A little rant

Bear with me, guys.. I need to rant a little. I hope I don't offend anyone..these are my thoughts, opinions, and feelings. SO. I go to a church group on campus and we just ended a three week series on service. I was really excited because I had a great opportunity to present to the group.

 I'm on the committee for Walk for Robbie. Robbie is  16 year old boy who had extremely severe touretts. His tics were lasting up to an hour at a time and were causing broken bones and torn muscles. He sometimes had to be put into a coma, they were so bad. Fortunately, there is a surgery to help fix it. Deep brain stimulation. Unfortunately, it cost $200,000 and is not covered by insurance for touretts. He received the surgery and is doing amazingly well! He was able to get his drivers license and go to his favorite artists concert. This walk was started by a friend of my and is helping to raise money so his family can pay back for the surgery.

So I got to the group last night and they had forgotten I was presenting. Cool, whatever. So they call me up last minute and I talk and tell people to come see me if they're interested. And a whole bunch of people wanted to serve. not. I wish. No one. My heart broke. I understand that there might have been other things going on but NO ONE showed even an interest. I went home feeling defeated.

and that was my night. Have you ever had something you were passionate about helping that no one seemed to care about? How did you deal with it?

Happy Thursday!

P90X

Ha! Me do P90X? Nope! Props to all of you that do! I tried Insanity earlier this semester and that was a big fail. I did the first day and quit halfway through cause I almost threw up. Now my workouts consist of the elliptical, walking on the treadmill, and body pump (a weightlifting class at the school gym). I'm not as hard core as you people. So guess what I did!

Popped some popcorn

sat on the bed

and watched this cute guy get his workout on.

HA. this just makes me laugh. :p

Have you ever done P90X or Insanity? How'd it go?!

award!

Candace from Together for the Better passed along this award to me. Thanks, Candace!

The rules:

Write 7 things about yourself.

Oh geeze... I'm having Melissa help me out on this one!

1. I've lived in the same house for my whole life. The first time I moved was when I went to "move in" to college.

2. I am currently hanging out with my roommate and her boyyyyyyfriend. Now I get to be the third wheel! No, worries... I don't mind at all! In fact, I invited myself! They're such good sports.

3. My longest "relationship" was 3 months until I met my current boyfriend. 1 year 6 months strong.

4. I am a compulsive eavesdropper. I really can't help it. Everyone, everywhere. If I can hear you, I will listen. Don't speak so loud in public if you don't want it to be heard. Sorry! 

5. I have very sensitive ears, as my dad likes to say. (just like my mom!) Doors slamming, cabinets shutting loud, banging, wind blowing into the phone, loud breathing on the phone. AH! It all drives me nuts!

6. I have the best friends ever! I have never had friends as good as these three people.

7. I tried really hard to come up with 7 without bringing up my allergies but.. I just couldn't do it! I'm allergic to Wheat, Rye, Oats, and Barley. I was diagnosed with Celiac disease when I was 2 yrs old so it's pretty much my life.

I pass this award along to...

Miss Dazel at Tea-n-Crumpets with her cute up and coming blog!

Terrible blogger strikes again!

AH! I can feel the stress slowly taking me over! haha... so maybe that's a little exaggerated. For the next 5 weeks have a heart with me! I'm going to try to comment as much as possible and possibly blog if I have the time but I have so much work to complete! Lesson plans, group projects, papers, blah blah blah! I'm really trying to stay positive here it's just so hard when I feel like I have no time! Don't you worry though, come May 3rd I'll be right back here for the summer! Blogging about the funny things my campers do and say. Get excited! Summer is almost here! Have a wonderful Friday/weekend!

Enjoy :)

My favorite things!

Jenna over at Leggings Love tagged me in a cute little "favorites" game-list-thing-majig! Enjoy!


My favorite...

(1) Food: Oh geeze. French fries. I crave them allll the time. I just looooove potatoes!

(2) Color: Pink

(3) Animal: Going exotic here- Koala. They're so cute!

Don't you just wanna take it home and cuddle with it?!

(4) Sports Team: Carolina Hurricanes! ...I don't watch sports though but I used to watch them play!

(5) Dessert: Ice cream

(6) Artist/Singer/Band: Ingrid Michaelson. I did it. I finally picked a favorite. I just don't want my other favorites to be mad...I can't chooooose!

(7) Pair of Shoes: Heels. But lets be realistic.. flip flops

6 weeks til summer. Hurry up, already! I'm dying here!

(8) Outfit: cute skirt with a cute tee

(9) Store: Target, Forever21, the mall?

(10) Brand: Not big into brand names

(11) Perfume: Very sexy for her by Victoria's Secret!

(12) Accessory: Necklace from boo baby boyfriend

(13) City: Charleston, SC. Love.

