The weather

So on Friday it was soo cold. I could see my breath, which is perfect "stay inside and study" weather. But now when it's crunch time it's of course beautiful outside! This seriously makes studying so much harder because I just want to be outside and enjoy it. At home, it's never perfect like this. It's either cold or really really hot. I know when I go home in a few weeks it will be disgustingly hot and humid, and I'm not excited about that! When Boone is having bad weather, it's just bad. But when Boone decides to be pretty, it's absolutely beautiful. My mom shared an article with me on Facebook about how Boone was #2 on a list for hidden diamonds in the rough in America. I will agree to that when it's pretty outside. These are the days I will miss the most when I eventually leave Boone and move on. Happy studying, y'all!

Here's the link to that article in case anyone wanted to take a look!
http://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalsBlog/2015/04/17/tripadvisor-hidden-gems-13-us-towns-diamonds-in-rough/#.VTu4e3CcDNw.facebook

Finals

Can finals just cease to exist? Like who ever thought this was a good idea? "Hey, let's give them tests all in the same week and in all of their classes and see if they make it out alive." The studying that is required for a week such as exam week is not physically, mentally, or emotionally healthy. Even if you're the most non-procrastinating person ever, you can't say exam week is easy. I had the bright idea of taking 17 hours this semester. Five 3 hour classes and two 1 hour classes. It's been... interesting, to say the least. All I've got left is to finish Klein's methods paper, one presentation to give, two online exams, Coleman's "exam," and four finals that I actually need to worry about and do well on. Praying next Friday comes soon. Rant over.

Happy finals! Good luck y'all, we're almost done!

Curling My Hair

I don't know about y'all, but I just can't curl my own hair. I don't know why, but out of all the things I have the ability to do, curling hair is not one of them. Wands don't work on my hair (I'm pretty sure a wand would be easier to do?) because my hair is kind of naturally frizzy. So I need my hair to be heated on both sides, which only works with a good-quality clamp curling iron. There's a lot of technique to it that I don't understand. My friend, Leah, curls my hair all the time and I love it when it's curly. But put that thing in my hand and it's not gonna turn out well. She tries to work with me, but I just think it's a lost cause. I even bought a pretty expensive curling iron to practice with over the summer and hopefully I'll get the hang of it. Leah is even a "real blogger" and actually just posted a video today of how to curl your hair. Of course though, with exams on the horizon I have no time to practice. Maybe over the summer I'll watch her blog video about 47389747389732 times. Pray for me. 

Concussion

So, this past weekend at tryouts I got a concussion. An inexperienced flyer fell out of a stunt and when I went to catch her I got a shoulder to the left side of my head. I felt a sharp pain and then saw nothing but white for about 10 seconds afterwards. I knew that it was a bad hit to my head, but at first I honestly thought I was fine.... Until later that night when I had all the symptoms of a concussion: headache, dizziness, sensitivity to light and sound, inability to focus my eyes, and a foggy feeling. I kind of brushed it off and told myself I would be fine, but then Monday in class I realized that I was certainly not fine. On Tuesday I went to my trainer and he made me take the concussion test. Sure enough, I have a pretty bad one and so this past week has been hard. My head constantly hurts, I have a hard time focusing, my eyes are always blurry, and I am constantly tired. With this being the busiest time of the school year, I've felt so stressed and helpless. I'm hoping my symptoms go away soon, but with all this schoolwork and staring at the computer, I'm basically not healing at all, but I feel like I have no choice. I really wish there was something I could do to fix this, but my head hurts now just from looking at the computer to do this blog. Ugh.  

My sister's birthday

So this past Tuesday my sister, Lidi, turned EIGHT. How did she get so big? I have no idea. Every time I see her I am shocked by how grown up she looks and how incredibly beautiful and smart she is. This is the first year that she has not wanted a "real" birthday party and I'm honestly kind of glad. Don't get me wrong, I want her to have the birthday party that she wants. But I have never enjoyed dealing with 30 screaming kids running around the rock climbing place, the indoor pool, our house, or the park (to name a few past birthday party venues). This year she wanted to take her very best friend, Natalie, to the American Girl Cafe. It's the restaurant that's inside the new American Girl Doll store in Southpark Mall in Charlotte. She absolutely loves that store and the restaurant is a three course meal, fine dining experience where she and her friend get to pick out a gift and will receive goody bags. Then, Natalie is staying the night for a sleepover, which will be filled with giggles, popcorn, and candy. I wish I could go back to being eight sometimes. She's so excited, which makes me happy. Lidi's family birthday is on Sunday afternoon and I really want to be there to see my whole family, but I have my first team practice on Sunday at two. This means I need to head for the mountain at about 10:30am on Sunday morning. ): 

Well, y'all pray for me because even though Lidi isn't having a crazy hectic birthday party with 30 screaming little girls, the American Girl Doll store is chalk full of them. Have a good weekend everyone!  

My New Apartment

As the end of the school year is coming quickly I am realizing that in just a little over two weeks, I will be moved OUT of my current apartment for forever. I am so excited. I have lived in that apartment for two long years and it's safe to say that I am 100% over it. My situation with my roommates has been... rough, to say the very least. Early last semester I came to the conclusion that I am done living with people and that I will not live with another person until I am married. I know that makes me sound so stuck up and antisocial, but it's true (sorry). I hate other people's messes, loud noises, and dirtiness. Maybe my current living situation has just left me with a bad taste in my mouth, but oh well. I am moving out on May 9th and a girl is subleasing my room for the summer while I'm at home working my butt off. On August 1st I am moving into a cute and cozy one bedroom apartment with a deck that has a breathtaking view of the mountains. I am so excited to sit out on my porch in the mornings and just relax with my coffee. Most importantly, I am excited to have my own space that is clean and quiet. It will be perfect for the stressful senior classes, GRE preparation, and grad school applications that I will be dealing with by then. I can't wait!

April = birthdays

So I'm not exactly sure why, but about 75% of my friends and family have birthdays that fall in the month of April. My aunt has six kids and five of them have April birthdays! Not to mention they're all old enough to begin procreating and now they're having children whose birthdays are, of course, in April. I also have one other cousin with an April birthday. Then, it's my sister Lidia's birthday tomorrow actually (she'll be 8!). Three of my best friends also have April birthdays. How does this happen???

I don't know, but I need a little more time in between all these birthday's to afford presents and birthday celebrations. I'm going broke! Of course though, my friends and family are 100% worth it and they can't help when they were born. I should really just start saving up in advance. Maybe I'll start saving in January to budget for April? I don't know. There's also the problem of what I should even get them all. My cousins are easier because their mom gives me ideas. But my friends are always "I don't need anything, don't worry about it." But I'm not going to get them nothing so I search high and low on King Street for a unique, reasonably priced gift that is different for each of them. I just really hope they all like their gifts and that I financially get through the month of April!

I must just have a thing for people who were born in April?