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Hello Everyone!

So to start this off I just want to say that I suck! I know I haven’t blogged since May and basically since I got home from school. I kept telling myself that I needed to blog but I have been super busy between traveling and working I don’t really have a lot of me time other than at night when all I want to do is lay down in my bed and go to sleep. I know… I’m a wreck! I just want to apologize for not blogging in almost 2 months.

So to quickly catch y’all up on my life I have gone on two different vacations so far this summer and I am getting ready to go on another one. In May I went to Greenville, South Carolina and I had the most amazing time reconnecting with someone very special to me. He and I met up there for about 5 days and we went to this amazing park in the middle of downtown. It was absolutely beautiful and we walked around for hours. We also walked around the downtown area and went to all these little shops and so much fun. That was the best vacation ever. Then this past month I went to Florida to see my man and spend some time with him and his family. It was so great to see his family again, I had missed them so much and I got to spend some quality time with his mom and his sister while he was at work. They are the best, and then one night we went and saw his grandparents who live about 20 minutes away and I cooked them dinner and we took it to them and hung out at their house for a few hours. And because he loves me so much he took me to St. Augustine which is probably my favorite place in the whole wide world. We walked around this little cobblestone street with tons of shops and restaurants on it. After walking around the street we went and played putt putt. So we ended up having the same score in the end but because I got three hole in ones I automatically won. He wasn’t too happy about that but oh well, I won babe!  It was amazing. And the trip I’m getting ready to take is back to Florida but I will be there for almost 3 weeks and I’m so excited. It will be the longest trip yet and I can’t wait to spend all of that time with him and his family before I have to go back to school.

Along with all of the traveling I am working at a photography company. I have been working for this company since I was 15 and this is my final summer working with them because this time next year I will be moving down to Florida!!

So because I am awful at trying to blog every day, I have decided to try and blog every day or every other day but if I don’t accomplish that then it’s no big deal. I’m also going to try and make this more of a beauty blog by doing reviews of products and makeup looks and hairstyles. Makeup and Hair are major parts of my life and I am constantly trying new looks and products so I want to share those things with you! You can also check out my makeup looks on my Instagram: Lashleigh96

Thank y’all for being patient with me! I will try to post more now that I finally have gotten my life together!

Thanks for reading! Xoxo Lashleigh

Day 111-116: 21-26 April 2015

Hello Everyone!

I am so sorry about not posting over the last week, I have been so busy with school and then I went out of town with my mom over the weekend to Washington DC. It has been a hectic week, I have had presentations and project and papers due. I have been rushing to get everything done in time so that I can start studying for my finals that begin on Saturday. Luckily most of my work is done for now and I can focus on studying but I still have 2 papers to worry about. This past weekend was a lot of fun, I got the chance to get out of town for at least 24 hours and go see some parts of DC that I haven’t seen and some old favorites. So because the beginning of my week was boring and revolved around school, I’m going to tell you all about my 24 hours in DC!

So I came home on Thursday night because we would be leaving for DC when I normally would have class. So that morning I woke up and got myself together and finished packing all of the essentials for the trip. Then once that was done I made some lunch and waited for my mom to get home from her eye doctor appointment, while I was waiting the lady we were riding with showed up with her daughter. We talked for a few minutes while we waited for my mom to show up and when she did we loaded all of our belongings into the car and made our way towards DC. I had to sit in the back with her daughter which was awful because I get car sick when I’m stuck in the back seat so I pumped myself full of drugs to help me get through the 3.5 hour car ride. The drive wasn’t too bad but once we got close to DC we hit some traffic and that didn’t help with my motion sickness. Luckily after driving through rush hour in DC on a Friday we made it to our hotel and we checked in. We only had time to drop off our belongings and use the bathroom before we had to meet everyone in the lobby to begin our festivities. Once we met up with our group of 13 people we all set off for the monuments. It was about 7pm and we walked all the mile from our hotel to the White House. When we got there we took some pictures and looked around before making our way to the Washington Monument, after that we walked to the WWII monument which is my absolute favorite monument. I could sit and look at it for hours and not get bored, I took plenty of pictures and I walked all the way around it just listening to the fountains and enjoying the calm feeling I had there. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay there and we had to keep moving on, and we ended up at the Korean War memorial. My grandfather fought in that war so my mom and I paid our respects and walked through the memorial and it is a beautiful as well. All the monuments in DC are beautiful and they just make you feel calm. After that one we went to the Lincoln monument and he is my favorite president so I always enjoy looking up at the giant statue of him and think of what it would’ve been like to know him. After we finished there we all decided to go eat some dinner at 9:00 at night… and instead of walking we were going to take taxis. But with 13 people it’s hard to find enough taxis to fit us all, so we split up into two taxis there was 4 people in a small cab and 9 people in a van which is illegal since there are only 7 seats but we made it work and we only went a short distance. At dinner, all those old enough ordered alcoholic beverages because it had been a long day, and our food took a while to get to us so we didn’t eat until close to 10. The salmon I ordered was awful, it was overcooked and the potatoes weren’t that great and they didn’t even give me the vegetables I ordered. It was a nightmare and I just wanted to go to bed. So after dinner we took a cab and went back to the hotel where I got ready for bed as fast as possible and I was asleep within minutes of my head hitting the pillow.

