(132) A Full Day

Today has been non-stop...But so much has been done.

Around 9:45 Erin and I started moving stuff  into her new apartment.

We made multiple trips to and from her car and to and from her house and apt.

Around 4 we went back to her house to get ready for Glee Live

we headed to LA and got some food before we went to the concert.

We ate at a food network recommended restaurant that happened to be in a sketch area
Nickel Diner

But it was a really neat place

Next we headed for staples center

-chose not to park in the lot and found a cheaper place on the street. (valet parking)

I have so many photos, but i will just share a few (or way more than a few)

Don't stop believin'

Dog days are over

Born this way

Loser like me

(fake ending)

Somebody to love

(real ending)

Here is the list of songs performed (not necessarily in this order)

1. Don't Stop Believin' 2. Sing 3. Slave for you 4. Dog days are over 5. Fat Bottom Girl 6. Hold Your Hand 7. Pretty Young Thing (PTY) 8. Aint no way 9. Born this way 10. Fireworks
The Warblers took center stage
11. Teenage Dream 12. Silly love Songs 13. Raise your glass
14.Happy Days 15. Lucky 16. River Deep, Mountain High 17. Don't Rain on my Parade 18. Jesse's Girl 19. Valerie 20. Loser Like Me
Fake out ending
Came back out with more songs
21. Single Ladies 22. Friday 23. Safety Dance 24. Empire State of Mind
Officially closed it off with none other than...
25. Somebody to Love

It was a fabulous night.
And it was very well documented so i def. won't be forgetting it.

I am a Gleek and i love it.

(128 & 129) Raising and Saving

(128) Tuesday

-I slept in 

--no coffee...but had tea instead

I had a sore throat...the tea worked out well

-got showered and ready for the day

-watched tv and had compy time

-worked on a HW assignment

-checked my grades. 5/6 were posted all of them were A's

-gathered food for the tv taping fundraiser...snacks!

-3:15 Me, Mom, Tyler, and Chris headed out to studio city to watch State of Georgia get taped

-We stopped at carls jr on the way so that we wouldn't be starving during the show.

-when we got to the studio there were other people waiting to go into the studio...They were waiting to see the biggest loser live finale.

-We wanted to be part of that group

-Our job was to laugh and be a good audience

-The taping ended around 11pm

-we left with a shirt and the guys each got cheap sunglasses

-we were home around 11:45

(129) Wednesday

-woke up at 9:30

-had several cups of coffee

-caught up on the shows i recorded the night before (glee and american idol)

-caught up on blogs i follow

-worked out

-folded laundry

-cut coupons

-watched greys anatomy and one tree hill

-went to the bank to deposit money from my piggy bank

-mom and i went to the grocery store

spent $227, but saved over $100 (32% savings)

I love couponing

came home put groceries away

ate ice cream

turned on the american idol finale

dinner: baked potatoes with all the fixins

(114) Keeping Busy

Woke up at 6:40

had a cup of coffee

went next door to feed the cat (cat sitting for a couple of weeks)

watched morning news

got ready for my day

walked to the bus stop

talked to someone at the bus stop and on the bus

I love random non-creepy conversations with strangers

went to my 9:30 class

found out it was cancelled

went to the gym for a couple of hours

got lunch

worked on polyvore creations

went to dr. medoras office

class-watched 16 presentations

as i was leaving class, so were dr medora and two students. They were headed to a tv taping fundraiser for the new zealand trip. Originally I wasn't going to go cause i had no way to get there and wasn't sure if i would have the night off. But they had room in the car. SO i went extremely last minute. It worked out perfectly.

we got there at 4:30

the taping wasn't even done at 10:15 when we decided to leave.

we got back to school and people were dropped off at their cars.

we went on a hunt for one of the girls cars. (I had no idea how big some of the schools parking lots are)

Dr. Medora drove me home

I checked my dvr so that i could watch glee

It didn't record. FAIL

I was able to watch it online. WIN

Soon i will be going to bed.

No class tomorrow, which means i can sleep in!!!!

(108) Projects and Procrastination

I have been a very bad student this week.

Yesterday it was that i didn't start a project until the day before it was due. Today i had to finish that project which meant i couldn't make it to my first class.

Apparently i didn't learn my lesson. Today i still had to do a project (2 micro-teaching assignments) that are due tomorrow. I currently have one of them done. So that means that i still have one left. Of course i am really tired and don't want to stay up any later. WHY do i keep putting myself in this situation? Will i ever learn to plan ahead? 

