Well, well, well
Welcome back to blogging!!
Let's see, I don't have much to talk about since I saw most of you this weekend.
Which was AWESOME by the way. : )
It was so nice to see you all and catch up!
Hmm...
Uhh.....
Macy's is dumb and scheduled me for days I'm not even going to be in town. I forgot to call them today. Whoops.
Tomorrow is 1) My pretend birthday. I get something for free in the mini food court. 2) Last IMPACT meeting of the semester=party time! 3) Study buck auction for my dorm, meaning all the study bucks I've accumulated (spelling is wrong, I'm not taking an English class so shush) for studying in the dorms and I get to bid on stuff and win stuff, hopefully. 4)My registration date!! Wish me luck! I hope I get all the classes I want/need. I'll let you know how that goes and what I'm taking. If I get what I want, I'll have 15 credits. Which is just fine with me cause I think the classes will be harder.
I have three "finals" this week. Two are just the last tests on the last sections, one is legit. And I'm a bit nervous to try and get all the studying in this one week. I'm such a procrastinator and I'm so unmotivated. Ugh. Seriously. I'll need some luck thrown my way; thanks in advance.
I don't want to waste time recapping this weekend when I saw some or most of you for almost all of it.
So this is officially my shortest blog ever.
I hope you enjoyed it. ; P
QUOTE:
"The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened."
BONUS!:
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life; it goes on." -Robert Frost
(PS- My quote notebook is starting to discolor. This saddens me.)
Happy Monday!
I've had the weirdest past seven days as far as my mood goes. It was everywhere, up, down, and all around.
I don't really know where to start cause I didn't write it all down again. So I don't actually remember much of anything that happened.
Except all week Macy's (where I now am considered employed) kept calling me changing when they wanted me on Friday. And they kept changing it to earlier. But I have a class at 2 on Fridays so I can only get there so early. It was pissing me off. And then not many people were going home on the weekend before Thanksgiving break so my dad had to come down and get me. But when he was halfway here, they called me again saying to just not go in Friday night and go an hour earlier Saturday. Awesome.
Since I don't remember, I'm assuming Monday-Thursday were pretty normal and boring. As is my life. But on Friday I technically had a take-home test for math but I was the only one who actually went in to class to work on it. I just like that better cause it's in a silent room and theres no distractions like facebook or anything. It was open note and open book and take home. What a fail on my prof's part. But since I was the only one there she graded it right away for me so I would know what I got, I ended up with 54/50. Def worth it. I was happy. Especially since I accidentally missed a class and a quiz of hers so that'll help cover that quiz score.
Sometime during the week I was also appointed the new RHA rep for my floor second semester. (RHA- Resident Hall Association.) So I'll be representin Gage A6 every Monday at 4pm starting January. We'll see how it goes. All I know is that it'll be good if I want to be a CA, which I do!
And then on Friday I drove myself up to St. Thomas and picked up Maddy and we went to go see New Moon. It was a lot of fun and it was a really good movie! So if you haven't seen it yet... Go with me and Ali over Thanksgiving break! Haha I have no problem seeing it again, I thought it was better than the first one. I saw this bumper sticker that I agree with, "Book Team Edward, Movie Team Jacob" Haha yeah. But it was a lot of fun and I got to see Mads' room and stuff. It made me happy that I got to see her! : )
Saturday I had Macy's training. Fuuuun. Not really. But I guess I'll be doing register that's what I found out. So... you'll have to come see me! Haha. And then I was really tired the rest of the day and so I just watched a lot of movies with my family since nobody was home that I knew of and all the high schoolers were busy with Dolly.
Sunday we started to get out Christmas stuff. Funn.
And when I got back to my dorm, my desk was kinda weird and not how I left it. When my roommate came back in the room she told me she had her friend and her bf stay in our room the night before and used "our" (ahem, Lizzie's) couch. Okay. But WHY did they need to mess up my desk?? That bothered me but I didn't bring it up again cause I like to talk to her only when necessary.
OH but I did talk to my parents and... Don't make any plans for New Years. Unless they involve coming to my house. : ) They're changing the party at our house from their generation to mine. So. That's exciting. I have all these good ideas and my dad does too. Haha. But you'll get the inside scoop before all the other not as important people. For example, that it's happening. Oh and whoever is invited to stay if they want. Annnnd some other stuff. : ) Sorry I'm so excited for this. Hopefully I don't fail as a hostess cause this is really the first time I'm hosting something other than my grad party. And my birthday sleepover in 9th grade. ...Yeah. But it'll be fun so you better be there!
Yeah. Up and down moods which I didn't really touch at all, but at the moment it's semi up so I don't want to bring it down thinking about it being down.
I miss home. Even though I was just there. I guess I just miss last year a lot. Everything's different now, some things I like, some things I'm still getting used to, and other things I just dislike entirely. Sometimes I still feel like I made the wrong choice going here. Sometimes I still feel like I made a lot of wrong choices. But I'm living with them and adjusting the best I can.
Sorry for that random spurt.
I can't wait to see you ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL (Ruairi included!) on Saturday!!! : D
And somehow this post became long even though I thought I had nothing to blog about... It happens every time.
Miss you!
Loveee you!
QUOTE:
"We have four years to be irresponsible. Relax; work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time hanging out with your friends. So stay out late, go out on a Tuesday night when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have and talk until the sunrise. The work never ends... But highschool does."
