What a lovely day! I have wonderful housemates who seem to have made it a daily goal to boost my self esteem. Between them, my visiting teachers, and my Relief Society presidency, my self esteem was helped a lot today. I was complimented and told I was pretty so many times today. I don't care who you are, that is nice to hear. They did it so genuinely too that I had a hard time blowing it off and shutting it down like I usually do. All I could do was blush and say thank you. At church I was sustained and set apart for my new calling. I am the relief society extra activities coordinator. Another made-up student ward calling? Yep. I don't know for sure what I do yet, but I am told that it's important. Then I made Mom's enchiladas for house dinner after church. Those have always been a favorite for me. They are super simple too which is very nice for me. I like simple food. I didn't think they tasted quite as good as Mom's, but nothing ever does. Then we had a Stake Relief Society fireside which was just lovely. I love our stake Relief Society presidency.
The negative of today? Virginia has decided it's winter. It has been sooo cold these last few days. So, of course, just when it started getting really cold, the heat in our house decided to stop working. We are living in an igloo. I am FREEZING!! Time to bundle up and go to bed.
P.S. People around here always say "Happy Sabbath!" on Sundays. Like it's a holiday. I have never heard that before I came here, but I love it.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Good Stuff
I have some good news for you!
1. I got a 98% on my Family Process test!
2. I got a 98% on my Art History test!
3. I got a 95% on my Western Civ test!
(Are you impressed yet? I sure am!)
4. I got Pintrest! I haven't done a lot with it yet and it is a little confusing to me, but kinda fun. Mostly all that I know about it is that it's addicting and a time waster. Perfect!
5. I am going to China! Okay, this isn't for real yet. I went to the interest meeting on Tuesday and couldn't believe how badly it made me want to go. Sooo bad! It's sounds amazing. Now all I have to do is find out how much my parents really love me.....Daddy? ;)
6. I didn't get blown up! Apparently the threat said the school would be blown up at 6:00 pm on Monday if the bomber didn't get a million dollars by then. What an idiot. A) they called from a cell phone and were caught pretty quickly and B) if you want a million dollars, you are definitely asking the wrong people. SVU is broke. Nice try.
7. I didn't have to go to court this morning! Also, I just realized that I never really told this story so I shall give you a brief summary. A few weeks ago, my housemate's wallet was stolen, used, and destroyed by Imari's housemate. (What is this world coming to?) Anyway, that whole process has been pretty intense and annoying. It's hard not to get drug into this mess when you are housemates and friends with the victim and the theif's housemates. What a mess. Anyway, I had to write a statement for the police officer one day because I had seen the girl come into our house the morning that Brigitte's wallet was stolen. She came in and said something like "Oops wrong house! Haha sorry Cassie." Apparently that's a bigger story than I had thought it was. I wrote my statement and a couple weeks later was subpoenaed to court. Fantastic. There is a reason I don't commit crimes: I have zero interest in being anywhere near courtrooms, police officers, judges, etc. It's safe to say that I was less than happy when I found out I had to go to court. A lot less than happy. Especially because I would have to miss class for it. That upset me the most. (Nerd? No. I just don't like failing.) Fortunately, on Monday I decided to be a big girl. I made some phone calls and told them that the statement that I wrote was all I had to say and I had class that I really couldn't miss. After a couple days of phone tag, I was informed that I had been relieved of my duties and didn't have to go to court. YESSS!! You have no idea how happy that made me. I was able to go to Art History today and talk about Greek statues rather than sit in a scary courtroom and be questioned by scary lawyers. (Brigitte said the guy questioning her was super scary and she didn't even do anything!) Unfortunately, (and ridiculously) the girl pled not guilty, so she has to go to a grand jury in January. I will probably be subpoenaed again then. Awesome. We aren't going to think about that now though mmmmk?
8. I vacuumed my floor and did my laundry!
9. My momma will be here in 7 days and 18 hours!!
10. I am going to get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight.
1. I got a 98% on my Family Process test!
2. I got a 98% on my Art History test!
3. I got a 95% on my Western Civ test!
(Are you impressed yet? I sure am!)
4. I got Pintrest! I haven't done a lot with it yet and it is a little confusing to me, but kinda fun. Mostly all that I know about it is that it's addicting and a time waster. Perfect!
5. I am going to China! Okay, this isn't for real yet. I went to the interest meeting on Tuesday and couldn't believe how badly it made me want to go. Sooo bad! It's sounds amazing. Now all I have to do is find out how much my parents really love me.....Daddy? ;)
6. I didn't get blown up! Apparently the threat said the school would be blown up at 6:00 pm on Monday if the bomber didn't get a million dollars by then. What an idiot. A) they called from a cell phone and were caught pretty quickly and B) if you want a million dollars, you are definitely asking the wrong people. SVU is broke. Nice try.
