Month: November 2013

Friday 22, 2013. Apparently messing with “Sleeping Drew” is now a thing… SO Friday night I hung out my friend Leah who lives in Global Scholars Hall. We had planned on going out to a party with Dalton, Kristen, and Ben. But I GUESS plans change! We ate downstairs in her dining hall (which I might add has the best food on campus) with our friend Hayden from our FIG! I ate an ENTIRE bowl of macaroni and cheese, which is very unlike me. Anyways, that night Alaska and her boyfriend David from Albany came over to Leah’s dorm and we just messed around in there all night. Leah’s roommate is essentially a reincarnation of Satan so we were actually able to have fun on Friday since she was at a sorority function. Alaska, Leah, and me are best friends now I think haha! We all seem to bond really well together and I have feel really comfortable around them. I can’t wait to move in with Alaska next year. It’s going to be a blast.

Saturday November 23, 2013 David and I went on a night adventure last night! After Alaska, Leah, David, and me all hung out again and everyone got tired and went to sleep, David and I went exploring! I’m from California as you know, and I don’t really see wildlife just walking around very often. I live in a rural area so I sometimes see the ocassional skunk or coyota but never raccoons! David and Alaska (her actual name is Kayla) are from Alaska and have WAY MORE experience with wildlife than I do. So when David and I saw this skunk he automatically became a skunk whisperer or something! He started talking to it and making it walk over to him and just hanging out with this raccoon! I had to take a couple pictures since it was such a weird sight for me! 🙂

Thursday November 28th, 2013 THANKSGIVING DAY! It’s so nice to get to fly home and be with my family if only for a few short days:)! This is a picture of my sister Kendall, my dog Max, and I at my uncle’s house. We ate there with a few cousins and my grandmother from that side. This was the first time in 19 years someone other than my dad cooked the Thanksgiving meal. Let’s just say it wasn’t the best Thanksgiving food I’ve ever had. BUT my mom bought a turkey so we could have our own family’s Thanksgiving on Friday. So I didn’t miss out completely on my dad’s cooking!

Thursday Night/ Friday Morning: Black Friday Shopping! My best friend and I from home went xmas shopping…for ourselves… on Black Friday at our favorite store! Shopping is probably one of our favorite leisure activities together. Rachael is going into the fashion industry for her career so she is always big on staying trendy and looking realll nice 😉 She always help me look my best! On Sunday she is coming home with me for a whole week! Drew and Rachael take on Eugene!

Saturday November 30th 2013, I dyed my hair red! Like.. really red haha! I haven’t dyed my hair since I was literally 14. So I thought it was time for a new change! I surprised Robbie after I got it done. We spent basically the whole time I was home together. I missed him so much, it’s just so nice to be NEXT to each other for a change instead of communicating via phone. When I was home, I found out that I won’t be coming home for the summer anymore. I will be taking summer school and Robbie and I will be moving up to Eugene early. VERY excited! Can’t wait to spend my whole summer and next year with him. It’ll definitely be different but we are ready for this step:)!

Saturday November 16th, 2013. I FINALLY GOT TO GO TO AN OREGON FOOTBALL GAME!! FINALLY!!! Every single time there is a free student ticket lotto thing… I lose. Every single time. WELL… I obviously didn’t lose this time! Perfect timing too since it was the last home Ducks game that I was in town for before the season ended. There is one more home game during Thanksgiving break, butttttt I won’t be here for it! Too bad too because it’s the Civil War game! This game was against Washington and OBVIOUSLY we won because we are the best! This is my friend Kristen and I in this picture making the “O,” go ducks!!

Saturday AT the Ducks game! This is the group of people that I went with and a picture of us in the crazy student section! We weren’t super close up to the front or anything but it was still a blast! However it was absolutely freezing. Luckily we didn’t get any rain or anything, so that’s a plus! But unfortunately the wind started picking up so badly, we were all miserable. We ended up leaving the game early because we were all so cold! We ran all the way home and snuggled up in sweaters in our beds and took some much needed naps after all the screaming and cheering 🙂

(Obviously the Ducks won!)

This week I went to a rally for immigration reform. The immigration laws in our country right now are extremely strict and unreasonable. Thousands of people are being transported out of the country EVERY DAY, splitting apart families. I went to this because it was an extra credit opportunity for my ethnic studies class. But I found this highly interesting. Everyone had candles lit and were crying out for reform and for their voices to be heard. It was so emotionally provoking to hear all the first hand experiences had affected these kids. I had no idea how damaging these laws were to the unity of families and esteem of individuals.

I am genuinely sorry that I post so many seflies. It just happens that way… ANYWAYS. Today, Thursday November 21, 2013 I am going to the Aaron Carter concert! Aaron Carter was a very popular pop artist from when I was really little. He is 24 now and I am 19; he was famous when he was 11-14 so I was 6-9. I literally used to dance around in my room to his music. He was my childhood crush. I had always wished his songs were written about me. When I heard he was coming back on tour and to Eugene, I HAD TO GO!! I wanted to do something crazy for the concert too so I corn rowed the side of my hair! It was NOT easy and took me about an hour, but here is the finished product!!

Right after the Aaron Carter concert at WOW Hall^

Oh my GOSH! His concert was so amazing! I pushed my way to the very very front and I touched Aaron Carter’s… package… and he asked me my name and kissed my cheek! I was the ONLY girl he kissed! And then he gave me a rose!!!! I literally had an excited panic attack, I wanted to swoon and faint. It was so magical and exciting. MY childhood crush KISSED me!! I know that sounds so childish and ridiculous! But at least I can die happy now that my childhood crush recognized me. I’m so glad he came back on tour. The venue was small and full of crazy girls and I literally have bruises covering my thighs from being crushed in between girls and the stage… BUT THAT’S OKAY! THANK YOU AARON CARTER FOR FULFILLING MY DREAMS!!!!
I may be running on pretty much no sleep, but it was all worth it.
Best week ever.

