I've been back in College Park for six days, and the first three days of class are over. I've been doing some reorganizing and a bit of redecorating since I came back, to freshen up my room a little bit. New pictures, a calendar, some more books, and baskets to organize all of my girly things like lotion and hair spray. I've gotten almost all of the books that I need for this semester, and my schedule looks pretty promising (except for the fact that I will be sprinting up and down campus every day to get to class on time). I'm hoping that this semester will be much better than last semester, in that I'll focus more and work harder. I really need to bring up my gpa and get better grades than in the Fall.
There really isn't a whole lot going on right now otherwise. I'm getting back into the school groove, and am happy to be back in PG county. Cheers to a new semester!
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Friday Five
1. I'll be heading back to College Park for school soon, probably on Monday morning. Classes start on Wednesday, and I want to give myself a little bit of time to adjust to being back before being thrown into the new semester. It's strange to think about going back; I've definitely gotten very comfortable being home over break. Usually I'm pretty ready to start back at school after a break, but this time I'm just fine where I am. I think that's probably due a lot to the fact that I'm able to see Jim almost every day while I'm home, rather than just skyping and using my phone while I'm at school. He'll come down to visit some weekends during the semester though, and I'll be back before May, too. There's always Spring Break!
2. Speaking of going back to school, I really need to do something about my sleep schedule (she says as she writes a blog post at 1:30 am). I start at 10:00 am MWF this semester, and I usually like to try to get up two hours before I have to be somewhere. Last semester's habit of going to bed at 4:30 and getting up at 9:30 cannot happen this semester. I won't let it!
3. Jim and I went to see "Mama" tonight, and I really don't think that it was worth the $9. The theater was pretty full, and it's opening night, so of course everyone was screaming and yelling at the characters. The theater is in our local mall, too, which is the place to be on a Friday night if you're between the ages of 10 and 14, so there were tons of middle schoolers getting up and running out of the theater throughout the movie, too, so the audience didn't really help out my experience of the movie. It really wasn't a bad movie in and of itself though. I thought that it had a pretty interesting story line to go with, but the ending just killed it for me. I dunno, I'm not really into that kind of movie anyway. I guess it just wasn't for me!
4. I've been going a little crazy on Etsy lately, looking at all of these cute homegoods that I want to buy and bring to CP to spruce up the apartment. Wells and I were talking today about how cute we want to make the living space, and I can't wait to get started! I want to get all kinds of things, a clock, curtains, maybe some wall hooks...that's just off the top of my head, and my list is always growing.
5. I actually bought a printable calendar on Etsy today, and I'm having it printed out at Staples tomorrow. I'm really excited to get it all cut out and to put it up when I go back to school. I'll have to make a reminder for myself to post a picture when I have it all set up!
2. Speaking of going back to school, I really need to do something about my sleep schedule (she says as she writes a blog post at 1:30 am). I start at 10:00 am MWF this semester, and I usually like to try to get up two hours before I have to be somewhere. Last semester's habit of going to bed at 4:30 and getting up at 9:30 cannot happen this semester. I won't let it!
3. Jim and I went to see "Mama" tonight, and I really don't think that it was worth the $9. The theater was pretty full, and it's opening night, so of course everyone was screaming and yelling at the characters. The theater is in our local mall, too, which is the place to be on a Friday night if you're between the ages of 10 and 14, so there were tons of middle schoolers getting up and running out of the theater throughout the movie, too, so the audience didn't really help out my experience of the movie. It really wasn't a bad movie in and of itself though. I thought that it had a pretty interesting story line to go with, but the ending just killed it for me. I dunno, I'm not really into that kind of movie anyway. I guess it just wasn't for me!
4. I've been going a little crazy on Etsy lately, looking at all of these cute homegoods that I want to buy and bring to CP to spruce up the apartment. Wells and I were talking today about how cute we want to make the living space, and I can't wait to get started! I want to get all kinds of things, a clock, curtains, maybe some wall hooks...that's just off the top of my head, and my list is always growing.
