My lack of blogging has been evident to me. I don't know how many people see this, and that's okay. But I feel like the fact that this is public and it's like I'm sort of on some sort of non existent throne is why my blogging has been lacking.
No worries, my B&BW collection will still be blogged.
I think it's the level of self confidence that's been keeping me away from this, and there's really nothing wrong with that, but I just want to be a better blogger. I started blogging just over four years ago in a blog that isn't public, and I would blog on that thing almost every day, and it's evident from the amount of posts that I have on there. Once upon a time, that blog was public and for everyone. It was just on a whim where I looked at my blog traffic and where it was coming from that I realized
"Oh, alright, someone in Russia is viewing my blog from a completely unknown-to-me source. I should probably do something about that."
Sorry to the Russian who was reading that blog. But some things need to stay kept away from the public.
So after a ton of thought, I thought I would make a blog that's totally open to everyone who wants to read my words. And you're on that blog, reading said words right now. But because this is public, I feel like I have to live up to a certain type of standard exactly because this is public. It's like all eyes are on me, and I sort of feel like that's putting pressure on me.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to blog on here. This thing isn't going anywhere and I'm not going anywhere. But I just feel like I was more exciting. I wish my life was more exciting. Really, the only thing that's getting me stoked is that my friend is coming home from her mission in a couple of weeks and that I'm moving to Salt Lake City. Both exciting things, but nothing that could be deemed as "social media worthy".
Ah, social media. Good ol' social media. Another thing that pressures me to be exciting.
It's almost like it isn't fun anymore. I feel like I have to post something to my Instagram or tweet whatever incoherent nonsense that I'm thinking at the time. I've embedded in my head that I need to post something on Instagram at the exact same time every day, and it'll be "so bad" if I don't do that.
Every. Single. Day.
At
Every. Single. Time.
Like.. that's crazy. Why should I keep doing that? And odds are, it's a photo of the Temple or a photo of something I took while I was on vacation in Europe.
Why do I not post what I'm wearing or the view outside my house or of my car or what I'm eating?
To put it simply, I just don't think what I'm doing right now is interesting. I don't feel like I'm in a place to post anything super current on my Instagram. I don't feel like I have anything that'll resonate with people on Twitter.
I don't feel like I have anything to give to social media or to people reading this.
I feel boring. And yeah, I do hope to snap out of this funk I am, but I have to find ways to shake it. I don't feel like anyone who follows me on Instagram specifically will care all that much if I take a day or two to shake off a funk. Besides, I don't really think people post on there every single day. They don't feel like they need to post every day.
Maybe I should take a page from those people and do that myself.
I really do want to get back into blogging and posting things on here. I don't post what I wear on here anymore, and that's probably something that's been noticed. I don't try to keep up and follow what the trends are anymore. I don't blow money the first chance I get on clothes from ModCloth and F21 and DownEast anymore. I have clothes (and if you know me, you know that that wasn't always the case - I used to go about my day wearing socks with holes and long sleeved shirts with holes all over them) and I don't have that massive need to blog what I wear now.
I suppose you could say I "grew up".. no offense to fashion bloggers, but that's just not really my thing anymore. Props for real for the fashion bloggers who do that as a job. I can't imagine getting paid or having a full time job to do that, no matter how fun it might look. Just because it looks fun doesn't mean it is.
The closest I got to fashion blogging recently was when I posted a photo onto my Instagram the other day of a dress I got. I was going out that night and I couldn't find a dress that I really liked, so I filed that in the back of my head. Fast forward to when I had to run to Walmart to run an errand, I was looking at the selection of clothes they had and found a cute dress, so I nabbed it for maybe $15.
That's really it. That's the closest I get to fashion blogging. But you know, maybe I'll start that back up and post things like that every once in awhile. It could never hurt, and on the rare occasion I find a fashion blog, it's always a great way to find a new idea or tip to incorporate into my own attire.
We'll see what happens.
For now, I bid you adieu.
Getting out of the funk
Sunday, May 15, 2016
I thought that this would be a good place to kick off my collection.