Highschool HAS.
BONUS!:
"Everything here is new... It's different. It's different from everything I've ever known in my life. But I'm starting over. My life is in my control. Coming here, I lost some parts of me. Some of them were good, some were bad. But the good and the bad always come together, don't they? So it will all be okay. This is my life; this is how I'm going to live it, starting over, I'm my own person."
So as you all can probably tell, I have been super busy lately. I mean I feel like a chicken running around with my head chopped off, but I am learning to breathe, so that’s always a good thing.
So the first week I didn’t blog was a bad week. I got my first C+ on a test ever, I got “interventions” from friends, and I had a tough time figuring out my schedule. Basically long story short, I ended up crying in the middle of public (like a real extreme cry) and it wasn’t good. That weekend I was going to stay at college, but after Friday night I knew I had to go home to buckle down on homework and regain my sanity. I think it was just because so much went on that week. I had lots of tests/projects/speeches plus I had initiation for sorority and I just didn’t have enough time in the day!
The next week I didn’t blog was pretty okay. Still lots of work, but I did enough fun things too. Not many tests or anything, but I was getting anxious because I wanted my grades to get better. I had lots of time in sorority stuff too. Then on the weekend I went home to see my lovely friends and my lovely boy in Hello Dolly. We went to Perkins (as most of you have written in your blog) and Panera on Saturday. Then Saturday night after my two week wait I saw my boy and all was good. We hung out together after the show, but he was extremely tired…so we kinda just fell asleep and woke up at 2 am (oops!!!). No one got in trouble, and I swear it was probs the most innocent we have EVER been. Haha. That Sunday I didn’t see him either, because he had to work, and I had homework.
This week things started really looking up. I had lots of work to do (and I still do!), but Thanksgiving is so close, I am just trying to make it haha.
So Monday was crazy. I was in class 11-4, went to print off notes at my room, went to a biology study group at 5, ate (for the first time in the day) dinner while at a sorority meeting (7-10) and then went back to my room and crashed. It doesn’t seem as budy when I write it out, but just believe me it was crazy!
Tuesday was a “trina needs to catch up homework day.” I did lots of homework in my friend Zac’s room, and then we ended up fighting. In my bad mood, I went to my bi lab, then was just crabby. After my lab we had a floor meeting with my dorm. It was about switching roommates next semester. My RA was like “raise your hand if you want to switch roommates next semester” and my roomie didn’t raise her hand. I did, because I am rooming with my friend Megan. My roomie tweaked and was about to cry because she figured she was going to room with me next semester. I felt like such a bitch, but we don’t even talk, and she had plans to move…but apparently they fell through. So I spent the rest of Tuesday kind of sad.
Wednesday at college was boring. After classes I had to stop at home because Thursday we had a sorority dance that I needed clothes for. So Wednesday night I went to applebee’s with my mom then hung out with the boy. We watched Nightmare before Christmas (and didn’t make out the entire time!!!) then after we…chilled. Haha. I watched glee at like 2 am and then went to bed (in my own comfy bed).
Thursday I had a hair cut appointment, so I got my hairsssss all cut and prettified for Thanksgiving. Then I went back to school and met up with my friends’ Cammy and Grace to get ready for the dance. We acted crazy and it was fun, and it reminded me how much I missed them this week since I had barely seen them! We went to get a transfer meal and I fell off a chair too. It was the hardest I have laughed in a long time. The dance was super lame and we had no fun, but after it I went with Kelly, Cammy, and Katie to applebees and we laughed some more. (Kelly and Katie were a little tipsy which made everything funnier). Then we went to the New Moon premiere at midnight. The theatre in Hudson is so less legit than Lakeville. It was a free for all and no lines whatsoever. It was madness, but since we were hyper, we made a game out of it haha. So I saw the movie, and I can say now that Edward is disgusting, and I believe Jacob Black is completely hot with his ripped bod. We got stuck in the parking lot for about an hour after the show (remember Hudson theatres=unlegit) and then I finally got back to the dorm to sleep a few hours before classes. It was a very fun day!
Friday everything started getting good. I got my Spanish test back (the same class I got the C+) and this time it was an A-. My roomie left for the weekend (yay room to self!) I finished all my classes, realized my weekend would only consist of homework, but somehow my friends convinced me at dinner to go to the hockey game. I was already dead tired from new moon, but I went anyway. I had fun and I don’t regret it, but at the same time it made me even more tired than I already was. We went back and chilled in Megan’s room, then I went to sleep.
So here I am now…blogging…finally. Sorry about the length, but a ton happened over the three weeks I didn’t write. Feel free to skim. Haha.
Hey girlies! This has to be short because my roomie is sleeping and the clicking keys bother her but I don't want to get in trouble with the blog police... ahem... LIZZIE.... ahem.
Ok so I didn't forget to blog I promise. I just haven't had a ton of time to write today.
This week was fairly uneventful. A lot of homework, art projects and not much sleep.
But other things that happened since last time I blogged.
Friday- Erik picked me up to go home and see the musical and of course to see all of you lovely ladies. Hello Dolly was terrific much better than I thought and it was fun to go to Perky's because I'd missed that.
Saturday- I went out to lunch with you guys and then worked on homework and hung around home. I ran to Cub and ran into Jazz...yeah can't miss the awkward encounters that always happen when I'm home. Then went to Hello Dolly again.
