The 10 Day You Challenge

so I saw this challenge over at the lovely Whitney's blog, Writing on a Whim,

and I thought it'd be fun/interesting challenge

so how about those 10 secrets?

1. my face turns bright red when I'm nervous/scared/embrassed. while this may not seem like a big secret since everyone can see it, I've seriously had it happen just from reading a text. like, instant red face because of what someone texted me about. uhhhhhh awkward.

2. so this one time I went to the movies with my good friend Katelyn and felt completely fine. but then all the sudden, I got sick. but I was able to calmly walk to the bathroom and ralph everywhere.  for some reason this was incredibly embarrassing to me so instead of telling the staff I got sick, I went and told them that someone got sick in their bathroom and they might want to clean it up. ooops, not my proudest moment.

3. I have no idea what I want to do with my life and it scares the living crap out of me. 

4. Some days I really regret the tattoo on the foot. it says 'be the change you wish to see in the world.' I love the saying, but I got it freshman year of college, and now after lots of volunteering and eye-opening classes, it seems really naive/cliche.

5. one time I tripped on the ice in high school and peed my pants a little (like not a lot at all, plus I fell HARD). and lied about it. I said water (from the ice?) must have gotten them a bit wet. should have worn a diaper..

6. I think eating normal breakfast foods for breakfast like yogurt/oatmeal is super boring but I still do it.

7. I normally say I hate country, but secretly I kinda like it. (but only a little) Mostly it just reminds me of my brother so I try to avoid it.

8. I stole a pack of gum when I was 6. I really wanted to blow bubbles but didn't have 25 cents. I still feel bad about it.

9. I won Best Dressed in high school and thought I dressed really well, but I think I've dropped the ball since then. This really saddens me. (outfit posts prehaps?)

10.  I would be completely happy with my life if I could just open a clothing store/go to Africa.

whewww, that's a lot of secrets. 

now one that isn't a secret...

I want a french bulldog.

and this came up also when I searched french bulldog..

what up Jack Black?!

Words of Wisdom

Happy Monday!

this made me laugh so hard this morning.

plus friends with benefits was awesome and made me look at Justin Timberlake differently (aka no more 'cry me a river' but 'omg, look at his abs')

anyways, have an awesome Monday!

Crazy. Crazy. Crazy Week.

so I knew my schedule this year was going to suck/be ridiculously busy, but after 2 weeks of school, I am already overwhelmed. and I've been slacking on blogging. uhh oh.

so I've decided I need to take some more breaks during the week and work on my time management (damn you facebook/stumbleupon/clever blogs)

everyone needs a break. time to yourself is a valuable thing, and I firmly believe it makes you a more productive/happier individual. but even though I believe in this, I rarely actually do it, and I always feel like I'm rushing through life. I had reality check this week when I got so busy that I actually forgot my brother jeff's birthday this week. jeff got killed in a farming accident about 6 years ago so it's important to me to celebrate this date. normally, I cook all his favorite foods, watch his favorite movies, and just in generally revel in his greatness. but I forgot. completely, utterly forgot until 10am the next day when I'm sitting in class. worst. feeling. ever.

this semester in particular has been bad. I feel frustrated all the time. I just want to be done with school. I just want to be out of Chicago (crazy I know!). I just want a dog. I just want my momma. So many things I want, and I'm having trouble appreciating everything I do have (which is a lot!). so that's something I want to work on so I'm going to make a list of things that made me smile this week and things that made me frown so I can appreciate one/vent frustrations over the other.

things that made me (: :

-working with my first client at my internship

-getting a raise a work (finally!)

-wearing a new dress (from my amazing aunt)

-receiving an invite to join Phi Alpha Theta, a nationwide history honor society on campus

-a leadership retreat for Loyola4Chicago, the program that I'm a group leader through. Loyola has an amazing retreat center about an hour and a half outside of the city. I meet so many new leaders and had a blast!

-the food at said retreat- to. die. for.

-meeting my volunteer group tonight at orientation for L4C.  it's grown so much since last semester, and seems like a great group of people. 

-starting the second book of The Hunger Games

-getting Red Mango with a friend/venting with another good friend all of last night

things that made me :( :

-forgetting jeff's birthday

-forgetting to wear deodorant. twice.

-forgetting about an important appointment (sensing a pattern?)

-boob sweat. (awkward, I know)

-not being able to attend yoga class at all this week

-running out of fresh fruit in the middle of the week and having no time to buy more

-missing a lot of people. friends, family, and dogs. it was a little rough this week.

-feeling lost at my internship/not able to help as well I would like.

overall, more smiles than frowns so life is on the uptake. plus I'm going to see my friend Bethany next weekend, so this week will go fasssst!

Pictures to get me through the week ahead..

what a cutie! (lulu, my puggie)



and now for a montage of me and bethany!

super cool people, right?

have a good sunday night!

-kelli

Words of Wisdom Wednesday

(via pinterest)

so true! lately I've been worried/holding on to so many little things that it's nice for to have a little reminder to just let them go. have a great wednesday!

-kelli

Life Lately in Pictures

as stated above, you are forewarned that this post is going to be picture heavy..

so last week was the first week of school/work/internship.

all went  pretty well. I'm in a Women and Politics class and so far it's been the best thing to ever happen to me. that and the fact that I now have a gym membership again and can go to yoga 3x a week.

all in all, I've been pretty pleased with my life.

until Thursday.... when I started my Law Internship and realized I may be in way over my head and what I thought would be my easiest class (since I'm doing it for credit) is probably more likely going to be my biggest headache.  yaaaay for challenges! at least I get an excuse to dress-up?

my desk at my internship...see that screen? it's filled with a bunch of confusing babble about immigration law that I'm desperately trying to memorize. sounds like a blast right?

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but on the bright side, my aunt was in town for business this weekend so I got to spend most of it with her.  it was fun being a tourist for the day with her and the two photos above are from my time with her.  she was pretty much like a fairy god-mother, taking me out to eat at wonderful places like Grand Lux Cafe, taking me to see Crazy, Stupid, Love (the next best movie after Bridesmaid/a gift from the gods). and buying me cute stuff like the nail polish and a headband for winter!

it was beyond sad to take her to the airport on sunday morning and my life went back to normal...

...which just means working on tons of homework.

but I did go to Trader Joes and buy this pretty flower and got to see some friends today. (:

..now off to finish some more homework!

Inspiration for Fall.

fall is quickly coming and I honestly could not be more excited. I love boots, dresses with tights, sweaters, and scarfs.  hot coco, curling up in a blanket with a good book, and pretty changing leaves don't hurt either. (:

 chicago weather is also sharing my love of fall and at a perfect 65 degree temp. so wonderful.