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okay so my room was depressing before but now it's even worse. i'm starting to pack up to move back home for the summer. it's so weird... but i've decided next year no matter what i'm going to put in the money and effort to making my room and entire apartment homey and happy. i'm so excited to have an apartment! i think that's like saying that i'm officially a grown up... okay maybe not b/c my parents will still be supporting me for the most part, BUT it's a step.

my second final is today... in 28 minutes... just wanted to post a little update and say eveyrthing's going great. i'm nervous about this summer but really it can't be worse than last summer so i guess that's something to be optimistic about. last summer had it's high points but the lows were definitely some of the lowest. hopefully this summer will be full of me working and volunteering in katy/houston and road trips when i have time. i really want to visit college station a lot after everyone comes back for summer and i want to take a road trip up north to visit the fam and pals in the arctic. another thing i plan on doing this summer is getting our house back in shape. i've started upstairs and i love organizing everything and discovering all the old pictures and memories that have spent 20+ years in boxes and photo albums.

anyways i guess i should get going but i hope yall are doing well. have a great weekend xanga world and good luck with finals!

okay so i stole this from pyne who stole this from her friend dana. just want to show it to those people who dont read either of their xangas.

Excuse me, Mr. Scientist...

But you can't see the glory of the Lord all around and look in a textbook for the origin of life. You can get all the degrees in the world and still know nothing.
You can gain wisdom through experience, but it means little if you forget the experiences.
Spending all day with your eyes looking down the barrel of a microscope will teach you nothing if you ignore the beauty visible to the naked eye.

Pardon me, Ms. PhD...
I won't consider you a success no matter how many grants you get, if you never grant yourself the chance to love the simple. It doesn't matter how many classes you teach if you've stopped learning yourself.

I'm sorry, Successful CEO...
But I never want to have as much money as you. Your Armani suit is empty without your body in it...and your body is empty without some soul. If you never get your hands dirty, who will believe that you know how to work hard?

And my dear friend, the overly committed, hyperdriven College Student...
When you study hard, sleep little, and cry bitter tears of failure...promise me that as you reach for your goals, you never become one of them. The ones who worked lifetimes to become the shell of perfection - hard and beautiful, but hollow. Don't race towards the finish line. Never finish. Never finish being young, vulnerable, or eager to learn. Never consider yourself to know enough of anything. Never cheat yourself by thinking everything has a logical explanation. When you're hurting, look forward to loving again...

Sure education is important and in today's world so is a college education usually. Just don't lose sight of the fact that sometimes the most important things we can learn are happening in our lives outside of school and books and classrooms right in front of us.

so my room finally doesnt smell like burnt popcorn anymore... that's exciting.

in other news i went up to osu this past weekend with sheryl b/c that's where she's going to be next year. i think she liked the campus and it was good to see elissa and ryan and other random k-town folk.

i watched a movie about drugs that was in spanish tonight for spanish class...i cant believe idiots swallow drugs in little sacks to get them over here... i'd rather sell my body that stuff drugs in it... sick.

also, there have been a couple of birthdays in the past few days. sheryl turned 18... which is CRAZY... sheesh... and somewhere back there spartan land's very own selina turned 19 which is just too sweet. so happy bday you! =)

aaaaaaaand this crazy just turned 20... pretty soon he'll need medicare and a rocking chair...

this weekend is easter which means i'll be going home again... haha for a while it felt like i hadnt been home in a really long time, now i think ive been home like every day for the past 3 weeks... okay exageration but still... too much home for me. but this time lots of people will be around so that will be great. also, it's easter. welcome back jesus. and welcome back meat. i think i'm going to buy a ham for easter even if no one else in my family will eat it. i know catherine will give me a hand with it. and hopefully i'll pay panera a little visit sometime this weekend as well.

this summer i think drew and i are going to try and go visit michigan to see our spartans, especially this little girl... look how sad she is that she's so far away from texas... so i'll try and bring texas to her cuz i'm sad too.

okay well i was going to work on some spanish homework tonight but i think since i watched the movie about drugs and wrote this sweet post i'm going to call it a night. sweet dreams crazy faces.