I put the regular sized things up top and the "special/different" things in a separate photo.
I also don't have many lotion because I have really dry skin, so I generally use more of the body cream rather than the lotion. Hence why I don't have many.
Not pictured: Japanese Cherry Blossom. Somehow got up and walked away.
I also don't have many lotion because I have really dry skin, so I generally use more of the body cream rather than the lotion. Hence why I don't have many.
Not pictured: Japanese Cherry Blossom. Somehow got up and walked away.
Top photo:
Violet Lily Sky, Maui Hibiscus Beach, Sea Island Cotton, Sea Island Cotton, Mediterranean Blue Waters, Marshmallow Pumpkin Latte, Paris Pink Champagne & Tulips, and Vanilla Bean Noel.
Bottom photo:
Travel size Vanilla Bean Noel, Vanilla Bean Noel Shea Swirl Body Lotion, Twisted Peppermint Shea Swirl Body Cream, Winter Candy Apple Shea Swirl Body Cream, travel size Endless Weekend.
Thoughts:
Violet Lily Sky: Has a woody tone to it, which makes sense from the sandalwood. I don't use it regularly, but I think I'll start wearing it if I'm going somewhere simple, like out while I'm running errands. It's light and it's strong, so I would probably need to reapply it if I was out for somewhere longer than a couple hours. I can't pair it with the fragrance mist because I don't have it, but layering the lotion with the mist may make it last longer. Scents go away quickly on me and I think if I really liked this scent a lot a lot, I would have to go out and get a lot of it because it's there for one second and gone the next. Overall, it's not bad.
Rating: 7/10
Maui Hibiscus Beach: Suuuuper summery. I smell more fruit than floral, but also it's extremely tropical and reminiscent of a sunset in Hawaii. Would use this on vacation of if I'm going to a pool. Also probably something your friends might want to cop from you. I like floral over fruity, which is the sole reason why I'm keeping this low. If you like summery scents, find this and nab it because this is the ultimate summer scent.
Rating: 6/10
Sea Island Cotton: Hands down my favorite scent ever. E V E R! I fell in love with it over the summer of 2014 and I have it in many different variations. This truly smells like vacation and the beach. It also smells really fresh and clean. I spray the fragrance mist on my laundry when I'm done folding it and putting it away. It's a really classic scent, and while I'm the person who uses scents seasonally, this is one I can wear all year round and still get comments about it. While it's a classic, it's also vastly underrated and needs to be talked about more.
Rating: 10/10
Mediterranean Blue Waters: This one came out of left field for me, or so it seemed. I saw this one online and the packaging is what drew me in to it. I got the lotion at the store because I didn't see the cream, but a couple days later, I saw the cream, but I ended up not buying it. This is really coconut-y and the pure definition of summer in a bottle. I'm saving this for the hotter summery days and not the warm spring days. I'm probably going to end up using this a lot.
Rating: 9/10
Marshmallow Pumpkin Latte: My favorite fall scent! While I'm not a fan of ginger at all, and that's what hits me the most when I smell it, I love the undertones of marshmallow. I can't really locate the pumpkin part of it, which it also fine because I don't like pumpkin all that much. For me, it's a little strong, so I don't need to ever reapply it.
Rating: 7/10
Paris: My very favorite of the lotions I have. I love this one so much! It's sweet and floral (my love for floral scents is out of this world) and not too strong at all. It's just right. I found this at the store and online over the winter SAS and it was a limited time thing (it says so on the label of the fragrance mist as well), so you won't find this in stores or online anymore, but you may be able to at the summer SAS next month. This is such a great find, and I 100% recommend it. It's so fresh and springy. Love love love.
Rating: 10/10
As of this moment, my iTunes that I have on shuffle felt the need to play Hip to Be Square by Huey Lewis and the News. Obviously I'm now thinking of Patrick Bateman. Honestly if I was in that movie, he would have killed me. And I probably would have let him. That may have taken the fun out of it for him, but I don't care.
