PURE JOY!!!

Lately, everything that's been happening to me has been amazing!!! like a-m-a-z-i-n-g. great news after great news! happiness after happiness! i thought i would share some of the awesome things in my life right now.

1. Cassidy Ties, my best friend from home, came to Columbia this past weekend and visited me and it was like too good to be true. Even though, I had to go pick her up and drop her off at the St. Louis airport, I would do it a hundred times again because it was sooooooooooo good to see her!!!!

2. I've been OBSESSED with Sara Bareilles' new CD and one of my friends, Bre, loves her too. and last week I was like Bre, we have to go to a Sara Bareilles concert if she is anywhere near us. 3 days later Bre tells me Sara Bareilles is coming to St. Louis and Augustana (another band i love) is opening for her for only $25!! It gets better. 2 days after that Bre says she has a friend that goes to St. Louis University (where the concert is) and that she can get us student rate tickets for 5 DOLLARS!!! yup. 5 dollars. Sooo i'll be going to that on November 13th :)

3. I am working 16 hours this weekend at the Wolpers desk. It is homecoming weekend, but okay if you aren't going to the football game and your family isn't visiting you...isn't it the same as any other weekend?! That's how I see it at least...a chance to make money!! Since I had to get last weekend off for cass to visit, I'm feelin low about my piggy bank so I am working a ton and while that may seem bad, I see it as A CHANCE TO READ THESE 2 BOOKS I WANT TO READ!! and catch up on my tv shows. and overall, relax because school has been stressful lately!

4. I'm pretty sure I failed (definitely got no better than a 70%...) my design and visuals midterm today. You see, normally I would be pissed, but I can't really get off this happy high right now and I'm 99% confident the rest of the class failed too :) Frank is in for an uprising of angry students. (He is my oh so sexy, but oh so jerk-y professor).

5. I SPONTANEOUSLY BOUGHT A TICKET TO FLORIDA LAST NIGHT TO VISIT ANNA EGELN!!! December 17-23rd!! hellooooo Sunny Florida! Got a cheap ticket too! This is very exciting because I thought I wasn't going to be able to go to Florida with family vaca conflicts, but somehow IT WORKS! AND I'M GOING! YAYYY!! Soo excited to see her again and refresh our friendship :)

6. Speaking of family vaca...I'M GOING TO HAWAII!!! Jan 2-10! I've always wanted to go!!! Family vacation! woo hoo!!!

7. Today at the advisor, I found out that next semester I can take 15 credits (which i made a schedule for already and I love the classes and I'll have NO CLASS ON FRIDAYS!! which will work to my advantage in flying to visit my sister in Texas for South By Southwest music festival!) (I wasn't lying when literally every little good thing is happening to me.) So back to exciting school news: If i take 15 next semester, I can take 12 next fall and ONLY 9 CREDITS MY LAST SEMESTER HERE! that means PLENTY OF TIME TO VISIT MY BFF ANNE AT WASH U IN ST. LOUIS!

8. I LOVE LIIIIFE!!! HAPPY TUESDAY!!!!!!!

9. If you're a fan of the office, listen to this song and remember the most amazing tv show intro i've ever seen because it can't NOT cheer you up...(and get stuck in your head the whole day).