Wish I could Listen Now...

So it's here!
TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM SPEAK NOW!

I bought it this morning around 4:30. My brother and sisters can attest to this fact since I sent them an email at 4:51 a.m. telling them how much I loved it.

And I do love it. Her songs like her are amazing!
And this album sounds much different from her 1st and 2nd album, which in my opinion did not sound the same themselves. I just wish I could listen to it all day!

BUT I CAN'T.

Not because I'm too busy to have Taylor Swift plugged in my ear all day,
but because after I RAN across the parking lot to catch the bus,
I discovered my headphones have decided to quit working.

That means, that although I have a brand new amazing album loaded on my iPod,
I will be stuck reading my textbooks in silence.

I'm trying to see this as a good thing though -- I mean on a day like today
-- the day I've been waiting for for WEEKS (no joke ask my roommates) -- the day Speak Now actually comes out-- how can I be upset like a tiny thing like a headphone malfunction?

Two Steps Forward...

One Step Back.

So there I am raising my hand in class,
moving forward in my life, and then the next morning

I STABBED MYSELF WITH A FORK.

I was trying to remove some brownies from a poorly greased pan.

Most responses when I tell this story are something like:
"Don't you know that goes in your mouth not in your thumb?"
Or just plain laughter.

The wound looks to be about a 1/4" an inch deep.

I ran around frantically to find a Band-Aid before I missed the bus,
but I ended just using some toilet paper to stop the blood.
Ah.. the college life.

A Milestone...

For the first time in my life,
I raised my hand in a college class
to make a comment.

I feel so FEARLESS!

This made sound pretty small and silly,
but let me tell you.. definitely a big deal!

My Snuggie!

I wore it to the game and did the wave. Just like the commercial.

I really really really love my Snuggie.

Great Day!

Today...

MY BROTHER COMES HOME!

FROM EL SALVADOR!

I'm so excited!

A MAJORLY Awesome Day!

Can you tell the difference between these two pictures:

What's this? You, too, can tell that the girl in the second picture is some how more confident? She looks like she has direction? You can tell that she is moving forward in her life? You can tell that she not long ago has peered out into the daunting future and decided to CARPE DIEM? You can tell just from that one picture that she has declared to the world that she would not be passed by, she has decided what effect she will have on the world and has moved forward to that goal!?

All that from just one picture. Whew.

So my exciting day has led me to talk about myself in the third person (obviously), but in case you couldn't tell from all that:

I HAVE OFFICIALLY DECLARED MY MAJOR!

YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NEWEST RMYL

(recreation management and youth leadership)

THERAPEUTIC RECREATION EMPHASIS MAJOR!

so watch out world... i'm coming!

Right....

This was the helpful hint from my Daily Fitness Tip:

Find yourself constantly fighting cravings? Check your television intake. Commercial breaks are laden with food cues. Distract yourself with a phone call or some crunches.

Because I so often feel the need to do crunches when I have the munchies. Joke.

Another funny awkward moment of my day that has nothing to do with that.

This story is a little complex. There was a grad student standing in the office getting his computer worked on. There was a man in the doorway talking to my boss who happened to be in my closet/office. There was also a girl standing behind the man that was talking to my boss.
(Got all that?)

So my boss is talking to the gentlemen in my doorway, and I decide to talk to the girl behind him. There's kind of an awkward-too-many-conversations-at-the-same-time-in-a-5-foot-space vibe going on. But it all got worked out. So after all the commotion settled.. I apologized to my boss for kind of interrupting his conversation.

I say: "Sorry if I interrupted your conversation there."
My Boss says: "You did, and now we're going to talk about it."
(It might be necessary to explain that John is always threatening disciplinary action and it never actually happens.)
I say: "Oh man.. Okay.. This is terrible.."

Awkward Grad Students says into the silence:
"So I guess I'll just leave while you work out those ... issues."

I don't know why, but it was so funny.

This is really a filler post to say I'm alive.
I'll get some real stories and pictures up sometime SOON.