Rating: 7/10
Maui Hibiscus Beach: Suuuuper summery. I smell more fruit than floral, but also it's extremely tropical and reminiscent of a sunset in Hawaii. Would use this on vacation of if I'm going to a pool. Also probably something your friends might want to cop from you. I like floral over fruity, which is the sole reason why I'm keeping this low. If you like summery scents, find this and nab it because this is the ultimate summer scent.
Rating: 6/10
Sea Island Cotton: Hands down my favorite scent ever. E V E R! I fell in love with it over the summer of 2014 and I have it in many different variations. This truly smells like vacation and the beach. It also smells really fresh and clean. I spray the fragrance mist on my laundry when I'm done folding it and putting it away. It's a really classic scent, and while I'm the person who uses scents seasonally, this is one I can wear all year round and still get comments about it. While it's a classic, it's also vastly underrated and needs to be talked about more.
Rating: 10/10
Mediterranean Blue Waters: This one came out of left field for me, or so it seemed. I saw this one online and the packaging is what drew me in to it. I got the lotion at the store because I didn't see the cream, but a couple days later, I saw the cream, but I ended up not buying it. This is really coconut-y and the pure definition of summer in a bottle. I'm saving this for the hotter summery days and not the warm spring days. I'm probably going to end up using this a lot.
Rating: 9/10
Marshmallow Pumpkin Latte: My favorite fall scent! While I'm not a fan of ginger at all, and that's what hits me the most when I smell it, I love the undertones of marshmallow. I can't really locate the pumpkin part of it, which it also fine because I don't like pumpkin all that much. For me, it's a little strong, so I don't need to ever reapply it.
Rating: 7/10
Paris: My very favorite of the lotions I have. I love this one so much! It's sweet and floral (my love for floral scents is out of this world) and not too strong at all. It's just right. I found this at the store and online over the winter SAS and it was a limited time thing (it says so on the label of the fragrance mist as well), so you won't find this in stores or online anymore, but you may be able to at the summer SAS next month. This is such a great find, and I 100% recommend it. It's so fresh and springy. Love love love.
Rating: 10/10
As of this moment, my iTunes that I have on shuffle felt the need to play Hip to Be Square by Huey Lewis and the News. Obviously I'm now thinking of Patrick Bateman. Honestly if I was in that movie, he would have killed me. And I probably would have let him. That may have taken the fun out of it for him, but I don't care.
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| "You like Huey Lewis and the News?" |
Aaaanyway...
Vanilla Bean Noel: My favorite vanilla scent they've made. This one is pretty strong, so I don't need to wear a lot of it, whether it's lotion or cream or the fragrance mist. It's really vanilla-y, and I can definitely smell the whipped cream notes in it. The lotion for some reason smells different than the cream, and I like the cream better for that reason, but it's still a great vanilla scent that will more than likely give you good comments during the day. It's also a good date night scent in the wintertime. Don't ask me how I know that.
Rating: 8/10
Twisted Peppermint: If you want to smell like a candy cane, this one is the best. I love this one a lot and it's my favorite holiday scent. The major downside to this is that it's not as strong as I want it to be. I find myself having to reapply it in a few hours. This lotion is adorable because of the pretty sparkles that are also in it. It'll give you a subtle glitz instead of an obnoxious sparkle. Plus the sparkles aren't going to stay on your skin for seventy five years. It comes off fine.
Rating: 9/10
Winter Candy Apple: I love this one because of the slight cinnamon notes. It reminds me of hot apple cider. Really, all I smell in this are apples and cinnamon, but it's not strong and overpowering and the combine fantastically. Again, the same thing could be said about the sparkles (and with the Vanilla Bean Noel one).
Rating: 9/10
Endless Weekend: I don't really use this often unless I'm in a pinch, which isn't often at all. It's not bad, but I'm not into the major summer scents like a lot of other people are. I'll usually just throw this into my purse and use it for emergencies. It doesn't smell bad, and it reminds me of a summertime road trip with your best friend.
