UPDATE!

Ok, so this blogspot thing is kinda hard to get back into the swing of writing, so I've created a tumblr to use instead.
Go here: http://ayrabelle.tumblr.com/
That'll be where I post whatever I feel like - if I see something cool and want to share, if something nifty happens and I want to share, things like that.
Hope it works out just as easily for y'all as this has been :]
-Carly B

PDM - Post Disney Melancholy

It was so nice being in Florida for our Disney trip - I already can't wait to go back. Especially since it's snowing and cold outside...
So on last Monday I got up early to drive back to school, and I made it in time for my afternoon classes :] After those and orchestra, though, I had homework to get done and the girls of the house decided to take over the second floor common room to watch 27 Dresses and look at Catherine's wedding stuffs so I didn't have time yet to sort through things. So my room was a mess. That was fun.
And I want to get this posted and it's late, so I'm going to just put up my bullet pointed list:
Tuesday
+work - Engineering Grad Student breakfast
+why are there so many people?? They said 450, there are easily more than 500 here - we're out of food!
+oh my goodness, my legs hurt
+and now I have to go dance ballet...
+nice stretching, but I still can't really move...
+linear
+homework and Beauty and the Beast and Tangled with Geoff
+he puts up with me so well :D

Wednesday
+I needed sleep more than I needed to go to the gym - yay for 2.5 more hours of sleep!
+classes
+wesley
+normal day for me
+except for the fact that I have a fun new sandwich thing! :D I got a Mickey sandwich holder at Disney since I have peanut butter and honey sandwiches a lot for lunches
+orchestra

Thursday
+I got to sleep in!
+and then I had classes
+and then GABS
+where we lost :[
+and then it was time for more homework, yay...

Friday
+workout
+except no more daily Disney, now what do I do with my mornings?? normally I get up and turn on my computer and post my thing before going to the CoRec - I don't know what to do with all that extra time
+classes
+I promised myself that if I finished my homework last night and got up to workout this morning I could play Kingdom Hearts, and I did! Woo!

Saturday
+more daily Disney! Because why the heck not :]
+work - deliveries. I don't do these that often, it was fun
+I registered to run the Disneyland Half Marathon for St Jude - http://heroes.stjude.org/CarlyB
+bowling with Geoff and Dex and friends
+wow my wrist isn't used to that...

Sunday
+more Kingdom Hearts!
+And I needed to wash dishes
+and work on homework
+but then we had a GABS game
+we won! Yay seniors!
+chapter
+I didn't eat between GABS and chapter - hungry!
+and now I'm tired

Today
+workout
+it's actually light outside as I'm getting ready! And I could see the beginnings of a sunrise when I left the gym!
+classes
+Wesley
+another typicalday for me
+yay homework
+and orchestra
+and I got to facetime with mom!
+and now I'm watching QI till I go to sleep

Sorry this is delayed and not a real post, but I've been playing catch-up all week after being gone last weekend so I'll do my best to get back on track.
Of course I say this as Spring Break is next week. I'll figure it out :]
Later!
-Carly B

I'm legal!

It's been quite the week. I seriously can't wait till I'm in Florida in three days...
So last Monday was a fairly typical day - I worked out, I went to classes, I went to Wesley.
Then I got back to my house and discovered an angel statue in my refrigerator  Seth, Catherine and I are the big Doctor Who fans, and we were the three that discovered an angel figurine in the outside apartment - the villains in some of the more freaky episodes. Knowing Seth did that and seeing his laundry in the washer, I waited for the cycle to end and put it in there for him :]
After orchestra, I ordered a bag for my little as a present for Second Degree, and then it was tie to sleep.
Tuesday when I woke up, I discovered that I've been invited to an interview! It's for a Sears Holding Corporation summer internship, and I've never gotten a callback like this so I'm rather excited :]
I had work before classes, then needed to make a Target run. And then I figured out what to give up for Lent - grocery shopping unless it's absolutely necessary, like if i'm out of milk and have cereal left or if I actually run out of food. The goal is to actually eat what I have, not just some things and keep replacing those.
Wednesday I woke up at 12.15a and thought it was time to get up. And again at 1.35 - enough people were writing on my facebook for my birthday that it was actually waking me up. When I got up, I had 18 texts... all the text messages! I went to workout and decided that I wanted to DisneyBound for the day, and I had the perfect stuff to do Mushu!

The look as it is on DisneyBound.

The look I was rocking. I had my yellow converse on as well, and orange earrings. My mirror is really gross, though (and I hadn't realized how badly until I went to take this picture) so sorry for the poor quality.









And it was rather quiet at Wesley, which was odd.
After classes, I watched Lion King! And then had an exam... But then got to go to Buffalo Wild Wings with Larn! So it turned out to be a pretty okay birthday :]
Thursday I had a busy day. At 9 in the morning, I had a lab exam review, then a registration appointment at 10 and next was family lunch at 10.45. I had ballet at noon, then went to Wesley to slowly go into freakout mode about the Linear exam I was about to take. Meh...
But I got back to my house to a Valentine's Day care package from my mommy! It had fun socks, a chick flick (The Lucky One), and puppy chow - quite the perfect Valentine's Day box :D
For Valentine's Day with Geoff, I went over to his place and he made us a yummy tortilla soup and stuffed peppers and brownies, it was all quite delicious. He hadn't thought I would want to carry around my presents  going out with Larn, so he gave them to me that evening. I got a River Song sonic screwdriver (Doctor Who) and Millenium Falcon magnetic bottle opener (Star Wars) - he know me so well :D
The Valentine's Day section was dinner and a bouquet of roses and a pretty bracelet. And Thor :D
It was quite entertaining - at one point Natalie Portman swerves the car she's driving and Geoff said 'she's a terrible driver!' To which I responded 'well if Chris Hemsworth was sitting next to me I wouldn't be paying much attention to the road either!' :D
It was a wonderful evening overall :]
Friday I got up to workout and then it was time for my lab exam. It had a rock identification section, and I got 18/40 last semester on the rock ID lab exam, but I was feeling a bit more confident after the review session.
After Spanish class and lunch with Claire, I had no more class! To the mall! I needed shoes for an interview outfit so I went to the Payless Shoe Source and got a Cinnabon since I was there :D
And when I got back, there was a bird in our house... That was joyous. Seth and Michael teamed up to get it out a window, and then we cleaned the second floor common room.
And then it was time for Nine Irish with friends! It was me, Geoff, Lisa (Jones) and Seth - we had a good time. And I got some cider - yum!
Saturday I had an interesting shift at work - it was a culinary throwdown, so that was cool. But they only ordered like three things from us so once those were gone I had nothing to do, so that was boring.
After, I did some homework and watched the Aristocats - I'm so excited for Disney World!
Michael sent out a message to a bunch of people that he was wanting to make dinner (he really likes cooking) and gather with friends, so that evening a bunch of us gathered to eat a yummy dinner. I peaced out before they started watching the Blues Brothers to go see the new Die Hard with a different group of friends (Geoff, Joe, Ian and Dex). That was fun too - I love the Die Hard movies :]
Yesterday I got up and worked on a few things, then it was time for my concert. And the concert was good - we played pretty well. I was going to go to the GABS game after the concert, but I was helping with stage crew so I missed it. Oh well, we lost anyways so it wasn't a particularly fun game.
I hadn't finished my Spanish essay, so after chapter Geoff came over to help me stay up and get it done (I was super tired and if I'd been on my own, I would've fallen asleep).
Then today I got up to workout, but since I went to bed super late last night (for me anyways, it was 1a) I was about to pass out in the middle of Spanish class. I made it though, and I got lunch with Claire (since I'm going to be gone most of the week, we got our weekly lunch together early). After Stat, I worked on some homework at my house, then shifted to the ME building for our Active Hunt - where the BITs all had to come find groups of actives to find out the info needed to get our signatures. We didn't have orchestra today, and I'm still kinda annoyed because Andy said it would either be today or Wednesday, and I was looking forward to possibly being able to drive home at 3.30 on Wednesday instead of 8p, but oh well.
And now I've got an interview tomorrow, so it's time to get to bed.
Wish me luck!
-Carly

It's the Final Countdown...

