It's been awhile.

Just today, I realized it has been nearly a year since my last post, and that makes me very sad.

I'm really going to try to get back into blogging.

Just to catch everyone up on my life, have some updates on the life of Brooke!

1. Here's the newest picture of me. I feel like I look really different now.
   
2. I've been dating this wonderful guy for three months (as of today). His name is Dom and we've been friends for about five years. He's wonderful.
   
   
   
3. My birthday is on Valentines Day, and this year, my birthday present was getting my first apartment with my lovely boyfriend and a friend of ours (those who have been following me for a while may also know him as Steven, my ex. Long story, but no, it's not weird for me.)

   

   This was our first apartment selfie and we were super excited.

4. I don't know if I had announced this on here last year or not, but I decided to not return to college after last year and I am now in the process of trying to find a job (it's really not fun, it's difficult). 

So yeah, yay, life updates. 

Hopefully I'll be blogging more soon!

Blogging deprivation.

In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been blogging lately. I've been really stressed and I've had to make a lot of big decisions lately, so I have sort of put blogging on the back burner.

I just wanted to share some info with you all!

First of all, as much as I love the memories I have at Spring Arbor, I will not be coming back next year. A lot went into this decision and it's just best for me at this point.

Which brings me to my next thing: I will be doing online schooling through SNHU next year, going into social media marketing rather than youth ministry like I was at Spring Arbor.

And lastly, I will be moving back home!! This is my favorite one. Anyways, I'll be moving back in with my mom when school ends in May. I'll be living with her at least for the summer and possibly the first half of next year, and then I'll be getting an apartment with one of my best friends.

I'm really excited to start this new adventure for my life. I can't wait to share all of this with you when it gets closer!

Have the Best Spring Break- at home!

The College Diaries: Spring Break edition!

Thursday was my last day of class, meaning I'm on spring break! 

No more classes until the 17th. I'm too happy.

In honor of this wonderful occasion, I decided to share a few things I thought would help share a few things to make your homebound spring break a little better!

For those of you not at home, you stink and you can have all the fun you want, so let the rest of us sulk and pretend we're enjoying ourselves at home.

Spend a day just hanging out with people. 

Don't go out, don't watch movies, just talk. Heart-to-hearts have a way of making us smile, no matter what your talks end up being about. It's a great way to spend time with those hometown BFF's too (keeping those friendships are lifesaving).

Buy at least one article of clothing for summer.

Prepping for summer is the best way to pretend winter isn't still among us. Get your mind out of this wondrous weather and into summer! :) Maybe even get rid of some old clothes you don't wear too.

Have a home-spa day.

Whether this means alone or with friends, have fun and just chill at home. Relaxing. Nail painting. Face masks. All that good, girly stuff.

Take a good shower.

If your college is anything like mine, which I assume it is in this way, your showers probably aren't the best so just take a nice, long, warm, undisturbed shower at home.

Have a movie day with your family.

They miss you and I assume you miss them, so spend some time actually in the same room and just laugh with them.

Start your own blog!

Join me and make your own blog! It's a great thing to do and gets your mind off the crazy, stressful times we so enjoy {cough, sarcasm} at college. You can even follow me! :)

Have a backyard camp night with your best friends!

Once again, it's probably not warm enough to go outside, but if it is...

Friends from high school are in just the same position you are, so set up tents or something and have a "night out" with your friends. Take a laptop out even, and have a movie night outside.

If it's not warm enough: do it in a {warm} basement or a something!

Have a great spring break! :)

*also part of my weekly College Diaries post*

Things about Home.

Being at college can be the best time of your life. Many people call their college their home.
I'm not one of those people. My hometown will always be Home to me.
Therefore:

ten favorite things: the place I call home.

1. My family is there. 

My family are some of the best people in the world & I'd die without my mom. 

2. My kittens

CrayPrin & Bazinga {Crazy Princess, for those of you that were curious where the name CrayPrin came from & Big Bang Theory is responsible for Bazinga} are the cutest little kittens ever. I love them to death. 