Rating: 7/10
Bath & Body Works collection
You had to have seen this coming at some point, and if you haven't, then you literally live under a rock. Unless of course you're new here. In which case, feel free to make yourself at home and take a gander at all of my social media links in the right sidebar. Email me and I'll do my utter best at getting back to you. You're welcome here anytime you want.
If you know me, then you know I love Bath & Body Works. And if you know me, you know I have entirely too much of it. I'm not even kidding. This entire collection is going to be sectioned into EIGHT different posts because I have my items grouped into eight different categories. Just to make things easier and more organized for me, plus I absolutely do NOT want to clog my blog with one massive post about every single thing.
Because on top of that, I'm going to give small opinions on what I like about each thing, and what I rate it on a scale of one to ten.
Think of this as the intro post. Once I finish a section off, I'll link back to it in this post so maybe future people can read it and won't have to dig through the archives. Who knows. We'll see.
I'm starting on this later on today, so that's something to probably look forward to. Whatever you like. I will say that I store all of my products in a big plastic bin from Walmart that I got for around $4. It wasn't expensive at all, and it holds all of my stuff in it. Granted, the lid won't stay on, but the handles that snap onto the lid still snap on, so I'm thankful for that.
Since the lid won't stay on, I'm taking that as a sign to knock off the buying. I'll go into details on all of that stuff in my next post.
If you know me, then you know I love Bath & Body Works. And if you know me, you know I have entirely too much of it. I'm not even kidding. This entire collection is going to be sectioned into EIGHT different posts because I have my items grouped into eight different categories. Just to make things easier and more organized for me, plus I absolutely do NOT want to clog my blog with one massive post about every single thing.
Because on top of that, I'm going to give small opinions on what I like about each thing, and what I rate it on a scale of one to ten.
Think of this as the intro post. Once I finish a section off, I'll link back to it in this post so maybe future people can read it and won't have to dig through the archives. Who knows. We'll see.
I'm starting on this later on today, so that's something to probably look forward to. Whatever you like. I will say that I store all of my products in a big plastic bin from Walmart that I got for around $4. It wasn't expensive at all, and it holds all of my stuff in it. Granted, the lid won't stay on, but the handles that snap onto the lid still snap on, so I'm thankful for that.
Since the lid won't stay on, I'm taking that as a sign to knock off the buying. I'll go into details on all of that stuff in my next post.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
I feel so weird being an actual college graduate. A real life college graduate. I have no really major plans for the summer except going to California with some friends, and I want to do what I did when I was in Arizona, which is seeing every Temple in the state.
I mean, total bonus that my main goal is to see the Oakland Temple because it's so close to San Francisco, and if you know me, and you probably should at this point, we all know why I love SF so much. But really, I want to see each and every one, and I really can't wait until I'm in SoCal because I've always always always wanted to see the Newport Beach and San Diego temples. It's been an absolute dream to see them and I'm so excited at the idea that I'll get to.
Anyway, that's pretty much my summer bucket list, to see the Temples in California. I wish I was fresh and hip like other girls my age, but sadly I'm really an eighty year old grandma who's moving away in a couple months. I'm sadly moving away from Logan, and I really don't want to. This is the best place in the world and while I won't be too far away, I'm really going to miss it and the friends I've made.
Thankfully, I'm only moving to a suburb of SLC. I originally wanted to actually be in the city, near the Temple there. I mean, I was dead set on moving to there because the U was so close. But I was looking at different areas in the SL area and I really kind of fell in love with how cute said suburb is. But I've only applied to one place there, and I haven't really given up on living in Salt Lake later in life.
That and my sister is coming down here to live with me, and she'll be finishing out her senior year of high school here and I had to take that into massive consideration. If I stayed in the area of Salt Lake that I wanted to, I think she'd be zoned to go to East High, which is the High School Musical school, if people are interested. Yes, it's a real school. She'd probably like that a lot but oh well! (: Who knows, though. We'll see. Maybe something can happen that could make her dreams come true.