5. I actually bought a printable calendar on Etsy today, and I'm having it printed out at Staples tomorrow. I'm really excited to get it all cut out and to put it up when I go back to school. I'll have to make a reminder for myself to post a picture when I have it all set up!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Instalife
1. I caught the sunrise one morning during finals after finishing my last paper for my history class. I can see the Comcast Center from my bedroom, over Lot 11 (if you ever need overnight parking in College Park, Lot 11 is free from 4pm-7am and on weekends!)
2. I love when Jim wears flannels when we're hanging out because I always take them to wear while we're together.
3. Kyle, Katie, and Tim gave me an inside joke t-shirt, a kitty hanger and a fashion sticker book, and some Tolkien books, respectively, for Christmas.
4. And Jim gave me Lord of the Rings legos!
5. A new bottle of nail polish that I bought yesterday, turquoise & caicos by Essie. Essie is my favorite nail polish brand and also my guilty pleasure as it's $8 a bottle.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
My Bedroom Project 2013: "Before"
My bedroom is a huge ridiculous mess of everything that I've hoarded over the last 19 years. I've made it my mission for break to really go through and get rid of everything that I don't need, everything that I've just kept for years for no reason. All of the assignments from high school, old art projects, broken toys, endless piles of STUFF. Part of doing this is just because I'm tired of living in such a mess. Even when it's cleaned up, it's still perpetually cluttered just because there's so much packed into one room. I'm also doing it though because my sister's bedroom is maybe half the size of mine, and it really isn't fair for her to be stuck in her tiny room for the next three and a half years while mine sits empty, so it's kind of a family project right now to slowly swap bedrooms.
So, here you have it. "Before".
Friday, January 4, 2013
Thoughts about New Year's
Yes, I'm about three, technically four seeing as I'm on the East coast and it's past midnight, days late. Whoops! This is typical for me (but hopefully not for long).
I didn't really do anything special for New Year's, I just hung out with my friends. I couldn't drink or anything anyway - not that I do anyway because I'm underage right - because I had my wisdom teeth out last Thursday and was still on various meds by New Year's Eve. Jim and I kissed in 2013 in my car in a Denny's parking lot. It was magical.
I've actually been using the last few days to really think about the upcoming year and my resolutions, in addition to this just being part of my naturally bad blogging habits. I kind of disagree with the whole "new year, new me" thing, just because I believe that if you really want to change a part of your life then you can just do it. It's still kind of a nice sentiment though.
In 2013...
I want to read at least one book every month, and keep a list of the ones that I finish. I love to read, and I used to read so much, but I do it so much less since I started college. It's not that I've lost interest, or even that I don't have time because I waste an unbelievable amount of time on the internet. I just don't read like I used to, and I miss it. I want to bring books and stories back into my life, the way they were when I was younger.
I want to get in better shape. I don't have any kind of weight loss goal or a certain pants size that I'm trying to fit into or anything. I just want to become more comfortable in my body. I'm 5'3" and about 150lbs, although to my benefit people will usually guess me at at least 20 pounds under that, I guess I just carry it well. I don't look fat, my clothes aren't too tight, it's not too difficult for me to find things that fit. I look fine, I am average. I acknowledge this. That doesn't make me any more comfortable with myself though. I've had body image issues since I was probably about 12 years old, which also sounds normal even though it shouldn't be. I've always been a little bigger than most of my friends, and it made me very self conscious when I was in high school. I'm definitely become a lot more comfortable with myself in the last year and a half (just ask my roommates, I walk around in my underwear all the time) and I want to actively keep with that trend. I want to be healthy, I want to be in shape. I want to feel good.
I need to take school more seriously. I've always been a huge procrastinator and it's resulted in me losing hours of sleep and not getting the best grades that I could, and I really need to change that. School is number one right now, and I need to keep it that way.
I want to become more and less serious. I'm always thinking about the future and I need to save money and Jim needs to save money and I need to consider all of my career options and what should I major in and what should I minor in and should I take this class and I need to get this really good summer internship and all of these things that are on the road to growing up. I do need to keep all of them in mind, and there are certainly aspects of my life in which I really do need to start growing up. But I also can't forget that I'm still only 19. I have time to have fun.
