I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Ugh.

I feel like I got hit in the head with a baseball.

I really just need my boyfriend to come here and rub my head and my back until I fall asleep. I need to sleep. And I feel like that is all that is going to help me at this point.

I know you are all probably saying "suck it up you whiny bitch!"

Yeah...I know. I know.

So its a gorgeous day outside. The sun is so bright though it wasn't really helping my headache. LOL I'm sorry for my whining.

No Dad, I don't want any cheese with my "whine"

So do you ever have those types of days where you are just bitter about EVERYTHING?!

Yeah. Case and point: Today.

I couldn't really tell you what I am bitter about, other than stupid girls doing stupid things that they shouldn't be doing in their stupid states of mind.

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I feel better now.

I'm going to try and nap.

Beware of the toes you step on today.

...they could be attached to the ass you have to kiss someday.

Honestly though, have you ever thought about the fact that life is really just one big game of ass kissing? It's true!

Take college for example. You have to take all of these classes for a certain major and blah blah blah. Well, let me just tell you, that grade you get, has a lot to do with how much ass you kiss. For real!?

Think about it..

Well yesterday was possibly one of the most productive days I have had in like...months. I sat my ass down in the library for 3 whole hours and wrote 15 pages of reading notes/study notes for my exam Thursday.

Do you know how hard it is for me to sit still!?!? Let alone get work done while sitting still!?!?

You people should be so proud of me. I'm even thinking that I'll be able to do it again tonight!

We shall see. Meeting roomie and her boyfriend for dinner at 4:30 and then off to the library we go. I have 2 more chapters to go and I have to do them today so I can study it all tomorrow! Wish me luckkk!!

Oh so, about that exam I was talking about yesterday. I got a B-. I wish that he had posted numerical grades. I don't like letters. B- translates to about an 80-83 I think? I'm happy because thats higher than the class average, yet disappointed because I probably won't be able to get an A in the class. It's my favorite class too so it kinda stinks. But whatever! As long as I do the best I can...

Well. There is a Law and Order SVU marathon on right now. Yesterday was an NCIS marathon. I love me some Elliot and some Gibbs.

Time to chill before hitting the books...

Everyone is entitled to be stupid but some abuse the privilege.

Alright so it's snowing again. I think this round of snow calls for mother nature to take a nice round house kick to the face.

Just sayin'.

I don't wish for it to be "hot". I just wish for it to be like 60, even 70. Sunny, breezy. Breezy being the key term. I like me a good breeze in the air.

No humidity. Yuck!

I'm currently snuggling in my bed with my new blanket fresh off the boat from South Korea. Really! Fresh off the boat. Aaron bought it in South Korea, kept in on the boat, and then sent it to me when he got to Japan. This thing is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOFFFFFTTTTTT. Really. Again. SOOOO SOFFTTTTTT.

But. It smells like boat. And for those of you who don't know, boat smell is NASTY. Not just any boat smell, SUBMARINE boat smell. Recycled air, mold, mildew and a little bit of body odor thrown in the mix. I tried to febreeze this thing but it didn't work. It's going to need a good washing. But it's so large and heavy and fuzzy that I'm not sure it will fit in a washing machine. Especially the ones here at school. I don't want to ruin its soft fuzziness.

Any suggestions on how to wash it?

So I have an exam this week. I think that if I read the text book and take some really good reading notes that I should be golden. Except for the short answer questions, I hate those!

I'm supposed to get my grade for my family studies class today. Hoping that I got at least an 80! All we are graded on in that class is 3 exams. THATS IT! 3 exams! So there is no room for error. Especially since I really want to get an A!

OH. And I got a 98 on my first big exam of the semester! YAY! Happy happy :)

What else..

Nothing.

I'm out of things to say.

No one has ever died from lack of exercising.

I don't think that that title is true...But whatever. It's the best I could do today. Cut me some slack.

Okay so, lately I have been the worst student in the world. Talk about not being productive. It's so hard sometimes. I'm back in the groove though. I have just been such a procrastinator lately. It's so much more fun to snuggle in bed and have deep conversations with roomie than it is to stay awake and study. I mean really. Wouldn't you rather choose the latter too?

I think I'm one of those people who is suffering from seasonal depression this year. I never believed in it before. But this year. Let me tell ya. This has most definitely been the worst winter that I can ever remember. It's so cold outside and the wind at UConn is ridiculous. It's hard to want to go outside and walk to class when the sidewalks aren't even shoveled and you fall on your ass ever 5 feet.