3. The amazing people I call my best friends.

I love the friends I have at college, but once again, home trumps college. My friends at home are my rocks. I don't know where I'd be without these people. They know me better than anyone else. 

4. My wonderful bed.

Let's be honest, a bed with a pillow top >>> dorm beds.

5. There are actually good food places.

I love food. A lot. And food I don't have to make is better.

6. I can actually go do things.

Being stuck on a college campus makes you appreciate simple things like being able to go out and do something.

7. I know my way around.

I actually like driving, but only if I know where I'm going, so home is a nice place for that.

8. I have an insane amounts of memories at home. 

Good friends make good memories. Great friends make amazing memories.

9. I have a room to myself and can be alone when I want.

I love, love, love being around people, but let's be honest, sometimes you just need alone time. 

10. I'm not in the middle of nowhere in a town that's biggest "store" is Dollar General and has a grand total of about five places to eat. 

I miss good food that isn't McDonald's or a 15-minute walk away. 

{this is part of a link-up at Endlessly Beloved}

Depression.

Being that I've been through it, I thought I'd share this blog post I happened to find with all of you.
For anyone who doesn't know what depression is like, just read this post. The post is funny, unlike depression, but it's still extremely applicable.
If you have struggled before, read this and try to appreciate that someone actually made me {and hopefully you} laugh while explaining the complete emptiness of depression.

Click here.

Top Netflix shows!

You know when you get bored and go to Netflix but there's never anything that sounds decent, or the exact opposite happens, you get on and there's just too many things you want to watch?

I have these problems far too much for it to possibly be normal, so I thought I'd at least try to help everyone else out too, so here it is:

A Few Top Faves on Netflix

Greek: rated TV-14. This show is a great show that has quite a few seasons on Netflix for those of you that like to marathon their shows. It follows a group of college students involving in some way in the Greek life of Cyprus-Rhodes University, mostly centered around the lives of Casey & Rusty Cartwright, the Zeta Beta Zeta "princess" and her younger, dorky brother in Kappa Tau. This show is hilarious and you can easily relate to the awesome cast. {four seasons}

The Breakfast Club: rated R. Let's be real, who doesn't love this movie? For the few {and crazy} people out there that have not seen this movie, it's one of the most famous {and best} movies from the 80's. It has one of the smallest casts I've ever seen, and it works perfectly. Five students are given a Saturday detention and are forced to sit in a room with just the five of them for the entire day. Many things happen to bring these five together and it's truly interesting to see how the day unfolds. Between the athlete, the basket case, the princess, the brain, and the criminal, it's a very unlikely bond, but this movie makes it work perfectly.

Undeclared: rated TV-14. This has the most star-studded cast I've ever seen. For anyone that enjoys any cast member from This is the End, you'll love this show. Even if you don't there's still a good chance you'll like it. While much of it's cast normally star in some raunchy movie, it isn't raunchy like usual. It's truly funny. It's about a small group of friends at a college that are basically the "outcasts" and it's just hilarious. There are many others like Adam Sandler that guest star in an episode or two. -- sidenote: for any girls that like Charlie Hunnam from SOA, he's in this show, just younger & hotter ;) {sadly, only one season-- what the heck?!}

Baby Daddy: unrated. Don't let the rating make you think this show is "bad," because it isn't at all. It was on ABCFamily, so it's obviously not that bad. This show is about a dad that finds out that after a one night stand, he has a child. It follows the life of this dad, his brother, his mom, and a couple great friends and the crazy things that happen to them. It's such a great show. I've only watched the two seasons on Netflix, but I'm dying to see the rest! If you don't like cliffhangers, I wouldn't watch this show, because Netflix cuts it off at a terrible place. {two seasons}

The Emperor's New Groove: rated G. For those days when you just need a kids show, it's a necessity. This movie is full of hilarious lines and I just love it and have since I was ....5? Either way, it's a great family movie and I love the characters of this show.