I want to try to cut down and minimalize. I've been cleaning out my bedroom at home since break started and I just have so much stuff. I've been throwing away homework assignments from tenth grade and bad drawings from 2006. I'm really bad at getting rid of things that I don't need, and I need to stop keeping everything. It's OK to throw things away. Sometimes you just need to simplify.
I want to really start writing again. Even if it's just ideas or bad first drafts, it's something. I want to document my life and take more pictures, even if it is just instagram. Maybe I'll really look into a nice camera and learn how to use it effectively. I want to bring more creativity into my life.
I want to update this blog more often, and really learn how to use the website. I want to try out making my own layout and making this blog exactly what I want.
Alright, now let's change those "I want"s to "I will"s and we're on a roll!
Happy New Year!
I didn't really do anything special for New Year's, I just hung out with my friends. I couldn't drink or anything anyway - not that I do anyway because I'm underage right - because I had my wisdom teeth out last Thursday and was still on various meds by New Year's Eve. Jim and I kissed in 2013 in my car in a Denny's parking lot. It was magical.
I've actually been using the last few days to really think about the upcoming year and my resolutions, in addition to this just being part of my naturally bad blogging habits. I kind of disagree with the whole "new year, new me" thing, just because I believe that if you really want to change a part of your life then you can just do it. It's still kind of a nice sentiment though.
In 2013...
I want to read at least one book every month, and keep a list of the ones that I finish. I love to read, and I used to read so much, but I do it so much less since I started college. It's not that I've lost interest, or even that I don't have time because I waste an unbelievable amount of time on the internet. I just don't read like I used to, and I miss it. I want to bring books and stories back into my life, the way they were when I was younger.
I want to get in better shape. I don't have any kind of weight loss goal or a certain pants size that I'm trying to fit into or anything. I just want to become more comfortable in my body. I'm 5'3" and about 150lbs, although to my benefit people will usually guess me at at least 20 pounds under that, I guess I just carry it well. I don't look fat, my clothes aren't too tight, it's not too difficult for me to find things that fit. I look fine, I am average. I acknowledge this. That doesn't make me any more comfortable with myself though. I've had body image issues since I was probably about 12 years old, which also sounds normal even though it shouldn't be. I've always been a little bigger than most of my friends, and it made me very self conscious when I was in high school. I'm definitely become a lot more comfortable with myself in the last year and a half (just ask my roommates, I walk around in my underwear all the time) and I want to actively keep with that trend. I want to be healthy, I want to be in shape. I want to feel good.
I need to take school more seriously. I've always been a huge procrastinator and it's resulted in me losing hours of sleep and not getting the best grades that I could, and I really need to change that. School is number one right now, and I need to keep it that way.
I want to become more and less serious. I'm always thinking about the future and I need to save money and Jim needs to save money and I need to consider all of my career options and what should I major in and what should I minor in and should I take this class and I need to get this really good summer internship and all of these things that are on the road to growing up. I do need to keep all of them in mind, and there are certainly aspects of my life in which I really do need to start growing up. But I also can't forget that I'm still only 19. I have time to have fun.
I want to try to cut down and minimalize. I've been cleaning out my bedroom at home since break started and I just have so much stuff. I've been throwing away homework assignments from tenth grade and bad drawings from 2006. I'm really bad at getting rid of things that I don't need, and I need to stop keeping everything. It's OK to throw things away. Sometimes you just need to simplify.
I want to really start writing again. Even if it's just ideas or bad first drafts, it's something. I want to document my life and take more pictures, even if it is just instagram. Maybe I'll really look into a nice camera and learn how to use it effectively. I want to bring more creativity into my life.
I want to update this blog more often, and really learn how to use the website. I want to try out making my own layout and making this blog exactly what I want.
Alright, now let's change those "I want"s to "I will"s and we're on a roll!
Happy New Year!
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