a little april update

thirteen tips to help the average person survive freshman year:

1. don't take chemistry. just had to get that out there right off the bat. it is the worst.
2. don't forget to eat. surprisingly an easy thing to forget to do when you have classes all. day. long.
3. treat yourself sometimes. buy a nasty sugar coffee drink and sit down for 5 seconds.
4. provide yourself with alone time. it's easy to forget your purpose when you never have time to think your own thoughts. read. draw. go for a walk.
5. don't let people talk down to you. they're here for the same reason.
6. ask for help sometimes. it's not the end of the world.
7. get a job! you don't have to work 100 hours a week but it's nice to have that place on campus where you have a little bit of control.
8. put your bed by the window. seriously the best thing ever.
9. do nice things for your peers. help them with homework, walk them to class. be selfless.
10. pull a few all nighters. it gives you perspective.
11. explore. plan things. give yourself something to look forward to so you don't drown in your overwhelming mixture of work load and self pity.
12. make a blog but never post to it.
13. just take the elevator.

xo

finals are coming...

brace yourselves.

want to see what my life is like?

oops did you say no?

sorry ive been away so long. 

here's a few weird things that have happened:

1. I DID A NO CARB DIET. it sucked. i will probably never do it again. but... yeah.

2. i finished midterms. what? yeah.

3. i visited carolyn in chicago! twice! #whoa.

4. my time at epic came to a close. sad. very sad.

5. i became very ambitious and am applying at a new school! it has a 7% acceptance rate. i might die just thinking about it actually. lets move on.

6. MY VERY GOOD FRIEND, STACEY, IS NOW HAPPILY MARRIED! she had a beautiful wedding and she looked beautiful and the whole experience was just real beautiful.

7. i went home and washed my dog.

8. RUSS CAME HOME! hi, russ. he showed me Dr. Horrible. you should probably watch it right........ now.

9. i almost lit on fire in my chemistry (lab? no. it was the) discussion. you can thank electrical engineering for that one.

thank you and good night!

weekends at college

This is my & my roommate, Caroline.

Happy debut on my blog, my love!

THIS is a very hilarious picture from the internet.

it has no intellectual or rational value whatsoever.

therefore: pure hilarity.

and THIS is caroline re-inacting:

freakishly similar, i know.

My sister came and stayed with us on Friday night, too!

twas her 15th birthday : )

enjoy the weekend!

xo

motivation

are you in need of a little inspiration this week?

i know i was.

i was finding that listening to my worship music made me REALLY not want to study,

so i bought this album on iTunes ($7.99, not too terrible)

and it seems to be just what i needed! :)

happy tuesday!

wait... it's seriously only tuesday...?

oh gosh.

dorm life.

...has been pretty chilly lately.

first college exam... check

SUCCESS!

this is me really excited that my first chem exam is over!

AND IT WASN'T THAT BAD!!

sorry for my awkward face.

home

so, this past weekend, I went home to see Cami off to the airport early Sunday morning.

(she's in Israel! Until December. Which is way too long by the way)

anyway, while I was home I realized I had forgotten a few things about it.

1. The water pressure in the shower doubles as a massage. & I love it.

2. I don't have to use all my might to open the bathroom door! The knob works like a charm (unlike the one here... many bathroom lock-in scares. especially for my roommate!).

3. I don't have to ask to turn off the lights!

4. I can visit Jesse at work when I want to.

5. There's no good place to do homework (hence the visiting jesse's starbucks).

6. There's a lot of food to eat.

7. I CAN TAKE NAPS!!!! whoa.

8. I have more shoes than I remember.

9. There's a dog that loves me.

life update.

So, College has engulfed me. what did you expect?

I do homework.

a lot.

i miss carolyn.

a lot.

the church bells ring.

a lot.

last day with best friend.

of course we needed a photo shoot!

until late september...

I'm alive!

so just in case you were nervous about that, 

i survived my first 2 days of classes!

First day: i had all 5 classes, got all 5 syllabi, which means i saw a flash view of the entire semester.

let me tell you, it was overwhelming & very stressful. 

most of my classes are 10 times bigger than the ones i had in high school

so it seemed like i'd never meet anyone/feel totally alone.

but never fear, my second day was much better!

I had my first engineering discussion session, where i met some other aspiring

engineers/did not feel totally alone.

here's a few things that have happened since my frantic list of 17:

1. I set up my printer! see?

2. I made a friend all by myself! (you know you are not the typical social butterfly when you start conversations with "oh i can help you set up your school email on your smartphone! Here's the domain...server...etc.")

