So finals have been over for a few weeks. I survived. I didn't do nearly as well this semester as I had hoped but at least I'll have a goal for next semester.
Christmas came and was filled with lots of Cookie decorating, baking and gift giving. I got Tim quite possibily the best gift I've ever given anyone (well that's a possibility. I still have to give something to Allison soon...). I got him a Blues Jersey with the number 67 on the back and "Wings Suck" on the back. He's a happy fan and boyfriend. :)
I've yet to receive my gift from him. He's a last minute shopper unfortunately and thus had to order it online after the store sold out. I'm pretty sure I know what he's getting me though.
A few days from christmas I had a potluck dinner with my best friends along with our secret santa exchange. This year, I got Erica and made her a scrapbook/storybook combo. I worked incredibly hard on it and she seemed pretty content, so I'm pretty happy with the result. Hailey had me this year and got me a KIPKIPKIPKIPKIP as well as a book that's very similar to the Post Secret books that I'm in love with. Only the idea of this is that they sent out a ton of Journals and when they got them back they took excerpts and put them into a compliation. It's pretty neat. I haven't looked through it all cause it takes a bit more effort than looking through post secrets but I'm pretty psyched for it. Oh! And she also got me a cute little basket which she made a fabric insert for. :) I'm kind of on a creativity kick right now.
With all my christmas money & gift cards I went out and bought seasons of tv shows. I went season happy.
I bought season 2-6 of Grey's Anatomy, 3-5 of How I Met Your Mother, Season 1 of Angel and season 1 of Parenthood. I love love loooove black friday and day after christmas shopping. Deals are fabulous when you're a poor college student.
For Tim's mother this year, I bought her an incredibly soft blanket from target (which I'm hoping goes on sale again soon so I can purchase one for myself...even though I have too many blankets already). I also made her a scrapbook for Tim and his sister's gift. It was very rushed but it turned out very well and I was extremely proud of it.
Currently, I'm working on the other 3rd of Tim's christmas gift. He's seen it several times as I was too excited to wait till it was fully done to give it to him (and I did keep his biggest gift a secret after all). It's a scrapbook of 2010. It starts in January where we attended a New years party in Columbia and it'll end in December where we're all dressed up for another New years party. I'm pretty proud of this one too and when I get the chance I'll take some pictures and put them up for you guys.
Right now, I'm watching Grey's Anatomy. Since Sunday (3 days ago) I've gone through all of season two and half of season three. It's incredibly addicting and I'm glad I'm getting this out of the way while I have all of the seasons out on dvd and I'm on break with nothing else to do. I'm also burning Boy Meets World seasons to DVD for myself and Allison. When I'm done with those I'll move on to Rugrats and Ah! Real Monsters. :)
This week a few friends and I went and visited a place down in The Loop caled "Cheeseology" it was pretty good. It's a restraunt (maybe?) similar to subway where you go up and order, but they'll bring it to you. They have different versions of Mac'n'Cheese and they're all resonably good. Of course the Original tastes weird now that we're all used to Kraft's noodles and powder cheese in a box (which of course is the best "original" ever). We went to Froyo afterwards, which was an additional bonus.
My apartment right now is a freakin' mess. Scrapbooking stuff all over the dining table, clothes all over my room...but I'm on break, and I don't care.
I'll update next week sometime with pictures about all of this and New Years. Hope all is going well with everyone!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
El fin de semestre
The semester is ending. Thank god.
This week I spent the night at the Axi house for the first time without there being an offical or "unoffical" Axi event. It was...nice. I didn't realize how many of the girls stop by the house to study and goof off. Incase I haven't clarified before...our house is an old house off natural bridge road. My dad used to live in the neighborhood behind it when he and his siblings were kids. I imagine that the Axi house is just as old (especially by the way it looks). There's a sweet spiral staircase going up stairs and down. The house in general is just old though. It creaks and looks old. It's nice. At the beginning of this semester our National Council came in and decided that they were going to redo our mainfloor (livingroom/dining room). They're almost done now. They only have to hang the composites and other pictures back up. We have a new couch, dining table and other various things. They also painted our walls, too. It looks amaXing!
So I spent the night at the Axi house in attempt to be able to study later, maybe catch some sleep and then not have to drive thirty minutes to class in the morning. Trish stayed up with/past me. She made me hot tea with sugar and it was delicious!! Probably one of my new favorite things while studying. It kept me awake, surprisingly.
