tradition :)

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...A Curtis Family Tradition :)

I am thankful for: God and His Son, Jesus. Family. Friends. My education. Dogs. Kenya. Freedom. Snow. Fall. Scarves. Hand turkeys. Dexter. Laughter. CRU. Sunrises. A new matress. Free long distance. Parades. Roommates. Cocoa. Mexican food. Giraffes. Lady Gaga. Girl's Nights. Picture messaging. Tea. The ocean. The butterflies. Mittens. Trees. Books. Blankets. Mountains.

I am a thankful lady.

dorothy said it best.

There's no place like home.

I've been home for less than 24 hours now and already I feel myself starting to smile more, starting to be calmer. Even having energy to study a bit. Going to bed at 830 was nice last night.

I'm all but stranded inside my house due to the snow, which is a little frustrating because I badly hoped to shop this week, especially with the upcoming christmas season and needing to get presents for my loved ones in Pullman. But at the same time, I'm enjoying being stranded.

Lord of the Rings. Cocoa. Reading. Treadmill. Laundry. Baking. Sleeping. Playing w/ the dogs. Shopping. Mom-time. That's what my break shall consist of. (Though anatomy and histo need to be squeezed in here and there).

My only prayer is that my friends and family planning to travel this week arrive at their destinations safely, and return safely as well. Good luck to all the people who have yet to conquer the pass!

it never fades.

The other day we had a lecture about emergency animal rescue and she kept showing us images of her work at the World Trade Center Ground Zero.

I still can't think about that day without my pulse racing and a deep sadness coming over me.
To the victims of 9/11...you will never be forgotten. Your families will never stop being in my prayers.

five days...

stand between me and vacation.

Monday: gym. class. class. class. counseling. lab. study. study. study w/MNF?
Tuesday: gym? lab. study. quiz. study.
Wednesday: gym. exam. lab. study. quiz. lab.
Thursday: gym. lab. study? class. class. classssssssss.
Friday: lab. pray for cell phys to be cancelled. class? play with pigs with the boys.

vacation!

Okay week 13...let's get this party started!

monster.

Apparently girl's night had quite an effect on me.

aka the biggest bruise of my life.

aka "the monster".

girl's night.

A total success.

Thank you ladies for being a part of a very much needed night of drinks and dancing :)

current obsessions.

modern family.
creamy southwest ranch dip.
scarves (always.)

rain.

Let the Rain by Sara Bareilles

I wish I were pretty. I wish I were brave.
If I owned this city, I'd make it behave.
And if I were fearless, and I'd speak my truth,
The world would hear this.
That's what I wish I'd do.

If my hands could hold them, you'd see,
I'd take all these secrets in me,
and I'd move and mold them to be
something I'd set free.

I wanna darken in the skies,
Open the flood gates up,
I wanna change my mind,
I wanna be in love.
I want the water in my eyes,
I wanna cry until the end of time.
I wanna let the rain come down, make a brand new ground.
Let the rain come down, make a brand new ground.
Let the rain come down tonight.

Hold onto worry, so tight.
It's safe in here right next to my heart.
I'm gonna shout to the top of my voice:
Let me go, let me out, this is not my choice!
And I always felt it before,
That the world was filled with much more
Than the drowning soul I've learned to be,
I just need the rain to remind me.

I wanna darken in the skies,
Open the flood gates up,
I wanna change my mind,
I wanna be in love.
I want the water in my eyes,
I wanna cry until the end of time.
I wanna let the rain come down, make a brand new ground.
Let the rain come down, make a brand new ground.
Let the rain come down tonight.

kind of petrified.

The two things in life I most want to be are the two things I am feeling so unsure of.

1) A veterinarian
2) A wife/mother

I know that trusting God's plan provides comfort and strength. And those are two things I so desparately need right now, but I'm having a hard time.

Vet school...you terrify me.