The Carrie Diaries: rated TV-14. I'm sadly only halfway through the one season Netflix has {Netflix really needs to work on getting more seasons of the shows they already have up!} but it's already a fantastic show and I've heard amazing things about this show. I haven't seen Sex and the City, but I would really like to after seeing this show {this show is a TV show based off of Carrie Bradshaw from S&TC in her teen years}. You get emotionally invested into this show so quickly and you just don't want to stop watching. It surprised me how much I like this show! {one season}

LOL: rated PG-13. I truly thought this movie would suck and only watched it just to see how bad it would be, but I was completely wrong. It's actually a surprising movie. You would think based on the cover and that Miley {in her more...sane days} was in it, that this movie would be a typical teen movie. It is the exact opposite. There are a lot of interesting characteristics of this movie you don't expect, but it's good. Miley's character & her mom {Demi Moore} have a unique, yet weird relationship, that in some ways, reminded me of my mom and I, though we don't bathe together {such a weird part of this movie-- why?!}. It's good though!

Do you have any that you think are great to watch on Netflix? Comment below & let me know- maybe I'll watch them & do a second part to this, giving credit to those of you that share a new fave with me! 

** check out part two here **

The college diaries {the eighth}

My birthday was Friday!!

I turned 18 on Friday!

It feels crazy that I'm already 18. 

This is like "the" age. 

In honor of my birthday, I decided to make a list!

The Top 18 Most Impactful Memories of My Life!

 Just to clarify, these are not in order of importance -- they're in chronological order.

1. Dad & Tracie's Wedding: this changed my life dramatically, for obvious reasons.

2. Sims: when I started playing the Sims, I was much younger and it's been one of my favorite things to do since then.

3. My first concert: my first concert was Kelly Clarkson at DTE Music Theatre and that started my deep love for concerts of any type.

4. My sister was born: I was nine and not expecting it at all. I was a happy child. & let's be honest, she's cute.

5. Getting a cell phone: ever since then, I've been glued to my phone(s) because I love talking to my friends and I rarely saw them outside of school.

6. 7th grade drama: I was a very different person in seventh grade and not one that I ever want to be against. I was horrible. Our friend group had daily fights, we were in the counselor's office daily, the counselor and school police officer knew our names; it was bad.

7. First time at youth group: from the moment I met that youth group, my life wasn't the same. I would give any to have that youth group back and those people all in my life again, rather than spread out in several different places.

8. Papa dying: this was world-shattering for me. I had never dealt with death so close before and it happening my freshman year certainly did not help. It was a rough time in my family and I think our family has drifted apart since then.

9. My first party: I have parties all the time now. My house is known for people always being there and Just Dance competitions and we just love having people over.

10. San Diego: this isn't really impactful, but it was my first vacation anywhere and this trip is the reason I'm planning on moving out west after I graduate (not to Cali though-- Phoeniz, AZ area).

11. Family camp: this was the first time I had done any serious volunteering and we fell in love with the kids at VBS that week. I hate when I've had to miss family camp and it's always the highlight of my summer. I love it so much. I might even being working at this campground this summer!

12. Making my Twitter: this sounds dumb, but it's true. I'm always on some kind of social media and Twitter tends to be the most. I have over 24k tweets. I'm addicted.

13. Steven asking me out: January 23, 2011. I came home from church & he had messaged me asking. Three years later (with a few breakups), I love him more than anything. He's my best friend.

14. 16th birthday party: there was a limo, my best friends, and a scavenger hunt throughout my city. It was amazing and I will never forget this.

15. Forming the bestfriendship: Alisha, Abby, Ashleigh and I have always worked well as friends and they've been the most constant people in my life {besides family and Steven} and I would be nowhere without these girls. They're the best.

16. Move-in day: I never would have guessed college would be like this. My life has been a roller coaster since September 2nd. It's crazy.

