{a letter to Papa Stephen}

Hello Papa Stephen!

By now you are just about getting ready to talk to Mom. I just can't tell you how excited I am to see you in Florida for Christmas. It has been way too long since being all together and us girls can hardly sleep at night with all the excitement. Well, at least I know it is hard for me. All that sun, all the laughter and all that wonderful time with you as a family! =)

Can you believe it Papa Stephen, I will be graduating in 21 days from now! I am soooo happy. Don't pay any attention to my graduation meter on the side of my blog. For some reason it is reading the days wrong and I can't fix it. Don't know why. I think I might just have to become a techy for the day to actually figure it out.

Last night I was in class until really late. Gosh... this class is really hard. The teacher paces back and forth in the front of the room and is pretty obnoxious. But he is really smart so we are kind of happy that he does know what he is talking about. It is a class for financial statements. Last night we were calculating the net returns of capital gains on coupon and bond rates. Honestly, I don't even think I know what that means today but I did do it and I did a pretty good job on the assignment as well. Almost done. I can do this!!! =)

Well, I will post this letter for you. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your evening. Talk to you soon!

Love you!

Emily =)

{rockstar diaries and why i am sad}

Gosh... I just hate it when this happens.... when something you like is sold out. Boo! Boo for me. Oh well, I guess I will just have to wait. I had a wonderful plan for it too. You see, I am starting to really like headbands. My long blonde curly hair would look lovely in this and the green in the head band would compliment the green in my eyes. But please there is so much more to see so go on over to Taza's shop here and shop your little heart out. Just nummy! =)

Picture from Naomi Megan on Rockstar Diaries

{just a little heads up}

I'M NUTS! (followed by very, VERY nervous and shaky laughter, while she grabs her head)

Okay... just in case you didn't notice, it is not fall or even winter here in the Northland. In fact, it is spring. Okay I know... you are all scratching your heads wandering if the pure insanity of my last few days as an undergraduate student have messed with my common sense. Honestly I wouldn't disagree with you too much there. I actually did go as far to say today that I have gone insane. So whether or not you choose to read the rest of this post is totally up to you. But on the other hand, I am not lying either. It is spring. It was fifty degrees here today. First off that is absolutey UNHEARD of. Second off, we don't have any snow on the ground. Thirdly, we haven't had a good frost. Fourthly (I bet you are wondering how far I am going to take this, have some patience) FOURTHLY, (Eh hem) two radio stations are playing Christmas music and it is NOT even CHRISTMAS YET! Or past Thanksgiving for that matter. Wow... a little ranty this evening. There is something about playing Christmas music a whole three weeks early that is very unChristmasey to me. I know... go ahead and start waving your Grinchy finger at me. I am not and therefore refuse to be called, a Grinch. Fifthly... (okay is that even a word, did I even spell that right?) I wake up every morning to head off to work and the air is balmy. BALMY! Like tropical balmy. Someone, and who ever it is, is tampering with the areas thermostat and although I guess I can't complain (because who doesn't mind one less day of shoveling snow) but a lack of snow makes me feel Grinchy. Okay I said it and I have admitted it. I am a snowless Grinchy person. Wow... self realization is so ....so... freeing! You do not live purposefully "up north" like I do, (I know you all think I'm nuts now for sure, yes, I did say "purposefully") and not have snow on the ground. After work today, me and my sister Ashley went to Barnes and Noble to check on some new additions in the new release isle. She was swooning over the Twilight table (I don't get what is soo cool about being MAULED by a vampire, so shoot me!)  and I fell (yep almost literally) on to the arctiv exhibition table. I was seriously swooning. So I told her very seriously and very outright that if it didn't start cooling down around here I was going to move to the arctic where they have "real" winters.