Here is how today went:

got up at 6:05

cup of coffee

magazine project

8:00 printed out the project

took a shower

For sure knew i wouldn't catch the bus and make it to class

watched glee

watched one tree hill

got dressed, hair, makeup

Outfit of the Day

ate an early lunch

walked to the bus stop

waited for a while...bus was late

got to school at 12:15

class

bus ride home

micro teaching project

ate early dinner

work (4-7:30)

drive thru jack and the box-strawberry soda

I love me some strawberry soda

home at 8pm

American idol

sort of worked on micro teaching 

Extreme Couponing

blogging

Here is to you learning from my bad habits. DONT Procrastinate and don't use my blog as a way to avoid your work.

(95) Momentarily Blurred

Now that it is getting close to midnight i am having trouble remembering what happened today.

Right now all i can think about is how tired, exhausted, achey, stressed, and over work and school I am.

Im going to put my thinking cap on.

Or maybe i will sit like winnie the pooh "think...think think...think...oh bother"

It may have worked.

I got to school and spent my hour before class looking over and setting up a computer assignment.

Basically i located and saved all of the articles that i have to summarize.

I spent the rest of my time watching one tree hill online. 

While the video was buffering i skimmed the articles.

I went to class at 9:20 and was done around 10:20.

I went back to the lounge and attempted to work on the computer assignment. I quickly gave up and ended up listening to music and reading blogs.

I walked over to dr. medoras office hoping she was there so that i could pick up some fundraiser candy, but she wasn't there.

I walked back to the lounge and ate pretzels and 2 tangerines (aka lunch). 

I read part of an article that was for my 12:30 class and then couldn't keep my eyes open.

I took a 15 minute nap and then went to class.

After class i walked back to dr medoras office hoping to catch her at the tail end of office hours, but once again she was not there.

I caught the bus and headed home.

As soon as i got home i cooked some food. I was so hungry, my lunch was not filling.

I ate what i cooked and watched glee, then parenthood.

At 4pm i got ready for work and i left at 4:15.

I was at work from 4:45-10:30

My shift started off good, but then it got really busy, little things kept happening and getting messed up.

At some point i was so behind, so frustrated, so overwhelmed. I snapped. All i wanted to do was relieve the stress and scream instead, i stood by the soda machine with my mouth shut and tears rolling down my face. I am so tired of my emotions building up and bursting at inconvenient times.

I was able to get a glass of water and go to the back and take big gulps of water and take deep breaths.

I reminded myself that everything was fine. I got back out on the floor and continued my shift fairly smooth after that.

But believe me i was so over my night of work.

Let me just say, sometimes it sucks being a waitress, and tonight was just one of those nights.

Well now that i have remembered today and expressed just how awful work was, i think i will go to sleep now. Last nights 5 hours was not enough.

Tomorrow is another day. I am so grateful for that. A fresh start, different experiences, better emotions, different outlook, one day closer to the weekend.

(94) There's always tomorrow

Let me think. What did i do today???

Well it was probably a lot more productive than yesterday, right?

Let's see.

-class (9:30-10:20)

-long break between class

-watched gossip girl special features

-ate lunch (carl's jr big ($1) hamburger)

-listened to music

-took a nap off and on (mainly on) for an hour

-walked over to the library to get reliable internet access

-reviewed my classes for the fall, double checked the course numbers

-class in the children's library (2-3)

-3pm exactly, registered for fall classes

-Mom picked me up and had gone to cha for tea. She had a large black almond milk tea waiting for me. I was a very happy Holly.

-got home and unloaded groceries out of the car

-ate hummus and pita bread

-watched Ellen

-Mom picked up ethan (my cousin's 3yr old son) to watch for a few hours.

-got ready for work

-fed the fish with mom and ethan

-worked from 5:30-11:30

Finally people who know how to tip came in to eat. It is the first night in a week that i got decent tips. A much better night than those i had all last week.

-got home around 11:45

-washed my face and changed into pjs

-watched glee while writing this

(I think i will have to rewatch this episode tomorrow. Blogging and tv don't mix well. I can't focus on both equally)

SO somehow i feel like i was more productive yesterday. Today may have felt more productive, but i think that is a work illusion. School was extremely wasted.

Im starting to feel like the laziest college student ever. Maybe tomorrow i will change that by actually doing homework/studying at school.

(70) Spring Break, You are great.

It was earlyish morning(8:30) when me, krissi, and emily hit the road headed for hesperia for sarah's baby shower. 