As of today, there are 10 days until I go to Disney! I'm so excited!
So last Tuesday I got the awesome work shift at 5.30am. And it was a boring one too. Fun fun fun.
But when I got back to my house, I had time to watch Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill - a stand up comedy thing that is bloody hilarious, though admittedly I have a rather British sense of humor.
When I went to class, I didn't know how it was only 11.45 - I don't normally get up at 4.30am on Tuesdays so it felt like it should've been much later.
I went to ballet class, but we didn't do that much ballet. Our teacher was going to another class for the week, so we got a different teacher. It was fun, we learned about dancing from other times (like renaissance and period dancing).
After the last of my classes, I decided to watch Emperor's New Groove and do some homework. Yay Disney :D
Wednesday I did my workout and went to classes, then got lunch with my little. We talked about Disney, Star Wars and Harry Potter - we're going to get along great :D
One more class for the day, then after orchestra I spent the evening reading and watching Seth and Michael play some video games.
Thursday I had another early shift at work, this time it was a sound shift at 6.30. Four hours of reading later, I'd finished the Wilderness series and gotten halfway through another short book. I love my kindle :D And I got to get pancakes from Pappy's since Katrina forgot about me in the sound booth and had thrown all the extra food away. The pancakes were yummy :]
We did some more fun dancing in ballet, and after Linear I worked on homework and watched Payton play Gears of War. And now I'm back to back to paper books - and back to Outlander! For a while it was me and Catherine in the second floor common room reading - we like to do that :]
Friday I got up to workout and go to classes, and we met to continue planning Spring Break. It's me, Liz, Mariah, Seth and JJ who are going to be travelling together, it's going to be fun :] Our first few ideas were unavailable for the week we'll be there, so Virginia it is! We'll be going to Willimasburg for a few days.
That evening I sat down to read at 5, then looked up at 7.30 and realized how dark it had gotten and that I hadn't eaten dinner. Since I was no longer hungry, I just went back to my book :]
Saturday was a pretty chill day. I spent some time with Geoff where we watched Iron Man and Captain America :]
And then I read some more. I finished Dragonfly in Amber, cried at the ending (I'm now 3 for 3 at that part) and that was about it.
Yesterday we had a GABS game, and we lost :[ And it was a dreary day outside, so between the game and church I watched a few episodes of QI rather than go back outside.
Then after chapter I made some pasta and watched more QI with Geoff. It was a good day, excepting the whole losing to Michigan part.
And then today I've gone to workout, and now I need to shower and get ready for class.
Ten days!
Later!
-Carly

Nothing Beats an Astronaut

Yet another late post - yay...
While I'm warming up for my workout I watch Sports Center. Wednesday there were a number of hockey highlights and it's fun to see hockey again in the top plays (since I can't watch it anywhere else...)
I went to my classes, where my stat professor told us that he just scheduled our first exam. In two weeks. Right in the middle of orchestra. Which is the last orchestra rehearsal before our concert. It's not going to be the worst birthday I've ever had but probably not going to rank up among the favorites either...
And it's only been 4 weeks but evidently it's time to make my registration appointment for next fall already...
But on the bright side, I got an email that said I'm gonna get a new laptop battery soon! Huzzah!
After orchestra, I went to Orange Leaf with my Psi family. I love my family, we're so fun :]
And after that I facetime'd with my mom and dad. I love my family :D
Thursday I was up and at 'em to go to classes. And when I got back to my house, my new battery was here! And once it was fully charged, I had 7 hours of life! It's the little things in life :]
We had a GABS game that evening against IU. The men had played them on Wednesday and I watched the beginning of that one at Orange Leaf. And it wasn't exactly pretty, but the women won, which is more than can be said for the men's team... (the final score of that one was 60-97...)
When I woke up Friday, my Weather Channel thing said that it was 4 outside, feels like -14. Lovely. And then I looked a few minutes later it was 3 and feels like -15. This just keeps getting better...
I went to workout and classes quite bundled up - running tights under my jeans, 2 pairs of socks and long sleeves. After, I went back to the house and read a bit before going swing dancing! The Purdue Jazz Bands were playing music in a gym in the CoRec and the Night Train swing dance group taught a few basic moves, and then we danced for 2 hours! It was a ton of fun :]
Saturday I got to do some more more reading all day! I had to go to work at 3. 8 hours and 45 min later...
I got back to my house and, ooh I had a card! Form Aunt Kelly. I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!! My Disney things are here! Like the luggage tag and things. I'm so excited :D
Sunday it was time for Tapout, which means I've got a little! Billy got one too, so now there's seven of us.

Larn was there!

All of us! Left to right:
Nick Andre (AKA Esquire) - Billy's little!
Billy!
My twin!
Larn!
Me!
Claire Alexander - My little!

I pretty much love this picture. We had a family group hug and someone got up on a chair to take a picture. We're awesome :D











We went to lunch together (the 5 of us actives) and then the younglings had to get together as a class so  I went back to my place and it was time for sweats. And the Superbowl! Geoff came over to watch with me, and we decided to watch Eddie Izzard skits instead of Beyonce at halftime :D
I think my favorite part was the power outage, I was laughing pretty hard when it first happened :]
I was planning on going to sleep a bit earlier but then it turned into a good game so I was up past my bedtime. Oh well.
My favorite commercials: MMs, Oreo (You have to stop fighting now, we're the cops! :D ), Axe (Nothing beats an astronaut :D ), Tide and Bud Light. Geoff and I laughed pretty hard at all of these ones :]
Today I struggle-bussed on getting up to workout, since I was up late last night. I got it though, and after my workout I went to classes and chilled at Wesley in between (so, a usual day) and almost passed out in Spanish... That was fun. I'm going to sleep early after orchestra tonight :D
Later!
-Carly B

You can sleep when you're dead.

At least that's what I keep telling myself when I wake up and just want to go back to sleep.
Last Wednesday I got up to go workout, and it was cold! I went to my classes and chilled at Wesley to read during my breaks, like usual. After orchestra, Geoff and I watched Brave. The TV was taken, so we went to the laptops. His laptop has a good battery, mine has the working disc drive and a mongo screen - it's a good thing they're both dells so I could steal his battery! :]
Thursday I went to my classes and then had a ton of time to get dinner and do some homework before the GABS game. We won! But our call time was 7.45, and it was an 8.30 game so it was so late when I got back to my room... And of course, by late I mean it was 11p, but when I like to go to bet at 9 that is late.
Friday I told myself that I can sleep when I'm dead when I didn't want to get up at 5.15. I managed, and when I walked into the gym it was chilly and cloudy. After my workout, I walked out and thought 'where did all this snow come from?' It snowed all morning too, so I got to walk to classes in snow :]
I got dinner with Larn, it was good to catch up with her again. And then I went over to Geoff's to hang for a while.
Then Saturday I read. All. Day. I parked myself on the couch in the second floor common room under a blanket with my kindle and went to town. I had work at 5, but it was a sound shift which meant I got to read some more! (Just for perspective, I'm reading a series called Into the Wilderness and it took me about 10 days to read the third book, with school and whatnot. I finished the fourth one in three days.)
Sunday Was time for First Degree! We usually go as a chapter with the newest class to Triple XXX before to get some breakfast, but there's only 48 seats in the place and there were 36 of us with just my class and the new younglings, so we kept it to just that group. It was fun getting to see First from the perspective of an active, not as one of the ones going through the ritual. And it seemed shorter than it did last year, but that might have been the whole not actually going through it part.
After First Degree, I got to hang with Geoff some more. Joe had never seen the last few episodes of Firefly, so we watched those, and evidently Joe and Dexter watched Serenity (the movie wrap-up to the series) while Geoff and I had chapter.
Yesterday I really didn't want to get up. I had stayed up later than I wanted on Sunday night, so I was extremely tired. So, I told myself that if I did get up, I would get to take a nap during one of my breaks later in the day.
So I got up and went to workout, then went to my EAS class and then it was time for my nap! I walked into Wesley and greeted Glen, then told him that I had promised myself a nap and so not to be offended when I didn't sit in the breezeway to talk with him :]
I went to my other 2 classes for the day, then orchestra and after that I did some homework and watched Invader Zim with Seth and Michael :D
Today it was beautiful, so of course I woke up too late to go on a run. Curses.
I went to my ballet class and then to Wesley for lunch, where we watched it start to torrentially downpour. And I had my iPad and my kindle in my bookbag, so my little umbrella wasn't going to cut it. I borrowed a golf umbrella from Wesley and went to my second class, and my bag was dry! That was nice :]
After that, I went to Elliott to inventory the closet of Psi merchandise  As the head of the finances committee, I'm the one that takes care of all that. One of the members of my committee helped me out, so it wasn't too bad :] And now I'm typing this out and wondering if I'll get this week's post done at my normal time - it's going to be Superbowl Sunday after all. I can't make any guarantees :]
I'll do what I can. Till then,
-Carly

My laptop battery sucks now - 40 min and it's toast.