So there's all of that. I didn't really know what to talk about, but I wanted to talk about something. Basically, summer is going to be really fun, but mostly full of temples and moving.
Life, ammirite?
I mean, total bonus that my main goal is to see the Oakland Temple because it's so close to San Francisco, and if you know me, and you probably should at this point, we all know why I love SF so much. But really, I want to see each and every one, and I really can't wait until I'm in SoCal because I've always always always wanted to see the Newport Beach and San Diego temples. It's been an absolute dream to see them and I'm so excited at the idea that I'll get to.
Anyway, that's pretty much my summer bucket list, to see the Temples in California. I wish I was fresh and hip like other girls my age, but sadly I'm really an eighty year old grandma who's moving away in a couple months. I'm sadly moving away from Logan, and I really don't want to. This is the best place in the world and while I won't be too far away, I'm really going to miss it and the friends I've made.
Thankfully, I'm only moving to a suburb of SLC. I originally wanted to actually be in the city, near the Temple there. I mean, I was dead set on moving to there because the U was so close. But I was looking at different areas in the SL area and I really kind of fell in love with how cute said suburb is. But I've only applied to one place there, and I haven't really given up on living in Salt Lake later in life.
That and my sister is coming down here to live with me, and she'll be finishing out her senior year of high school here and I had to take that into massive consideration. If I stayed in the area of Salt Lake that I wanted to, I think she'd be zoned to go to East High, which is the High School Musical school, if people are interested. Yes, it's a real school. She'd probably like that a lot but oh well! (: Who knows, though. We'll see. Maybe something can happen that could make her dreams come true.
So there's all of that. I didn't really know what to talk about, but I wanted to talk about something. Basically, summer is going to be really fun, but mostly full of temples and moving.
Life, ammirite?
Friday, May 6, 2016
I graduate college tomorrow, and I think that's one of the most surreal things I've ever done (or about to do). Not only that, but I'm graduating a year before I should. And it's weird when I think about how I started my college journey. I never thought I would have ended up here, but I took a big step in my life and it led me here and I wouldn't want to graduate from any other school... ever.
I graduated high school in 2013, and moved to Provo, Utah to go to BYU. Even when I got accepted and took all the steps to go there, it was never 100% where I wanted to go. I know a lot of people who think of BYU as their dream school. Provo and BYU is where they want to be and that's enough for them. And that's fine. That's their life. Do you while I do me.
BYU was never once my dream school and I never felt like I fit in there.
Most of my family at the time were living in Provo, so I did feel sort of "at home" there and I did feel like I fit in, for the most part. I was happy living with my aunt, uncle, and cousin. I had good classes and I made some friends who I still talk to once in awhile, now that a lot of them are coming back home from missions that they went on over freshman year.
Two school that I applied to and got accepted to were Yale (yes) and the University of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was such a dream. I visited Madison over my spring break my senior year in high school and fell in love with the place. I loved everything about it and there was a really good program that I could have definitely seen myself in. My life for awhile just revolved around my love for the place and I wanted to go back as soon as I could.
Looking back now, Yale probably wouldn't have been the best option. But hey, I got accepted and that's more than a lot of people can say. Sorry about it.
But ultimately, I moved to Provo and lived with some family.
If you're coming here to read this because I linked to it on my Tumblr, you may know this. And maybe you don't. But what I'm about to say is probably why I didn't fit in at BYU the most.
I moved to Utah when I was pregnant. Was I married? Absolutely not.
When I told people that I was going to have a baby in February (who ended up being born earlier, in November), they seemed really happy for me, until either:
A: I didn't mention a husband.
or
B: I didn't have a ring on my finger.
And I'm not sure if that sort of silent judging has changed, or Provo itself has changed (though based on what I've been reading lately, probably not), but that wasn't something I wanted to have happen to me. I was sick of being judged because I was going to have a baby and I wasn't married. Some people can't seem to understand what happens to people. I may look like nothing has happened to me, but a lot of things have happened to me, and at the time I moved down there, many things had happened fairly recently.