7. I didn't have to go to court this morning! Also, I just realized that I never really told this story so I shall give you a brief summary. A few weeks ago, my housemate's wallet was stolen, used, and destroyed by Imari's housemate. (What is this world coming to?) Anyway, that whole process has been pretty intense and annoying. It's hard not to get drug into this mess when you are housemates and friends with the victim and the theif's housemates. What a mess. Anyway, I had to write a statement for the police officer one day because I had seen the girl come into our house the morning that Brigitte's wallet was stolen. She came in and said something like "Oops wrong house! Haha sorry Cassie." Apparently that's a bigger story than I had thought it was. I wrote my statement and a couple weeks later was subpoenaed to court. Fantastic. There is a reason I don't commit crimes: I have zero interest in being anywhere near courtrooms, police officers, judges, etc. It's safe to say that I was less than happy when I found out I had to go to court. A lot less than happy. Especially because I would have to miss class for it. That upset me the most. (Nerd? No. I just don't like failing.) Fortunately, on Monday I decided to be a big girl. I made some phone calls and told them that the statement that I wrote was all I had to say and I had class that I really couldn't miss. After a couple days of phone tag, I was informed that I had been relieved of my duties and didn't have to go to court. YESSS!! You have no idea how happy that made me. I was able to go to Art History today and talk about Greek statues rather than sit in a scary courtroom and be questioned by scary lawyers. (Brigitte said the guy questioning her was super scary and she didn't even do anything!) Unfortunately, (and ridiculously) the girl pled not guilty, so she has to go to a grand jury in January. I will probably be subpoenaed again then. Awesome. We aren't going to think about that now though mmmmk?
8. I vacuumed my floor and did my laundry!
9. My momma will be here in 7 days and 18 hours!!
10. I am going to get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Duck and Cover!
So, I am probably going to get in trouble for not telling anyone this earlier and just putting it on my blog now. I just didn't feel like telling the story lots of times. Please don't hate me.
Last night when I was moments away from crawling into my bed, I heard my housemates come in downstairs. They were talking very excitedly (not happy excited, like frantic excited...kind of) but I couldn't really tell what they were saying. Then Beka came into my room and told me to turn off my light because she had just gotten a text that said the school was on lockdown. As soon as I did, I heard our HRA at our door. He is usually a super chill and fun guy....he wasn't at that time. He told us to keep all of our lights off, lock our doors, and don't even think about leaving the house. That's all the information that we had for a long time. My housemates and I all sat in our dark living room waiting for more information. Eventually we were informed that the entire campus was on lockdown because the school had received a phone call saying that there were bombs placed all over campus that would be set off if they didn't get some money (so Hollywood). Then we were told that the SWAT team/bomb squad was checking things out and we should prepare for the possibility of evacuation. By the time it got to be about 1:30, my house decided we probably weren't going anywhere and we could go to sleep. Of course, it was a little difficult to sleep at that moment. I finally fell asleep at about 2:45 when I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore and my brain was tired of thinking of all the worst case scenarios. They ended up evacuating all of the residence halls on campus to buildings that had been cleared by the bomb squad. They got to go back home around 3:30. Luckily, our little housing complex is down the hill from campus so I got to stay in my bed all night. The lockdown was finally lifted at 5:30 this morning. Pretty exciting night.
I didn't freak out too much because I knew that nothing was going to happen. I'm pretty good at not getting worked up about things and just staying realistic. It is hard not to get a little nervous when you have such limited information though. Mostly I decided that if someone was really going to bomb something, they wouldn't call and give a heads up. And they definitely wouldn't wait for the bomb squad to search the place and everyone to be safely evacuated before they did anything. They would just blow the place up. Yeah?
Considering the majority of the school was up until at least 3:00, most of us thought cancelling some classes would have been reasonable. The administration didn't agree. Lots of professors made that decision on their own though and cancelled their individual classes. My first class today was Western Civ. My professor for that class is not a super loving, sympathetic, and understanding lady. Half of our class showed up and after they whined about not getting any sleep, she announced that we were having a quiz. Awesome. Miraculously, she told us after the quiz that it was just going to be extra credit for making it to class that day. Then she attempted to get into her thrilling (sarcasm) lecture. The class was dead. No one was taking notes or even attempting to respond to her questions. After about 20 minutes, she told us that she could see that this lesson was going nowhere today so go home and take a nap. I was shocked. But relieved. I never would have expected that from her.
That was pretty much how the day went for everyone. The whole campus was talking about the bomb threats, but I wouldn't say they were "buzzing." Everyone was zombies. It was a super weird day.