It went to sleep part way through typing this up. Luckily it had just saved :]
And goodness, it's been quite the week.
Last Tuesday, like a week ago, I didn't do much - just went to classes and worked on homework. Woo, what a day...
Wednesday it was pretty chilly when I got up to workout, and didn't get much better when I was going to classes. I put some clothes in the dryer to de-wrinkle and started a load of towels around 4p. I then played Lego Star Wars and watched basketball with Geoff, and then realized at 10p that the dryer was still going, and when I took my clothes out they were cold. That was weird, but I went ahead and switched them out.
And when I woke up Thursday, the dryer was still going. I think it might be broken...
I went to ballet and Wesley, where it was fairly quiet for being a Thursday. (Usually Fridays are the quietest day of the week.) After Linear Algebra, I turned in my EAS homework because there was a GABS game that evening and I knew I wouldn't have time in between that and 8am Friday, when it was due.
The game was fun, we won! I enjoy playing toobah :D
Friday I got up to workout and went to classes, same old same old. And I obviously have all the popularity - after watching Seth play Skyrim for like 2 hours, a bunch of people went to Lafayette Brewing Co. for a talk, and you had to be over 21 to go. (They keep telling me to hurry up and turn 21 already, I tell them to blame my parents - I didn't have much of a say in it :] )
And when everyone left I was the only one in the house (excepting perhaps Payton - you'd never really know...) So it was Beauty and the Beast time! I changed into my pjs, cddled up with my teddy bear and a blanket and put the movie on the big tv - I was a happy camper :D
Saturday I helped out with Jazz Fest - a festival where various high school jazz bands can come and play for judges. Which is cool, except for the fact that it was slightly boring for me. So I spent most of my time talking to Carla - one of my Psi brothers. We were runners, but the people at our station didn't need anything ran for them. But it was fun getting to chat with her, and some other people that were walking around :]
After that I had work, which involved spending more boring hours in the Union/Stewart area. I was on sound, but it was a lectern for the faculty lounges which is the easiest thing ever. So I helped out with the events, but it wasn't the most fun shift I've ever had. But I got to meet Coach Hazell! That was pretty nifty :]
Sunday I got some homework done, then I had nothing planned so I got to hang with Geoff all afternoon. And we both managed to forget that it was in fact Sunday, so we missed the football. But at least the Patriots aren't in the Superbowl, and Kyle got the Harbaugh bowl that he was wanting last year.
Yesterday was time for Psi interviews. ALL DAY. We interviewed people in the morning, then talked about who we wanted to extend bids to. Yay for 19 bids! And then we got Buffalo Wild Wings after! We kinda took over the restaurant because the sisters were there too, they had their interviews yesterday as well.
And when I got back to the house I passed out - it was a long day.
Today I woke up to discover that I had left my space heater on all night, I usually set it on the timer when I go to bed. But I wasn't too sad when I saw the weather: 3 degrees, feels like -12. And I had volunteered to help Donna take some band stuffs back to high schools that we had borrowed it from at 7.30a, so it was shaping up to be a fun morning. And then, when I got to Elliott, the truck wouldn't start. So Donna and I took a 1.5 hr nap, and then it was ready! Neither of us had class till noon, so we were ok.
However, I didn't have time to pack my lunch before walking to ballet so after class I had to go buy lunch.
And after my linear class, I've been home working on homework and relaxing. It's been quite nice :]
So yeah, that's why this entry is so late. Hope it was worth it!
Later.
-Carly

Well, one good thing about feeling like crap is it gives you an excuse to look like crap...

Nothing like getting sick to completely throw off your plans for getting back into the swing of school...
My family passed around a bug over winter break, and I caught it just in time to come back to Indiana (yay... O.o) When I got back on Sunday I felt fine, just a sore throat. However after sleeping in my icebox of a room, I felt like death when I woke up Monday morning, and that continued into Tuesday. And I was going to workout Monday morning... Oh well.
I went to classes, and then saw Catherine at Wesley - she and Mario got engaged! So I got to see her pretty ring and look through bridal magazines with her, and Lisa joined the party when she got there too - Mario was laughing at us, but we had fun :]
We had a shorter orchestra, and evidently Andy needs me to play bass again this semester, and when I got back to the house I was going to go to Kroger since I have no food. However, I decided that sleep was in order for me, so I went ahead and slept instead.
Tuesday I was going to run, but I felt like crap. I already hate being sick, and that bug was throwing off my workout schedule too so it was even more annoying. And I still had no food.
However, I had time until my first class so I took along steamy shower, then went to the grocery store.
And then it was time for my first ballet class! I'm super excited about taking that. After my second class of the day, I went to get ballet stuffs (I needed a leotard, tights and shoes) and a haircut - so now my hair is back to the length I like it at :]
I was hungry when I got back to the house, and I had food! :] I made myself some ravioli and cleaned up my room (like unpacked from break and put the food away - I hadn't yet). All in all it was a rather productive day, I was proud of myself :]
Wednesday I got up and hit the CoRec at 6am, and I was actually feeling good! And then I realized how tired I was... so I slept between EAS and Spanish :]
Then had lunch between Spanish and Stat - these two hour breaks are weird.
Pam scheduled a GABS rehearsal on Wednesday evening, so I told her that I had orchestra and wouldn't be able to go. Once I was at Elliott, I learned that we were ending orchestra early so that GABS could rehearse. So I didn't have any of my things with me. Oops. We got new music and played a song that was super easy, so I did pretty well. Especially well, actually, since I hadn't touched a tuba since early December... :D
Thursday I got up feeling like crap again, which was annoying since I had been feeling good the previous night too. I went for a run, which I had to cut short because my lungs hurt so that was less than fun. And then  my voice was all raspy, it wasn't the best or mornings.
But then it was time for ballet - yay! It's really nice to have a class where I can unwind a bit.
I got my lunch at Wesley, and it seems like I could quickly be discovering a routine. I went to math, and then had nothing to do! We had house dinner, and a bunch of people said they would prefer Monday nights instead of Thursdays, so I informed them that I wouldn't be at a single one (unless orchestra were to be cancelled).
Friday I got up and drove to the CoRec, and on the way I discovered that I had no voice. Like at first there wasn't even noise coming through my voicebox. That was a promising start...
I did my workout, and slowly was able to actually make noises again. Thankfully I didn't have to talk all that much in my classes since I sounded just lovely...
I wasn't feeling that bad, I just sounded like a man. Geoff and Joe were making burgers, and they had already gotten me veggie patties so I went over to visit for a bit. Then we played Star Wars Battlefront - I love that game :] The thing was, I usually play with an invincibility cheat because it's fun to just run up to people with a lightsaber and not worry about health, so it was weird actually dying in the game. But I beat them both in kills one round! I was super excited :]
Saturday I was scheduled to work a sound shift, and I said nope, I was still sick. Thankfully it was in the faculty lounges, where it's an easy set up. Normally if I'm on sound in there I'll help with the food because there's nothing for me to do all shift until I tear it back down. I told my coordinator that I would come set everything up but I shouldn't be around food so I left again pretty quick before I could get anyone else sick.
GABS was playing at a thing in the Mollenkopf center (football practice facility) where special needs people int he community could come and throw footballs and twirl batons, it was really fun :] It was also a beautiful day!
After that, it was Reed's 21st birthday on Thursday, so that Saturday evening she had a party at her place :] We watched the football games and played some drinking games, except I was driving so I just had water. Which was entertaining, being the only sober person in the room :]
Sunday I got to sleep in! Until 9. I didn't have anything to do, and I was finally feeling better - you never know how much you like your own voice until a cold holds it hostage - so I played some Lego Star Wars and watched football all morning. I needed some things from Target, though, and when I went outside it was raining ice (not hailing - raining ice). It was gross, I was glad I had been walking with a tuba the previous day and not in that.
That evening at Wesley was Mario's last sermon - he leaves for Boston tomorrow. We're really going to miss him around here.
We had chapter - where it's still weird to see my name as Finances Committee Chair - and then I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Geoff - we both enjoy that movie and were laughing :]
Today It's been really cold. I got up to workout and go to classes, staying indoors as much as possible. My face hurts when I step outside, it was that bitter. And I personally think that there comes a point when your health should come before fashon - when you're wearing tights, fashon ankle boots and a peacoat outside when it's in the low teens, I think you should take a serious look at your priorities. (Yes, I saw numerous people dresses like that today.) And then there's me in my coat, jeans and two pairs of socks - otherwise my toes would freeze in my running shoes.
We had a Wesley exec meeting to figure out a few things to start the year rolling, and I've got orchestra later. Other than that, I've got homework to get done. With being off and then being sick, it's hard to get back in the swing of this blogging thing - sorry for the slightly delayed post.
Happy 2013 - congrats on surviving yet another apocalypse! :D
-Carly B

For the holidays you can't beat home sweet home!

Now that I'm home, I don't want to type out all that happened so here's my shorthand notes :] And since I'm pretty sure that the people who follow this are in my family, I'll see you soon so I'm not going to post until I get back to school.

Last Monday (10 Dec)
+why is it so cold in the house??
+wesley has heat, i'll go there
+all day
+i am so screwed
+back to the house
+football!

Tuesday
+brunch
+i am still screwed
+studying with people in vector calc
+maybe i'll get one or 2...
+back to wesley - study party downstairs!
+and now i've hit a wall
+after 2.5 hours of kingdom hearts, the ending of jumanji and the beginning of miracle on 34th street, I don't want to go back...

Wednesday
+up at 6.30
+aah!
+i need to run
+run
+exam 1
+aah!
+exam 2
+aah!
+white christmas with geoff
+and dinner - i haven't eaten yet today, have i...

