Workaholic

I made it safely home!
I know everyone was sitting on their seat SUPER worried about my safe travels! (ha!)
anyway!
today was eventful..

work was busy (yay!)
but our new computer system stresses me out to the MAX.. I feel like a new kid but I've been there for almost TWO YEARS..

bleh

13 days away from seeing D and I could not be any more excited (he's finally allowing himself to show emotions so I now know he is excited too lol)

I got my nails done.. went to dinner..now I'm hanging out at my house

FINALLY I got to see Les Miserables

obsessed with the song "Do You Hear The People Sing"

pretty cool film!

waking up at 6 am is starting to hit me..
but I have full intentions on waking up to watch Nick Santino (from A Rocket To The Moon) sing to me via the computer at 10 am while I lay in bed (so I kinda get to say Nick sang to me in my room) lol!!!
I'm excited!
Private concert with 49 other people (pretty cool!)

Anyway I'm out

stay golden

peace & love

A

busy little bee..

soo.. today was not that bad..
OH
other than the fact that I had to visit the doctor today...and not my family doctor..
no worries everyone "everything looks great" lol..awkward.
& my mentoring meeting taking an hour & a half
& the fact that things are changing left & right in my sorority and although I am one for change..it makes my head spin.

In other news I have made plans with my basically life long friend Jessie this Friday. As I like to think nothing like a spa day/ bar night to get me prepared for another visit to see D! Only 15 more days! HOLY HECK!

We also received news that it may SNOW tomorrow! Only down side to that is if classes get cancelled so does our date party (that I'm flying solo to btw).

I did however make it to the gym & felt great until I got home & I was STARVING!
R and I have decided that we are going to seriously reward ourselves if we make it two weeks! (what's one night of splurge?!)

Anyway..here's to me going to read & hoping the roads don't freeze over so I can make it to work Friday!

stay golden!

peace & love

A

Day 2

soo today was not only freezing & rainy outside but it was also awkward day for A..

let me tell ya.. I was scoring major points on the awkward scale..

1st-my stomach was growling SO LOUD in my second class today & it would not stop (and of course the class was SILENT!)
2nd- my professor asked us to go around the room and say our names..well it got to my row and I thought there were only 2 people in front of me..but there was actually 3 and I COMPLETELY cut off the girl before me by shouting my name...gah...
3rd - I saw a high school friend while walking home and there was a boy in front of him so I waved to my friend but the boy in front of him waved to me too..lol..

so that is my rainy awkward day story for y'all.. just so I have proof the next time someone tries to tell me I'm not awkward.

D had the same problem last week when his "something you're happy about" comment was that he was happy about Alabama winning the National Championship game and his professor is a Notre Dame fan..hahaha..

Not the best way to start the semester but we will get through this together..one awkward moment at a time.

Hope everyone is having a great week..tomorrow I head to the doctor for my check up..WOO!

stay golden!

peace & love

A

rainy monday...

goodness.. I promise to be a better blogger at some point..but I am trying to finish Season 6 of Gossip Girl..so my time is consumed..but don't you worry none.. I am taking notes :)

lately life's been the same..
my friend Layken  calls her boyfriend "B" because that's the letter his name starts with so I'm thinking I will call Dustin "D" from now on..lol..I think it's cute (and doesn't take as long to type)

so anyway..right now D and I are trying to figure out how this long distance thing is going to work..
seeing each other once a month should be fine..but I'm afraid that is not going to be enough (especially with this cold weather right now! I need to snuggle!) We are hoping we only go 2-3 weeks without seeing each other & I have requested that we talk on the phone AT LEAST once a day.. skype would be ideal but D has yet to download it.. (guess I should bring that up later)!

My roommate & I are on a new health kick.. ("R" is going to be her letter..) We went grocery shopping today for an HOUR...goodness me.. and spent a little less $100 each (why is health food so expensive!?) but I am going to keep y'all updated on that too.. (I get cranky without my chips & chicken fingers!!) I am also hitting the gym again (3 times a week for now)

Why the new health kick? New Years Resolution? No no.. I am headed to see D in TWO VERY LONG WEEKS for his 24th birthday and I want to look fabulous!

