End of Summer

I can FEEL the end of summer coming...
The smells, the sounds, the sunrises and sunsets... everything is different.

I have mixed feelings about it all coming to an end. Summer is my favorite season, especially here in Utah.  For me, the temperature "highs" and "lows" during summer are perfect; I am the "I'd rather be hot than cold" kind of person. On the other hand, end of summer just means beautiful changing leafs and snowboarding season (and of course hot chocolate) will soon be here. So I guess it is not all that bad.

This summer has been pretty amazing and it kind of had to be because...uhm, yeah...it is my last summer in my 20's (somewhat depressing to say, I know).  I got to do a lot of the things that I had been trying to do for a long long time but had not been able to for different reasons. All I can say is that the memories will remain.

There is a song that always makes me think of the end of summer.  It is called "Anything But Mine."  Here is to celebrating the end of a most wonderful season.

  

Confessions

As much as I am excited about what will soon happen in my life, I am also a little weary. Confession/Public Announcement #1 my parents are moving here in a few days.

YAY FOR ME! I mean, it is exciting to think that after 12 years of spending Christmas' without family, this will never happen again. There are so many reasons why them moving here is such a great thing but I have to admit, there is something that worries me.

For years, I have been used to giving the same answer to the getting-to-know-you-question "Where does your family live?" by saying either Chile or Brazil, which are the countries my parents have lived in during that time. Now I won't be able to do that anymore!!! My answer always made me feel that I had something unique to talk about and it has been a great conversation starter. Saying that my parents live a few minutes away is just not going to be the same.

As a result I have started thinking about other things people may not know about me that I could perhaps use as conversation starters.

Cristina's Confessions (aka possible conversation starters)

1. When I was in elementary school I put a pencil lead in my ear, I'm not sure if it ever came out ;)
2. I tend to bite my fingernails when I'm nervous (I know, now you're all grossed out)
3. I am an impulsive shopper. I can invest a lot of mula on something I thought of buying just minutes ago. But also I can get a whole outfit in 20 min
4. I don't shop very often, I can go months without buying anything (good thing, please refer to #3)
5. I love Dog The Bounty Hunter
6. I hate Chicago (the group not the city, I'm not a hater Chicago people)
7. One time I ended up at the ER dressed up as Cleopatra and left with braces on both feet
8. I sleep walk sometimes, or maybe I should call it sleep run? And sometimes run into things...
9. The song "Alejandro" by Lady Gaga mentions all of my cousins (from one side of the family)
10. I have ripped a phone book in half

All these confessions have stories to go along with them. Would any of them work as conversation starters?

Be afraid, be very afraid