they still won't let me post photos.

oh. my. goodness. I CAN BLOG FROM THE IPAD! welcome to the 21st century.

to you naysayers:

i conquered a mountain today.






literally.

i've got the sunburn on my neck and the back of my legs to prove it.

no white flag for me

i experienced victories today.

firstly:
i bought an instruction book on how to draw anatomy for half price at the good old bee and en. [barnes and noble]

secondly:
i bought seven pairs of colorful socks for less than a dollar each.

all while wearing my beatles shirt.

victory

whether it was the fact that it was raining last night,
or the music i was listening to, thanks to dad. and thanks to nirvana.
or my drive while thinking about the missionary and how i'm mildly upset with him right now,
or a combination of all of that.
i had the best run of my life last night.
four miles. although i did take a detour at my grandma's for twenty minutes, it was still four miles.

awesome.
and i did it again today.

eat that, men.


photo via we heart it.

perseverance and pipes

so, here's the thing: i guess i don't give up.

i got home from work, covered in nastiness from cleaning bathrooms all morning. our sink was beyond clogged. water was coming up and there was gross food everywhere, and all-in-all....it was pretty vile.

all growing up even now, if there were problems in the house or with the car or with the computer, my dad was there. whether he knew about things or not, he'd tweak them, push them to their possible breaking point, twist some pipes and run some programs, and it'd be back to normal. even better. i think i've taken a little bit of that with me.

so, i looked at the pipes, tried a few things, twisted some pipes and let some water leak, all the while getting dirty. i plunged the sink yes, i plunged the sink. mind you, the plunger i used was for the sink, not the toilet. gross. and sure enough, the sound of the disposal working might as well have been the rocky theme,

because i conquered.

*gasping* Almost..... *gasp* done.....

Yup.

I'm almost done with my first semester of college.

Now, not entirely a big deal, but when I felt like I wouldn't make it at all, like all the emotional rollercoasters I've been on the past few months would kill me, like school would be so hard I could barely function (and it wasn't)....it's kind of a big deal. I'll feel pretty good about myself when I can say I've finished a semester of college.

I've got some experience now, and now I know what I would do different next semester. And I also can't forget that life isn't all about studying your brains out for a good grade, but at the same time, it's not about being a freakin' couch potato (like I was for at least a month when I discovered The Office) either.

Bring it on, finals. I can KICK your butt. I will conquer.

I feel so accomplished

Oh, guess who created a Wikipedia page?

Ya. I did.

Well, technically, I just erased what limited information was already there and put in the information I had (it was for an assignment, and my professor okay-ed me doing that)...but still...all that information is from me. Unless somebody came in and edited it, which is highly possible.

If you really want to see it, click here, although I must warn you that it is about vomiting and the fear of vomiting. Not necessarily pleasant (the reason it's kind of a weird topic is because part of the exercise was to be completely unbiased in our research and how we wrote it, so we had to choose something that kind of weirded us out...vomiting weirds me out...).

Enjoy. Maybe...