So I won't admit it to him..but he is my inspiration to get it together & get in shape.. and now every time I want to go eat a whole bag of bbq chips I am going to blog & distract myself.

Anyway-

stay golden!

peace & love

-A

Go with him..

The Beatles - "Anna (Go With Him)"

For all these years I've wondered why every song with my name in it seems to have something to do with her breaking the boys heart..

but now I think I get it..

Maybe Anna means "indecisive" 

I'm not sure but I am sure that I no longer have a boyfriend..

but I didn't want to waste his time.. let's be honest.. 

I don't think all my wounds have been healed..but he was a great band aid in a time of need.

I just want to take a moment to thank him for everything he did for me.. Lord knows these past four months have been anything but easy..

I also want to wish him the best of luck with all of his dreams

and 

I hope that some cute little girl will come along and teach him to be the best that he can be.. and love him when he is at his worse.

Talk about a roller coaster ride!

It's alright! It's for the best!

I love y'all and I am so thankful for everything that has happened!

peace & love

Update

I happy to report that I am back in my college town..

I am also happy to report that Alabama beat LSU

the cutest thing happened after the game.. my pawpaw called my mom while we were all screaming and celebrating.. so when I answered I was screaming and I realized he was all choked up (emotional)..

he was so cute.. he told me that he was back in my Memaws room 

(who is only with us physically unless she is saying my name to the hospice nurses)  

but he was back there in her room watching the game..holding her hand..telling her we would win it

we would make it..we would beat them..

there were 5 things my Memaw loved more than life itself

1. God 2. Her Family 3. Alabama Football 4. Atlanta Braves 5. Sunflowers

I loved that story..just because of what has happened to my family this past week.

I have been so blessed.

I talked to my Grandma Friday night on the phone.. she sounded a little better..but it made me emotional..it made my dad emotional too..

However, after talking to my dad on the phone tonight while I was on the road back to school.. he called me once again to make sure I made it back safely.. 

Maybe this will bring us all back together..

God knows we need it.

peace & love

I just wanted this documented.

this photo is from 2010.

it is now 2012.. and when everyone starts wearing American flag stuff I want all of you to come back here and thank me... Because I told EVERYONE it was going to be big one day and no one would listen

& now

NOW
Urban Outfitters has a WHOLE section dedicated to American Pride.

I'm just saying.

2010

& it's now 2012

Just wanted to document this before EVERY girl on sorority row started wearing American flag things...just like the feathers.

big weekend!

well to start...

Today I'm taking Bear to the vet for the first time! I'm nervous for him! 

& 

 Tomorrow I will be attending the wedding for these two..

can't believe that he is getting MARRIED! I remember the day he told me he found the girl that he would be with for the rest of his life.. I thought he was crazy.. but he proved me wrong!

I am so happy for them! They are great together & I know they will live happily ever after! 

anyway.. sorry for not blogging much.. Bear & work have taken over! 

So excited for having Sunday/Monday to myself!

my two favorites

Bear & Teddy

:)

life is good.

headed to the beach..

up late packing for my beach adventure tomorrow with Robin, Ashley, and (hopefully) Shannon! I am ready to relax, get some sun, spend way too much money, eat yummy food, and meet new people. That's my goal.. meet one new person a week? I think being in the restaurant this summer can help with that..but I want to try it.. :)

I put Bear in his crate tonight and it literally KILLED me to hear him cry..

but I gotta do it.. 

:(

I miss my pooh bear already.

anyway!

Back to making playlist & making sure I packed everything!

Goodnight 

almost there...

one more final and I'll be finished and then Bear will be mine, Robin & Shannon will have college degrees and I will be a Senior.

Things are about to get weird.

Ready for summer..

Sad I had to tell Tom bye on Tuesday :( I'll miss the Brit! 

Maybe we will keep up on facebook or something.

anyway

Goal for this week: do what makes ME and now BEAR happy.

if someone has a problem with it then I have a problem with them.