Thursday
+brunch at wesley
+lord of the rings
+look over spanish stuffs
+lord of the rings!
+exam
+26 min later, I'm free! free as a bird!
+gabs jersey, return books and jimmy johns, then back to Lord of the Rings!
+I'd forgotten how long it takes the third movie to end...
+and now i'm actually kinda tired

Friday
+i'm done!
+star wars and christmas with geoff
+and sherlock too
+all day!

Saturday
+i want to go home yesterday
+pack up what I can
+time till work - lego star ward
+catering
+I don't know if I've just gotten super used to sound or what, but catering wipes me out
+just like 17 more hours...
+but the great mouse detective is on netflix! and the rescuers!

Sunday
+work
+so bored
+gtfo, son!
+home!
+mom needs crocs
+and this is why we avoid Woodfield at all costs during this time of year...
+White Christmas with my mommy!

Monday (Today)
+errands
+wrap presents
+yay christmas music!
+exchange presents with Nicolito
+princess bride :D

And that's what I've been up to recently. I hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas and I'll see you next year! :D
-Carly B

Dead week - not quite living up to its name

I've had a rather busy week for it being dead week.
Tuesday I woke up from a dream about missing my lab exam, obviously my subconscious had great faith in me :] But it wasn't too bad, so that was nice :] And that's the class with a final at 3.30pm on Saturday, but it's optional so with the third lab and lecture exam scores, I don't have to take it! Woo!
I went to my stat class and then for a run after then, and then I had work. I worked a Purdue Student Government and Santa was there! It was a fun shift.
While I was there, I was elected COM Vice President again, and I still haven't been to an election. Go me :]
Wednesday I didn't have EAS - they were reviewing for the final exam and I'm not taking it :D
After my classes, I got lunch with my Big and Twin for Larn's birthday - unfortunately Jason and Billy couldn't be there. That was fun :] I read after that and watched Serenity (the movie conclusion to the Firefly series) at Wesley before getting to hang with Geoff for a bit.
Thursday I got to sleep in a bit, and then I had taken Wednesday to relax so Thursday I studied just about all day at Wesley. I left for the house dinner, where we had a white elephant exchange, and then it was time for Psi informal rush. There were so many prospectives there, it was awesome :]
Seth had been playing through a campaign of Halo 4 so I could see the ending, and so he finished that up for me that evening.
Friday I had classes, and then there was a Harry Potter movie marathon going on at Wesley. I only got to watch half of two movie, though, before it was time to go to the NCAA women's volleyball regionals. I got a buy-one-get-one deal on Cyber Monday, so Geoff and I were planning to go. Then, during this week, I saw that the Purdue team was going to be playing on Friday so I was super excited :] We lost, unfortunately, but it was still fun to go.
Saturday I had another white elephant thing with Psi (I used my present from the house exchange - it was apple things, which I wouldn't eat, and hair spray, which I don't use). Then it was time for final chapter, which wasn't too long since there were no seniors to rant. After that, we went to El Rodeo, and then my room was super bloody cold so I chilled in common room with Seth, Kyle and Ryan Hossler all afternoon :]
Today I woke up at 10.30 and immediately wondered what was wrong with me - I never sleep that late.
My run today was 8 miles, in the cold and the rain. After I realized how cold it was with my wet stuff on I took a very hot shower, and then spent 4 hours on the couch because I felt like crap. I was slightly worried - what are the symptoms of hypothermia?? - but afer I slept a little I felt better. I suppose 1.5 hours in the cold rain was just going to kick my butt either way.
And today was Mario's last Sunday with us :[ He's going to Boston next semester to go to Seminary, and to be closer to his daughter, which I think is really good for him. But I'm gonna miss him.
And now I'm back on the couch to watch some football!
Sorry for the short post, but it's finals week next week so I'm kinda stressed. This should be a fun week - I can't wait till 3pm on Thursday - I'll be done!
Till then,
-Carly

Is it Christmas break yet??

This weekend was an awesome one, and I was tired which is why this is getting written a day late :]
Monday it was back to classes an I decided that I didn't want to do school anymore. I'm ready for this semester to be over - just about everything I'm looking forward to (Christmas, getting a little, going to Disney for my birthday) is beyond finals.
After my classes I had time to relax before going to orchestra.
Tuesday I had my classes and then work, where I was the only student scheduled to work so I did some studying for the exam I had on Wednesday. And then people were watching The Expendables 2 so I joined them. Before the movie started, I wrote this down: 'Based on the cast, I think I know what's going to happen. There will be lots of explosions, lots of firefights, some sort of discernible plot but mostly it's gonna be action eye candy.'
And what do you know - my prediction was pretty spot on :D
Wednesday I got up to register for my Spanish class, or not? The system said it was open registration, yet it still said there was a hold on upper-level Spanish classes.
I had to take my exam, so I did that and went to my classes, and then when I checked again I could register. At least I got into the section I wanted.
I got some food and watched Brave, then had to go to the grocery store. After I relaxed a bit more before going to orchestra, where we got to rehearse with the singers! There was one guy that had a mustache that curled up at the ends, and the first words we heard him say was 'Maids like me, I'm neat.' And he did a little twich thing with his mustache - it was hilarious. I was cracking up :]
After orchestra I watched Jurassic Park 2 with Geoff and then it was time to sleep.
Thursday I went for a run and to my stat class, then had exec at Wesley, and painted stuff for Psi rituals, and had a Stat exam. So after that I played Kingdom Hearts for a bit.
Friday morning and afternoon went something like this:
+classes
+chill at Elliott
+slate at Elliott
+chill at Elliott
+equipment move at Elliott
So I was sitting in Elliott quite a bit. Slate is a Psi thing - when you submit a petition for an exec position you have a meeting with slete. Slate then submits a lineup of who they think should be in the positions during elections. I had submitted a petition for Treasurer so I had to meet with Slate.
After moving various concert equipment to the Long Center, we had a rush event with Psi. We were going to go ice skating, but the ice skating place was still closed so we went to Great Skates - a roller rink. I'm not a good roller blader, so I just sat to the side and talked with people. It was a good choice too.
When we decided to leave, I got to hang with Geoff for a bit before we had to sleep - we both had to be up early.
Saturday I was up for elections - they were at 8.30 (gag me with a spork) so that was... joyous. I didn't get elected as treasurer, but I was nominated for a few positions from the floor (like while we were at elections people nominated me) so that was a nice compliment.
I had to leave a bit early for rehearsal, and then my mom was here! We went walking around downtown Lafayette and then went to the hotel to laugh at Pinterest together before my concert. And it was such a fun concert! I miss pit, so that was really fun for me. By the way - this is a video from the concert, the mustache man is the one standing closest to Andy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=EfFsVFoRdKE
After the concert, we did some more laughing at Pinterest and talked with dad before crashing.
Sunday we got to sleep in! That was exciting for both of us :D We got brunch at a fun little resturaunt in Lafayette and then went to the GABS game. Unfortunately, the marching band people that weren't being exempted to be at GABS were using their horns for the Lafayette Christmas Parade, so there weren't enough tubas for me and the one other girl that isn't a marching tuba :[ So I traded off with Roach (all the marching toobahs have nicknames) and it was still fun :]
That evening was the MOW Christmas dinner, but after getting back from GABS I didn't want to do anything else so I played some more Kingdom Hearts and Geoff came over for a little while and then it was sleepy time - but I didn't have to wake up for EAS!
Today was the start of deas week - and so it begins.
I went to my classes and read for a bit, then had a short orchestra - we just turned in music and talked about what's going on in the future. We're taking an international trip in May 2014! They had one in 2011 but I was already going to go to London, so it's time to start saving my pennies for this next one :D
Then I came back to the house and watched some old Doctor Who while studying - the 80's episodes are weird. I have a lab exam tomorrow, this should be interesting.
Later!
-Carly

It's officially Christmas time!