In other news, today was our first "Margarita Monday!" We made strawberry daiquiris (which aren't actually margaritas, but we have to keep the alliteration). They were soooo good! This has definitely just become a weekly tradition.
Ugh cool it. They were virgin.
Last night when I was moments away from crawling into my bed, I heard my housemates come in downstairs. They were talking very excitedly (not happy excited, like frantic excited...kind of) but I couldn't really tell what they were saying. Then Beka came into my room and told me to turn off my light because she had just gotten a text that said the school was on lockdown. As soon as I did, I heard our HRA at our door. He is usually a super chill and fun guy....he wasn't at that time. He told us to keep all of our lights off, lock our doors, and don't even think about leaving the house. That's all the information that we had for a long time. My housemates and I all sat in our dark living room waiting for more information. Eventually we were informed that the entire campus was on lockdown because the school had received a phone call saying that there were bombs placed all over campus that would be set off if they didn't get some money (so Hollywood). Then we were told that the SWAT team/bomb squad was checking things out and we should prepare for the possibility of evacuation. By the time it got to be about 1:30, my house decided we probably weren't going anywhere and we could go to sleep. Of course, it was a little difficult to sleep at that moment. I finally fell asleep at about 2:45 when I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore and my brain was tired of thinking of all the worst case scenarios. They ended up evacuating all of the residence halls on campus to buildings that had been cleared by the bomb squad. They got to go back home around 3:30. Luckily, our little housing complex is down the hill from campus so I got to stay in my bed all night. The lockdown was finally lifted at 5:30 this morning. Pretty exciting night.
I didn't freak out too much because I knew that nothing was going to happen. I'm pretty good at not getting worked up about things and just staying realistic. It is hard not to get a little nervous when you have such limited information though. Mostly I decided that if someone was really going to bomb something, they wouldn't call and give a heads up. And they definitely wouldn't wait for the bomb squad to search the place and everyone to be safely evacuated before they did anything. They would just blow the place up. Yeah?
Considering the majority of the school was up until at least 3:00, most of us thought cancelling some classes would have been reasonable. The administration didn't agree. Lots of professors made that decision on their own though and cancelled their individual classes. My first class today was Western Civ. My professor for that class is not a super loving, sympathetic, and understanding lady. Half of our class showed up and after they whined about not getting any sleep, she announced that we were having a quiz. Awesome. Miraculously, she told us after the quiz that it was just going to be extra credit for making it to class that day. Then she attempted to get into her thrilling (sarcasm) lecture. The class was dead. No one was taking notes or even attempting to respond to her questions. After about 20 minutes, she told us that she could see that this lesson was going nowhere today so go home and take a nap. I was shocked. But relieved. I never would have expected that from her.
That was pretty much how the day went for everyone. The whole campus was talking about the bomb threats, but I wouldn't say they were "buzzing." Everyone was zombies. It was a super weird day.
In other news, today was our first "Margarita Monday!" We made strawberry daiquiris (which aren't actually margaritas, but we have to keep the alliteration). They were soooo good! This has definitely just become a weekly tradition.
Ugh cool it. They were virgin.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Oh Fall....
Remember how I love Saturdays? Yeah, yesterday was a pretty great one. It started with tennis. Always a wonderful way to start the day. Imari and I still have a little ways to go before we could be considered professional, but we did better than last time I think. Mostly it was just super fun. Then I showed her and Kenzy my flood wall because I wanted to take pictures of it. So we walked all the way down it and then hung out at the end of it for a while.
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| Welcome to my morning run.... |
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| Not too bad huh? |
While we were hanging out on the bench at the end of the trail, Imari discovered a little caterpillar. I fell in love. We decided he probably wanted to come home with us, so we put him on a stick and carried him all the way back to the car. His name is Louie (pronounced Loo-EEEEE!!).
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| Isn't he precious? |
After our frantic caterpillar hunt, we went for a drive up the parkway. It is GORGEOUS right now. Holy cow. We all hung our heads out the window snapping pictures as we drove....none of those turned out super awesome. I did get some good ones though. Probably you will just have to wait for them to be on Facebook because this post has enough pictures.
The rest of the evening was spent watching "The Sound of Music," going to Waffle House (a pretty sketchy place, but with good chocolate chip waffles), and stargazing until 2 in the morning (while wishing we had boyfriends to enjoy the stars with rather than each other). All in all it was a pretty wonderful, relaxing Saturday.
And of course today was lovely because it's Sunday. Melissa gave a marvelous talk in Sacrament meeting about the power of prayer and I finished my last landscape painting, which turned out slightly better than I thought it would.
