I feel like my body can't handle this anymore. I don't know if it is the fact that I have only eaten a piece of toast and a couple cinnamon bears today, or that i am so extremely excited to be done with this semester, or that I am terrified or this final i am about to take, but by body won't stop shaking. I feel like I have inhaled 20 cups of coffee. My mind no longer focuses on one thing for any longer than 20 minutes.

GAAAHHH!

im going insane. 

literally

Just one more final. 

:)

finals week.

It's finals week. 

obviously this is when i find the most entertaining things on the internet. 

here are a few of my favs.

mmm... repeat.

best prank EVER. 

these kids are goood.

These videos, along with the t.v. series Bent, Up all Night, and New Girl have kept more really busy lately. great study session breaks. 

simple

What is our obsession with oversized things? Everything has to be extravagant. We have so many unnecessary things. Houses that could hold 100 people are lived in by 2.  Beds are the size of bedrooms. T.v.'s take up entire walls. vehicles driven by a single person are big enough to live in. peoples finger nails are covered in tiny jewels, and their bodies draped in unnecessary accessories. those 50cent ice cream cones are the size of my head (don't get me wrong, i't a good deal!)  WHY?! 

Less is more

It really just blows my mind. why do you need a house the size or a hotel? it only means more cleaning, more space to hold things you don't need. More room for boxes and boxes of things. THINGS! who wants boxes and boxes of things? doesn't that feel so.. so.. heavy? so claustrophobic?  I was on pinterest today and saw a picture of a bathroom bigger than my apartment. Who needs that? who would even want that? what is so great with having a room that big just for to to pee and shower in?  and people comment on it like it is the best thing ever. Do you not realize that families in third world countries life in a house the size of the room you pee in?!  

I have never understood the point of t.v.s that are the size of your wall. I enjoy a screen big enough to see, but why do you need a home theatre?  WHY?  are we really so of the world that we think that is important? to have a t.v. the size of your wall? Like it makes you a more important person?  

I have a car down at school this year, and I don't know what to do with it most of the time. sure, it is nice to have because it gets me to work, and lets me visit family that live within a couple hours, but the idea of paying for a car when i only use it a couple times a week seems ridiculous to me. if i shared a car with all of my room mates, i don't even think any of us would notice that we were all using the same car. that is how unnecessary the other 3 cars are. Provo is full, and i mean really full, or cars. parking is insane. Why does every person have their own car? I think everyone would be a lot happier if there was 1/5th the amount of cars. Im sorry, but you don't need to drive 4 blocks to school. 

clothing is my number one vice. I can't seem to get enough. But why? I have the hardest time throwing out any clothing of mine. I can have something i haven't worn in over a year, but i will still find excuses to keep it. and not only keep it all, but i constantly am adding to it. buying a shirt here, and some shoes there. What is the point? I already have more than enough clothing. So much of what i have and what i buy is so very unnecessary! 

Can you just think for a minute how simple you life would be if you got ride of half of your things. 

Downgraded to a functional sized house that wasn't the size of a football field. 

This lady is amazing. Now im not saying we should all go out and start living in shipping containers. but notice how happy and content she is with what she has? 

Can we all just start realizing how amazing we have it please. I like nice things, and i will always buy nice things, but I am vowing to myself now, no more extremely unnecessary buying. No more seeing a massive mansion and thinking that is something that i would want. No more feeling sorry for myself because i don't have enough money to buy an anthropology dress.  

simplicity is the key to all happiness. 

IT"S HERE!

AAAHHHH!

I feel like a little kid. 

As I was walking to school today I had a mini excitement attack. There were flowers along the pathway, light pink and white blossoms on the trees, and little birdies chirping away. yes, yes, i know. The flowers have been there for just about a week, and the blossoms didn't come over night, and those birds have been chirping outside my windows for a while now, BUT today they all just came together so nicely. And it really hit me, that it is the end of march. say whaat?! yep. the END of MARCH! I felt like Mary from The Secret Garden, when she come running into the mansion screaming "IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!" after seeing the flower buds and other pretty signs of spring. Yes people, It's spring!  

Now I have never been a huge fan of spring, never got what the big deal was about it, until i realized that was because i grew up in canada, where we didn't have spring. It pretty much went from winter.. to a less extreme winter, to summer. I didn't know that that spring was and actual season! But it is, and I love it. 

Also, I am listening to this song while writing this. "Funny how a melody sounds like a memory" (-eric church lyrics- another good song) <- Really applies to this song for me. This song is all things wonderful. It reminds me of the Florida trip I took with friends in grade 12, and all of those hours spend in jane's basement watching O.C.. and i mean hooouurs.. cuddled up in blankets eating popsicles and chips.  

speaking of wasted time and money, the other day I calculated how much I worked in high school and jr. high, and figured out how much money I made over those years. If I would have saved even half of it i would probably be a millionaire right now. Where in heavens names did it all go?! And why did no one steal it away from me and save it for me for now?! Common.. did I really need to go on a $700 shopping spree? Go to germany and austria? go to florida? be a cheerleader and buy a $300 uniform and spend much more on trips etc? go on countless mini road trips with friends? eat at smashed tomato aaalll the time? Okay, yes. I did. That was fun. hahah.

 It's fine. I'm paying the price now by selling body parts. Literally. I sell my plasma. My childhood curse of not being able to bruise (i never had anything to show for the beatings i went through with 4 older brothers) is now becoming a blessing. Usually peoples arms bruise quite badly when they donate plasma, I have not even the slightest hint of a bruise. just needle holes that make me look like a druggie. 

Anyways.. Happy springtime :)


pics from jen and i's salt lake trip to see the new mall.

look at those flowers!

..and those blossoms and green grass!

AVERY

Isn't she adorable? By far the prettiest little girl in the world. 

She turned 5 today. FIVE!

Love her. 

Birfday Girl!

Today is my darling angel friends birthday! YAY FOR KARLEE!

So happy birthday to you. Hope these pictures bring you as much joy as they do me. 

p.s. i never realized just how many pictures we have together! hoooly there are a lot. 

cuute! we were cheer leaders together!

valentines day dance. best date ever. 

classic high school karlee. spits and old red. 

echo lake trip. funnest road trip ever!

I wish i knew what made me make that face.

LOVE YOU!

Happy birthday pretty lady. 

Today I got bored. A very rare occurrence.

Me and jen found a new little place that sells acai bowls. Only place in provo! yum.

I was the only one who showed up to the midterm review. Favorite student award! I got hoooked up for the test. 

two of my three classes got cancelled for tomorrow. :)

The light in our hallways to out apartment is out. I feel like im in a horror film.

I have nutella, pancakes , cereal, ham, flax seeds, tea, butter, one egg, and a couple carrots with my name on them in the kitchen. I don't know what to do with that. 

The bolts holding my engine up wore out, and my engine then fell down onto my axle, making it impossible to turn. $1000 to fix. Goodbye car. 

No car means no work. So much time in the day! 

Matt competed the wings challenge last night at wings night. 12 of the HOTTEST wing is 3 min and 55 sec. 

I have realized i am not good at being productive when i don't have set plans. 

My mind feels all fuzzy. beedtiiime.