Crrrazy!!

I'm now under the 20 day mark. I officially have 19 days until I check in which means I have 18 days until I leave. I assume all of this will go quickly because today and tomorrow I'm doing stuff for Passion, tomorrow night is New Year's Eve, and the 2nd-5th is when Passion 2010 is. Then I'll probably spend the next day or two helping tear down for Passion and then I'll only have ten or eleven days until it's time to leave. That's INSANE. I still don't have storage bins. I was at Walmart yesterday and everything but they're such a pain to buy that I just want to wait until my mom is there so I don't have to deal with large, plastic bins on my own. Haha. I did, however, buy towels. And socks. (For me and to donate at Passion.) I also went to Target and got bobby pins, grey tights, and a lock. So really I just need the bins now... and a new loofah. Walmart was completely out. It was weird. 

On a completely unrelated note, I noticed that I have 22 followers. That's ridiculous. I can't be that interesting. But thanks for reading/caring (or at least pretending to do so). :)

3 weeks.

In exactly 3 weeks I'll be checking in. Ahhh! I still need to go buy storage bins, towels, wash cloths, and probably a new mattress pad. The one I have from my dorm is sad because I've been using it at home as well. 

My family Christmases are finally complete. I had an awesome few days of lots of family and lots of good food. Thursday night (Christmas Eve) we went to my dad's parents' house which is what we have done every Christmas Eve for my whole life. It was really fun and I got to see my cousin's new, sweet baby (9 days old!!). Her name is Hailey and she's precious. On Christmas my mom's mom and my aunt and uncle on that side came to our house and we opened presents and ate shrimp and grits. It was wonderful. Saturday was more of a break from actual Christmas activities but I hung out with Christine and then we went with the same family members from the Friday gathering (minus my grandmother) to see Invictus which is by far one of the best movies I have ever seen. It was incredible and I highly recommend going to see it if you haven't. Finally, yesterday I had two family things to go to in one day. I started out at my extended stepfamily's Christmas where we had really good barbecue and I got to see cousins and aunts and uncles I hadn't seen as well as my stepsibs who I hadn't seen in awhile because they went on a Christmas cruise (lucky). From there we headed down to Peachtree City where my really extended family lives. As in my second and third cousins kind of extended. It was fabulous and I really enjoyed it. :) And that, in a nutshell, is why I have not posted. Not that it's even been that long since I last did.

It's really hard to distract myself from thinking only about the CP because even at all those family functions everyone kept asking if I was excited or what it was or what I was going to be doing or if I was getting credit or if I was scared and while I love to talk about it I found myself rattling off a paragraph/speech about it every time I was asked unless the person was genuinely interested.

Tonight, however, will be an amazing distraction from it because Christine is coming over and we're having a pizza/video game/pajama night. I have been thinking about the double bacon and black olive pizza since we planned it. And the Apple Fanta. And Super Smash Bros. Obviously it doesn't take much to excite me. :)

So to end this ridiculously long post- I hope you and your family had an amazing Christmas and if you're counting down (whether to your program or until applications for Fall go up) I hope your wait goes really quickly. :)

Oh and random to Kristin if you happen to see this: I tried to leave you a comment but your comment box wouldn't show up, but the WE in WEtv stands for Women's Entertainment. :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I don't have time to write a full post, nor do I want to. Just wanted to pop in and say Merry Christmas to you and your families. Hope your day is filled with lots of celebrating. :) 

And happy, happy day to the glorious King and Savior of the world. 

Christmas Eve Eve

Today is going to be full of a whole lot of helping my mom shop. I just wanted to post because I wanted to prove to myself that even when I'm busy I can update... which means I have no excuse to stop posting once my CP begins. :)

Lots of cleaning, lots of shopping, and lots of planning/semi-packing in between. It's convenient to do the Spring CP because you have Christmas right before it starts so you can just ask for things you're going to need (business-y shoes, Publix gift cards) instead of having to buy them yourself. :) I picked out some really cute shoes yesterday. I tried to find a pair of grey pants, but they are ever elusive. There was a cute pair at Target, but apparently I don't fit in women's sizes. I guess I'm not a woman? 

Shopping phase 2 is commencing, if I don't head to the car my mom might combust. Okay, she won't, but she's pretty stressed out and I would hate to be a cause of any more stress. 

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

3 Days- Three. Uno, dos, tres.

Christmas is only THREE days away and that is crazy! Still knitting up a storm and also helping my mom get her shopping done. I need to find paint pens soon. I'm wondering if they have them at Walmart which would save me a (more expensive) trip to Hobby Lobby. 

I also need to buy a few pairs of hose, bed risers, some hangers, and probably a couple of other things. My mom bought me some new black flats yesterday, so those are crossed off the list. :)

It's weird to think that my check-in is in 27 days. Less than a month and I'll be moving in/checking in to do something I've been waiting to do for 7 years. I'm pretty darn excited.

