Reunited. Almost.

Jane was found! Exactly a week after I lost her, in fact. I had just gotten a rental car (which I am in love with by the way) and I got a call from the police saying that she had been recovered and I could pick her up at Gary's Towing. The next day I went over with my wonderful uncle Stephen and picked her up, she was disgusting. They had been smoking in her so ash was everywhere, along with cigarette and cigar butts and all sorts of trash. They stole my steering wheel cover, which was unfortunate. They also stole my jack and switched all of the tires. However, they did leave me with an extra radiator and wheel rim in the back. They hadn't lost my license plate- big plus for me. Stephen valiantly offered to drive her home for me while I drove his van, she ran out of gas on the way back and he lost power steering and the brakes. I am so glad I wasn't driving at that time. The night was quite an adventure, having to buy a gas can and getting a bit lost trying to find the yard that Jane was kept in. But it all worked out, we ate dinner at Taco Shop (delish) and made some good memories.
The next day I took her, with the help of the lovely Sarah and brave Derrick, to an auto shop that works with my insurance to have her looked over completely. They pointed out marks in the door where she was pryed open and said that they have been seeing a lot of Hondas stolen lately. Great eh? I'm praying for the best right now (either the repairs will be WAY less than $500 or WAY more.. and that I will find $500 somewhere, hehe). The man at the repair shop said I was the most honest person he had ever met, he kept asking about the different scratches and dents and I told him that most of it was probably already there and that I really couldn't remember but I didn't want to abuse my insurance company. I'm hoping my honesty will get rewarded and I won't get ripped off. (A girl can dream right?)
So now I am still driving my rental car, which is a Mazda 3 and I want it to be mine forever. Its so so nice. I suppose I will just have to enjoy it while I can. For now I am just waiting to hear what the insurance and auto shop say. *cross fingers* I also am going to be looking into buying a steering wheel boot, now that these hooligans have stolen my car once and know where it is parked all the time I don't really feel safe about just keeping my doors locked. Rude people.

In other news, I had a great week! On Saturday night I went to Tucson Meet Yourself with Lucia and her brother Neal. It was so so neat! I ate pirogi and chinese buns (which are disgusting). I tried to polka with my friend Matthew and we watched some people tango. If you are ever in Tucson during TMY I highly suggest going. I saw a karate demonstration and someone ripped a phonebook in half. And this other guy broke through five bricks with his hand. It was insane. After TMY, Bert came over and we made pizza, which was delicious. After that he and I walked over to Amy's house and we watched Anchorman.. That movie is pretty special.
On Sunday I went to Sarah's and we made apple pie- it was super tasty. We ate it with mint chocolate chip ice cream which sounds like a weird combination, but it is so good. After I made pie with her I went to the JACK JOHNSON concert! It was WONDERFUL! I want to marry that man.. Nevermind the fact that he is happily married and has been for like 17 years. It was so great. Here is a picture of the girls I went with:

They are Lauren and Nicki.

Nicki's fabulous boyfriend Riley bought her the tickets, he's a great guy.

Wednesday night I hung out with my friends (Sarah and Bert mostly, also Ariell and Kirsten). We watched Glee and went to the turtle pond and really did absolutely nothing together. It was fun. Definitely made some good memories. It was Sarah's first time eating at Taco Shop. Mmm.
Friday morning I was woken up by Lucia because a cockroach had ran into my room. Disgusting. It was huge, like, the size of Luna. Just kidding about that but it was really big and super fast. Lucia and I were freaking out more than a little and trying to capture it and it was running and hiding and we tore my room apart and finally managed to trap it under a jar. We named it Hitler but still couldn't figure out how to kill it (although we discussed several options, like lighting it on fire). Eventually I just put books on top of the jar and went to the Institute lunch, which is awesome. After lunch Sarah and I rode the bus to my house and she got to meet Hitler and Luna. We went and picked up Derrick and brought him back to my apartment, and he finally managed to kill Hitler. Almost. He smushed him. And then we drove Jane to the car doctor. When we came back, Hitler had moved like 5 feet. Not okay. So Sarah resmushed him. Now he is dead. Halelujah! Sarah and I went grocery shopping after the cockroach ordeal (and after eating ice cream with Derrick) and we had some good times in Albertsons. We bought 8 containers of frosting and like, 10 cake mixes (really good sale and we split it with Amy too). The look on the checkout counter guy's face when he saw it was priceless. His name was Caleb. I'm excited to eat cake now. After dropping Sarah off to go to the YSA activity I went over to Tammy's to eat dinner with Tammy, Stephen, and my aunt Wyndie who was visiting Tucson for the cross country meet. Then my mom showed up! :) I had been asking her to come so she suprised me. I was really happy. It was a good suprise. We went to Golden Corral and had a lot of fun. I also did laundry, which was quite necessary (it had been 2 weeks).
Then on Saturday, Sarah and I went Costco shopping! We got Naked (hahaha, the juice) and ate some very tasty samples. We also bought 10 lbs of oats which was pretty exciting. After that we went and ate lunch with my mom (Taco Shop, again-- this is becoming an addiction). We drove her around campus a bit and then she had to leave. It was a good visit, but definitely too short. Then we picked up my friend Becky and went to the mall. I got a pair of shoes for $4 at Payless. Steal. They're rather light colored so I am a bit concerned about wearing them, I am considering spraying scotch guard on them so they have a bit of a chance at staying light blue. After the mall Becky and I dropped Sarah off and went to my apartment, ate dinner, and then went and picked up Bert and went to Dracula. It was pretty great. Really cheesy, but the costumes and technical stuff were incredible. I had never seen or read anything about the original Dracula, it was really good. After Dracula we went and grouped up with Amy, Ariell, Kirsten, and Sarah and went to hike Tumamoc Hill. We got halfway up and decided it was high enough. Here is a picture of us:

This is the group. Left to right:
Sarah, Ariell, Kirsten, Amy, Chanda, Bert, Becky

And here is Becky, me, and Bert. The lights from the city were so pretty!

After the hike Becky came back to my apartment and we stayed up ridiculously late talking about life. I really enjoyed it. Then we woke up this morning, had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and I dropped her off and went to Ward Conference. Then I came home and have been working on homework. But took a break to write this. I've had a fabulous week and I'm hoping it keeps up. Hopefully next weekend Amy will cut my hair, that will be exciting and I'll make sure and post about it.

My plans for this week are pretty limited, but I'm loving the spontaneity of doing random things with various people without preplanning. :) I'm wishing I had a camera so I could document more of my life, maybe I'll start saving for one.

I should get back to my homework now, keep it real.

Chanda C.

PS. Why don't cats carry change? Because they don't have any pockets! HAHAHA!