It was so good to see sarah and her bump. She got tons of adorable baby stuff. The blanket I made was a hit- im glad i decided to make it (gotta love last minute details).

I got home around 3 and was wiped. I ended up sleeping/zoning out for hours.

At some point i realized i'm going on a minivacation tomorrow and haven't packed. I also realized that laundry has not been done in quite some time. Lucky for me, Palm Springs weather will be in the low 80s. That means all of the clothes i've been wearing lately wont even be needed.

I have clean spring/summer clothes!

I packed shorts, dresses, tank tops, a couple of lightweight sweaters, and a swimsuit. Aside from a pair of pants, i think i'm set. Yah yah, i have a few other things to pack too, but at least i don't have to do laundry.

Here is where i will be for the next few days.

Ummm yah, I am so looking forward to a few relaxing days with friends.

If i don't get any posts up over the next few days, well can you blame me....I will be back on Tuesday.

***

My contest prize came in the mail today:

Plum Willow t-shirt

Autographed photo of Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury)

(65) I'm a Winner

I had so many wins today,(FYI,5 is so many) and only one minor fail.

I will start with a fail. 

I woke up with a sore throat today. WHY oh Why does this have to happen. For those of you who don't know, I've been fighting sickness since november. I am not thrilled for it to be back.

Now for some wins.

1. I was skeptical about wearing rain boots this morning, but it definitely paid off. It started pouring and i was armed with my boots and umbrella. I love it when i am prepared.

2. My group presented our video today. My group was happy with how it came together and our teacher thought we did well too.

3. I ate some pudding this evening and was so surprised by what was inside.

The lid had a smiley face on the inside. I was so cool. It made me feel special.

4. I finished my collage project. It's only taken over a week. I think it looks good, and i hope the recipient likes it.

Last but most definitely not least........

5. I won the plum willow glee contest.

If i remember correctly, I won a gift card and a signed autograph photo of someone from the glee cast. Pretty cool!

(60) Satisfaction

You know those days when you get home and your legs ache, your feet are throbbing, and your eyes are struggling to stay open? 

That is me right now and somehow it feels great. To me it means i worked hard and this is my body's way of telling me congratulations. I think it is so satisfying. Maybe i like this feeling cause it means i didn't sit on my butt all day being lazy. Well whatever it means, i like it and it should probably happen more often.

Today included:

-studying for my midterm

-going to class-we had a guest lecturer (always a plus in Mr. Mutton chop's, aka monotone's, class)

-reading for my midterm

-took my midterm. I think it went well. 

-bus ride home

-laundry (i needed clean jeans for work)

-glee

-throw jeans in the dryer and hope they were done in 50 min.

-ate a small "dinner"-it barely counted

-caught up on emails, computer stuff, etc.

-got ready for work

-pulled my jeans out of the dryer- only slightly damp (could have been much worse)

-got dressed

-worked for 4:30-11:30

-Got home at 11:45

So now i am going to wash my face and hit the hay.

I get to sleep in tomorrow morning. Meaning i dont have to wake up until 7am. It's really sad when 7 is sleeping in. Well, i'll take what i can get.

ps i am in a contest on this site

Vote for my look it is currently in 6th place. (By Holly Brookhyser)

(41) Homebody

Oh Friday, I used to love you and now I dread your arrival.

Today wasn't all that bad. I enjoyed my morning at home drinking coffee and getting ready for the day ahead. 

I worked on a Welcome to My Closet post. This one features two celebrity look alike clothes and the Mod Cloth 70% off sale.

I was online and came across this new glee gem:

Lea Michele never ceases to amaze me. 

(This is one of the new original songs that will be on Glee)

Today I left the house at 11:40 so that i could be at school by 12:30 to meet for my group project. It went much better than i anticipated. Everyone already had their activity planned out. I was able to change my activity to make it easier on myself and not have it conflict/overlap with my other group members. 

Class started at 2 and we were out by 3:30.

 I had to wait 15 minutes for the bus to arrive. 

It had started raining and it was freezing outside. 

I was so happy when the bus arrived.

 I climbed on and started thawing out.

 There weren't too many people in the bus. In the set of seats next to me was a couple who were talking off and on. About halfway through the bus ride they started arguing. Then they weren't talking and then they were arguing again. When the bus made a stop the guy stood up and got off the bus. The girl said "well then I'm getting off too." It was the weirdest thing. It almost didn't seem real. The situation felt more like an act, as if there was going to be some camera crew coming out from hiding as soon as the bus pulled away. Of course, no camera crew showed up, instead I was left in awe of how weird that whole situation was. I'm still kind of convinced that it was some kind of acting class activity. I will never be entirely sure of what it was all about...that bugs me.

