. i'm on loritab. maybe i should have mentioned that earlier.
love to all.