My dearest Facebook

I deactivated my Facebook the other night/morning. I never know what to call 2 a.m. when I haven’t gone to sleep yet. I mean, technically it’s morning, but it’s still dark outside at that time and usually when talking about 2 a.m. I haven’t gone to bed yet.

Anyway.

That was Saturday night (Sunday morning). It is now 10 o’clock on Monday night and I want to write Facebook a love letter telling it I miss it.

It’s like a breakup. I’ve been with Facebook for 7ish years and then bam! I ditched it out of the blue without warning.

I’m sorry, Facebook. I just can’t handle you right now. I need some space.

You’re really time consuming. You sometimes cause drama in my life. I obsess over you and what you have to tell me about other people, which sometimes results in me going cray-cray.

I have no idea how long this will last. I’ll need you again come August when I start working for the school paper since people check their inbox on there more than they check their school email (priorities). But until then, there’s no way for me to know if I’ll reactivate you in a week or two or wait until August. I guess we’ll see.

I just need to get my life together. And let’s face it, folks. My life isn’t too together these days.

I need to rid myself of instagram for a bit, too, but Jesus, then I may as well get a flip phone and call it a day. I don’t think I wanna fall off the face of the earth THAT much. Even though I should. Instagram has the power to make me a little cray-cray too.

But that’s my fault eh? Letting stupid shit get the best of me?

Sorry. Can’t help it. I care. Shoot me. I wish I was more like some of you worry-free, care-free people who can shake things off so easily.

“Shake it off, shake it off. Whoaaa.”

...and there’s my musical moment for the night.

Yeah, we won't get into all that drama.

So yeah. I’ve been without Facebook for almost two days and I’m already sulking about it. It’s pathetic what the world has come to.

Lucky you...

Remember when I used to write about what was going on lately? And said I'd keep it up?
Luckily I didn't do that because I'd be quite the negative nancy and depressing y'all to death if I had kept this up and y'all kept reading.

Until things start looking up and things settle down....
xoxo
Kristin

2011 is coming to an end... end it feels like it's taking some of us down with it!

I realize it's been a few months. My bad, guys. This semester turned out to be a lot more time consuming than I had hoped. But good news... it's almost over!
Just six lengthy assignments to do before Dec. 2. Then four finals to study for and take by Dec. 9. Whaaaat? Yeah. Intense... I know.
What's up with teachers saving everything for the end of the semester? The last 2-3 weeks have been relatively laid back and dull when it comes to school. Now all of a sudden they're all shoving 800 things in our faces. Thanks, y'all. I'll just go jump off a cliff now.

You would think that after finals the stress would be over. Nope. Not for me!
The last three weeks of December will be spent working, packing and moving.

Yep... that's right. For those of you that don't know, the era of the Beeson boys and I living together is coming to an end.

I'm moving back in with my parents for my last year at ULM because I won't be able to work as much (if at all).
I have to be on campus a lot more next semester. Next summer I'll be interning somewhere (??). Then in the fall of 2012 I'll be taking my last nine hours and preparing to graduate. (holy shit! this time next year I'll be wrapping up college life?!)
While it's super exciting to be so close to finishing my degree, I'm pretty depressed about not living with my BFF anymore.
Don't get me wrong. I love my family. But Lance and Bryan are my family, too, and living with them at the apartment (oh. my. gosh. that apartment!) and now at the house has been really great. We've had a lot of good times together. And we have routines. And we take care of each other. And we like each other.
...Y'all! Two and half years later we don't hate each others guts!
I know it has to end at some point, but it just makes me sad.
Plus, living all the way out at my parents is going to suck. It's just not convenient to anything I do. (Also, I might be driven a little crazy. But we won't get into all of that...for now.)
Like everything else in life, there are pros and cons to the situation. It's just going to be a hard adjustment.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving which is super exciting because well... hellooo... I LOVE this holiday. It's seriously my favorite meal and I crave it on a regular basis. I mean, sometimes I talk my parents into making all the goods on a random day in the middle of the year because I love it so much.
To follow the footsteps of last year, we are of course going to Enoch's tonight. Maybe somewhere else, too. Who knows! I'm excited to have a little fun on a Wednesday night and not worry about being at school or work tomorrow. I don't have to be anywhere until at least two-ish.

Anyway. I need to work on that mountain of assignments I have to do. Just thought I'd throw a quick update on life out there and tell y'all that when time permits I promise to do better about throwing funny stories in y'alls faces.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Be thankful. Seriously. But, umm, quit posting about it every single day on Facebook. In which case I will be super thankful!

Today, pretty much....