I got home around 4:15 and vegged out for the rest of the night.

I watched some tv, made some outfits on polyvore, ate dinner, and then watched the notebook.

It was nice to spend the night at home all cozy listening to the rain.

P.S. I got to wear my cute rain boots today. I love them.

(36) Happy Days Are Here Again

Well I ended up getting 4 hours of sleep.

I'll be tired, but I'll survive.

The beautiful sunshine made it a lot easier to decide to get out of bed and start the day.

I went to church today, and I got to see Emily!!!!! I also took a spiritual gifts assessment. My top three gifts were: 1. Creative Ability 2. Hospitality 3. Administration.
Later, Emily and I went shopping-she had gift cards to use.
We went to forever 21, and i found so many things i wish i could have bought, such as....

I made it out of the store without buying anything. Emily bought a shirt and several pieces of jewelry. 

We ran some errands and then headed home for tacos and watched Life as We Know It (she hadn't seen it )

At 3:30 i went on facebook, and what did i find on my news feed???

Does it look familiar? I showed off this creation in my Valentine's Day post

WWEPW used the outfit i submitted as their icon for their sweater contest post.

My creation was featured on their website. It is the last look featured. I like to think she saved the best for last.

Song of the day


I got a little more work done today. I definitely did not accomplish my goal of having all of my to do list completed. However, everything i have left to do is manageable.

Around 8pm i gave up on the studying and decided to go the movies with Emily and her mom. We watched Just Go With It. It was hilarious and a really good movie. I was not expecting it to be as good as it was. SO if you are looking for a laugh and don't mind some inappropriate jokes and spending anywhere from 10-12 dollars to do so, then go see it.

And now I am off to bed because unlike most everyone else, I have school tomorrow. It is so lame but i am just going to pretend that everyone else is at school or work too, and not enjoying their monday off.

(29) It's my birthday!!!!!

Today is my 22nd birthday

I woke up at 8am, went downstairs and got a cup of coffee and then went back upstairs to start curling my hair, which unfortunately takes forever. Luckily i had picked out my outfit out ahead of time, otherwise my time for getting ready would have been really messed up.

I went to church, where i was welcomed by the college group with a "happy birthday" and of course they also sang to me later, which is always so awkward.

For lunch the parents took me to Wahoo's and it was delicious as usual.

We came home and finished getting the house ready and preparing food.

I opened presents from the family which included:

Glee Karaoke from the brother

A coat from my parents

And a flip camera from my parents

My friends came over around 5/5:30.

For dinner we had: Steak, baked potatoes, mushrooms, and zucchini. It was so good and i ate so much that Herbert (my food baby) decided to pay a visit.

We played, or i guess i should say sang, Glee Karaoke. 

For dessert we had home made strawberry pie, peppermint cake, gluten free brownies, and heart shaped rice crispy treats.

After dessert we watched the grammy's.

My friends went home around 10:30 and I worked on writing a short paper about myself-not one of my favorite things to do.

I must say this has been a wonderful birthday. Thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wished and made it so great.

(27) Ups and downs

I got up at 9am this morning. I finally got to sleep in and catch up on my sleep and just rest.

I enjoyed two cups of coffee and tried not to think about having class later.

That didn't work out too well, but i was able to enjoy my relaxing morning.

I had class at 2pm. We are starting a group project so we formed our groups today. I was content with who was included in mine until one other person asked to join. We all kinda looked at each other unsure of what to do. We said yah go ahead. We started discussing the assignment and everything went downhill from there. This person would not go along with any of our plans, was being difficult, wanted to change the age focus, the theme, and had a different opinion on everything. The rest of us just looked at each other with frustrated faces as we rolled our eyes. I really wanted to say "if you don't want to go along with what the rest of us have decided, you can find a new group." Of course i didn't say this and i really regret it. I was so frustrated and annoyed during the rest of class.

We took notes from the powerpoint and the watched the movie Babies. -I had seen it before and didn't feel like being in class any longer. Thankfully the dvd had been having problems and we only were able to watch the first 45 minutes before it froze. I was so relieved to get to leave.

