adios, 2010!

only sixty-four minutes left of 2010!

i have to say, i'm not too sad to see it go.

although i've met some incredible people,

made some pretty pivotal decisions,

and received much-needed guidance for life,

it's also been a year full of frustration and heartbreak and hard times.

i'm so grateful for my beautiful family and supportive friends for sticking with me through it all. you all have been such a huge blessing in my life.

i hope you all know that.

i have a good feeling about 2011.

it'll bring the end of my college career,

the end of life in rexburg,

and the beginning of new post-grad life.

i can't wait to see what else is in store for me this year!

thanks for sticking with me for another year, mi gente!

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

counting down the minutes

it's 2:16am.

i'm still cleaning for white glove.

and i'm running on four hours of sleep.

BUT...

tomorrow i will be home!

and tomorrow is the byu-idaho center [borrrrrrinnnnggggg naaaaaammmee] dedication [exciting event]!

and very soon i will be reunited with my amazing family.

HOORAY!

I'M A SURVIVOR! I'M NOT GONNA GIVE UP! I'M NOT GONNA STOP! I'M GONNA WORK HARDER!

all day today i felt this great absence of motivation.

this is a terrible thing for me because the worst of finals week isn't over yet.

but the thing that kicked me in the pants and got me back into the mindset of papers and presentations and tests was not the power nap i took this afternoon, the frozen yogurt i ate for dinner, or the hilarious moment in the library that had me and lyssa laughing until our sides ached.

the motivation kicker for me was this song. i know it's a little cheesy, but it's the only thing holding me together right now. well, that and the fact that i will be sleeping in my own room in my own big bed in only a few days.

but for reals, you guys.

this song will be my theme song for the next year.

i should embroider the lyrics on a pillow or something.

beauty.

vacation mode.

finals are next week.

yet i just can't seem to bring myself to finish my research paper,

or study for my tests,

or work on anything that i really need to finish.

instead, i find myself sitting on my bed,

stomach rumbling,

with

absolutely

zero

motivation.

can it just be next saturday already?

double dream hands!

if you're feeling remotely like me today, you probably need a little pick-me-up.

what with the stress of finals and packing up all my belongings, i'm feeling a little crazy [much like the lady pictured above].

so, without further ado... here is an Official Grade-A Pick-Me-Up:

ps

CHECK OUT MY NEW WATCH!

my roommate got it in her happy meal and graciously gave it to me after my other roommate told her i had been coveting it.

win-win-win!

i was his kryptonite.

sometimes...

...i accidentally buy waterproof mascara and have to remove it later that night with a vegetable oil-soaked cotton ball.

...i keep a kleenex in the sleeve of my cardigan like my old high school choir director.

...i feel like going to bed at 7:44pm.

...i have weirddddd dreams that thoroughly freak me out the next morning [this one involved a polygamist, a divorce filing, and a superhero who couldn't look at me or else he would die].

...testimony meeting has a theme of "let's all tell mission stories!' [or, as i like to call it, "maybe if i tell a story about how awesome i was as a missionary, that cute girl will be impressed!"].

...i mess up whilst playing piano for sacrament meeting and don't care at all [although most of the time i do care].

...i'm thankful for waterproof mascara when i've had a weekend like this one.

an open letter

dear friends and family:

if i have snapped at you or gotten frustrated with you, please know that it is not personal.

all i want right now is to be in utah to see my amazing nephew get baptized and go to my awesome niece's dance recital.

and i'm sorry for talking about missing those things excessively.

it's hard being far away from them and missing those events is killing me [literally].

please know that i love you all and will hopefully get over this huge disappointment very soon.

sincerely,

kellie

CUTE OVERLOAD.

"dance, you slaves! DANCE FOR OUR AMUSEMENT!"

i've been loving these shows lately.

i grew up watching laverne and shirley.

over thanksgiving break i watched an episode with my sister and remembered how amazing it is!

the pace of the show is totally insane but that's what makes it great.

i love laverne and shirley's friendship and think their lives look so fun!

also, i think i need a lenny and a squiggy in my life.

here's a clip from the episode we watched last night.

the really good stuff starts at 4:47.

batman is a show i never thought i would watch.

but it's so bad it's awesome.

last night we watched an episode with a fat, white, old "king tut" [shown below].

so amazing.

this is probably the best minute you'll spend today.

watch the glory!

thank goodness for the hub.

ps:

two last things:

1. i don't know why the format is so messed up on my previous post.

sometimes blogger is very very stupid.

2. i feel kind of funny requesting this, but i could really use some extra prayers this week. it's going to be a physically/mentally/emotionally challenging week and i have a feeling that i might completely break down.

so, if you feel so inclined, please pray for me to be happy and positive and productive this week.

i need a[nother] vacation.

well, it's finals and i'm sick.

this is the worst possible timing because i have my first of four presentations [for one class, mind you] tomorrow.

and my group and i have yet to come up with a concrete plan or outline for it.

needless to say, i'm freaking out a little.

but since i've been working on my "part" of the presentation all day long, i decided that i need a break.

here is what's on my mind/in my ears:

1.

this song came on my ipod while i was walking to class yesterday morning as a light snow was falling.

and it was a perfect moment.

2.

.

"i'll do it... but i'm going to be grumpy... until the end of this sentence!"

i need to be more like kenneth parcell.

3.

BUY THIS ALBUM.

[i'm having fun now // jenny & johnny]

4. i can no longer go to my nephew's baptism or my niece's dance recital this weekend.

i am one hundred percent heartbroken about it.

but i'm sick and next week will be even busier than this week and every extra minute i have to do homework helps.

i've been crying all afternoon. in fact, just writing about it makes me cry.

i feel like i miss everything when i'm up here in rexburg [which makes me hate this place even more].

5.

on repeat.