Think before you judge.
A few months into living there, the family I was living with wanted to move to Texas, and I jumped at the chance of going with them. So I lived in Texas for awhile, had a baby, and grew really bored with where I was living. I was nineteen, had an itty bitty baby, and had nothing to do (obviously besides be a mom - my baby was the best thing that's ever happened to me). I didn't have friends, but that was on me because I didn't know how to make friends in a brand new place and my social anxiety was at an all time high.
In March of 2014, I wanted to go back to Utah. I loved it there, but I hated Provo. I was talking with my friend's sister who lived way up north in Logan, and I was asking her about the area and the college that was there, and she said she loved it so much and that she would never even consider living anywhere else. I weighed a lot of options, whether it worked in me and my baby's benefit to move back to Provo, or to try something really new in Logan.
I asked some family for their advice, and one of the major tipping points was that he had (what he called) a vacation townhouse in Logan, where when he went up there, that was where he stayed. And he said that if I wanted to move there, I could stay there, provided I pay for the bills and whatnot. So I weighed more pros and cons, including care for my baby, jobs, and schooling.
Eventually, I got all of those things figured out, I applied to Utah State University, got accepted, and moved to Logan, Utah.
Where I've pretty much been ever since. I've had small jaunts back to Washington (the state I grew up in - and where my parents and siblings live), and I actually haven't been back to Texas since I think.. August of 2014? Somewhere around there.
I took my friend's sister's advice and it paid off hardcore. I've had to work my freaking butt off to get to where I am. It took me a little bit to figure out what major I wanted, but I settled on double majoring in Elementary Education and Art. And it's the best choice I've ever made. Logan is home to me and it always will be. I've made the best friends ever here and it's been truly the best two years of my life. Okay, well a little less than two years because stuff happened over the summer of 2014, but September 2014 to now is pretty great.
And I'm really sad that I have to let it go. Mostly because I have to trade in my Aggie blue for Ute red because I'm going to law school at the U. Something I thought I'd never do. But overall, I'm so happy for how I personally have been received here. I moved here with a baby, and I didn't get nearly as much judgy looks here, so that was a stark difference which I appreciated tremendously.
I didn't really want this to turn in the college part of my life story, but I can't really tell part of it without telling all of it. That's pretty much it in a nutshell anyway. All in all, I'm really happy with my recent life choices and while I'm sad to be ending a chapter in my life's book, I'm looking forward to starting a new one.
Ain't no class better than the class of 2016.
I graduated high school in 2013, and moved to Provo, Utah to go to BYU. Even when I got accepted and took all the steps to go there, it was never 100% where I wanted to go. I know a lot of people who think of BYU as their dream school. Provo and BYU is where they want to be and that's enough for them. And that's fine. That's their life. Do you while I do me.
BYU was never once my dream school and I never felt like I fit in there.
Most of my family at the time were living in Provo, so I did feel sort of "at home" there and I did feel like I fit in, for the most part. I was happy living with my aunt, uncle, and cousin. I had good classes and I made some friends who I still talk to once in awhile, now that a lot of them are coming back home from missions that they went on over freshman year.
Two school that I applied to and got accepted to were Yale (yes) and the University of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was such a dream. I visited Madison over my spring break my senior year in high school and fell in love with the place. I loved everything about it and there was a really good program that I could have definitely seen myself in. My life for awhile just revolved around my love for the place and I wanted to go back as soon as I could.
Looking back now, Yale probably wouldn't have been the best option. But hey, I got accepted and that's more than a lot of people can say. Sorry about it.
But ultimately, I moved to Provo and lived with some family.
If you're coming here to read this because I linked to it on my Tumblr, you may know this. And maybe you don't. But what I'm about to say is probably why I didn't fit in at BYU the most.
I moved to Utah when I was pregnant. Was I married? Absolutely not.
When I told people that I was going to have a baby in February (who ended up being born earlier, in November), they seemed really happy for me, until either:
A: I didn't mention a husband.
or
B: I didn't have a ring on my finger.
