Colder Weather, Pizza and Wishlists

Today was a colder day. What is this madness?

I need to wake up earlier to go to Valsets for breakfast because I am running out of breakfast foods. Today I ate my last Bagel Thin and I have no more Peanut Butter Crunch. Only Cheerios, but still. Besides, I need to use my money on my food card.

One thing that I've been seeing today are that the cleaning people are ALWAYS cleaning. Both times I sat down at a table in the hall today the cleaning guy had to come in RIGHT then. I kind of snapped at him, which I feel bad about now. It's just a little annoying.

What else happened today... Went to the coffee shop on campus, had classes, had this pizza thing in the common area with our residential professor... It was a good day.

I've noticed I've been really negative lately and it's got to stop. When I write, I seem to write only about the bad things. However, life is awesome!

Another thing that makes life awesome? My birthday is on the 22nd of this month! I'm excited, even though nothing happens when you turn 19. It's just you last year of teenagerdom. Even though I've received my birthday presents via school clothes, I still have a wish list:

About the Artist Dress

I love Modcloth stuff. My favorite pair of shoes is from modcloth!

You've Got it Jade Dress

Another dress from ModCloth. Cute!

Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Edition

I think this book looks really interesting. I browsed through the restaurant version in a bookstore, and it was fun to look at.

Itunes Giftcards

I've been wanting new music, but I'm a good little kid and don't want to steal it!

Wireless Headphones

During my runs, my headphone wires are always bouncing around obnoxiously. It would be really cool to have wireless ones! Since I'm mentioning running, I ran another short run 1.73 miles in 15 minutes due to lack of time.

Last thing on my wishlist was this cookbook for single serving cupcakes you can make in a microwave with a mug! How fun is that?
Even though I know I won't get all of these things, it's always fun to make wish lists. See you all tomorrow!

Do you have a wish list? What's on your wishlist?

Grilled Cheesus and Cousin Dinner

Today is Wednesday... yes? Oh goodness, the days are all mixing together.

It is a good time right now because I do not have any homework. No homework due until Monday, how lovely! What happened today, anyway?

Well, last night was PB and Glee night which was fun! And Grilled Cheesus? Hilarious.

Classes were alright today. The one thing that I noticed was that I was the only one who didn't seem to act like I was dying in history class... It could be because it's an 8am class that people hate it so much. Eh, doesn't bother me.
I'm still waiting to get info on the running club, but I have gotten info from the dragon boat team! I'm considering joining... Unless running club takes up more time. Or if I join. Who knows!
Today I ran for 15 minutes for... 1.65 miles? I'll have to check it. I decided more speed (in my case) for a shorter time since I had weight training today.
Oh! I found out that my run for Sunday was 2.8 miles. I'll have to run more! That's why I'm hoping to join the running team.

I went to dinner with my cousins Ali and Laci at a restaurant called the Ram. It was delicious fun!



Laci, Ali and I

Laci is in graduate school living in Salem and Ali goes to school in Salem, so we are all pretty close to each other. An interesting thing about me and my family is that we are all really close. I've noticed  that a lot of people usually see their family maybe once a year, but my cousins and I are all love to hang out with each other.

I had a super delicious sandwich with bbq meatloaf or something. My fridge is starting to fill up with leftovers!



I ate too many fries. This sandwich was huge!

Right now I'm chilling in the common area with some of my hall mates. It's all good.

Are you close to your family? Why or why not?

Zumba and Craving

One thing that should not be allowed is me writing a blog entry with the influence of mood swings. My goodness!

Last night, Sabrina, Leihua, Katelyn and I went to Zumba club. It was so much fun! Definately going again next week.

Katelyn has been staying in the room now, and I don't know if I like it as much. Let me explain:
I have this whole process of slowing getting to the point of sleep. Right when I'm almost there...
*Click!*
Katelyn comes in. And I know she's going to turn on the light, so I duck under my covers. It throws me off! I suppose that's part of living in a dorm room, ha.

Today I was thinking about how I'm doing in classes. I'm worried that I'll end up getting just alright in. Always doing well, but not quite exceptional. I'll keep working!
I've also been RAVENOUS today! I wonder why? (ahem).

I emailed the head people for the dragon boat team and the running club yesterday. I'm thinking one of the things might be fun! Even though I'm not the greatest runner, that would be okay right? He still needs to email me back though.
Speaking of running, I went on a little run on the treadmill today! I went 3.06 miles for 30 minutes, but when I was done I still felt like I could run more! I'll have to start upping my running/time.

Tonight I'm going to PB and Glee night down on the main floor! Get excited!
I have not watched last week's SNL yet. This is tragic.

I'll leave you guys with a picture of a letter I'm sending to my friend!

What do you guys do when you have crazy cravings?

Learning to be social

I'm not sure if it was all of the Diet Pepsi I drank at the surprise party or my room mate making me get out of bed to let her in just as I was falling asleep, but I did not sleep well at all last night. Ick.