17. Failing last semester: finding out I was on academic probation really freaked me out and I've just sort of been in shock since then. College is difficult, but I've been working a lot harder this semester on everything college-related.

18. Joining HCBN: truthfully, this is probably the least impactful on this list, but it has helped my blog tremendously and I love HC. The Blogger Network is a great community to be involved in.

Thanks for sharing in these past couple of years of my 18 years with me!

Questions.

• 1. Post a picture of you?
• ^^^
• 2. Would you date an 18-year-old at the age you are now?
• Of course. I am. :)
• 3. Do you prefer to be friends with girls or boys?
• Boys. By far.
• 4. Would you ever smile at a stranger?
• I tend to do it a lot.

• 5. Can you commit to one person?
• Yeees.
• 6. How do you look right now?
• Not too bad, but not too great either haha.
• 7. What exactly are you wearing right now?
• An SAU t-shirt, jeans, my Northface, & a grey scarf.
• 8. How often do you listen to music?
• Every day.
• 9. Do you wear jeans or sweats more?
• Jeans by far.
• 10. Do you think your life will change dramatically before 2014?
• well...it is 2014. 
• 11. Are you a social or an antisocial person?
• Normally, social.
• 12. If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say?
• Awkwardly be like "Oh, that's cool."
• 13. Are you good at hiding your feelings?
• Not at all.
• 14. Can you drive a stick shift?
• Ha, no.
• 15. Do you care if people talk badly about you?
• It really depends on who it is.
• 16. Are you going out of town soon?
• Yes, this weekend I'm going home because it's my birthday weekend!
• 17. When was the last time you cried?
• Friday night/early Saturday morning.
• 18. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to?
• Of course I have.
• 19. If you could change your eye color, would you?
• No, I like my brown eyes!
• 20. Name something you have to do tomorrow?
• Go to class. Die.
• 21. Name something you dislike about the day you’re having.
• I did not want to get up this morning, at all.
• 22. Have you ever liked one of your best friends of the opposite sex?
• Isn't that how the best relationships start? Yes, Steven.
• 23. Are you nice to everyone?
• I try to be.
• 24. What are you sitting on right now?
• My friend's bed/
• 25. Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat?
• I have.
• 26. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?
• Hasn't everyone?
• 27. Who was the last person you talked to before you went to bed last night?
• Steven.
• 28. Do you get a lot of colds?
• No, not really.
• 29. Have your pants ever fallen down in public?
• Hahaha, no.
• 30. Does anyone hate you?
• I'm not really sure.
• 31. Do you have someone of the opposite sex you can tell everything to?
• Yes I do! :)
• 32. Do you like watching scary movies?
• Heeeeck no!
• 33. Are you a jealous person?
• Extremely.
• 34. If you had to delete one year of your life completely, which would it be?
• Hands down, 7th grade.
• 35. Did you have a dream last night?
• Not that I remember.
• 36. Is there anyone you can tell EVERYTHING to?
• Yes.
• 37. Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?
• I hope so.
• 38. Do you think someone has feelings for you?
• Yes, my boyfriend.
• 39. Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?
• Could be.
• 40. Did you have a good day yesterday?
• For the most past, yes.
• 41. Think back 2 months ago; were you in a relationship?
• Yes I was.
• 42. Is your life anything like it was two years ago?
• Yes and no. I'm in college now, so a lot of things are different, but for the most parts, I have a lot of the same friends. So half and half.
• 43. If the person you wish to be with were with you, what would you be doing right now?
• Probably cuddling.
• 44. What’s the best part about school/college?
• Being able to hang out with my friends whenever I want. Freedom.
• 45. Do you have any pictures on your Facebook?
• I have TONS.
• 46. Do you ever pass notes to your friends in school?
• Haha, no.
• 47. Do you replay things that have happened in your head?
• Of course.
• 48. Were you single over the last summer?
• Half and half.
• 49. What are you supposed to be doing right now?
• Maybe doing some homework?
• 50. Don’t tell me lies, is the last person you texted attractive?
• Hahaha, my boyfriend? ;)

The Liebster Award!!

