im baaack...again.

i know i know i have been absent

and i have neglected you all for far too long

and for that i am sorry.

but any who, i am sitting here enjoying my spring break and i thought i might give this blog thing another go. personally i always get a little nervous writing blog and i honestly felt like no one ever read it. but three that's right three different people asked me why i haven't updated in so long.

YEAH PEOPLE READ THIS!

so earlier this week my mom, brother and myself and 12,000 other people all went to a rally in austin about the education crisis here in texas.

i really was unaware of it all, but being that my mom is a teacher here she quickly filled me in. so i went and rallied with her and seriously was one of the best experiences ever.

 

brother

it was so cool being with so many other people who are there fighting and believing in the same cause you do.

isn't my brother so cute?

well this weekend he turns into a big fancy teenager. i cant believe he will be 13 that's so crazy to me. we will be celebrating at a baseball tournament all weekend and then meeting some family to eat some dinner in austin.

he looks so young here :)

hopefully i wont run away too far and forget to up load some fun pictures.

amigo.

so i have a friend who has been there for me since i was young

we didnt know it then but we would remain friends for an ongoing 10 years

she and i have gone through alot

but both have had each others back countless times

we fight and we make up

from boy drama to to lifes next big decision

this is the girl i run to

we moved on to college and are on our journey of finding ourselves

i feel proud to know her

and feel more honored to have been befriended by such a genuine person

i had fun today and thanks for being my person.

anticipation & procrastination.

so i have been avoiding my blog and my two blog followers for along time. i come and look at it and feel i have nothing to say. i have been in a funky randall mood (neither a good mood or bad) i just feel caught in the middle. 

 i feel that part of it is due to the fact that i am going back to the real world next week and i am dragging my heels hoping it will slow time just a little.

but i am so ready to see all of my friends again and get back to some normalcy.

i dont have much to say tonight i just thought i would jump back in to this slowly. 

happy new year! 

oh i have tons of pictures to put up from my break i will do it soon! 

pardon me.

well i must say excuse me from my absence i feel as if i have neglected my two followers for almost a week. oops my bad!

i am finally home and oh it feel so good back in south texas. 
not alot has gone on in the past week i have finished up my classes for the fall and it feels so good to have acomplished this semester.

my family and i love christmas and the tradition it brings. although this year we are in an awkward transition and it makes me kinda sad that i wont be celebrating christmas eve with the same people i have for 21 years, but life goes on and we are thinking of fun things that can become a new tradition. im excited a "new" tradition can be fun!  although one tradition has not changed every year we go and get a christmas tree and cut it down from a christmas tree farm.
this year we went a little outside our crazy big tree and went way too far. we could barley lift it in our truck, we were making a scene and it was slightly embarrassing.

we definitely pulled a grizwold family christmas tree moment :)



next on the list of things to do was to attend my brothers first band concert today.
it was so adorable. i loved it. i was so proud:)
he played 3 songs and did quite well for his first performance if i may say so myself.

i am such a proud sister

 
3 amigos

gran and papa jimmy

proud parents

So as of now my christmas break has been slightly uneventful.but i got my wish and watch americas next top model marathon today in my pajamas. it was pretty blissful!

finals.

oh finals how i hate thee.
you seem to suck all the life out of me, cause a panic among campus and it feels that this light at the end of this tunnel we are looking for gets a little bit farther away.

so with that said finals im am fighting back. this video is the anthem to my life right now.
im going to conquer the world and manage to have the same outlook on life.




keep your head up 4 days of school left :)

sleep.

today was pretty blissful. 

i woke up at noon today, went out to lunch with a great friend and then took at nap at three...
i then proceeded to wake up at six.
i was only awake to see 3 hours of sunlight today.
it was really weird, yet very relaxing and i feel so rested.
i have also done homework tonight and have finished one paper and have started looking at a study guide for one of my exams.
so its been a pretty successful evening.

im sorry this post is soooo boring.

hopefully my week will be more eventful :)

finally friday.

this weekend could not have come soon enough.
i seriously thought i was going to die/pass out/collapse... you can pick.
so with all of my hard work this week i rewarded myself to go see love and other drugs...it was really good (very nude) but a really good love story.
plus how can you go wrong looking at jake gyllenhaal. that boy is all sorts of fine!

and i soooo take back my comment yesterday about not being stressed about my upcoming week of finals.
im definitely feeling the stress.
but thats alright, if i can survive this week i can survive any, and this time next week i will be on christmas break with my family.

happy friday :)

i can see the light.

so i finallllly finished this paper that has been hanging over my head forever. and the most ridiculous part of it, it was a two page paper. im seriously that brain dead.  

oh and big news! 

i finally got my first follower!
i need to mark this day in history, i didnt think this would ever happen but she is a very sweet girl and she probably felt bad for me haha!

i have one class left in this semester and i couldnt be more ecstatic.
finals are next week and surprisingly im not too overwhelmed.
(just give me a couple of days)
i am just so pumped for christmas break.
all i want to do the first week is sit on the couch and watch marathons of next top model and do nothing alllll day :)
... and a little bit of outlet shopping!