What a week.
Monday I had classes and then Liz and I got our lease signed - we both like having the certainty that brings. After that I had to start packing, so of course I get an email about the New Fantasyland at Disney World. And when I went to the site, there was a story that goes along with it all! I was thoroughly distracted. I'm such a six year old girl :]
And after that I realized that I didn't have work for over a week, so I could paint my nails! It's the little things in life :] (We can't have painted nails at work because if the polish were to chip into food that would be all kinds of terrible.)
I had orchestra that evening, and the basses actually got out early! What's been happening recently is the violins leave first because they don't play on some songs, then violas and finally the celloes and basses go. So I got to watch more of the Monday Night Countdown before Da Bears played.
And by halftime, I was playing Kingdom Hearts instead - that was an ugly game.
Tuesday I finished packing and made pancakes for brunch with Geoff, then I was off!
The drive wasn't too bad, there was one point where the traffic was getting slow, but I was hungry so I got some fries from Arby's and when I got back on the road it was smooth going.
And once I got home, I got to chill with my family! We watched some tv, including a geeky Castle episode - which was amazing :D It was so funny.
Wednesday I helped clean up around the house, and then half of the Bogdas arrived! My mom and I went to pick up our Turkey Trot race packets and get some running gear from Dick Pond's with Aunt Kelly and McKayla joining us and then bring dinner home, and at last Melissa and Uncle Mark got there (Kristin couldn't join us :[ )
Thursday it was Thanksgiving! I went for a short run with my mom and we started making food. We ate dinner around 3, and that's always a good time when my family gets together :]
After dinner it was time to figure out what we're doing with Black Friday. A few stores had good deals that we wanted to take advantage of and opened that evening, so we went out with the crazies. That was an experience. We went to Target, HHGregg and Kohl's, going to sleep quickly when we got back :]
Friday we left the house around 10 - that was nice. We normally leave around 7am.
We went to Game Stop and then the mall. Where we got our peppermint bark cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory! After eating that it was officially Christmas Time :D
However, it was a bit insane there, and by a bit I mean a LOT. We finished what we wanted to look at and got the heck out of there.
We were home by 4, that was nice too :] Then it was nap time for everyone!
After all the girls took a nap, we had some family time watching Brave. We're such a Disney family :]
Saturday morning my mom and I were out in the cold running the Turkey Trot. It was so cold! And it took them 20 ish minutes after when they said it would start to actually start the race, so we were all standing there freezing.
But after that, it was time for football! And Purdue won! IU sucks! :] And Virginia Tech won! It was a good afternoon for football.
Uncle Mark and McKayla had to leave that afternoon, so the rest of the girls did some more shopping that evening before watching more football. Unfortunately, the evening brought another Notre Dame win, so the day wasn't quite perfect for football.
Today my mom, dad and brother went to the Bears game so it was just me, Melissa and Aunt Kelly at the house in the morning. We all had to get on the 290, so we went to lunch together and started our respective drives back. Mine was annoying as all get out - there were two spots where it was gridlocked traffic. During the first one, I was listening to the Bears game on the Milwaukee radio station (in Merrillville, IN - odd...) and when I got to the front of the jam there was one car pulled over to change a tire - not even a police car or anything.
During the second jam, I was listening to Christmas music and there was nothing at the front - suddenly everyone around me was moving again. That was even more annoying.
But I made it back. I unpacked and put up my few Christmas decorations for my room, then decided to write a petition to be treasurer for chapter. I added a few things at the chapter meeting, and just sent it out. Here goes.
And now I'm watching the Giants beat up the Packers and wondering what the heck is on Aaron Rogers's face... It's an interesting look...
This week I've got a few exams, so it's back to that. I want it to be Christmas break already...
Later!
-Carly

You know you're related to an NFL official when:

Faced with the unfortunate choice between Green Bay v. Detroit (as a Bears fan), or Cleveland v. Dallas (as an Eagles fan), you choose the Dallas game because Ed Hochuli is the referee.
That happened to me today, actually.
However, on Tuesday I had a full day, but it was a fun full day. It started off with an EAS lab field trip to Happy Hollow. It was so cold! But it was kinda fun to get out and about. Then I had stat, and then my dad was here! He was driving from Indy to Chicago so he stopped off and we got lunch. When he left, I had a little bit of time where I read and finally started to warm up before Liz and I had an apartment viewing. It was at Nichols Apartments, and we both liked it. We're planned to see a few more on Friday.
I had dinner with Mariah and Stephanie, and then a Psi chapter field representative was visiting us - like she came here to see what we're doing and if she could suggest any improvements or anything - so we had a special chapter meeting with her.
So yeah, busy, but fun :D
Wednesday  I had class in the morning, and then I read and watched Halo all afternoon, that was quite nice :D I had to do laundry too, so I got that done. I had orchestra that evening, then got to hang with Geoff after.
Thursday I had class and exec, then went for a run. We had house dinner, and I had a Spanish essay due the next day so I worked on that.
Friday I went to my classes and then read at Wesley before apartment viewing with Liz. I was reading Outlander, a book that my mom and I both love, and I finished it with about 2 hours till the appointment so I went to the house to get Dragonfly in Amber (the next book in the series) and went back to Wesley to read some more :]
The first set of apartments that we viewed were nice but kinda meh, and they were a bit pricier. We had a bit of time before the next appointment so we chilled at Agate.
The next apartments we viewed were Cochran, and they were nice and we liked them too. So we sat down and compared between Nichols and Cochran. It was small things that decided it - like Cochran is down a hill from campus and we'd have to cross River Road while Nichols is on South Chauncey and so we wouldn't have to walk up a hill first thing as we go to class.
So Nichols it is! We weren't sure what we need to sign a lease, so we planned to go before I leave for Thanksgiving.
I watched some Halo and ate my dinner, and then went over to Geoff's to watch more Halo and a cheesy 80's Clint Eastwood and Firefly with Geoff and his roomies. It was a fun evening.
Saturday I got to sleep in :D and I didn't have anything really going on so I got to chill and go on a run before going to work. And it was a sound shift, which meant that I got to hide in the sound booth - good thing there was paper so I could write. After that I watched some more Firefly with Geoff :]
Today I slept in again - I can get used to this sleeping till 9.30 thing.. Too bad I have class tomorrow.
The only football games that were on were the two mentioned above (Cleveland/Dallas and Green Bay/Detroit) - gag me with a spork. I just had the one on and did some reading before the WOW dinner. Our theme was Super Mario - that was fun :] I didn't really want to dress up like a character, though, so I just helped make the food.
After that was chapter, and now I'm kinda worn out but I don't know why since I didn't really do anything this weekend. Oh well, I get to go home on Tuesday! I can't wait :]
-Carly

SAG Wagon-ing

I seem to not be doing so well at the whole writing this on Sunday evenings thing... Sorry about that.
So Tuesday I managed to avoid most of the ungodly amounts of politics that were going on, so that was nice :] I went to my lab and my stat class, then I had work. After work, I was so excited about the election that I was planning on watching a Disney movie in my room until I heard Seth had gotten Halo 4, instead I watched him play that until I went to sleep. I knew someone would put it on facebook so I'd just figure it out later :]
Which meant that Wednesday people were going crazy about the election and results, I just had an 'ok, people, calm down' attitude all day.
I had my vector calc exam, so that was less than fun. And then I didn't know what to do with myself, I was just completely fried. After three weeks of constant stress, It's actually kinda nice to be out from under that blanket. I relaxed in the afternoon and after orchestra I watched Jurassic Park with Geoff. (That's actually only the second time I've seen that movie, the first time was last year. People tend to be rather surprised when they find out how many classics I'v never actually seen.)
Thursday I had a relaxing morning, which was nice. After class and food and exec, I went for a run. And I ran 3.25 miles in 32.21 min - that's about exactly 10 min pace. I'm in better shape than I thought! :]
Our house dinner was that evening, where a wild Kyle appeared! He came out to help with Winterization and it was nice to have him in the house again for the weekend :] Afterwards I did some apartment comparing with Liz - we want to get a lease signed pretty soon since we both like having the certainty of knowing where we're going to live next year :]
Friday when I got back from class I had a package from my mom! It was mostly Mary Kay stuff, so like facial cleanser, but it was still a package from mom :D I had work again that evening, and then it was Winterization weekend so there was a SAG meeting. I wasn't as involved with the planning side, but I did volunteer as a Support And Gear member, we're out in the areas with teams and bring things like ladders and rakes when they need them. After the meeting, I knew that I was going to have to get up early so I went to sleep fairly quickly.
Saturday was Winterization! Last year I managed to sleep through 30 min of alarms going off every minute (admittedly, I could have turned them off in my sleep) so it was exciting when I actually woke up on time this year :]
I was on a SAG team with Meagan Sapp-Nelson, Sam Ferdon and Aaron Addis. Sam was driving, Aaron navigating and Meagan and I were communications people - we wanted the teams to call us when they got to houses and left houses and when they needed things so we could make sure they were doing okay. Unfortunately, Sam was driving his brother's truck (Andrew who lived here last year) and the back of Andrew's truck is rather small... Meagan and I were slightly cramped but we made it work. It was kinda funny, Aaron and Sam know each other and were bickering a bit at various directions so Meagan and I were entertained :] (When we answered phones, I said 'SAG Wagon, this is Carly' and she said something similar, that's where the title of the post comes from :] )
And it was only 2.30p when we were all done and leaving Wesley to go home! Last year people were still working on houses at 3pm O.o Unfortunately I was kinda hurting so I watched us beat Iowa (!!) and then went to sleep a bit before Eric came over to join Kyle and Seth play some Halo 4 and I watched before going to GABS (and the women won again!). And then after GABS, I watched some more Halo and Fringe with Geoff and his roomies. It was kinda funny, when Geoff and I got there, Joe was playing Halo online with his brother and some friends but John wanted to watch a movie. He said 'Hey, Geoff and Carly are here so we should watch a movie now' but I said 'But, it's Halo! I want to watch him play' and Geoff said something about picking the right girlfriend :D
Yesterday I got to have a nice relaxing morning - it was blissful after the long day I had on Saturday. Around 12.30 I got lunch with Lauren T from Psi - it was her birthday! We got some chili and chatted, it was fun :]
I was planning on going to get groceries before work, but when I was looking to see what channels had football going, I saw that Band of Brothers was on Spike for Veteran's Day. So Band of Brothers won :]
I got scheduled to work at 4.30p - I have church at 4.30 and chapter at 7.30 so I had no idea why I was there. It was an easy sound shift though, just plug one end of the cord into the mic and the other into the wall and you're golden so I got everything set up and then left as they were serving food to go to chapter. After chapter I went back to put it all away (I don't like making other people clean up the sound stuff if I'm scheduled for a sound shift) and then went to the CoRec. I had a five mile run scheduled, so I was running on a treadmill for 54 min. The thing is, anything more than 10-20 min on a treadmill drives me bonkers so at least I had my ipod to sing along with - yay Disney workout playlist :]
I had planned on watching the Bears game after that, but they weren't playing all that well and Band of Brothers was still playing so I watched that :]
And now today I had class this morning, then got to chat with my mom :D They (she, my dad and brother) went to Missouri over the weekend to visit Mizzou for Ricky and visit the Bogdas - I was thinking about driving out to visit too but with Winterization it wouldn't've worked. But I did get to talk with her today, and my dad's going to be here tomorrow so that helps :] And now I need to actually go to the grocery store, so I shall post this.
Later!
-Carly

I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking on the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.

