love, tori elizabeth

week in the life: friday/saturday/sunday

slacking again :( here's the weekend

friday i woke up around 10 am.  took millie for a walk right away, and then read blogs and twitter and facebook for a while.  i went to pick up my paycheck and then went on a little shopping spree :)  something i never get to do anymore... i got a few things for millie (a brush, ome hair bows, eye drops, and frontline) and a few things for myself (mostly craft supplies for my new project, and some new makeup).  after i got home my roommate and i went over to a friends house to have dinner together.  we came home to get ready for the senior bar crawl and i still wasn't feeling well.  i finished getting ready and made myself a drink, but i just wasn't in the mood to drink.  i ended up hanging out at home all night and falling asleep pretty early.  kinda bummed i missed my senior bar crawl, but it was probably a good decision.  right?

saturday and sunday honestly kind of blur together at this point.  saturday i just took it easy all day.  my roommates were all busy, so i  spent the majority of the day alone/with millie - we went on walks, napped, watched movies, and did arts and crafts.  joe took me out to olive garden for an early birthday dinner.  i wasn't in the mood to go out again, but my roommates had a party anyway.  sunday was my birthday, so i was pretty upset that i spent saturday night in my room alone, but i tried telling myself that it shouldn't matter because it wasn't my birthday yet.  i ended up blogging and reading and falling asleep pretty early, so it wasn't a horrible night.

sunday (MY BIRTHDAY) i woke up early since i fell asleep so early.  i took millie on a walk right away and got some mountain dew at the y-mart (the gas station we walk to every day).  our house was trashed, most of my roommates were sleeping, and one roommate was at home (in the u.p. - she left on my birthday?!).  honestly, i just hung out in my room, watching a law and order marathon and a sex and the city marathon of my dvds.  joe came over to hang out for a little bit, but then he had to go to work.  jaime had to work all day, and laura didn't get up until almost 2:00.  we hung out in my room and watched tv together for a while.  a woman came to deliver a birthday cake that my mom sent to me!  laura and i went to old chicago for margaritas and mac n cheese pizza for dinner.  after dinner, we were tired because we were so full, so we just watched more tv until bed time.

so, i'm 22 now.. i feel a little old.  honestly, it was a pretty crappy birthday.  i'm just glad its behind me and i am ready to start the next chapter of my life.  more on that soon :)

week in the life: tuesday/wednesday/thursday

so i kind of slacked on week in the life this week :( i wish i would have done a better job, but my week was kind of boring and uninspiring.  here i'm combining the 3 more boring days.

couldn't fall asleep monday night.  usually i can sleep a lot, but lately i've had a tough time falling asleep.  so i made breakfast for a midnight snack - eggs and toast.  finally fell asleep around 3 i think.  i woke up to my alarm at 7:30, but didn't go to class anyway so i could sleep in.  the rest of the day was a blur of being lazy - working on homework in bed and snuggling with millie and takes naps.  joe and i had an awesome conversation (via email, haha) and it was sad and happy at the same time.  i'm so glad we had that talk.  tuesday night i went the the kewaunaw (bar) with joe and his roommates for wings and a couple drinks.  i had a few wings and a captain and coke, and then i noticed i wasn't feeling well.  i got home around 11 and i was very tired and nauseaus.  i was so nauseaus i could't fall asleep, so i was up until almost 3 am again.

i woke up a bunch of times overnight and woke up early wednesday morning still feeling sick.  another day full of relaxing in bed, reading blogs and playing the sims.  wednesday evening was the cap n gown party in the campus center.  all the seniors went to the campus center to pick up our caps and gowns we ordered a few weeks ago.  the alumni office on campus makes it into a big event with free stuff, prizes, raffles, games, bbq food, beers, and lots of conversations and toasts.  less that 3 weeks!  i went home to work on some tough homework.  i checked the syllabus and realized that assignment is due next week, not this week, so i just hung out and did nothing. 

