Busy as a bee

being busy is my thing. even ask my mom. I am always needing to do SOMETHING, even if its just taking jakie to target to go look at stuff and not buy anything... I feel disconnected and wasteful of time if i don't do something. I like feeling like i have a lot to do. it makes me enjoy different aspects of life.

what im trying to get at is: Im busy. which is why i haven't written in a while...

instead of writing what i have been up to how about i just show yah...

I like surprises...

like receiving emails from your professors that class is canceled. (even though you spent how many hours on that paper last night?!?!?!)

or how you literally have NO homework for the weekend...I'm so far ahead because i dont want to get behind!!!


or surprises like having your roomie show up with a cup of Caribou when you least expect it =]



My Financial Aid issues are officially taken care of, which at first made me want to sigh in relief. But then i realized.... I still need to PAY it. Good thing I don't have time to go shopping, It finally gives me a chance to figure how to budget and what to do with money when it comes my way. I feel a sense of stability now that i have a routine going with managing school, Lifetime Fitness, Spotlight, Dance team, and most importantly, taking care of ME.


I danced my solo from last year for the first time in the studio today. Nobody was in there, and i just wanted to actually Dance. Like not think about the steps or where your focus should be or formations, just dance and let go and be free. By the end of the song i was in tears, not necissarily because i missed my solo (which i do terribly) but because i think it has a significant meaning in my life and what im going through now. It just felt so good to let it go and do what i do, and not think about the rest of the world for that whole 3 minutes.

Homecoming is next week. we have some pretty sweet events and dress up days

Monday: Chillaxin' day- loungin' clothes. how perfect for a monday! We even are having a movie on the Knoll that night
Tuesday: CU Dance Crew Day- the dance team are doing some fun stuff involving spraypaint, tee shirts and rhinestones....yes i said it. RHINESTONES.
Wednesday: Superhero day- haven't quite much thought into this one yet.... i want to get EXTRA clever =]
Thursday: In the spirit of all the fall shows starting (The Office, Grey's Anatomy) we get to dress up as our favorite primetime tv show character. I do believe I'm going the Meredith Grey route)
Friday: CU Spirit Day- basically, load on every piece of blue and gold you can find.
Saturday: GAME DAYYY! vs. Augustana


Thats all for now. I have choreographing to do before teaching and Thursday Movie night with Spotlight staff!

Life is boring without...

FRIENDS.

and yah know how there are certain people in life you know you'll talk to forever? these are those girls...

yep. they are gorgeous. and they are the best!

The theme of the day is

not being afraid of walking away from things you arent happy with. In other words.... Saying NO.







It's monday and there is already more drama today then there was this past weekend. Im not even gonna go into details. Nobody cares anyway.



"How's School?" Ihonestly think its the most asked question i get. School is... school. My classes are good. not really all that tough, but Im not gonna complain. I've met a lot of cool people. Majority of the people here are athletes so its easy to talk about interests. There are a few football guys in particular that i especially get along with. =]



I had my first night of 7-9, 10-12, and +13 hip hop classes on thursday at spotlight. I have a GREAT group of girls. This year is going to be a great one. Jackie, Megan, Justin, Brittany and I started our own faculty cult. We have adventures every thursday after teaching.. Mostly involving food.

Since this is mostly for my family and my friends all know because im with them 24/7 I suppose i should update the fam on the current dating status.... Drew and I ended things the other night. I just had a gut feeling that it wasn't right.... right now. I think he just wanted to be a college freshman and as he says "play the field". I however, have many more important things to do then be one of the players on that field. Lifetime just hired me, Spotlight has me around, performance team is basically having me RUN the team, school, and friends. thats what is important to me.... right now. Hence the theme of the day being able to say "no"... hopefully i have a smart family that kinda caught on to what that all meant. =] Just kidding, i know you all did! So thats the deal with him.

also speaking of saying no, i told my mom this already but all the girls (except for my roomie erin) i hang out with drink. ALL of them. I stood up and said no to being their DD the other night. I hate to say they are responsible drinkers (lets see cuz we all are.... 18!) but they know if they dont have a DD they wont drink. So standing up to them and telling them that i wasn't going to be their safety net was tough, but at the end of the day i get so much respect for doing so. Not gonna lie it was sooo hard to do.. but hey. i dont want calls at 3 am.

Erin and I get along so well. Im so blessed to have such a great roomie. We tell eachother everything and we feel like we have been friends forever... we even finish eachothers sentences. Tonight we went to her boyfriend josh's friends birthday dinner. We had a lot of fun and laughed so hard. Food was good and we got most of the TGI friday staff to sing to him. Pictures soon, erin took them on her camera since i didnt have mine.

I think thats all for now. I started this earlier this morning and now it is 11:49pm. BEDTIME. haha i wish. Come on now, im a college kid ;]

I was never really that great at...

keeping a journal.

But i figured that since this is a new chapter in my life i decided i will at least try... and this way my family can see what I'm up to with me since i don't get to see them everyday like i want to. =]

today is Sunday. I slept in past chapel... dad i promise ill go.. eventually. It's icky outside and the first thought i had this morning was... "I have homework." I actually dont MIND doing homework... i would just rather be making up dances or creating a logo for my studio... which doesnt have a name yet... any ideas!?!?!

I wake up to a phone call from Tori asking if i want to go get brunch at the dining hall. I say yeah and roll out of bed. I meet her downstairs. where i find everyone looking just like me. Sweats, messy ponytail and smeared makeup from last night. Its kinda like nobody really cares here. We are who we are. Even on Sunday mornings. We get to the dining hall and sit down and gossip about all the juicy things that happened the night before.. which I didnt really get involved in. I don't drink. i just dont have the desire to. I believe turning 21 is like a rite of passage. Once you get there you can enjoy drinking. You wouldn't drive a car by yourself at age 14 would you? like i said. Rite of Passage. Anyways, our meals have specific topics: the who went to what party, which one was the best, who is with who, who isn't with who, how broke we all are, the football game (and who has the cutest butt in the football pants) and homework... the last subject is the subject we spend the least time on... knowing its sunday is painful to think about... especially that early in the morning.

After brunch, I head back to my room and grab my homework stuff. I find that if im in my room i get distracted with tv or the internet. So i came down to the commons, grabbed a caribou "golden bear mocha" and sit down and force myself to work. Everything here has SOMETHING to do with our mascot, COMET the GOLDEN BEAR. who, looks like Louie. Just sayin'.

Our football boys won last night. They beat MSU Moorhead... That puts the golden bears at 2-1!

The Performance team also rocked it yesterday too =]