it's a wizarding world out there.

only in college can you drive out of town at midnight just to stand in line to get into a theme park...

and that's exactly what i did this past weekend.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Islands of Adventure this past Friday. now, i'm not a huge HP fan...more like a closet one, in fact...but i couldn't pass up this amazing, free, amazingly free opportunity! anyways, after very little sleep, no food or drink, 6 slightly warm hours, and 1 close encounter with a teenager and her Youtube video-making camera, we got into Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. because of all the crowds and overly excited people, we pretty much only had enough energy left to grab a cold mug of butterbeer before making it back our car.

great time though! i definitely be back...in about a year when the crowds have died down. :-\

cupcakery and the events that followed...

so, i ended the first part of my summer semester last week. like the good counselors we are, we had our culminating experience...at a Japanese steakhouse! :-) then we went to this cute cupcake place in town. not the best cupcakes i've ever had, but they were still good...and the place was just so darn cute!

now, i'm not that old...(at least that's what older people keep telling me)...but i've been trying to break into the adult world since i'm a grad student. plus, i think that's the expectation. you know, become an adult and what not. anyways, some classmates and i went to a young professionals social one night. i won't lie, it was very awkward for me...perhaps for everyone there, since they were all drinking. heavily. i felt out of place, like i was at prom all over again. but once i stopped caring about what the blue tags (i.e. the people who were actually members of the organization...new ppl had red tags) thought of me, i started having fun! one drink, a few hors d'oeuvres, and 8 business cards later i left with my slightly tipsy friends to end a surprisingly fun evening. if only i knew what to do with all those business cards...

after a weekend of working, wedding shows, and NCIS, i'm left with nothing to do for a week or so. maybe operation: clutter-free should begin again...??? ehhh, i'll think about it...tomorrow :-)

i don't own emotions, i rent.

so, i'm at work...and no one's walked into the office the entire time i've been here.
it's all good though.
my Rent station on Pandora is doing a great job of keeping me entertained. :-)

anyways, just thinking about how present God is in like everything! i know that's an obvious statement for some, but it's really starting to click for me now. idk...don't really have much else to say past that lol. just with starting this whole operation clutter-free stuff, getting more interested in research, trying to get involved in school...*sigh* without Him, i really don't see how i'll get any of it done.

it's no wonder i feel like i'm going insane sometimes...i can't do this, can't do life alone.

***sorry to cut this short, i have to actually work now ;-)