Aquarium!

          Yesterday, I went to the Florida Aquarium with a few of my favorite people (Ben, Tyler, and Audrey).

   I'm completely nutzo about animals, fish, and turtles, so the day was basically an excuse for me to act like a little kid again :) I could go on and on and on about how much fun it was, but it'll be easier to just highlight some of the best points:

• crazy duckies
• otters!
• baby seahorses
• glowing jellyfish
• petting stingrays and sharks (loveee)
• the gift shop = a lot of fun if you're silly
• poison dart froggies

        There's a little bit that we didn't get to do, but I will in a few weeks when I go back. Next time I'll get to play with penguins! And by play, I only mean touch, but it's pretty much the same thing right?

Thanks to my obsession, I couldn't help myself and had no option but to leave with a baby turtle :)

  *  Side note: My suitemates moved out this weekend. I really wish that someone could tell me who my new suitemates are going to be/when they're moving in. I keep asking around, but noone seems to have a clue. So if you live in the HoJo right now, you should probably say goodbye to two more people pretty soon! And if you find out that you're moving into my room, pleaseeee let me know! :)

Today's words of advice: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Just Tampa (pics)

Just a few pictures I've taken since arriving at this lovely place I call home :)

Today's words: "Courage is the force that creates history."

October 1

     This week has consisted of me dreading Thursday (which I'm so happy is almost over) because it's busy, but it wasn't ALL bad. The weather for the past 2 days has been absolutely wonderful, and yesterday was by far the best day ever! 

1. The morning started off at a nice, chilly 70-something degrees (and stayed that way)
2. Most beautiful sunset...ever (sad story behind that, but some people will understand.)
3. Brick party? Yes, please! ...my brick gives me a headache. 
4. Animal impersonations--this is what Caitlin and Tyler have to put up with when I'm bored :)

     I had classes today from 10-3 (which really isn't too bad), but I don't like getting out of class in PH 40 minutes early, having to go back to my room for like 20 minutes, to then walk straight back to PH. It gets old very fast, but that's okay :). 

     My day started off with psychology, where I reconfirmed that (based off the NEO Personality Inventory) I'm ridiculously conscientious. Next on the list was criminology, where we learned that "No means no!" It's probably the class I look forward to most of all because I'm genuinely interested in everything we have discussed thus far. 

     The class I look forward to least, though no doubt the easiest so far, is intro to computers. I had to take the word exam today (that I was freaking out over), but it's cool cause I passed and that's all that matters. 

     Tomorrrrrrow is the Global Village Simulation, but I really have no clue what it is. Right now I see it as free food from different countries, and that's about all I know. But free (and hopefully tasty) food is good, so I'm excited :) ...especially since I'm already getting tired of the food on campus (not to mention the moldy bun on my Chick-Fil-A sandwich). Overall, I'm looking forward to this week being over! But then again, who isn't?

Today's words of advice: Take time to put yourself first.

P.S. - I need a photography buddy. The end!

Bricksss & Fires

     I think it's kind of silly how excited I am to be able to paint a brick (besides the fact that I love painting, yet forgot all my supplies). But the main reason is because I didn't want to have to buy a door-stopper, and it seems like my room is the only one where the door doesn't stay open on its own--it's quite frustrating. We've been using my roommates shoe for quite a while, and I think she's going to be glad to have her shoe back! 

     Oh, pop question. What's up with the fire alarms? Stadium has had 2 now, but last night's included a visit from a firetruck (which had pretty lights...but that's not the point).  The whole having to hurry on downstairs in whatever you're wearing (if you're wearing anything) is not very fun. =\ Especially waiting for everyone to get into the elevators, and stopping at every floor.

Today's words of advice: Stopppp pulling the fire alarm!

Thank you :)

September 21

     It seems that a lot of people are moving on-campus from the HoJo, which I think is good! Most people I know of have been loving the hotel, but there's just something about dorm-life that I really enjoy, and hopefully they will, too. But there's also living off-campus, which obviously would be completely different than dorm-life. I actually walked to an apartment complex today just to look around. It was like a 10-15 minute walk, but it really wasn't that bad. Anyone who can afford to live there would surely enjoy it, but I think I'll enjoy Stadium more...so that's where I'm staying!

      I'm still seeing clashes wherever I go, and it's still weird. One thing that I really like about the states is that almost everywhere delivers--AWESOME! I don't think I'd like walking forever to get Chinese food. As a matter of fact, that's going to be my dinner tonight :)

Today's words of advice: Don't fall asleep with a highlighter in your hand.

I just did this while trying to read for pysch aaaand...apparently highlighters stain.

September 17

     I had my first exam the other day for General Psychology w/ Dr. Hardin, and I'm pretty sure I did well :) which is remarkable given the fact that I couldn't study the night before, was up until 2AM with a lot of drama, and had to start studying at 7:30AM--2.5 hours before the test! The same day I had sort of a pop-quiz in Criminology..not so sure how that went, but I'm still crossing my fingers!

     I've been really tired recently, getting to bed late everyday, and wishing my life was a little easier. There hasn't been much book work for my classes yet, but any little bit of work is draining me like crazy. All I truly know is that next week is probably going to be hell for me outside of school, and I wish I could just disappear for a day or two. 

     Yesterday I helped Ben & Tyler move to their new room in Austin, which we made look amazing! Their room is definitely unique as of now, and you'll just have to visit it to see what I'm talking about :) P.S.--You guys owe me food. Oh yeah, I'm thinking of adding a few words of advice to my posts from now on, so I'll start with today's post.

Today's words of advice: Lying gets you nowhere.  

Roomie Love

I feel like it's time to show off the lovely ladies that I get to see everyday :)

As you can tell, we have a lot of fun! There were so many better pictures that will be shown later (once Emily gets out of her Global Issues class) so this is just a sneak-peak of what's going on behind the scenes in 413!