off to see the wizard.

oh my. i am so excited about tomorrow night!! my parents and i are going to see WICKED at the Fox tomorrow, and i am beyond excited. i'm thinking that we are meeting another family down there, but i'm not sure...anyway, i am completely in love with the Fox Theatre. i know that sounds ridiculous, but everytime i go (or even everytime i just drive by), i just can't get enough of it. on top of that, WICKED is probably one of the best musicals of all time. it's fantastic. it's magical. it's completely enchanting. i can't really get enough of it either :) we bought tickets a loooooong time ago, so it completely snuck up on me, which kind of made for a nice surprise :) this weekend is going to be full of fun: WICKED on friday night and annie & andrew's wedding on saturday. i cannot wait to see my friends get married :)

currently listening to: the holiday soundtrack...which is weird since i'm writing about WICKED.

fanatics.

i know that some people think baseball is boring or their season is too long or whatever, but i love it. i love baseball. i love the 7th inning stretch. i love the energy of the final strikeout. i love turner field! i was really cheering for the phillies, and i even cried when they won. i think that's mostly just me being emotional, but i love seeing a team celebrate together...i know that sounds lame, but it gets me every time. i love the world series. both teams that make it there have worked so hard and have played so many games, and it sucks that someone has to lose, but i love watching the final game of the season. i love watching someone win :)

currently watching: the world series trophy being presented to the philadelphia phillies.

yuck.

i'm really frustrated with this presidential election right now. i feel like that is the general feeling surrounding this november, but it really is just frustrating. i feel like there's no good choice here, which is disappointing. i honestly feel like i'm going to voting for who i dislike less instead of who i feel can best lead our nation. i feel like i've researched both candidates equally, and i still don't feel like i like either of them enough. also, whenever i read something or hear someone arguing for either mccain or obama, i want to vote for the other. i know that for me, it's going to come down to just one thing that makes my decision...either that or it's going to come down to who scares me the least. i feel like this post doesn't really have a point other than to express my frustration and illustrate my confusion...it's probably confusing to read. oh well. i can't wait to find out who will be our country's next president...then i can start preparing myself :)

all by myself.

so last night, i spent the night at bekah's house after HSM3 with all the girls :) she had to open this morning at starbucks, so she left her house at about 5:45ish...i left at about 9:00ish, and spent the next two hours sitting on the couch in my living room. then, i took an hour-long bath, followed by a shower, because i wanted to wash my hair. since then, i've pretty much been in the same place on the couch...i finished a book, journaled and watched way too much television. also, i've probably spent more time on the internet in this one day than i have all week.

all that being said, i have truly loved this day. my parents are in blue ridge, so i've had the house to myself, which i have loved. as much as i love love love being around all the people that i love, i also really enjoy some quality time with myself every once and a while :) i'm going back over to bekah's later because i'm too chicken to stay here by myself...i just don't want to, but for now, i am loving sitting on my couch by myself doing whatever i want.

something fun.

okay, so here's another little fun fact about me:

when i was little, i used to turn on the Grease soundtrack (i copied it to a cassette tape from my mom's record) and blare it in my backyard while i danced around with my ribbon dancer.

feel free to laugh, because even when i think about that, i laugh :) i remember doing it in the fall, so days like today make me wish i was little again :) also, olivia newton john is on the rachael ray show today, which made me think of that as well. i think that instead of using this perfect weather to exercise my ribbon dancer skills (i don't even know where my ribbon dancer is), i'll listen to the soundtrack on my way to dinner :) i'm really freakin' excited too.

currently watching: rachael ray...well, like what not to wear, it's on in the background :)

october october.