Sunday- I went to Moa with my parents and it was all christmasy and cute and made me really happy and my mom bought me makeup at sephora. Then I went to sbux and b&n with my son :]
Monday-Wednesday- Class and not much else. Kayla left Wednesday for Women's Chorale Tour in the cities so she's there until Friday night and I won't see her until Saturday sometime because she's going to a party Friday night and sleeping over so me and Mal and Jen(my RA) are going to a concert and then swing dancing and having a slumber party in my room, which I am very excited for!
Today- I made my hand turkeys (like I said earlier) and watched Grey's and had "Thanksgiving Dinner" from the Caf. It was pretty good actually. Everyone on my floor went to New Moon at midnight pretty much but like my friend group (which I am definitely missing the midnight premieres with you guys :[ ) ...and I already bought a ticket to go Saturday with Hannah so I was ok with that, but just like an hour ago Jen and Mal and some other girls decided to go to the 2:30 am showing...so they were hanging out in my room until now getting energized and we were just sitting around talking which was so nice since I never get to have people over when Kayla is here, she's always on the phone pretty much :/ but yeah Jen started talking about her older brother who is bipolar so we got talking about all of that stuff which hasn't been brought up really since I've been here but it was really comforting to just talk about this past summer and the things that have happened with Mik, and the realizations about myself. I had been too scared to talk about it at all since I didn't want to lose the friends i'd made here, or scare them, or have them judge me or something...but yeah, Jen just wanted to listen and kept asking me questions which was nice especially after having to pull myself from the edge of the cliff yesterday. I think it helped that I finally got a nap today which was much overdue and I watched the princess bride to just relax.
So overall I'm still feeling a little unstable but better than last night. I'm looking forward to tomorrow and Saturday and not so much Sunday-Tuesday because Charlie is coming and staying all day Sunday through Wednesday afternoon, luckily I get to go home Wednesday morning! And I am SO excited for Thanksgiving so that will definitely keep me going next week. I am so ready for a day off! Ahh and after thanksgiving only 2 weeks of classes then finals week! And I only have a math final and two art critiques which hopefully won't be terrible...But I need to sleep, I love you all and can't wait to see you all!
So today is a day where I feel like not blogging. Today was poopy. I skipped my Paideia class. Last weekend was fun. Next weekend will be fun. Allison and I will be visiting Madison. A week from now I'll be home for Thanksgiving. And I'll see you guys. I'm sorry I've just been venting on Sam all night and I am so tired of talking about my feelings.
See you guys next week!
i need to stop eating so much. i lost 3 pounds apparently but that's not very good considering i gained weight. that's just frustrating. anyway.
so tuesday ended up better than it was going when i posted.. i asked some people if they wanted to go to lunch but everyone was kind of like "suuure.." and it seemed really awkward and weird.. so we went at like 11:15 and then i had classes and such.. and later they asked when i was going to dinner and showed up at my door an hour later with cupcakes! :] apparently they had been planning it for awhile and they were going to make them at noon which is why they were acting so weird. so that really made my day! it was so nice to realize i actually do have friends here who like.. care about me. at night i went out to eat at buca with my family which was really fun. they gave me some really nice things and brought a gorgeous cake and we ate way too much food. it was fantastic.
wednesday wasn't anything too exciting.. i went to this all souls type service for veterans day with my friend laura and had dinner after.. watched glee.. nothing too exciting.
thursday i was busy busy busy as my usual thursdays are. i went to target and dinner with some friends which was really fun.. spent wayy too much money but i had a gift card so i didn't feel as bad. i got a new wallet that is really cute and argyle and very me. and some food. i need to stop eating in my room so much though.. i'm such a snacker.
friday THE THIRTEENTH i had a pretty normal day.. my dad picked me up on his way from work to go home and then i went to the musical with lizzie and erik and heather and that was a good time. i love seeing them and all the high schoolers who miss us :]. we went to perkins after with trina too and that was a good time as well. saturday morning i slept in later than i meant to (which felt good) and then i went to lunch with you guys (minus roar.) obviously that was fun. i went to the musical AGAIN at night and it was fun again. this seems to be a theme.. (i did ____. it was fun.) but i don't have any other adjectives..
sunday i hung around, went to church, went to starbucks with bryton yayy and my daddy drove me back here. woot. i don't think anything exciting happened sunday night.
yesterday was pretty good for a monday.. i had classes and my advisor meeting so i've figured out what i'm taking next semester and stuff. for dinner, my floor went to the minneapolis campus which was fun but we took up like the whole bus. and i accidentally/on purpose skipped jazz singers because of it. yay!
and today i had dance club and that was pretty fun. i like it a lot and i'm starting to feel like one of the better girls in our group.. like a bunch of people had to leave so there were 4 of us left and we ran through it again and she said it looked a lot better.. like we were more together and stuff than with the whole group. so that made me feel good. i don't have to be the best, i just don't want to be the worst. but i already know that i'm not... which brings me to..
my roommate. she came back from the weekend and was like "happy birthday" and gave me an itunes gift card! it made me feel so bad for complaining about her and stuff.. she's so hard to explain. but i'm trying to be more patient with her and stuff. i think if i tell myself she isn't annoying, she seems less annoying. which makes sense. i just don't like it when she talks to herself.. which she's doing now..
sorry this is so long (as usual) but i love you girls! see you again soon! :]
I've posted 83 times. This is the 84.
Yuppp.
