3:45am?!

It's been a while since we went, but it was just so much fun, that I had to write about it. After mid-terms, everyone was wanting some fun. Stalin had told me about trip to the beach he made with his French during the summer. They'd get up really early, drive to the beach, watch the sunrise, have breakfast, and return to Paris. I know. Sounds like a movie, right? Well we aren't living in Paris, but we decided to do the rest. So on Monday morning- or Sunday night, whichever you prefer- we awoke at 3:45. And did I mention that it was raining?
I won't bore you with too many details, but the drive there was so incredibly funny- probably because we were running on 2.5 hours of sleep, but still. There were 6 of us, so we had to take two cars. Stalin led, and I followed. Following him is the funniest thing ever. We had the whole freeway to ourselves, basically. I mean it was 4! Who's out at 4am? He decided to drive behind the one truck that was on the freeway, though. So there we are going 60mph on an empty road..... We were all questioning his thought process. Then he got cut off by a bread truck. Finally we made it close to the beach. I kid you not, I don't think he ever played the game 'red light, green light' as a kid. 6 out 10 green lights, he would slow down, and I would have to slam on the brakes. Ok not slam, but I'd have to slow down!! At a green light. Occasionally we'd stop completely and just sit there. He is so weird. AND! Parking. There were curbs on either side of us. Long, open, inviting curbs to park at. Apparently they weren't good enough for him? We drove for over 30 minutes, until we finally called them and told them to PARK THE CAR! :)
2 hours later we DID make it to the beach, it had stopped raining, and we were there plenty early to watch the sunrise. After some fun conversation, we made our way back to the car and stopped at Dennys around 9. I managed to keep my lids propped open, but took a long nap through lunch.

Success!

I successfully wore one dress everyday for a month. I questioned my sanity at more than one junction, but it'll be a story to tell the kids, eh?

Dreams fulfilled.....

As a child I used to stand on a corner, waiting. Gazing at the corner diagonal from me, I waited for the light to change, knowing I'd have to wait again, after I crossed the first street. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the lights would turn red, and people could just dash any way they chose?" I'd think.
Of course it would! About a week ago I got to use one of those handy dandy cross walks that allows you to walk diagonally. Pretty neat stuff. :)

October Pics again- only one more week!

It's been yet another cold, chilly week. I wore sweaters and jeans most of the week. Hair stayed up, as there was no point in straightening it. Overall, a boring week dress wise- not to mention cold. Who freaking wears a dress in the rain??

I'm Walking on Rain Clouds!!

I've been incredibly busy, and tired, and stressed for mid-terms. I only had two, but they're pretty major, and they were on the same day- Wednesday. This meant that I'd been going to bed after 3 Monday and Tuesday, waking up at 8. Not the usual 8 hours or so that I'm used to, to say the least! After mid-terms on Wednesday, though, I went to bed before midnight, and woke up at 8. It felt so good to wake up and not be drained. I had the same plan for last night- Thursday night.
Things don't always turn out the way you plan. Instead, I was texting a friend- Michael, my RD, Dave's brother who comes to visit every Thursday- around 12:30. After being cooped on campus without time to walk, I suggested we go out for a walk. It was misting slightly- perfect. It was great to hang out with someone new, at a random time, and just be spontaneous. He tried to climb a tree- and failed. We were going to use someones swing- but we thought we saw the curtains move. We found a shopping cart on the sidewalk, so he gave me a ride- until we came to an abandoned lot- where he decided he wanted to throw the shopping cart. So we lifted it over the fence, and there it remains. Then we found a park with swings to use. YIPEE! So we ran around on the playground equipment- avoiding the homeless people, of course. We began our walk back to campus, but got slightly distracted when we found a Church of Scientology questionnaire stuck in a chain link fence. We picked the driest curb available and filled about half of it out. Then, we fiiiinallly made it back to campus around 2:30. Just a fun night of randomness with a random person.

I've never..... 3

I've never done my laundry in the sink, I don't think. It's nice not having a ton of laundry to do. But that means that there is no way I'm going to throw one dress into the washing machine. So I wash by hand in the sink.



And can I say, that after 17 days, I'm getting pretty sick of trying to think of new ideas. I've repeated some. It's not that I hate wearing the same thing, it's that I feel like I have to look a certain way when I'm in a dress, and I'm running out of ideas to meet that standard!

Dress pics cont'd

These are actually a few of my favorite outfits. They each change the look of the dress a lot. Fun stuff.

Rules for life.

This is one of mine.
If you don't have 50 pairs of shoes to match every outfit you own, buy red shoes so you can match none.

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles!

Last night I received two, perfectly lovely emails, stating that two of my classes for the day were canceled! Hip-hip hooray! All I had today was one period of earth science. So not only was I allowed to sleep in, but I also accomplished much. Books were read for a class that I never read for, simply because I never have time to read all that he assigns. Seriously, I have two books that I don't think I've yet picked up. Oops.
So that started off the day in a grand way. After earth science, Stalin and I had decided to hike up the mountain. It was pretty smoggy, so the view wasn't that great, but it was great talking to him nevertheless. We even were able to see a deer! Pretty cool stuff. Anyways, that took about 3 hours, and I managed to sneak into the cafe right before 6:30 (closing time!) and grab some food. Dinner was relaxed and casual- just the usual talk and fun stuff. I only had 30 minutes, though. At 7 I met with my RD to go out for coffee- which was the first time we'd done that, and it was really nice to catch up. But I'm pretty sure my drink wasn't decaf, and so I might be up alllll night tonight. :(


Oh, and just as a side note. A senior from last year (brother to a current student, and fiancé to another student) was on his way home last night, when his car battery died and his car flipped. He was in the hospital, and for a long time we didn't know what was going on. It was so neat, though. There were about 25 of us standing in our quad praying. Freshmen- who didn't know him came out, and it was just an awesome thing to see. The support that people provide in times of crisis is amazing. Chad is fine- he's out of the hospital with a neck brace and very sore, but ok! Praise God.

October Dress.

Cold, rainy day where all I wanted was jeans a big sweatshirt.




Nice and hot this day- all that was needed was a tank top

I've never..... 2

To continue on with the list.
#3- blow-dried a dress dry.
Wearing a dress so frequently means you're going to have to wash the dress frequently. Well. I don't exactly want to spend $.75 to wash it and $.75 to dry it. So instead, I hand washed it in the sink, and laid it out on a towel to dry over night. I figured 9 hours would be plenty of time. Guess not. This morning it was still damp, but again, I refused to pay $.75, when all it needed was 5-10 minutes in the drier! So I stood there with my blow-drier on high. :)
#4- stand fully clothed in a hot shower to warm up.
The weather has changed drastically from last week to this. From 113 degrees to in the 60s! Craziness. But anyways, normally I would be wearing jeans and a big sweatshirt. But since I'm wearing a dress, I'm freezing! So I decided to try to warm up by sticking my feet in the shower- I'm too lazy to actually take one. Plus! I took one 5 hours ago- there is SO such a thing as being too clean.

I've never....

Wearing a dress for a whole month is going to bring along some "I never" moments. Not that they'll be outrageous necessarily, but I figured I'd record them- just to see what they were.

So here are number 1 and 2.
#1-Bbqing
#2- washing cars

Oh! And another thing... What do you guys think about accepting free oil changes from random customers at the gas station? If it weren't for the fact that my car isn't due for a change until November, I might have taken him up on it.