After All This Time

One day, seven years ago, I was just a girl holding a doll, and you were just a girl who pretended to hate pink. 

We have grown so much together and have been through so much together. We've had so many firsts together, and we have many firsts together that are yet to come. 

We have done things like, yelled "What?" when the superhero song said Jesus was better than Barbie. I went nightswimming with you for the first time. We walked all over the streets around my neighborhood last summer and sat in the 'rain' and talked about New York. We started college together, have endured SAT prep together; we even got our first 'tattoos' together. We will be each others' first roommates when we go to real college and then we can have our first apartments together when we travel the world and live in New York and London together. We saw Wicked together (and almost died in the process;)), and we found this awesome video together and still quote it. We saw Dick and Jerry Van Dyke and waited for them to sign our pictures forever together. You had your first stalker with me and I'm sure he still loves you;). 

You will always be my Bananas, my 'bad' friend, my person-i-can-tell-my-hopes-dreams-wishes-and-future-plans-too, my future roommate, and rich husband marry-er buddy. I love you so much and I can't wait for our awesome plans to unfold;)

P.S. I put 'our song' as the title;)

P.S.S I can't wait for your amazing party.

P.S.T. "Awesome things do happen! Just look at us!!"

we are really cool. just sayin'

Some Kind of Wonderful

I bought a tea kettle. 

It came on Wednesday and it is very pretty. In fact, I think I love it. 

Caden was here when it came to the house. I got very excited and he, being 3(almost 4, Dachee), got even more excited because, well, he likes to be excited... 

So, we, being thrilled and all, decided to have a tea party! 

It was smashing. 

I made brownies.

Caden picked and 'watered' flowers.

We played Etta James

 and had, Lucky Charms? Yes. That's just how cool we are. 

Tea kettles are amazing and they make your tea taste better. Trust me.

 Do not let your mom try to convince you that it's a waste of money. It isn't. AND, in the morning, when you have to wake up really early and you are really cold, you can put your kettle on the stove and put your hands over the spout to warm up. multifunctional. and awesome. 

P.S. today is the 40th anniversary of Carole King's album Tapestry. One of my absolute FAVORITE singer/songwriters ever. I will still love her tomorrow, and it's not too late to start listening to Carole King. The Carnegie Hall Concert cd is the best. Hence the title of this post.

We're Going To Be Friends

first week of college: done

all the rest of my weeks of college: still pretty daunting

I have officially completed one week of college classes. 

I was scared out of my mind on Tuesday when I sat down in my seat for my first class(a&p). The hour and fifteen minute class went by pretty fast because I like science and my instructor is funny. Once I found out that my other classes were all in the same building, it was smooth sailing. Mainly because most of my anxiety came from the fact that I am extremely directionally challenged and thought I wouldn't be able to find the classrooms.:)

As a homeschooler, I was always told that I would have a hard time adjusting to college. I didn't give the naysayers much merit because, obviously, they weren't homeschooled, so how would they know? Although I usually brushed these comments and questions off, the thought still stuck at the back of my mind when I was getting ready for my first day. Looking back, I can't believe I ever worried about it!

As it turns out, college is not that much different from homeschooling. Really, the only significant changes are that there are tons of people and the cafeteria is really confusing (embarrassing confession #1: I spent 2 hours in the lunchroom trying to figure out how the line worked. I never did. I did not eat lunch). My teachers expect me to be prepared for the lesson ahead of time. I am supposed to read my books by myself, on my own time. I am supposed to do my homework without my teacher reminding me. I am supposed to study for a test without my teacher giving me a detailed study guide or playing a quiz game in class. I am supposed to take notes on my own time. All of my homework is online (anyone remember SOS? yeah, it's pretty much the same concept). My instructors don't care when I get there, when I leave, or even if I show up at all as long as I understand the material and get the work done. And really, they could even care less about that because if I don't do any work, it doesn't reflect poorly on them as a teacher. I can wear whatever I want, even pajamas. I can eat in class. I can text message my friends in class. In A&P lab, we get to dissect a cat and I don't have to pretend I'm not excited about it, just like homeschool:).

I know that it's going to be a LONG road, that it is going to be REALLY hard, and that it will be a change, but thanks to my parents, I think I can handle it.