I've been volunteering in Andy's aunt's 3rd grade class and today after recess these little girls came back in and Madison was crying. Chris (Andy's aunt) tried to find out what had happened and we heard something about people being mean to her. Madison ran off to the bathroom and her little friend turned, shrugged her shoulder and said ( Read more... )

sometimes I want to go to bed but I don't want to do all of the prep for it (i.e. washing face, journal writing etc) so I keep putting it off and the longer I wait, the more tired I get and the less I want to do the prep ( Read more... )

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I'm actually enjoying being single. Is that weird? I thought it would suck more than it does. I'm enjoying knowing that I have options- that I'm liberated. I miss Andy, don't get me wrong. There are a few people I'd like to have a relationship with but the idea of getting involved with anybody but Johnny Depp is seemingly disastrous and severely ( Read more... )

So I went to school a little early to talk to Professor Hochstetler about this Gilder Lehrman Institute all expense paid trip to New York this summer thing and she helped me start mapping out the application process. In the middle of it she asked me if I'd ever thought about being an undergraduate TA and I said I didn't think undergraduates TA'd at ( Read more... )

The end of the year is upon us. I wish I had been better this year and last about keeping a journal. Consider it one my new years resolutions ( Read more... )

My brother Mike and his wife Mari's new baby girl came early this morning. She was born at 2:35am. She weighs 5.5lbs, and is 17 inches long. She's the smallest baby I've ever held and by far the most beautiful. I was there at the hospital with my mom, Mari's mom and her sister and brother-in-law. She did it without an epidural and I'm very ( Read more... )

I'm in San Jose right now at my cousin Cristina's house. It's 9:50pm and still about 70 degrees outside. There are some things I miss about living in California. I went swimming at my aunt Claudia's house in Sacramento yesterday for about two hours with Katie, Kelly, Gretchen and my mom. It was really fun; I couldn't remember the last time I went ( Read more... )

well I finished my first real quarter at Western with a 3.4 which in my opinion sucks. I was really pushing for at least a 3.5 which I could have had but I was one point short of having a B+ in my History of the Pacific Northwest class. But its okay, I'm glad its done but now I'm working a lot so I don't know yet which situation I'd rather have. 54 ( Read more... )

i have the most amazing friends on this planet.

thank you so much for the best birthday weekend i've ever had in my entire 22 years.

i love you sooo much.

Kristen