Gratitude
1 April 2017	Finding my wedding dress! Kyle being so sweet and caring!
2 April 2017	Sleeping in!
3 April 2017	FOUR weeks left of school.
4 April 2017	Getting skinny again!?
5 April 2017	Working things out. Having a catch up day!
6 April 2017	ONE YEAR WITH MY HONEY! <3
7 April 2017	Friday's! Having sweet Kyle to always look out and care for me!
8 April 2017	Getting my wisdom teeth out yesterday, so no more wisdom teeth pain!
9 April 2017	Better feeling mouth!
10 April 2017	Early mornings!
11 April 2017	-
12 April 2017	Daddy's birthday. Day two.
13 April 2017	Day one, all over again.
14 April 2017	-
15 April 2017	NEVER letting go, always learning to love more.
16 April 2017	Easter! Spending some time with Kyle going "grocery" shopping!
17 April 2017	Lazy days. TWO weeks left of school!
18 April 2017	Last day of organic chemistry lab!
19 April 2017	Kyle staying home again? More lazy days!
20 April 2017	Last day of biochemistry lab!
21 April 2017	Waking up to Kyle!
22 April 2017	Spending the night with Kyle!
23 April 2017	Spending all day with Kyle! Kyle taking care of me when I feel sick!
24 April 2017	Waking up early and having a productive day!
25 April 2017	Easy going days! No school!
26 April 2017	Getting some studying done early!
27 April 2017	-
28 April 2017	1/5 finals today! Getting it over with!
29 April 2017	-
30 April 2017	Trying, never giving up. Kyle always taking care of me and being so sweet!

Hi guys! So I KNOW finals week of high school and college (especially) tends to get crazy stressed and everything feels out of wack and last minute papers/presentations/projects/studying just seems to pile on - and we all know that this kind of stress usually leads students to putting self care (physical, mental, emotional - you name it) on the extreme back-burner. From all nighters and eating tons of junk and caffeine overloads - most people don't usually think about taking care of themselves! So I put together a small and easy list of tips that will help you get through finals week!



1. Plan to study ahead of time.
I know that for some students/majors/classes, planning ahead of time isn't easy. Most times (for many of my classes at least) exams and quizzes and just smaller assignments in general don't magically stop the week before finals and a lot of classes tend to keep me busy up until finals week - which sucks. But having a general idea of how much you want to study and when isn't a bad idea! Some universities are amazing in that they give their students a week off before finals week to study and get all their things in order - but not mine, haha. Even though I may or may not even study ahead of time, having a list of all the things I DO need to go over and freshen up on just takes a whole lot of stress off of me. Being able to see what things I do and don't know and what I need to work on helps, trust me.

2. Take an hour out of your day to pick up healthy snacks!
The week/weekend before you know you're going to be cramming and spending all day at the library (lol), go to the grocery store and pick up fruits and granola and water and other healthy snacks to last you the whole week/weekend. Not only does eating healthy make you feel more energized, it helps you focus a lot more. Try not to overload on the caffeine and energy drinks, try to drink more natural drinks and a lot more water.

3. Wake up earlier, go to bed earlier.
Personally, this is such an easy tip for ME because I LOVE the morning time - but I know it's not for everyone, haha. BUT, if you can push yourself to do it for just one week - do it. Not only are you more likely to get more work done in the early hours, you won't spend more staying up all night trying to fight sleep. Wake up early (6-7 AM ish), crank out a few hours of studying and then head to bed early. All nighters are the worst, don't do em.

4. CLEAR study areas.
I think this one is a given. But if your work area is cluttered, more than likely your brain will feel cluttered too. Wake up early and spend 10 minutes clearing up your study area, or make sure that the library table doesn't look like a total disaster - and just keep up with that. Less chances of losing papers/study materials!!!



I hope these tips help! I know that everyone studies so differently, some people work better studying with friends/in groups and some people need complete silence so I tried to keep the list very general and applicable for all kinds of learners/study-ers. Happy studying you guys! You can do it (flexin' emoji here).

Thanks for reading! XO, me.