(14) Hobby: being lazy? crafting at times, reading...

(15) Beauty Product: Uh MaryKay foundation?

(16) Snack: Tortilla chips or cookies

(17) Holiday: Christmas

(18) Movie: Don't really have one

(19) Song: Alright guys, I already 'chose' a favorite artist.. give me a break here!

(20) Guilty Pleasure: Planning the future, eating fattening foods, and NOT doing work

I pass this along to...

Melissa at Perfect Peace

Jillian at Iron & Sunshine

Brooke at Bright Wishes

Happy hump day! I'll be in class from 11am-7pm. No breaks. Guess who gets to pack lunch and dinner?! Wooh! What exciting things do you have planned today? I want to live vicariously through you since my day will be such a bore!

Hello from sped!

Hey hey! I know, I know... It's been forever since I last blogged. I'm sorry. Please forgive me? I'll make it up to you? Aw, shucks... you guys are so good to me! Currently, I am in my Special Education class and I figured, why not blog now? I have NO other time to do it. Is it a teacher code to give a whole bunch of work that never stops? What did I get myself into with this double major?! Complain. Complain. Complain.

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No more! The sun is shining, the weather is gorgeous and we're two days closer to friday! Woooh! I'm still kind of in a funk but I'm really working to get out of it. I went to the Christian Bookstore and got a devotional this weekend! The coolest part is that my roommate/best friend got the same one so we're holding each other accountable. We don't talk about what it was about but the fact that we could if we wanted to and knowing that she's reading the same thing I am is kinda cool. It's short and sweet so it's perfect for my busy schedule!

I should probably start paying attention...this is my major! Haha! I hope the weather is as gorgeous where you are as it is today! If so, go out and enjoy it! I wish I could! Catch ya on the flip side, chicas!

A down in the dumps day

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Have you ever had one of those days weeks where you feel like the whole world is against you? You walk into a room and feel like no one likes you even if they've never hung out with you? I hope I'm not alone with this feeling cause it's kinda stinky. This whole week I've felt not so great about myself. From teacher's being snappy to "friend" issues. I just feel like no one likes me. I want to be the girl that everyone likes just because she's nice. I'm nice to people. Why can't I be the girl everyone sees and turns to their friend and says "I like Kristen. She's such a sweet person!" Am I being too dramatic? Probably. It's just not worth the worry. So that changes now. There are so many worse things happening in the world today to focus my thoughts and time into. A lot of my disconnect and self doubt is coming from my disconnect with God. I will be heading to the Christian Bible store this weekend to get a study or devotional to help guide my thoughts on more important things that are bigger than myself. I also want to start a prayer journal so please feel free to send me any prayer requests, my email is in "contact me", so I can begin to focus on others instead of myself!

On a happier note, my mom is coming tomorrow to check out our potential apartment for next year! Fingers crossed that she likes it and thinks its a good deal!

I hope you all have an amazing friday night! I'm praying for you all!

ABC's of me

A. Age: 19

B. Bed Size: Twin. Cannot wait for a queen size next year!

C. Chore you hate: Laundry? I really don't mind chores.. I'm a clean freak!

D. Dogs: Only my brother's doberman. She's the sweetest dog ever!

Samantha as a little baby puppy!

E. Essential Start to your Day: Text/Revieve text from boyfriend. :)

F. Favorite Color: Pink.. duh!

G. Gold or Silver: Silver. Or white gold. Although gold looks pretty good with my skin color

H. Height: 5' 3"

I. Instruments you play: I played the Clarinet for 6 years. 3rd grade-8th grade!

J. Job Title: Student during the school year, nanny and camp counselor during the summer!

K. Kids: Melissa. Just kidding, some day I'll have two :)

The lovely roommate!

L. Live: North Carolina

M. Man in your life: Best boyfriend in the whole world!

N. Nicknames: Koko, Krissy, K

O. Overnight Hospital Stays: None, knock on wood.

P. Pet Peeve: Oh gosh. Too many to list

Q. Quote from a Movie: "IT'S SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE!" ...does that work? I'm not a big movie buff

R. Right or Left-handed: Right

S. Siblings: Older sister and brother

T. Time you wake up: 10 on M/W, 8:30 on T/TH and varies on the weekend

U. Underwear: Uh? Yes, I am wearing them?

V. Vegetables you dislike: Asparagus. My dad used to tell us it would make our pee smell good if we ate it. Lies.

W. What makes you run late?: The computer. I've been so bad about being on time this semester!

X. X-Rays you've had: Teeth

Y. Yummy food you make: The roommates like my rice and beans... and cookie cake

Made this for Madison's birthday freshman year. He's been mine ever since ;)

Z. Zoo- favorite animal: Penguins 


I hope everyone is having a lovely St. Patty's day and didn't get pinched! Check out Melissa's "spotlight" on her photo shoot with boyfriend and I! She's such a great photographer! (Especially when you have to deal with someone as goofy as boyfriend!)