Um. You know how last week I did such an awesome job with writing stuff down? Yeah I didn't do that this time. I'll see what I can remember...
Thursday was my interview for IMPACT Board. I found out I'm really bad at nterviews if I don't pratice or prepare myself beforehand. I seriously bombed that. So anyway, I did not get any of the jobs I applied for within Board. I'm okay with that. Less work I have to do. Oh, but I am still in the running for a position that just opened up, I'll find out on Thursday if I got it. We'll see.
And then I went home this weekend and saw everyone but Ruar. And I had my interview at Macy's, which you all know I got. So I'll be home every weekend until break either training or working.
This weekend I saw "Hello, Dolly!"twice and surprised the company Friday night and all that fun stuff.
On Sunday I had another interview at Chuck'E'Cheese's and was also offered that job, but they both want me the same times and all so... that's not gonna work. I'm calling Chuck this week and telling them it's not going to work out but thanks and all that jazz.
I also went to my great grandpa's 90th birthday party. It was SO MUCH FUN. Only not at all. Oh well I got to take a tour of my mom's elementary school which is now the town historical museum. Small town redneck hicks. But chalk full of family and I love them. But oh so boring.
Let's see... tonight my roommate just left and I stole her nw Carrie Underwood CD and imported it on to my laptop. Shhh don't tell. ; )
Haha Free and easy way to get new music.
I really don't have much else to say about my days...
I've been really down today. I don't know if it's because I just got back here after a really fun weekend (I feel like I still belong more at home in Lakeville than here), or if the weather is starting to bring on my self-diagnosed Seasonal Affects. Or if it's something else. But I'm sure it's one of the two. Or both.
But I've been pretty down, like I said.
I think it's a movie night for me. Yes.
I miss you all, always! Even after seeing most of you just two days ago!
Love youu!!!
PS- Pretty sure this is my shortest post ever.
QUOTE:
"Life is truly a ride. We're all strapped in and no one can stop it. As you make your way from youth to adulthood to maturity, sometimes you put your arms up and scream. Sometimes you hang on to the bar in front of you. But the ride is the thing. I think the most you can hope for at the end of life is that your hair is messed up, you're out of breath, and you didn't throw up."
BONUS:
"When you look at a person, any person, remember that everyone has a story. Everyone has gone through something that has changed them."
Hey girls!
So sorry this is so late, I had a lot going on tonight and I just got back to my dorm.
Let's see, since last thursday...
Kayla and I rearranged our room last weekend and we had to have Tim come help us which was kind of embarrassing just because it ended up being way more complicated than it needed to be and he was in our room for a longggg time. But once that was done it's a lot more open now...
So yes, to answer your question Tim and I are talking again. I don't know why we ever stopped...but he is very confusing and Hannah and I have tried to figure him out but it's just not going to happen anytime soon at least. But at least I have someone to go to lunch with sometimes or to call when I need manly help.
Me and Hannah have gotten pretty close lately, like we were just class friends for a long time since we have all of our classes together but we hung out this weekend got some brunch and went to starbucks and talked there for like 2 hours about high school and friends and just stuff and it was SO nice. Now we talk in class about our friends and funny things that have happened to us. And to add to the bonding we had an awkward boy pop encounter while walking to class one day...we were talking about Tim (it's a very long story) and basically the fact that there was a weird noise in Hannah's dorm the night before and she thought it was from her heater but her RA thought the people below her were having sex...and just so happens Tim and his roommate Andy are below her so she got really disgusted and was like I NEVER WANT TO THINK ABOUT TIM OR ANDY HAVING SEX. yeah, well andy was right behind us and we didn't realize it until we got in the fine art building and he gave us a really awkward smile. Oops. We got a good laugh out of it at least.
Anything else going on...I feel like my artwork is really improving but maybe it's because I withdrew from spanish. That was my big decision of the week, and it was a hard one at that. I felt like a huge failure going to my professor to fill out the paperwork and having to explain to her I just couldn't handle her class this semester and that my mental health and gpa were more important to me than spanish. So that leaves me with 11 credits, I am no longer a full time student and luckily I didn't lose my health insurance but my car insurance is iffy. But I had to do what was best, even if it makes me feel like I suck at life and can't handle 5 classes.
The only other things exciting that happened were I went to Vienna Boys' Choir on Tuesday night by myself, and I have reserved tickets so I sit with all the old people who are season ticket holders but the old lady next to me smelled like skittles and was super chatty and cute! And the choir was soo good! I am for sure adopting on of them along with my baby girl from India :]
And then tonight I went with my RA/friend Jen and her friends to Ok Go. And the doors were supposed to open before 7 but they didn't open until 7:25ish and then the first band didn't start playing until 8 or so and Ok Go didn't even go on until after 9 and we'd been waiting since 6:30 so it made for a very long night with a lot of waiting around time, and to top it all off basically everyone at the concert was smashed along with the bands who were both drinking beers on stage?! Never seen that before, especially not on campus...But the concert ended up being really good so I'm glad I went even though Kayla ditched me at the last minute. And now that leaves me to tomorrow. I have an Algebra Exam then Erik is picking me up at 12 and we are headed home! It will be so nice to see Rusty and of course all of you! Ruairi you will be there in our hearts, cheesy I know!
But really, there's only a week and a half until thanksgiving! and like 42 days until Christmas! Time is flying by!
Love you all! Miss you all!
