Hey Everyone!!
My roomate Matt and I are desperately looking for another person to live in our duplex with us for next year. Matt and I have lived here the past year and want to stay here, but our third roomate is moving out. It's a duplex located at 280 Gunson - at the corner of Gunson and Ann. It's close to campus and a great place to live! We're suppose to sign the contract by the end of the week or we could lose the house - if anyone is interested please respond to this or call me or im me or anthing!! Greatly appreciated!!

how wonderful it is to be home again, spending time with the family

i am thankful for parents
i am thankful for siblings
i am thankful for extended family
i am thankful for dogs, and simba
i am thankful for lake michigan
i am thankful for my health, and that of my loved ones
i am thankful for everything home offers me

Thanksgiving could not have gone better - it started this morning. It was a beautiful day, clear skies, sun shining, calm lake. Mom, dad, Tj and I started the day off right by heading out on the lake in canoe and kayak. We paddled around for awhile, enjoying conversation and the warmth the sun gave us on our faces. The water was so clear I was tempted to dive in, but somehow was able to restrain myself. After paddling in, we had a quick lunch and then Tj and I got ready and headed out to the barn. There were many dogs and kitties out there to pet and play with as we readied Dante for our trail ride. Off we went into the woods, enjoying the sounds and smells of nature as we ducked under trees and made our way around fallen trees. The sound of the river that ran along side of the trail was extremely calming, and I welcomed the break from man-made noises. We returned from the trail ride and headed home, where my sister and I got into conversation about political issues, and I sure am proud of her ;)Quick showers before dinner and I did my part of finishing up the food by making the mashed potatoes. We all sat down, attempted to say grace before eating but there was an incident with Holly and I and kiss cookies fresh from the oven....oops. Dinner was lively, and extremely filling. Dessert time....well...whipped creme never seems to end up where it is suppose to, and I did a pretty good job at aiming, I really didn't mean to get it in Holly's eye. Father started a fire in the fireplace and everyone made their way to the kitchen where we sat down for some intense rounds of cards. By the end, we were playing drinking games with wine and were all in high spirits. Conversation lingered as people started to say their good-byes and head their seperate ways.

I am thankful for today.
I am thankful for everything I have.
I am thankful for the many opportunities I have been given.
I am thankful that I am looking forward to tommorow.

I hope everyone else had a wonderful thanksgiving and was able to find things they were thankful about.

so it's been a little while, kinda sorta keep forgettin that this thing exists and that there might be people that still pretned to use it a little bit....ok, the main reason i'm posting something is because it's 2 in the mornin and i'm at the library and am so sick of studying/writing papers that i'm considering jumping thru the window right in front of me...

so...single once again, mise well get that outta the way....eh, it's life right?

almost thanksgiving!! can't wait to go home and see my family and play with my puppy! I'm hopin for snow...but i s'pose if it decides it needs to be kinda nice i'll go for some walks and enjoy that...definetely need the break from school, 17 credits plus working and volunteering and trying to maintain a social life is definetely taking its toll on me...plus u throw in the whole not really sleeping often thing...and yea, i'm a lil wired at this point...but i think going home is just what i need to relax and prepare myself for the last cupla weeks before the end of the semester and wonderful christmas break...

had an amazing convo with kremke tonight...not really sure how it even really started to be honest, but it definetely developed into an over an hour conversation that left me thinking that i could write an at least 20 page thesis on life - basically we were discussing how important life expereinces are, and how without them, it's hard to truly connect with people and be able to understand where they are coming from....i mean we went much deeper and more in depth, but you get the idea...

aight, back to papers and studying...woot woot...hope everyone has happy holidays! ;) maybe i'll try not to be such a fair-weather lj poster in the future, not that anyone really reads these anyways, they are obviously more of a distraction tactic for myself, or a way to document events for my own benefits

so school has started once again...

off to a busy busy busy busy busy year....things have been so crazy since i came back down to good ole east lansing

was homeless for a few days while my house was getting moved out of, so stayed at a couch at a friends....but hey...it was well with it, b/c i happened to meet my current boyfriend zachary b/c of it ;) we met at a lil shin dig at the house i was stayin at and just kinda hit it off...he's great, u should all be happy/proud...

