Turns out, I should not have a blog.
I am a terrible blogger.
If anyone actually attempted to read my blog, they would vomit.
I am so inconsistent.
I feel like that goes with the state of my life right now.
It is seriously almost Christmas break and I have not blogged since BEFORE NATS.
mind you, that was WAAAAAYYYY back in November.
Awesome allison, you win the prize of suckiest blog of ALL TIME.


ok anyway, now that that is out of the way, lets move on:

I am studying for an Introduction to Biblical Studies final and it is gross.
I am also writing a paper for my least favorite class: Peace and Conflict Studies (sounds super great and interesting and beneficial to one's life.......it isn't)
now, dear reader (if you're out there), you see the motivation to look at my blog and publish a new post.
it is the mantra of my life:

PROCRASTINATION.

of this I am a guru. If you need lessons in this area, I'm working on my doctoral thesis. I am the Magna Cum Laude of Procrastination. Its a fact. Look it up on Wikipedia. Seriously.

Wow, so it has been fifty years since I've blogged... I am now an old woman. I got my AARP card today in the mail. Ok, but seriously, this is just sad. I have been so incredibly busy. ugh. Well, NATS is coming up the first weekend in November. We are going to Colorado and I'm freaking out just a little bit. Today was UBER productive...I rearranged our room [it looks totally legit], I got work done for Dale, I cleaned/organized the mod lounge, vacuumed everything (which was disgusting just so you know)

And I discovered my new weakness/decadent treat: Irish Creme Breve

it is the most fantastical coffee drink ever.

the end.

turns out I'm a hermit. Thank you Into The Woods.

I just really love my roommate and playing music with her and Aaron Rudeen.....they are awesome and our jam sessions make me so happy. It is the perfect detox from my stressful school week. yay for beautiful friends!

YAY! I have moved into my mod and it is lovely! The girls in it are even lovelier, it could not be better! I moved in all of my things and have been "fung shueing" (sp?) and decorating with the girls ever since Sunday. Someone walked in and said "this is like HGTV or something." I thought, no...its better. Anyway, my schedule is going to be absolutely absurd and I will be practicing for the musical non-stop. Hopefully I'll find time for you.

I officially think I'm a boring blogger.... This blog is called endless happiness, sometimes I think it should be retitled to "endless stress"..... at least that's how I'm feeling this week! Have to get everything in order before making the long trek out to Kansas.....but seeing my gorgeous, wonderful friends will be well worth the stress.....if only I didn't have to leave the ones here in Iowa....

My family is off to Canada... we are leaving sometime tonight and will be gone for 10 days. When I come back...I have like less than a week to get my life organized before school starts.....OFFICIALLY in freak out mode!!

I am running out of time before I go back to school....I do not like this. Oh summer, where have you gone?

mushy gushy about my friends

I have missed my friends tremendously!! I am so glad they are home in Iowa with me..... what would I do without my beautiful friends? plus, its also very nice to know that once I go back to Kansas, I will have wonderful friends waiting there too! Isn't life great?!?

A big "Thank You" to all of my lovely friends, I do so adore all of you!

so... turns out that I am still just doing the same old boring things like mowing and working at la casa de queso and NOT going on an exciting trip with my friend..... ugh! But, not all hope is lost....summer is not over yet....

so, finally I am doing something more noteworthy than mowing the lawn and working at the cheese factory....my lovely friend and I are going on a girls weekend to the lovely city of Omaha. yay for trips!

wow, it has almost been a month since I have graced this site with my witty presence. Who would have thought that summer break is not really a break at all....I love the things I'm getting done and the wonderful people I'm spending time with, but I'm just SO out of routine! Maybe I should work on that.
As of right now, I just can't wait until my lovely friend returns home safely from a year in England!

okay folks. I just watched Julie Julia and am completely and utterly inspired. I am going to cook tomorrow night and it is going to be fabulous. I do love cooking and have missed it very much this last year.... cooking is time consuming, expensive and difficult when the kitchen available is inconvinient and pots and pans are not provided. But now that I'm home, in a nice kitchen, with the necessities and staples provided.... let the cooking begin! Bon Apetite!