Look what I got:

The Liebster Award!

The requirements:

• List 11 random facts about yourself
• Answer the 11 questions that the awarding blogger has posted for you
• Nominate 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers
• Let the bloggers you chose know that you have nominated them!
• No tag backs!

11 facts about me:

1. You will very rarely catch me wearing matching socks.
2. I currently don't have my phone {I lost my charger- go me!} and I'm slowly dying on the inside.
3. I'm a tiny bit terrible at talking to new person-- pretty much only in person though.
4. If you give me pizza, Mountain Dew, or Ben and Jerry's, I will love you forever and we can be BFF's.
5. My favorite Ben and Jerry's flavors and the fro-yo Half Baked and Late Night Snack.
6. I hate mint anything. Toothpaste, gum, actual mints, anything.
7. I also hate coffee anything. Coffee, ice capps, etc.
8. I spend just as much time away from campus as I do on campus {okay, maybe a little less away, but I'm gone every weekend}.
9. I would love to be able to work at my home church's youth group after I graduate. It would be the best {especially since my mom is running it right now}.
10. For the first semester of sophomore year, based on credits, I will still be a "freshman" technically.
11. I have song ADD- I rarely will listen to an entire song and not change it until I love it.

the questions from Tales of a Fluorescent Adolescent

1. Who is your style icon?

• I really don't have one. I wear jeans, a t-shirt, my north face, and moccasins basically 24/7.

2. Favorite band/artist that no one listens to.

• Anthem Lights! They cover awesome songs and they have a few CD's of their own!

3. What is your dream travel destination? What do you want to do there?

• I love, love, love San Diego and I'd love to go back. I want to stay on the ocean like last time!

4. What's your favorite mode of transportation?

• Cars. I'm actually a really lazy person {regardless of what everyone thinks when they see my appearance} and I just...no.

5. Favorite piece of clothing in your closet.

• My scarf. It's grey and I literally wear it with everything. I love it.

6. Favorite ice cream flavor.

• I basically answered this in my 5th fact.

7. Top 5 favorite movies.

• Without a Paddle, The Breakfast Club, all of the Fast & Furious movies, Safe Haven, and The Heat!

8. What is your thing? (favorite hobby, notorious habit, something that you're known for)

• Always being with people. Like, always.

9. What is your favorite season and why?

• SUMMER. I hate being cold.

10. If you could live in a different era which would you choose and why?

• Back in the Baby Boomer era. I don't know why, but that time period is just super cute to me and I have no idea why.

11. Where is your favorite place?

• Home. I love being in my hometown with everyone I love. It will always be home to me, not SAU or wherever I may live in the future.

the nominated bloggers:

1. Erin @ Styles I Like
2. Jessica @ A Cup of Jessica
3. Emma @ My Beautiful Messy Life
4. Michaela @ by michaela christine
5. Sarah @ Space, Place, & Southern Grace
6. Mo @ Ollivander Mo
7. Danny @ Danny +
8. Mary @ Secret Obsession
9. Hannah @ fragmented youth
10. Rubi @ When Life Gives You Rubi
11. Lauren @ lauren elyse CAN

questions for the bloggers:

1. What are your opinions on Miley Cyrus?
2. What is your latest Netflix obsession?
3. If you could travel anywhere, where would you pick?
4. Do you have a very small number of very close friends or a variety of friends?
5. What has been your favorite memory this far in your life?
6. Who inspires you?
7. If you had to do one thing over in your life, what would you pick and why?
8. How many kids do you want to have?
9. When you were a kid, what did you want to be where you grew up?
10. If you had to pack up and leave your house right now and could only grab five things, assuming your family and pets get out safely without you, what would you take?
11. What is your favorite pizza topping?

20 wishes in 2014.

my 20 wishes for 2014.

{this is part of a link-up}

What are 20 Things you want to accomplish in 2014?