I had to take a Spanish oral final the next morning and got extremely nervous! So I'm not totally sure how I did on that. It drives me nuts that there's so much to the finals in language courses. I mean, I understand but it feels like 8billion times more than what you would have to study for for any other course! Oh well. One more and then I'll be done with spanish for this semester!
I'm done with classes and everything untill next wednesday (math final) and thursday (spanish written final & english paper due). Then the semester will be done and I'll be on break! Thank the lord!!
On tuesday I took Leilah to see MegaMind. It was my first time hanging out with her (and my first 3D movie). Megamind all in all was a pretty decent movie! It was pretty funny, though the whole 3D aspect of it wasn't anything to pay the extra $3-4 for. It cost me $22 to bring myself and a CHILD to a movie on a weekday. Ridiculous!
Leilah was adorable! She's also incredibly smart! She's a 4th grader reading at a middle school level, she gets good grades and she's got high goals already. When I was in elementary school I thought I would go to college and learn to be...something (A vet, a teacher, an egyptologist...it varied) but I never thought in detail about it. I didn't even know what Harvard was! Leilah has already decided that she wants to go to Harvard and become a lawyer. Her mother told her that if she's going to be a lawyer she'll have to defend animal rights and Leilah's fine with that but she wants to do all sorts of things with her career and defend lots of people! She's adorable. She has a cell phone too, she shares it with her brother though (poor high schooler has a purple phone). At the end of the night she wanted a picture of us on her new phone. :)
I'm taking her to see the Celebration of Lights in Ft. Zumwalt Park next tuesday. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her, though the cold will be unwelcomed. I'm really enjoying the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, it's more rewarding than I expected. I'd recommend it to others too. In addition, they have a program for couples. They can "adopt" a little brother or sister and then together spend time with that child.
Neil comes home next saturday, which I'm pretty psyched for it's been far too long! I can't wait for this break. Everyone will be home and able to spend time together! So excited!!
Wish me luck on finals!
This week I spent the night at the Axi house for the first time without there being an offical or "unoffical" Axi event. It was...nice. I didn't realize how many of the girls stop by the house to study and goof off. Incase I haven't clarified before...our house is an old house off natural bridge road. My dad used to live in the neighborhood behind it when he and his siblings were kids. I imagine that the Axi house is just as old (especially by the way it looks). There's a sweet spiral staircase going up stairs and down. The house in general is just old though. It creaks and looks old. It's nice. At the beginning of this semester our National Council came in and decided that they were going to redo our mainfloor (livingroom/dining room). They're almost done now. They only have to hang the composites and other pictures back up. We have a new couch, dining table and other various things. They also painted our walls, too. It looks amaXing!
So I spent the night at the Axi house in attempt to be able to study later, maybe catch some sleep and then not have to drive thirty minutes to class in the morning. Trish stayed up with/past me. She made me hot tea with sugar and it was delicious!! Probably one of my new favorite things while studying. It kept me awake, surprisingly.
I had to take a Spanish oral final the next morning and got extremely nervous! So I'm not totally sure how I did on that. It drives me nuts that there's so much to the finals in language courses. I mean, I understand but it feels like 8billion times more than what you would have to study for for any other course! Oh well. One more and then I'll be done with spanish for this semester!
I'm done with classes and everything untill next wednesday (math final) and thursday (spanish written final & english paper due). Then the semester will be done and I'll be on break! Thank the lord!!
On tuesday I took Leilah to see MegaMind. It was my first time hanging out with her (and my first 3D movie). Megamind all in all was a pretty decent movie! It was pretty funny, though the whole 3D aspect of it wasn't anything to pay the extra $3-4 for. It cost me $22 to bring myself and a CHILD to a movie on a weekday. Ridiculous!
Leilah was adorable! She's also incredibly smart! She's a 4th grader reading at a middle school level, she gets good grades and she's got high goals already. When I was in elementary school I thought I would go to college and learn to be...something (A vet, a teacher, an egyptologist...it varied) but I never thought in detail about it. I didn't even know what Harvard was! Leilah has already decided that she wants to go to Harvard and become a lawyer. Her mother told her that if she's going to be a lawyer she'll have to defend animal rights and Leilah's fine with that but she wants to do all sorts of things with her career and defend lots of people! She's adorable. She has a cell phone too, she shares it with her brother though (poor high schooler has a purple phone). At the end of the night she wanted a picture of us on her new phone. :)
I'm taking her to see the Celebration of Lights in Ft. Zumwalt Park next tuesday. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her, though the cold will be unwelcomed. I'm really enjoying the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, it's more rewarding than I expected. I'd recommend it to others too. In addition, they have a program for couples. They can "adopt" a little brother or sister and then together spend time with that child.
