I cannot STAND Cottey College.
ok. So that's a blatant lie
What isn't a lie is that I feel like a yoyo. I don't have a roommate, then I have a roommate, then I don't have a roommate and guess what guys. I officially have a roommate.
Unfortunately for me, this is a completely unwanted roommate! I have no idea how I fit on one side of this room in the first place, not to mention that I am really comfortable with the set up I have. It really works for me.
My vanity about the room isn't the only thing...
After my whole Emily experience, I really am VERY scared...
I don't want to have a second semester that was as bad in the roommate department as the first. Does it really have to be me?
I'm just...well...frightened about it. There is really no other explanation...
hmm...well...maybe all will be well in the end...

And we're dancing

Today was the day.
That's right
The one
The only

DANCE RECITAL!!!!!

WHEEEEE
but no really.
I had a lot of fun. The stress of performing panned out for me, and I put on a great show. Thank the Lord for that one!
Tonight's performance marked the SECOND of four finals. The other two hit me on Tuesday.
We start twenty four hour quiet hours on Sunday. Its gonna KILL me! I'm not exactly what I would call a quiet person... to be quiet non stop??? not so easy.
I'm so psyched to go to Tulsa on the sixteenth. Its going to be great to meet Virginia's family and friends. Its just a matter of time till I get her up to Idaho.
nine more days till I'm home for Christmas!! love you guys!

To my besties.

Yeah. Its official.
I have the best friends EVER.

Tonight they went caroling with me
in the freezing cold

then they blindfolded and kidnapped me.....

sounds amazing huh?

They led me to a car, they drove me around, they pulled me out, they dragged me to a building, I walk inside...where the great smell of butter and salt hit me. We were in a movie theater.
Yup.
they kidnapped me to go see Twilight...

again.

I didn't mind tho. It was great.

that wasn't the best part tho.

the best part was definetly the love notes they left me on my door. Here is what they said:

Laura is Beautiful
Laura is Hilarious
You deserve the best of everything
we love you
you're amazing
remember to smile
Laura is my favortie
We just thougth we missed your smile, so we did this for you
everything will be fine!
Trust yourself
Laugh often and much!

aren't they the greatest?
I sure think so.

I owe them a huge thank you for chasing away my final blues.

:D yay them!!!!!!

quick update:
calc exam tomorrow.
I will have no new roommate.
Hanging isn't as stressful as I thought it would be. Every night we sing dirty cottey versions of christmas carols such as "We live in a Nunnery" and a version of jingle bells that includes highballs and tequila. This happens at Tearing of the Square. Symbolizing the count down to finals, and going home. Today at dinner the two choirs sang all sorts of christmas carols (non dirty versions) and asked us to join in. So we had a huge sing along. It was great. Gwen, Virginia and I stayed there for an hour and a half completly enjoying ourselves.
Church service tomorrow, handbells play at the beginning. I'm kinda excitied!
Handbells play Saturday. Thats our BIG performance (YIKES). and of course the dinner and dance
dress rehersal Tuesday
informal recital Wednesday
Lab practical Thursday
Y recital Friday
STUDY WEEKEND
break on monday
finals tuesday!

stress...

WHEEEEE!! two more weeks. you would think I would be happy.

I'M NOT

I bet that took you by suprise!!! happy I am not. I am upset. and stressed. and tired. and sick. and I just wanna go HOME.
yeah. Its out. I wanna be home. in a bed where my feet DON'T hang off the end, in a room that DOESN'T have heater demons, with people who DON'T feel the need to constantly stress me out with trivial things like calculus. Seriously? what was I thinking. Calculus?!? when am I EVER going to use that in real life. If I am in a job where I need to find the volume of a spinning irregular shape by using tiny little rectangles all stacked on top of one another quickly...I need to find a new job.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Thats all I feel like I can do. I feel like I am running around like a chicken with its head cut off, and I have only been back two days! Sure I sat with my friends today, with out a care in the world, but I think my room has a curse on it... As soon as I walked in it hit me like a brick wall.
I have a calc exam friday
I register for classes friday
I have to help make wreaths wednesday
I have to finish the dance at the Y Saturday
the Y kids perform next week
I perform next week!
hanging of the greens is this weekend
Ice skating is this weekend
I have upwards of twenty pages of notes (growing every day) that I have to memorize for my fourth bio test on the sixteenth (thank the Lord almighty that his final isn't cumulative....I have more than a notebook of notes for his class...)
I have a calc final that IS cumulative (YIKES)
my performance next week counts for more than I can afford to think about....
my room has to be clean and moved out of one side before I leave incase I get a roommate
I DON'T WANT A ROOMMATE!!! (never thought I would say that one)

*sigh* so enough complaining. Here is my christmas list:
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Laura’s Christmas List.

