comin down with a case of homesickness.

So who knew it would happen to me of all people. I usually never get too sentimental about anything especially while I'm trying to be all big and tough and brave by myself but this week has been hard. My very first week of work and it has been cold and rainy.  I hear that it is beautiful in Utah and everywhere I look (facebook and instagram) it seems like everyone is just havin a party now that schools out and their summer vacation has begun and I am 2000 miles away living with strangers working 10 hour days. It just didn't seem right. I also found I really hate the rain. It totally gets to my emotions and it makes me miss the sun. And anyone that knows me understands that I love warm weather and sunshine more than anything else so it was hard sitting inside all week. I took a couple of jogs around the neighborhood to get to know the area a little better but it was just so weird. Everything was so different from home. The houses, the feel of the town, the people, the smells.  It was hard. I really missed home and time seemed to drag on and on. Every night when I was going to bed I would count how many more days i had and that just made things seem worse cause 2 days down on a 100+ count down does not really make quite the dent I was hoping for. I missed my friends and family so much. I did not know anyone other than my nanny family. Even church was depressing. There was like 40 people in the ward and NO ONE my age. It was sucky ducky. All I wanted was to be in Holladay Utah where everyone I know is basically like family and everything is familiar. I missed everything, including my mountains to tell me where I am. Out here on the east coast there is no hope of knowing your directions so finding things with out a GPS is like suicide. It made me realize the little things that I usually take for granted like the sounds and smells from home that I love so much. Like when I step out my front door and my alarm goes "beep, beep, beep" or when I walk in my house and my mom is making some sort of delicious something and it smells up the house, or sitting at my kitchen table with my family laughing so hard and loud it could be heard miles away.  I missed staying out late playin with my friends and doing crazy stuff with them. I miss the convenience of everything.  When I am home having a nice time is just at my fingertips but out here I have to explore around and figure out what things make me happy out here.  So that is my newest adventure. Finding out what is home to me in Connecticut.

xoxo

Chaser's birthday!

Chase Coleman Naylor. . . .

My big bro and my very best friend growing up. Now we are all old and getting increasingly more boring but whenever we are together its like we will be young forever. I have learned so much from my big bro like don't take life too serious, don't stand behind a swinging batter, don't sing the wrong lyrics while he is around, find laughter in everything, don't be a wimp, and everything is going to be ok no matter what. He was the best babysitter, role model, soccer player, snowboarder, and all around coolest older brother ever. I have always wanted to be like him and to my mothers dismay I take things to the extreme. Ha and some things never change, I still wear boys clothes more than girls clothes, I like being around boys, and pushing the limits is my middle name. And all this is because I have been blessed with the best older brother in the world. Although we don't get to watch cartoons together anymore or have sleepovers in our big room I always know he will be there for me. So happy birthday to the best bro!

bye bye home sweet home

see you bye utah

  

my new room

rise and shine

different views from the side yard of the lake and the bridge

what i do when i get really really bored in an airport

Moving away. . .

So on 4/20/12 I was higher than a kite, literally. I was flying in an airplane across our great nation. Besides some delays and missing my connecting flights and trying to understand this asian that was rebooking me. I made it to New York City! It was so sick seeing the city from the air. I was freaking out all by myself cause there was no one there to share this awesome moment with. When I landed I didn't know which baggage claim my luggage was at so I walked around like an idiot forever and of course that is when my new hiring mom found me. Haha, embarrassing.

The ride from the city to their house went by pretty quick. When we pulled up to their house I was amazed by how big and pretty it was. I got a tour of the house and met the family. By the time I got to bed I was so exhausted. I unpacked my new room and got everything set. It was strange laying in this strange house knowing it was my new home for the next few months but I'm sure I will love it and not want to leave once my time is up. The house is older and has a lot of stained wood. It is really pretty. Luckily they don't have a ton of forest in their yard so there is lots of space to play around in and get some good sun but everywhere else is some dense forestry. The houses in the area are all super colonial looking with columns and what not. The house I am staying in has a super pretty porch across the front of the house which I love and a big front yard and back yard. Not to mention they live on a lake so they have all sorts of fun things to do in the summer. So I can't wait for that!

xoxo

First Post Ever!

Oh my goodness. . .First off I am so very excited to be writing my very first blog entry. So for starters i just wanted to explain what I am all about. The title has some unique meanings to it, which I am sure I will write about in time but, first and foremost it is because I am currently sitting in my new bedroom in Sandy Hook Connecticut with not a soul around that I have ever met before in my life.  I took a summer job to become a full time nanny for an adorable family this summer because I was up for an adventure. In the mean time I had to pack up and leave my family and friends for 3 months to move 2000 miles away from everyone and everything that I have known for the last 19 years of my life.  So "eye'll" be seein everyone real soon. This summer is going to fly by just like everything else. I just finished my freshman year at Brigham Young University which felt like it never even started. Time seems to just get faster and faster. Anyways I am sorry if my blog gets boring at times but, I just wanted to give everyone a little taste of the east coast.

Another reason why I used "eye" instead of "I" is because I am obsessed with eyes. Two years ago when I visited Greece with my family I noticed there was eyes everywhere. Literally, they are cemented into the ground, hanging over doorways. People sport them as jewelry on their ears, necks, wrists and fingers and everywhere else you can imagine. So of course I fell in love and wanted one right away. So I went into a nice jewelry store and bought a little eye (way over priced) but I got one anyways and BOOM, have not taken it off since.  In Greece they believe it wards off evil and bad spirits. However, during a conversation I had with Sister Elaine S. Dalton she talked to me about her travels to Greece and how she t0o fell in love with "the evil eye" while she was there and bought some jewelry to sport her new found infatuation. She shared something with me though that I have not since forgotten. She told me how she did not believe any of the different legends about it but she thought that they all may have origins of truth.  She told me that the eye may have originally been a reminder that our Heavenly Father is watching out for us. I loved hearing about her theories and her thoughts about this and many other things. She is the sweetest lady in the world and she is my romodel. One day if I could become half the lady she is I will be the happiest woman on earth.

 Anyways, I'm sorry I just went off there. I hope you enjoy my blog, and if you don't, THEN DON'T READ IT! haha just kidding read it so I don't answer the same questions over and over again. I love and miss all my friends and family!

xo