I wish weekends were longer.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
A Fairly Wonderful Couple of Days
Sooo I keep thinking I should blog because a lot has happened in the last few days, and now here I am and I can't actually remember what I wanted to blog about. Bear with me.
On Tuesday night, I bought...wait for it...A TICKET TO TAYLOR SWIFT!! Too excited! Kenzy's friend had gotten two tickets to Taylor's show in North Carolina from her boyfriend. Apparently he just bought them and said grab a friend and go see Taylor Swift. Imari and I decided that we couldn't let Kenzy have all the fun, so we bought ourselves tickets. I went to the opening show of this tour, so I have actually already seen this concert, but I wasn't about to let them go to Taylor Swift without me. Also I'm pretty sure that I could go to her concert every day for a year and never get tired of it. SO good! I was a little hesitant to go because tickets are expensive and it's on a Wednesday night four hours from here (which means I will be missing some classes). However, it was pointed out to me that I am a college kid and totally allowed (and almost expected) to do spontaneous, fun things like this. I feel like this is an acceptable reason to skip class. I can be responsible for the rest of my life; I am going to have fun right now. Justifying? You bet.
I took my Western Civ midterm on Wednesday morning. I hate that class. A lot. My professor gave us four possible essay questions and told us that the day of the test we would draw one out of a hat and that would be the one that we wrote on. After a lot of studying, I felt like I had a pretty good handle on 3 out of the 4 questions. What question did my class get? Yep, the one I didn't know. Awesome. I managed to write 3 pages on something that I knew very little about. I talked about stuff that we had learned but it may or may not have actually answered the question. Hopefully she is nice with her grading.
On Wednesday night I did one of the most terrifying things of my life, which turned into a whole lot of excited, happy screaming and celebrating when I had accomplished it. Due to the fact that this isn't a private blog, you will have to talk to me if you want more details on this....which I would be happy to give.
I can't really remember the things that happened on Thursday or Friday that I wanted to tell you. Probably nothing too exciting. And then there was Friday night. Sooo much fun! Again, you can ask if you want more details.....or I will tell you without your asking. Mostly it was wonderful. :D
On Tuesday night, I bought...wait for it...A TICKET TO TAYLOR SWIFT!! Too excited! Kenzy's friend had gotten two tickets to Taylor's show in North Carolina from her boyfriend. Apparently he just bought them and said grab a friend and go see Taylor Swift. Imari and I decided that we couldn't let Kenzy have all the fun, so we bought ourselves tickets. I went to the opening show of this tour, so I have actually already seen this concert, but I wasn't about to let them go to Taylor Swift without me. Also I'm pretty sure that I could go to her concert every day for a year and never get tired of it. SO good! I was a little hesitant to go because tickets are expensive and it's on a Wednesday night four hours from here (which means I will be missing some classes). However, it was pointed out to me that I am a college kid and totally allowed (and almost expected) to do spontaneous, fun things like this. I feel like this is an acceptable reason to skip class. I can be responsible for the rest of my life; I am going to have fun right now. Justifying? You bet.
I took my Western Civ midterm on Wednesday morning. I hate that class. A lot. My professor gave us four possible essay questions and told us that the day of the test we would draw one out of a hat and that would be the one that we wrote on. After a lot of studying, I felt like I had a pretty good handle on 3 out of the 4 questions. What question did my class get? Yep, the one I didn't know. Awesome. I managed to write 3 pages on something that I knew very little about. I talked about stuff that we had learned but it may or may not have actually answered the question. Hopefully she is nice with her grading.
On Wednesday night I did one of the most terrifying things of my life, which turned into a whole lot of excited, happy screaming and celebrating when I had accomplished it. Due to the fact that this isn't a private blog, you will have to talk to me if you want more details on this....which I would be happy to give.
I can't really remember the things that happened on Thursday or Friday that I wanted to tell you. Probably nothing too exciting. And then there was Friday night. Sooo much fun! Again, you can ask if you want more details.....or I will tell you without your asking. Mostly it was wonderful. :D
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Summary...
Homecoming weekend = Good
Lots of homework during Homecoming weekend = Bad
Homecoming dance = Good
Setting up for the Homecoming dance = Exhausting
Church = Good
Lots of movies and junk food = Good and Bad
2 missionary letters and a wonderful package = So Good!
Studying for Western Civ II midterm = Death
E-mail from a student about the Homecoming Dance being the best dance EVER = Soo good and rewarding!
Not having time for naps = So bad
Hot, gooey brownies from my lovely housemate = Good
Not having time to call one of the many people that I want to talk to = Bad
Still studying for Western Civ II midterm = Still Death
Waffles and pumpkin ice cream for lunch = Good
Allergies freaking out and/or startings of a cold = Bad
Pumpkin in general = Good
Midterms = Bad, Bad, Bad
Having fun and being distracted enough to no longer be so homesick = Good
:)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Is It Sad That My Title Takes Longer to Come Up With Than My Actual Post?