I'm glad that winter is slowly coming to an end. I hope that this cold goes away and that spring starts up soon. I don't like not wanting to go outside. But hey, who wants to at this point?

Anyways, I have my first two exams this week. Hell, its been my first full week of class where the university or a teacher hasn't cancelled a class, and I have 2 exams. Figure that one out.

I want to weight myself since I've been working out pretty consistently and trying to make better food choices. But for those of you who don't know, I have been having a little conflict with my scale lately.

The other day I weighed myself and well I'm not telling you what it said but yeah...

Then, two days later, I weight myself again and it says that I've gained 10 pounds. TEN POUNDS in two days!? Uhhhhhh 'scuse me. This is a joke right? Especially since I worked out for two hours in each of those two days.

So of course I entered a deep depression and was about a hop skip and a jump away from throwing the friggen thing out the window.

I figured something must be wrong. So I just said I'd weigh myself in the morning. Well, weight myself, and its the same. WTH!??!?!?! Deep depression again.

I get back from class, do my Jillian Michaels, and then do some Wii fit for about an hour and a half. I take a shower and weigh myself. It says I have lost 14 pounds since weighing myself that morning.

Okay..now this has to be a joke. First I gained 10 pounds in 2 days and then I lost 14 pounds in a matter of about 10 hours. WHAT!?!?!?!?

So needless to say, I have not the slightest clue what I weight, or how much I have lost. I'm going to go weigh myself today and see what it says. Who knows. Ugh.

Oh, and the whole time, it was completely accurate for my roommate!

Stupid scale.

Where does the fire go when the fire goes out?

FOR REAL.

Why do we say that? I mean, if the fire went out, then where did it go!?

HAHA. I'm the annoying person that would ask that in a conversation.

But anyways.

Got to talk to my love this morning for two and a half hours! Thank goodness I subscribed to him via text on my phone! Little creepy, but acceptable for a deployment. Other than that, I do not feel it socially acceptable to subscribe to something that sends you a text message every time someone does something on facebook.

But that's beside the point. We talked for 2 and a half hours! 2222 and a halffffff :) yay! Only 10 minutes was on the phone but thats okay because I'll take anything at this point :)

We got to talk about so many things we've been wanting to talk about. It was great. But oh, If I didn't have those text thingys from facebook sent to me whenever he does something on facebook I would have missed the opportunity to talk to him! The text saying he posted a status woke me up at 7 am! Thanks for posting that status baby :) LOVE YOU!

Moving on.

Today is so nice out. There's like 3 clouds in the sky. It's bright and sunny. The sky is soo blue. If only it weren't 25 degrees outside. Sigh.

This weekend is supposed to be in the 40's! WOAH! Heat wave folks. Get your swim suits ready.

Let's see, yesterday I tanked it on the sidewalk outside of the grab-and-go place. Not even on the ice! Just on the sidewalk. Right on my ass. Skinned knee and everything! Nice job Alyssa. Third fall in less than a week. My parents should have named me Grace. I swear. I'm just so graceful. My dad tells me all the time I should be named Grace. Shout out to Gracie Helwig- someday you just may know why your mommy and daddy decided to name you Grace ;-) I mean, thats if you turn out to be anything like me! :)

Wow, I am just a rambling fool today. My fingers are typing so fast its like insane. Not like insane, it is insane. I'm typing pretty accurately too for how fast my fingers are moving.

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That was easier than trying to spell words.

I should probably go....

"A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep." - W.H. Auden ... HAHAHA!

Sorry ladies, he's not for sale.

Aaron, you make my heart happyyyyyyyy, you make my tummy happy, you make my head happy, you make my feet happy (especially with foot rubs) but really you just make me so happyyyyyy :D

There is nothing better than talking with the one who has your heart. And Aaron definitely has mine. Today, tomorrow, and every day after that!

Deployment is definitely not fun. I mean, I guess if you really want to you can say that its a LITTLE easier because we were already long distance to begin with. But don't push your luck. I said A LITTLE.

LLLLIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTLLLLLLLEEEEEEEE....

Not a lot. A little...

Okay, well. Now the guys are in ASIA. Sweet. Asia. Which means I get to talk to my love! YAY!!

Did I mention how he makes my heart happyyyy?!

Just checking.

