Ch-ch-ch-changes...

A year ago today I was starting my very first day of PA (Peer Advisor) training. Instead, on the 13th I will be done with my Summer Session of being a PA. In three days I will be 21, and on the 26th I start my last year of college.  Where did time go?

SPOILER ALERT:
Stop reading if you don't feel like listening to me reflect on blabitty-schmah and whatever else.

I am at this point in my life where what I do is a real like grown up does: work, pay rent, cook, clean, etc.
But it feels weird to be entering into my senior year and having the age-old question of "what are you doing with your life?" asked to you in its every form.  Well, I don't have an answer for that and I think that's ok.

Also, MOVING.
Moving is a thing, woof. PTL for the lovely people that helped me or I would  probs be dead.
But now I'm in a real life apartment, with my enormous amount of this I don't need; and it is time to unpack.
'll put pictures up of my apartment soon!

But things get done, I stress, fuss, and panic; but at the end of the day things are fine and they get done.

Everything is gonna be just fine because God is good and I just need to hold on to that promise.

And the Best Dresser Award Goes to...

So as you may know I've made September my project month if you don't read here, but I sanded and painted this dresser I found at a Goodwill outlet for only $1 and used leftover paints that we had around my house to retouch it so that it didn't look like a hot mess!
Here's the before picture:                                                     And here she is after her makeover!

 

Basically I feel as proud as the mother of the new star on the soccer team (sports!) So what if she's missing a handle, I will call it character! So a complete success on yesterday's project. TODAY I baked and make some awesome banana muffins (half the batch with walnuts and the other half with chocolate chips.)

Now, the car is packed and ready to go because tomorrow I have declared as MOVING DAY.
Lord help me,

-Liza

DIY September! or call me Martha Ray

So I decided to make this month a month to channel my inner Martha Stewart/ Rachel Ray this month. As many of you know I am moving for the 8MILLIONTH time and in order to make the most of it I want to make my living place the best ever. Keep reading as as I work on one[ish] a projects a day. I kicked off the month with some crocheting (typical, right?) but I bought a dresser for $1.00 yesterday at a goodwill outlet and I am going to give it the makeover of a lifetime.

So stay tuned for the before and after pictures of this dresser as well as many more festive craft projects I get myself into.

Reach for the stars because they don't have arms to reach for you, you know what I mean?

Peace, love, and sports!

-Liza

Reasons why I'm turning into a hippie grandmother

#1 The second I got home from work/ errands I put on a tie-dye mumu.
#1.5 I just used the term "errands"
#2 I woke up before the sunrise and ate lunch before most people eat breakfast
#3 After my afternoon nap I will spend my afternoon cleaning my apartment and cooking
#4 I can no longer stay up late successfully
#5 I look at people younger than me, wishing I had their energy
#6 I own a glasses chain
#7 I think tea is the bomb
#8 Did I mention I'm wearing a mumu?
#9 I couldn't live without my Birkenstocks
#10 I want an old lady fro reals bad.

Also, apparently there is a children's book about me...

Train People

In life one meets all sorts of festive people and as I waited to board my 7:30am train two ladies started quite the conversation. We'll call them Old lady (OL) and Grad School Lady (GSL). Now apparently GSL felt the need to retell her entire lifestory and current life situation. She missed her train yesterday, had to stay in hostel last night, and will be in the grad program at the UW for social work. All while repeating the phrase, "this was just going to be a day trip" at different points so that her audience knew that she wasn't prepared for a full night in Seattle. She also has a cat that isn't really hers, but her roomate's— she's in the process of adopting it (?)

There is also also a man that is probably Santa Claus, (I say probably because he is rather thin at the moment) , who keeps snoring then waking up. Next to him is lip ring girl who loves taking pictures of the scenery. And we must not forget the man who isn't aware of the "don't talk loud on your cell phone" dealio on Amtrak.

Needless to say, nothing like the train.
Stay tuned for more festivities.

Peace, love, and middle parts,

Liza

The Monday Before.

T'was the Monday before finals and all through the town,
all the students were studying, except for the clowns.
The papers were started, but not quite on their way
in hopes that last minute adrenaline would help them write okay.

The children were not nestled in their beds,
they would be studying through the night instead.
Dreams of Spring Break are all that they see,
and when they think about what's left to be done they think, "OH WHY ME???"

But the reading day to come would help with the work left to be done
and hopefully this time they'll choose studying over fun.
Now that I have written this, there are real assignments to write
so good luck on finals to all, and to all a good night.

BestWeekEver.

As some of you may know, last sunday I declared this past week "Happy Week" (also known as BestWeekEver). [Sidenote: I just spilled water next to my laptop that has recently started working again, man I'm really good at this.] Anyhow, I continue to prove the fact that when you decide that you're gonna have a good day/ week it usually happens. Were there downs? Well yeah, and two fire alarms pulled in Emerson? Absolutely, but optimism is actually quite effective.
This is what went down

• EMP
• Fun in the Emersun
• The Student Directer One Acts
• Went and saw Don Quixote at the Seattle Opera
• Floor Party
• Emerson Film Fest

Yeah, it was a pretty festive week. 

