I only have three and a half more days of winter break left, so I really have to haul ass on my homework. My goal for today is to finish all of my AP Bio work and my AP Bio extra assignment, then to read 15 pages of Heart of Darkness and answer 5 questions. I want to have this finished by no later than 9:30, that way I can watch Her before I go to bed. Andy's in Canada, so I won't be slowed down/distracted from texting him or anyone else, and I'm going to wait at least one hour before taking a break. Here goes nothing...

Last Night

Last night was a ton of fun! Abby and Dylan got along great with Andy, and he was actually sorta social which is a huge step for him! I was really happy to see that he was having a good time. He told a few stories (which is rare when he's even around his own friends), responded to questions with more than just two words, and overall looked like he was very happy to be there! It was great to see. 

We ate a TON of food (but I managed to stay within my calorie limit for my diet, miraculously), watched Good Morning, Vietnam and Bob's Burgers, nearly fell asleep before midnight (Abby did fall asleep a few times, though), and then watched the Ball Drop in Times Square! It was a great night in great company, and I wish that they all could've spent the night.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OHIO!!!!!

I have about an hour until everybody comes over, yay!!!!

It's been a pretty lazy day so far, but currently my allergies are destroying me. Ugggggggh I hate sniffles!!!!

New Year's Eve Y'all

Good morning!!! Well, almost noon, but whatever!!! I'm pretty excited for today, because New Year's Eve is one of my favorite celebrations! I love thinking forward and looking towards the future, and what better time to do that than New Year's Eve? It's such a hopeful, pleasant time if you're in the right company. Typically, we ring in the new year at our neighbors' house, but this year we're hosting. A bunch of my parents' friends are coming over, and then Abby, Dylan, and Andy are coming as well! I'm SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!!

Contemplating North Korea for some odd Reason

I just watched a really fascinating documentary on North Korea. With the whole hullabaloo (ohhh I love that word) with the Seth Rogen and James Franco stoner-comedy The Interview it's seemed pretty essential as of late to really understand what is happening in that country. Having been the butt of jokes in America for ages, it's easy to believe that the country itself is not a threat. However, I (and I'm sure many other people) had heard and read stories that seemed too cruel to be true: tales of a mass execution in a stadium- the offense being watching American movies (despite the vast film collection of the country's supreme leader), stories from escaped guards of the brutal work camps, and the stories of expatriates who miraculously survived the hardship of escaping the country. It seems surreal to think that in a world where everybody is so so connected and involved with one another, one lone, small nation is telling the rest of the world where they can stick their globalization efforts while simultaneously destroying all of its citizens through boundless cruelty. The worst part is, no nation has truly stepped up to say "Hey, this is wrong." Part of that comes from the nuclear power that small nation possesses, but nonetheless it is still shocking that hardly effort has been taken to help those brainwashed, dying people. With America's tendency to take on wars in order to "preserve and promote democracy," why aren't we putting effort into doing that where it's needed most? 

I guess the blatantly obvious answer to that question is that North Korea has nothing to offer us in return (coughcoughMIDDLEEASTERNOILcough). It's kinda shameful.

Tonight we went to my dad's swearing-in ceremony! It was basically an hour and a half of meeting strangers and getting awkward hugs from creepy old men that I hardly know! 10/10 would not do again. On the bright side, I won't have to go to any more of those events since my dad has six years to go before he needs to run again!

Believe it or not, I actually exercised today! I went on a short walk with my dog and my sister. My sister's been on a health kick, so she's been using all these different apps. She showed me a few. I like the MyFitnessPal app. It's really easy to use and it covers a lot of bases. 

I have a headache right now and I kinda need to take a nap but I lack the motivation to turn off the lights in my room. Ohhh lazy-girl First-World problems...

Hello world! I haven't done much today, but I did make the breakfast of champions! I made a breakfast sandwich with egg whites, cheese, and Canadian bacon and then I made myself a smoothie with strawberries, spinach, a little banana (I detest bananas and will only put a tiny amount in the smoothies I make), and some orange juice! It was all really delicious. I plan on getting some exercise today. I really need to get back on track with my health.

In the words of Ice Cube, today was a good day; I didn't even have to use my A-K.

