ROADTRIP! :)

Hey Everyone!
  I know I haven't updated this in a while but I hope everyone had a great summer!! .. I had a great summer, it was so good to be home with friends and family for a while!  I am not back in California and am living in Marina Del Rey this year in a house with 4 other people, right across from the beach :) I drove out here and stopped at some really cool places along the way so I thought I would share some pictures with you all! I will update this again soon, love & miss you all <3

Grand Canyon Sunset

Me at the Grand Canyon!

Im in 4 States at once! 4 Corners Monument

Grand Canyon!

Somewhere between Colorado & Grand Canyon

Beautiful! 

California Sunset

again..

Gorgeous!

Horse Tooth in Ft. Collins w. Friends <3

again..

Me & Rachel, a friend from highschool that is not at CSU!

Awesome rock along my drive...

Somewhere in Arizona ..

Sorry its been so long!!

Hey Everyone, Sorry it has been so long since I last wrote.  I have been very busy between school, my internship and all my visitors!  I had a great time in Arizona a few weeks ago.  After a long trek across the country Mom & Dad finally made it to Arizona & I flew down to meet them.  I had a great time with Dan, Kelly & the kids.. they are growing up so fast !  I was lucky enough to have Mom come back to LA with me & we had a blast! We actually got to go on a live taping of Chelsea Lately which was so much fun, she is just hilarious!  My friend Mariah also visited for a week and she had a great time, she did not want to leave at all! Kelsey is here now but leaves tomorrow :( We had so much fun together though! I attached some pictures of our horse-back ride to the hollywood sign and some other fun things we did!  So as you can see I have been having a lot of visitors, but I am managing to keep up with my school work luckily, that is the most important thing on my mind right now.  I am taking a class this quarter called ideation sketching, its really hard.  I must say though, I never would have thought I could draw as well as I am drawing now.  I have made a very close friend named Truong this year.  You would all love him, he is gay and in most of my classes but he is the funniest kid I have ever met and can always put a smile on my face! I am getting anxious for spring break to get here, only a couple more weeks! I am going home March 25th, I cannot wait to see my dogs!  Being away from them is one of the biggest adjustments I have had to make this year, I mean growing up with them my whole life what can I expect I guess?  I will be home until April 6th and then I will fly back with Grandma and Grandpa.  I can't wait for them to see where I am living and my school & just California in general!  Soon Shay & Grandma and Grandpa Glynn will be coming out too I hope, I am so proud to show everyone what I am doing and where I am living :)  I hope all is well with everyone, I Love & Miss you all everyday! I will try to be better about updating this, sorry! Love Always, Mandi xoxo

The view from where we were riding :)

Me & Kels on our horses <3

My horse, Boomerang :)

Me & Kels in front of the Hollywood Sign !

We had a bonfire on the beach and I got the fire started all by myself! My roomates were amazed, then we cooked hot dogs & smores over the fire! 

Back in LA <3

Hey Everyone! So, I have been back in LA now for about a week and very busy already.  My school schedule isn't too bad this quarter, I have two night classes which I thought I was going to hate but its actually pretty nice.  On Tuesdays I don't have class until 6 pm so I have all day to myself! Last week on Tuesday I went to Malibu and went kayaking all day before class, I posted pictures; the atmosphere in Malibu is breathtaking.  This weekend I went to Huntington Beach with my friend Erika because that is where she grew up and her family was having a big party for the Chargers vs. Jets game.  They were all making fun of me for being from New York but then the Jets won so I was laughing at them in the end even though I am not a Jets fan.  Today I don't have school because of Martin Luther King's Birthday so my friends and I are going to the Chelsea Lately show! I am so excited, we can go to pretty much any live TV show that is taped out here for free because they like to have a full audience when filming.  I really want to go on the Ellen Show but its really hard to get tickets so we will see :)  My classes this quarter are really interesting, some very hard.  I am taking ideation sketching, digital imaging, trends, speech and survey of western art 2.  Each of my classes are 2 hours and 45 minutes long, but luckily most of them are very hands on so it isn't too bad.  This week at my internship was really fun. It is market week which means all the buyers come in and pick out their merchandise for the next season.  I learned a lot and met a lot of cool people, and even got some free clothes! My best friend Kelsey is coming out in March and I am so excited! She is going to be here for the Debut Fashion Show.  This show is a really big deal at my school, a select group of Fashion Design Majors get to debut their work and big companies come and watch and hopefully offer them jobs at the end of it.  I am so excited that Kelsey will be able to experience that! Well I should get going on my homework I suppose, I hope everyone is doing well.. Miss and Love you all! :)

Me & my roomate Jenn running into the ocean at Manhattan Beach the day after I got back to LA, it sure was nice to come back to 85 degree weather!! :)

Manhattan Beach <3

We stayed all day & I am so glad because the sunset was unbelievable!

This is Me & my friend Andi kayaking in Malibu!

Malibu Beach <3

Me & Andi again, cool picture though I thought!

Watching the sunset in Malibu <3