1. Get my tattoo for my birthday!
2. Go to at least five of my planned seven concerts {yes, I love concerts!}
3. Get & use a blogging calendar!
4. Go on the road trip I'm planning with a couple of my best friends!
5. Get my belly button pierced!
6. Get at least all A's & B's for a semester!
7. Have a summer job!
8. Keep up my College Diaries posts every Friday!
9. Get my blog to 5,000 views in a month!
10. Complete at least five of my bucket list goals!
11. Throw a party for someone of some sort!
12. Treat three friends to a movie!
13. Set up a blogging schedule!
14. Make dinner for someone!
15. Buy one random "Because I Love You" present for someone!
16. Have a "typical" girls night- face masks, nail painting, boy talk!
17. Finish two books!
18. Become more active with the blogs I'm following!
19. Pass every class!
20. Make two new {close} friends!

What do you want to accomplish?

Top ten Twitter accounts that don't spam {much}

I really love Twitter and I love tweeting, but the one thing I can't stand is seeing spam tweets. They are the most annoying thing in the world. Like, the second someone I follow starts retweeting a bunch of those spam things or starts doing it themselves, unless I love the page, I unfollow it that minute.

So I figured I'd get together a list of my top ten favorite Twitter accounts that don't spam {or rarely spam}.

1. @AgainstSuicide run by Carrie Shade. Her Twitter account is great-- she's a very supportive page and her tweets are great, not just for anyone that is depresses or struggling with depression; I mean for everyone. 
2. @CollegeStudent: this page is seriously the most accurate representation of a college student's thoughts. They post some things that may be "spammy" but they're normally for websites that can actually benefit college kids {like Sumpto, etc.}. 
3. @TacoBell: I mean, really, who doesn't want to follow Taco Bell? They're quite entertaining.
4. @CauseWereClassy: I love, love, love their tweets & they're so sweet!
5. @SassyGirlsProbs: any girl that is sassy in the slightest {ok, every girl} needs to follow them. They posts great tweets & all of their retweets are from really great pages too! They very rarely will retweet links that look like spam but are actually to Cosmo's website, so it's not "bad."
6. @SincerelyTumblr: they post the funniest tweets! I love this page!
7. @Collegefession: first of all, make sure you have the REAL one! There's like five that all look like the right name but if you look at the URL, you'll see that their lowercase L's are actually I's. Anyways, they post confessions from college kids {mostly relating to sex, many others about drinking-- be careful with this one}.
8. @Southern_Voices: they post a lot of really great lyrics to country songs, from just about every area of country music!
9. @SteveStfler: parody account of Steve Stiffler from American Pie but they're totally unrelated. They post hilarious tweets and they're fantastic.
10. @JudgeGirlProbs: she's hilarious & I love her tweets! :)

The college diaries {the fourth}

Well the first week of J-term {if you have no idea what I'm talking about, see this post} is officially done.

Aside from the super early class, it's nice. I can go to class for a few hours and then I'm done for the entire day and I'll get three credits from three weeks.

I really believe more schools should do something like j-term.

On another note, in the past week, I've spent one night in my room, so I broke my week-long plan {see this post}, but at least I've tried to be out and social rather than in my room all the time.

I've been making a lot of new memories this week along with some things that I will never forget, and I'm loving it.

I think that's all for my college diaries this week!

Things You May Not Know About Me {as of lately}

I realized that I haven't given many updates about my life lately & new things about myself.

So here's fifteen things {new or old} you may not know about me.

Look, it's me!

1. I'm a little bit addicted to social media. Twitter is by favorite the most addicting. {@brooketriciaa} I use Facebook to keep up on my friends mostly. I also love Pinterest, Tumblr, and Blogger {obvi.}.
2. I am a college freshman at a Christian college in Michigan and I'm majoring in youth ministry.

This is my collage from the first week of school!
Pictures from a concert, McDonald's & piling eight people into our car.

