I....a...can't talk...

DEAR GOD I am exhausted. I need to eat something SOOOO badly. I haven't had all that much today due to time constraints...argh I am le dumb.

Seriously though, why am I not in my dorm having a snack?!

College Tip #9 whatever: EAT
College Tip #10 whatever again: DO HOMEWORK SO YOU CAN EAT

yea I'm working on a late-ish paper. No worries, please mum and dad and relatives and readers, I promise I'll be good.

In other news, I got an A on my Medieval History presentation! SCOOOOOOORE. So glad. That class I shall do very well in!! I did just get out of the exam, and truth be told, I'm just drained. Gotta do it all over again tomorrow, except this time it's Art History! Kill me nowwwwwwwww!! Just kidding.

It kind of hurts to type!! I can't really feel my hands so well because of all the writing I did in the past exam....yeouch! Ah man. I don't really know what to say my brain is so fried.

The weekend was good, not as productive as I would have liked it to be, but productive enough. Fun too, so a good balance. Watched a movie(yea Batman the Dark Knight!!!), cleaned, did studying/h.w....Yeaup.

Okay before I bore you I'm going to leave. Too much on my mind and it's too hard to write a good entry!!!

Ciao ciao,
Julia

Oh god I'm on Auto-Pilot

So I nearly started to type my email user name and password into the title section of this blog entry....OH GOD I'm a robot right now. I've been cutting slips of paper for an hour at least for the raffle and something else for the Admissions Dinner tonight....ARRRRRGHH. I can, however, look forward to one of the best meals on campus I'll have had all year.

I'M SO BUMMED!!
I think I have to work this upcoming Tuesday!! Which means I'll miss the midnight breakfast!!! Total sad day. Hopefully Zach will bring me a plate of food to work or something...that would be lovely...

So I missed "Joyce to the World" this year, and I'm pretty sad about it. I went to Culver's instead, but it was for a good cause--Theta Chi was having a fundraiser there--10 % of their sales from 4-9 would go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, so that was good. I had a hot dog and it was delicious. Split a malt with Zach, but was thoroughly disappointed in it---it was terrible. Can't win it all I suppose.

SO STRESSED GOT TO GO NOW BYE BYE!!!

--Jules

Stuck in the middle...

So this is one of the cutest things I've seen. This is called a Roborovski Hamster, and it the smallest of the hamster breeds. It only grows to about 4.5 centimeters!! AWWWW. That's like the size of my thumb. Ah so I want one now. I'll have to convince Zach to get one of these and not a hedgehog...eep!!

Anyhow!! So what was the last post about...ah St. Nick!! Still am very grateful for that package--wunderbar!! Zach got a package a few days later that was insane! It was huge, and I hope to snack on a few food items that were included in it...

These past few days have been intense. Classes are crazy, and projects are piling up...not to mention everybody else's stuff taking off!! Working in the CLC has its perks because I can work on homework if no one needs help--but this past week I've gotten no such work done. I got handed a 20-page paper the other day! TWENTY!! Oh man.

Me and Amanda's room, while it's messy, looks festive. I brought a mini Christmas tree to my room and decorated it and it's quite adorable. And tonight is "Joyce to the World"--I'M SO EXCITED!! It's so fun; there's hot chocolate, cider, crafts, a ugly sweater contest (! winner gets 50 bucks!), and President Joyce reads "The Night Before Christmas" to us all. Quite an evening. As a sorority we're going to that, but before we're going to going to have a "White Elephant Gift Exchange," so I gotta find something for that. It should be funny.

HMM what else is going on in good old Ripon? I guess just the heightened anticipation of the upcoming holidays...I do wish our exams were as last year--I loved being home for at least a week before Christmas and was able to get into the swing of things at home and have TIME for shopping and baking!! Grrr...

Zach and I came up with an idea to allow for the larger incoming classes that Ripon all of a sudden wants to have (I will not get into this topic too heavily for I may get heated :) )--provide houses for ALL of the Greek groups on campus!! Huh? Eh? Yeas??

Well--gotta go!

--Jules

Happy St. Nick Day!!!

