why i'm a bad blogger

for the past month or so i've been the worst at keeping up with my blog.

(my friends always tease me because i always think things are the worst or the best... no in between. i live in extremes and don't believe in gray areas)

i've been such a busy, busy little bee

so the blog has been put on the back burner.

but now i'm back in action!

today i offer you all some snippets of what i've been up to lately!

sorority recruitment literally consumed my life for about two weeks. but now i'm done! and we recruited 44 amazingly incredible new members. couldn't be happier we got them, and couldn't be happier that recruitment is over! tonight my escapades commence once again! though i am a little bit sad that i am forever done with the chanting, stomping, and bumping. my sorority and the friends i've made mean so much to me and i'll certainly be sad to take alum status at the end of the year.

aside from recruitment, i've been trying (largely unsuccessfully) to keep up with school. oh well, that's what weekdays are for, right? i've also been running a lot, and am looking to start training for a 5k or 10k. i think i need to give myself a concrete goal to work toward. with recruitment and school starting at the same time, i haven't really had the chance to relax or anything, so this weekend i plan on catching up on jersey shore and true blood and gettin' my dance on, of course.

i love love love three day weekends! what are you all up to?

Random Monday musings

Friends, I survived my weekend in Amsterdam!

It was seriously so incredible.

I can't wait to share all the photos.

And I still have Bastille Day photos to post too!

I'm about to be one busy blogger.

For now, I'm stuck writing a 15 page paper.

(and by that, I really mean exploring Pinterest all day)

And wishing that Paris would be sunny and hot again!

I've got cute skirts and dresses I still need to wear.

What did you all do this weekend?

Happy Monday!

second post of the day...it happens.

Today is a rainy day in Paris.

And I'm resting up before going out tonight.

So why not ramble on some more?

Are y'all on Pinterest?

I'm obsessed.

It's like DIY heaven.

Thought I'd share some of the best things I saw today.

when I'm a grown up and throw Super Bowl parties I'll make these!

sugar cookie fruit tacos - i die.

i dream of being this organized one day

aren't these freakin' cute? perhaps i'll make them on my first day back in America

yum yum yum

drooling

appropos, non?

...huh...

all food related.

so typical.

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All's well that ends well.

Remember when Kendall had to go the emergency room the night before her graduation? When I said that in my family, whatever can go wrong will go wrong?

Well, friends, nothing was different in my preparations for my trip to France.

Yesterday afternoon I was with my sister Paige going to Target to get some last minute things.

I was in my mom's car,

and she had less than a quarter of a tank,

so I decided to fill up for her.

Just to be nice.

When I thought the pump was done pumping,

I pulled the pump out of my car.

What I didn't know was

the pump was not done.

So there was about 30 seconds where I got entirely doused with gasoline.

My left eye took it the hardest, unfortunately.

So I spent my evening in the ER,

getting my eye flushed out with the most uncomfortable little contact thing.

It was awful.

And I really smelled like gasoline.

It was bad.

But after two hours at the hospital,

I got discharged,

free and clear,

good to go on my trip!

So I came home to a bouquet of flowers (shown above) from my darlin' sister Kendall.

My best friends Morgan and Kevin came over, bearing patriotic going away gifts. (photos coming later!)

The perfect evening (post-hospital).

I'm leaving my house in an hour for the airport!

Next post coming at you from Paris, France.

I'm random. This is random.

I have to get a root canal on Wednesday. blah.

During finals I was eating a piece of bread and a seed from it got stuck in my tooth and eventually pulled a chunk of my tooth out with it. Not cool, seed. Not cool at all.

In other news, I'm starting a raw food diet tomorrow! We'll see how it goes, but hopefully I see some success!

In further other news, I bought some fab Steve Madden wedges for France. Figured I wouldn't wanna be traipsing around the streets of Paris in my big ol' heels, and wedges are slightly more sensible, right? I'm working on a shopping list for my trip, so I'll be sure to share once it's complete!

In further further other news, I promise never to waste your reading time like this again. I promise to be a real blogger again soon!

And now for some reflection.

on one of my hikes! Top of the fire trails in Berkeley--and I promise it's far more incredible in person.

When I woke up today at 7 AM, I thought to myself, "Hey, in 12 hours it still won't be time for me to go to bed." Always nice to start my day off with some pessimism! Sarcasm aside, though, I just realized I have now been awake for more than 17 hours. There are only 24 hours in a day. If I spend 17 hours of a day awake, that means there are only 7 hours for sleeping. And with the way I toss and turn and wake up with a pin drop, even 7 hours is a bit of a stretch. But stressing about it is no way to fix it.

I have just been too stressed/drained/blah to deal. I think I need some quality sleep and relaxation.

Oddly enough, this external drama was all I needed to get out of my personal funk. I haven't felt sorry for myself in over a week. Maybe things are looking up after all. Spring break is only three weeks away!