Whoooooooa almost forgot to blog. Wow. So this week has been significantly better than last week HOORAY! Haha. Anywho.
So Thursday....Tallie and Jess came to visit me. And that was AWESOME! Haha basically we just hung out Thursday night and it was kinda chill cuz it was a school night. And then I had class all day Friday...and didn't get to really see them. So that sucked. And then they left at 5 on Friday :(
Friday I was really excited. Then really sad. Then really really REALLY excited. Basically I thought I was gonna get to go to Madison with this one girl...then I found out she wasn't going anymore. Then Sam told me something that made me feel better. It was supposed to be a surprise. The surprise? Sam came to visit me at Luther on Saturday :)
So last weekend was amazing. Saturday I just kinda chilled out and watched The Office and had lunch with Sarah and Megan and Sarah's friend who was visiting. And I went on a walk/adventure about campus with Amy. And then Sam proceeded to "surprise" me. Even though I knew he was coming (just not when). Amy got me out of my room for 5 minutes and when I got back he was sitting at my desk. Hahaha. But yeah the rest of the weekend with him was awesome. Being flirty. Exploring buildings. Looking at the stars. Going for a random drive about Decorah at midnight. Yep. It was great :) And he kept saying really sweet lovey dovey things and I liked it. And Sunday he got to just drive straight back to Madison which was awesome for him.
Then I got to try and do homework. Hahaha. And the rest of this week has been kinda blah. I babysat on Monday and got all my homework done there. Woot.
Tuesday...Maddy's birthday. I didn't do much. Just kinda relaxed.
Today....Sam's birthday. I got to skip my Paideia class cuz we had a lecture last night instead of today. Which means I was done after choir. It was AWESOME. Me and Hannah went on a run....hahaaaaa fail. And I had seminar. And watched Glee (SO happy it was back on). Then I had bible study and came back and did a little tiny bit of homework and then realized AHHH POOP I HAVE TO BLOG.
So that brings us to now. This very moment. I am happy. Well, content. Which is good. FINALLY this crabby stage is done. Maybe I am just excited about the weekend. Friday night = Sean Kingston concert then Sam is picking me up at 9 and driving me home. And Saturday= I GET TO SEE YOU! AND THE MUSICAL. It's gonna be marvelous. :)
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL AND I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I MISS YOU A LOT A LOT A LOT!
yay so it's my birthday! haha it's been pretty uneventful. dance club was canceled which was nice because i got to sleep in but not nice because i like having that built-in workout ya know. umm to be honest i'm kind of pissed because theres like a "birthday committee" on our floor (my roommate is in it too.) and they like decorate the walls next to peoples rooms when it's their birthday with like a big sign and stuff and uh, yeah, they didn't do that... but whatever i'm over it haha. but i know for 2 of the other girls on my floor who already had birthdays, they put it up at midnight the day before or whatever. maybe they are just slow today haha.
and i dunno what i'm doing for lunch but i'm scared i'm going to end up just being by myself which would be really pathetic haha. i thought my friend shannon was going to have lunch with me but it sounds like she has too much to do so we'll see. i'm going out to eat with my family for dinner so that'll be fun i guess.
anyway, the rest of my week. Wednesday, i sang at this awards thing for choir. it was 2 hours long and we sat onstage on hard wooden bleachers and couldn't watch the videos playing behind us. but the lady who won was from morocco so she spoke french so i kind of just spent the whole time trying to translate what she said haha.
Thursday i skipped dance club because i wanted to sleep. we had an advisor meeting to talk about classes for next year but i dont register until the 24th and i have like a one-on-one meeting with him too. super exciting, i know. haha.
Friday, i dont think i did anything too exciting. i hung out with 2 of my friends on my floor, we just sat and talked and stuff. but it was still pretty fun haha.
Saturday, i went to the gopher game with my sister which was fun even though we lost haha. i love the new stadium! and i got to see calista. after that we went to cafe latte even though it was like 4. i just wanted to put off coming back here because i had nothing to do haha i basically chilled all night but it was alright because i wasn't feeling super social anyway. my mom gave me a hat and mittens but the hat is too small so that sucks. but i'll get more presents today yayy haha.
Sunday, i had brunch and sat around basically haha i studied for my french test and didn't do anything else very exciting. laundry. woo.
Monday, my theology class was canceled but i was already up so i just sat around for a longer amount of time before english haha. went to lunch with katie and she drove me back to my dorm but it was really hard to get out of the parking ramp haha it kept rejecting her ticket.. anyway. that was about it. lastnight i went over to this guy Gregs room because it was his birthday and he insisted that i come over and have cake but i didnt want any so i just hung out with him and his shirtless roommate. it was awkward to say the least. he needs to leave me alone because i am getting quite annoyed.
oh and a few days ago (i dont remember when) steve was like we should hang out this week! it kind of surprised me because i've tried to study with him and it never works out haha. but hes friends with this guy mitch who i know from choir and he said i should come to the u with them sometime because we were talking about how the weekends are so boring. anyway. that was kind of exciting haha. i wish i didn't like him though. obviously.
so thats my life, sorry it took so long to read! i love you girls <3
Heyy girlies!
