Finals Week

This coming week is finals so its going to be stress for me in chicago. Thanksgiving was fun at Caryn's house. When I got back yesterday I got to hang out with my friends, John and KJ, we watched Friday the 13th, The Neogatior, and The Inside Man. I fell asleep during the last movie. Tonight I made pork chops, biscuts, and greenbeans, yummy stuff. A couple of weeks ago I made some rice pilaf and steak for dinner which was so good. I love what I'm making in class and what I'm now able to make in the dorms. Well I'm only able to do this short of an update because I need to study for my finals this week.

Home...

Sorry I haven't updated lately. My life is pretty business with homework and friends time has just flown by. My labs are getting a little harder but they are more fun when I do things. I'm always one of the first people done because when given a challenge I get it done no questions asked and do it right as quick as possible, which is good for me I think when I get into a real kitchen in the future.

I'm loving Chicago and all the people I've met and made friends with. I love my friends up in Chicago, they make it easier for me to surive in the city without freaking out or getting hurt. We all hang with each other almost all the time. They make sure that I'm doing ok emotionally if I'm missing home or something. I don't know what I would do without them. Thank you guys so much.

I'm home for the first time after moving up to Chicago. It feels like that I've never felt but its weird because I know I'm going back tomorrow and won't be back till Christmas but I think that I won't miss it as much knowing it doesn't take that much to come home. I love being home.

Toddles for now...

Missing Home

So in my last post I said something about not living in a place like Blue Springs, but that doesn't mean I don't miss it and don't want to visit. I can't wait to go home for a weekend and see my hometown. Blue Springs will always be home to me. I'm missing home more now than I have been lately. I know that I'll be home soon enough and not want to come back to Chicago, but I know that this is where I'm ment to be and where I'll learn major life lessons. I can't wait to see my family and friends when I go home. I want to see Roscoe and baby Zoey.

School has been alright. Mid-terms this week, I think its crazy I've been here for over a month, it feels like not that long ago school started up. I've made some good friends up here that help me get through my boring nights and weekends. Right at this moment I'm trying to decide whats for dinner its taking forever to decide what we want. Hard choices at college right here. I think I'm going to study until I make up my mind.

x

WOW! Its been a month

I can't believe thats its been a month since I moved here. This weekend was a blast, Ryan got his blue pass for this weekend so he got to spend the night. On Friday we went to go see ZombieLand, which is amazing by the way, and then just talked for a bit before we went to the movie. Yesterday we walked around the city a little bit and got lost last night. We went to Reckless Records, which is like a Half Price books without the books, and found Willow and almost bought it but instead I got Blood and Chocolate because Ryan wanted to see it. Then we had an early night because I'm missing out on a lot of sleep. This morning I made buscuits and gravy, which wasn't the best but was good enough to remember home, and then he left and I worked on homework and one of my papers thats due in a couple weeks, its about Tarragon, oh so exciting. All in all this wasn't an exciting weekend, but I did put up some more pictures in my room to make it more homey. Thats about it. No pictures this week sorry.

Peace and Love

Week Two

So week two was so much easier than week one. Last night was an adventure. We tried to go to Buffalo Wild Wings and guess what? A pipe burst yesterday afternoon and so it was shut down. We walked aroung the north side for 30 minutes at 10 pm to find a place that was serving food and would let people under 21 in because it was all sports bars. It was crazy but is a crazy story to tell. I also got the package from my mom yesterday so I can finally use my camera. So I'll be putting more pictures up from last night and the building project that we took on a while ago. It feels like I've been here forever but I love it here. I don't think that I would be able to live in a place like Blue Springs ever again. I've already lost some weight because my pants all fit differently. I've made a bunch of food here. I made cakes with my cousin, Ryan, last saturday. They were so good. I used the red cups that my sister bought me. I loved how cute they were. I think I just found a trade mark! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been busy. I've made a ton of new friends and our apartment is the hang out place for a bunch of people. Its so weird, but cool at the same time. I've been every friendly to a bunch of people, my friend, Tim, told me he was going to make a list of everyone I say Hi to in the halls. Its a lot of people but I know it makes people happy when someone says Hi to them when they are having a rough day. Caryn and I are now rooming together. She and I get along really well so it was a good change. Well now I have to leave to go get my darn phone fixed because I'm having issues. So I'll leave you with some pictures.

Last Night

Making Shelves

Books

First Day

Today was my first day of college. My first class was Microbes at 8 am and then I had a two hour break and got my locker and an CTA Multi Pass. Then my next class was an Excel class. My Excel teacher rocks, she is so funny to listen to during lectures. I got some homework but not huge amounts.

Last night I went to Chilis with one of my RA's, John, Caryn, and my friend Hassani. It was so much fun. Its sad that John is going to be leaving in ten weeks. He is so much fun. He's obessed with Farmville on Facebook, when he came over after dinner he brought his Mac Air to plant new feilds. So funny.

Well time to get to the books!

Gino's

Yesterday was a blast. First I went to the school for orentation and meet a couple new friends, Aarron and Murphy. Then I came back to the dorms to put together some storage shelves for the pantry, aka the coat closet, and did the dishes. I went back to the school later to pick up my uniforms, books, and knife kit. After I got back Caryn and I finished the shelves because at first we didn't have the proper tools for building them so Caryn's mom brought some with her when she came up to buy Caryn's books. Then the RA's planned a dinner at Gino's East. That was so much fun. I meet some people from the dorms. After that a bunch of us ended up in Aaron and Nate's dorm playing spades, Madden, and Rock Band till midnight. I'm Sorry I don't have pics, I can't find the batteries I packed for my camera so you won't see them for a while.

Peace,
Nicole

My Dorm

My Room

So this is the first look into what my room looks like for the next 3 years.

Three of us moved in today and we are trying to figure out how to store the food because the kitchen has no storage at all!

This is the tiny "kitchen" that we are going to be sharing. Not enough room for anything but we have Caryn's mom who is going to be setting up some storage for us.

 This is one of my roomies, Caryn. Her mom is going to help us out with organizing things in the kitchen

This is the living room we are all going to be sharing. That is my other roommate, Calla. She brought us a ton of food, thank you Calla's mommy. She is the only one of us that isn't in Culinary. She will help us all get in shape.  She wants to be a cop in the future.

Now here is the view from my room.

Well thats all for now. Promise to blog later.

About to leave

Tonight is the last night that I live in Blue Springs, MO. I'm going to be packing up everything in a van and driving up tomorrow. I know this isn't the last time I'll ever be sleeping in my own bed, but I know its the last time for a while. Its a bittersweet goodbye to Blue Springs, I never thought this day would come but it has. I know I'll be crying alot when my parents leave me in Chicago but my roomies already told me that they would be a mess as well so we will have our own pity party on wednesday night. People are telling me that I will be to busy to miss my hometown, but I know I will always think of Blue Springs and what I learned from all the wonderful people in this town. 

Sorry I'm not the best blogger but I hope I will get better. Ironicly I wanted to be writer at one time in my life...but then I realized that I can't write as well as I speak.