work has been insane...orintation, then welcome week working at like 6 and 7 in the morning while trying to have a life and party since i am living in a duplex off campuse now was really interesting and i don't think i'm completely caught up from that yet...

classes have started, not rly sure what to think yet b/c the first week is just formalities anyways...looking forward to thursday after my one class when i'll be able to relax for a bit...

and i'm getting a furry visitor tmr and i'm pumped!! it's not my puppy, but i'm happy to have a four-legged friend around for a lil bit just the same! ;)

life is good...lil overwhelming and stressful at times...but overall it is good and i think this year is off to a great start...we'll see how the year unfolds...

p.s - bought tickets to a brand new concert at the end of october...extrememly excited!!

i give up...

if there's nothing left that i can do to make you understand....and if u're going to be so stubborn and think you know exactly how i feel, then i just give up...i can't take all this again...

It’s like love
Some people get it
For some it’s just a glove that just never fitted
For me it’s just a pain in the ass
But I’m addicted to the taste
And hoping it will last

Just think of this and me as just a few of the many things,
To lie around,
To clutter up your shelves.

Now I could make this obvious, and you,
You could deny me all in one breath,
You could shrug me off your shoulders.

story of my life...

well there it is, back in the wonderful u.p for the summer....waiting to see what escadrama has to offer me for these next few months....haha*

only been back a few days so i'm not quite back into the swing of things....but...so far...so good....i think....

rents left for a few days to go downstate for the bro and sister in-laws graduation ceremonies (am i a bad person for not going?) and i chilled and took care of the house and the dogs.... ;)

gotta find a job....

enjoy the water and everything the u.p has to offer, especially since i dunno when i'll be spending another lengthy time up here after this summer....

crossing my fingers for not too much drama this summer with everything...

looking forward to seeing danny (it's been 6 months....wow...) and jamie and eric and hang out more with cor and vitek and everybody else back home...the fam of course...

sooo....get in touch, make plans, concert, road trips....we're only young once right? pretty soon its real life and real jobs and families and bills and all that stuff...oh man...

ok, so i know i just updated but this is BIG BREAKING NEWS!!!!

i got my letter from the school of social work like 10 minutes ago - and i've been ACCEPTED!!!!!!!! wahoo!!!! i'm headed in the direction i want to be for my future!! wish me luck!!!!

so spring break was enjoyable - i just went home and hung out with family and friends...

i hung out with justin a lot, guy from my past who i have started to talk to quite a bit...he got into a little bit of trouble before i came home so he was kinda confined to his house so we just hung out and watched movies a lot, which is cool with me b/c it was really relaxing

didn't get to see jamesta much b/c she was involved in the musical Oliver - went and saw it Friday with the family and it was a good time...i miss her tho...

didn't get to see the a lot of people that i usually hang out while i was home...b/c shit was complicated and ppl were lazy or w/e...idk, oh well...i guess people change and all that...

hung out with the sis some, i love that girl, she's turning out to be a great girl..but growing up so quickly!!

went on lots of walks with the family, or just my dad and it was great to be back in the u.p and with my dogs and all the great scenery, it really is a beautiful place! ;)

then it was back to state - i got to bring the blazer back so that's awesome!! driving the whole way back by myself...not so fun...but i followed gary and bill so it wasn't horrible..and gary drove for me a little bit at the end b/c my contacts were all screwed up...

it's been kinda hard to get back into the routine of things, classes, work..blah...i mean my week home was awesome..but so short...and its just hard being back...oh well, not much longer until we're done for the summer...altho i don't kno for sure what i'm doing this summer...trying to hopefully get a job at a summer camp...

on a sad note - mike is leaving state next year to go to bowling green for the music program...it is his passion...but he will be greatly missed...

pretty true i think....

How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside. You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think. You tend to have one best friend you hang with, as opposed to many aquaintences. You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.