mail

More specifically; getting mail. Especially getting mail from the college I'm attending in the fall. Seeing a letter saying I need to send something in... or a postcard or pamphlet with some information... it just makes my day! That being said I plan to send my friends postcards while I'm away. Sure, it may not be as exciting as something from college... (but maybe it will be?)

Tonight my cousin and her husband came up for dinner since it was the last time they would see me before I leave for Hungary. Its crazy - I already had to say some goodbyes, and I don't even leave until Tuesday afternoon! Of course, tomorrow will have more goodbyes...

I remember when Charlotte left for Hungary a little over a month ago... or more specifically, two days before she left. I knew it would be the last time I would see her until I went to Hungary. My other three friends were sharing long hugs and saying goodbye like crazy. When it came to me, I refused to hug her goodbye. "I refuse to say goodbye because I'll be seeing you soon."

Goodbyes suck. I'm going to be away from everything I've ever known in a few days, and these people I have to say goodbye to are my comfort. At least its only 5 weeks. I'm really worried about college. It won't be a vacation. It will just be my life. I'm scared I'll have a tough time adjusting. Well, I know I will. 

Hungary is going to be like a practice college. I'm especially worried, because I won't even be in the country. I won't be able to call or email my family and friends all I want. 

Then again, I'm really excited. Mainly to see my best friend and meet new people.

I'm just having difficulty shaking the nerves! I didn't even feel nervous before today! Granted, I was always paranoid that I will have sleeping issues over there. But now I'm just scared of missing people. Its gonna be hard.

...and I'm pretty much going in circles here saying how nervous/excited I am. Ah.

I am really excited for tomorrow though!

And for sleeping in my bed tonight. Only 2 more sleeps. Crazy.

strawberries for dessert

The past few days, I have ditched the ice cream sitting in my freezer, and ate fruit for dessert. Two days in a row. I'm a big dessert-lover and all. But let me tell you - sometimes fruit can hit the spot.

There is kind of a reason for my eating of fruit instead of ice cream. Remember in my last blog post where I was excited because there was one day where I ate absolutely no sweets? I'm on a mission to do that again. Only this time it has been extended. I know I can do it one day...why not four? 

I actually would have made it more days, but on Friday I have a friends birthday party. So cake or something shall be eaten then. With my departure very soon comes good food as I weasel my mother into maybe baking something I like.

Besides, while abroad I should be eating healthier and getting more exercise since I will be getting around a lot by feet and bicycle. 

Anyway. I've had SO many cravings. Ugh. Mostly for cookies and cakes. But alas, today was day two! And it feels good to be without crap food. I have more energy. Saying all this makes me feel like a nutrition ad. And I should probably should stop talking about it but I'm just really excited. I'm honestly a HUGE eater. I'm lucky in the way that I put on a very small amount of weight (fast metabolism?) but I've always been afraid that one day it will catch up with me.

Today I did something (besides go to the gym, which doesn't even count as an activity since I do it every single day...)! I went to my friend Molly's house, and we watched Toy Story 1 & 2. Oh gosh, I could go on for forever about how much I love that series. Number 2 is definitely my least favorite (nonetheless, still amazing). And number 1 is just extremely fun and original. I can't decide if 3 or 1 is my favorite. I feel like 1 is just amazing. And so is 3. But 1 has the whole funny factor and makes you fall in love with the characters. While in 3 you already love the characters, and thus making it fantastic. And gosh, such a tear jerker. I love tear jerkers, kay?

Tomorrow should be exciting! I'm not gonna say what I'm gonna do - I'll just write about it next time that I post.

Ummm so new favorite tv show in the house! Can you say 'yea'? YEA! (That was really lame). Anyway, yes, I have a new show that I like a lot. Its called "Huge", and while it seems like a weird idea for a show, its actually got a great story line, with many inner stories. Also, this character named George? He's totally FINE. He may just make my list of hottest men in the near future... The actors name is Zander Eckhouse (hot name, right?) and just...oh my yum. Check him out on the left. 

On another note... I leave for Hungary in a week! Agh, so exciting. I can't believe the trip is almost here! It feels like just yesterday I was starting my countdown from 33 sleeps. Now, I reside at 7! Crazy (in a really really good way!!)

At this moment in time, I'm not very tired. But I should get to bed. Its probably a good, idea, right?


=D

Last movie watched: Toy Story 2  (Already mentioned, oh well!!)
Days till Hungary: 7!

water

Cause seriously. If there weren't water in the world, we'd all pretty much be nonexistent. Plus its especially handy in the summer for swimming in. And drinking. By the pool.  "Ahh, waiter, could you please fetch me a tall glass of ice water and set it down right next to my beach bag? Thanks"

Now, before you all go getting mad at me because I haven't posted a blog in over a week, just remember that there are none of 'you', and I've been busy.

But not really.

To be completely honest, for the past week I've been up to nothing. And its not like I just forgot this blog existed. I just didn't feel like writing. Also, I only thought about writing in the blog while I was actually doing something. 

So lets cover the last week as quickly as possible.

6/24-6/25: I went to Seattle and registered for classes. It went well, I got almost all the classes I wanted. The one class I didn't get didn't even really matter. Another annoyance is that one of the classes I got I had to take a different time because the time I wanted was full.

6/26: I went frisbee-ing with Louie, and then we went to my friends house cause I needed to borrow a pair of heels. I locked my keys in my car. That was fun. Then I had a rehearsal dinner (for a wedding) to get to. We rehearsed the wedding ceremony, and then went to Chevy's where I ate lots and lots of chips and salsa. Also, some other things that I ordered, but only nibbled on cause I was so full from the delicious chips.

6/27: Wedding day! Not mine, obviously! It went well, though my feet hurt really bad from those freaking heels. Youch. 

6/28: Took a day to relax cause I had not had a day of relaxation in over a week. It was very...relaxing.

6/29: I WAS planning on going to the lake again...but...I didn't finish chores in time. 'Relaxation' again. Not too bad.

6/30: I had work. But not till 4, so that didn't really count for anything. Yippee. Relaxing isn't so much fun anymore. Oh! My mother and I also rented Dear John. I cried. Suckaaaaa!

1/1: Oh whats that Amy? You don't wanna relax anymore? Too bad, so sad! Around 7 PMish, I went to see Toy Story 3 with my mother. Yet another movie that makes me cry. Also, I wish Andy were real cause I'm kinda in love with him, kay?

1/2: This is really getting old. I relaxed some more. Just kidding, I'm not that much of a loser!! Oh how I wish I was kidding. I DID have another boring day. Though productive! I called the AP hotline or whatever to send my AP scores to the college I'm going to. And...called my highschool to make sure my transcripts were sent out. Shut up, I consider that productive.  At night time I took my sister to see Eclipse. It was ok, a lot better than I expected (seeing as I didn't really wanna see it in the first place and was just really desperate to get out of the house). The main conclusion I drew from the movie: Taylor Lautner is not a very good actor. He's nice to look at though. OH! Most important part of this day! I didn't eat any sweets! I was all healthy! Whoot, whoot.

(I just realized going to the gym has been part of my schedule nearly everyday, but I haven't been mentioning it. Oh well, it doesn't really count for anything...)

1/3 (thats today!!!): I went to the mall with my mother, then I went and got a pedicure with my friend Savannah (yay for seeing someone other than family!). When I got home, my mom and I watched Leap Year. Awful awful movie. And you know its a bad movie when I say its bad, cause I usually like bad movies.

So yep, thats been my week. That wasn't very quick as I intended. Oh well.

Currently reading: Nothing

Last read: I forget what its called. I just went through a bunch of books from the library.