May 2

I was slightly productive today....but only because I had to be. I spent all day working on my papers for Religions of the World. I even had time to spare when I got them done. Jen, Morgan, and Danielle all moved out today. Sad day :( Especially because Jen isn't coming back to UNI! What will I do without her.....

Highlight of my day: Getting a pedicure with this beautiful girl: 

Cristy! 

She's graduating this year, so I won't get to see her beautiful face at Relay meetings anymore :( BUT she's working on campus so I'll still see her at church :) 

I went to Hudson tonight for the last choir practice of the semester. A little sad, but not really because I'll be back in September :) 

I got to meet Katlyne's mom! I get excited about the weirdest things.....

April 2

Okayyyyy....I forgot to take a picture today. :(

I headed back to school this morning. After my classes I was productive! (kinda) I got some Relay stuff done. Katlyne and I worked out and then had supper with Jen, Morgan, and Tiffany. After supper I headed to the library to get some homework done. I had a committee meeting at 8 and an executive meeting at 8:30 for Relay. It's crunch time!! 10 days. SO EXCITED. But, I probably won't sleep much between now and then. So much to do!

If you want to donate...... :)

www.relayforlife.org/uni 

March 28

Hump day. About freakin' time. This week has been so slow. I forced myself to get out of bed this morning and work out. After getting ready for the day I headed to the campanile with the gallon of ice cream that I was storing my freezer. CAC had free Root Beer floats today because it's campus crusade. Hoorah. They were delicious. I went to class and then ate lunch with...get this...Christopher Gray. I always see him in the dining center eating at the same time I am alone. Usually I eat with Courtney but she had other plans today so I asked him to eat with me. We were civil, and it was actually kind of nice. After lunch I was planning on being productive but we all know how well THAT usually turns out. I went to the library at 3 to work with Katlyne on our geography project. We're in the same class with the same professor, just at different times. We have a travel guide project due in a couple weeks, so her and I are doing the same country. We headed back to the dorms later and had supper with Tiffany, Jen, Danielle, and Morgan. After supper we sat outside and Danielle painted our nails. What a nice gal! I had a team captain meeting for Relay at 7 (which took all of 30 minutes). I did some homework and took a shower and now I think I'll lie in bed and play Draw Something (SO ADDICTING).

Danielle's beautiful work:

March 27

Well, I'm really lucky. For my religions class, we don't take tests. Instead, she gives us information to write essays and we have to turn them in by 5pm. On the day our essays are due, we don't have class because she has open office hours. Soooo of course, I don't ever work ahead. I'm lucky because my 12:30 class got cancelled, too. So after I went to my 8:00 and showered, I wrote my essays. I took a break for lunch and then started back up again. Surprisingly, I got them all done before my 2:00 class. Go me! I was pretty impressed with myself.

One would think that if we have a large number of people eating lunch together, we would choose a larger table. Of course not. I had lunch with Katlyne, Danielle, Morgan, Jen, and Danielle's friend AB. We chose a small table and all crammed around it. This is what the table looked like.....

Note to self: Get bigger table. 

Since I finished all my homework, I was in a particularly good mood, and ridiculously hyper. Jen, Morgan, Katlyne, and I played Clue. When Jen went to class, Tiffany joined us and we played Phase 10. (If you know me well enough, you know that I was REALLY EXCITED about this, because I love playing games.) We ate supper and then I went to St. Stephen's for choir practice. I was not there very long because I had a committee meeting to go to for CAC. When I returned from the meeting, Katlyne and I went to play tennis (because I was annoying her with my insane amount of energy, so she wanted me to burn it off.) It worked, because I was ready for bed by the time we got back. Successful day! 

Oh, here's a photo of my cute little trumpet playing friend, Rob. :) 

March 24

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, HEY! What a waste of my Saturday...sorta. I worked alllll day and we were busy. I got off work, picked KAtlyne up,  and then we went to get Panda Express. YUM. We ate while watching the Blind Side on tv. We then got all dressed up to go to the Strayer-Wood Theather for the 10 minute play festival that Danielle was in. It was actually really interesting! Some photos from the evening:

Girl Morgan. 

Boy Morgan.

March 22

Note: One month from the date of the arm incident. The bruise is ALMOST all gone.
Another day of understanding math class. AWESOME. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. I was somewhat productive in the afternoon...kinda. Then I went to the church for Praise and Worship band practice. Love Thursday nights. When I came back I hung out in Morgan and Jen's room. It was pretty pathetic because we all downloaded the app "Draw Something"-it's like pictionary and SO much fun-and we were all sitting in the same room, playing against each other. Jen got her hair colored and she hated it so this is how I had to see it...

Yeah......

March 21

Finally caught up! (Sorry for the lack of blogging until now.)

