P.S.

Gilbert just learned he can climb on top of the refrigerator and onto the top of the cabinets. His world just got a little bit bigger. Have fun with that.

Love,
Kendra & Heather

Dear MC Hammer,

Hopefully this letter will help you through your week with Gilbert. I don't think we need to warn you that he is a punk, so prepare yourself. If he gets too out of control, we like to open the door to our "balcony" because it gives him hope for a brighter future involving freedom beyond our apartment. Once he tires of that after, give or take, five minutes, and he is still psycho, he may need some alone time in his "room". Just put his water in there and keep the lights on and maybe give him a toy. He likes to eat a lot, but we try to limit it to three times a day. Just throw some dry food in his bowl and give him fresh water. If you are feeling kind, give him some of that delicious canned stuff in the pantry..only like 1/3 at a time though. It's probably a good idea to keep the doors to all of the rooms closed except for his room while you are gone. He has a tendency to cause a lot of destruction when the opportune moment arises. Also, be aware of what you are keeping on the counters, because he may, and WILL, eat that or destroy it too. Other than that make yourself at home. Feel free to rearrange whatever you like. We would love a good surprise when we return from Chicago. Just make sure whatever you do still looks nice for the family that is coming into town for graduation in a couple of weeks. We love you and you are awesome for doing this! Eat anything that you want, especially if it is going bad. And be sure to blog about your adventures in the apartment with your special bonding time with Gilbert!

Love,
Kendra & Heather

note: cats don't walk well on leashes

my boyfriend.

so, as you all know I have been in an abusive relationship with this
overly jealous,
extremely time consuming,
superficial,
cruel individual
for the past two and a half years. everyday he reminds me of the freedom outside of him and our relationship.

well guys, I plan on divorcing him in august and I can't wait. you see, heather was in a similar relationship and has had enough and is getting out. I am jealous of her strength.

(This is Heather chiming in)...All my boyfriend cared about was my money so I am droppin him like its hot. (Ok, back to Kendra)

also, in other news, mary and caroline will be moving in this summer, so there will be 4 girls in this one bedroom apartment + gilbert.... oh wow what good times are to be had.

ps. the boyfriends' name is scad.

love,
kls +hls

lets wash gilbert

Heather Can't Do Right.

Mary Caroline couldn't do right last Friday. Merridith couldn't do right last Saturday. And I sure couldn't do right today. But Kendra is amazing and wrote me a poem. It goes a little something like this:

oh crappy it’s poem time
heathers had such a bad day so lets bust out the rhymes

all day long i’ve watched your premanent smile disappear
and I want so bad to take away those yucky tears

you see your face wasn’t made for frowning around
and the few times that you do I want to turn it upside down

if i could, tonight, while the world is asleep
i’d sneak into scad and act like a creep

i’d go into admissions and hack into computers
and approve heather smith for typography I a little sooner

but i’m not that smooth and i’d like to graduate sometime
and i don’t know if I want to commit a crime

so other ways to make you smile i guess will have to do
which is what this poem is intended to do

you see heather smith we are attached so much we are practically one
and when you are sad my bright day doesn’t have a sun

so what i’ll do is tell you this
that scad sometimes sucks like a big fat tick

but thank the lord above we have each other
to get through the times when scad is a bummer

just know that today and always and forever i’ll say
"you are my center when I spin away"

Another introduction.

Meet two more of our new roommates, Mary & Caroline. We love them.Merridith, Mary & Caroline are headed on a roomie roadtrip with us. Updates to come. Merridith isn't having a good day. More on that later too. It's a little humorous in a not so funny way, like how Mary & Caroline got hit by a car yesterday.

Love,
-Us

Tragedy.

WE MISSED THE MICHAEL TYE CONCERT! (aka Endless Hallway concert) Sooooo sad!

Here are our angry faces:





Michael told Kender the show was at 9:00. We got there at 9:20 only to learn they finished playing at 8:50. What a shame. We really really wanted to get our hardcore dance on. Not to mention we were super stoked about the show for the past week.. Sonny was the only set we got to see (I'm not sure if he has a band name). It was pretty rad though..the drums were killer. Enjoy the photos courtesy of our future roomie MC.







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On a side note, Rafi is the coolest kid ever. He let me watch the crew at Buckhead take down and construct/put up the new set. He even let me drill a few holes in the drum riser...so come Sunday the guy playing drums collapses, I had a hand in that. I know I sound lame for thinking drilling holes in wood is awesome, but I don't care, because it is! Rafi and the rest of those guys have such a cool job!

Tomorrow Kendra and I are working at the SCAD scholarship gala, where super rich folks are coming to buy student artwork. Kendra gets the cool job of taking bids and watching the performances and mingling with VIP guests, while lucky me gets to sit in the back room inputing data into a computer for 6 hours. It's gonna be great.

That's all for now. Sleep is good. And I want to sleep. I miss it.

Love,
-H

it feels like a sunday afternoon...

sorry I haven't posted in like a month ... heather is better at this blogging thing than me. and I know you missed my face so I posted a picture of it. I also posted my two loves who are currently asleep in the bed next to mine... so sweet. Look at Gilberts head chillin on Heather's phone, ha!

I am currently writing you from the comfort of my bed. I have been in bed for the past 4 fours. This is unheard of around here. I have slept very, very little lately because of poor prioritization with my social life. You see Friday night Heath and I stayed up talking really late and then had to wake up at 6:20 to take the Newells to the airport = 4 hrs of sleep. Saturday night we stayed up late with our cool new roomie Merrrr... = 4 hrs of sleep (because of Waumba land at 8:30am) Sunday night... same story... = 6 hrs of sleep. and last night 6 hours as well. Ladies and Gents that is 20 hours of sleep in 4 days, I am missing 14 to make the standard.... it is all because of SCAD and (to be honest) the amazing friends I have. We just all hang out all the time and I really need to prioritize my time better. But, I also came to the conclusion during all this that the secret of life is staying up late with friends and waking up early with friends. Heather and I were pretty tired all day Saturday at our Ambassador event at the school, but we endured together. So, a word from me, don't be a lame-o and go to bed early all the time, especially when friends are going to hang out, go hang out and get over it... you can sleep when you get old.

Also, I want to take a moment to acknowledge Heather.... she graciously wakes me up every morning. If it were not for her I would have missed many important events over the last few days... and those events include a presentation with the CEO of Pope & Land in Buckhead. Therefore, I am in debt to her kindness.

So, that is why I have been in bed all day. The 3 hour meeting was this morning and I couldn't be happier it is over. So the agenda for the evening is sushi with Heather to treat myself for all the hard work with this presentation and to treat Heather for being my personal alarm clock.

Life is really good. I want to say I am so happy, but happy isn't the right word... I am joyful. I am full of joy. And Heath is too... and Gilbert is too... and we are just a joyful family. — this is the other secret to life, stay around people who fill you with joy and bring out the best in you.

Also, it snowed today... and it is April.

---
kls

NEW ROOMIE!

This is Merridith. She is our soon to be new roommate. She is trying us out for a few days and staying with us. This will be a permanent thing soon. We love her and so does Gilbert. MC is also our new roommate. We will introduce you to her later. But anywayssss...here is MER!
And this is Kendra trying to go to sleep! (Those are her arms sticking up in the air)

Love,
-All of us