Fact #17: It's Father's Day.

For as long as I can remember I have never been close to my father. Probably because I am so similar to my mother. The only thing my dad and I ever shared was our gifted voices, and the few times we were forced to sing together for the public. When I was young, he worked nights so he was never home. Eventually he divorced my mom and moved to a new town when I was about eleven. We were again, forced to visit him. And now, he barely ever contacts or visits us. In the past year he's only contacted me three times; one of those times was to inform me that he was moving to New York the next week. I often compare my relationship with my father to the song "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin (which ironically, is one of his favorite songs/singers).

Today is Father's Day. It was sweet to see everyone's tweets and statuses about how wonderful their father is. I wish I could say the same about mine. I wish I had that "Daddy's Little Girl" bond with my father that so many girls out there have. I hope someday that whoever I marry will be the best father to my child. That's all I want.

On a positive note, I must say, though, that I am blessed to have a Ken as my step dad. He really is the closest thing I've ever had to a dad. While we have hit a bunch of bumps in the past, I'm so glad that he married my mom eight years ago. He has been one of my biggest supporters, and would do anything for me.

Happy Father's Day.

Fact #16: I am Puggy.

Pet names.

You know what I'm talking about.
The "Baby"
The "Honey"
The "Darling"
The "Sweetie"
Or even the"CuddleWuddleBear"

Never did I ever think I would end up with a pet name such as "Puggy"...Yup! You heard it people...Puggy! It's unique...just like me. And to be honest...I like it. Because this boy came up with it...and thought it fit me... (It's better than my most recent pet name...Goose...but what can ya do!? :)... )

Signing off for the night.
Puggy
XOXO

Fact #15: I think too much.

Usually, nights are me time.
Just me and my thoughts.
Thoughts of people, memories, goals, prayers...

After a discussion with my stepfather the other day, the question that I have been pondering most is:
"What do people see in me?" / "How do people really see me?"

I'm weird.
I'm awkward.
I'm a clutz.
I'm not in shape.
I'm not one of the "pretty" girls.
I'm not fashionable.
I'm not cool.
I'm lazy.

...at least that's what people tell me.

It'd be nice to get a real compliment every once in a while.

Fact #14: I am officially a senior.

...and I can already feel the senioritis taking over.
I took my first final at 7:00 Monday evening and finished my last final at 6:45 Tuesday evening. Four tests in less than 24 hours. I am pretty much a beast.
Chances are I'll probably still be in college for three more semesters.
But...
I want to be done.
I want to move away from Iowa and South Dakota.
I want to start the next part of my life.
I'm so excited and anxious to see where it'll take me.
But alas, I must wait another year.

On the bright side...
HellooOOOooo summer. :)

Fact#13: I am a woman.

A friend of mine found this article on the Esquire website and so I decided to look through it...it has some pretty funny and true facts about women. Here are some of my favorites! You can read more funny, yet true facts about women here.

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No. 107: When we point out something sweet we saw another guy do, we want you to do it for us, too. Obviously.

No. 79: We love to hear we are beautiful. Breaking it down into specifics is even better.

No. 75: Most women's version of the perfect man is some combination of James Bond, Prince Charming, and George Clooney. This, luckily for you, is a man who would terrify us in real life.

No. 643: Never hang up first.

No. 492: We don't expect you to read our minds. We expect you to ask.

No. 517: When we ask you how we look, we are really saying, "I am needy, please validate me. Please tell me I'm pretty. Please tell me you don't regret loving me."

No. 607: We are the same human being with makeup and without it.

No. 732: We'll take nice forearms over six-pack abs any day.

No. 524: That low-cut top — we wouldn't wear it if we didn't want you to look. Just be discrete about it.

Fact #12: I love smiling.

...smiling's my favorite.

I have so much to smile about!

Classes.
New phone.
My family.
My new Nicholas Sparks novel.
Maggie.
Devon.
The past six months. <3
...
Espeically, the past six months. Which brings me back to fact #8. I really am, the luckiest girl ever.

Fact #11: I love Blackberrys...

...but is there something better out there that I might like better?

Last year I convinced my family to switch our plan to Verizon because when I was college-ing it up in Sioux City, I had poor reception through Sprint (and not to mention, a super crappy phone). Upon the switch to Verizon I was granted the opportunity (or more so begged for the chance) to own my very own Blackberry. It was a love at first sight. And at the time, not many people had them. You were "cool" if you had a Blackberry. And, therefore, I was finally cool for once in my life!

Now a year later, everyone and their dog has a Blackberry. Don't get ms wrong, I still love it. I mean, I'm not the type of person to generally follow the flow of everyone else. I like to just do my own thing and do what I think is best for me. Anyway. I just found out that I am eligible for an upgrade on my phone. So most of today I've been looking on the Verizon site and reading and watching reviews on the different types of phones. Should I just keep my Blackberry? Or maybe upgrade to something I'm unfamiliar with that I might like better? Or maybe end up hating?

When I first started my search, the obvious phone to look at was the Droid. Of course, it's probably the best phone that Verizon provides. And it's new. And I know a few people that own them (including my boyfriend, Devon, who has owned both the Motorola Android and the Droid Eris)...and he enjoyed both. They are super nice and I would enjoy either of them, but they are quite pricey.

However, I stumbled upon the HTC Touch Pro2. It's similar to the Droid Eris. It has the touch screen (meh. I guess I could get used to it) and a slide out keypad (cha-ching!!). I discused this with Devon and he mentioned that it is a Windows OS. He said he's no fan, but I have never used it. I guess I'm not tech-saavy enough to understand the differences between all of them.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see. But to part with my Blackberry may be a sad day.