[five] facts

[1] i have a fake ear drum because in 8th grade, blake roe threw a water balloon at my head and it hit my ear, rupturing 25% of my ear drum.

[2] i am a perfect 9 1/2, which makes it difficult to find shoes that actually fit because most lines stop making half-sizes @ 9 and go straight to size 10. yes, i have big feet, but not size 10 big.

[3] i played division I volleyball for a year and a half until my coach and i realized we didn't really like eachother.

[4] i claim to be an adventurer and traveler, but hate to camp and get terribly homesick.

[5] when i was in pre-school @ alice's bijou, i ate peas for lunch...and threw them up immediately afterwards, covering the rest of my lunch tray with green slop. i have since refused to eat peas or anything w/ peas in it...but i'm still not sure if i dislike them.

following are the rules for this post, but i don't think i have 5 blog friends to tag...
1. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
2. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well
as links to their blogs.

happy thanksgiving day...i guess.

while i think it's sad and unfortunate that we celebrate the mass genocide of an entire people and the forced interaction and consequent land-stealing that occurred between the indigenous people of what is now considered "North America" and the 'Pilgrims,' i am thankful that it is one of the very few days of the year that my entire family (sans stripper brothers in las vegas) can gather to celebrate being family and being thankful for having each other. friends are also invited...because i'm thankful for them, too.

happy day-to-be-thankful-for-the-people-around-you-and-the-yummy food-you-shall-receive, ya'll.

etsy-love

i have found myself spending more and time on etsy. every time i visit, i get sucked in to spending at least 15 minutes 'shopping' around, if not 30 or more. but it is really fabulous...beautiful, really. and all handmade, so it's perfect. i have found myself enamored with these...and these. boy, do i like winter. (something i probably won't be saying in the middle of january...)

it's been a while.

so, it's been a while since i last decided to put my thoughts out here. i'm not sure why, but it could be because i'm graduating from college in a month and i'm trying to set everything straight. it's my last chance to prove myself in a formal academic setting. at this point, i have ruled out grad school and law school and i'm pretty sure that it's going to stay that way. so i have to do it all right now and work 3 jobs (technically 4 right now) and be madly in love, so i'm a busy girl. but in just one month, things will drastically change and i will be able to get my creative side churning...which means more jewelry, more artwork, more yoga and/or pilates. all of the things i've been dreaming of and longing for since august. i guess i may still be in shock from it all...a lot has happened in the last couple of months and i don't think i've had the time or the energy to process it. i still can't convince myself that it's really going to happen. and maybe it will start to sink in, as it's pretty much go-time from here on out, but maybe not. i do know, however, that i will have more time, which is the one thing i feel like i can never get enough of.

this is my premature sigh of relief...ahhhhh.