Another one bites the dust

Another Christmas over. Another day passes just like the others. I'm starting to get bored at home, but Jess comes soon!! Hopefully to save me from my [lately] ever-worrying mind... but that's a whole other story I hope I never have to tell. Keep me in your prayers. I've gone through 2 Twilight books and trying to pace myself as to not run out of reading material (what, am I 80?!?)

I guess since I haven't been up to much, there isn't much to write about.. Maybe I should go find something productive to do. Hmm...

Because I can't begin to tell you how sick of studying I am

After 3 weeks of studying, studying, studying, and a load of tests, tomorrow is the LAST DAY!LAST FINAL!! As of 11:30am (hopefully) tomorrow I will be a free woman for the next three weeks! The semester flew by, but I'm happy about that. Lots of good memories & new experiences, and of course the feeling of my heart getting ran over by a 2 ton truck when I saw that I failed my last A&P lab test, therefore giving me a B in the course, and ruining my 4.0. (insert 5 million sad, crying faces here). Let's just say I wasn't the happiest of campers yesterday. Not to mention I got no studying done at Caribou due to SUPER slow internet AND I dropped my phone and cracked the screen. Gosh I love bad days. And wow do I sound like a whiny little S.O.B.... But TOMORROW (tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow) forward will be excellent. 3 joyous, joyous weeks of TV watching, sleeping in, homecooked meals, hangin with my brohas in all their gloriousness, Christmas, New Years, & ****BEST OF ALL*** THE FRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love college :]

Desperate note to Santa

Dear Santa,
I just saw something REALLY cool. As I was wasting time on the world wide web before venturing out for a microbiology review, I did the usual; read John Mayer's blog. Artists can donate their played on guitar strings to make into bracelets for sale & proceeds go to charity. Thinking this would be the most bomb item I could & would ever own I check it out. 200 big ones. Damn. Santa, you've been watching me all year and you've seen how good I've been. It even comes with a certificate of authenticity (that he actually played on the strings). Do you know how amazing it would be to have a little piece of the man of my dreams around my wrist all day, every day? Santa if you do this for me I'll be the bestest little girl for the rest of my life!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :) :) :)

Love,
Little Kimmy Jo

You know you live in North Dakota...

...When it takes you over an hour to dig your car out of 3 foot snow drifts.

"Snow day" cannot even come CLOSE to what this should be called!

Now imagine this being -10 degrees and the snow blowing all over at 34 to 44 miles per hour. That's Fargo for you today. I woke up at 6am to be at work by 7am. After a solid 15 minutes trying to get my car to warm up and unthaw the frozen moisture on the inside of my windows, I thought it best to avoid the interstate and took University all the way down to 13th Ave. A 10 minute drive took 20. Snow constantly landing and immediately melting on my windshield that I couldn't wipe away due to the massive amounts of ice on the blades that only made my visibility worse (it was already only 0.1 miles). I almost hit a car that thought it would be cool to brake right in front of me (with no one in front of him.... old timer). I finally get to work 20 minutes late where I nearly get stuck just trying to park. After about 10 minutes of hardcore cleaning (needless to say no one was coming to get coffee today) we get a call that we can close the store. WOOPEE!!! After closing the store, my 2 coworkers try to unbury their cars from the giant drifts engulfing them while I proceed to dig my car out TWICE while trying to leave the parking lot. I finally made it out & weaved and changed lanes to whichever looked like it had the least amount of snow. I ran 2 red lights after nearly getting stuck after stopping at one and let's just say driving 20 in a 30 felt too fast. GROSS. So just when I think my adventure is over, I get stuck again. In NDSU's parking lot. I shoveled myself out and parked in the next closest spot. Illegally. I dare them to try to give me a ticket.

Point of the story: Do not, whatever you do, leave your house today. And look forward to highs still below zero this week, kids!

T minus 5.5 hours.

After 20 minutes of trying to fall asleep I decided my mind was thinking too much for sleep. Finals. One word: sucky. 8am test on Neurons, CNS, PNS, and reflexes. (trust me, you don't wanna know). Just gotta keep telling myself TWO MORE WEEKS!!!!!!!!!! For now I can look forward to:

1. My adult sized bed
2. Working enough to (hopefully) pay off my credit card bill
3. Yummy nummy homecooked meals for 3 straight weeks
4. Presents!!!!.. eh hem.. I mean.. Christmas!
5. A party hardy New Year's
6. The Fray concert January 8!!!!
7. BEST OF ALL: NO HOMEWORK, NO TESTS, NO STRESS

On another note, in order to satisfy my undying cravings for caffeine, and massive amounts of it, I went on a mission tonight to Caribou (sorry fellow Starbuckians). As I'm about to pass Main Ave. I come to a stoplight where I see a man with a slight limp in a stocking cap and thin nylon jacket about to cross. Out of my wuss-like, girly instinct, I check to make sure my car doors are locked. From the moment he stepped into the intersection to the time he ran to make it across before the light turned, I stared in interest. Unnaturally, my heart started to ache for this man. Here I am, sitting in my car, complaining to myself on how it's so slow to warm up, stressing about my tests, my financial 'situation', and other unimportant things. All the while, this poor man is walking to reach his destination, no gloves, no heavy down parka like myself. I stopped and said a quiet prayer for this man, that hopefully he was on his way to a family. To step into a warm house where a meal right out of the oven is waiting on the table, and afterwords climb into a cozy bed. Sadly, I don't believe that that was the man's fate for the night. I made an unspoken promise to this man. I would step out of my bubble of a life. I would become more tolerant & more understanding. Maybe less quick to judge.. less quick to "lock the doors"on someone who can teach you a life lesson or see something you would've never seen before. This goes to you, sir. Thank you.

Sleeping Through Trumpets!

After a long weekend & completely missing all of my classes yesterday, you'd think I would be able to get up for 8am lab this morning (which is mandatory). But no. I woke up at 9:30 thinking to myself I felt a little too rested for it to be 7am. Ridiculous. I set 3 alarms on my phone set at 10 min. intervals; each of which are probably the most annoying ringtone you will ever hear. If you have "sunshine" check it out ;)

It's cold here in the tundra. I almost blew away walking to the one class I actually did make it to today. A nap would be nice, but I must go on a mission in search of ink (Black 21 to be exact) before I make up my lab at 4pm. So I will bundle up and walk amongst the 65+ year old people roaming the aisles of Walmart. Yay me!

I will end today's post with a picture of my dog. Ain't she sweet? :D