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT:
To my awesome best friend and roommate Lance. 4 years ago tonight he was involved in an awful wreck which luckily only tore up his ankle and foot whereas if you look at the car he was in, you would have thought the person sitting where he was sitting had not survived. He was off his feet and out of work for about 4 months. It was a long, painful and stressful accident and recovery process, but everything happens for a reason and even though it was so bad, a little bit of good came from it. I love you so much, best friend and I'm so thankful you are here today! You're a great person and friend and nothing would be the same without you . Thanks for all that you do :)


Now.............
Happy Fall Semester, guys!
Today wasn't so bad school wise. I had a little trouble falling asleep last night because my mind was racing about all kinds of things and people, but I'd say I finally fell asleep around 1am. And I only snoozed once this morning! I deserve a medal for that.
My roommate Lance and I ate breakfast together when he got up then I was off to school!
Parking wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be this morning. Normally the fall semester is the worst. All those new freshman that think they want to go to school... I normally can't wait for a month to pass when half of them drop out so the parking isn't bad. Oh come on, you think it too.
My first class was a breeze and I'm pretty sure it's going to stay that way all semester. It's just like an intro to Marriage and Family Therapy. Good elective choice, Kristin!
My class after that was public speaking. I have an extremely hyper/on-crack-or-something teacher. Calm down woman, we're just giving speeches up in here. For Wednesday she wants someone in our class whom she paired us up with to tell an embarrassing story about us. So I talked with my country bumpkin partner a little and discovered that I don't have any all that embarrassing stories. I was pretty stumped!
After that class (which got out early today) I had a break and went to buy a few a of my books. $300andsomethingdollars later I met up with Lance and Hunter W. We took care of a few things around campus then went to the SUB to people watch. That's the best part about the SUB, btw.
Speaking of the SUB, they now have Sushi. A little corner has a booth called "Shushic," clever huh? It's actually pretty good. They were giving samples out and a sample turned into me buying a roll for us all to share. Next semester they're supposedly going to start serving fried rice and teriyaki chicken and things like that. And we're having trouble keeping the Natatorium open? Priorities.
Next class for me was Journalism which will probably end up being my favorite since it's the only one this semester really geared toward what I want to do. I'm only taking one other Mass Communications class which is Electronic Media Design. The class has potential, but considering who's teaching it it's likely to not be any where near my favorite and the one I procrastinate in the most. Buh. No worries though, I'll somehow still pull off an A in that class unless I just really lose patience with him.

Normally on Mondays I have a lab for my journalism class from 2:30-4:30 then go into work from about 5-6. Can we say pointless? I think I can scream pointless, but whatever. Professor Mapp told us not to worry about coming to lab today though since it was only the first day so I was pretty much free from noon until 4:30. It was super awesome and work doesn't have to know about it so shush! Got myself a little lunch in, a little laziness, and then some Orange Leaf with Lance and Amanda. I haven't been to Orange Leaf in so long. I didn't know what to get with all those new flavors! It was still pretty good, though. Just don't really recommend blueberry. It was a little sour. Should have just stuck with strawberry and cheesecake. Anyway. We did a little catching up and everything. Sooo yeah.

I'm trying.
It's hard.
Nothing's the same.
Crying doesn't help anything.
I just don't know.
Anywayyyy! Shake it off!

By the time I got to work they were all in a frenzy. Ok guys, I told you what my schedule was. Don't try to blame me. And don't get mad at me because West Monroe isn't sending y'all anyone to help.
Besides that, switching out at 4:30-5 is a hectic situation. We're actually kind of steady and to have to deal with that is even more stressful. But hey, it's cool. Y'all are the ones that haaaad to have me for a measly hour on Mondays so we'll deal with it.

I got home around 6:15. Lance mentioned nap. We talked about our days for half a second then passed out for a good hour and a half. Success! Woke up to Bryan cooking.
And ohhhhmyy. I'm weak! He made those delicious green-beans wrapped in bacon. Those are one of my favorite side-dishes ever. We haven't made them in so long. I could have eaten a hundred of them!

I really have to get back on my workout routine. Before New Orleans happened I had been going 3-4 times a week for about a month and half. After I see how tomorrow's classes and things go I need to figure out how to wiggle workouts into my schedule.

FYI. Facebook is a place where people tend to talk about whatever they want and the things they do. Now, if you are in your early 20s and not in school-- calm down. I mean, it's not our fault you don't want to be enrolled anymore or it didn't work out or whatever the case. Just like you have the freedom to do your flip out, we have the freedom to update about our first day back. If you don't want to read it, kindly scroll right on past it and have a lovely day. Let's just get along and be friends.


Now. All you school goers. Don't get discouraged or too stressed out this semester. We can do this. We got this. We've come this far. It would be dumb to stop now. It's going to pay off one day! Just study hard and stick with it. Try really hard not to sweat the small stuff. It's just a class. Just a test. Just a paper. Just whatever. And if worse comes to worse, it can be dropped and it can be taken over again. If you believe in it enough, you can overcome it. (this is also for me to read back on a few weeks from now, haha)
And if you are a newbie--just stick with it. You'll adjust and I promise you'll figure out what study methods work best for you and even what major you enjoy the most. You may not know EXACTLY what you want to do, but if you start some where and take a few things at least you are heading in a direction of figuring it out. And there's nothing wrong with changing majors a few times. Just do what makes you happy. There are days when I still don't know if what I'm doing is what I really want to do, but little things change my mind here and there and just working towards something makes me feel like I'm accomplishing things and I don't know about you, but that feels good enough most days. I mean, hellurrr! I'm just now a senior and I still won't even graduate until December of 2012. It takes time figuring things out sometimes.


Ok. I'm pretty much ready to go back to bed now. Plus, I'm parched!