Words of Wisdom

Day 5 & Day 4

five foods:

1. yogurt. I LOVE yogurt. I don't care if that makes me super weird. When I was vegetarian (back in the day), yogurt was probably my main food group. Greek is the best, but so flippin expensive!

2. my grandma's spaghetti. this is seriously the best cause not only do I get to eat the amazing spaghetti, but I also get to hang out with grams (who is probably the coolest grandma ever). plus, she just gave me and my roommates pumpkins and squash for halloween!

3. apple pie. mmmmmmm america. when I eat it, it makes me feel patriotic, plus it was my brother jeff's favorite food so it does some double duty.

4. chinese food. so much sodium, but I'm telling you, but my body love it. I wish I wasn't a poor college student so I could eat it everyday with yogurt..good combo right?!

5. my momma's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. omg. no words. they are so good. plus, she didn't start making them really frequently until I went to college and now I get them every time I come home. it's awesome.

wooohooooo, 2 days at once again! that's productivity folks.

(I may or may not be avoiding my homework right now to do this, nbd,)

Four Books:

1. Ordinary People. I read this back in high school when I was going through a rough phase. I wasn't sure what I wanted from life/mad at the world/avoiding my grief over losing my dad and my brother. overall, I was a mess. this book helped bring me out of that. it's one of the most honest books about grief out there.  I cannot tell how many times I would read something and be like, wow, that's exactly how I feel. it made me feel less like a crazy person for having these feelings and more like I could manage it.

2. Harry Potter. yup, I'm a nerd. yup, I teared up when the books/movies were over. but seriously, that series is my childhood/teenage years. 

I maybe a 90's child, but I'm def the Potter generation first.

3. Eat, Pray, Love.  I want her life.

4. The Hunger Games. seriously, I eat my words on this book. I thought it was for 12 yr olds and going to be super lame. nope, definitely wasn't and I definitely stayed up till 4 am many a night to finish a book. for me, the symbolism in the book is really interesting. kinda like this is what our world could become if we don't watch it. peeta for life!

and now for awesome stuff to make your day awesome.

having tea every morning, and finding these adorable quotes on it. makes waking up more bearable.

oooh yeah, more 'arry potter!

this is me for sure. at least I have a sweet raincoat.

and don't you forget it!

Day 7 and 6 (since we all know I got super behind)

seven wants:

1. to graduate from college. I want this soooooo bad. time to fly this nest!

2. a new backpack that doesn't open up while I walk...it's awkward, let me tell ya

mmm polka dot+florals

3. to take a year off and travel the world and volunteer

4. more free time! I really want to learn how to knit but I refuse to be the girl breaking out her needles in the middle of class

5. I want a puppy. then all would be right in the world

ahhhhhhhhhh puppies!

6. to figure out what I want to do with my life and preferably have it help people/make me happy.

7. to see my family more/world peace. one is probably easier than the other, but both are equally good.

and now for Day 6! you lucky ducks, you!

6 Places:

1. Chicago. It stole my heart right away when I moved here for college. What. an. amazing. city.

2. the south of France. no words for how happy this region places me. seriously, pure happiness.

most peaceful place in the world. I seriously went there everyday.


3. home. it really is where my heart is, whether it's in iowa with my momma or in chi with my roommates/friends


4. San Francisco. I want to live there so bad.


5. driving on an open road with the music blasting. there's no freer feeling in the world.


6. any place that has sunflowers.

Words of Wisdom

good advice for anyone, but especially what I needed to see today.

stop and notice all the good and postive things around yourself (:

Day 8

so I realized I'm doing all this days backwards...yaay for being different?

anyways, here it goes!

eight fears:

-snakes. I cannot stand them. like made my mom return a snakeskin bag because I couldn't handle being around it. it's bad. I can't even post a picture of one.

-losing my momma or my brother. not to be a debbie downer, but after losing two other immediate family members, this is probably my biggest fear.

-losing my ambition to help others. sometimes it's really hard to care so much, but it would suck more to not care at all.

-that I'll go blind. weird I know, but whenever my contacts flip out this is immediately what I think is happening

-that I will inherit some of my dad's poorer traits like alcoholism.

-flunking out of college. I want to do so much with my life, and in order to do most of it, I need that diploma. but i just wanna sleep sooooo bad sometimes instead of homework.

and for the big one!

-my heart has been doing this scary thing lately were it skips/races/flutters for a few seconds about once a day. I'm kind of really scared that this is a big deal and that it will just stop soon.

don't worry, I'll be heading to the doctor soon.

Day 9 + Weekend Recap

ok so I fell kind of behind on this but I gave you guys warning so it's ok right?

9 things I love (in no particular order):

1. PUGS! I pestered the junk out of my momma until I got my first pug (zoey) when I was 14, and then when she passed away, the pestering started all over until I got my current love affair Lulu.

how could you not love this?!

2. Books.  I read ALL the time. mostly in the school year it's boring stuff on history, but otherwise it's stuff like The Hunger Games. I'm a nerd. I also do book repair as part of my job at the library and have become a bit obsessed with pretty books.

3. travel. I have a tendency to get restless after staying in one spot for awhile. I blame this on my momma taking us anywhere and everywhere (like germany twice) when I was going up. now I just need to travel!

need me some italy in my life.

4. fashion. I love it. I'd rather spend my money on clothes than food/essential things almost all the time. 

blake lively's style is a current favorite.

5. friends. I could not live without them. we're all spread out because of college/busy lives but somehow we still make it work. seriously, I love my friends.

amazing friend+pug=perfection.

6. family.  after losing my dad and my brother when I was younger, it has really made me love the crap out of my family. they really are the most important thing in my life.

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7.food. I love food. particularly cheese and fruit. end of story.

8. hilarious movies, such as Crazy Stupid Love and Bridesmaids. (both pretty recent I know, but they are what came to mind under pressure)


9. volunteering.  I care a lot about a lot of problems and the best way I've found to do my part is to volunteer and donate my time.  so far, I've volunteered at Misericordia (a group home for people with developmental and physical disabilites in Chicago), Chicago Jesuit Academy, and gone on an Alternative Break Immersion through Loyola. volunteering is probably the best thing I've ever done with my life, and recommend it to everyone.


aaaand now for the weekend recap!
12 hours for my weekend was spent doing this...

turns out Iowa State is 6 hours away... rough drive, but totally worth it. plus I got to awkwardly sing and dance to Beyonce the whole way.

shopping with Bethany! I finally found the perfect denim shirt and statement necklace (both pictured above in the classic bathroom photo)

t-$hirt time! another L4C leader and I made ourselves the co-chairs of the fake (for now) t-shirt committee and decided making shirts would make everyone support us. they may or may not have been dry when we left to go to the meeting.  ooops, sorry chair covered in paint

I created an inspiration wall. another thing I learned from my momma-don't let walls remain white and uncovered.
Happy Monday!

TGIF.

it's friday, friday, friday!

and I'm off to Iowa State for the weekend to see my friend Bethany! (see earlier post for photo montage)

sometimes you just gotta leave the city, and it's definitely one of those times for me.

the 10 day challenge will resume on sunday (:

have a good weekend!