I intended to work out this morning. Instead, I finished homework. After class I was productive! I did some homework and FINALLY unpacked all my stuff from coming back after spring break. I rearranged my clothes to fit all my shorts and summer-y clothes in. One can actually sit down in my room now. :) I worked out (for the first time in 2 weeks-oofta!). It felt really good to workout again! I should not have taken 2 weeks off....I also realized that my arm is still pretty weak, even though the bruise is almost completely gone. (not that it wasn't weak before-ha.) During my workout, I started the 3RD HUNGER GAMES BOOK. I'm so excited. I'm going to bed early tonight so I can read for a while. :)

I had supper with Katlyne, Morgan, Jen, and Tiffany, and then headed to Hudson for choir practice. I got it all worked out so I can be home (well, in Alta) for Connor's 1st birthday party. Hooray. :) 

March 6

Happy birthday to my best friend, Mollie :)
I am so behind.
Ok so it was a busy day...ish. Luckily Zac texted me at 7:30 or I would not have been awake in time for my class. Apparently my body did not want to wake up to my alarm. Anyway, I had lunch with Morgan, Danielle, Katlyne, and Jen. In French, we convinced Holi (whom none of us really like) to hold class in Seerley because students are having a study vigil as a silent protest to the changes happening here at UNI (Seerley is where Ben Allen's office is). We got there and talked a little about the assignment due Thursday. Apparently she had a big grad student test to study for, so someone said, "We can just study here on our own if you want to go study for your test." She said, "Are you sure?" Of course we all agreed. "yeah, yeah! Go ahead!"  so she left. and so did half of our class, haha. I stayed, however, because I had a class after so I had no reason to leave. Olivia made a sign to set up by us:

"We appreciate the value of foreign languages" 

There's a talk about cutting the French program which is REALLY frustrating, but I won't go into that. 

After my 2:00 class I met in the library with Eddie and Courtney to work on the listening part of our French workbook together. We do it together because it's really difficult and she grades really hard. When we finished with that Tiffany, Katlyne and I went on a walk around campus, where I found my new friend...

I skipped choir practice at St. Stephen's and instead went to Coldstone with Katlyne and Tiffany because it was our CAC fundraiser there. No word on how much we made, but the ice cream was delicious. I went to bed early because I was so exhausted. 

March 5

Countdown. 1 week until Spring Break. I can do this. I hope.

I worked out this morning before class (& I could definitely tell it had been a while. :S ) I went to my classes and then had lunch with Courtney. I worked 2-6:15 and then came back and had supper with Morgan, Jen, and Katlyne. After supper I went to the Union for bank night to turn in my money for Relay and then we had an exec meeting(which lasted way too long.) My photo of the day is of me with BOTH of my hands on my hips, because I can. Hooray for making progress!! :)

March 2

Such a laaaaazy day. And also Friday.. :) I woke up..I don't even remember what time. Watched the Today show-pretty much did nothing productive. I went to class, had lunch by myself that consisted of: a pb&j sandwich, a bowl of captain crunch, some grapes, and a sugar cookie. Oh how I LOVE the Rialto on Fridays during Lent...............

I did some laundry in the afternoon. I was "that girl" that rode the elevator from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor with my laundry because I couldn't lift it (due to my arm). So I climbed into an elevator full of people to ride one floor. I hate that.

After laundry, Danielle and I went to Scratch to get cupcakes, and then ran to Target to get something uniform for us to wear for..... THE UNI HUNGER GAMES.

SO MUCH FUN. We forgot to take a team picture :( But we had some pretty sexy socks (on clearance at Target). Our team was Danielle, Morgan, Katlyne, and myself.  One of the competitions was to write a song after being given a genre. Our genre was Rock. We ROCKED it. Our song was a compilation of I Love Rock n Roll and Bad Reputation-with Hunger Games lyrics. I'm trying to convince the girls to make a video of it, I'll keep you updated on how that goes :) The Hunger Games people video taped it so maybe it will be on the internet somewhere....who knows! We didn't win the overall competition but we were in the top 10 for our song writing skills. Hoorah!  And now I'm exhausted, and am getting up to go shopping with Danielle at 8:30. Really excited for that :)

Oh, Happy Day! (The name of my cupcake) 

(please disregard the fact that I look a little like death) 

March 1

White Rabbit.