Friday November 8th, I got a late birthday present from one of my friends back home! She got me a 1990’s coloring book and some christmas underwear! She got me a coloring book because I still love to color! (although I’m now 19….) I started this habit of doing kids coloring pages whenever I get stressed out when I was maybe 13 or 14. So, essentially by the time of high school, I just started coloring a lot! I even got in trouble multiple times for bringing my coloring books and colored pencils to class and coloring during lectures, oops! 🙂 The funny part is that I don’t draw and I’m not very creative… BUT I do know how to color inside the lines of coloring pages!

Saturday November 9th, 2013. I spent both Friday and Saturday night at my friend Jaden’s house again! Her parents were gone all weekend and so were her siblings so we had the house all to ourselves! (Which I might add is so much more enjoyable after spending so much time in a small dorm room) We ate a bunch of junk food (ice cream, chimichangas, chocolates, quesadillas, etc.) and messed around all weekend! We even colored out of my new coloring book :D! In this picture we are just being silly! I’m wearing a piece of one of her old Halloween costumes and she is all wrapped up in a blanket, because it was FREEZING outside! Us California girls aren’t used to this type of weather!

This week on Monday November 11th, 2013. The Emerald, the school newspaper did a style column on me! I was really excited to do it because I take a lot of pride in my style. I always try to reflect all the different aspects of my personality in my style. So a photographer and a writer came to my dorm and did a brief interview about my style preferences and took some pictures! All of my friends heard about it too and were very excited for me! I feel really proud to have my style recognized 🙂

Tuesday November 12th, 2013. I got TWO MORE packages of birthday presents late! One was from my boyfriend and one was from my best friend. I was so so so beyond excited to see what they got me, and I was not disappointed. They both know me so well! My boyfriend Robbie got me the “baby girl” sports bra because that’s what he always like to call me and the “Ain’t no wifey” sweatshirt because I always tell him how I’m an independent woman and that I don’t need a man’s guidance to have a happy, successful life. My best friend Rachael got me the floral muscle tee, and my favorite candies: german chocolate, caramel chocolate, and Sour Patch Kids. She also got me a sticker book (because she knows how much I love my stickers) and a little book that says what she loves the most about me. I felt so special and loved getting things that I really enjoyed. I feel like my friends really know me and it’s so gratifying to have someone love and appreciate who you are so much 🙂

Although my other pictures seemed like I had a very fun happy week, I was actually extremely stressed! I had a LOT of homework to do this week AND I have ANOTHER Econ midterm! Luckily I have the midterm over with and the week is almost through. This picture is of the really scary spiders that engulf the outside of the window of the study room on my floor. I can say it’s definitely a distraction from Econ when the scary spiders inches away from you are spinning webs and acting all creepy! I mean there IS a window in between BUT it’s still horrifying! I had to go in the study room all week because my roommate is always in the room talking in her baby voice to her boyfriend on facetime, gross. So scary spider room it is………..

Friday November 1st. Day Two of Halloweekend! As you can see I dressed up as an Angel and my friend Alaska dressed up as a flapper girl. Her boyfriend David came down from Albany to celebrate the weekend with her, so he dressed up to fit her theme too. The three of us met some friends at the Riley dorm next door: Kristen, Ben, Dalton, and Victoria. Little did I know that I would end up being the 7th wheel to 3 couples……. AWKWARD.

Saturday November 2nd, 2013. Third day of Halloweekend! I went over to my friend Jaden’s house again and had another sleepover! We didn’t dress up to go to any parties or anything but we DID put on these weird costumes and danced around to songs from the Lizzie McQuire movie (which probably came out when we were 10, HA!) Her little sisters video taped us and took pictures so we got this silly shot. I have so much fun when I see her, she’s one of the few people here that I really feel myself around.

Sunday November 3rd, 2013. I spent most of the day at Jaden’s. I got to have two home cooked meals in one day: breakfast and dinner! And on top of that her mom bought me cupcake mix to make funfetti cupcakes for my birthday! Their family is so sweet. Their family reminds me so much of mine. They joke and make fun of each other and talk about the same topics as my family (inappropriate ones!) The just make me feel so comfortable and at home. I wish I could see Jaden more often, hanging out with her is always my favorite part of the week. By the way, the cupcakes above are a product of the decorting skills of Drew Betts and Jaden McKeough!

November 5th, 2013. TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY and I turned 19 :)!!!! I went out to a sushi dinner with a group of my girl friends! In the pink dress is my friend Kristen. Her and I got really close on Day #2 of Halloweekend. Her and Ben were the  most friendly and outgoing couple. I’ve hung around Kristen before, but I was always intimidated by her. But after we hung out during Halloween weekend, we really got closer and connected better. Leah is in the black dress and Kate is in the floral dress. It’s so nice to get along with a group of girls. It really makes me happy and feel important. I had such a great birthday and I’m so happy these girls were here to share it with me!

November 5th, 2013 my friend Alaska also went out with us! She wasn’t in our group shots though. She was downstairs waiting in the car with some other people from Barnhart when we were taking pictures. Alaska and Kristen and I met up with our other friends to go to a hookah lounge. BUT right when we got in the car Kristen realized she forgot her ID and Leah and Kate had already gone home. So it was just me and Alaska and the the boys from our building. It was really fun though! I got to know some new people on my birthday and they bought us the hookah! I really liked hanging out with them too and I want to do it again soon 🙂 I’m so appreciative of everyone making my birthday so special!