I can't believe it's Monday already! I feel like I wrote like a day or two ago... It's a good thing this time I wrote down what happened! I didn't realize how much stuff I forget without writitng it down. I suggest you do it. : )
Tuesday: We were showing "The Hangover" for IMPACT so for promo we staged a Vegas wedding chapel complete with Elvis. I took the pictures. It was SOOO entertaining! I also decided I was applying for Board for IMPACT... wish me luck! I really hope I get on. It'd be for next semester. I was going to wait until fall but... I talked to my CA about CAing next year and she thinks I'd be really good and seemed guenuinely excited that I wanted to. So, yeah, I'm applying for that next year. OH AND THEN Me and Melissa had like, an hour long bonding session about boys. She really actually wanted to know what happened between me and Eric and kept asking questions so I just kept talking. It was weird... but in a good way... I think. Weird.
Wednesday: I, Lizzie Barry, tutored a girl on my floor in math. I felt so smart. No joke.
Thursday: Was November 5. So Brian invited me over to watch "V for Vendetta" and study. So I did. We just ended up watching the movie, going to Wal-Mart, baking a cake (while somewhat cleaning his kitchen), watch YouTubes while eating the cake, with hardly any time spent studying. Even though I had a huge, really tough exam the next day.
I consider that a study day well spent.
Friday: I did really bad on my exam due to Thursday not studying. Oh well. Then I went to see "The Hangover" with some friends. Who decided they thought it'd be a good idea to bring mixed drinks in water bottles and the like to the movie. But not me, obviously. But being the super smart people they were sat right behind some CA's. I could smell how potent their drinks were. So I, being the good friend, told them CAs were right there so we moved. And then afterward they all wanted to go drink more and I opted out and just went back to my dorm. But I was okay with that.
Saturday & Sunday: I spent just chilling and relaxing. I was so burnt out and whatnot so I really just didn't do a whole lot. Which was SO nice.
Oh except last night, at like, one in the morning I got a text message from Eric asking to talk. I was like, "uh, I'm sorry, what?" But we talked cause he was frustrated and confused about where to apply for college and what to do and look for. His exact words (and I quote), "And I figured, 'Lizzie's a lot like me.'" As in I could help him out a lot and whatever. I guess I did what I could? But I was like, uh, so we just don't talk since you broke up with me and now you expect everything to be okay? Um. Okayy. I was confused but, it's life.
Today: I had an appointment to figure out what to take next semester. I'm 65% sure I want to major in Elementary Education. Or just education in general. I don't know. But based on that 65%, they told me all these classes I had to take for the major... I'm not looking forward to them. But I'll take them anyway. Ugh. Now I just need to be able to get into all those classes when I register. Hopefully.
Oh and then for some reason I was feeling so... myself(?) today. So I just let my craziness go when I was with some friends with IMPACT and they did too and I was like, whoa, there are people here who are like me? Nuh uh. Like, we almost broke in to song and dance during dinner just to see the looks on other peoples' faces. We were laughing too hard though. Maybe next time...
I miss you girls SOOOO much! And I can't wait to see some of you this weekend for "Hello, Dolly!" It'll be a blast! : )
AND then shortly after that is Thanksgiving! Which I'm hoping I'll be home for to see ALL of you!!!!!!!!!!!! Gah!!!
Love and miss you oodles and oodles.
Yes, oodles.
QUOTE:
"You want to know what living to the fullest actually is? It's waking up on a Monday morning with no complaints. It's knowing you always deserve to laugh. It's doing what feels right, no matter what. It's doing what you want to, no matter how stupid you look. It's about being yourself, 'cause noone can tell you you're doing it wrong."
BONUS!:
"Most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined."
soo second blog: i went to a concert tonight a realized alot. i realized that my relationship with GOD :) needs to be shared with more people!
and i cant keep in all of this to myself and be selfish, like his goodness and awesomeness needs to be shared!! so im starting with you guys cause i know you guys are my good friends.
like i love you all, and i dont want any of you to miss out :) I just know that this is something i need to share. honestly i dont know where im trying to go with this but yeeah... haha
to my fellow six wonders- ( :) )
YES IM BLOGGING :) ps when i was just typing that i wrote, "yes, im CLOGGING" haha i thought that was funny.
anywho...i havent been keeping up with this the past few weeks and i am sooooo sorry :( okay welll school is going good! im becoming less stressed cause i realized that doesnt help at all, so i figure why stress and freak? i recently figured out the most amazing thing ever and im going to share with you all: toothpaste on a zit, WORKS! like a charms. its fabulous
hmmm, i really like college...even though i have been home every weekend i like the freedom during the week haha. I dont have alot of
stuff that goes on on the weekends at school so everyone goes home!
Im wanting to dye my hair...any suggestions?! im thinking darker!! ahhh.
i traded phones with my broha yesterday, so now im going to actually recieve texts!! yay!!!
I learned that girls are a whole lot hard to be friends with than guys. way more drama but sometimes you need girls to vent to about stupid boys.
my uncle is in town from seattle and we hung out yesterday, its was pretty stellar! AND I SAW MADDS! it was so random and spur of the moment decision to go to st. thomas is was awesome!!
Im really pumped for thanksgiving break to see everyone of you guys!! we gotta get together and eat some turkey or something?! :) haha jokes.
welllll, i miss you guys!! and love you all!!!
-lauren
Jeremiah 29:11 :) check it out, yo.
Hello Beautifuls!
I am SO glad this week is basically over. I am looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend of watching movies and grocery shopping. OH yeah but now I have an art installation on Sunday too, like a full wall sculptural piece based around the color yellow, wtf? Ugh I will be so happy when my foundations courses are completed next semester and I can actually take art classes that I want to take. But anyways...