Now for anyone who has read my blog for any length of time will remember that I have a fascination for cold climates. The people, the habitats, the animals the weather. Oh yes, the weather is my favorite. Bring it on, blizzard! I told her I love the cold and she said as nicely but as snotty as any younger sister would say, "You are nuts!" Yep, so I am. Nutty older sister of the year award has just been given to me EMILY! Yay! I am so excited. I will very proudly display my plaque of nuttiness on my bedroom wall as a testament to my normalcy. I still dream of moving to Michigan. There they get feet and feet of snow at one time. ONE TIME! How wonderfully exhilerating and enchanting. I love it!

Okay... I think I have to go to bed now. So ends the rants of a sleepless, nutty, undergraduate student who has sadly but most definitely lost her marbles. And yes, Professor Hoffman, I will be sending you my bills for mental counseling. No one, and I mean no one would be able to put up with your rantings. Ph.D. in Economics my foot! Please.... people... if I ever consider to even think of getting anything close to a Ph.D. in economics shoot me. You would be doing yourself and your children and their children a favor. Economics twists people up. Really bad. Just ask my classmates. I haven't been the same since. =)

{you're getting warmer}

I must admit. I am sooo gosh darn excited about going to Florida for Christmas that I think people are starting to wonder what's up with my face. "Why is it so... so...." "Happy looking?" I reply. Oh yeah... they must know too because I am so in love with the idea of just getting out of here for nearly two weeks and getting some much needed sun. Happy Day! =) I am going to get a green with envy tan, eat as many tropical fruits as I can, and kiss of manatee. Ewwww... wait a minute. Did I just say that? Yep, I did. Well, I think I meant it. Yep, I did. I LOVE manatees. They are sooo cuuuuute! I wonder if that word is short for "Man" in a "tee" does that make any sense to you? Okay... it doesn't to me either. Just had to mention it. LOL!

So today I had a blast doing this.... yeah... I bet you asked him to do some things he didn't want to do either. But please if you do ask him anything, ask him to whack down the tree. Yep... you might have to ask him a couple of times but he will do it. =) I laughed so hard today that I nearly fell off my chair in hysteria. It is really that funny. ENJOY! I spent a good portion of the day at my desk making him do things. My coworker, who apparently has way more time on his hands kept testing him to see exactly what he would do. Then running around the corner to my desk to tell me. STOP IT! Honestly, I was laughing my head off!

Hope you have a very happy rest of your Friday and a splendid and relaxing weekend!

Emme

{interesting observations}

It's strange how things change. It suddenly sweeps up behind you, sometimes taking your breath away, frightful at times, worrisome, and sometimes making you smile. I don't think I like change much. Not that I am a stick in the mud in the least, but I do like major things I would say for the most part to remain the same. Like where you live... dear family members.... health....happiness. I know things change. It can just be hard to accept them sometimes, or not.

I have two pregnant coworkers in my office suite. It is so cool to see them changing. Both of their tummies are starting to take shape and with each new ultrasound comes another story of wonderful development and hopes. I love that they can share their little dreams with me and I am so excited to see the change in them. I can applaud their growth, listen to the stories, nightmares, even cravings.

So it is interesting how change comes upon us, isn't it? Change is all around me these days. Change of space, change of mind, change of friends, change of loves, change of heart, change of weather and change of me. Major changes in me. I have had some wonderful revelations lately about myself. Things I never though could happen to me. Things I never thought could change. You know those things about yourself that you wish you could change? Attitude, body shape, hair style, voice.

I didn't know until recently, just how big my heart had truly become. Just how much I love my body the way it is and never want to change it. How my curly hair used to drive me nuts, but now I can't imagine ever straitening it and how my voice used to speak all about me but now speaks of the lives of others. I love this new found change in myself. This is change I am excited about and this is change I am open to. So much wonderful change and I am excited to be living in this time right now where I can appreciate it. Nothing is making me more excited right now then the prospect of living out my life just like I am now, changing and turning and growing into a more fuller version of who I was born to be. Just like a kaleidoscope. My like taking beautiful shape!