And I'm not sure if that sort of silent judging has changed, or Provo itself has changed (though based on what I've been reading lately, probably not), but that wasn't something I wanted to have happen to me. I was sick of being judged because I was going to have a baby and I wasn't married. Some people can't seem to understand what happens to people. I may look like nothing has happened to me, but a lot of things have happened to me, and at the time I moved down there, many things had happened fairly recently.
Think before you judge.
A few months into living there, the family I was living with wanted to move to Texas, and I jumped at the chance of going with them. So I lived in Texas for awhile, had a baby, and grew really bored with where I was living. I was nineteen, had an itty bitty baby, and had nothing to do (obviously besides be a mom - my baby was the best thing that's ever happened to me). I didn't have friends, but that was on me because I didn't know how to make friends in a brand new place and my social anxiety was at an all time high.
In March of 2014, I wanted to go back to Utah. I loved it there, but I hated Provo. I was talking with my friend's sister who lived way up north in Logan, and I was asking her about the area and the college that was there, and she said she loved it so much and that she would never even consider living anywhere else. I weighed a lot of options, whether it worked in me and my baby's benefit to move back to Provo, or to try something really new in Logan.
I asked some family for their advice, and one of the major tipping points was that he had (what he called) a vacation townhouse in Logan, where when he went up there, that was where he stayed. And he said that if I wanted to move there, I could stay there, provided I pay for the bills and whatnot. So I weighed more pros and cons, including care for my baby, jobs, and schooling.
Eventually, I got all of those things figured out, I applied to Utah State University, got accepted, and moved to Logan, Utah.
Where I've pretty much been ever since. I've had small jaunts back to Washington (the state I grew up in - and where my parents and siblings live), and I actually haven't been back to Texas since I think.. August of 2014? Somewhere around there.
I took my friend's sister's advice and it paid off hardcore. I've had to work my freaking butt off to get to where I am. It took me a little bit to figure out what major I wanted, but I settled on double majoring in Elementary Education and Art. And it's the best choice I've ever made. Logan is home to me and it always will be. I've made the best friends ever here and it's been truly the best two years of my life. Okay, well a little less than two years because stuff happened over the summer of 2014, but September 2014 to now is pretty great.
And I'm really sad that I have to let it go. Mostly because I have to trade in my Aggie blue for Ute red because I'm going to law school at the U. Something I thought I'd never do. But overall, I'm so happy for how I personally have been received here. I moved here with a baby, and I didn't get nearly as much judgy looks here, so that was a stark difference which I appreciated tremendously.
I didn't really want this to turn in the college part of my life story, but I can't really tell part of it without telling all of it. That's pretty much it in a nutshell anyway. All in all, I'm really happy with my recent life choices and while I'm sad to be ending a chapter in my life's book, I'm looking forward to starting a new one.
Ain't no class better than the class of 2016.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
- Love letter writing will never get old.
- Especially when they're eight pages.
- And to one of the best people to ever be in your life.
- And just for kicks, the greatest love song of all time.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Watching: That 70's Show. I'm not sure if it was just released onto Netflix, but I found it on there and I've been watching the heck out of it! I remember watching it a few years ago off and on and it was funny then, but it's so much more hilarious now that I'm older. And I somehow relate to Red more than I ever thought possible. We would be good friends.
And depending on the situation, I think I relate really well to Hyde, especially in music taste and personal opinions.
And also depending on the situation, I've really always wanted the confidence and self love like Jackie has.
Loving: This new blog layout! Isn't it absolutely perfect and wonderful? I love everything about this sweet thing and the designer is truly one of the nicest people I've ever talked to. We talked about my header picture and my signature and goodness she's so kind. I've been a fan of her blog designs ever since I searched for "blogger layouts" on Etsy. I think this is the third one of hers I own! I had a different one - that's not on her store anymore - that I had on my private blog for over a year. Truly awesome. The theme is super customizable and I'm so happy that I knew pretty much all of the coding and such!
