Procrastination Nation

My lovely readers! As I arrive back to my home at 10 pm tonight, I cannot help but think of all of the things I have to do, but instead I have chosen to do this. It is just a great time for "me time."

Recent happenings in my life include the following:

I am ecstatic to announce that I have been chosen to be the Social Media Manager for Spoon University. If you have never heard of Spoon, do yourself a favor and check it out, you might be sitting on your phone or computer for a few hours. It's an organization created by college kids for college kids and focuses on the greatest thing about being a human being-eating food. I knew when I visited their website that it was something I wanted to be a part of and I am so excited to get started and more involved. I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous to have such a big role but I think it is something that is worth investing lots of my time in and something I am absolutely going to love.

I also joined Inspire, which is a branch of PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) that is basically a student-run PR firm. I was put on the team that works with Iowa Watch, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news service. The people I'm working with seem like they really know their stuff and I am very intrigued by all there is for me to learn. 

Okay we have to change the subject because I keep thinking about all there is to do. In case you don't follow me on Instagram (which, why wouldn't you?) here is a recent post that I am using this blog to delve into:

Okay so here we have a few things that have been keeping me sane lately. Those sandwich things. Wow. They're only 50 calories (or something like that) and they add lots of great flavor to any regular old sandwich. I love to make it with egg whites and Laughing Cow Light Garlic and Herb cheese. To the right is Oregon Chai latte mix. This is definitely my drink of choice in the fall. You haven't experienced fall drinks until you've had a hot Oregon Chai latte in a sweatshirt sitting on the front porch of 323, it is perfection. Last but not least, Snapea Crisps. Are these good for you? Probably not. Do they make you feel better because you tell yourself you're eating peas when they really taste like delicious puff corn or some crunchy salty yummy thing? Yes. I think this is my third bag of these since I have moved into the house, I can't get enough of them.

This year is already flying by, when will my life slow down? It's so important to take moments like this to mellow out and do something good for yourself. If you have similar music taste, I have a great treat for you. My dear friend, Lauren Smith, suggested I watch the movie Austin to Boston. YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE. If you envy the life of artists/bands traveling in Volkswagen Vans through America, singing indie tunes at night in the forest, you must take the time to see this documentary. I want this life so bad. It also brought me to some of my new favorite artists like Bear's Den, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Staves, and reminded me just how good Ben Howard is at touching my soul. 

Off to bed I go, slowly drifting to "Agape" by Bear's Den while a million tasks dance in my head. Happy college life everyone!

Life is Evolving

BLOG WORLD! I am alive! My life has been a whirlwind since my last post. Some good, some bad, but a whirlwind for sure.

I recently went through a pretty big change in my life regarding my relationship status and that has been going how one would expect it to go I suppose. There may be times when I feel like it's time for a pity party but I look around and all I have to do is check my freaking email to remind myself that life is still continuing. I have great friends and an endless amount of opportunities.

Speaking of opportunities, I recently joined about a million organizations. I joined dance club, Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Her Campus (a national organization of women writing about life on campus), Phi Sigma Pi (an honors fraternity. Okay I'm not officially a part of this yet but I was invited to go through recruitment this upcoming week), and I was recently offered a position on the marketing team for Campus Activities Board or CAB! My first meeting with the marketing team is tomorrow and I am so excited to see all of the great parts of the organization, I am ecstatic. CAB is the organization on campus that runs pretty much all activities such as movie nights and concerts/shows like Kevin Hart! Receiving news of this definitely made my Friday.

One of my most recent adventures was my journey to Ames with my two friends, Molly and Clancy! We departed on Friday and sang the whole two hours to our friends' apartment. Morgan and Al have the coolest place with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. I just wanted everyone to know how impressed I was with the college life they lead. Ames is actually quite different from life here in Iowa City. The campus is absolutely GORGEOUS and the people are really cool and down to earth. Here is the timeline of events:

7 pm Friday Night-Arrive at the apartment of AllyPal and LaneyDoo.
10 pm Friday-Enter house party.
     Within two minutes of arrival at said party, "Photograph" by Nickelback begins to play and this     happens....

 Approx. 12:30 pm-Experience my first ever Superdog. Life will never be the same, folks. It's a hot dog that has cucumber sauce, cheddar cheese, and potato chips. That's right guys, potato chips on the hot dog. It was incredible and something I will come back to, hopefully soon.

8 am Saturday morning-WAKE UP HAWK FANS! A wake up call complete with specially-made Molly Vipond love.
11 am-Off to the "Haunted Forest" to tailgate. We started at Al and Morgan's roommate's family tailgate and then went off to a student tailgate that was BUMPIN'. I'm still new to the whole tailgating thing so any place with loud music and lots of people seems "BUMPIN'" to me:)
4 pm-Back home to get ready for another night on the town.

Shout-out to Al and Laney for being such lovely hosts and letting us crash for the weekend! Throughout the whole weekend I just kept having moments of looking around and thinking, "these are some of the happiest moments of my life." I have such great friends who constantly make my side and cheek ache from the amount of laughter produced. I am so lucky for the times I am able to have with the greatest people in the whole world. 

My other recent adventure was a lovely little lunch date with two of my favorite girls! As much as I adore these two and our sweet times together, this portion is saved for the amazing meal consumed at Atlas. Maybe it was just eating outside, or maybe it was the lack of solid meals I've had recently, but this food was incredible and I haven't stopped thinking about it all day. I ordered a falafel black bean burger with fries-HALLELUJAH. If you know me, I absolutely hate hamburgers but I love myself some falafel so I thought I would give it a try. This is one of those times where your English teacher would ask, "what do you think her decision to try something new and liking it symbolized?" That was so cheesy, I am so sorry. As great as the food was, let's not down-play the cuteness of the faces in the photo!

Well I just wanted to let my mom know I was alive via blog post. Life is giving me reasons to smile, and I'm going to continue seeking out those reasons. Have a great week and go hawks!