beauty.

its almost done..can't wait to go to a game.

my birthday weekend as follows:

thursday: start of the masters

friday-good friday, royals home opener, and me 21.

saturday: royals game? do you want to come?

sunday: easter, finish of the masters.

join me.

a lovely day.

this is why i love today, Sunday.

1. tiger woods golf-working his way to win a tournament.

2. college basketball on-my bracket is busted but a good game between OU and UNC will be on.

3. a projector screen with these things on to myself. perks to being the only one knowing how to use the projector screen at kappa.

4. homework to "do" while watching. not the highest productivity, but i have all day-right.

5. cherry dr. pepper and a potato from mcallisters. delicious.

6. snow on the ground, but melting. spring is near...i hope.

7. skip-bo breaks. i might have played for 6 hours yesterday. don't worry about it.

thats the day, jealous?

story of my life.

"Even though the number of internship positions available were reduced this year due to the economy, we received over 1,450 applications in all, an increase of over 36% over last year alone and a new record!"---

---if you have any jobs for me to do over summer please let me know.

on a better note...i have discovered cherry dr. pepper and am in love.

its beginning to be too much.

i love living in kappa. i really do.

and i am so happy for everyone in relationships. but it is becoming to be too much. all this talk about weddings and engagements-i can't take it much longer. i mean, there are so many great relationships out there, in k-state land and i really am happy for you but please. refrain from the talk future all the time. i hate to be negative nancy or the bitter single girl but you don't know what the future can hold, and i mean, it could be all that you imagine and everything could turn out how it is in your mind, or perhaps, God has another plan for you. i know this isn't what you want you want to hear but take it from someone who's world got shaken a couple months back. just be prepared for what might happen, even if you don't want to think about it.

thats all i am saying. i really do love you all in relationships, but keep grasp on what might happen.

off to the storm.

love

things you learn.

so for spring break, i visited my sister in texas with my mom and little sister jill. i am currently still here but here are some things i have learned so far.

.my little sister jill is obsessed with nick jonas and herself too much. she believes that they will one day get married, and talks about them like they are dating. this is too much for me. she also thinks she is the cutest person on the planet earth-i love her, but this was too much for me at times.

.going shopping with mom is way better then shopping by myself. she thinks i look cute in things, and then buys them for me. i am a true college student.

.student discounts rock. jcrew outlet-perfection.

.i am turning preppy. sue me.

.i don't sleep, i can't sleep, and it makes me no fun to be around. this i can't help, i take medicine to help me sleep but it doesn't work. so i just lay in bed for 3-4 hours thinking about things that end up making me in a bad mood when i do eventually fall asleep and then wake up. i am truly sorry for the way i act in the morning, but when i don't sleep, i can't help but be crabby.

.going on vacation with your mom also helps you eat every well. today we had a lunch of chocolate from the rocky mountain chocolate factory-which isn't healthy but if mom says you can do it, then its totally okay.

.this is all i have for now, all in all a great trip so far, new spring clothes, and tomorrow-IKEA. then back to manhattan sunday. see you there.

love.

we're on a break.

it is that time, spring break is here

so run around and have great cheer.

the weather is nice, warm and sunny

go out and do some shopping-spend that money!

take a trip, around the globe

or sit around, in your bathrobe.

whatever you do, where ever you are

i am right here on his blog-not far.

texas is where i am headed this week

but i am updating you-i'm a real geek.

so enjoy the break, get some rest,

because when you come back, i'm sure there will be some tests.

the end.

p.s. i just went to cactus grill on a friday night and saw 1 person from high school, at the end of dinner...and she goes to k-state so it doesn't even count. ARE YOU SERIOUS? that is craziness.

serious time.

every once in a while a serious blog post happens. so get ready.

the enemy is so active, it scares me. just last night i had a dream and in it, a person who i consider to know me almost better then anyone else, told me (in my dream) that i wasn't special. he told me the reason we weren't together anymore and wouldn't ever be, was because i wasn't special, and i shouldn't get a high head that i am anything worth anything to anyone. now this was a dream, but i woke up and it was real. i felt hurt by it. just writing this brings tears to my eyes. I woke up feeling worthless and unloveable. i already have a lot of pain from this person, not necessarily his fault, but this adds to it, and it wasn't even him saying it. it was the enemy attacking me during one of my favorite things to do-sleep. not fair. so i started thinking, and i am doing a bible study with a friend and the verse we are memorizing goes like this: in three different ways:

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be(A) my treasured possession among all peoples, for(B) all the earth is mine;

If you will listen obediently to what I say and keep my covenant, out of all peoples you'll be my special treasure. The whole Earth is mine to choose from, but you're special:

Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.