So two days in a row, Sunday and Monday, I got a wake up call! It was perfect! Even while in Asia and 14 hours ahead, he still managed to call just a the perfect time to wake me up for the day. Sunday didn't really matter since well, it was Sunday. But since he called at 8 I was able to get up, do 6 loads of laundry, fold and put laundry away, sweet and mop the floor, dust, tidy up, AND shower and get dressed all before noon. ON A SUNDAY! Thanks babe :) <3

And then Monday, well it was perfect timing for class! Yesterday was a duty day so I didn't expect to talk but today he woke me up AGAIN! In time for class! It can't get any better than that :)

Did I mention I have the best boyfriend in the entire world? Well I do. And he's mine, forever.

Okay well enough of my bragging about my boyfriend. I just want the whole world to know how much I love him. I'll never hide it. I love him with all of my being. And nothing will ever change that.

....

Today I realized that I have my first two exams next week! YIKES! At least they are for my two favorite classes, and they kind of go together! One is on Thursday and it is for Nutrition and Human Development. And the other is on Friday, and that is for Human Development and Family Studies- Families Across the Life Span. I love these two classes!

I think I have definitely found the major for me. I'm loving it! I think I want to be a preschool teacher, like at a daycare :) That way, when I have my own children, they can come to work with me!!

I'm so happy. I haven't been this happy in a long time. I love port calls. I love my boyfriend. I love my major. I love school. I love my life. I love my friend.s I love my family. I love my cat who I miss a lot.

Oh and I love $100 gift cards to Sephora!! YAY!!! <3

I'm so happyyyyyyyyyyyy!! :D

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea. - Honoré de Balzac


I love you, Aaron! I'm so proud of you! Thank you for serving our country and keeping me and everyone else safe and sound every single day! I can not wait to see you again :) I miss you to pieces! Stay safe out there!!

Let me just ask, hows that workin' out for ya?

Yeah Al Gore, hows all that global warming non sense working out for ya? Because since the beginning of January we have gotten 55 inches of snow. And now, tomorrow, we are supposed to be getting another snow storm into Wednesday.

And they are calling this "THE BIG ONE!"

Really?

I mean honestly?

Because this all hasn't been BIG!?

This is the most snow I've ever seen in my entire life. And now you're calling tomorrows storm "the big one!?!?" What!??!

This better be one pretty damn big snow storm complete with at least 2 more days off from school in order to qualify as anything big in my book.

Let me just share some photos with you..

So this was my car on Friday morning. I was able to open my door enough to squeeze myself in the car in order to move it out of the parking space so that I could clear it off. Well. This snow is heavy. It took me an hour and a half to clear it off. Mind you, all I had was a measly little ice scraper. Forget ice scrapers. We need shovels in our cars now! 

Thank you lord up there in heaven for sending "Mike" my way. He was a volunteer fire fighter who just happened to come around the corner and see my struggle. I was just sitting in my car warming up and he came to help! He got in the car and it took him a half hour to get me out of the parking lot. Without him, I'd still be stuck! This snow is ridic! 

I leave you with some more pics taken by a family friend, Nancy! -->

Today is the definition of brain freeze.

Alright so this is just not okay. Why in the hell does it have to be -17 outside . I mean thats with the wind chill. Technically its only 3 outside. Warm right!?

But for real. Its so damn cold. Literally my whole body wants to freeze and break off into little pieces and crash all over the place like icicles falling from a building.

How can I learn in this crap!? The wind practically blows you over when you walk outside. The sidewalks are anything but cleared off.

I'm about to take a trip to LL Bean for some of those nice flannel lined mom jeans. Who gives a sh*t what I look like at this point? It's negative below freakin zero. UGH!

I just found some kids keys and ID on the ground outside of the library. So I picked them up and looked him up on facebook and WAAAA LAH!

There he was. So I messaged him and now I am meeting him after class to give his keys back. I totally did my good deed for the day. Hell, maybe even for the week.

You know how much money it would cost to replace all that stuff?! ID, room key, mailbox key, AND fancy schnancy lanyard?! A lot.

Well. Whats on the agenda for today. Class, more class. Cold, more cold. Buying some books. KINDLE! Reading, more reading. SLEEPING! Cuddling under a warm blanket.

...Getting back to my room and never leaving until the temperature AT LEAST hits somewhere close to how many years old I am.

Which is still the teens people. Clearly you know its cold.


"Holy snotsickles batman! Its freakin cold out!" - My father, a few minutes ago, in a text message. Probably while on some roof somewhere. Poor fella.

You can't be late until you show up.

Okay so I found this little "personality test" online and its called the personality snapshop. I find it pretty funny that by answering a few questions, the first two being "what is your sex?" and "what makes you the happiest?", that now all of a sudden my personality is analyzed in a few words.

