Kyle²

Kylethegirl, these are for you.

Put some of them through some color filters.

Hope you like them.

Daylight savings.

Three years of living here and I still don't get this whole daylight-savings-time-switch thing. I set about five alarms on my phone just to make sure I wake up at the right time tomorrow. I'm not sure if this sad excuse of a phone automatically switches back or not.

This is weird.

I am, however, thankful for an extra hour of sleep.
Lord knows I need it.

Legit.

I'm really proud of all my friends that played at Eastgate tonight. It sounded really good.

Tonight was a good night.

I would go on about how awesome it was, but I am crazy sleepy and I need to be up in 5 hours.


Thanks for making this such a great night.
Sweet dreams. <3

Party in the kitchen, yo.

It's been a good day.


I had a really good time dancing at the Buddy Walk this morning.  There were a ton of technical difficulties and Kayla (one of the girls in our company) got strep and couldn't make it. But we improvised and made it work.
It was a lot of fun.

[But pray Kayla feels better.]

Afterwards..I went home, got a shower, and studied all afternoon.  And I feel quite accomplished.

Rachel Livingston and Emily Slaughter are coming over in a bit to hang, help me babysit, study, and maybe watch a movie once we get the kids to sleep.

Kaeli, Isaac and I are all making dinner for everyone right now.  We've kind of turned cooking into a party.   I asked them to list their favorite artists so that I could make a playlist to listen to while we cook.

This is what they came up with:

1. Manchester Orchestra
2. MGMT
3. Noah and the Whale
4. Jonsi
5. Passion Pit
6. Modest Mouse


Whenever my parents are gone, I have a tendency to listen to really loud music and dance around like a lunatic. So now we're blaring this beautiful compilation of music from the kitchen, dancing like fools, and making food.


I'm not sure if you're supposed to have this much fun while making dinner, but it's totally going down at my house right now.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow, I dance on grass.  And as difficult as that can be, I dance under the sun.

For that, I am happy.

Tomorrow, I study hard.  Today I studied, but I spent a good portion of my day researching/filling out scholarships and figuring out what classes are still required for graduation.

I accomplished a lot, but I feel like I've accomplished nothing.  Even though I haven't, I feel like I've been really lazy.  That is a feeling I really hate.  It's that feeling where you've been cooped up inside all day and need to get out and run around.  But mentally.  I need to mentally run around.

So tomorrow - after I dance in the grass under the sun - I work.

Extra hard.

Tomorrow, I run a mental marathon.

Ahh.

They just keep coming. I thought this upcoming Monday would be my last test for a couple weeks, but apparently not. Wednesday: math test. Following Tuesday: another government test. But that's okay. I like studying.  Yeah, I said it.  I like school. And homework.  And studying.

I like to learn.

What I don't like is when there's so much of it that it's overwhelming. Sometimes, there really is not enough time in the day. But I set aside a good portion of my week to studying, so I'm usually able to keep it from getting to the point where I feel like I'm going to drown under all the various things I need to do. It's just a process of learning the best way to manage time.  Trail and error.  And as much as I end up staying up till 12 and waking up at 4 to finish whatever didn't get done in the time I've set aside, NOT sleeping is really not a good method of time management. Unfortunately, it is sometimes necessary.  But I'm working on not making that my habit.  Otherwise, I'm going to permanently look like a halloween costume.

Tests!

Took my government midterm this evening.  So glad I don't have to worry about that anymore.  Because I didn't do so well on the last test, I was really nervous about this one.  So, in spite of my professor's ambiguous study guides, I studied my butt off.

However, as she's handing out the test and I look down at the first page, I realize how unprepared I am. So I just do my best and answer as much as I can recall and as logically as I can for everything I don't remember.  I finish thinking "man, I bombed that. Thank God for extra credit."

In this class, my professor always goes over the test right after everyone has taken it.  That way we know immediately how we did.  I won't get the actual grade until later this week, but it turns out I did really well.  I'm really happy.  Thank you for praying.  You're the best.

Two down, two to go.

I've got a Western Civ test tomorrow morning and a Spanish test on Monday.  I'm not really all that nervous for either, though.  But I would definitely appreciate prayer anyway.

Time to go do some laundry and go to sleep.

I hope your day has been splendiferous.

Sweet dreams!