Pleasant afternoons

I love Sunday afternoons because they are so peaceful and relaxing. All I did today was sit in my room with my roommate, drinking coffee and reading for class. I'm sad Sundays have to end, but I am so glad God created a day specifically for rest :)

Modeling

I got to be a model today :) My friend Sarah is in a creative photography course here on campus and she needed to take portraits of people. She is so amazing and I love how the pictures turned out!

 my beautiful photographer :)

 these old trains were really cool!

 I know, I know, I look sad. But it's artistic and I like it!

 I'm a nerddddd :)

 it was super windy haha

Thanks to Sarah for making me look beautiful :) It's like I got to do a senior photo shoot all over again!

many more to come

I got my first rejection letter today for an essay I submitted to an online journal. The first one of hundreds I will probably get in my lifetime. Hooray for being a hopeful writer!

oh ohio

Yesterday, my roommate and I had our space heater on in our room. Today, we had our window open all day. Ohio never ceases to amaze me.

Back to OH

Winter break went much too fast, as usual, and I don't quite feel like I recovered from last semester yet! It was a pretty great break though. Only three semesters left until I graduate...I am halfway there :)

I really enjoyed being away from school and being with my friends and family back home. My break can basically be summed up in three words: family, friends, and work. I took hardly any pictures though so I don't have a lot to show for all of the wonderful people I spent time with :)

Resolutions

 I don't really ever do New Year's Resolutions because I don't think they ever work. However, I do for sure need to do two things this year:

1. Write, write, write - this includes more blogging, for those of you who always pester me about not updating ;)

2. Run a half-marathon - probably just on my own because I don't have money to pay a race fee :)

First post of 2013!

God blessed me with a pretty great 2012 filled with mostly ups and only a few downs:

 February: I went east of Ohio to Pennsylvania for the first time with some great girls

 

 March: My family and I went to Mexico for Spring Break

 

 March: Kelly visited me in Ohio and I ran my first 5K

April: Instead of going home for Easter break, I went to PA with Sarah

April: I celebrated my golden birthday in style, and my little brother came to visit on my birthday

 

 May: I ended my first year of college with some of my new best friends

May-June: I went to London and Paris with one of my best friends, Shannon 

July: I was baptized with my best friend, Kelly

August: I visited my family in Idaho

August: I went back to college and moved in with my best friends

August: One of my biggest role models passed away

October: Ran in the Color Run 5K in Cincinnati 

October: Lindsay and Kaitie surprised me by visiting me in Ohio

 

 October: I went to New York for the first time when Madison and I visited McKinley

I had an eventful year and I am hoping 2013 will be even better