I got mail!

Well.. it was really a package but oh well! Kristen over at Kristen's Palace sent me a cute little gift!

Yay! I'm so excited!

Totally cute oven mit!

Adorable notepads!

I will definitely put these to good use. Thanks, Kristen! Sorry for the lame photobooth pics.. I'm crammed for time! Today was rainy and boring! Boyfriend and I managed to do the whole hour of Plyometrics today. Killer! Off to do homework.. big surprise! Happy Tuesday!

Check out The Cheap Girl in a Chic World! She's having a giveaway of some really cute stuff! Go take a look!

Finally!

I'm finally getting back into the swing of things! I know it's only Monday but I've been back since Saturday night and I feel like I've been so out of it! I'm updated on all of your blogs and I feel so much better! Today hasn't been too exciting. I'm a little stressed about all the work I have coming up but guess what?! Only two more months until summer and Linsey comes home! Linsey is one of my best friends who is in Costa Rica studying abroad! I am so glad she is having an amazing time but I can't wait for her to come back!

On another note, I received a package from Kristen and I am so excited to go get it! I had planned on making the "big reveal" when I got the package but I totally forgot to pick it up today! So stay tuned tomorrow to figure out what it is! Also, she's hosting a giveaway! If you've never heard of thirtyone (I never have until I looked it up) you should check out their website(just google it!)! They have some really cute stuff! So head over there and enter because she has the same name as me and that automatically makes her cool.

Wanna hear a story about my day? Well, I have class from 11-1:45 and for the second half of the semester I am going to have one from 2-4:45. This class was not supposed to start until next week. So I woke up ready to go to class then the gym after then home to do my homework. Wrong. I walk into class and someone that has the 2pm class with me told me that our teacher just sent an email saying that class started today. Uh, hold up. 1. how do you expect me to check my email and 2. you're wrong. I decided I wasn't going to go but the other girls were so I tagged along. Long story short, our teacher was wrong. I only wasted 45 minutes but I stressed out the whole time not knowing if I was going to get anything done! The end. Exciting story, huh?

Pretty lame post for today but I'm trying to catch up on work while boyfriend AND Melissa are gone. They left me all alone :(

Did anything exciting happen to you today?!

I'm back!

Hi guys! I'm slowly but surly working my way back into the world of blogging! I had an amazing time in Florida! I'm going to copy what Mel did because, well, she's just so cool and I wish I could be her! No, really.. she's pretty awesome and I'm so glad I got to spend my spring break with my best friend!

The beach was beautiful! A little windy but hey, it rained at home so I can't complain! 

Of course the week we go to Daytona it was BIKE WEEK! wooooh!

Mel took lots of cute couple pictures with boyfriend :)

And of course we acted our usual crazy selves!

Played with Eddie, the adorable cat!

Showed our true B.A. biker selves

Even had a lovely photo shoot!

Climbed 203 steps to the top of the second tallest light house in the U.S.! So scary!

Purchased lovely Bike Week shirts from non other than Walmart!

Relaxed in the INDOOR hot tub while Eddie decided if he wanted to join or not!

These are just a few from the millions of pictures Mel took! She's so awesome behind (and in front of) the camera! Again, I'm going to copy Mel and although my efforts to catch up on all your blogs are going to be put in, I also have school to catch up on. So, if anything really exciting happened in the week I was gone that you blogged about, leave a comment because I definitely want to read all about it!

I'm done being a copy cat! I hope you all had a relaxing Sunday!

Technology break

Good morning, ladies! I am currently on the couch, in my PJs, eating breakfast,  and waiting for Mel to get up so we can start todays activities! It's raining... again... but that's okay because guess what today is?! 

For Melissa when she woke up :)

SPA DAY! 

Time to pamper ourselves and get all ready for Florida! Are you sick of me talking about my spring break trip? I hope not because I just can't contain my excitement! So today Spa Day will consist of:

wearing our silky robes

a warm cup of tea

doing our eyebrows

painting our nails

using leave in conditioner to make our hair shine in the Florida sun

with this "recipe"

home made face masks

and a fashion show while we pack!

Jealous? You should do it too! Invite your girlfriend(s) over or make it a me day! Everything we're using is stuff that we have!

Yesterday Mel and I went to this cute little guys 1st birthday. It was so fun! He's getting so big!

He really enjoyed that cake!

 Then we came back and did laundry and made puppy chow for the car ride! Mmmm :)

So as the title of this blog says, I decided to take the week off from technology! I want to relax while in Florida, read a book, and have fun with my best friend and boyfriend! See you all when I get back! Have a great week and let me know if you decided to have a spa day of your own!