17. First piercing? ears! i waited so long for it. i had to stop sucking my thumb to get them pierced. that was the deal!
Friday, September 18, 2009
firsts..
17. First piercing? ears! i waited so long for it. i had to stop sucking my thumb to get them pierced. that was the deal!
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
___ing. get to know me!
I had a cute blog post idea, but i feel a headache coming on, and thinking doesnt really appeal to me right now. so now you get to know more about me!!
Making : friends!! and loving it.
Cooking : hm. nothing at the moment...but it looks like i'll be doing a lot of it next week!
Drinking : sweet tea. mmm
Reading: Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina. not a fan, mainly because its required for school. lame!
Listening: I could go on and on. but just today, i've listened to music that defined my winter last year, given to me by the one person i've found that had the EXACT same music taste as me. too bad hes not in my life anymore...eh not so much.
Wanting: to visit home. i want to see my friend's dorm rooms and meet all their new friends. i can't WAIT for christmas!!
Looking: at the list of homework i have due on tuesday...gahhh!
Playing: phone tag. so frustrating!
Wasting: time doing this instead of homework. boo.
Sewing: in the process of a tshirt blanket. i havent exactly worked on it in about a week, but its getting there.
Enjoying: having the afternoon off!!
Waiting: for the Navs tonight...should be fun! and to see my parents over thanksgiving. cant wait for that either!
Wondering: so much right now. my mind doesnt stop. that could be why i'm not sleeping. i love life.
Loving: my friends. i say that all the time, but i really do. and i love that one of my best friends still trusts me to keep her secrets even though i'm not right next to her. i can't explain how happy it makes me feel that i'm not replaced :) i know youre reading this, goob. i love you!
Hoping: the navs is as fun as the lunch date i had with one of the staff-ers yesterday. she's awesome!!
Marvelling: at how one of my all time favorite songs (not the same by ben folds) can make me feel so good. i was driving along today in the middle of a rain storm, and the live version of that song came on. any ben folds fan can tell you that the live version is WAYYY better than the studio verson. but i'm blasting it, and the second the three-part harmony comes on, the rain stopped and the sun came out. i kid you not. i was amazed. so i listened to it again. and love it even more now :D
Smelling: my air freshener. ahhh hawaiian breeze!
Wearing: soccer shorts, katie's "im on island time" shirt, and muskego volleyball sweatshirt. aka complete scrub.
Following: ellen degeneres, my new twitter friend!! too bad i didn't win the 1000 bucks she said she'd give out :(
Noticing: how what i do doesnt define who i am. what others do for me defines who i am. thanks lyndsay! :)
Knowing: that things can only go up from here.
Thinking: about how in the world im going to pay for anything. yay?
Bookmarking: sociology case studies. what a life. ugh.
Opening: up and meeting new people. and doing it all (sort of) on my own. woo!
Giggling: over the story my friend just told me. its terrible. but i can't stop laughing. see above comment about Loving. ha!
Feeling: happy, excited, tired, aggrivated, lost, cold, (finally) comfortable with the fact that i didn't make the worst decision of my life.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
it takes time to realize
something miraculous happened today.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
on my mind
a LOT has been going on lately. I haven't really had time to think about it, but just recently, i've had some time to process my ideas and figure out what they mean. so here goes:
Friendships:
the majority of my close friends are going to school together. i always thought that once school started, everyone would be in the same boat as me-new, friendless, unfamiliar. turns out thats totally not the case. two of my best friends are rooming together, people are always visiting my brother and friends at whitewater...its just not how i wanted it to be, but i put on a happy face. what else is new?
Work:
i love it. probably more than i should. granted, i almost passed out the other day, but thats another story. im working at a vet clinic, and i had to hold down a cat so the doctor could give it shots...i guess i locked my knees and the room was hot-the next thing i knew, the room was spinning and i couldnt hear anything. probably not good. oh well. it hasnt happened again. but its seriously so much fun to watch operations and take care of the animals...i couldnt ask for a better job. burlington is another story...i won't get into that.
Politics:
i've had a couple run-ins with this lately. i don't know what i believe-i couldnt vote in the past election, so i pretty much tuned out all the ralleys and campaigns. i'm not looking for a debate, but i've been pretty irked a couple times lately. two completely influential people in my life are gay. not together...haha no. but seriously, just because my friend comes out to me, i'm not supposed to be friends with them anymore because i "don't believe in that"? its life. its messy. it's not cut and dry, left or right, conservative or liberal. and who cares? why should it take over people's life? the president is and will be the president for another three years. it does no good arguing with people about issues that are in the past. but i digress...
School:
i'm going part time. i love my classes, my profs are great, but the friendship thing? not so much. i think its a mix of 7:30 am classes, community campus, and small classes. nobody sticks around after classes to mingle and make friends, everyone's half asleep in the mornings so they don't talk, and two of my classes have 20 people tops...its harder than i thought. coming from a school where i knew everyone, there were always people to talk to in my classes, and it was never hard, its just been a different world for me lately. but i'm trying. i really am.
these are just a few of the things running in my mind lately. its awesome to get them all out. more later <3
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
loose change
my best friends...minus a few important ones :)
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
"wouldn't mama be proud"
i had an interesting discussion today.
driving along the interstate is the best time to play the question game. its random, it passes the time, and lets face it. its fun. ish. so today my aunt and i were driving from a far-away city and we got to talking. she said "use one word to describe your mom".
one word. i chose "involved"...
and it got me thinking.
my mom is seriously the most influential person in my life. i love my parents, and my dad is my favorite person on the planet. no lie. but it seems like my mom has been around in my life a lot. she quit her job before i went into kindergarten and literally spent every waking moment with me.
road trips to tennessee, spending a week at camp, days by the pool, writing in journals, teaching us how to be better people. my mom was the best at all of that.
we laughed. we cried. we walked around the block on hot summer nights with freeze-pops and we would talk about anything. we watched movies, top model marathons, and hgtv for hours on end. she loves my friends (i think...if she doesn't, she does a good job hiding it!) and my friends love her. the girls that i've been friends with my entire life have grown up with my mom as well - teaching them things that their moms couldn't.
i didn't think it would be hard to leave my family. yes, i would miss them, but they're my family. its not like they can just get another daughter. i was more worried about my friends moving on and meeting new people...not so much missing my nagging, meddlesome parents.
but i do.
hearing about my cousin and my aunt going shopping for dorm stuff together, or listening to stories of my friends and their moms (even the bad ones) makes me miss my mom even more. she's a phone call away, but that's not as convienent as 4 steps away.
all of this doesn't mean that i love my mom more than my dad. or brother. there have just been more instances where i want to tell my mom random things that only she would get. i miss my dad more than i can even describe. and my brother is my best friend. but its those little things like talking to my mom after my first day at work that just isnt the same on the phone. i miss her. and everyone. but they'll always be in my life, and for that, i am so thankful.
[lift up your heart]
i love you mom!!
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