A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having :]
To finish from Tuesday last week, after I posted I saw an envelope on the table and the address looked suspiciously like my mom's handwriting and CM stickers... It was a package from my mom! :D And it definitely made my day - inside was fun socks, iTunes giftcard and a butterscotch See's lollipop, she knows me so well :D
We had our last GABS rehearsal before the first game, and I may or may not have been fighting with the tuba - the part holding the mouthpiece wanted to move and I wanted it to stay put. I think the tuba won...
Wednesday I had classes and after had some of my leftover tomato soup :D For the remainder of the afternoon, since we didn't have orchestra, I was reading on a couch in the second floor common room while watching Seth play Skyrim before going over to Geoff's and watching Super 8, which was a good movie.
Thursday I woke up from a rather vivid zombie dream (that I didn't write any of it down, so now I don't remember it really) and looked at my watch to see it say 10.50. I looked at it for a bit longer to make sure that was what it said (I've misread my watch enough times to be wary of what it says on first glance), and when the numbers didn't change or rearrange themselves, I looked at the text messages I'd gotten during the night (facebook and twitter - I'm so cool ;D ) and wondered how the heck I managed to sleep so late.
So, of course, when I looked at my watch again after reading texts, It said it was 8.51. Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with my brain...
During my stat class that day, a girl in the row next to me had Starbucks and it was the day after Halloween so obviously it's time for the Christmas Starbucks cups...
I was preparing the desserts for the pseudo house dinner that evening, so I was baking most of the day. That was fun :] Then we had dinner and an All Saint's Day service at Mount Zion church - a church that Wesley's associated with.
After the dinner, I went for a run at the new CoRec - I like the new building :]
By the time it was Friday, I couldn't believe that it was already Friday (the first few days of the week went by without me really realizing it since I was so stressed).
I went to class and then had nothing to do, so I took a walk to Happy Hollow Park. That was nice, it was a beautiful day outside.
When I got back, I listened to music and wrote a bit, suddenly realizing that there was no one else in the house. It was a little odd.
Staying in an empty house by myself all evening on a Friday - I'm so cool and popular :D
Heh, or not. Oh well, I brewed some Polyjuice potion on Pottermore and was happy :D
Saturday I was serving the football team breakfast and lunch, so from 6.30a to 2p I was at work. Which means I missed the sleet - evidently it was sleet/snowing in the morning.
Then it was time for the game! The halftime show was really really cool too :D
Unfortunately, the game didn't go quite as well... Geoff and I decided at the end of the third quarter that we couldn't feel our feet and were hungry so we wanted to head out. We went back to his apartment (yay warmth!) and watched some more football - so a typical Saturday for me :D
Sunday I got up early to go to stadium cleanup, and after that I had a little bit of time to get ready for GABS. I made sure to get to Elliott fairly early so I could get my tuba and follow someone over to Mackey since I really didn't know where to go.
And it was time for that game! I didn't get any pictures (sorry, mom) since I was playing and everyone around me was playing. However, I'm planning on giving my camera to a friend for next game so I should have some then.
The game went well, and it was so fun :D
After that, I went to church. And it's a good thing Wesley isn't traditional, given that I was dressed in athletic shorts and a tshirt, my GABS uniform. I kinda looked like a frump, but that was ok :]
I had chapter, and then remembered that I had to write a Spanish essay that night... Oops.
Today I woke up and finished the essay that I started, and went to class. It's chilly outside today. And today's the fifth of November, so therefore it was obligatory that I watch V for Vendetta. The Eagles are playing the Saints tonight, so I knew that I wouldn't want to watch the movie after orchestra so I watched it after class. And now I'm finishing up Stat homework for tomorrow before I go to orchestra.
Remember, remember the fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and plot.
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot.
-Carly B

Halloweekend

Well, at least there's only like a week left of this.
Last Tuesday (a week ago, sorry for the delay) I woke up and saw that it was supposed to rain and so planned on wearing my rain boots.
A half hour later, it was monsooning. There was so much water falling from the sky! Where was all this in the summer, when we needed it?
I went to my EAS lab, and after I was in rather incredible amounts of pain. My insides really hurt, so after my stat class (which I was about a half hour away from skipping all together, exam on Thursday be damned) I made a beeline to home to rest.
I spent the afternoon chilling on the couch, so it wasn't quite the productive afternoon I was hoping for, but I felt better by 5.30 when I went to meet the other basses to put together our costumes.
We were going to dress up as whatever, and across the top of our basses we made a Pac Man and had white styrofoam balls. We painted the Pac Man with a sponge, so the first few coats looked kinda funny but it turned out.
Wednesday I went to my classes and then made myself some ravioli :D I went for a run, then had orchestra and GABS till 10. And that was when I started to freak out a bit - my stat exam was in less than 24 hours and I hadn't really studied.
Thursday I woke up at 9 and proceeded to hole myself up in my room to avoid distractions and study. I took a break at 2.30 for the exec meeting, but other than that I was in my room all day.
The exam didn't go as poorly as it could have, but not as well as I'd hoped. Geoff had an exam too that evening, so afterwards we didn't really want to think - so we watched Captain America :D
Friday I woke up and it was rather cold outside - where had the nice weather from the previous day gone?
After class and some more ravioli, I wanted some bookstore therapy and went to Robots and Rogues - a local bookstore just across the river where I had some giftcards. To add to that, I watched Beauty and the Beast when I got back, but then had to work. I was on sound, though, and the speaker that I was listening to was kinda funny. He's an entymology professor here and he was talking about bugs, it was fun to listen to.
After work, I went to Exploration Acres with Geoff - they have a corn maze there and we wandered around that for a while before we were both cold and wanted to watch The Road to El Dorado and have some hot cider :]
Saturday I got up at 9.30 and went for a run before it was time to clean the house for the Halloween party that evening. After cleaning a bit, I had to make a Target run and go to work, so I missed the football game. (I heard about it later, I've never been more glad that I didn't watch a game in my life. Well, until I saw the highlights from the Eagles game on Sunday...)
And when I got back from work, it was time to party! I was Amy Pond and Geoff was Rory Williams (a couple from Doctor Who) and we knew that Mario and Catherine were going to be the doctor and River Song (another couple), so it was pretty funny when Heather walked in as the TARDIS, not knowing that there was already a group of themed characters there :]

The group of Doctor Who characters left to right:
Catherine as Dr. River Song
Mario as The Doctor
Heather as the TARDIS
Geoff as Rory Williams
Me as Amy Pond (Geoff and I both have hash marks drawn on our arms and faces, another reference)





I'm not really a partier (in case you couldn't tell :P ), though, so pretty soon after everyone started to disperse I went to bed.
Sunday I woke up at 10 - that was weird. I'm so used to waking up early that when I wake up after 9.30 I feel like I've wasted my day. And it's only 10 in the morning. Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with me... :]
I spent my morning getting ready for concert, and then it was time to play!

The concert went pretty well, and it was really fun too :]
There are more pictures from the party and concert on facebook, should you care to check them out.




However, I still hadn't studied so no church for me that afternoon, and and I had two exams before noon the next morning, therefore it was officially time to freak out.
I took a short break to go to chapter (where I heard there was quite the interesting party that a bunch of brothers went to on Saturday, and I'm actually kinda glad I didn't go - remember what I said about not being a partier? :] ) and saw a video that Kyle posted on facebook that made me laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBwVFDULQg
And sorry, I was studying instead of writing, so this didn't get written at my normal time on Sunday evening.
Monday morning went like this:
+exam at 8.30
+skip my 9.30 to study Spanish since I hadn't at all yet
+exam at 11.30
And then I fried and didn't want to study for my exam tomorrow... So How to Train Your Dragon was the obvious solution :]
I went to orchestra that evening and made an attempt at studying while watching football, but managed to stress myself into feeling physically ill again, so that put a stop to the studying.
Today I had my lab exam in the morning, and that didn't go quite as well as could've been hoped for... Hopefully I got a few anyways.
I had my stat class and then came back home and made some tomato soup and biscuits for lunch, yum :]
And then I've been writing this entry and watching Seth play Skyrim, and there's GABS rehearsal later on tonight (first game is Sunday!) so I'm hopeful that the ending of my day will go better than the beginning :]
Sorry for the delay, hope this entry is worth the wait :D
-Carly B

I don't think the answer is to take stimulants...

