exciting news

so today i went out and did something crazy.
i bought a kitten.
i know, i know but like i said, crazy.

her name is kobie (pronounced kobe) and she is so active, playful and so freakin adorable. she loves to give me kisses. it's sooo cute!! now there are a few problems with this whole kitten thing... 1 being that the apartment complex doesn't allow kittens (oops! lol) so we have to keep her a secret. 2 being that willie is allergic and it will be a little bit of a problem if he can't come over any more. now he was the one who told me i should go and get her and we had a little test run tonight to see how he would react with kobie around and he seemed to be ok. but we really need to do a few more test runs to see how he does. if he ends up being really allergic, poor kobie will have to find a new home :( hopefully that doesn't happen though.

ps: kobie is actually asleep on my chest right now. she's such a sweetie ♥


so my other exciting news ... well i guess i can't really call it news since it hasn't happened yet ... but i've decided to get a tattoo. i'm going to try to go monday but if it's closed (because of labor day), it will have to wait until tuesday or wednesday but i'm pretty excited/nervous. i've decided i'm going to get the chinese symbol for love (partly because of my fortune cookie saying lol) on the right indent by my hip. hopefully you know where i'm talking about but if not, i don't really know how else to explain it haha. but elizabeth and willie are going to come with me so i won't be as nervous (i'm pretty afraid of needles so i'm not sure how that's going to work...). i really hope it doesn't hurt. *fingers crossed* i've wanted a tattoo for a while now but just couldn't decide what i wanted. well i've finally decided and if i don't do it right away, i'll never end up going through with it. yay i'm pretty excited.

and another exciting thing is it's a 4 day weekend for me!! no classes tomorrow (like always!) or monday because of labor day. hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!! happy labor day!

new

so my new word for this month is new.

new school year.
new apartment.
new roommates.
new friends.
new outlook.

if you know me, you know i've had a roller coaster summer. lots of ups and downs. now i'm not complaining because it has made me a stronger person (or i hope it has, at least) and i believe everything happens for a reason so for me it was a good thing.

now i can say (with confidence, i might add) i'm starting this new school year with a new outlook. this year is about me. i know that sounds selfish but i'm focusing on my wants and needs, not anyone else's (which was part of my problem last semester and over the summer). i went to a chinese restaurant the other day and inside my fortune cookie it said "your first and last love is ... self-love." it was fate. i realized i'm never gonna be happy unless i make myself happy first.

first thing that makes me happy right now - my new apartment! i loove love love it!! the feeling of freedom is amazing. yes, i love my family and i miss them sometimes but it's nice to have a place i can call my own. i have the alone time i need but then i also have great company.

which brings me to my next happiness. my new roommates! they are awesome. we get along so well! we all really just clicked. i'm kinda the "odd man out" so to speak but that's perfectly fine with me. there is lauren, lindsay, and liz. yes all L's.... it gets confusing sometimes but we work through it lol. lauren and lindsay are on the softball team here at state and liz is on the club basketball team. so not only am i the only non-L, lauren calls me the only "normal one" because i'm not crazy enough to play a sport. haha i guess i can take that as a compliment. i don't mind being the only non-athlete. i can hold down the fort when they are all out conditioning or at games.

liz, me, lindsay, and lauren ♥

ok quick funny story: last night the girls came home from conditioning and were so soar. they didn't want to walk or even get out of bed but willie and andrew showed up with nerf guns. oh yes, for about an hour, we had a full on nerf gun/ball fight. of course lauren and lindsay had great aim so they basically pegged everything they aimed for. it was the most fun i think i've had all summer. i laughed so hard, i couldn't breath and i had tears in my eyes lol it was great. it's a miracle we didn't break anything. and so much for being soar. they sucked it up...

well i guess i'll leave it here for now. i have new classes to go to. tuesday's and thursday's are my hell days (3 classes back to back with only a 15 min break in between). and i'm not a morning person but i have to wake up around 8 on these days (which is VERY hard for me). but i'm trying to have a new outlook and be positive. i can handle it. i will go to class every day. i can do this. i will work hard. and i will earn the grades i deserve.

wish me luck!! moral support would be great. thanks guys!!

welcome to my world

so i first need to say that Veronica is my inspiration for this blog. i am a religious reader of her blog and for the entire summer i thought about starting one but decided against it because who really wants to read about my life. i mean really?! i'm so boring. but i figured it would be a good way to vent, ramble and keep everyone informed at the same time. i feel like i won't have enough to write about but i guess i won't know until i try, so here it goes...

wish me luck!! and thanks V!