3. Last semester, I had four classes. I failed three and got a C in the fourth. My GPA is a 0.5 right now...
4. A few friends and I are going to be applying to start our own chapter of Her Campus soon!
5. I'm in the process of partnering my blog with the Her Campus blogger network as well as Studentrate {fingers crossed, guys}.
6. When I was a sophomore in high school, I started dating a guy named Steven {he's been mentioned on her quite a bit} and we've broken up a few times, but we are together again and {knock on wood} have been doing so, so, so much better and haven't gotten in any actual arguments this time.

Aren't we adorable? :)

7. My friends are my world, ask anyone & they'll tell you. I will bend over backwards for my close friends because they've all done so much for me.

Between those pictures, those are my best friends!
Abby, Liz, me, Caitlin, Alisha, Ashleigh, Cassie
Antonio, Dom, & Dusty

8. I go to a lot of concerts and it is literally my favorite thing. Seriously. I've seen my favorite band {Skillet} five times so far and in February, I'll be seeing them two more times {including second row tickets for one- wooo!} and couldn't be more excited!
9. If there is Mountain Dew around, I will drink it. All of it.
10. I love, love, love The Sims. I've played it since the original Sims. {I cannot wait until Sims 4 comes out next year!}
11. I am very iffy about my opinions on my college right now. It's not at all a bad school, but I don't know if it's the best option for me.
12. At any moment, you can ask me if I'm listening to Spotify and 90% of the time I'm in my room, it's a yes.
13. I'm undecided about what I want to do this summer. There's an internship I really, really want to take, but it's really far away, along with a job away from home and one at home. Decisions, decisions...
14. I've recently started crocheting {apparently that's the 'thing' to do at my college} and I really like it. I just wish I was better at it!
15. I love movies. At my moms house, we have over 300 movies. Netflix has been a good friend of mine. Megashare is now by BFF though. {I'm not condoning illegal movie websites, just saying it's a good resource ;)}.

So there you go! 15 things you may or may not know about me!

Relationships that last a lifetime.

Friends are literally the best thing you can have in life.
Now, don't kill me, I know I didn't say family.
There's a reason for that.
Family should be your first priority, not your friends, right?
But a lot of people don't have supportive families, and if you do, correct me if I'm wrong, they are your friends then (even if we don't want to admit that Mom is our best friend and our sister is the person you confide in the most).
But really, friends are incredible.
They're the people that know you inside and out.
They know you better than just about anyone else.
They're the ones that stay up until four in the morning because you needed to vent.
They're those people that you can have honest heart-to-hearts with, just because.
Friendship isn't about whether or not you know the person's favorite color, or favorite food, or favorite music (though truthfully, if we're friends and you don't know my favorite music, there's a problem).
It's about knowing the things that will put a smile on your face, or instantly make you angry.
It's about doing those things that will put a smile on your face and avoiding those things that instantly make you angry.
It's about being supportive and loving each other throughout every choice a person makes.
My friends are, in all honesty, the best thing in my life.
I just wanted to say, if you have good friends, never ever ever let anything get in the way of that.

The lyrics.

I've been in a weird mood today. I don't know why or whether this mood is good or bad.
The only thing that I know today is: lyrics are different to me today.
I don't know why. It sounds strange, but music just sounds different today.
I have really weird feelings right now, so many contradicting feelings.
Listening to music has been my entire day today, but the lyrics just feel different today.
I can't explain what's happening to me and I don't know if I like it.
One thing I do know: you hear the music when you're happy, you understand the lyrics when you're not, you love both when you don't know how to feel.

I know this was short and a weird post, but it's just my feelings today.

Out of my comfort zone.

