what happens in vegas...

winds up on the blog.

vegas really is the best place on earth.

it's like disneyland for adults

so much to see and do

never a dull moment.

since i turned 21

i've been to sin city twice.

once for my own birthday

and just a few weeks ago for jasmine's.

love life. love vegas. love my friends.

instaweekend

this was the perfect fall weekend

complete with rain, boots, football, and scarves.

saturday was gameday, and my bears killed. happy faces all around.

on saturday night we celebrated my friend taylor's 22nd (look how happy she looks!) ;)

and on sunday my sorority hosted our founder's day luncheon.

sigma kappa is 137 years old this year!

i gave a little speech, we had a candle lighting ceremony, and we celebrated with our sisters from sacramento state and chico state.

me and my little! i'm wearing: dress and top Nordstrom; tights Walgreens; suede skirt Sway in Berkeley; wedges Jeffrey Campbell; red lipstick Bare Escentuals in strength

i was calling my ponytail "hangover chic" because i was indeed hungover.

very satisfying weekend, and now to catch up on school.

happy monday!

in the land of rain and starbucks

My sister Kendall is a freshman at the University of Washington.

This past weekend her Huskies took on my Golden Bears

at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Most unfortunately, my Bears were defeated

but I had such a nice weekend with my fam and sorority little sis Katie.

Seattle is so pretty!

I can't wait to visit again and see more of the city.

On Friday, we all arrived, had lunch, and walked around campus.

Kendall in front of her sorority house

Katie and I took a tour of our sorority chapter at UW. so gorg.

We had dinner at the Ram

(I had a crab and shrimp melt sandwich. to die for.)

and enjoyed each other's company.

Saturday was Game Day

(my favorite holiday).

It was especially fantastic because

we got to go on the field before the game started!

My dad's childhood best friend is the UW baseball coach

so we got the royal treatment.

I was literally steps away from my school's football team.

one of the highlights of my life, for sure.

For dinner we had Maggiano's family style.

I probably gained about 30 pounds but it was so much fun.

Good food, good company.

What more can you ask for?

Thanks for showing us around Kendall!

Cannot wait to come visit again.

sunday blues

Something about Sundays always bums me out a little.

I think it's that the weekend is over

and that I actually have to do schoolwork.

But there are so many things I like about Sundays too.

Like having 150 facebook friends online at once

(because they're all procrastinating, just like me, duh)

and looking at all my new tagged photos

and making my weekly to do list

and catching up with my friends about their weekends.

Most of all, though, I love wearing my pjs all day

and sitting on the couch,

lazing the day away

thinking about how much I have to be grateful for.

What are you grateful for today?

Happy Sunday!

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?

Scenes from Easter Weekend

This weekend was wonderful (aside from the still-going-strong sugar coma). Sometimes all I need is a little family time to get myself back on track. It was the perfect time to get some rest, refocus, and remember what's important. And it gave me a little time to work on my 15 page research paper with peace and quiet. This weekend, I...

...ate my favorite breakfast every day. Oatmeal with bananas and whole almonds and almond milk, and a cup of coffee with almond milk instead of cream. Perfection, and healthy too.

...played around with Cujo, aka my dog Riley. Doesn't she look insane in this picture?! I promise she's not! This picture is currently the background on my phone, and it makes me laugh literally every time I see it.

...went out to dinner with my cute parents. (Seriously, isn't my mom a knock out?) We went to Kristina's, my favorite Mexican restaurant in Hollister. I had a cheese enchilada, which I've been ordering there since I was probably about 7 years old. Old habits die hard, my friends.

Used Sally Hansen's awesome nail stickers. I cannot stop raving about them. They're so great that they deserve their own post. Watch for that later this week :)

I just got back to Berkeley about a half hour ago, so that means it's about time to get back to work on my paper (though I'm almost done!!!!). I'm glad I just had this time at home to keep me happy and optimistic through the next two weeks of finals madness.

Hope you all had wonderful Easter Sundays (if you celebrate) and were able to soak up some sun this weekend. :)

be well!

Reasons Why This Weekend Ruled

If you haven't noticed yet, I like lists. A lot. I'm too ADD/scattered to keep track of anything on my own, so I make lists. Obsessively. And no, they don't actually help with the ADD/scattered-ness. Sue me. But here's a list of reasons this weekend knocked my socks off:

On Thursday morning (almost the weekend), I got my 6th and final midterm of the semester back. Expected a C, got 100%. That makes me 6 for 6: 6 A’s on the 6 midterms I took this semester (okay, two were A-'s, but they still count). I'm still really anxious about the papers I have to write, but I'm 4 out of 6 pages done with one!
Right after my midterm, I ate an apple the size of a small pumpkin. For those of you who don’t know me well, I really like apples. I even did my senior year final English presentation on them.
As I was eating the apple, I passed a little old man on campus who was carrying a boombox playing “Rock Around the Clock.” Pretty good omen for the weekend, I’d say.

Thursday night Jasmine and I dressed as Mickey and Minnie for our sorority's invite. We were adorable (as evidenced below).Friday, Jasmine and I declared our second major (American Studies), went to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner (ahhh so exciting for me! Literally an entire menu of food I could choose from), and spent some time in the library. I checked out books from the library for the first time as a Cal student. Big day!

Saturday was Cal Day, my favorite day of the year. We spent the day basking in the sunshine and celebrating the fact that we go to the best school in the world. It was definitely a quintessential college day, complete with shenanigans and mysterious bruises. Wouldn't trade it for the world.Sunday, my sister Paige and my parents came for lunch, and my other sister Kendall came for dinner and to stay the night with me. Food coma, but so nice to see my family and spend some quality time with them.

About to embark on my second to last week of classes! Before school is over, I'll write two more research papers, attend 24 more hours of class, and probably cry at least 3 times. But after that, only two more weeks until glorious summer!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well!

be well.

Wonderful Weekend

The weekend began (on Thursday, because I'm in college, duh) with a beautiful night spent on the roof of my house drinking wine with my best friends. I took the pictures aboveon my iphone (I really really really need a new camera) and it was such a clear and warm night! It's beginning to feel a lot like summer :)

Friday was SO GORGEOUS. I spent the morning laying in the sun, and spent the evening at the A's opening night game with Kendall, Paige, and my dad. The A's played as if they had never played baseball before (bummer) but games are always fun, so I still enjoyed myself!

Saturday was my friend Genelle's birthday. Her one request was that we go to the gym, so Kate, Jasmine, and I went with her. I ran hard (probably too hard) and wound up pulling a muscle! I haven't been able to work out since. But in happier news, after the gym Jasmine and I discovered this great little place on Telegraph in Berkeley. It's called Pasta Bene, and it's super cheap, quick, and amazingly delicious. I had the salad above (for $4!!!) and was perfectly satisfied. I also scoped out some fantastic looking pasta dishes and cheesecake! I'll definitely be going back there soon.

Saturday night I went to my first foam party (so college, right?!) and I'm still waiting for the pictures. Will post soon, as I'm sure there are some funny ones!

What did you all do over this gorgeous weekend?