Well today was bitter sweet. I said most of my goodbyes and probably cried for an hour this morning. I'm gonna miss my housemates so much. It was a great place to live for my last semester here at Beaver Falls, but I'm ready for the most part to move to the next phase of life. I'll be heading back home tomorrow after I visit a friend's house in Youngstown, which I'm kinda excited about anyways. I just need to figure out how i can fit all my stuff in my nissan sentra one of the smallest cars out there it feels like. I hope I can fit everything in it. ok well I'm going to finish up some more packing before it gets too cold and dark. When I go home the whole unpacking is not what I'm looking forward to. It will probably take me a couple of days to unpack and just go through my clothes to give away and readjust to living at home again. wow I haven't done that since highschool. I'm a little excited though. I get to really start my youthgroup and have wednesday night things yey and plus i get to play with my band more often so that's always fun!! ok but really i need to finish packing!! next time I write I'll be at home.

Ok I don't know why I didn't do this before, but everyone at the house is all about finals. So I thought, hey maybe it would be good to give some tips on surviving finals. Here is how I survive finals week.

1. Set your timer to an hour and study during that full hour and then when the timer goes off take a 20 min. break.

2. Take a long shower, and play your favorite songs. This always helps me to relax. Shoot if your really daring...even sing in the shower!

3. I have started to get into yoga and have found that doing it either in the morning when you get up or before you go to bed, helps with stress. (I do Kundalini yoga. Nothing special really it's just what my mom has.)

4. When I have exams I like to make a schedule down to the hour of what I need to do. I usually don't keep on schedule, but it's always nice to know where you're going.

5. This is something my mom would say: " Drink lots of water! Oh and eat salmon it's good for the brain."

6. Last but not least. Find time to have fun! maybe even watch a movie with someone special!


These are just a few things that helped me. If you have any other great ideas for finals let me know!

Yes that's right it's Mixtape Monday. Since it is finals week here in City House and throughout all of the united states, I thought it would be best to give you guys a great mixtape of some of my favorite songs lately. Enjoy!!!

well I know I haven't put up any pictures yet of things that I find at thrift stores, but I did find a really cute teapot that when I'm older will base my whole kitchen around this teapot, but I don't have it downloaded on my computer yet. Well school is almost done wow!! Today I receieved my control tower operator certificate, so yea now I'm a certified controller. I've been waiting for this day since 6th grade to come, and I did it. Me and Caitlin, my roomate, went out to Eat-n-Park for lunch to celebrate because I had a gift card for there. It was good to get together one last time just me and her. It's sad I'm leaving PA forever and not seeing some of my friends again. I'm not so sure I want that to happen just quite yet. I have met some really great people and it seems I'm just starting to get to know them and now I have to leave..it just sucks! Also not so sure about living back home. It's back to, where you going alice? what time will you be back? drive safe. etc. No more of hey lets just go out to pittsburgh for the night or really anything I do. I also have to find a job to do between now and when I start working at a facility controlling traffic. Also I don't have that many friends back home like I do here so that's another thing. I really only have one more week and then I'm done. I have a big test on monday, which I need at least an 80% on it to pass the class so if that doesn't happen maybe I will have to stay up here another semester... and that would kinda stink to have to retake a class!! It's also my 21st birthday tomorrow..nothing planned, because alll my friends have tons of school work to do so another year of sucky birthday for me. I always thought about my 21st birthday and how awesome it would be, but it's totally not going to be what i thought. My roomate said we would go out next week, because she has to go to a wedding, but that will stink because it just won't be my birthday it will just be like hey we're going out. whatever I shouldn't be surprised that it's just another crappy birthday. I guess this is my complaining blog, sorry it's depressing and just annoying but it's what I'm going through. ok I'm done. till next time!!