Now as I go into the last week of the quarter feeling pretty great about things, I gotta feeling that this these last couple of days of the quarter aren't going to be bad at all! Basically, everything's gonna be just fine.
Also, March Madness is about to start which is really exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck on dead week ya'll.
PEACE.

No regrets nap day

Today was presidents day and here is what I did:

1. Nap.
2. Read.
3. Eat.
4. Along with a small potpurri of social interaction.

Life is good, and it was a great end to a long weekend!

LoveDay Monday

Oh hey there. It's been aproximately 5,000 Mondays since I've posted, but I'm new to this whole talky bloggy thing, I'm more of a haiku person. But still, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Reasons why:
1. Winter quarter be cray cray
2. My computer's monitor is "on its way out"
3. Sports keep me way too busy

But you know what, never let business keep you from doing what you love. My friends think I'm crazy for making myself as busy as I do, but you know what, sometimes its fun! (But sometimes it is definitely not...)
I register for Spring Quarter tomorrow, and I'm not sure how busy I'll make myself but hopefully less than before and if not, then at least it will be sunny out!

Happy Valentines Day to all and to all a goodnight

P.S. Why is it that every time that I try to do homework my body's first reaction is to fall asleep? This is not a good defense mechanism if I want to graduate on time, you know?

Middle Part Midterm Monday

Today is Monday and I had a midterm.
Today is Monday and I didn't have rehearsal.
Today is Monday and I drank coffee at 7pm.
Today is Monday I am now ok with the fact that being a messy person is just something I need to embrace this year.

In five minutes it will be Tuesday, and that's ok.

Shrumps, Poops, and Meows

           Ladies and gentlemen, it is week four of death quarter 2Kleven and the sun is out? If I've talked to any of you, (and let's be honest I like to talk) the general concensus is that this week has been ROUGH. Midterms came early, two tests this week for me and I feel like I just got run over by a bus. But you know as I sit here not typing this in my extremely interesting UFDN class, I smile comes to my face and I try to change my outlook. The only way to WIN during winter quarter is to be better than the downy-down mood of what winter is, which brings me to the title of this entry: "Shrumps, poops, and meows" you see all three of these things are what you ought to sing or say when there is nothing else to be said (or when you don't know the words to a song, but that's a different story). Why? Because just saying them makes you smile because they are perfecetly ridiculous, and smiling is good for you, and it's good for the people around you. OBVI.
          I say this to myself a lot, but if I can get through the next couple of days I can do anything-- and I've done it before in different situations so why not now? But I don't want to just get through, I want to thrive and enjoy. I was planning out Spring Quarter (Woof already, I know), I received that lovely email from SAS the other day and all sorts of swears came to mind. I DO NOT WANT TO PLAN OUT MY LIFE UNTIL NEXT QUARTER YET. Nevertheless it just highlighted the fact that time is flying so very fast. You're probably be tired of hearing me talk about time/ the future oh well, no one's making you read this. But I'm kind of super excited about how my schedule will work out time-wise for next quarter.
         Well, it's lots of hours after I originally started this, but I lived through my Tragedy test I had earlier today and have managed to somewhat study for one I have tomorrow in Physiological Psychology (science being my forte and all...)
         Also, one last thing before I go, I'm gonna continue shamelessly plugging Godspell until it's done. We have five shows this weekend and I'm super excited about them. The first weekend of the run was REALLY FUN and we were sold out for all of those which was super exciting; and today I picked up my copy of the Falcon and read an article about it and my picture was there which was kind of fun (and I'm not gonna lie, I've kind of always have wanted my picture there). Anyways, before I make myself sound any more narcissistic, COME SEE THE SHOW.

You guys are all champs!

Sometimes in life instead of seeing gradual (or let's be honest glacial) progress as negative, one must think of it as reaching a tiny goal; and really no matter how miniscule it is, it's still something. For example, today after Godspell rehearsal I had all of these high hopes and I really think that I was about to have a productive night as a student. But one sentence into my essay for UFDN later, I choose to feel accomplished. It was a pretty good sentence too, let me tell ya: and hey, my name is on there too! Not so bad, eh?

Middle Part MLK Jr. Day.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day everyone!
It is on this lovely long weekend that I embark upon this new blog, and have no idea what will come of it (oh come on, you know there has to be a cliche line like this present in every first post of a blog). I'll probs just post on Mondays, whilst having my hair parted down the middle, which clearly is the most aesthetically pleasing way possible. 
Today is good why? 
We get to celebrate what Dr. King did for civil rights.
...and on a more selfish level, we get a day off from school. Now, at this point in the quarter as we enter into the third week, I feel like I'm in over my head. Godspell opens this week (which you should come see), and schoolwork has taken a backseat. But I AM SO EXCITED this week is going to be cray cray for sure. 
At the moment I find myself extremely calm about the things I need to do. 


It's 12:57am on this fine Monday, and it's been quite the night. As I sit here finishing this post up I reflection on some Basic Theology Readings for class while wearing a nice green face mask. 


8 million things cross through my mind. 
What do the next years hold for me? Where am I living next year? What am I gonna do when I grow up? I try to focus on an assignment but we are so good at being distracted, aren't we? Then this pops into my head: "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34. 


Happy Middle Part Monday everyone, you're gonna be just fine.