This week has gone really fast, thankfully. Last weekend was a ton of fun! I am so glad I got to see some of you ladies and that I got to experience Punch with Mads and Margaret. I had a spanish midterm last thursday and I got that back and I did really well on the verb tenses but I lost a ton of points on vocab which is normally my strength and I feel like I just can't win in that class. Other than that my day started off pretty well considering I had an 8 am across the river and all, but Tim actually started talking to me again so Hannah, him and I had lunch then I took a nap since i've been sick for like a month now, then I went to spanish and that wasn't as awful as it could have been. But then everyone went to eat without me (which happens every night now) so I went to the caf by myself and got a to-go and happened to run into my RA who was also eating alone so she came back to my room and we played interior designers for a while and talked about photography and our weddings :] Then I watched grey's in my friend Mary's room and now i'm doing homework, reading and going to bed.
School has been stressful as usual, painting and drawing consume a lot of my time plus spanish which eats up the rest of my time and then math fits in the last little bits of free time...sometimes I just need to sit and do nothing and this is probably the exact reason I am not involved in anything here except Art Student Association and I don't even go to the meetings...I just wish I could be more involved. Like all I have is work and sleep and eating there's not much play time for Heather :[ I am hoping since my schedule is much different next semester that I will have a little more time to either work or join some more activities. I am just beginning to think that's why I get sick of it here so much- I have no time to do the things I really like. I haven't taken photos in over 2 months and I haven't read much either. I haven't had time to join clubs and make friends that way and it's starting to get really frustrating, But I know if I can make it to thanksgiving I can survive the semester because that is basically the end for me...and then for 5.5 weeks during Christmas break I will do everything fun I can fit in because I am definitely not getting enough social interaction here. Everyone goes home like every other weekend or works all the time or studies all the time. I guess I'll just see how this weekend goes staying here since next weekend is the musical then thanksgiving and then christmas! It's all coming soon :] So that gives me hope at least, and I still don't know if I'm going to stay here next year, I am really considering transferring to the U since they have both graphic design and interior design and psychology and advertising and here I am stuck in graphic design and it's so impossible to mix anything or change anything at this point and I just feel like I'm not getting a very legit degree. I don't think there's much else other than that. Love you all! Miss you all! xoxo
Hello one and all! So it is Wednesday, and my was this week eventful! So Thursday and Friday were super crappy, like the rest of the week had been. Last week was just a crappy week for some reason. But then Friday I left right after class to go to Madison! That was a BLAST! I was all cranky thinking I wouldn't even be able to see Sam at all on Friday but then Lindsey, the girl who drove me, offered to drop me off on campus and pick me up a few hours later. Seriously. So nice. :) Sooooo I got to see Sam and he took me to a really yummy burger place. Then we walked around a wee bit and explored the music building. And I got to see a practice room.... :) Then Sam decided he was absolutely determined to sneak me into his dorm room. (They are closed to the public for Halloween weekend) And...much to our surprise....I got in really easily using some random girl's i.d. Seriously. The guy didn't even look at the i.d. He just swiped it and DING I was in! So then we just remained in his room the rest of the night cuz we were afraid we wouldn't be able to get me back in later. And turns out that was a good idea cuz apparently they were WAY stricter later. So it was nice just to spend a relaxing evening with Sam. :) Then on Saturday he gave me a tour of campus which was really cool but freakin windy and cold! Then at 3 we checked into the hotel and sat around watching a murder mystery show and eating pizza and getting ready for Halloween night! Halloween night at Madison was not really all that crazy for us. Haha, we were on State St from about 8 til 11 and the crazy people weren't even arriving until we were leaving haha. We tried to go to a dance party on State St but it turned out to be 21 +. Fail. So basically we just wandered. Which was fun. And cold. Cuz my costume didn't cover much of me...bad idea Ali. Haha. At least I felt sexy. The comments from random guys on the street were kinda funny. Like...uh hello, I'm walking with my BOYFRIEND. Hahaha. Anywho. We had an awesome night and it was even more awesome cuz there was daylight savings and I got an extra hour with my baby. :) So yeah. Then I left Sunday at 11 which SUCKED. And then Monday was the worst day I've had so far this year. I was just depressed. And extremely homesick. And I just missed everything and everyone and was crying half the night. That was awesome. But I talked to my mommy which helped a little. And then yesterday I was determined to feel happy. Soooo I went on a short run with Hannah and the endorphins seriously helped. Then I watched the Prince and Me and that helped to. And today was even better than yesterday. Today was awesome actually. So that's good. I just got back from bible study with girls on our floor and I really am glad I went to that. :) It just helped me remember to put my trust in God and know that he has a plan for me and I'm here for a reason and a good one at that. :) So yeah. That about sums up last week.
And I cleaned tonight. Our rug looks amazing. I used a vacuum called a hoover conquest. It was a beast. It tried to eat our rug. I was scared. But now....our room is clean! So woot! And tomorrow Jess and Tallie are coming and staying with me!!!!! And I'm soooooo excited for that!!! It'll be awesome. So yeah. I am happy.
I hope you all are having a good week and I will see many of you next weekend for the musical!!!!!!! I love you guys!
