We'd have so much fun.

I want nieces and nephews like this.

Found here.

blow smoke and hold our breath as long as it takes

Kind of another result of needing to do laundry and getting dressed within 5 minutes. I was having lots and lots of technical difficulties today. It's all good now though. Check out my snazzy green tights! I got them for Christmas and have just now worn them. You can't tell really in the pictures, but they sparkle too. Pretty exciting. And I have some plans for the weekend that I'm really looking forward to. Everything is turning out well.

Dress from Ross

Alloy boots & cardigan

Forever21 locket & tights

my pants are full of history

This outfit kind of came out of needing to do laundry and having to scrounge for things I haven't really worn in a while. But I was complimented on it, so I guess it was fairly successful. I decided to try a different composition and posing. I'm totally okay with cutting off my head for most of them. I feel like I look a little scary right now because of the late nights and being sick. Tonight might be an all-nighter because of all the stuff I have to do for tomorrow. I'm giving a presentation for my US in a Global Context history class about women's fashion trends throughout American history. So I get to research quite a bit tonight since I couldn't really get to it before today (I only picked my topic yesterday....). Busy busy busy! It should be a good day, but I'll be very happy when it's over.

Urban Outfitters blue two-tone top

Forever21 red cardigan

Pac Sun black skinny jeans

Target black tank top & shoes

kind of really love this.... a lot

from Sabino

I've turned into a bit of a tumblr stalker. I'm a huge fan of photos and random stuff that's quirky and/or cute/pretty. It makes me happy. And I'm really busy with school right now, so it's good to take a quick break to visually stimulate my brain with images that make me smile and feel good. I need to take more pictures. I have a camera. I need to use it. The sound of a shutter is a good stress reliever.

Why I Love My Brother - Example A:

"Official Minion"

Taylor started his new job/position today. We're all very excited for this new opportunity. It's a very good thing right now. He told me about his new tumblr today and I came across this picture. It's so him - snarky and sarcastic. It made me smile. But peruse at your own risk. It's not for the chaste at heart. But I love him for it. I would expect nothing less. Cheers, Taylor.

C is for COOKIE!!!

I'm kind of having one of those weeks. Being in a state of frequent illness is getting on my nerves. I'm normally not sick this often. But LOOK WHAT MY MUM SENT ME!!!!! Big boost of happiness when I got this package of goodness today. I was supposed to get Do-Si-Dos instead of Tagalongs, but right now I really don't care. I'll get the right peanut butter cookies when I go home in a few weeks. And maybe even MORE Girl Scout cookies! That'd be great. Considering I've almost finished all of the Tagalongs today.... Don't you just LOVE Girl Scout Cookie Season?? One of my favorite times of the year, for sure. I'm SO glad I don't have to peddle them off to people anymore. Not that it's such a hard job, but Scouting wasn't such a great time for me towards the end. I'm perfectly content to just take advantage of their amazing cookies and my mum and sister's involvement in it all. It's good to have connections in the organization.

I left my heart in California....

So these pictures are really old. But that's because the last time I was home was during Christmas Break. Today is the first day of March. You can do the math since I'm too lazy and it's almost 3:00am. But this is my house:

It's not much. But it's been home for the past 10 years. We moved across town the summer before I started 4th grade. This August will technically mark year ten. I remember being at summer camp the week that my family moved in and getting a letter from my dad. I was so heartbroken. The first nine years of my life were spent in one place and suddenly we were moving to a place for my older brother to go to middle school in a better area. I was so resentful of Taylor back then because the immediate reason for moving was solely for his benefit and I had to miss out on all my friends and the cool stuff that I would've been privy to that next year at my old elementary school. For everyone else in my family, it seemed like an easy transition and not a big deal. I was the only one facing huge changes and had to adjust right in the middle of things.

That first year was really difficult for me. I began my first tentative ventures into puberty. I faced my first real struggles with making and keeping friends. It was the first time I ever encountered the waverings of self-confidence. I experienced for the very first time the true viciousness that can emerge inside of girls and exactly how long a grudge can be held. Until that point, I'd been a cute little carefree kid. Fourth grade was the beginning of me growing up.

The next year started off on the same terrible foot. I don't think I'd ever cried as much as in those first two years at the new house since I was a baby. Fifth grade even started with tears. It was great.... But it seemed to get better for the most part after a while. There were definitely a few firsts though. I had my first real brush with chauvinistic male egos that year. It almost bordered on sexual harassment actually. But that was also the year, at almost the very end, that I was first really, truly rejected from a group of people. I'm still not sure why it happened, but it did. And it's helped shape me into the emotional mess that I am now.

There was a lot that happened because of the move my family made 10 years ago this summer. Some good. Some bad. There are a lot of memories tied to that house that my family lives in while I'm away at college. And a decade later, I'm able to say that despite hating that house the first couple of years, I miss it. I've been here for three straight months since the beginning of the year without my family or my dogs or my friends that I've made and kept and while they all continue their own lives back at home or off at their own colleges without me. I've been relatively alone and on my own to start the cycle all over again. It's been tough sometimes. And sometimes it's been awesome. Since September, I've grown quite a bit. But I'm ready to go home and have a bit of familiarity for once.

By the end of this month, that will happen. I'll get to go home for a few days during Spring Break in about three weeks and then road-trip back up to school with some other people. I'm so excited and so ready to be home and show people around my neck of the woods. I've been getting really anxious for it and was almost devastated when it almost didn't happen at all a few weeks ago. But now we're back on track and have a general schedule planned out. I just have to get through classes and being sick right now for the next few weeks. And then I can start the last portion of this first year with peace of mind and a lighter heart.