SUMMER YOU'RE ONLY A DAY A WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINISHED WITH PAPERS!

Sorry but I have never been so happy!

I am officially done with all my papers for the semester, except for the ones that I have to write in class for my exams!

HOLY COW!

2 classes & 4 finals away from sweet summer time!

work from today at 3:30 to basically Saturday night at 11

this should be the most ridiculous weekend ever.

I AM SO HAPPY TODAY!

:)

Happy Thursday!

Hump Day

so naturally instead of writing my 5 page paper I am blogging.

but I just wanted to say a few things...

1. This is my last week of classes before I am a SENIOR in college. ew.

2. I am 3 papers, 3 work days, & 5 test away from getting Bear (which means being done with school)

3. Tonight is my last free night of the semester.

4. I am ready for summer.

Also, I need to continue working on my New Years Resolution (surprisingly I have done a lot!) but there are a few I added after becoming single.. so I need to focus on those.. and my new dog on May 5th.

bring on the sunshine. bring on the concerts. bring on the money making.

Are you there summer? It's me, Anna.

I'm in a hurry to get things done...

I swear I think everyone is pulling me in every direction right now and I'm about to break

but maybe if I list everything out it will stop making me stressed and I hopefully can see the light at the end of this forever long tunnel

so..

this week:

-ARH Modules 9 & 10

-History Paper on women during WWII (proof read)

-History Paper on England (write & proof read)

-Out of Class Assignment for Psychology

-Extra Credit for my History class

-Work Friday & Saturday

-Work Party Sunday @ My Bosses House

next week (dead week):

-ARH Module 11 & Test/Essay

-Make sure my History papers are A+ material

-Start studying for all my finals

-Work Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.. all day.

last week of school:

Finals - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday

-Pick up Bear on Saturday! (best day ever!)

-

We Can Do It

doing research on female students here @ school during World War II.

still not finding what I want and it's making me upset

oh well...hopefully I have 8 pages worth of stuff without having to find what I thought I would.

B-I-N-G-O

and bingo was his name oh!

IT'S WEDNESDAY

wooo

also my sorority is 102 today!

we're old 

got a new haircut

also today is the day of birth of the greatest man in the ENTIRE world.

my sweet adorable pawpaw

they don't make'em like him anymore and I am so blessed to have him

monday monday

blah! 

terrible case of the mondays today!!

 I have a test tomorrow and instead I am blogging.. (typical) 

also I have a 250 page book that needs to be read by Thursday 

oh and an online test plus a journal due by Wednesday!

jealous, right?

hope your day is better than mine!

also I hope some people are reading this cause they found out about it via the vlog 

(here's to wishful thinking)

peace & love

What's love?

Since I have blessed myself with this time to sit back and think of things that make me happy, I also decided (while not paying attention in my psych class) that I need to figure out what LOVE is. What is love? Why is there such a BIG hype about it..?! Everyone has their own views on love so I need to figure out what love is in my eyes. So far I have come up with that there are different levels or maybe categories of love? Like you love your family differently than your dog, or maybe a significant other, but you also love your friends differently too... Ah! I may be on to something.. (maybe I was really paying attention in psych class and I didn't even know it). Anyway, in all this craziness this week I have decided that when I do day dream I need to think up what it is I want when I hear that word from that special someone.. and maybe who that special someone is supposed to be like? And this time I am not settling for ANYTHING other than the best.. because that is what EVERYONE deserves.. their very own prince charming! (Just gotta kiss a few frogs along the way) So until then! I'll be kissing frogs & making list.

Peace & Love

insomnia

woke up to a train of emotions crashing into me.

I'm not sure what I do to find these people but it has got to stop.

How in the world do you meet someone that has the EXACT same mind set as the one that you just left?

I think everything that I have been fighting off just decided to break down the door.

This may be hard to bounce back from but I know it can happen.

trying to keep my cool

however if emotions keep taking me over like this at 5:35 in the morning..things are gonna have to change.

main focus for the rest of this week:

Making MYSELF happy.

yep..

spoke to soon.

turning off my phone.

talk to yall tomorrow.