I got home around 3:50 and was still fuming- i don't know what is going on with my emotions lately, but i don't like it

I worked on the Valentine blog post on welcome to my closet

ate a sandwich

i don't know what happened before dinner- my afternoon/evening is a blur, but i do remember this:
Listened to an upcoming Glee song- One of my favorites from Rent

Ate tacos for dinner- we ate at the table as a family+ Sarah (brothers girlfriend)

(this doesn't happen very often) 

Then we pulled out shaun's box of photos (this included baby pictures and awful school photos)

TV: off the map

say yes to the dress

tonight i also tried to figure out the classes i need to take and what semesters they have to be taken. It is crazy knowing that i only have 12 classes left including internships. 

TV: 20/20 Wrong Turn

Tomorrow will involve cleaning and going to work. Uhh... i really don't want tomorrow to come. Can i just skip saturday and move straight to sunday. If only things worked that way.

(24) Yet another Jam packed day

It was another early morning(5am) with not a lot of sleep(less than 5hrs)

I had class at 8am

then had class at 9:30.

After class i went to taco bell and grabbed some food.

Then i sat in the booth and fell asleep.

I realized it wasn't a very comfortable place to sleep so i moved to the student union lounge. I attempted to read for class my next class but my eyes wouldn't stay open. I took a 25 minute nap. It was wonderful.

I realized i wouldn't be very productive just sitting somewhere. I headed over to the fcs building and turned in my fundraising money. Dr. Medora was overjoyed with how much had been raised. She sent me on my way with a box of lollypops and chocolate bars to sell.

I sat around in the fcs building, trying to stay awake,  until my 2pm class started.

Mom picked me up from school and we picked up food at Rascals.

I ate and watched part of monday nights episode of the Bachelor.

I got ready for work.

Worked from 5:30-10ish

Got home and watched Glee!!!!

purchased music 

(21) Next day please

It's February 5th and that means its Emily's Birthday. This also means that my birthday is one week and one day away.

Happy Birthday to my best friend and thanks for 20 years of friendship and sisterhood.

***

Last night I spent the night at Erin's house.

this morning I woke upt 10 am.

We watched:

Such a good romantic comedy.

I went home a little bit before 12.

I brewed a pot of coffee then hopped in the shower.

I put comfy clothes back on and tried to get my school stuff organized.

-I wrote all of the due dates in my planner.

-I printed out notes and assignments

-I organized my binders and notebooks

All of those things needed to be done, but i should have been working on my trend analysis paper. (I am a great productive procrastinator)  

I ate lunch around two and then got ready for work.

Shaun and Sarah took me to work at 3:30. My stomach was hurting from lunch and I really didn't want to be at work. One of my first tables was 6 teenagers who got separate checks and didn't leave a tip. Around that same time i had a table of 4 people and their bill was almost $70 and they left me less than 10%. Everything was going wrong and on top of that i was feeling really out of it, dizzy, and weak. By 5:30 i was feeling awful and i had a really difficult table who clearly didn't like me. I had hit the breaking point. I went to the back and full on broke down. This had never happened at work before. It was so embarrassing to be crying and having co-workers coming up and asking me what was wrong. I almost got myself under control. I asked one of the hosts to keep an eye on my tables, and then i broke into sobs again. One of my managers came to the back to check on me. She got me a glass of water and said that if I wanted to go home I could. I couldn't get my emotions under control and chose to go home. I was so happy to be able to get out of there. By 6:45 I was home, still emotional, but was able to start calming down. I changed into sweat pants and made a pot of rice (my ultimate comfort food). I lounged on the couch for the rest of the night watching the Glee (my happy place) marathon on oxygen.

I am definitely ready for today to be over and to have a fresh start tomorrow.

Today's Theme Song:

11ish

Worked on a blog post for Welcome to My Closet:

Dress Like A Celebrity for Less

(15) Sunday Fun-day

7:30 AM

Woke up, took a shower, grabbed coffee

8 AM

got dressed

did my hair and makeup

worked on some crafty stuff for the valentines dinner

9:30-12:30

Church

1ish

Me and Erin got lunch at Taco Bell

Went to Erin's house and we were able to help Amanda figure out a couple of formal outfits

browsed through cookbooks

And here is what the rest of the day held

(i don't know what time they happened)

-Ikea with Erin and Eddie

-Worked out at the gym

-Went to see Tyler at Red Robin

-Organized Erin's collection of plastic bags. (sorry to out you)

I got home from this fun filled day around 9 PM. It was a long one, but a good one.

What the rest of the night holds:

-watch extreme makeover home makeover

-figure out what i need to do for school tomorrow

-possibly read

-more than likely I'll spend most of my time on my computer
HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK/ IF Not my month
I tweeted Amber Riley and well she responded (the same day she went to the SAG awards!!!!!)