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!!!!!!!!!!