Hooray! I got a package on my bed this morning!! So exciting. I recognize it because I saw the box in the back hall when I was getting tissue paper to bring up to school and such (I'm sorry mom if I wasn't supposed to see it!! I didn't look in it I promise!) and was very puzzled to see it when I got here back from class this afternoon! Crazy!! But it has yummy treats, a bunch of study stuff for the upcoming finals, and a gift card to Target!! SCORE!! Love love love ^_^ .

So thanks mom!!

I'm so sad by an email I got from my mom this afternoon, however. A few of my favorite shows are being canceled and I'm just...ARGH angry. "Pushing Daisies" and "Dirty Sexy Money" are leaving, and so is "Eli Stone," a show I really wanted to see and get into. OH SADNESS!! I really must write a letter to the CEO of Disney or something like that...

I am enjoying one of the most pleasant cups of "Lemon Lift" tea I've ever had. Perhaps I have the water too hot normally? Anyhow, it is delish.

Well, I am off to admissions work! Ta ta for now!

--Jules

More Snow!!!!

Oh mensch. What....a life I have right about now. I HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TO DO!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH HELP HELP HELP MEEEE!!

Sorry I wrote that first few sentences quite awhile ago. We're (Amanda and Sarah and me) are watching the TV show "House" whilst we do our various work. It's quite a great show. Love it so far. But anyway. SO MUCH TO DO!!!!! I have so much cleaning to do and so much homework to do and so much sorority stuff to do and SO MUCH EVERYTHING TO DO!!!!!!!!!!

Must breathe. Rawr.

I just saw a commercial with Sushi in it...I want Sushi now. Real bad.

So my sister, Liz, who goes to Marquette, just informed me that her roomate is leaving her! She's moving on to a different floor apparently...I know they never had fights or anything...but weird!! I'm so lucky that my roomate situation has worked out so well both years :) (Yay shout-outs to Robyn and Amanda!!)

Oh dear!! It's so late!! I keep leaving and coming back!! GOODNITE!!

Oh what a night...

I'm glad to be back in Ripon! Although going home for Thanksgiving is such a tease--it just waves home and friends and family and comfort and relaxation in your face for three days and then it is abruptly taken away from you when you have to go back to college for a few weeks.

Grrrrrrrrr!

Although my beginning of this week was a bit un-ordinary...We didn't get back to Ripon until 11 a.m. on Monday! The snow was a bit scary to drive in, so we stayed over the night at my house. It was still a bit hectic in the morning though; we saw about 5 to 6 cars that had spun out that morning!! However, thanks to Zach's very excellent driving skills we made it safely. Hurrah!

So here I sit in my dorm room, very cozied up. It's kind of cold in here, I'm not sure if our heater is working properly, but actually--I'm okay with that!! I'd much rather be a little chilly in here than be like my room last year. My room last year was AWFULLY hot, just gross. I'd have to transition from my wonderful cozy winter clothes to P.J. shorts and a t-shirt just be comfortable. So I can sit in my slippers, sweatpants, and fleece and not be over-heated. Bueno!

Plus coffee--yum! It's Caribou Coffee, quite delish. OH my, though--it's really strong! Ah well, need a little caffeine boost.

Well, Thanksgiving! It was really, really fun. I love seeing my family and sitting around at dinner and talking and such. I made a delicious and gorgeous apple pie again, and I of course ate a ton more than usual the entire break. I thought that I would stop after Thanksgiving and recover the rest of the weekend...but no! I had parties with friends and family and continued the carb overload, haha. Ah well. I'm running tonight!

Like last week, I am going down to Bovay with Amanda and Sarah to run. Just half an hour because we have a meeting tonight, but a good hard half an hour!! Pretty excited. Amanda and I have pretty bad colds (poor Amanda is way worse off than I am though!!) but we are still gonna work out.

OH MY GOD So much to do. I'm going to become very stressed very soon in the upcoming few days...OHHHH DEEEEEEEEEEARS.

Well, I must get over to the Admissions Office to send off some letters and such! I'll write tomorrow! Ciao for now,

--Jules