Good day. A little hectic, but so good. I have to get up early so I will just give you some of the highlights that I remember at the moment.
1. Fallen leaves + rain = THE greatest smell ever! I love being outside right now.
2. I didn't have Art History today.
3. My Family Process professor lost his voice so he whispered into a microphone today. He made a joke about him talking like Batman, and we all just cracked up because that's totally who he sounded like! It was hard for me to take him seriously for the rest of the class.
4. Speaking of Batman: today was Superhero day for Homecoming Week. I wore my Batman shirt that I got Senior year from the little boys' section of Walmart. Love it.
5. Imari and I made plans to play tennis with Elder and Sister Crowther (our institute teachers and the greatest people I have ever met) So excited!
6. Best part of the day: I had an Activities Committee meeting tonight. After the meeting I had to head over to the SAC because I was in charge of the movie for tonight (this mostly means shutting everyone up so we can pray, turning off the lights, clicking play, and popping popcorn....nothing serious). Branden was walking over to the SAC with me because we were using his laptop for the movie. (Branden is the VP of Campus Programming...aka kid in charge of Activities Committee) He's a fun kid but we don't really have a super tight relationship. He tells me what to do, I ask him questions if I have any, and then I do it. That's the extent of our communication with each other. As we were walking to the SAC tonight, he started telling me how much he appreciated everything that I do. He said he had just been thinking about it and he loves that I never complain and I always do what I say I will, and he doesn't feel like he needs to check up on me to see if I'm doing my jobs. It wasn't anything major, but shoot that was nice to hear. That is always my goal with these things. I don't want to be "that" girl who is always missing meetings, or complaining, or making excuses for why she didn't accomplish her jobs. Those people irritate me and my goal is to never be one of them. It was nice to hear that I am accomplishing that goal and that it is recognized and appreciated. I told him that this is what I love and that I know how hard it is working with people who are less than enthusiastic and unreliable (high school student council was a frustrating time in my life). Branden and I didn't know each other at all before this year, but I feel like I have proven myself to him now and I am starting to be trusted with bigger responsibilities. I love that.
1. Fallen leaves + rain = THE greatest smell ever! I love being outside right now.
2. I didn't have Art History today.
3. My Family Process professor lost his voice so he whispered into a microphone today. He made a joke about him talking like Batman, and we all just cracked up because that's totally who he sounded like! It was hard for me to take him seriously for the rest of the class.
4. Speaking of Batman: today was Superhero day for Homecoming Week. I wore my Batman shirt that I got Senior year from the little boys' section of Walmart. Love it.
5. Imari and I made plans to play tennis with Elder and Sister Crowther (our institute teachers and the greatest people I have ever met) So excited!
6. Best part of the day: I had an Activities Committee meeting tonight. After the meeting I had to head over to the SAC because I was in charge of the movie for tonight (this mostly means shutting everyone up so we can pray, turning off the lights, clicking play, and popping popcorn....nothing serious). Branden was walking over to the SAC with me because we were using his laptop for the movie. (Branden is the VP of Campus Programming...aka kid in charge of Activities Committee) He's a fun kid but we don't really have a super tight relationship. He tells me what to do, I ask him questions if I have any, and then I do it. That's the extent of our communication with each other. As we were walking to the SAC tonight, he started telling me how much he appreciated everything that I do. He said he had just been thinking about it and he loves that I never complain and I always do what I say I will, and he doesn't feel like he needs to check up on me to see if I'm doing my jobs. It wasn't anything major, but shoot that was nice to hear. That is always my goal with these things. I don't want to be "that" girl who is always missing meetings, or complaining, or making excuses for why she didn't accomplish her jobs. Those people irritate me and my goal is to never be one of them. It was nice to hear that I am accomplishing that goal and that it is recognized and appreciated. I told him that this is what I love and that I know how hard it is working with people who are less than enthusiastic and unreliable (high school student council was a frustrating time in my life). Branden and I didn't know each other at all before this year, but I feel like I have proven myself to him now and I am starting to be trusted with bigger responsibilities. I love that.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
It's Late Okay?
Cool Story: It was super rainy today. When I went to Institute it was dark and cold and pouring rain. When I came out of the Institute building 50 minutes later, it was sunny and warm and just barely sprinkling. Coincidence? I think not. Of course it started up again later, but that is irrelevant. It took a break for a minute because I went to Institute. You're welcome everyone.
On another note, I had my first cup of hot chocolate of the season tonight. I have been freezing all day so I stopped at the gas station and got some before my meeting. So delicious! And way cheaper than a cup of hot chocolate at Maverick. I was pleasantly surprised. I will be going back there often.