I know it's only a little bit into the school year, but I've been feeling really alone. I hate for this to be a downer post, but I'm feeling a bit down. I've been trying really hard to make friends, but I'm having the same thing happen that always happens to me where I feel like I don't really click with anyone right. Katelyn clicks so much better with Sabrina and Lehua than I do because they like things that I'm not into. And Danyon has her Wyoming friends that she's always with. Where do I fit in? I'm still looking into clubs, I'm trying so hard! But why is it so much harder for me? And yes, I know we should be the best us, but it's hard when people are doing what you want to be doing so much better.
That's the same with guys. Somehow when I try to talk to guys, there never want to talk to me but when Katelyn tries they are all into her. I try all of the tricks that everyone tells me, but it never works! Do I scare them off?

Ugh, this is depressing me more. (I could also be a bit down due to lack of sleep and you know what...) Let's end on a positive note! I'm going to go to Zumba club tonight, hopefully it will be fun!

How do you get to know people in a new situation? How do make friends?

Running Outside and Parties! (Or lack thereof)

Last  night turned out to be just another bleh night. We were going to a party, but then our ride fell through, and I was not going to be the designated driver. I didn’t want to because I am always the DD. Also, under no circumstance will I drive with anything in my system. Because that’s STUPID. A first happened last night: My room mate slept in the dorm last night! I couldn’t believe it, but it was because the person’s house she stays at was mad at her.

I love the feeling of running in the morning because even though you haven’t done a lot the rest of the morning, it feels like you’ve accomplished a ton. I was planning to run on a treadmill in the RSC, but it was closed. I wanted to run then, so I ran into the countryside. It was actually very nice. I love running outside because the scenery is amazing in Oregon. An unpleasant thing on my run is that I felt a bit out of breath. This has been happening for my last runs, and I don’t know why. Any ideas? For mileage, I have no idea because my Run keeper on my phone bugged out and said I ran 14 miles in 30 minutes. Would be nice, but... (Maybe it’s because I have the free version…)

After running, I received a call from the Safety Department on campus. It turns out I had dropped my license on the way out running. Thank goodness someone found it!
Lunchtime I went with my roomie and two other girls from our dorm to a bagel place my cousin told me about. It was pretty yummy!



This was my bagel called The Oregonian.

Tonight I drove down to Eugene for my Aunt’s surprise 50th birthday party. It was so fun, and she was so surprised! The only weird thing was that everyone there was older than me except my adorable little second cousins, but they’re 5 months and 2 years old.
I’ve been trying to read my body’s signs more lately. I want to be able to understand when I’m actually hungry, but sometimes it’s so hard to tell what your body wants. I’ve also been trying to chew my food longer and slower. While I was at my cousin’s house for their homecoming, I read something in a magazine saying how we take fewer bites now than a few years ago. I’ve done pretty well on this the last two days, but when I ate birthday cake at my Aunt’s birthday I just inhaled it. Not a good thing to do. I’ll keep working on it.
It’s Sunday evening, and that means weigh in! I checked the scale, and it read 128 lbs again! I was surprised because I’ve eaten out a lot this week. Maybe I’ve been actually listening to my body?
When I was at the birthday party, I wanted to take pictures. I was all ready for it, but once I saw all of the nice cameras that everyone else had I felt ridiculous with my sad little silver guy. Do you guys ever feel camera shy? How do you get over the fear of taking pictures? Also, what motivates you to run? Lately I've been really inspired by the blog http://healthyashley.blogspot.com/ . It's a pretty fun blog to read. I read pretty much all foodie blogs and it makes me want to post food pics. But it's that camera shyness again. Anywho, that's all from me!

Laundry Day

Boy, I am tired, and I don't know why.

 Not much to say about today. I did laundry after I came home? That's about it.

There's nothing like fresh out fo the dryer laundry.
I might do something fun tonight! We'll see!
(Sorry this is a boring post, but I just can't think of what to write about!)

My stereotypical college outfits...

Friday Friday Friday! Thank goodness it's Friday. Sadly enough, there is not much excitment in Monmouth on a Friday, so here I am once again in Canby. Alright, it's also because my cousin became Freshmen Homecoming Princess! How fun.

Hanging out with my cousin was fun, but it was kind of difficult because even though we're cousins, we are so different. I always forget how preppy she can act.

It was nice having only two hours of classes today, and then just being done. Today, my plans have changed a million times. It all started out with yesterday hearing there was a party going on tonight in town I was like, "Yes! Finally, something in town!" Then today around lunch I found out the party was in Corvallis. Everything is in Corvallis. I don't WANT to go back there, I want to escape my old home ya know? Then it was like, "Wait, we don't know what we're doing, maybe we could go hang out with my brother (Katelyn)?" Umm... I don't really want to party with Katelyn's brother. It's weird. SO, here I am. It's fun.

I've been trying to be the cute dresser for school, with fun dresses and shoes. Unfortunately, I've become the sporty dresser. This is because I have athletic classes 4 times a week, so I have to dress down! I suppose I just have to make it work.

I seriously can't concentrate right now because I am surrounded by talking. See you all later!