So this was my result...This is my "trait snapshot".

clean- you got that right
self revealing- i guess?
open- to a point.. 
organized- if you don't know that about me by now than there is no hope for ou
outgoing- when i want to be 
social- see explanation for outgoing
enjoys leadership and managing others- hellz yes bitches. i don't like being the employee. i am meant to be the employer.  
dominant- yeahhhhh. i wear the pants in my relationship ;) right babe!? LOL <3
makes friends easily- i can. if i want to
does not like to be alone- very very very true
assertive- .....don't make me go there
hard working- yes. i am. and i always will be.
finisher- i finish things. whether people believe me or not. 
optimistic- more like positive
positive- HAHAHA! I didn't realize that this was next... :) 
likes to stand out- not really.
likes large parties- no way. not unless its a large party for me. 
respects authority- yes. of course.
practical- i think i am very practical 
high self esteem- this fluctuates. but finding true love in aaron has certainly helped :)
perfectionist- you have not the slightest clue...
dislikes chaos- this could not be more accurate.
busy- not particularly. not as much as i would like to be.
not familiar with the dark side of life- what the HECK is this supposed to mean? someone please explain.
controlling- no not really...i dont like being controlled so i dont want to control other people
high self control- yes. yes. yes.
traditional- ohhhhh no lol
tough- YES
likes to fit in- i don't really give a sh*t!!!!!!! :)  
conforming- HELL NO.
brutally honest- i can be. if you ask my opinion you better be prepared to hear it.
takes precautions- well what are we referring to?


Okay so there it is. What do you think? All of my little explanations tell you what I think. Pretty accruate. For the most part. It should say punctual. Because I hate being late. But I like the fact that yes, you can't be late until you show up ;-) Hence the blog title!!


WAIT!!! There is more!!


This is also what it told me about me.



Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were high which suggests you are overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense too often of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were high which suggests you are overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense too often of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

This thing is interesting. I encourage you all to do it. I'm going to do it again in a few weeks and see if I get the same results. 


Go to google and type in "personality snapshop" and click on the first link. The test is from similarminds.com.


Good luck people. Learn all about yourself..


HAHA!


Okay I have to go venture out into the freezing cold now to move my car. Fun stuff. Then back to my bed for more law and order. More fun stuff!

I wish the buck stopped here. I could use a few.

UMMMM if that is not the understatement of the century than I don't know what is.

Seriously. I was supposed to work at least 20 hours a week over break at one job. And I thought I would be working at the other.

At the first job, I only worked an average of 5 hours per week. And at the second I only worked...well none.

So needless to say, this chick is broke. Broke broke broke.

I have applied for more jobs than I have ever applied for in my entire life. At least 10 on campus, and around 7 or 8 off campus. Honestly, WTF?!

Out of at least 15 employers, NONE OF YOU WANT ME?! Why?!

One place told me that they will not accept applications from college students because all we do is party and get drunk and show up late and so we aren't reliable. I wanted to smack the bitch across the face for her rude stereotypical remarks. I am possibly the most reliable college student in the world. I eat, sleep, study, work out, and bounce around with my friends. I don't party. I don't really do much of anything. I am not a bad girl! I JUST WANT TO WORK!

waahhhhh....why is that so much to ask?!?!?!


Okay, enough whining. I know I know I need some cheese with my "whine" as my mother and father would say.

....Kill me the day I ever say that to my children.

Anyways. I think I have finally figured out my path in life. I am no longer majoring in Nutritional Sciences. As much as I loved it, it just was not for me. I could not picture myself telling people how to eat for the rest of my life from behind a desk. No. Not me.

So the new plan is to major in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Early Childhood Education, a minor in psychology, and then go to grad school for journalism. That way, I get to work with kiddos and families, and I will get to take some classes having to do with my true passion: writing.

Now that I am in this major, I am definitely sticking with it. Classes started today and I'm LOVING every minute of it so far. It's truly the first time where I felt like I made the right decision with college.

And the nice thing...none of you will be able to pull that reverse psychology sh*t on me. HAHAHAHAH.

HA.

:)

Alright, back to the people watching at the library. I promise more blogs to come. I miss this thing when I don't post on it. Sometimes I just need a little boost on what to write about. I really do want to write in here every day. I'm going to try. I promise. And if not every day, than at least 3 or 4 times a week.


"College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage." - George Gobel


....Hahaha...I know a few people that might think he said this about *COUGHMECOUGH*