On another note, I had my first cup of hot chocolate of the season tonight. I have been freezing all day so I stopped at the gas station and got some before my meeting. So delicious! And way cheaper than a cup of hot chocolate at Maverick. I was pleasantly surprised. I will be going back there often.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Temple Day....minus the temple
| See that wrap around porch? Yeah.... |
Good news: I didn't have school today! Once a year SVU has a "temple day." They cancel all classes for the day and take buses to the DC temple so students can do baptisms and service on the grounds. Yeah, BYU doesn't do that do they? I didn't actually go to the temple today though. Our ward was leaving at 5:00 a.m. and Imari, Kenzy, and I decided we didn't love that idea. We decided that we will go to the temple on our own sometime in the next few weeks. Instead of going to the temple, we participated in the service projects that the school had going on around campus for the students who didn't go to the temple. We were given the task of scraping and painting the front porch of main hall. This involved getting on our hands and knees and scraping off all of the flaky paint, sweeping the porch off, taping around the edges, and then painting the whole thing. The front deck is huge. Luckily, we only had to do half of it....which is still a lot. I must say we did a pretty incredible job....the portion that the three of us did looks great anyway. We got done with our little service project about 4 hours later. Exhausting. When we were finished, we remembered that water doesn't clean off oil-based paint. Shoot. We were messy. Imari was the worst because she had tried to clean off a paint brush with the hose, and ended up getting her hand covered in paint. We tried to wash our hands using hot water and soap, but it didn't do anything. Also, oil-based paint is sticky which was super annoying. We ran into some staff who told us that you are supposed to use gasoline to get off oil-based paint. Great. They also listed off some other obscure chemicals that no college student would have lying around in their apartment. We ended up hunting down a maintenance man and Imari asked him if he had anything that could clean off her hands. He said he probably did, but it might burn her skin. She was desperate. He also said that it might take the color out of her skin. No big deal. Luckily, it just took the paint off without doing either of those. After our hard work (it really was hard) we went to Dairy Queen. The only thing that got us through those 4 long hours was that we were treating ourselves to pumpkin pie blizzards when we were done. Definitely was worth it. They were soooo good! I love pumpkin pie, but I was a little wary of it being in blizzard form. It was absolutely delicious. If you like pumpkin pie, i would definitely recommend it. Might be my new favorite....minus that it made me want to be at home having Thanksgiving dinner with my family really bad. Nuts.
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| Yummmm!!!! |
Also, an hour after our blizzards, we went out to dinner. That's how we take advantage of being college kids without parents to control us: ice cream BEFORE dinner. Ha!
Mostly it was a good day but I am bummed that tomorrow is Wednesday. Today felt like Saturday.
P.S. Last night Kenzy made me watch "The Roommate." Suuuuper creep. Definitely don't watch that until you already know your roommates well enough to know that they aren't psycho creeps.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Food and Fun!
Oh I loooove weekends!! Here's the rundown....
Friday: Went to class. Sat outside and did my painting for a couple hours. It was super beautiful outside and I even got a little baby sunburn. It's times like that when I remember why I came to school in Virginia. Went to the Institute building for "Friday Food and Fun." We had nachos. I love free food. The rest of my Friday night was spent sitting around a kitchen table talking and eating cupcakes for about 4 hours. I know, we are party animals. So much fun though. I hadn't laughed that hard for a long time.
Saturday: Buena Vista has this annual craft fair type thing called "Mountain Days." They close down the main street and everyone sets up cute little booths all over. I was hesitant to go because, knowing BV, it wouldn't be too impressive. It was actually pretty cool. Beka and I wandered around for a while and I got a cool new ring. Yay jewelry! The rest of the day was spent with Trisha. Now that I don't live with her, we hardly ever see each other which had started to get fairly depressing. So we remedied that. Our afternoon/evening/night/early morning consisted of: Crunchwrap supremes (what else?), 2 hours in Goodwill, more food at Lee Hi's, a super grumpy waitress, a tour of the sketchier places in a hotel, Titanic, muffins, Youtube videos, and Modern Family. So much fun! Oh, also I got a package from my grandma! She is so wonderful!