Neil comes home next saturday, which I'm pretty psyched for it's been far too long! I can't wait for this break. Everyone will be home and able to spend time together! So excited!!
Wish me luck on finals!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Christmas At The Zoo
Tomorrow I'll be working at a wine shop for one of my sister's aunts (who owns it). It's down on mainstreet and sells only missouri-brewed wines and beers. It's a nice little place, very home-y. I'll be working an 11 hour shift tomorrow--which is fine with me! I need the money.
Right before thanksgiving I met my "little sister" from the Big Brothers Big Sisters progam. I signed up for this last may and asked for a little sister close to home (St. Peters/O'fallon). I interviewed in June and they've just now found a little for me. Her name is Leilah and she's 9. We've only met once but she seemed really cool. (I mean...she likes to draw Gir...as in Invader Zim Gir! That show isn't even on anymore!!) Anyways. I called her mom earlier this week and couldn't get ahold of her. Then today wasn't having a very good-mood day at all and she called me back! We're going to get dinner and see MegaMind next Tuesday. I'm pretty excited about my first big/little date.
I was told by the program that for the first couple visits with Leilah I should have it just be her and myself so as to create a bond. They would also prefer it if she doesn't hang out with my friends all that often since it is suppose to be about just me and her bonding, not her + all of my friends.
Luckly, Leilah is a very friendly and outgoing girl. She's willing to basically try anything! And when summer comes around I'll be allowed to take her to places past St. Louis. So, parents permitting, I'll be able to take her to all the summer sweet spots (Johnson Shutins, Elephant Rocks, City Museum, etc).
...and yes. This will get confusing with my BBBS little sister and Axi little sisters.
Anyways. So I don't know how many of my friends have ever gone to the zoo at night during the winter. First of all, it's incredibly creepy to walk by the cages while there are no animals in them and it's extremely dark...I can't help but be paranoid that the bears are just going to lunge out of their cage and get me!
Second off, It's gorgeous! The christmas lights everywhere are fabulous! I love it. I plan to go again and again (hopefully I can bring Leilah with me once and another time I can go with all of my friends. I'll have to look up how much it costs to go).
Anyways, I went with Allison tonight. Her work had a Christmas party there. The food was pretty good (a step above chartwells food). AND WE GOT A PICTURE WITH SANTA!!
I'll have to provide the sweet picture with santa later. For right now, Enjoy the small amount of photos I got before my camera sadly died.
Right before thanksgiving I met my "little sister" from the Big Brothers Big Sisters progam. I signed up for this last may and asked for a little sister close to home (St. Peters/O'fallon). I interviewed in June and they've just now found a little for me. Her name is Leilah and she's 9. We've only met once but she seemed really cool. (I mean...she likes to draw Gir...as in Invader Zim Gir! That show isn't even on anymore!!) Anyways. I called her mom earlier this week and couldn't get ahold of her. Then today wasn't having a very good-mood day at all and she called me back! We're going to get dinner and see MegaMind next Tuesday. I'm pretty excited about my first big/little date.
I was told by the program that for the first couple visits with Leilah I should have it just be her and myself so as to create a bond. They would also prefer it if she doesn't hang out with my friends all that often since it is suppose to be about just me and her bonding, not her + all of my friends.
Luckly, Leilah is a very friendly and outgoing girl. She's willing to basically try anything! And when summer comes around I'll be allowed to take her to places past St. Louis. So, parents permitting, I'll be able to take her to all the summer sweet spots (Johnson Shutins, Elephant Rocks, City Museum, etc).
...and yes. This will get confusing with my BBBS little sister and Axi little sisters.
Anyways. So I don't know how many of my friends have ever gone to the zoo at night during the winter. First of all, it's incredibly creepy to walk by the cages while there are no animals in them and it's extremely dark...I can't help but be paranoid that the bears are just going to lunge out of their cage and get me!
Second off, It's gorgeous! The christmas lights everywhere are fabulous! I love it. I plan to go again and again (hopefully I can bring Leilah with me once and another time I can go with all of my friends. I'll have to look up how much it costs to go).
Anyways, I went with Allison tonight. Her work had a Christmas party there. The food was pretty good (a step above chartwells food). AND WE GOT A PICTURE WITH SANTA!!
I'll have to provide the sweet picture with santa later. For right now, Enjoy the small amount of photos I got before my camera sadly died.
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