My week is about to get even crazier, so I can't promise any posts. Tomorrow I pretty much have to knit non-stop all day (except when I'm doing more shopping with my mom). Thursday I have to finish up any knitting I have left in time to go to my dad's parents' house as is our Christmas Eve tradition. Then on actual Christmas my aunt, uncle, and grandmother are coming to our house for Christmas fun and shrimp and grits. Somewhere in there- probably Wednesday night- my sisters, my mom, and I have to partake in our annual tradition of getting way too much food at Krystal to eat while driving around and looking at Christmas lights. It's one of my favorite parts of December. :) 

So, while I'll probably post again before Friday, I might not. So just in case... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

4 Days!

No, not 4 days until my CP. 4 days until Christmas!! Woohoo! I have been knitting up a storm and still have a lot left to do. Haha. That also means 28 days or exactly 4 weeks until my check-in date. That's INSANE. I'm starting to freak out. I also am realizing that I need to make a packing list and start looking into finding containers and other various items I need for the move. So I'm going to make it on here because making packing lists in blogs is something I do frequently so that I can't lose said list. If you don't want to read it, feel free to skip it. :)

Clothes
Various T-shirts (for sure camp & gainesville)
Pajama pants
Athletic shorts
Jeans (guess, grey, light, delias)
Long tank tops
Favorite shirts
Cardigans (red, blue, pink, brown)
Red jacket
80s-tastic sweatshirt
Grey Old Navy shirt thing
bathing suits (crazy one, ugly one, zebra one)
Various undergarments
SOCKS
dress(es)
business attire
tights/hose (black, brown, nude)

Accessories
H&M scarf
purple scarf
black hat
SOCKS
earrings
bracelets
hairbands
headbands
bobby pins

Bathroom
shampoo/conditioner
scrunching stuff
body wash
loofah
shave gel
razor
deodorant
perfume
lotion
hair dryer/flat iron
toothbrush/toothpaste
makeup bag
contacts/solution
towels

Shoes
brown boots
Various flip flops
toms
converse (both pairs)
SOCKS
running shoes
black flats (need to buy new ones!)
zebra flats
black heels
cream heels

Room
comforter
2 sets of sheets/pillowcases
blanket
pillows
mattress pad
bed risers
cork board
TV (don't forget the remote!)
alarm clock

Miscellaneous
computer/cord
camera/cord
phone/charger
guitar?
dvds
ipod/cord
sunscreen
band-aids/neosporin
tylenol
prescriptions/inhaler
on-boarding paperwork
employment eligibility documents
storage bins
laundry hamper
lamp

That's pretty much all that I can think of right now. I can always add to it... right? I feel like that's a lot of stuff, but I mean, I'm going to be gone a long time. Returner applications for the best camp ever went up and I'm really stressed out. I want to work there again but I might want to extend my program so that won't work. I also probably wouldn't be able to make it home for the returner interview (or any of the other interviews for that matter) which poses a problem. Sigh.

I forgot I could email and ask what to do in that situation. Problem solved. Well, decision not solved, but you know. I've been praying about it, so I'm not worried. There's an answer, I just don't know it yet. Both have their upsides/downsides. I think that once I get to Disney I'm going to really want to stay, but after going to the camp Christmas party I just can't imagine not going back there this summer. It was over the minute I saw pictures of my girls in the slideshow. For now I'm going to at least apply and continue to pray about it. I may get to Disney and hate it or I may get there and not be able to imagine not at least trying to extend.

This has been a gigantic post of rambling that is mostly only important to me. But at least a lot of it was CP related. :)

Time to go knit some more.

Have a great start to your week!

Click Play. (Or Push Play, but who likes them??)

Preface: This is not Disney related. If you hate Universal, just skip this entry. Or peace out. Nah, just kidding. You can stay.

Okay, before you read you need to push the play button. If you aren't going to then just leave (get out...). Okay, if you're in a public place or will be publicly embarrassed by people who won't appreciate John Williams' brilliance then you don't have to, but your reading experience will severely suffer.

One of the things I am most excited about isn't even College Program related... or Disney related. I am so freaking excited for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure. That's quite a mouthful which is why I usually just call it Harry Potter World. And dude, I'm not kidding about the excitement level. I've been signed up for the email updates since the announcement in 2007. I was planning on visiting as soon as it opened but now I don't even have to make a special trip. I'll already be down there.

Seriously I just keep getting more and more pumped about it. These pictures made me say "Oh my gosh!" out loud, which would have been embarrassing if anyone had been here to hear it. I guess it still is. No, but come on. Who doesn't want to walk around Hogsmeade and see the Hogwarts castle and see the Hogwarts Express and shop in Harry Potter stores and walk around speaking with British accents? Okay, maybe I'm the only one who wants to do the last one...

I'm not gonna lie, the shot with the Hulk in it got me pretty excited, too. I forgot about the proximity of Universal to my new future home and I'm pretty sure it's going to be nice to go to a park that isn't affiliated with where I work. Oooh! See! I threw in something CP related. This wasn't a total bust!

Okay it was... but I needed to get my excitement out.

WOOOO! 

Edit:

I'm bored. I'm doing this. Deal with it.

My Life According to...

Pick your Artist:
I pick Andrew McMahon because then I get to cheat the system and use Jack's Mannequin songs AND Something Corporate songs. Win. 

Also, the directions say to choose a song and "cleverly" answer the questions. Guess I'll try my hardest to be clever.

I'm also enjoying throwing songs in, so here is the part where you pause the previous song and play this one for this portion: 

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Describe Yourself: I'm Ready

How Do You Feel Today:  Miss America

Describe Where You Live: Globes & Maps

If You Could Go Anywhere, Where Would You Go: Holiday From Real 

Describe Your Transportation: Down (which makes me lol that I can describe it as that because it totally wasn't dead a few days ago.)

Your Best Friend:  The Mixed Tape

You and Your Best Friend: MFEO

Describe the Weather Today:  She Paints Me Blue (Atlanta started raining on me? Come on.)

Favorite Time of Day:  Me and the Moon

Your Life as a TV Show:  Into the Airwaves

What Life Is To You:  Walking By

Describe Your Last Relationship: There, There Katie 

Your Biggest Fear:  Drunk Girl (okay, not really)

Your Best Advice:  Space

Your Thought Today:  Good News

How You would Die: Kill the Messenger  

Your Soul's Condition: Rescued