Would You Rather:

Today, as I sat in my swelteringly hot english class, after taking a pop quiz (seriously who gives a pop quiz over 13 chapters of reading on a Friday?! My teacher does) I was bored out of my MIND. So as my mind was churning on all topics sans Huck Finn, I decided to jot them down. My notepad reads as followed:

Things I Would Rather Be Doing: 

Laying out

eating lunch

going shopping

decorating my room

watching The City

baking cookies

blogging this list

reading my sisters blog

reading random blogs

stalking my friends on facebook

stalking people I don't even know on facebook

driving my car

washing my car

drinking a JD's drink (Dallas shout out)

Sitting, staring at my dog

sitting and staring at anyones dog There are some UGLY dogs out there. 

pin and re-pin on pinterest

ok...make a pinterest

braiding my hair

Yoga

cooking a new pasta dish

curling up in the fetal position and have an extended moment of silence

organizing my shoes

buying shoes

giving the girl next to me a makeover

finding a way to incorporate red lipstick into my every day life

making my hair behave like Lauren Conrad's hair

Laughing at my sister

meeting the Kardashian's

Kissing Prince William...

Happy Friday!

Xx,
Lo.

Preview.

School has started, books have been ordered and the hectic craze of the semester has begun. My schedule this semester is probably the busiest of all the semesters I've experienced at Auburn. On MWF I am on campus from 8am-1pm with New Member meetings on Monday nights at 7. Tuesdays I have a class at 9:30 with nights reserved for the pledge swaps. Wednesday night is chapter/ Wednesday night and then before you know it, it's the weekend. And by the time I take one more breath football season will have started. For those of you who don't know, no I am not a new member, I am the New Member Educator (which is just a fancy name for pledge trainer.) So my semester will be filled with lots and LOTS of sorority activities (consider this fair warning my dear readers...)

...Anyhow...

Tonight after the new member meeting Kacey, my old roommate, and I went for a quick fro-yo date which turned into a walk around Creekside. As we walked we talked about things as simple as the weather, and as heavy as life plans, ambitions and our past. It's amazing how someone can make you feel more relaxed about things you didn't even realize you were stressing over. For me, Kacey is one of those people that makes me want to be a kinder person. She manages to be an old soul, but at the same time a lively spirit. 

As I have moved off campus away from a lot of my friends I have started to realize how important it is to utilize all of my time. Yes my days are busy, but not too busy that I can't spare 30 minutes to catch up with a friend, or grab a quick bite to eat with my new member assistant before our first meeting...

My point in all of this, is that life gets really crazy and it can easily turn into a big ball of stress and misery. But through all of the classes and homework assignments you have to remember to make time for things and people that make you truly happy. Time well spent is never time wasted. So take that coffee break with your friend. Go furniture shopping with your roommate. Those are the events and conversations you'll remember. 

It's the little things you do during the day that make a huge difference when you lay in bed at night.

Phrase.

I don't know about you, but I often find myself caught in a game of cat and mouse. I actually have no idea what that phrase means, I just needed a well known phrase for my intro to transition me... mission accomplished?

Every time I'm at school in Auburn, I think of a million and one things that I would do if I were in Dallas. I think of the things I miss, like seeing the beautiful a skyline, the food I would be eating, the stores I would be spending my money in (cue my bank account saying "what money?") and the people I would be with, gawking at homes I'll never one day be able to afford (divas dream big, remember that.) But then I get here and I find myself saying "what now?" Thinking, "If I were in Auburn I would be (insert activity (most likely raging in one way or another) here)"

Is this what that phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side" means? If so, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Does this mean I'm not happy here nor there? Does this mean I'm not happy anywhere? (Dr. Suess anyone?) Or would the phrase and popular Counting Crow lyric "you don't know what you have until it's gone" be more appropriate?

Do I, like Hannah Montana, get the best of both worlds?

I choose to answer yes. I would like to think that it means I lead two different, but very wonderful lives that I love equally, and miss desperately while I'm away. I'm not saying I'm a different person in Dallas or Auburn, I just have my separate friends, living situation etc., etc.

I would imagine if one could live inside of a vacation, this is what it might feel like. Nice for awhile, but eventually, it's time to get back... And I guess as I get older, that "time" starts to creep up. Soon it will be time to decide which aspect is the vacation...

But luckily I have two years ahead of me before I have to come to terms with the ending of that vacation. I plan to make those two years very L O N G.

So cat and mouse game...bring it on ;) 

-Lo. 

Listen

Foster The People have been my summer soundtrack. Perfect driving music. Plus it makes me feel like I'm shopping at Urban Outfitters/ Anthropologie...

I just can't get enough. Take a listen and check out their album "Torches" on iTunes.


Enjoy.

-Lo