It's been an interesting week.
Monday didn't really start the week off that well, so that was annoying. I went to my first class, then preemptively skipped my next one to take a nap because I knew I would just fall asleep in class if I went. That was nice, then after my last class of the day I went to one of my Psi brother's house to help with the sanding and priming of the new pregame stars. Part of the marching band pregame show is a salute to America and the band forms a shield on the field, with peoople holding stars. My BIT class service project was building new ones, and we finally finished them halfway through the semester after. Yay, go team :]
Then it was time for orchestra, and then football :D And homework... I got it done, though, and then I was super tired. Plus the game wasn't looking all that good. I watched enough to see Denver score, then it was time to sleep. (I looked at the score later on, I should've watched more - it got good :] )
Tuesday I had my EAS lab and Stat class, then I had to work. And it was later when I got out of there that I had wanted, so I had homework to do and I didn't run - not the best day I could've had. I did get the stuffs done, while watching Robin Hood too :]
Wednesday I had my 2 earlier classes, then an hour break where I decided that I was hungry so I got an early lunch. After my next class, I went for a run and then it was orchestra time. I drove to orchestra because I had GABS rehearsal after.
That one was fun. I don't know what I'm doing - yay! The toobahs do all sorts of fun moves and things while playing, so I was following along and just kinda guessing. It was really fun though :D
And I was super glad that I drove since it was raining when we left. Unfortunately, though, I had the problem where I couldn't lift my arm very high and I forgot to get Geoff to give me a shoulder rub before I dropped him off. Oh well, I was tired enough that I just kinda crashed after getting home.
Thursday I got to sleep in! I had my one class of the day, then went to chill at Wesley before the exec meeting. And that evening, no one signed up to make food, so it was pizza for house dinner!
And then I watched The Princess Bride with Geoff - he'd never seen it before. The 'Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.' line was the one where he said 'Oh, that's where that comes from.' I figured that would be the one :]
Friday between classes we had a chapter services gathering to go through the things for ritual to see what was broken and needed to be replaced.
After my second class it was narsty outside so I read on a couch. All afternoon! :D That was nice.
Then I got dinner with Larn! I was petsitting for her for the weekend so she showed me where things were and things like that in her apartment.
Saturday I got up and went to work - where there was just a general sense of chaos that was kinda weird. We said that we hoped it figured itself out before the wedding that evening.
I took some time to chill at Larn's place with her puppy and kitty before going to dinner and Looper with Geoff. Since I kinda ditched him on his birthday (it was last Friday, Ricky's senior game) we postponed it till Saturday. After Looper (which was pretty good, plus Joseph Gordon-Levitt is pretty darn cute ;] ) we watched The Emperor's New Groove. It was a good evening :]
Sunday I got to sleep in, till about 9. I went for a run and might've gotten slightly lost on some trails though the woods. At least I wanted to go for a 45 minute run anyways... :]
Larn has Gnomeo and Juliet, so I watched that before going to the Psi cookout. Where I ate pretzels and an apple and water because it was all hot dogs and greasy chips and sugar.
After that, it was football time! And the Nightmare Before Christmas was on, so I watched that too :]
Then I needed groceries so I went to Kroger and when I got back I called to talk with my dad for his birthday :D And there was more football! And I was rather tired so I postponed typing this up to today.
Today I oake up at 8.30 - the time my first class starts. My first thought was 'well, crap' and went about getting ready for my other two classes.
I just kinda vaguely worked on homework and procrastination before orchestra.
That was a fun rehearsal. Some quotes of the day, brought to you by Andy King:
+Cool people never do anything too quickly. (telling us to slow down)
+First violins, you need to be a little sleazier about this. (talking about Carmen's Habanera)
+Pizzicato means play too quickly. (it actually means pluck the string, if you didn't know)
+Abstinence is the best policy. (one way of saying 'if you aren't playing in time, just don't play')
And, my personal favorite,
+I don't think the answer is to take stimulants... (the second violins were too slow and he was wondring how to help them go faster)

That was awesome :D And now the Bears are playing on Monday Night Football, woot!

Bear Down.

-Carly

The Men Who Stare at Goats - John's favorite Star Wars movie :]

Well this has been an interesting week.
Tuesday I made my annual Goebbert's trip with Nicole - that was so much fun! They had baby tigers in one of the animal tents - I wanted to take one home :] And of course we had to take pictures with the character cutouts:

We're so cute :D
After the farm, I had lunch with my daddy :]
But then it was time to head back to school. Silly school, getting in the way of my time with my family.
I made it, though, and decided that I wanted to watch Princess Bride for the evening :] 'So you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?' My favorite line :D
Wednesday it was so cold! I went to class and stayed at Wesley for a bit to see people. Then I went to orchestra and watched Fringe with Geoff and his roommates for a bit. Yeah, it was quite the uneventful day.
Thursday I got up and went to the grocery store before helping get the instrument petting zoo set up. In Psi we were hosting what we called an instrument petting zoo - we had a bunch of instruments that people could come and see. Well, I was going to help them set up, but then I may or may not have gotten in a fight with the self checkout machine and gotten delayed... Oops.
I went to my class and then we had Wesley exec. But it was so cold at Wesley! We were all freezing.
After exec, Liz and I did some camparing of apartments - like seeing what we both wanted and which places would fit that.
After house dinner, I had planned to do my Spanish homework and relax a bit. Then Jamie had an allergic reaction to some cold/cough medicine she bought so Mariah and I took her to St Elizabeth Central (the only urgent care place we could think of that would be ope, which was surprising given we're in a college town). That wasn't precisely fun, but we got to chat for a bit and it wasn't a severe reaction so it was ok.
Friday was rather eventful. I had class in the morning, and it was Geoff's birthday! It was also my brother's senior game so I was going to be ditching Geoff on his birthday. I had a good excuse though. Before I left to drive home I went over to his place so that I could see him for a little bit on his birthday :] We just kinda chilled at his apartment and watched his roommate play a video game. But it was fun :]
And then it was time for me to head home again. The drive was smooth, except for the 290/294 junction. That has the potential to be absolutely terrible - there's only one lane that switches between highways and that can get backed up pretty far. Recently it hasn't been bad at all, but Friday it was the worst I'd seen it in a good while. Other than that it was great, I got home when I wanted and I got to hang with my dad some more :] I gave him his birthday present too since I won't see him on his actual birthday.
Soon after I got home, Melissa arrived! And then was time for the game. But it was so cold! Melissa and I were shivering in our seats waiting for the senior presentations to begin. They honor the seniors of the football team, poms squad, cheerleaders and band so I was taking pictures of my borther and parents and various friends. I can't believe he's a senior O.o
Ugh, they lost too. That was unfortunate. But it was nice to get back home and into the warmth.
One thing, though, about that. I am super proud of my brother. He doesn't get to play all that much, but he was still standing on the sidelines at the line of scrimmage and watches every play, slapping guys on the back when they come off the field and helping people practice. It's also awesome to see how fired up he is in church and volunteering - he's a great kid. I really can't wait to see what he's got ahead of him.
Okay, that's enough big sister gushing :]
Saturday I was on the road again - wait, I feel like I just did this...
Oh yeah, because I did :]
I made it in time for the game, which was ugly from early on. In the second quarter it started raining, by halftime it was a steady pour. I had a green rain jacket that was left in the house, we didn't know whose it was so I snagged it. I saw inside the pocket yesterday, it's Kyle's. I texted him after the game, saying thanks for leaving it and that it was here if he wanted it back :]
Geoff and I went back to his apartment to get warm and put on some dry clothes :] We watched a bit of football before getting dinner with his mom and sister. That was fun, we moight have ganged up on him a bit ;] But it was nice to get to meet his family.
Back in his apartment, we watched The Men Who Stare at Goats - John (one of Geoff's roommates, the other's Joe) and I both think that movie is hilarious and Geoff hadn't seen it. The whole thing is one big Star Wars reference, hence the title of the post :D
And then it was time for Carly to go home and sleep, I was tired.
Today I had stadium cleanup in the morning - for Psi we help clean up Slayter as a fundraiser kind of thing. And after that I got to relax! I watched The Road to El Dorado - I love that movie :] It's so funny!
Between that and church, I watched some football. The Dallas-Baltimore game was a good game, I just wish they'd've shown the Eagles playing Detroit - Geoff's a Lions fan since his dad's in Detroit so I really wanted the Eagles to win. So of course they didn't.
I was a bit late to church because I wanted to see the ending of the Ravens game (They won - yay the Cowboys lost! :] ) and then I had the Eagles Gamecast on my computer. Once that game went to overtime, though, I decided that I needed to leave :]
There was an inordinate amount of dishes to be washed, so our COM meeting was a dish washing party :] We cranked them out, so that was good. Then it was time for chapter, and it was quite the long chapter meeting... We have to do a self-evaluation kinda thing so that took a chunk of time.
At least I've gotten to watch football after :D Though the game isn't as good as I thought - the Texans shot themselves in the foot and so the Packers seem to have run away with the game.
However, I'm not going to watch the end because I have class tomorrow.
Night!
-Carly

Someday my prince will come.