We are down to the last TWO AND A HALF WEEKS of my senior year of college! So I decided that I'd talk about some of the things I've learned over the last four years (No, not biomedical stuff but real-life stuff).


1. There is zero shame in going to community college.
I remember my senior year of high school and SO many people would talk down on kids going to community college (which is what I did for the first two years of college) and I remember feeling SO bad about myself. For (1) not planning on going to university and (2) not being able to afford it. And you wanna know what happened to 99.999999999% of those people who talked down on community college? They either dropped out of college completely, or ended up going for their sophomore year. Yeah. Don't listen to those people. EVERYONE has different and unique situations the point of college is to learn and grow. Don't let someone else belittle that.

2. I actually preferred community college.
I am a SUPER shy person and I don't like the fuss of big crowds of people, so I LOVED how small my community college was in comparison to my university. On top of that, they were always building new stuff and renovating the community college I went to so everything looked and felt new and upgraded whereas my university was soooo old and outdated.

3. The last year is the hardest.
The final stretch. Haha. I didn't realize how TOUGH the last two semesters of college were going to be but I figured it out fast. Just keep calm. Although it's the toughest, it's also the fastest.

4. Push yourself.
There are so many classes I thought were so tough and that I'd never be able to understand but I learned very soon (after a failed exam or two) that you have to push yourself to try harder than you think you're capable. If college was supposed to be easy it wouldn't be made such a big deal out of. Work hard.

5. It really does fly by.
Feels like yesterday I graduated high school and now in a few weeks I will be graduating from a UNIVERSITY. The years seriously flew right on by and I feel like I never got a chance to breathe and let it sink in. So enjoy the time you have while in college! Whether you know exactly what you're doing after the four years are said and done, or if you have no idea - make the most of it and make it memorable.


Eeeeeeeeeeep, I'm so excited/nervous/scared for the next few weeks and all the weeks that come after but I feel ready for it! I hope that all you seniors do well on your finals and make the most of the last few weeks! Thanks for reading guys!

xo, me.

Usually, I have weeks and weeks of posts scheduled to be posted every Sunday and Wednesday morning - but for weeks I didn't have a single idea for today in particular. So I decided I'd skip a day. Not a big deal. I'd rather not post at all than post something that I wasn't interested in, or something I didn't want to talk about. Something that had no meaning.

But I think that today (probably more than ever) I really should just... talk.



I've spent most of my morning listening to TedTalks, haha. I think I do this most when I need inspiration, or motivation, or just to listen to something happy and eye opening. I shoved my cell phone in a drawer far, far away and pulled out my ancient ipod. I spent the last nearly 24 hours just thinking up ways to change things. I'm gonna *hopefully* cut my hair tomorrow... or the day after... or this weekend. I'm going to write more meaningful things, and try to fill my heart with a whole lot of love.

The past few months have really made me feeling like I'm getting held underwater. But like, by myself - if that makes sense? I spent a lot of time denying myself happiness and telling myself that I don't deserve it (I wasn't the only one telling me this) and just accepting that. I don't know what happened, or how to change it but I know somewhere along the way I stopped loving myself - so I stopped loving everything else too.

School sucks. I have two weeks left of regular classes and then ONE week of finals and then I'm freeeeeeeeeeee. It's been the hardest four months of my life - but I hung in there, barely. Lol.

This sounds super depressing and sad but I promise if anything I'm just kind of lost feeling, you know? Not sad, not depressed - just unsure.

My mouth feels so - uncomfortable. I thought that things start to get back to normal a few days after getting your wisdom teeth pulled but if anything I think I let myself think too much about the stitches and just convince myself that they're itchy, haha. Still can't eat like anything. But I'm less tired, which is nice. I don't feel myself when I just want to sleep all day.

Easter is this weekend! It's going to be so hot, probably, but I'm excited.

I think at this point I'm just rambling, making small talk haha.



There's so much I want to talk about, and express - but I'll save it for a different time. The title has nothing to do with anything in this blog post, I just realized haha. But it fit my mood so it stays ;) Stream of consciousness I guess.