Christmas and other things.

So...Everyone in the office is all about giving Christmas presents to the student workers. Today...I got a pickle Christmas tree ornament. HAHA. It's kinda funny.

The real news of the day is that I have decided to take the Perspectives course next semester. Well, not entirely--I still need to find a way to come up with the money to pay for it, but I have faith that if I am supposed to be in the course, then I'll be able to pay for it. :)

Wonderful...

You want to know what I love about the holidays? It is an excuse to get to watch It's a Wonderful Life as many times as I want.






I love it. It is one of my favorite movies ever. One of my favorite little random parts is when George is upstairs with his Zuzu and he tells her to go to sleep, and she says she isn't tired and she wants to look at her flower....his reply is, "I know-I know, but you just go to sleep, and then you can dream about it, and it'll be a whole garden. "

Awww. :)


I really love just about everything about this movie. Especially that it's in black and white. I refuse to watch the colorized version...old movies are best viewed in shades of gray.


I also love seeing how much the world is changed when George Bailey was never born. I don't think I've done ALL that much to affect other people, but idk....It might be kind of interesting to see. It's kind of a nice reminder to keep on living your life, you doin't have to do something huge and amazing to make an impact on those around you. . .


Back to my viewing pleasure. Yay.

Quotes of the Week.

I am going to try to post a new quote on my page every week.

This week's selection:

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years" -Abraham Lincoln.

I love this quote because it always reminds me to make my time here count. Sometimes bad things happen and people die young, but that doesn't mean their lives were unfulfilled or meaningless. I want to live every day in such a way that my life will mean something--whether I'm around for 80 more years, or for 8.


Last week's quote was pretty fun..."Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!" -Unknown

haha. It made me laugh. :D



So...basically I have all but two of my Spanish essays done. I am currently about half way through one of the them, the other I'm just going to make up. Those are the only things I have left other than studying for and taking my finals. Yay!

Lists

I'm not going to lie...I prayed last night that it would be icy enough today for the bigwigs to cancel classes today (I did however pray for everyone's safety as well). Selfish, I know, but I'm getting really tired of this semester. I have 5 classes in a row with no breaks and then work immediately after that three days a week, and I am getting totally burned out. Oh well...only 2 more days of class and then finals are here!


:)

I have a new favorite blog. It is called ToDoListBlog. This is a little bit of the same concept as PostSecret (which is AMAZING in case you have never looked at it). Basically, this is a compilation of hand-written lists that people send in. It is so cool to see different things that people write. It has gotten me to thinking about what my life's "agenda" says about me as a person. . .just something to think about. I think I'll post my "Life-long To-Do List" on here soon and you can draw your own conclusions about it.

Pretty.

I love those days when you just feel pretty. Sometimes you are dressed up for something special, or you just roll out of bed and your hair looks amazing, whatever the reason those days are some of my favorites ever.


Today is one of those days. I woke up this morning and had to do my hair and I even put on makeup and got dressed and ready for *drumroll please* GRADUATION pictures (for the graduate record something or other). Yeah. I'm basically excited.

I am also excited that finals are coming up. Finals themselves have never really stressed me out, they are all just another test--no big deal. But the week right before finals week is invariably insane for me. I have 6 papers to write and I had another big portfolio type thing I had to put together, but I finished that last night. Not to mention getting started studying. [okay that is technically a lie, I will probably not start studying until next Wednesday, but I have good intentions]. Anywho, it's no big deal--I've just really gotta buckle down and get stuff done and I'll be fine. :D

It's cold Outside.

I love cold weather. Winter means to me a climatic excuse to finally get to wear warm hats and fuzzy scarves, which happen to be my favorite accessories ever. The only problem with this at the moment is that I seem to have lost my winter wardrobe. I can't find it anywhere. I don't know what happened! I found a box with some stuff in it, but it was basically only a bunch of pajama pants. So...my favorite weather of the year, is basically no fun at the moment because I am FREEZING!

I have some money in my checking account so I think I need to go buy some stuff, but I'm torn whether I should stay in this teeny tiny town and just buy a jacket or if I should drive the 50 miles to city shopping conveniences.

It's funny, I was talking to a friend of mine who lives in California and he was amazed at how far away I live from stuff. I remember when I first moved here from my hometown of 100 people, and I thought it was so cool to be in a "city." haha. I'm such a country bumpkin sometimes, I can't wait to move to an actual city. It's gonna be great! :D

Changes are coming.

It seems so surreal to me how fast life moves. It seems like such a short time ago that I was in high school, getting to move to begin college. I still remember move in day, and how nervous I was to not know virtually anyone.

Now, the time has come for my time here to begin wrapping up. Today, I turned in my application for graduation today. I can't believe I am going to be finished with my degree in May! Wow. This is all so surreal. haha.

Leaving here, is going to be sad, but I can't wait to see what the "Big City", and the rest of the world, has in store for me! :-D

Getting Started...

Fe things in life are more exciting than carving out your own place in the world, be it settling into your first apartment, beginning at a new job or school, or creating your own virtual "home." This new blog is my place, if you will. Sometimes funny, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes controversial and occasionaly just plain silly--just like me.

I hope you enjoy the new diggs as much as I do, and I look forward to hearing from you!

More to come soon. . .