I've been thinking a lot, considering a lot.
I've been trying to decide a few things. These are big decisions. Life-changing decisions really.
I don't have any clarity for the two biggest things. I like knowing what to do. I don't though.
I've been praying about it lately. I still have no idea what to do though.
Decisions and I do not mix well. I'm a very indecisive person and things like this are not good.
God is trying to get me out of my comfort zone with a lot of things lately.
College is a difficult time for me. I don't like being away from home,
From family,
From my friends,
From my cats,
From comfort.
I'm not in my comfort zone anymore, and it's hard.
Maybe I'm just freaking out over simple things, but those simple things mean everything to me and I don't like this.
I'm not saying I don't love college because I totally do. I just wish college was an hour an a half away, at home.
Life is just so different lately and I'm trying to adjust. Then it changes again.
I just can't seem to get adjusted to anything lately.
But I have God. I will continue to pray about these things, and I know that this is all in his plan, so I guess I'll see where all of this goes.

The College Bucket List.

My bucket list for the next four years of freedom, also known as college.

1. Go to twenty concerts. (5/20) {Skillet:: Sept. '13, Darius Rucker:: Jan. '14, Roadshow:: Feb. 14, WJ:: Feb. '14, Skillet:: Feb '14}
2. Get front-row {or at least close} for a concert- any concert. {Skillet: Feb. '14}
3. Take a picture with a different person every day for a month.
4. Visit at least four different clubs to try different things out. (2/4) {Action Jackson, Students for Life}
5. Get a tattoo.
6. Get my belly button pierced.
7. Bring home at least 20 different friends. (3/20) {AB, CF, LM}
8. Have a picnic on campus with friends.
9. Roadtrip.
10. Meet a (new) celebrity.
11. Make a photo collage on my dorm room wall.
12. Spend a week in different rooms- any but my own.
13. Have an 80's movie marathon.
14. Pull an all-nighter.
15. Make a memory jar.
16. Spend the night outside.
17. Bring 9 friends home with me (at once) for a weekend.
18. Take a trip to a zoo.
19. Get a job!
20. Have a Harry Potter movie marathon.
21. Good RAK.
22. Get a random color put in my hair.
23. Keep a diary/journal, or even just blog regularly.
24. Make a CD for friends as memories of times we've had. (1/10)
25. Throw someone a surprise party.
26. Get a matching tattoo with a friend.
27. Go 24 hours without a phone or laptop- no electronics.

To be added to...

Things in life.

I haven't posted in a while, but I wanted to say this somewhere and this seemed fitting.

What I want to say, is that I couldn't love little moments in my life any more than I do.
I know that sounds cliche but really.

I live for singing Hosanna at the top of my lungs in chapel.
I live for sending a random message to a friend telling her that's she's great and I love her just to make her feel a little better.
I live for sitting in my dorm lobby just talking for hours, about everything.
I live for finding a new song to be addicted to and then grow to hate after listening to it constantly.
I live for getting a random piece of candy in my dorm room mailbox.
I live for getting a picture of my kitten sleeping.
I live for feeling like I can trust someone with something I've never told anyone before.
I live for having a completely pointless conversation with great people that end up in us laughing for over ten minutes about it.
I live for seeing the people I love happy.

It's not much, but I wanted to share that.
There are so many little things to love in your life- just look around.

Well, hi.

So it's kind of been forever since I posted.
But hey, I graduated and that's what's important, right? :)

Basically, my summer has been spent spending crazy amounts of time with my friends before we all leave each other in August/September, and being lazy. Nothing more, really.

It's a nice thing, but I'm looking forward to life changes and moving to college.
I'm ready for new experiences.

Senior.

Senior year.
Taking college classes.
Getting accepted to college.
Making graduation plans.
Planning college visits.
Senior. year.

Holy freaking crap.

This is too fast.

But I love senior year.

The only thing I need now is less drama.
Solution: delete Facebook.
Done.
Yes, I am now a non-Facebooker.
It's weird.
But I like it.
..and I still have Twitter. :)

Brooke, Banana, BUTT, etc.,
I freaking love you and you need to fail your senior yeasr so you can stay with me forever because we are Brabby, and and we cannot be seerated even if we fight a lot
i love you! -Abby

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