Anticipating: College graduation this Saturday! I really can't believe that it's happening, and I seriously can't believe that I somehow am able to graduate undergrad a year early. I'm sure all my friends are so sick and tired of hearing me talk about it, but this is such a blessing and I'm really grateful that I'm able to go out and do what I really want to do. On the plus side, apartment/townhouse browsing on the internet is going really well! So hopefully I have good news regarding that sometime soon!
Listening to: Now you'd think - you'd think - I'd be listening to the new Beyonce album. NOPE. I'm just blaring the new Drake album everywhere I go. Bey's is good, and I want more than anything to stop at a red light or something and have any guy I used to like be in the car next to me while I'm blaring B. I would LOVE that. But I gotta give it to Drake this time. VIEWS is so good!
Thinking about: June 15, 2016 and how simultaneously happy and sad I'm going to be. Dates are so weird.
Feeling thankful for: The awesome friends I have in my life. I can't thank any single one of you enough. As I get closer to graduation, I'm stepping back and thinking about all the friends I have and how they all have helped me in one way or another. And I really feel like most of them don't even know they've helped. But they have. You reading this probably have. Thank you so much and I love you a lot.
Enjoying: The fact that I'm going to law school and that I'm a strong, independent girl who don't need no man. Doing life for you is great and I hope everyone can do what they want to do in life. My mom used to tell me growing up "If Lily wants to, Lily can". And that's a mantra I've remembered since then. And I'm just out here doing all the things I want to. And let me tell you, it's such an incredible feeling.
Wondering: What life is going to be like in a year. Heck, what life is going to be like in two months.
Feeling: Loved. Happy. Thankful. Blessed.
I love you all so much.
And depending on the situation, I think I relate really well to Hyde, especially in music taste and personal opinions.
And also depending on the situation, I've really always wanted the confidence and self love like Jackie has.
Loving: This new blog layout! Isn't it absolutely perfect and wonderful? I love everything about this sweet thing and the designer is truly one of the nicest people I've ever talked to. We talked about my header picture and my signature and goodness she's so kind. I've been a fan of her blog designs ever since I searched for "blogger layouts" on Etsy. I think this is the third one of hers I own! I had a different one - that's not on her store anymore - that I had on my private blog for over a year. Truly awesome. The theme is super customizable and I'm so happy that I knew pretty much all of the coding and such!
Anticipating: College graduation this Saturday! I really can't believe that it's happening, and I seriously can't believe that I somehow am able to graduate undergrad a year early. I'm sure all my friends are so sick and tired of hearing me talk about it, but this is such a blessing and I'm really grateful that I'm able to go out and do what I really want to do. On the plus side, apartment/townhouse browsing on the internet is going really well! So hopefully I have good news regarding that sometime soon!
Listening to: Now you'd think - you'd think - I'd be listening to the new Beyonce album. NOPE. I'm just blaring the new Drake album everywhere I go. Bey's is good, and I want more than anything to stop at a red light or something and have any guy I used to like be in the car next to me while I'm blaring B. I would LOVE that. But I gotta give it to Drake this time. VIEWS is so good!
Thinking about: June 15, 2016 and how simultaneously happy and sad I'm going to be. Dates are so weird.
Feeling thankful for: The awesome friends I have in my life. I can't thank any single one of you enough. As I get closer to graduation, I'm stepping back and thinking about all the friends I have and how they all have helped me in one way or another. And I really feel like most of them don't even know they've helped. But they have. You reading this probably have. Thank you so much and I love you a lot.
Enjoying: The fact that I'm going to law school and that I'm a strong, independent girl who don't need no man. Doing life for you is great and I hope everyone can do what they want to do in life. My mom used to tell me growing up "If Lily wants to, Lily can". And that's a mantra I've remembered since then. And I'm just out here doing all the things I want to. And let me tell you, it's such an incredible feeling.
Wondering: What life is going to be like in a year. Heck, what life is going to be like in two months.
Feeling: Loved. Happy. Thankful. Blessed.
I love you all so much.
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