Fact!

I love when he calls me beautiful. :)

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I'm officially pathetic.

Fact #26: My heart aches...

So. I've never gone through a break up before, therefore I've never been heart broken. Maybe this is what a broken heart feels like. But mine's not exactly broken, it just aches and is incredibly sad. I am the luckiest girl in the entire universe. I am in love with the perfect guy, and he's in love with me. Only thing is, we are currently 200 miles apart. Now, once I get back to school, I'll only be just over 100 miles away from him. A little closer, but still apart. School will start next week, so we'll be busy with our classes. To top it off, he has two jobs, this year...something different from last year. So, who knows how often I'll get to see him. Maybe I was just too spoiled last year by getting to see him just about every weekend.

"Distance, it is a test of love, many will fail, but for those who can withstand it have the answer: true love."

I just have to be strong. I know I can be. I have been all summer. I just have to get past this little heart ache of mine and look forward to the next time I get to see Devon, whenever that is.

XOXO

Fact #25: Summer is coming to an end.

Where did this summer go? Is it just me or did this summer FLY by? I suppose working does that to you. For the first part of the summer I had a full time job working at the bank thirty miles away. It was a great gig, especially the fact that they also paid for my mileage. At the end of July I cut down to half time because I finally got into two of the summer classes I need to retake because some of my Morningside classes didn't transfer into USD. LAME! I have a week to complete two papers and three speeches. No big deal, right? What especially made the summer fast was counting down the days until I got to see Devon. I think I saw him a grand total of five times this summer. I get super sad to leave him, but that just begins a new countdown until I get to see him. To me, I feel like it makes time go fast. It sure made last semester fly by. Mom started school yesterday and John heads to school on Monday. And to top it all off, Calil left yesterday for Florida. I feel like I didn't see him at all this summer, even though he lived a room over.

I am, however, ready to get back to school. I miss my apartment. I miss choir. I miss my people. I miss being only an hour and a half away from Devon. Bring on senior year, yo!

Fact #24: You may say I'm a dreamer...

...and far too often I feel like I'm the only one.

I need to try and be realistic.

Fact #23: Sometimes...

...I don't like making the first move.

Fact #4: I made a Bucket List (updated)

1) Set foot on every continent
1) North America (My whole life)
2) South America
3) Asia (May 2008)
4) Europe
5) Africa
6) Antarctica
7) Australia

2) Visit the Wonders of the World
1) Chichen Itza, Mexico
2) Christ Redeemer, Brazil
3) Colosseum, Italy
4) Taj Mahal, India
5) Great Wall of China (May 2008)
6) Petra, Jordan
7) Machu Picchu, Peru

3) Visit all 50 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

4) Ride in a hot air balloon

5) Rock out at a rock concert (11.10.09)

6) New Year’s Eve at Time’s Square

7) Swim in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

8) Go shopping on Boxing Day in Canada (12/26/05)

9) Learn how to ballroom dance

10) Attend Carnival in Brazil

11) Learn to juggle

12) Ride an elephant (1997)

13) Surf (or attempt to)

14) Stay up all night to watch the sunrise.

15) Attend the Olympics

16) Host a tea party

17) Participate in a huge food fight

18) Fall in love

19) Attend a red carpet event ((I was soooo close))

20) Ride a rollercoaster (12.27.08)

21) Kiss in the rain

22) Go skinny dipping

23) Meet Conan O’Brien

24) Send a message in a bottle

25) Hit a hole in one

26) Learn how to play the guitar

27) Learn to bartend (2006)

28) Join the Mile High Club

29) Write and send a hand written love letter (I do often…if not a love letter, a card. <3>

30) Learn how to drive a stick shift

31) Meet my favorite singer, Michael Bublé

32) Be serenaded to spontaneously.

33) Sing karaoke enthusiastically (2006)

34) Go on a major road trip

35) Get my picture taken in a photo booth

36) Ride in a helicopter (1999)

37) Own one item from a famous designer

38) Swim with the dolphins

39) Learn how to fire a gun

40) See a tornado

41) Get married

42) Have children

43) Be hypnotized

44) Ride in a taxi

45) Go to Disneyworld and Disneyland (June 1992, July 2003, March 2009)

46) Attend a Broadway show.

47) Lick the Liberty Bell

48) Visit a castle

49) Sleep under the stars

50) Go camping

51) Join the mile high club.

52) Go ice skating (2003, 2008)

53) Go to a drive in movie

54) See the Northern Lights

55) Watch a space launch (2003)

56) Go to a Frat party

57) Serenade someone

58) Ride in a limo

59) Kiss under the mistletoe

60) Be backstage for a concert

61) Mud wrestle

62) Ride on a motorcycle

63) Learn how to dive

64) Color every page of a coloring book

65) Try sushi

66) Be an extra in a movie

67) Go white water rafting

68) Sing to a live audience

69) Plant a tree

70) Ride a segway

71) Make-out in a library

72) Kiss a [male] stripper (12.26.09)

73) Take a midnight train going anywhere (May 2008)

74) Fly first class

75) Attend a masquerade

76) Go to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show and do all the actions

77) Receive flowers for no reason. [Okay, so maybe there was a reason :) ]

78) Get a degree

79) Go to Europe and have a fling with a hunky European

80) Create my own constellation, and find it on other starry nights (I named it Pete; 2007)

81) Ignore guilt and do what I want

82) Make an article of clothing (be it knitting a scarf, etc.)

83) Feel like the most beautiful girl in the room

84) Learn to not say “yes” when I really want to say “no”

85) Ride the streets of Venice.

86) Own a little black dress

87) Go sailing

88) Spend all day in a bookstore

89) Hold a tarantula

90) Be in the audience of a Saturday Night Live recording

91) Hug a panda

92) Get tickets to the gun show

93) Go to a movie alone, and not feel weird

94) Participate in a 5K.

95) Change a tire

96) Spend the day at the spa

97) Ride in a horse drawn carriage

98) Ride a zamboni

99) Parasail

100) Do something totally spontaneous.