Hey beautiful ladies :]
alright so i don't remember what i did of importance last Wednesday... Thursday I had dance club and cramps so i skipped my voice lesson (i'm such a rebel). we didn't have choir either which was nice so I went to econ and sat there anxiously awaiting the forever the sickest kids concert! my sister picked me up when she was done with work (because trina could sadly not attend) which was later than we thought so we got there in the middle of sing it loud (the 3rd band) but that's okay because i mostly was coming for the last 2 haha. the rocket summer was AWESOME (as usual. :P ) and forever the sickest kids were absolutely nuts. but so much fun. i got nice and hot and sweaty and jumped around and crashed into people i didn't know and it was, overall, fantastic.
After the concert, we went over to her friend Jessi's house because she was having a party, sort of. haha it was supposed to be a party but a lot of people didn't go because they had school on friday (for the u) and lots of tests and things to study for.. but it was still fun. i think it was more fun because i actually knew the people there instead of having it be a ton of awkward people i didn't know. i didn't feel like changing clothes so i just wore a hat that jessi had that was a crocodile.. it was awesome and plushy.
awesome seems to be my word today.
after that, i just went back to the L-ville with her and slept for about 3 hours before getting up to go visit now and then in the morning haha. christine picked me up and we went to cub and bought donut holes wooo. it was fun to see them and hear them and sing with them.. it just felt so weird! it was almost normal though. it was kind of like taking a time machine. but having some things be different. haha anyway, i stayed to watch chorale and hannah wehlage drove me home because she has PSEO haha. we went to caribou to catch up a little bit which was nice. i went home, baked a cake, came back to school with heather to watch rehearsal (i definitely sound like a creep don't i) and it was funny to hear everyone complain about the show and stuff because i don't really have to deal with that drama anymore haha. later on, heather and lizzie and trina and i hung out (but not all at once) and didn't really do anything very interesting haha but it was cool to see them again (duh)
on halloween i got my license renewed (FINALLY!), carved a pumpkin, hung out with trina lizzie and heather again haha.. garrett and james and emily stopped by later but didn't stay very long too. its always fun to see everyone though.
sunday heather was a very kind soul and drove me back up here. we picked up margaret and went out to lunch and went shopping a little bit too which was really fun.. coming back here was actually harder than usual. because usually i don't see anyone very much when i go home.
i think i might be lactose intolerant, so that's cool. also i gained weight since homecoming. so that's also really awesome. haha.
anyway. thats it. sorry this is so long. awesome. :]
lyrics:
"but tomorrow may rain, so i'll follow the sun" - the beatles <3
Hello girls! : )
I miss you. A lot. Let's just get that out there right now.
Let's see. I forgot to write down what happened again. And I'm showing signs that I'm aging. My mamory is fading. Great.
Time to crack open the planner.
Oh on Wednesday we had a 3 time MN reggae award winning band here for a pre-Halloween thing. I dressed up as black mail. Wearing all black with a stamp on my head. Thank you, Ruairi for the idea. : )
Thursday I wasn't feeling the best.
And Friday I went home. Where I saw a lot of you at Maddy's. Including Maddy herself, and Trina and Heather. And Saturday I GOT MY NEW GLASSES. I'm so excited about them. You have no idea. I was going to post a picture but they're on my mom's camera, so I don't have them. And then I went to dinner dressed as a cow girl with Emily, James, and Garrett. And then went to Maddy's again where I saw those three ladies again and proceeded to hand out candy as often as I could. : ) And then we watched Signs and it was a good night. I spent most of my day Sunday applying for jobs. Ugh. Oh and then Brian brought me back to Mankato and we had an epic ride consisting of blasting music and singing as loud and crazy and dumb as we could. We also recorded it on his phone. It didn't sound so good playing it back. But it was fun.
Today I had my first college choir concert. I wore an ugly dress that fell at the top of my ankles. But it was fun. I met more people in my choir and attained some more amigas while getting closer with some others. My family didn't come down and I didn't know anyone in the audience so that was really weird. Like, not singing for anyone specifically, but just singing to sing and sound good. Which we did. I'm proud of it.
So that's that for the "what Lizzie did" portion of this blog.
Do you like how it's getting done before midnight?
Me, too.
I have two exams this week. That I am in no way ready for. I just have no motivation to study. It sucks. I keep trying to find some and just... nothing.
I realized I like my choir friends more than my friends in IMPACT. But I can't just ditch them. I'll have to figure something out.
I've also been really tired lately. So I keep trying to get more sleep, but I guess I just can never have enough.
I spilled some soup that I just made. It like, jumped out of the cup and now I keep finding it everywhere.
I wish I had something more exciting and interesting to tell you all.
Someone just got sexually assulted a few days ago? I don't know any details, that's just what Melissa told me.
UGH. Melissa. I feel like she's taken over my couch. Just because it's under her bed and next to her desk. It's still my couch. She puts her shit on it all the time. So if I want to take a nap, I have to climb up to my loft. This is one of the more trivial things that gets on my nerves about her.
Whyyy didn't I get paired with someone like a wonder?!
I miss you. Can someone come visit me? : )
Sorry this is so long and boring. I'll try and spice up my life a bit for next week.
Love you always!
Miss you always, too!
QUOTE:
"A good friend is a connection to life- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world."
BONUS!:
****THIS IS A GOOD ONE****
"So just live, make mistakes and have wonderful times. But never, ever second guess who you are, where you've been, and most importantly, where you're going."