i love this month. this time last week, i was getting so mad that it was still so hot, but right now, i'm sitting in the living room, wearing sweat pants and fluffy socks, and i'm wrapped in a blanket with the heat on. also, i have this heated mattress pad, and let me just say that it kills any motivation to get up in the morning. my bed was so perfectly warm, and my bedroom was so cold. it was sooooooo hard to get out of bed this morning...and hard not to get back in :)

it looks so perfect and crisp outside, and i'm stoked to wear some of the new sweaters that i bought with rachel last week :) last tuesday, before journey group, rachel and i had a little splurge trip to the mall. i think i spent a little bit too much money, but to be honest, i got some stuff that i know i'm going to wear, and that i really think i needed, so i don't feel that bad. also, let me just say that i needed that trip. sometimes i just have down days, and tuesday was one of those days. when i knew that i would be early to kennesaw, i asked rachel if she wanted to do some running around with me, and it was exactly what i needed. we were silly and it was perfect. talk about retail therapy...i don't think the retail part was the only therapy - i couldn't have done it without ms. glanzer :) i love the girls in my journey group.

i know that probably halfway through february i'll start missing the warmth of summer, right now, i couldn't be happier to feel the cool air on my skin.

currently watching: what not to wear...well, it's on in the background, but i'm not really paying that much attention to it...

just in case you were wondering...

here are some pretty random facts about me:

i took piano lessons for...i don't even know how long, and even though i don't play as much as i should, when i sit down in front of one, i always feel at home.

i played the violin in 5th grade.

my best friend growing up was a boy, and i always thought that was normal...then one day he asked me to be his girlfriend, and i said no. we weren't as good of friends after that.

i am addicted to caffeine, but as i have said countless times, it could be worse. it could be crack.

one summer at church camp, i ran into a bunk bed and had a giant "goose egg" on my head.

as a general rule, i am very clutzy, which should make that last fact very...un-surprising. that should be a word.

sometimes i make up words.

i had the chicken pox twice...and i gave them to my brother - ha!

i cheered football & competition for six years.

one time, i knocked over one of my mom's flower pots and broke it, and then i told her it was my brother. she made evan sit in time out, while i could play. i felt really guilty, but i never told her the truth.

i tend to remember what i was wearing for some really random memories...if that didn't make sense, i'll try to clarify...

one time when i was camping with my family (in a pop-up camper), a bird pooped on my head. i was wearing a purple shirt that had belle from beauty & the beast on it, and matching purple shorts.

i am the queen of writing 10-page papers overnight...a very bad habit to get into.

in elementary school, my friend and i started an "i hate heather wheeler" club, and i felt so bad that i cried when i got home, and asked my mom to pray for me before i went to sleep.

i know all the words to too many barry manilow songs.

i have more shoes and bags than i care to count.

i have cried in a lot of commercials...mostly publix, or anything that has kids, especially with leukemia. also, if it has old people, or kids that you can "adopt" through some program...and even the abused animal ones. wow.

i'm probably one of the biggest pack-rats i've ever known...next to my grandmother and my mother. it's genetic.

that's all for now. when i think of some more good ones, maybe i'll put them on here :)

currently listening to: the elephant love medley from moulin rouge...a movie that makes me smile and cry.

i love my life.

i love my friends. my family. my church. my dog. even my cat (my cat's really the only cat i like).

i love that i work for one of my best friends. that i'm in a journey group with people who get me. that i go to the best church around. that even though i've been thinking that my car was going to just break for the last six months, lucy is still moving. that God answers prayers.

i love smiling. drinking starbucks. laughing. talking. playing the piano. singing. reading. shopping. watching tv. watching movies. taking pictures. acting silly. listening. driving. creating. walking barefoot in the grass.

i love red wine. the way fall smells. oak leaf church. the way it smells after rain. when i have a good hair day. a new pair of shoes. macbooks. a good bag. jeopardy! television in general. football. the olympics. my camera. my iPod. GAP. target. new york city.

i could go on for hours about the stuff in my life that i love. i think that's definitely a good thing :) i love my life.

mountain day.

it's that time of year again, and i couldn't be more excited for mountain day this weekend :) seriously. i can't wait to be with everyone and to see people that i haven't seen in too long. i love berry and all of the kind-of ridiculous traditions that come with being a berry alum :) we're planning a pretty awesome picnic for lunch that i'm thinking will make everyone jealous...i am just so excited!

currently listening to: viva la vida