I have to keep saying this over and over in my head. I am special to the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE. he loves me. and it makes me feel great inside. i can no longer think of things said to me in the past, and in time i have to forgive the person who said them to me, and it will take a while, because deep down, i'm hurt by him but i know that God loves me and wants to hold me tight, forever. and i'm going to let him.

go out and be God's special treasure.

3 months.

Daylight savings. it is sillyish. i mean i like the extra hour of daylight and whatnot but today when i woke up, it was already noon! i mean, it isn't like i have a lot to do with my day today, but still, just knowing i spent half the day sleeping seems silly. but can't change it now-right so i must seize the day i have. what should i do...?

recently i have been going to the driving range a lot. i love it. and realize how much i have missed it. i think my favorite thing about high school and the thing i miss the most is golfing. going out everyday after school with some of the most fun girls ever and doing something i love and am okay at. i'll be honest, after i went to the driving range the first time this week, i was sore the next day, but it felt so good. if anyone out there that reads this would like to go with me sometime.please let me know, i always like a friend.

on another note, i went on a retreat this weekend, and it was great. there is something good God does when you are with people you don't really know but all love him. he is teaching me that he loves me and will never leave me, and i don't need to worry about that. i am experiencing his love every day, and it feels good.

and then last night i watched i think what could be my all time favorite movie. i say this because we started it at 1030 and i stayed awake for the whole thing, that is saying something. a league of their own. what a classic. i have probably seen it over 30 times in my life. maybe more. watch it, it will make you feel better about yourself.

well onward to the week. 2 midterms and then spring break. (which...seriously? already spring break?)

follow a plan.

so there is this little handy thing on the library website called the assignment planner. 

it is very helpful. you just type in a start date and a finish date for a paper you have to do, and it will give you a day by day plan to finish it on time. it will even e mail you a little reminder deal. here is my plan for my 15 page paper due april 30th. I want you to know i am ahead of schedule. but look at the last day. 

Starting on: 3/2/2009
Ending on: 4/30/2009
According to the dates you have entered, you have 58 days to finish.

Want to try a different date?
Start Date: - -
Due Date: - -





Step 1 By Tue Mar 03, 2009: Get Started
• Understand your assignment (UNC-Chapel Hill)
• Plagiarism - What is it? How do I avoid it?

Step 2 By Fri Mar 06, 2009: Topics
• Select a topic (Purdue University)
• Refining your topic (Duke University)

Step 3 By Sun Mar 08, 2009: Plan your research strategy
• Do some general web searching - not Library-related
• Determine what sources you are going to use
• Work out the technical details

Step 4 By Tue Mar 17, 2009: Find Resources
• Journal and Magazine Articles
• Scholarly Journal Articles in a Subject Area
• Books
• Websites (that are relevant and authoritative)
• Other resources
• Use Refworks to organize and cite your references

Step 5 By Mon Mar 23, 2009: Evaluate Resources
• Evaluating websites
• Evaluate non-web resources

Step 6 By Mon Mar 30, 2009: Write working thesis
• How to Write a Thesis Statement (Indiana University)
• The Thesis Statement (University of Richmond)
• Examples: The bad thesis statement and the better thesis statement (University of Pennsylvania)

Step 7 By Sat Apr 11, 2009: Write 1st draft
• Keep careful notes, with source clearly indicated
• Essay-Writing: the Essential Guide (.pdf) (University of Leeds)
• UW Planning and Writing a Research Paper (University of Wisconsin)

Step 8 By Sun Apr 19, 2009: Additional Research
• Take a look at that assignment again
• Have you met the minimum resource requirements?
• Did you get enough scholarly, peer reviewed, or refereed sources?
• Do you have evidence to support all of your main points?
• Need help finding more stuff? Talk to your Subject Librarians

Step 9 By Tue Apr 28, 2009: Rewrite & revise, placing paper in final form
• Don’t forget to use RefWorks to create your cite list/bibliography. Review that plagiarism information.
• Proof-read and revise your assignment (Purdue)

Step 10 By Thu Apr 30, 2009: Reflect and review
• Bake a cake for yourself

are you kidding me?!?! It is TELLING me to bake a cake for yourself?!??! HECK YES I WILL. i mean, i would anyways but now that it is on this plan, and i have to abide by it, right? 

so come april 30th find me. i will have cake. 

that is all for now.