thursday morning i slept in again and took millie for a walk right away.  she loves walking down to the gas station, where they give her treats, but by the time we get back home she seems exhausted.  i was sitting in my room and i heard someone upstairs.  i went up there to see that my roommate had skipped school, so we decided to hang out in the living room all day and we watched sex and the city and "did homework".  i got super inspired during the afternoon, so i started a new project!  i'm super excited about it!  i had to work for a couple hours thursday night - we had a hip hop/break dance crew performing.  it was super cool and they actually taught our whole audience some dance moves. 

week in the life: monday

wake up to alarm at 8:00 am.  i was hoping i'd get up early and do homework all day.  no, i'm still tired.  finally fall back asleep around 9:00 and wake up again at 11:00.  hang out - watch tv, read blogs, check twitter, play the sims on facebook, etc.  take millie for a walk and get a mountain dew from the y-mart.  take a shower and get ready.  go to class, but at the last minute, decide to run errands instead.  i took some old books back to the bookstore.  i bought glamour magazine (i need magazines for some crafts i have in mind) a copy of the hunger games, and some burt's bees shampoo on clearance for $3.99.  got some cash back for the old books and took it to target to get a few essential groceries.  found some really pretty things at target - washi tape! and smash books and supplies! and pretty journals!  didn't get anything though. get home, walk millie, and eat dinner.  hang out with laura for a while, and then take a nap for a couple hours.  wake up at 9:00 pm.  watch tv and read magazine.  think about homework.  realize week in the life is now and i didn't really take any pictures.  write this blog post and realize i barely even did anything.  decide i'll do more tomorrow so my week in the life posts are a little more exciting.  going to make a to do list and read the hunger games until bed time.

ira glass

“What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me... is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase. They quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.... It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions --- It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”

it's easter.

best thing in the world: those times when you can sit at your computer forever because you keep finding one cool website/blog after another and you just can't stop looking at everything because then the good luck streak ends. well, that hasn't happened to me in a long long time, but this weekend i finally found a few new-to-me blogs that i just want to read all the way back until they started.

+ jamaica makes
+ ann marie loves paper
+ 1000 awesome things
+ creative blessing

things to do while i am home alone this weekend

so this weekend is easter, and all of my roommates are going home except for me.  instead of being bored and upset this weekend i want to keep myself busy.  here are the things i've come up with so far:

• read
• art journal
• scrapbook
• apply for jobs
• take millie for a walk
• go rollerblading
• go for a bike ride
• work out
• go visit gummy
• blog
• clean the house
• work on homework
• design things for my shop
• design things for my portfolio
• take clothes to plato's closet/goodwill
• cook/bake
• make a budget?
• make something
• take photos
• decorate the house

25 special skills and talents omitted from my resumé

1. knows almost everything about the o.c. (the tv show, not the place).

2. can sleep almost anywhere.

3. willing to sit in the middle seat if necessary.

4. loves to sing karaoke.

5. always right.

6. only apologizes when i genuinely mean it.

7. can be brutally honest.

8. loves to clean everything.

9. doesn't excpect anyone to spell my name correctly.

10. showers & shaves regularly.

11. always ready for an adventure.

12. makes the best chocolate chip cookies ever.

13. excellent driver.

14. always willing to drive.

15. memorizes song lyrics quickly.

16. gives creative, thoughtful, unique presents.

17. fluent in sarcasm.

18. so observant of my surroundings it's almost weird.

19. willing to watch movies over and over and over.

20. can wiggle my ears and flare my nostrils.

21. excellent at picking things out of my food that i dont want to eat (i.e. vegetables).

22. works well under pressure.

23. enjoys running errands.

24. barely has a midwestern accent.

25. always has well-manicured toes.

inspired by this post on thought catalog

currently

avoiding studying for an exam.

praying i don't sleep through said 8:00 am exam.

longing for summer.

missing a certain someone.

determined to end senior year with a bang.

designing my own portfolio website.

wishing i could blog more.

wanting to do fun creative things instead of school work.

ready for a new adventure.

i know it's cliche, but i need to hear these things right now

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thought catalog

great blog.  here are some of my favorite posts:

+ the two types of guys that there are
+ how to become a smoker
+ how you know
+ why you can't make your ex fall in love with you again
+ what sundays are for