Let's just hope I have time to cook..... All of this rain is making our grass grow like muscles on steroids!

I am getting busier.... A fundraiser at my former high school, bible school dramas, organizing my life (very very slowly), mowing lawn..... is it okay to need a break from summer break?

But............. Good news--- my computer has been restored and renewed and replenished by my wonderful brother. I don't know how he does what he does, but he sure is good at it! :) yay for Nate!

aaaahhhh... Being home.
It is so nice.
Mowing the lawn, though I did get a sunburn.
Selling Cheese.
Bible School Drama.
Helping Mitch Move.
Seeing Old Friends.
Having Care-Care (the nickname I dubbed to be my mother's) whip my butt into shape.... [that last one is not always so nice].
It's good to be back, Iowa.

I have officially moved out of Haury Hell forever!!! Never again will I smell that smell... never again will I have to look down those dark and dismal hallways.... never again will I have to use the laundry room that never actually cleans clothes... never again will I stuff all of my things in that tiny little room no bigger than a box... never again will I have to go into that nasty shower room to get privacy to talk on the phone... never again will I have to feel bad for all of my neighbors because of those paper thin walls...

never again will I live with that same group of wonderful people.... Never again will I live in Haury Hall... how bittersweet.

Going to Maggie's house to spend the weekend before traveling HOME on Monday.

Oh, how I cannot wait to get home. IOWA... I will spend time with my wonderful loved ones, organize and simplify my life and have a jolly good summer... I cannot wait. Joy is making my cheeks red.

Cleaning up and moving out

I never thought it would feel this good to get all of my crap out of this tiny room... I am overjoyed to be able to do two of my FAVORITE things this week: Cleaning and Organizing. I'm serious. Some may take that comment as sarcastic and disgusting but I actually find so much joy and pleasure in cleaning and organizing. I think it makes me feel like I'm not only physically cleaning and organizing but I am also mentally and emotionally cleaning and organizing. Is this ironic that I enjoy housework and I just got the role of 'Cinderella' for next fall's production of Into the Woods? I did dishes and laundry until 4 am last night and then all of this today... Coincidence? I think not! Today was so fun because I got to get some of my favorite iced coffee and then come back and clean/organize/pack our entire room from top to bottom. It was glorious.

Oh, summer, you bring such exhilarating prospect.

Oh, Mr. Sun

I stayed up all night and got to see the sun rise. How beautiful it was. I can't remember the last time that happened...

those are my rose colored glasses on to the fact that I didn't sleep a wink thanks to coffee and homework.

couldn't have said it better...

"When the life of people is unmoral, and their relations are not based on love, but on egoism, then all technical improvements, the increase of man's power over nature, steam, electricity, the telegraph, every machine, gunpowder, and dynamite, produce the impression of dangerous toys placed in the hands of children."—the diary of Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)

I think stumbleupon is trying to tell me something cause I just stumbled across this...

Why is it okay for schools to give final tests to measure what you've learned over the course of the semester? Why can't they just ask us a few questions individually and give us chocolate if we get questions right and no chocolate if we get ones wrong?









P.S. my favorite beverage and major weakness is DEFINITELY vanilla iced coffee... incase you were wondering. I am enjoying a tall glass of this creamy goodness as I type.

So many papers to write today and so little time. ugh.

I have this friend. She lives across the ocean and I'm in Kansas. She is so beautiful and inspiring and her haircut is to die for. I've known her my whole life and I feel like I know nothing about her. Change is a good thing, right? Then why is it so hard to get used to...in all aspects of life.

I still don't want to write those papers.

betty makes me laugh

So, today I began quoting SNL skits [something that occurs quite often you'll soon learn] and my friend showed me a new one from the weekend of Mother's Day with Betty White... hope you enjoy as much as I did.