Tonight

Andy and I had a wonderful time tonight! After exchanging gifts (he got me some movies, I got/constructed a director's chair for him and had a Beatles calendar for him too!) we went out for sushi. He has never had it before. He struggled a little with chopsticks, but it was pretty adorable! He tried the California Roll (the "beginners' roll"/ the roll for people that aren't really that into sushi but still want to eat it in order to look cool), and wasn't a big fan of it because it has more avocado than anything else, which washes out the rest of the flavors. I had a "Spicy Phoenix Roll" which is crab, spicy shrimp, and spicy crayfish (it's not spicy at all) with delicious crispy crunchy bits wrapped up in sesame seeded rice and this sweet rice paper. It's sooooo good. It comes with this dipping sauce which has a little spice to it, but overall it's fairly sweet. He tried that, and decided that the next time we get sushi, he's just going to get what I get since I know what I'm doing! We spent the rest of the night making fun of rom-coms and Adam Sandler movies that were on cable and eating homemade ice cream (his older sister is an AMAZING dessert chef- she made a whole plethora of cookies for Christmas, regularly bakes cakes and cupcakes from scratch, and then had made dark chocolate/cayenne pepper/cinnamon ice cream and vanilla ice cream with cherry cobbler inside of the ice cream!). It was a fantastic night, and I wouldn't have traded anything that happened today, from running errands with my sister this morning to typing this post. It couldn't get better!

12/29/14

Today my sister and I went on a bunch off errands for my mom. It was fun at first, but then it got really tiring. On the bright side, I had a really delicious lunch at Skyway (a drive-in burger place) with her, and Andy's roommate/best friend Matt was our waiter. We tipped well! I'm going to see Andy in about an hour. I'm excited! We're going to get sushi, which he's never had before. I've been craving a particular sushi roll, so I'm pumped!

Goodnight!!!!

Despite the fact that I had to go to 3/4ths of a mass today, it was pretty great overall. I'm excited for tomorrow because I'm FINALLY going to see Andy! He's been back from school for three weeks now, but I haven't been able to see him at all between finals, being sick, and then both of our work schedules. And it kinda sucks cuz I'll only get to see him once over break since he's heading up to Canada with his family for the remainder of break. I don't know exactly when I'm going to get to see him next. He may be coming back home for my birthday next month, but that's not set in stone yet so I'm not certain that it'll happen. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, though.

This is a very good day ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I OFFICIALLY HAVE A ROOMMATE HOLY CRAP

OH MY GOODNESS THE GIRL FROM COLUMBUS WHO I WANT TO ROOM WITH SAID SHE'D LOVE TO ROOM WITH ME TOO SO WE MADE IT OFFICIAL THIS IS SO EXCITING YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!!

DePaul Playlist

Someone in the DePaul Facebook group made a Spotify playlist of everybody's favorite songs, and it's pretty rad! I tried to link it, but it wouldn't work. You can look it up though. It's under the title "DePual 2019" (he made it at 2AM, so spelling kinda went out the window...).

I haven't started any of my homework for over break oops oops oops I don't care oops oops oops

Roommate Situation Update!!!

So after the whole smoker/non-smoker debacle, a girl from Columbus ,essaged me over the housing site, and we may room together! She seems really cool; we do a lot of the same activities in school, and we're both planning on majoring in digital cinema at DePaul. I hope that I end up rooming with her, she's very nice! Plus it'll be easier to cancel all of the other requests I sent if we decide to request each other.

I had to go to mass this morning (uggggghhhhh) but I managed to sneak out early and went to Dunkin Donuts to kill time. I tried the Sugar Cookie Iced Coffee that they have, and oh my goodness was it delicious!!!!! I'm not a big fan of coffee in general (not a surprise, coming from a former Starbucks employee), but Dunkin has some fantastic coffee drinks. 10/10 would drink again. Five stars!!!

Goodnight!

12/27/14

Work today was okay. It was incredibly slow during the last three hours. Only ten people came into the store over that period of time. It got to the point where my manager let me take a nap in the back room! It was kinda boring, but I at least got extra hours to make up for the time I lost when I was sick. I don't work at all next week, and I'm cool with that! Now, I'm just kinda tired.

Work Yesterday

Okay, so yesterday was pretty eventful! First, I had to take our new LTE on a field trip to the food court at the mall because he had no idea that there was one! Secondly, an Evangelical Christian lady gave me a pamphlet on "How to Know You're Going to Heaven" since I helped her find shoes for her grandmother. She wanted to make sure I would be able to join her there, since she knew she would be going to heaven. She also gave one to my friend Courtney, who was ringing her up! Then, an old white lady told the new LTE, Brad, that he looked like Tiger Woods. He doesn't. Not even remotely! After he was done talking to her, he went on the radio and said "The only thing Tiger Woods and I have in common is that we're both lightskinned black guys!" and then every few minutes our manager would come over the radio and chant "Tiger Woods y'all Tiger Tiger Woods y'all" and everyone would just start randomly laughing! Then, I dropped part of a desk on my foot which was ehhhhh.

I love the people I work with, but right now I don't wanna go to work today...

Boxing Day 2014

It was a looooong day at work today and I'm beat. I have some solid stories, but I'm too tired to type anything! I'll update on that tomorrow, Goodnight!