Awkward and Awesome Thursday

                        

Sweater: Banana Republic Scarf: Thrifted Leggings: Target Boots: DSW  Earrings: Von Maur

Awkward:

Those bottom two pictures, need I say more?

A young man getting my attention and saying, "I was trying to wink at you." How do you even answer that?

Glasses. It's finals week, so I've been opting for glasses over contacts. Mostly because I fall asleep as I'm studying and my eyes get mad at me when they have to hang out with my contacts while I sleep..I digress. Pushing my glasses up my nose so that they go back into their proper place. All while wearing my Honors College jacket. Can you say lookslikeanerd? Well, sure, but can you say it 5 times fast?

Tossing your cookies (and I do mean allll your cookies..and hamburgers) while your you're on the phone. Granted my phone was on the other side of the room, but still.  

Awesome:

Walking into a classroom to observe and a little girl in the front row saying, "She looks nice."

A man who does dishes. Gotta love him, I mean seriously. 

Finishing the tests part of finals, just one Children's Lit project to go. Who wouldn't like doing a Children's Lit project?

Invisible Children Fundraising ending for this semester, I am so proud of my team! Our goal was $2500 and guess how much we made? $2766! They're amazing. 

Speaking of Invisible Children, finding out my very lovely, amazing, good looking friend, Julianne will be a ROADIE with them next semester! What's a roadie? Glad you asked, go ahead and check it out: HERE. Go on, go watch, then come back...Doesn't it look just so terribly epic?? 

Remembering this at Christmas "getting" time:                                

              Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."                           -Hebrews 13:5

You Know it's Finals When..

• The hall smells faintly of pizza most of the time
• Pinterest becomes even MORE interesting then it has been the past few months
• Chocolate has become a necessary aspect of my every day
• My room has erupted, the volcanic ash strangely resembles textbooks
• The boys carol throughout the halls in their boxers 

Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines

This week has been a James Taylor week. 

James Taylor is probably my very favorite type of music in the whole wide world. 

A few other favorite things?

Books:

               (Just to name a few)                                  

Shopping:

Bella Mia

Nordstrom

CAbi

Food: 

That's all for today, what are your favorites?

Awesome and Awkward Thursday

Awesome: 

Getting new boots! Old boots had holes. Poor old boots. Three years was just too long to love you. Alas..but new boots are great! They're all fancy and leather-like and I got a great deal. 

The Christmas break countdown. A week and a day I believe is where we're at now. That sounds glorious.

My RA informing me that she had a "friend crush" on me last year. Mwahaha, little did she know that I requested her floor because I had a "friend crush" on her too!

 Working at the Toystore this time of year. It's so much fun. Especially all the little people with their giant hats and mittens. I can't even take it, adorable.

 The little girl in the Target bathroom today, "Mommy, I have to go potty." "Good, this is where we go potty, not the car!" Ha! 

Checking my Invisible Children Fundraising Page and realizing my team is less than $50 away from our $2500 goal. Amazing.  

Awkward:

 Four people hitting that break in the conversation...... ...  .  .

 Slipping on the ice in those awesome boots and falling quite gracefully (eh em) in a dress.

 Using the word "dendrites" in a presentation for my Brain Development class and having half the class snicker. Why is "dendrites" funny? I used the word right, people. Please don't freak me out in the middle of my power point presentation. 

 Running out in the most ridiculous looking outfit at 11:57 at night because I realized that my car was parked somewhere that would become illegal at midnight. Giant-dirty-sweatpants tucked into winterboots, 3 giant sweaters, a winter coat and wet hair, meet Dorm Lobby full of strange looks. 

Foresaid little girl peeking in on me while in the bathroom. Hello, dear, please avert your little eyes. 

Ever Feel Like This?

Sometimes I have "This" kinda days too.

Especially when it's December and I took three summer classes. 

Yep, three.

So basically the longest break I've had since last year at Christmas was in August for a little over a week and a half. 

Break sounds nicee.

But until then I feel like "This."

So, since I'm feeling rather like "This" I figured many of you are too. Whether your in school or not, December is when everything starts to pile up and call out, "HELLO, I need your attention right now!" So I thought I'd give you a bit of happiness to throw in your day. 

How can you look at that and not smile? Really, if you didn't laugh, you're just silly. 

Happy December. 

A Million Dollars?

Why hello!
Remember Invisible Children?

Yep! Them!
Well you see, we Invisible Children people, we're a little nutty.
We got it in our heads that were going to make a million dollars by midnight Pacific Standard Time.
Yeah, we know.
But see, we've only got $30,000 left to go.
It's kind of a  big deal.
The kind of big deal you want to be a part of.
So, here's whatcha do:
Go HERE
Gather all your pennies, dimes, nickles, $50 dollar bills, you know.
Click the Giant Green DONATE NOW button.
Follow the rather self explanatory credit card instructions.
Change thousands of lives in the Congo.
Join the tens of thousands of amazing individuals working together to end the longest running war in Africa and bring those child soldiers home.

It's the best thing you can do with your Friday night.
Thank you!
love,
Jenni

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

                                                   Hat: Gap Sweater: Gap Scarf: H&M Gloves: AE

Awkward:

Walking around campus with an exceptionally heavy back pack on only one shoulder. Don't mind me, I'm just lopsided.

Falling up the stairs. No matter who is there to see it or how to you respond to it, you can't minimilize this awkward. But for some reason every time it happens I laugh. In hindsight, this might make it worse.. 

 Getting pulled over. My very first time being pulled over and answering Mr. Policeman's question about whose name my car is registered under with, "My Dad." Took a good minute of him just looking at me to realize, "Oh! You don't know my Dad!" (For those curious, I wasn't speeding, I crossed the line on the very rainy-wet-dark-scary road to avoid slippery-dark-wet-rainy spots and he wanted  to make sure I hadn't been taking sips of things I shouldn't. Also, for those whose curiosity has not quite been fulfilled, I didn't get a ticket or anything. Mr. Policeman was very nice.)

 My friend Laurie and I acting like we're in third grade when being presented a third grade lesson in class. The girl TOLD us too, but apparently Laurie and I were the only ones who thought saying, "Teacher! Teacher! She pinched me!!" was funny.

Awesome: 

Turning in my giant Children's Lit Reading List Project. Over 66 books read, recorded, summarized, and journal-ed about in some way. DONE! (Still reading Children's books though, I can't help it.)

The very nice person who sits next to me in Children't Lit Class who helped me organize my mess of papers that needed to be organized and put in the Reading List binder (I had printing difficulties..the project was done in time, I didn't really procrastinate, I promise!).

Snow and sunshine. I will take you by the hand, Sir. Winter, if you keep this up.

Chapel yesterday- all Chapel band and all worship. Just the day before I had told God I needed time to just sit and talk to him, and so he gave me a whole hour of chapel to sing and talk to him.

Giant winter coats! My Mom and I found mine this summer in California. It was about 7400% off and she got it for me. It's so cozy, like walking around with a down comforter on. Except that when I walk around with my down comforter on it drags on the floor and I trip and I can't hold anything. This works much better!

Today is December! Today is almost-finals, almost-gift-wrapping, almost-family, almost-manger scenes, almost-angels-singing-to-shepherds, almost Christmas. 

Realizing it's almost Christmas made me remember my favorite Christmas verse,

"..But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart."                               -Luke 2:19

What's your favorite Christmas verse?