sorry about that...

it's been...two weeks? sorry i haven't updated you. we've had a lot going on, what with homework and birthdays.

speaking of birthdays, mine was not so bad. glee, new girl, and raising hope all premiered that night, and afterwards we went to kum & go to get some ice cream :)

kate's birthday was three days before mine, which happened to be a saturday night, so we all decided it would be fun to dress up like ke$ha. (we didn't go out and party like that or anything. all the frat boys were busy with rush week, so there weren't any parties to be had.) so, if you've been appalled by my new facebook profile picture, never fear. i haven't gotten, in ke$ha terms, $leasy. we were just hangin out, having fun.

brittany's birthday was on the twenty fifth, but i was out of town for that. the taylor swift concert was the twenty fourth and it was INCREDIBLE. in. cre. di. ble. oh my goodness she is fantastic. :)

while i was home this weekend, i traded in my shorts and the fans for my sweaters and thermals. it's getting a bit chilly here. but so far the weather is actually really nice when it's sunny and the wind isn't blowing so hard (it was ridiculous yesterday. the wind nearly blew me over it was so strong).

we made a walmart run last night. and in addition to getting more juice, i purchased an assignment book. so now i can be super organized with all my homework. speaking of organization, i've already used up a whole pad of post-its. (i still have two more - not to worry). they come in so handy. the shelf that's attached to my desk is really useful as a post-it board. danielle, sam, kate, and myself all make use of the post-it ledge. never in my life have i ever written so many notes-to-self.

throughout the week, i write things down that i want to talk about on here in my planner. and i have written down from last week a miracle that i created. that's right, folks. tori smith manifested a grilled cheese. they day before said incident, i was just saying how the cafeteria food is only mediocre and that i would love to have a grilled cheese. (i was not in the dining hall when i made this comment, mind you). the next day at lunch, what is a featured item in the entree section? grilled cheese. amazing, right?

that's all i have for now, i do believe. have a happy beginning of october tomorrow!

a change in the weather..

it's chilly! well, some days - scratch that- most days, it's pretty sunny and the weather has been super nice. today it's rainy, which is moderately disappointing since it's not a nap day. otherwise, i like rainy days. but, more important in weather news, THE FANS HAVE BECOME UNNECESSARY. that's right, folks. we don't have to have both fans constantly on. i've actually unplugged the big fan and cannot wait to get it out of my way. (hopefully i'll be able to get it into my car to take home.) and we've only used the window fan probably four or five times (for a relatively short duration in comparison to them being on all the time) since we got back from labor day. woo hoo!!

two of my high school best friends came up from columbia this past weekend to visit. they brought me an early birthday cake and orange soda, and i showed them some of the finer things in kirksville: the farmers market, pagliai's pizza, and walmart. they really liked it here. they said that the people at truman are a lot nicer than the people at mizzou.

between me and kate and danielle, we have probably every disney movie ever made. and we brought them all back with us when we returned from the labor day vacation. we've been meaning to have a disney movie marathon, but we could never pick a movie. but on sunday night, we finally decided on hercules. we sang along to all the songs. we'll be continuing the marathon this weekend. kate's birthday is saturday and she wants to watch the little mermaid. i'm so excited!

that's all i have for you at the moment. have a great week!

also, happy early birthday to my dad! his birthday is tomorrow :)

labor day week recap

greetings.

so this past week...not too exciting. here's what did happen:

naptime. kate and i have dubbed tuesdays and thursdays as Nap Days. yesterday it was difficult to fall asleep because we waited too long. but what normally happens on nap day goes something like this: i go to class. kate goes to class. we come back. we eat lunch. we get some homework knocked out. then we take a nap. then we get dinner and do more homework in no particular order.

but yesterday was different. there was a poster sale on the mall, you see. and we went to it. and i am so excited because i got a breakfast club poster and a punny communist poster for just under twenty dollars. they are now proudly displayed on our walls (and on my facebook.)

did i mention that i'm excited?

the weather. oh, missouri weather. before labor day, it was WAY. TOO. HOT. for ANYTHING. even being inside. it made us tired. but now, it's jacket weather. i'm quite a fan. it should stay like this for a while.

my geography class. i thought it was a fifty minute class, but my professor was always going over by like twenty minutes. so i looked at my schedule. it is actually an eighty minute class. surprise!

so i suppose you want to hear about my super awesome labor day weekend.

and as i'm sure you've heard the trip down was not super great. (and for the record, the ride back was better but i wouldn't say it was a super-jolly-happy-fun-time.)

so i have decided to instead focus on the good things that happened between the car rides:

• got my toenails done
• saw my bosses
• saw my family
• tie dyed my white shirts
• didn't have to climb a ladder to get into bed
• saw two of my high school friends (one of which is one of my very best friends ever who i miss quite a bit)
• ate at waffle house for the first time
• saw jacob, emily, and einstien
• got tickets to taylor swift!
• ate real food (and was full)
• took a real shower.

as you have probably gathered from those last two bullet points, the food here is not completely terrible, but it's definitely not taco night at home. and the shower..well, it's small. and the shower head is not so great, as it sprays in about five different directions. and the shower curtain is constantly attacking. so it's not a good environment for shaving your legs. but not to fear. i am no longer a prickly monster.

that is all i have for now, folks. :)