...oh and i also cant wait to see my precious family and participate in all of the tradition that comes along with this time of year.
the count down is on t-7 days!!!

mi familia last christmas

avoidance.

so in one of my first post i told yall how i loved to find new music (to me at least) and how its become a hobby for for me. well i have a some artist i would like to share with all of my followers... haha!

anyways my first band of choice came from the fabulous itunes genius (love the genius). 

band of horses

im in love with them!!  i pretty much have listened to them everyday since the great recommendation from itunes.

the second one band that is on a constant repeat is 
kings of leon
seriously the best band everrrr. 
i recently bought their newest album, come around sun down and i cannot get enough of it. 
its one of the albums where you can play every song all the way through and then listen to it again.

 ...but my all time favorite is

john mayer
this isnt a new artist even to me but i still wanted yall to know who my music man is!
i went to his concert this past september and it was such an amazing experience. i loved every minute of it and found myself wishing it would never end.
i know that he can be a jerk or whatever, but i still love his music.
my absolute favorite album is continuum.

all day, everyday.

 

anyways i have spent way too much time on this avoiding homework. but i want to make this a weekly or bi-weekly thing, i dont know if i will remember but i will sure try:)

a proud moment.

at this point i dont even know how i am writing my blog. i am so exhausted, i have never written so many papers in one week in my life, and its not even wednesday yet.

so precious.

but on a more positive note i have finally figured out how to upload pictures to my blog. (i know i'm a genius) but i wanted to share two of the most important people in my life. aly & drew. a girl couldnt ask for a better brother and sister. these two have me laughing so much. i am so thankful in having such amazing siblings that are more like bestfriends to me.

anyways im just proud i have found the magic way of adding pictures. more to come.

overcoming.

so thanksgiving break was pretty fantastic. i enjoyed seeing my family so much and just being able to relax (camping was awesome too.) coming back to school is so overwhelming. i feel like i didnt even leave this place, like my break was all a dream and now im back here stressed and overwhelmed just  like i was last week. but that is okay.  i am so ready to conquer this. im look forward to knowing that i accomplished these classes with great grades and made awesome relationships with new people this semester. overcoming this semester has been a challenge. from a new major, to new study habits, living on my own and putting myself out there and meeting new people. i feel like i have grown leaps and bounds and i am finding myself. It feels good to know who you are and what you stand for. as for school i have never been so proud of my self. all A's and high B's. this has not happened since my first semester as a freshman. this has been such a personal accomplishment for myself. im glad i overcame this "i dont care about school" phase, it was really ridiculous and i dont know why my parents put up with me for so long. but i am thankful that they did. well this was my rant for the evening. wish me luck i have a presentation tomorrow night and i am terrified of speaking in front of people...

success.

i have finished my school work. my bags are packed. i am officially ready for thanksgiving 2010! tomorrow morning i will head out bright and early to pick up my sweet sister from austin tx.  and then we have a sister date at the outlet mall for some quick bargain shopping. life is good. im so blessed for an awesome family, great friends, and the love that surrounds me. I'm signing off early because i am going to be up bright early.

happy thanksgiving!!



RKK

trusting yourself.

through this past month i have gone through some of the biggest growing pains i could ever imagine. i have had to rely on myself and God fully to get through everything. change is good but its awkward and uncomfortable. its taking me some getting used to. i wish i could fast forward one year and graduate. december 2011 will be such a great month. I will have accomplished a dream that i personally never would have thought possible for myself. and to walk across that stage and get my diploma and knowing i did it in 4 years such an added bonus!

School is not my thing. its so hard for me. i find myself doubting myself so much here. sometimes i wonder why i chose a school this far away from home. Then i take a step back and look why God chose this school for me. This school is fantastic in certain aspects and has made me grow up more than i ever thought possible. for me the distance is healthy. im definitely a homebody, and run home when times get rough. Being here has taught me that i don't need anybody to lean on. and being independent and being alone can be healthy. i have to keep remembering to trust Him daily and to be happy with the present because if you keep looking toward the future you will miss today.

With that said im so looking forward to seeing my precious family and camping over thanksgiving. yes thats right, my family is camping over thanksgiving break! haha you just have to laugh. at first it stressed me out but thinking about it, but it sounds soooo perfect sitting under the starts laughing with my brother and sister (pictures to come soon, once i can figure out how to do it !) plus seeing all the cousins and aunts and uncles just sounds awesome. and this is why this is my  favorite time of the year!


well im pretty much in love with blogging. i now just need to get some followers :) haha
but all in all this is pretty theraputic just being able to write how i feel. its like the diary i never wrote when i was little!



RKK

blahhhh.

I'm feeling restless & uncomfortable & frustrated & relieved & excited & then some. all at the same time.

 

I need thanksgiving break ASAP!! 

my first post.

Hey everyone I'm so new to this but I have been reading fellow bloggers blogs for a while. I thought I would finally join in and let some of yall get to know me :)

i am a senior in college who is from TEXASSS who lives to hear great music. Finding new music and new bands is kind of a passion. i can spend so much time just looking and hearing all sorts of new and upcoming bands. you would think that my major would have something to do with it butttt it doesnt. i love to work with kids so i plan to major in the family studies program here and focus on children and their families. i have no idea what my actual job will be once I graduate. but im not a planner I fly by the seat of my pants and see where God will lead me.

another passion of mine is photography. it's new and i'm not one of those fantastic ones its just something i like to do. maybe one day i will get the courage enough to share with yall!

well im so exhausted/ totally excited that i am participating in this. i need some ides on how to design my little blog home, so if you have any ideas feel free to share!