3. MY BFF CAME TO VISIT ME! here she is.

4. Carolyn appropriately decorated my desk/laptop:

5. I watched the sun rise!

6. JESSE VISITED ME!!! as you can see i was a little pumped. and he stayed with me all day :) :) :)

7. i went to the lakefront with him!!

8. I took a college selfie in the dorm! (actually i took a few. shhh)

9. I successfully locked myself out of my dorm & my lovely roommate came & saved me. She rocks. That was bound to happen, I'm glad it's out of the way & I can get on with my life.

10. I bought engineering paper! yes, there is such a thing.

11. I wrote a paper for my english class basically saying how much i hate english. I know what you're thinking. already jules? yes, i just did that.

So i'm surviving here, successfully staying up later than my roommates & being annoying with the lights on. ah well, tis the college life.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoodjfadjvodfjgo!!!!!!!!!!

17 facts about my college life you probably don't want to know but i will tell you anyway.

1. i live on the 8th floor. there is always a line for the elevator. so i climb (family, don't be alarmed if my thighs have grown by the time you see me next).
2. my bed is in the corner of the dorm, outlooking two windows creating a nice panorama of Milwaukee. i get the breezes. i get the city sounds. i really like it. see? I'm here right now!

3. i live right in the middle of campus so i can walk anywhere without it being a total hassle. also- they serve good food. +1 marquette.

4. today i went to walgreens & spent just under $100.

5. i really like this new laptop.

6. i already text jesse telling him i miss him like crazy & have already told my mom everything that has happened.

7. i forgot some of the most essential things including: hangers (honestly i did not know i would have room to hang things... when i found this out i was very pleased... except that all the things i need to hang are currently in a big pile waiting for hangers & will most likely need to be ironed), my printer, my water bottle (so i bought a 12 pack of coke zero at walgreens to hold me over. jesse- I'm not ready to do that whole giving up soda thing yet), my planner, shorts, ibuprofen (sorry but thats essential. don't worry i bought a bottle of 1000 at walgreens. also they didn't check to make sure I'm 18. i am 18... do you have to be 18? i don't know.), ... I'm sure there's more. Maggie had a list. We left the house without my laptop yesterday which was pretty funny but i figured that out before we were out of my neighborhood.

8. i don't have my books yet.

9. Whenever i think about how hard my schedule is i just want to eat food & not think about it. (great start, hey?)
10. so far bugs don't like traveling up 8 stories either which kind of rocks since i hate bugs.
11. people here are really interested to know each other & be best friends which weirds me out sometimes. but sometimes its kind of fun.
12. i have cool roommates.
13. i realized last night I'm on my own now & will probably never live at home again for longer than a summer. this made me a little sad.
14. i know i already talked about food, but there are 4 (i think) marquette cafeterias (one of which is all italian food... i die) & approximately 8 billion other places to eat that are so satisfyingly close i can't even contain my joy. or maybe i can....
15. i condone visitors.
16. people at marquette REALLY like marquette.
17. i want to venture on the bus system but i am scared to go alone. however i desperately need to find a goodwill & purchase some dorm decorations. if you follow me on instagram (juliacullinan) you have learned that the room is very white.

hope you are all having a lovely day.

xoxo

college.

so i am now officially a college student...

with this amazing view of the beautiful Milwaukee...

enrolled at Marquette University.

classes start on monday, 

and until then- awkward orientation meetings!

ice breakers that do more harm than good!

and settling into my new home.

some funny things that happened today:
1. sooooooo do you have any...siblings?
..yep.
2. *girls from the floor go to dinner*
*everyone gets salad*
3. *walk into dorm*
oh hey..!
hey! hi! hey! hey! hey! hi! whats your name?
who are all these people?!

xo

special shout out to all the staff that helped on move-in day. you were exceptionally friendly & welcoming.

another shout out to my family & boyfriend for calming me down & sending me off!

L O V E Y O U ! 

g r a d u a t i o n !

yesterday i finally graduated from high school!

 after 4 long years i never thought this day would come.

coming from the girl who hated high school, i did develop new friendships this year

that i will dearly miss when fall comes.

but until then..

IT'S SUMMER!!

xoxo

#2

today i got this...

 & this was inside..

yeah : )