I had a Math test this morning.....yikes. But I did better on it than I did on the last one. I had lunch with Morgan, Danielle, and Katlyne. After class I watched Ellen with Katlyne......it was Justin Bieber's birthday so she COULDN'T MISS IT. I worked on some homework during the show. We had supper at 5, I went to Praise and Worship practice at 6, and then we went to the hot tub/pool around 7. (We as in Morgan, Jen, Danielle, and I.) I headed to bed around 10:30. My photo of the day is the ever-so-proper Rob playing the piano at practice tonight. :)

February 29

Happy Leap Day!
I had a conference with my Writing teacher this morning.....worthless. It took about 5 minutes. I went to the Union to work out for the first time in a week. Obviously I couldn't do much, but I rode the exercise bike while starting a new book-Water for Elephants (I'm waiting for a friend to finish the second Hunger Games book so I can read it). I came back to the room to shower...when I walked up the stairs, BOTH bathrooms were  "temporarily closed for maintenance". Whaaaaaat. So I couldn't shower until 10:45, and then Danielle was complaining because she was ready to eat but I wasn't. Oh goodness it was a fiasco. (not really, though). I didn't have my 11:00 class so I had lunch with Danielle and then went to French at noon. It was RIDICULOUSLY windy outside, plus snow. It was crazy. During French, Flavia decided to push the test back (yet again-I'm not complaining though) to Monday. Woohoo! I worked from 2:15-6:15....that was not easy. Emily decided to cancel choir practice for tonight so I didn't have to drive to Hudson in the crazy weather. I came back to the dorms and ate Ramen while Morgan ate pizza and we watched America's Funniest Home Videos. I showered, watched Modern Family with Morgan, and then we HELPED KATLYNE CARRY HER STUFF INSIDE!!!! She came back. Oh my goodness I missed her so much. I'm so glad she's back. :) My picture is of her door, decorated by Danielle, for her homecoming.

I tried my first Naked smoothie today. Addicted. They are so ridiculously good. (but expensive). Luckily I have about 120 dining dollars left to use. :)

Lindsay posted a picture of Connor's first night at the bowling alley. Is he not the cutest thing ever?! I miss him so much, squishy face and all.

Look at those teeth! 

February 27

Oofta. My weekend: Successful? yes. Productive? no.  We did a whole lot of nothing in my Writing class.  Soooo boring. In French Flavia filled us in on the changes happening with the budget cuts here at UNI. It was pretty interesting and a little scary. I had lunch with Danielle after class, took a shower, and then studied a little for Geography. I went at 4:30 to help with the Pizza Ranch fundraiser, but since I can't use my right arm, I didn't stay long. I went back to campus and picked up Jen, Morgan, and Danielle and we went back to Pizza Ranch to eat supper. When we got back to campus, Morgan, Danielle and I went to the library to meet the boy Morgan and study for World Geography. I'm in the Union now for my CAC meeting.......I'm so tired.

Here's my photo of the day:

February 23

'Twas a long day. I had lunch with Morgan, Jen, Katlyne, and Danielle. After French I sat in the Union with Olivia until my next class. World Geography seems to be going by much quicker these days... After class I watched Ellen with Katlyne while doing some homework. We ate supper  and then Rob picked me up to go to the church to practice Praise and Worship band. It was only Chloe, Rob, and I because Liz had a band concert and Lucas went to watch the band concert. We were there for about an hour, as my arm could only take so much. I came back and did a whole of nothing and then went to bed. It snowed again today, a lot. It was so pretty, but now it's just annoying.

During French we did a "show and tell". This is my friend Olivia playing a little piece on her clarinet for us :)

February 21

Happy Mardi Gras! I hope everyone indulged one last time in what they are giving up. I know I did. I'm giving up chocolate.....I hope I can do it.
It was just another confusing day in Math. I sure hope I pass this class. Religion exams were  due today so we didn't have class. I came back to my room and finished one essay before lunch with Katlyne, Morgan, and Jen. I showed up for my 12:30 class...there was a huge misunderstanding. The grad student that teaches our T TH class is very disorganized. She told us in advance that she couldn't be in class today, but she gave Eddie a movie that we were to watch. Except, no one was there to unlock the door for us, and when we asked another professor, he wouldn't open the door because he didn't want us to be responsible if anything went wrong the technology. So, as directed, we waited ten minutes and when no one showed up, we left. We decided to work on our workbook activities together in the library. We did that until some of us had to go to class at 2. My 2:00 class was interesting, as always. My friend Rachel(not my future roommate) took a tally of how many times our professor said "And so on down the line". He was up to 10 after just a half hour. After class I finished my religion exams and turned them in. I was working on some homework when my phone rang. It was my beautiful friend Mollie! What a splendid surprise. We talked until about 5:45 and then I went to supper with Tiffany and Katlyne. After supper I finished an assignment for my writing class, spent some time with Morgan and Jen, and then watched Parenthood at 9. love, love, love that show. This episode was slightly predictable, though. I won't spoil it for any of you who haven't watched it yet. :) It is time to do some reading and head to bed!