V neck cashmere sweaters

Cardigans

Cute dresses (they have some I like online at pacsun.com. Look under girls, then dresses. I especially like the Volcom Jezabel dress)

Tights in any color/patterns

Jeans!!! (30 waist, 34-36 in inseam, dark coloring)

Capri sweat pants

More convertible tights!!!! Any color or pattern, footless is great too! (I am ALWAYS out of tights….)

Twilight’s official illustrated movie guide

Twilight series (original covered books [all black and red covers] hardback)

The new Narnia DVD

Any fun DVD that looks like me

Any fun books you think I would enjoy

Cute stationary/notepads

Stamps (like crazy)

Fun big jewelry (for Sunday brunch :D)

Lots of sweaters!

Anything fun and polka dotted (love it)

X box with:
Skate
Rock Band

Touch iPod

New cell phone

Digital Camera

A puppy dog.

Some sort of aquatic animal that isn’t a fish (the only thing I am allowed here)

Zach, I just saw that you guys are on my blog. If you feel I made a wrong choice somewhere when it comes to electronics...feel free to let me know!

Alright. well HUGE post from me. Love ya!

Laundry

Yeah! Our water is back on! I finally got to do laundry

Real quickly before I go back downstairs and babysit my dryers, and before my Coke or romance novel is stolen, I thought I would share something that I realized today

I am a weird laundry doer (laundress??)

yeah. Thats right.

I do all sorts of weird things. Thought you should see my list.

1. I sort everything into four piles :1. sheets, towels, socks;2. jeans; 3. t-shirts (all colors); 4.tights and underwear...
   
2. I use ALOT of detergent...you would think that detergent AND bleach is overkill...not for me apparently
3. I am really embarrassed when I have to use the rollie laundry basket
4. I make a total of 1 trip down stairs and 4 trips up stairs (1. detergent, color catchers bleach; 2. softener; 3. clean and wet jeans and bras; 4. everything else) seems a bit backward eh?
5. The laundry room is my favorite place to study. I get alot done. I think it is the sound of the washers.
6. I count socks as I throw them in the dryer
7. I get really depressed when the socks come out an odd number and it makes me want to pull them out and count again just to be really sure that I missed one
   
8. I count shirts as I throw them in the dryer
9. I have a point system for my aim into washers from where I stand with my laundry bag
   

Please tell me I am NOT crazy for doing this...
tho I probably am....

BLAHHHGHHGHGHGHGGGGG
yeah...that probably fits my excitement to a t. Twilight was SOOOOOOOO amazing last night. Not to mention that there was FINALLY a trailer to "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince." IT LOOKS EPIC!!!!!
Alright. So Edward was sexy, Jacob had the best teeth I have ever seen, Alice was crazy, the baseball scene was perfect, I can't think of a better pet name than Spider Monkey, and Emmet makes me want to faint.... In a nutshell, as soon as I get back to Nevada, there is going to be a lot of money going to me seeing Twilight again. If only to drool.
So I'm testosterone deprived.
This movie didn't help.
AT ALL.
Maybe all girls school = bad idea.

Thanksgiving is coming up faster than I can blink!!!! This entire week seemed to take milliseconds.

Elaine and I begin choreography for the girls at the Y's Christmas program tomorrow. Should be interesting. I feel way more comfortable with them since Elaine made me actually teach last weekend. I'm cursing the sick gods for making her as sick as she was.

Decided finally on my old fall back for essay writing. Jane Austen. There was way to much analytical writing that needed to be done for me to actually discover a new author. I am really disappointed in myself, I was looking forward to this project, and I totally blew it off. I am going to make it up to myself tho. I may not write the actual paper, but I plan on bringing Mysteries of Udolpho on the plane with me. What little I got to read of it, it was pretty amazing.

Laundry time this weekend. Hopefully I will get it all done in time to travel...I have been putting it off for FAR to long. It might just be the fact that I haven't been sent quarters in the mail for ages ;) love you mum!!!!

Right well, thats about it. I've gotta get my pre-calc nap in. Toodles!!