Sunday: Today was Stake Conference so we had church 3 hours earlier than usual. That made for a Sunday that felt like it lasted forever. Stake Conference was good, though I will admit my attention span was struggling today. We had fun watching all of the babies. After conference was over, we started talking to the guy who was sitting next to us. He was surprised how many college-aged kids were there because he didn't think the percentage of LDS people in this area was very high. He had never heard of SVU. We told him about it and he was in shock. Apparently, he and his wife are from Utah and recently decided that they needed to move to Lexington, Virginia. They had no idea why, but they just did what they thought they were supposed to. It turns out he is a Physics professor and has been working on finding a school to teach at. Coincidence that an LDS professor felt prompted to move across the country to a town that just happens to be 5 minutes away from an LDS college that he had never heard of? I think not. We will be seeing him again. That was way cool. After conference, Kenzy and Imari made pumpkin cookies, so I went to their house to enjoy them. While eating our cookies, we watched "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Knight's Tale." Two favorites. I also took a little nap. Then we had cheesecake. Yes, this has been an very unhealthy weekend. Sometimes it's hard to care. It was a very fun weekend, even if I did gain 10 pounds. I'm over it.
And tomorrow is Monday. Yuck. Also it's Homecoming week. That's fairly exciting.
Friday: Went to class. Sat outside and did my painting for a couple hours. It was super beautiful outside and I even got a little baby sunburn. It's times like that when I remember why I came to school in Virginia. Went to the Institute building for "Friday Food and Fun." We had nachos. I love free food. The rest of my Friday night was spent sitting around a kitchen table talking and eating cupcakes for about 4 hours. I know, we are party animals. So much fun though. I hadn't laughed that hard for a long time.
Saturday: Buena Vista has this annual craft fair type thing called "Mountain Days." They close down the main street and everyone sets up cute little booths all over. I was hesitant to go because, knowing BV, it wouldn't be too impressive. It was actually pretty cool. Beka and I wandered around for a while and I got a cool new ring. Yay jewelry! The rest of the day was spent with Trisha. Now that I don't live with her, we hardly ever see each other which had started to get fairly depressing. So we remedied that. Our afternoon/evening/night/early morning consisted of: Crunchwrap supremes (what else?), 2 hours in Goodwill, more food at Lee Hi's, a super grumpy waitress, a tour of the sketchier places in a hotel, Titanic, muffins, Youtube videos, and Modern Family. So much fun! Oh, also I got a package from my grandma! She is so wonderful!
Sunday: Today was Stake Conference so we had church 3 hours earlier than usual. That made for a Sunday that felt like it lasted forever. Stake Conference was good, though I will admit my attention span was struggling today. We had fun watching all of the babies. After conference was over, we started talking to the guy who was sitting next to us. He was surprised how many college-aged kids were there because he didn't think the percentage of LDS people in this area was very high. He had never heard of SVU. We told him about it and he was in shock. Apparently, he and his wife are from Utah and recently decided that they needed to move to Lexington, Virginia. They had no idea why, but they just did what they thought they were supposed to. It turns out he is a Physics professor and has been working on finding a school to teach at. Coincidence that an LDS professor felt prompted to move across the country to a town that just happens to be 5 minutes away from an LDS college that he had never heard of? I think not. We will be seeing him again. That was way cool. After conference, Kenzy and Imari made pumpkin cookies, so I went to their house to enjoy them. While eating our cookies, we watched "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Knight's Tale." Two favorites. I also took a little nap. Then we had cheesecake. Yes, this has been an very unhealthy weekend. Sometimes it's hard to care. It was a very fun weekend, even if I did gain 10 pounds. I'm over it.
And tomorrow is Monday. Yuck. Also it's Homecoming week. That's fairly exciting.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Goodbye Summer :(
Fall is here. The mornings have been really cold this last week, which I don't love. It warmed up during the day today though. I sure do love sunshine. Also, the leaves are starting to change. Last year I couldn't wait for the leaves to change. I was so excited to see Virginia in the Fall (it's gorgeous by the way). However, now I know that after the few weeks of lots of pretty colors, everything is bare and dead and brown and depressing for a looooong time. I don't love that. I'm not quite as excited for the changing of the seasons this year. I just love warm.
Hmmm is it obvious that I don't have anything exciting to say when the first paragraph of my post is about the weather? Come on Cas. It actually has been a pretty eventful couple of days, but I don't think I should expound on that at this point. Not on my blog anyway. Instead, you get the weather report. Also, Homecoming week is next week. Being on the Activities Committee, this means that it is going to be a CRAZY week. I'm excited. I know, I'm weird, but I LOVE being busy with stuff life this. I would much rather be running around putting up posters, and setting up for dances, and running the popcorn machine at the movie than be writing papers and studying. Unfortunately, I have to do both. But, the fun craziness makes up for the incredibly un-fun craziness. Who knew there could be good and bad craziness?
In other news, I will probably be failing my Western Civ II class. I cannot focus in that class. Her teaching seems really spastic to me and I am constantly stressing to keep up with her in my note taking. My notes are so disorderly and make no sense because she jumps all over the place, and doesn't finish thoughts and just makes coherent note taking impossible. Also, the readings are super boring so I don't actually pay attention when I read. This equals me failing the quizzes. Frustrating. I hate failing.
