Blur of a Post

So I never thought that finding time to blog would be this difficult. I wish I had some great excuse for it but in all honesty blogging just fell to the bottom of the importance pile. Here's an update on my life since we last talked. I went home late Friday night to surprise my mom for her birthday which was Saturday. It was great! She was super excited and I was thrilled to be home, even if it was just a flying trip. We went on Saturday and ate breakfast at Stoby's which pretty much made my day and then to top if off Mom and I went and got pedicures! I just love when my toes have a fresh shiny coat of polish. I went for a spring color so when I look down I can pretend its summer time. Sunday we all went to church and out to lunch at Cracker Barrell. I've pretty much spent the last two days just studying and working on group projects. This is kind of a quick thrown together post without pictures, but a little is better than nothing. I don't have anything school related tonight so I'll try to do a cute, fun post then. Oh and here's my list of happy moments for the past couple days, getting mail from my mom and dad (it had a sonic card in there!!), having a thank-you on the thank-you sheet this week (thanks Fargo!), getting to spend the two hour ride to Conway catching up with Meagan, and being able to make a haircut appointment on such short notice for this weekend! Talk to you soon (promise this time).

Books, Books, Books

So, can we please first discuss the immense desire I have for sunshine, suntans, suntan lotion, and all things not related to the really cold weather currently inhabiting my turf. This love of sunshine is what made me post the happy picture from the end of summer a time when people went barefoot and wore shorts and tanks and watched movies on the lawn, if I can't actually be warm at least I can remember warmer things. Ok, now that I've repeated my despise of cold weather I guess I should move on to other things. First things first, I finished The Lovely Bones and it was really good. The book turned out nothing like what I had really expected and definitely exceeded my ideas. I thought the book was going to be really sad and while it had its sad moments for the most part it was just a really great story. I am already marking the day the movie comes out in my agenda, it's going to be a must-see for me. I have a habit of reading books that have movies being made about them. For example, I read The Time Traveler's Wife due to the previews I saw for the movie, unfortunately I started reading too late and am now stuck waiting for the movie to come out on DVD so I can watch it. The Time Traveler's Wife was probably my favorite book from last year. The book followed a complicated relationship that transcended space and time in a way that was really interesting. Following the same pattern I am about to start reading Dear John which has a film coming out soon. My theory is if the book is good enough for someone who read it to think "I should make a movie out of this" than its good enough for me to read. Other than reading my day today consisted of a workout followed by a fun little trip to the doctor's office to get rid of my cough (which he said was bronchitis) and then after that not a whole lot else worth noting. I know my life is just so riveting, ha, but I have to admit I love every minute of it. Well, actually I didn't totally love sitting in the waiting room because it just stresses me out, people coughing and snorting their noses, it just seems like a high quantity of germs should be present so if you aren't sick you soon will be. My little bit of happy today goes to the slick, shiny coat of almost grayish nail polish on my fingers. Something about painted nails just makes me so extremely happy that I was born a girl. I love all things girly and nail polish is towards the top of girly things I love. Sweet dreams bloggy friends.