it’s exams week

this means i am procrastinating.

on wednesday i decided that for christmas, i would knit alex a scarf. so i packed myself up and went out and bought some yarn and needles and sat down. i had to re-start after two days because, well, my first try was emm…unsuccessful. it was supposed to be a surprise, until one of my roommates ruined christmas. the upside of this is that i can now knit in front of alex and don’t have to hide things from him anymore. but i really was looking forward to the surprise. BUT, he does like it.

on thursday or friday, i don’t remember, i decided that i needed a break from all the knitting and that i wanted a project to do with more immediate results. something i could finish in under an hour. so i took some of my (meager. donations accepted!) fabric stash over to the costume shop, tore a bunch of strips of my fabric and of scraps from around the shop, and made myself a braided necklace like this one. i broke two needles in the process of sewing the ends together (woops) and i will probably try again with different fabrics/colors/hand stitching, but i like it. it goes well with the two new solid v-neck tshirts i got this week at aerie.

last night alex and i were with our friends jon and suz and we made wonderful mac ‘n’ cheese from the pioneer woman and a pot roast with onions. the onions essentially melted in the ovens. oh my heavens, it was a good meal. tonight the two of us decided to make another roast (as did jonsuz. awesome). delicious. happy tummy: yes.

i woke up feeling a little sick this morning and rested almost the entire day, except for the cooking portion. it’s been a great weekend but um…i still have three finals this week. three of which i am unprepared for. woops. tomorrow i will be getting my butt into gear (and also gorging myself on carrots! and potatoes! and onions! and pot roast! and probably tea with honey!)

let me leave you with something that should be taken off the shelves immediately:

ludens, we need to have a talk. i have been mostly faithful to your cherry and honey-lemon flavors my entire life, through the flu, many bouts of strep, about a million and a half ear infections, and sometimes just as candy. i am very disappointed. while i do appreciate your keen ability to trick my boyfriend into thinking you were the right flavor because of the word “honey,” i do not appreciate being without my honeylemon today. wipe that smug “great tasting” off your label! you aren’t fooling anyone. repent of your evil (dare i say the word?)–licorice ways. honey lemon and cherry forever!

thanksgiving.

i am thankful for:
an amazing God that loves me and provides for me and forgives me for everything, forever, no matter what i do.
family.
a boyfriend who is so much more than just a boyfriend.
the fact that so much of my education has been paid for, even if i am in a lot of debt.
the friends that surround me that are going to be gone next year (let’s not think about that today).
having somewhere to sleep.
my kitties.
the amount of leftovers i get to bring back to the apartment with me tomorrow: a metric ton of turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, 12 cookies worth of cookie dough, and AN ENTIRE APPLE PIE.

it looks like a mango

on tuesday night, a tree fell on campus–thanks, ida!–very, very close to my apartment. as in, if it had fallen in the opposite direction, my car would’ve been smashed. as in, i’m lucky i didn’t wake up to tree coming in my window.

note the smashed (housing) van. amazing. the GMC in the foreground of the pic was originally to the left of the van, with the tree lying across its hood…the van broke the tree’s fall, apparently. the suv has a small dent and apparently not much else. leading me to believe that hurricane ida has been watching furman’s shenanigans and does not approve.

last night we opened and it was good, though there weren’t many laughs. my parents came and said they enjoyed it, so that’s good. i have a hard time getting any work done at all during play season–all i want to do is get to 6:30 and go run a show! bah!

and now i will leave you with a pretty-and-not-scary picture of a tree – the tree right out my window, which looks surprisingly like a mango today.

final dress.

last night was first dress! and tomorrow is opening night!!….which meeeeaaans… tonight is final dress! alex came last night and said he enjoyed it and it looked good. good.

today, i am thankful for:

.clean sheets.
.having time to clean my room and do all my laundry and dust and vacuum.
.st. ives apricot scrub.
.bulk pasta and buy-one-get-one-free pasta sauce (!)
.hair dryers, because as much as i hate blowdrying my hair, it’s nice to wear it down.
.my boyfriend.
.showers!!
.the sleep i’m going to get tonight

november!

oh, i love fall. i do.

tonight is ingrid in asheville. (!!!) i absolutely adore asheville. i love the mountains, i love the drive up there, i love the shops, i love the people, i love the music, and tonight i am going to try to go into the yarn shop that was closed last time we went!

a week from tomorrow we open as you like it. things are going to start happening really quickly soon. it’s time i learn how to slow down and enjoy it.

or at least it will be time, after i finish my scene design project for friday

God has been teaching me things and it’s been amazing. there is so much to learn. so many ways to know Him.

i am in love and i am in Love and i love.

so,

tomorrow i turn twenty-one.

three years!!

happy anniversary to my favorite person in the entire world!! you are the love of my life, my soulmate, and my best friend. i love you. :]

i do not actually like healthy food.

in the weeks since i last updated i guess a lot has been going on. i’ve been baking a lot and making a lot of cards–four close friends with birthdays within a month of each other.

almost all of the pictures i took of the birthday projects were either terrible pictures, or haven’t been uploaded, and as my camera cord is missing in action, i can’t upload them. so here are pictures of kelly’s and jon’s cards (in order).

before that i cleaned out my crafting supplies. a lot of them have since found their way back into a messy pile in my “storage ottoman,” but some of them remain in their designated clear plastic storage drawers. maybe i will re-organize them again. those pictures look terrible, too. my camera is very finnicky about when it will and won’t take decent pictures. shame.

alex has also played a few shows with his band since then. three, to be exact. one for the fourth of july, and two other events.

he’s a rockstar. well, at least a worship rockstar–a little different. less bad things.

other than all that fun, i’ve been trying to get myself healthy. i try to drink enough water every day (usually doesn’t happen, i do not often feel thirsty even though i must be very dehydrated), i’m trying to eat less bad food (i miss you, fettucine alfredo), and i’m trying very hard to add more fruits and vegetables to my diet. the issue is that i am not very into most vegetables, and that i don’t feel like it’s been a sufficient meal unless there were a lot of carbs. i guess that’s how alot of people are. i also very much dislike berries. i am right now training myself to like, or at least tolerate, blueberries. raspberries are a whole other story and i just can’t deal with the disappointing, non-sweet flavor that happens when i chew on them.

i’m also only putting one teaspoon of sugar in my tea. i keep having to remind alex that i am a six year old.

and i’ve been running. there is this running program a friend showed me online that is supposed to take you from a couch potato to a 5k runner in eight or nine weeks. it’s three “workouts” a week, starting pretty easy and building you up until you are running three miles three days a week. yesterday i started week two. it was very hard. my lungs are not in their prime and neither is the rest of me, but the way i feel after i’ve finished is definitely worth the struggle to get myself on the treadmill, so it’s okay. i like it. i just hope my knees don’t abandon ship.

the official furman countdown is at 33 days. i’m excited.
and dci quarterfinals are in only 16!

real post coming soon. i promise.

via icanhascheezburger.com

sigh.

rest in peace pastor orie wenger, who went to be with god on june 6, 2009.

you are dearly loved and will be greatly missed.