And now we will be jumping to another random thought: I am starting to learn how to be a creative cook. I hate monotony in every aspect of my life....including food. I am not one of those kids that is content with PB&J or Ramen every day. Also, I like good food. I have lots of the easy stuff, but I am always trying to dress it up somehow. If I'm going to cook, I want to actually cook and make it worth my time. If I'm going to eat, it should be something enjoyable not just something to stop the growl, right? I think so. This mindset complicates life sometimes, but when I have the time I really love to actually cook good food. I haven't gotten too crazy yet, but I am slowly turning into a gourmet chef. Okay, not really, but I am having fun learning how to make healthy and tasty meals for myself. Probably this is a good skill to work on now.
So yes, I am mostly just being a college kid. Not a lot to report.
Come visit me.
The end.
Hmmm is it obvious that I don't have anything exciting to say when the first paragraph of my post is about the weather? Come on Cas. It actually has been a pretty eventful couple of days, but I don't think I should expound on that at this point. Not on my blog anyway. Instead, you get the weather report. Also, Homecoming week is next week. Being on the Activities Committee, this means that it is going to be a CRAZY week. I'm excited. I know, I'm weird, but I LOVE being busy with stuff life this. I would much rather be running around putting up posters, and setting up for dances, and running the popcorn machine at the movie than be writing papers and studying. Unfortunately, I have to do both. But, the fun craziness makes up for the incredibly un-fun craziness. Who knew there could be good and bad craziness?
In other news, I will probably be failing my Western Civ II class. I cannot focus in that class. Her teaching seems really spastic to me and I am constantly stressing to keep up with her in my note taking. My notes are so disorderly and make no sense because she jumps all over the place, and doesn't finish thoughts and just makes coherent note taking impossible. Also, the readings are super boring so I don't actually pay attention when I read. This equals me failing the quizzes. Frustrating. I hate failing.
And now we will be jumping to another random thought: I am starting to learn how to be a creative cook. I hate monotony in every aspect of my life....including food. I am not one of those kids that is content with PB&J or Ramen every day. Also, I like good food. I have lots of the easy stuff, but I am always trying to dress it up somehow. If I'm going to cook, I want to actually cook and make it worth my time. If I'm going to eat, it should be something enjoyable not just something to stop the growl, right? I think so. This mindset complicates life sometimes, but when I have the time I really love to actually cook good food. I haven't gotten too crazy yet, but I am slowly turning into a gourmet chef. Okay, not really, but I am having fun learning how to make healthy and tasty meals for myself. Probably this is a good skill to work on now.
So yes, I am mostly just being a college kid. Not a lot to report.
Come visit me.
The end.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
The Good, The Bad, and The Boring....
Good: I saw two deer on my run on Thursday morning!
Bad: The Sox lost. I never knew I could be so upset about something like that. I honestly was in mourning. I don't really want to talk any more about that.
Good: I wasn't murdered on my run on Thursday morning which was an hour earlier than usual....and thus an hour darker and foggier. Super creepy.
Bad: I think Harry Herbert died....or maybe that's good? I never knew how I felt about that little guy.
Good: I started working on Rosetta Stone. I am pretty pro at Spanish already. Estoy bebo agua y como una manzana. Okay, not that impressive. I'm working on it.
Bad: I am starting to get discouraged by the lack of boys in my life. I know, that sounds dumb and pathetic. But maybe I am pathetic right now. I just need a little more testosterone in my life, and there is currently zero.
Good: I got a perfect score on a really confusing assignment in my Family Process class.
Bad: It is cold here. I hate that. Sooo not ready for winter.
Good: I got mail!
Bad: A police came to my house on Friday night and questioned me. Not an enjoyable experience.
Good: My momma bought her plane ticket to come visit me!
Bad: I had a Family Process test on Thursday and have an Art History test next Thursday.
Good: I found THE most delicious apples in the world at Walmart! They were one of the seasonal on sale things and holy cow! So big and crispy and delicious!
Bad: I am sick of grocery shopping. I feel like I do it all the time. I wish I was at home where the kitchen is always fully stocked.
Good: I washed my sheets! I love clean sheets so much!
Bad: I miss my family and non-virginia friends A LOT! I don't know why I am so homesick, but I am. It's hard being so far away from those people that I like so much. Really hard.
Good: General Conference was this weekend. It was incredible! I love this church so much!
Bad: I need to vacuum my room.
Good: I just talked to my baby sister for an hour. I love that kid a lot! It freaks me out how old she is these days, and yet I wish she was older so she could come to school with me. I need my sisters.
And that's a wrap!
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