What my blog is - and will be.

So recently I've been doing a lot of thinking about my blog.

I'll be honest, I don't like to put bad or sad things on my blog - I don't want to worry you guys. But recently, I have been feeling like only writing about things like fun times and school are lies by omission, do you know what I mean?

I don't want my blog to be a big lie by omission.

Dad asked me the other day why I blog... and I honestly don't know why. It started off as "well, everyone seems to have one". It turned into "Well, I might as well continue, since I've been doing it for a while." And then it turned into a status-report of my life to my family and friends.

And I have been wondering if that is a good enough reason TO blog at all? Couldn't I just call you all, or send you emails?

Because isn't a blog a place to share your thoughts and life with other people? That is what it is to me, and that is what I feel like it started out as. I find that as time went on, with the readers came caution. I want to do my best to include all of the good times - and the bad - in my blog from now on.

I love you all and I count myself so blessed that I have so many people who love me enough to read these every time they arrive in your inbox.

Who is that?!

So I have two email addresses using gmail (One is personal, the other is for all of the school emails that I receive!) and I was getting sick of logging out of one to post for this blog... so I just added another me to the blog.

So now this blog has two authors: Me, and well, Me. What do you think, should I name the second one Einafets? lol!

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So, if you are in or around Austin the week of October 12-16, you should totally come donate blood on the UT campus! APO is hosting a gigantic blood drive and I'll be volunteering for around 20 hours throughout the week. So come on out!

There are four locations around the campus, one on Guadalupe, Speedway, Dean Keaton, and 25th street. If you want to know which one I'll be at, just call or email me!

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This evening, my friends Karynna, Katlin and I went out to dinner... and we all showed up wearing blue shirts of the exact same shade! The waitress asked if we had planned it (the answer being: no.)

I miss the weekend and it's not even over yet.

A game, ACL, an Ankle, and Aspen

This blog comes to you in four parts!

Part 1: A Game

I went to the UT/UTEP game last weekend. It. Was. HOT. I took Brandlyn with me and we only lasted until half time. We then went to Kerbey Lane and drank about a gallon of water each. UT steamrolled all over them... Final score was something like 63-7.


Part 2: An Ankle

My ankle is still sprained, but since Thursday it hasn't really slowed me down (except going down stairs, which was pretty painful until yesterday.) I still can't bend it without it hurting (in a dull way) but I no longer have to do this awkward hop thing down the stairs.


It still looks a little swollen though.

Part 3: Aspen

I'm house sitting for the next two weeks. It's a little weird (I've never house-sat before) but it's not hard. I have to take care of a dog, Aspen, who is a little annoying, but sweet all the same.


She doesn't respond to voice commands very well, like my dogs, which makes yelling at her pretty fruitless. And really frustrating.

Part 4: ACL

I've got a pretty lopsided set of photography from ACL this year, as I went Friday, Saturday, and skipped out on Sunday altogether. Friday was perfect weather, Saturday was miserable, and Sunday it hasn't really rained (that I've noticed) but the mud created from the constant rain yesterday apparently made it stink and impossible to walk. Yuck! So look on mom's blog for any pictures of Sunday, if she took them.


There's Mom and Mike.
And Katie, who will hate me for this picture. (This is her "I haven't quite realized that you're taking my picture" face)


And Mom's friend Kelly came again this year.
Nemo was our "Flag". I thought it was funny that we had to "Find Nemo" every time. Haha. At night, we stuck a light in him so he glowed!

The first act I saw was John Legend. He was great!

I like this picture of him a lot. He had a pretty Baby Grand up on the stage and I was jealous. ;)

I next went to see Andrew Bird, who was a lot of fun to hear!


I also got a video of his first 8 minutes (for my friend Danny, who really wanted to come this year, but couldn't!)


The sunset was pretty that night, and so were the moon and cityscape!



Saturday, I saw Flogging Molly (great), the Zac Brown Band, and the Scabs. Because it rained through Flogging Molly and the Scabs, I only got pictures of Zac Brown Band. They were great! I loved their cover of Devil Went Down to Georgia.


That's all for now! Grades for exams should be posted in the next few days... I hope I did well.

Oh dear...

So I know you're wondering how I did on my Mythology test and while of course I don't have a letter grade yet, I did feel ridiculously confident during most of the test. And I only left 6 questions blank, but I know that I got at least one of the bonus questions right ("who played Eliza in the movie My Fair Lady - Audrey Hepburn.) But I felt smart during the rest of the test and was able to identify everything else really easily. Here's hoping for an A!

So on my way to my politics class today, I tripped and fell in a really embarrassing way (where you land on the side of your foot and your ankle tries to go down and your food turns inward? Owie.) and initially I felt like I was okay and during the day I could walk on it fine... but, well, it feels a lot less okay now.

(This could be like a game of "Spot the difference"!)


(Like my burnt orange nail polish? I do! Santa put it in my stocking last year.)

So... sprained ankle. I have wraps and stuff, and so I'll take good care of it. And I've taken an advil so hopefully the swelling will go down. It's just a mild sprain, though, so hopefully it shouldn't interfere with ACL weekend!

Right, so I'm going to go snuggle with a book and an ice pack. Goodnight, all!

P.S. Think of me on Friday from 1-2pm and send me intelligent thoughts about representative, direct, and social democracy (as well as communism, please!) I need a good grade in politics!

P.P.S. Happy October! (This month, my Harry Potter calendar features Snape.)

It's Vlogday!

A Blog in Fifteen Minutes

Cause that's all I have.

It's officially fall now, and to celebrate, the Texas weather has gone all pear-shaped. Its cold and rainy and yesterday I had to dry my jeans twice (I love those jeans...) rather than change into dry clothes three times. Today, it's rainy a little bit, but it's cold. Now, I love a good cold front... but I appreciate it a lot more if it's when I expect to get it (ahem, not in September) and when I'm prepared with wool. Since it was so ridiculously hot during the summer, I've knitted all of a foot and a half of a sweater, a mitten, and a sock and a half. That is not prepared.

I've gotten my results back from my chemistry test last thursday: 85!

I had a Psychology test yesterday (which I feel went well)... and an assortment of tests coming up for all of my classes in the next few weeks. (English on Monday, Mythology on Wednesday, Politics on Friday... "Test season" has rolled right in with Fall. (I've noticed that Test Season usually last two weeks and only ever occurs once every two months or so.)

My APO schedule for this week looks pretty similar to last week's: Flag practice, a variety of meetings and family nights, and then the game on Saturday. Look for me if you're there!

Well, my fifteen minutes is up. I'm off into the cold weather to walk to my Politics class!

Texas vs. Tech

So there was a game tonight! And we won! (34-24) Here are a few highlights.

Today was the first time that I ran the flag out onto the field! It was brilliant. It was the most incredible feeling to be standing there holding onto the biggest Texas flag in the state and at the feet of 101,297 people. The. Best. Feeling. I hope Mom got some good pictures! (Hopefully there'll be a link to Mom's blog here in a day or two). (Here's the link!)

See? People! (I think this is the section that Mom and Mike were in. Tell me where you were, Mom! I know you said "I'm the one in orange", but...)

Record attendance, again!


After I got to my seat, I stood up for a few hours and shouted myself hoarse. The area I'm in is full of students... and we do a lot of yelling! We never sit down, either.

There was a lot of this:


And a lot of this (particularly in the 4th quarter, my goodness!):


And during half time, Texas Tech went onto the field and did their thing:


And then we did our thing: (Anyone see Nathan?)



And then we played a little more football... and then we won!


Oh... and Matthew McConaughey was in a box directly above me!



(Obviously, he supports the right team!)