It's been quite a week :]
Monday I woke up late so just threw on a sweatshirt and jeans for class, and then since we got 7 touchdowns against Marshall it was 35% off at University Bookstore :D And our air ducts were cleaned that day! That's exciting, they were looking pretty bad and we had no idea how long ago they'd been cleaned last...
Orchestra wasn't too bad, and after I got some more practice on tuba. It was a rather uneventful day, mostly because I was tired.
Tuesday we learned about volcanoes in lab, that was nifty :] I finished in time to run before my next class, and I'm glad I ran when I did - it was disgusting outside after Stat.
I chilled at Wesley to do some homework, but I mostly wound up making fun of Lisa ordering Jimmy Johns. She was on the struggle bus, but she also had an exam that night so we cut her a little slack.
After band I played some toobah - and I actually played a song! (read as: somehow busted out a few notes in a song...) That was exciting though :]
Wednesday was another narsty day. I had class and composites for Psi (like a large thing of pictures of all the actives in KKPsi and Tau Beta Sigma), so my hair went into a ponytail after that :] I did my Stat homework and wrote 'districat' instead of distribution at one point - I was singing Everybody Wants to Be a Cat at the time :] After orchestra I practiced a little more tuba for my GABS audition on Thursday, and I was hitting notes kinda on cue :D
Thursday I didn't have anything to do till 10.30 or so, and it was nice to be able to get up when it's already light outside :] And it was beautiful outside!
There was a housing fair that day, and I'm going to be in an apartment with Liz Irk (from Wesley) next year so we went there to get some ideas.
I went to my class, and then it was time for my audition. I hate auditions, I just had to play a B flat scale and I could play the scale five minutes before I went into Pam's office...
I went to the farmer's market between Elliott and Wesley, but they were out of pumpkin bread so I got some yummy banana bread.
We had exec, and then I had nothing to do until the house dinner so I did some sudokus. And after dinner, we had a fire in the fire pit outside :D That was nice, to be able to just relax with friends.
Friday was cold and narsty again, what happened to the beautiful day we had yesterday??
I went to my classes of the day, and then decided to redo my iPod - delete all the songs! I wasn't able to finish before work, so after I got back I finished that out.
Saturday I got to sleep in! I wasn't scheduled to work, so when Reed (one of my brothers) called me all confused about Slayter Sales I went to help her. Before the football game, the marching band has a concert called Thrill on the Hill that they play on Slayter Hill and Psi sells some shirts and things there. Neither Reed nor I had ever done Slayter sales before, so she didn't know where to get things set up so I went to help her and we got it worked out :]
The game was supposed to be good... Heh, 'supposed to' being the operative word. That was ugly, and it also got really cold. But after I got some pizza and watched more football with Geoff in his warm apartment, so that was nice :]
I was debating between driving home for a few days after the game, but I was cold and tired so I decided to sleep early and get up early to drive.
Sunday I was up at 7 and on the road at 7.40, so I got home at about 9a central time. That was nice, I got to spend the day chilling with my mom and dad :] We watched football and helped paint for my brother's Eagle project. And then it was time for more football - the Bears were playing so we watched that :] And they won!
We had a relaxing evening after that, it was pretty awesome :]
Today I watched Snow White before going to the mall with my mom, that was fun. We just kinds wandered around and got lunch and cheesecake :D
And now we're chilling at home for the evening, it's nice to be home and not worry about school :D
Later!
-Carly

I'm tired, but that's kinda the story of my life right now...

That's been my response lately to people when they ask how I'm doing :]
Monday it was rather cold when I woke up. I went to my 3 classes (where I had a midterm in one and an essay in another O.o ) but then it wasn't too bad after, so I went for a run. After I ate this half a Luna bar and get some water since I hadn't actually had anything yet at that point...
And after my run my lungs hurt and my nose wasn't too happy, but it was nice :] I was feeling a bit off, though, so instead of studying for the other two exams I had coming up I watched Beauty and the Beast on the couch. I regret nothing :]
That evening was orchestra, not the most fun of rehearsals either, but then it was time for some football! And sleep! :D
Tuesday morning I had my EAS lab and Stat class, and then made a quick run to Walmart for The Avengers! :D I swapped shifts with a coworker - I worked that evening and she worked for me on Saturday morning so that I could spend time with my family before the football game :]
And I think I got the better end of the deal - work was a super easy reception for 20 people, which meant that I spent 2.5 of the 3 hours I was there studying for my Spanish test the next day.
We had a Psi rush event that evening, indoor games, and that meant I didn't get home till 9.30 and I was tired and still had to do work... So that was unfortunate.
Wednesday was my Spanish exam, and I don't think I did too poorly. It was disgusting outside so all I wanted to do was curl up with some tea and a good book on the couch. Two hours of studying later, I was slowly experiencing a nervous breakdown and needed to get the heck out of my room. That meant going for a run!
And it was a great run too! Albeit slightly wet... And while I was stretching I turned on Sports Center and saw the now infamous touchdown call at the end of the game. I was glad I didn't wind up watching all of Monday's game.
And it was time for my exam. This is the second time taking this stat class, so I'm kinda nervous about it and I was super stressed on Wednesday. I asked Geoff what he was doing around the time I would be done because I was anticipating just wanting a hug. He was there, and we wound up going back to his place and watching another Indiana Jones movie - it took me till I got back to Agate to remember I took an exam which meant I wasn't sitting and freaking out, so that was awesome :]
Thursday I didn't have any classes - when we have evening exams, the professors have to cancel a class to make up for it and since Stat is my only class on Thursdays, the evening exam meant I had nothing on Thursday :] I decided that it was a good day to clean my room, while watching The Avengers! I moved my sweatshirts and long sleeved shirts out of my trunk, and I made good progress :]
I had work again that afternoon, and then we had our house dinner. It was an uneventful evening, I just did laundry... :]
Friday I had class, and then got a rather cryptic text from Seth asking what my dinner plans were and if I wanted to go to Nine Irish with a 'special guest'. I spent pretty much my whole Spanish class wondering what the hell he was talking about - but then he told me that Kyle was here! :D He came down for a few days to go to the game. Before that dinner, though, I got a toobah lesson - and I was actually making notes! Which is more than I've ever been able to do on any other wind instrument so that was exciting :]
After that, it was time for Nine Irish with Kyle, Seth and Eric. That was fun to get to hang with those guys again :]
And the sousaphone (marching tuba) was slightly unwieldy and I couldn't actually lift my left arm above my shoulder because I hurt, so I asked Geoff if I could use a movie to bribe him into giving me a back massage. And it worked :] (though he did say that he'd've been willing to without the bribe, but that's beside the point :] )
Saturday I went to Lauren Trepanier's apartment to get a pancake breakfast with the band bible study people. It was kinda funny, we were talking about the music that the basketball pep band plays, and one person said something about how often they play Livin' on a Prayer. To which Lauren said something to the effect of 'Speaking of Living on a Prayer, how have you felt God in your lives recently?' The rest of us enjoyed that one :]
We were finished around 10 since a lot of them had to get ready for game day. My mom told me that they weren't planning to get here till around 1pm - which meant it was naptime for Carly! Catching up on some lost sleep from the week...
I got back up at 12.30, and then 45 minutes later they were here! We got some lunch, and then it was time for football! We are a football family :]
And we won the game! It was a later game, so we got some dinner and then they have to leave :[
But then it was time for the Doctor Who fall finale with Geoff and Seth. It was a very good episode, but it was a sad one :[
This morning I got up and went to Campus House, and then had a small lunch and went to the Fall Concert Band/Wind Ensemble concert over at the Long Center. It was kinda nice to just be an audience member - though the woman next to me annoyed me. During just about the whole last song, she was talking on her phone. She was talking softly, it's not like she was shouting, but still - have you never heard of concert etiquette?? I really couldn't believe that.
After that, I went to Wesley (where Mariah gave the sermon!) and COM meeting. Then it was chapter with a chaser at Greyhouse - I got some really good peppermint tea :D
And now I'm watching some Sunday Night Football - I can actually see the Eagles play! They've had all 1 or 4pm games so far (or the Colts have been on so we only get that game on tv) and that time generally is taken up by Wesley so this is kinda exciting :]
Fall Break is next week - yay! :D
Till then,
-Carly