Done!

I am finally done with finals and it feels so nice. Now, I don't have a care in the world. My only priority at this point is to relax and have fun. Overall, my finals were bleh. I did okay, but I'm scared that the one I took today I completely bombed. I absolutely hate my major, I don't know why it took me 4 years to realize that science is not my thing. But its too late to switch now. I just wish when I was a freshman I would have looked more into other majors. I don't have the mindset to do organic chemistry, physics, biochem, etc! But blah blah. Enough complaining. I'll be done with my degree in 1.5 years. From there we will see what happens.

I'm off to sushi with the roomie and then getting supplies for our party tonight. Pictures and update to come!

Over the hump

I've been a bad blogger and have not updated in a few days, please excuse my absence. This past week has been defined by studying, stressing out, cups of coffee from starbucks, and an extreme lack of sleep. However, I am happy to say that as of today I am half way to the finish line. Yes, two more finals to go. My biggest final is on Thursday, but the fact that I have 3 days or so to study for it puts me at ease. Today I had two finals back to back, and its the absolute worse thing ever. I didn't even go out this weekend (gasp) because I had to balance studying for those two finals. I died afterwards! I was literally in zombie-like brain dead mode.  Now I'm up studying for another final tomorrow. I'm just happy I get to sleep in :) Enough talk about school, its driving me crazy.

Like I mentioned before, I am looking forward to the end of this week. Plans include a christmas party at our house, going out in celebration of my roomie being an official college graduate, and also a school basketball game. It will be nice to rest and just do nothing! I want nothing more than to buy a good book and just sit and read all day. I don't when was the last time I picked up a book that wasn't dealing with science! Does anyone have any good recommendations? I'm pretty much open to anything.

And lately I've been getting the shopping itch. I absolutely hate it! When I have money, I don't see anything I want. And when I don't have money, there are so many things I want to buy. Lets just say that going into target was absolute torture. In the clothing section they had so many pieces I wanted; a cute dress, lace leggings, and boyfriend v-necks. I absolutely love the boyfriend v-necks. So comfortable and they go with anything. I can pair it with a blazer to dress down an outfit, wear it while working out, or just throw it on with a pair of jeans. They look great with anything. I already have two from target, and the fact that they were on sale made it so hard to resist. They also had bras, socks, and tights on sale. Yup! I was a good girl and didn't buy anything. But I might go back at the end of this week and get a thing or two--hah!

Its back to hitting the books! Thanks for putting up with me. I promise after this week, there will be lots more to look forward to.

Friday Favorites--Christmas Photos

Good morning! I'm feeling pretty good right now. Its been a good start to the morning, especially since I got my coffee in :) I have so much going on this weekend and next week in general. Its going to be rough. I am studying ALL DAY today. I'm going to be sitting in front of my computer working on two study guides. I am then going to retreat to the library later this evening to dive into physics homework. I haven't gotten much sleep this week. I think I've been going to bed around 1:00 or 2:00 every night. Tonight I am going to be a grandma though and am heading to bed early. I have a loooonnng day of work tomorrow. I have to be at work from 5:30am-1:00pm. We are having a special "breakfast with santa" event for the kids tomorrow. Its going to be cute and I'm excited. It just sucks waking up that early on top of being stressed out from finals. I just can't wait for December 16th at 3:00pm, I will be a free woman!

In response to finals week and an overwhelming amount of work, I went ahead and decided to separate myself from facebook. I had my roommate change my password so I can no longer log into facebook even if I wanted to. Its weird feeling so disconnected from everyone. But I like it! I do feel like as a result I've been way more productive.

Lastly, the roomies and I have decided to throw a christmas party at the end of finals next week. I'm actually excited because we have a good amount of people coming so far. We are going to be making gingerbread houses, decorating cookies, playing games, and then ending the night with good ole college drinking and dancing. It will be a great way to end the semester with great people and say bye to some friends who are leaving (they were studying abroad so they are flying back to europe). I need to figure out what to wear. I guess the ugly sweater is standard--right?

I leave you with my friday favorites. Here are some of my favorite christmas themed pictures. Enjoy!

(all via tumblr)

Lazy weekend

I feel like I went from being completely productive to a bum. What happened?? I think I was just exhausted from running around the past few days that my body just wanted to rest. I went to bed at 9:00pm yesterday, which is absolutely unheard of. I go to bed around 1:00am on school nights and 2:30am on the weekends. I must admit though, it felt so nice to just sleep. I woke up this morning and made myself a big cup of hot chocolate and a poptart. I NEVER eat breakfast, so this was actually quite nice. The unfortunate thing is that my computer has been on the fritz lately. It seriously took 30 minutes for it to start up this morning. I'm thinking it has something to do with a statistics program I had to download for class. FML! I'm probably going to take it off my computer by the end of this week, but I need it to practice for my exam on Thursday.

So I must admit, these next two weeks I am probably going to be a somewhat repetitive blogger. I have FINALS spread across these next two weeks so of course my mind is going to be on nothing but studying, studying, and studying. I do have some great posts lined up though, so I won't be a complete bore. Just letting you know that I won't be a completely amazing blogger these next two weeks, especially next week when I have 4 finals.

Today I need to be productive to make up for my lazy day yesterday. I have lots and lots to do :) I'm actually going to be in the library all day today to meet up with a friend and then study my little behind off. Here is my daily list:

1. Finish my biostats quiz
2. Finish my psychology paper
3. FOCUS agenda
4. Study for biochem
5. Memorize 3 Amino Acids
6. Start typing up my biostats study guide

Decembuurrr

Its officially the month of December which has to be one of my favorite months of the year and all for good reason. Probably the only thing I don't like about December is the chilly weather, but even that has positive sides (cuddling, hot coco, etc). This also marks the 25 day count down until Christmas. I love the holiday season-- in fact today I kicked off my holiday season properly. Me and one of the roomies busted out our holiday decorations complete with a christmas tree and menorah. Our house looks so cute when its decorated festively. Were probably going to add more within the next week, so I'll wait to take pictures until then.

Today I've been pretty drained, although I'm okay now since I just had a coffee. Lately, I've been putting in lots of hours in the library studying for my physics exam. I took the exam this morning and it went okay ;/ But bleh it physics. I thought I was feeling fine, but by my next class later in the afternoon I started feeling incredibly tired. In fact my friend started laughing at me in class because I was nodding off. Hah! I'm such a grandma. I find myself nodding off in class more than the average student. But today I had a legit excuse. I still have not napped yet even though my body needs it. I would much rather get some work out the way and eat dinner and then just go to bed early. I have a biostats homework assignment to do and I want to start putting together my study guide for psychology at the very least. Its nearing finals time and I'm starting to feel the pressure.

So at the beginning of every month I like to make a list of goals that I would like to accomplish.  It helps me stay focused and on track. And it helps me stay on track of my new years resolutions (even though I didn't make any for this year). But I love setting goals and reaching them, it makes me feel successful and good about myself. Of course I've made some for December, so here goes.

1. Stay on top of my school work
2. Kick ass on my finals
3. Take fish oil daily
4. Watch my spending on the weekends
5. Fast food only once a week

I'm off to get my homework done. But on a side note: I'm still getting this blog together. I honestly won't have a lot of time to make it look pretty with finals and everything. But hopefully buy the end of the month I will get it looking all pretty ;)