It's a western themed customer appreciation week in the Union. Courtney and I took advantage of this lovely opportunity. :) 

February 16

Another long day. After my first two classes I had lunch with Katlyne, Danielle, and Morgan. After class I re-contracted for living on campus next year. Campbell 4004 isn't gonna know what hit it. Rachel and I are there and Katlyne and Danielle are gonna live across the hall. CAN'T. WAIT. I ate supper around 5:45 with Jen, Morgan, Katlyne, Rachel and Tiffany. It was entertaining to say the least. I didn't have much homework so I basically just hung out with Jen Morgan and Katlyne. :)

Fish are friends, not food. 

February 14

Happy Valentine's Day!! I had no ambition to get out of bed this morning, so I was ALMOST late for my 8am class. Almost. :)  After my first 2 classes I had lunch with Katlyne, Danielle, Morgan, and Jen. Then I got my Valentine from  Danielle:

A cupcake from Scratch! (SO GOOD)

I took some Valentines for the people in my French class (no candy though). When I gave one to my friend Eddie, he gave me one back: :)

After class we went to Ben Allen's office so Katlyne could deliver her valentine to him (she lost a bet with Danielle). There was a line of students waiting to see him so we gave the valentine to his secretary. Katlyne and I ate some pizza rolls while watching Ellen, and then we headed to the Union for Volunteer Tuesdays. We got a free t-shirt (like I need another one of those) and we spent 2 1/2 hours making tie blankets to donate to the Storks' Nest. Katlyne and I cranked out 4 tie blankets in the time we were there. When we returned we sat in the lounge for a while doing homework. Abbey and Danielle joined us in there. I finally headed to bed around 11:30. Just another photo: my best friend Katlyne :) 

February 9

Let's start off with: My math professor is a jerk. I'm going to stop there so I don't go on a rant. Let's continue with: My Religions teacher is awesome. And: My World Geography class is boring, and so on down the line. So that's what we're dealing with.

After class I had intentions of being productive but, well, I wasn't. I watched Ellen with Katlyne, had supper with Katlyne and Tiffany, and went to a free ZUMBA session in the McLeod. An hour and a half. It was a serious workout-and so much fun! Unfortunately I couldn't take a picture while Zumba-ing, so I took a picture of the McLeod when we were done. Not as cool, I know. After Zumba we stopped at Joyce's room to get supplies for a door decorating contest. Katlyne and I were asked to knock on everyone's door in our Eiffel house and tell them about the supplies, with the incentive of getting Dancer Dollars (which can be used at the end of the semester to obtain really cool stuff.) We talked in a British accent the whole time, and it was a jolly old time. At 9:15 we went up to the 6th floor, where they provided us with delicious Valentine's Day cookies. Afterwards I hung out in Morgan and Jen's room for a while. 'Twas fun. I'm exhausted, so off to bed I go. Bonne nuit, tout le monde! :)

February 2

I had a math test this morning. I walked out of the room feeling really good about it. My professor posted the grades this afternoon. Apparently I shouldn't be so cocky... we'll just leave it at that. My photo of the day is the size comparison between my two friends, Morgan and Danielle. Morgan is the tall one :)

Haha they're so cute :) 

We travelled over to Piazza for supper tonight to eat with Brandon and his RA Tyler. It was a good time. Afterwards I went to the church for Praise and Worship band practice. LOVE Thursday nights. :) I was crazy (like usual) hyper. It was so much fun. I came back to my room and did some homework and then Katlyne and I went to workout around 9:15. We got back and got some ice cream from Joyce :) And it is now bedtime. :) 

February 1

For those of you reading from my hometown, WHITE RABBIT. :)

I got up around 8:30 this morning and headed to the Union to work out. I went 15 minutes on the elliptical and then 13 minutes on the bike. While on the bike I started to read Hunger Games (hence the reason I went 13 instead of 10 minutes) I couldn't put it down! I'm only on the second chapter but it is SO GOOD!! So I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot more time reading in the near future :) After class Abby came to pick me up and we went on a date to Coldstone. On Wednesdays with a college ID it's buy one get one free-amazing! So she's my photo of the day. :) It was good to catch up with her-I haven't seen her since before Christmas, and we live in the same town!

After our date I came back to my room and made Zac's valentine that I get to send tomorrow morning. It was really cute. Katlyne and I watched Ellen at 4 and then messed around until we ate supper at 6. We ambushed Morgan's room with my computer playing Interlude-Morgan joined in and did it with us. It's actually a great workout! (If you don't know what the Interlude is, Youtube UNI Interlude dance) We went to supper at 6 and I headed for Hudson about 6:30. It was crazy foggy outside-I felt like I was in a bad horror movie. It was really hard to see to drive. I got back about 8:00 and then did some homework in the lounge with Katlyne and Danielle. I took a shower and Morgan thought of the fabulous idea to pour cold water on me while I was in there. Someday I'll get her back. But, ta-ta for now! :)