The next day we ate breakfast at the hotel before walking to the closest Starbucks for some good coffee, after that we walked to the National History Museum and spent 4 hours in there exploring all of the exhibits and different rooms they had there. I’m a huge history nerd so I was loving all of the exhibits, in one of the exhibits was the Hall of Mammals and they had a sloth. Sloths are my favorite animal so I had to see if they had one in the gift shop that I could buy because I have never been able to find a stuffed animal sloth before and they did! I was so excited that I bought it right away and I named him Simon. He is so cute a fluffy, he makes me so happy. Then after spending so much time there and eating lunch in their fancy café we went next door to the American History museum where they have everything from the first lady’s inaugural dresses to the red slippers from the Wizard of Oz and the first American flag from the 1800’s. It was awesome to look around that museum but at that point in the day my feet and my back were killing me and I was ready to get going. We had spent over 3 hours in that museum along with the 4 hours at the other and I had woken up around 6:30, so I was exhausted. Luckily at that point we all were tired and we got taxis back to the hotel and we all got in our cars and made our way out of DC. We stopped in Richmond for dinner a few hours later and my food there was fantastic and made up for the crappy dinner I had the previous day. After dinner we only had an hour left before we would make it home, so we powered through the rain and we got home around 11:00pm. I was exhausted and I grabbed all of the stuff and went to my room as fast as my tired legs could take me and I threw my stuff on the floor and kicked my shoes off before getting dressed for bed. The minute I laid down in my bed I was gone!

Then today I didn’t do much, other than drive back to school like I usually do! This week coming up is another hectic week so I probably won’t blog much until I am done with school on the 6^th of May so just hang in there with me y’all! Y’all are the best and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Day 109 and 110: 19 and 20 April 2015

Hello Wonderful People,

So the countdown to the end of the semester is going strong, and I am up to ears in homework to do. I barely have any time to sleep anymore, so I am exhausted. I am currently taking a break from all of my work to type this post for y’all. I’m not going to talk for too long because I do have a lot of work that needs to get done….

Sunday was a boring day, I did what I usually do every Sunday. I woke up, got myself together, packed my bag to go back to school, and then I watched TV with my mom most of the day until it was time to start dinner. We had to run to the store because the meat we had was questionable and I refused to eat it. While we were at the store I grabbed a zucchini to grill up as well. When we got back to the house it started to rain and we rushed to get the cheeseburgers cooking before it started pouring outside. We managed it thankfully and we ate a delicious dinner of cheeseburgers and grilled zucchinis and onions. It was so good, and I really want more right now. Then after dinner I ate some butter pecan ice cream before making my way back to school. The drive back was gross because it was raining and I had to carry my stuff to my room in the rain, but it was okay. I then unpacked my bag and got all cozy on my bed to watch my favorite Sunday night TV shows Once Upon A Time, Secrets and Lies, and The Royals. By the time all of my shows were done I was in a sad mood and I ended up crying for no apparent reasons. I was so confused and Sarah wouldn’t let me out of her site until I stopped crying. Eventually the crying did stop and I ended up watching an old cartoon from my childhood that is on Netflix before I fell asleep.

On Monday, I didn’t have classes because of a research conference that was going on, so I spent my day doing homework and organizing my to-do list. I also spent my morning packing up certain things in my room that I plan on taking home with me this weekend. I only have 14 more days until I am done with school for the summer and I  knew that if I didn’t start packing when I did I was going to regret it when it was time for me to move out. Then after I did some homework it was time for me to go to work at 4, and while at work I played games on my phone before my friend Courtney showed up and then I filled her in on all the new things in my life. She always gives the best advice and she is hilarious about it too. We had a great time before I made my way back to my apartment after I was done with work to do more homework. I worked tirelessly to get it all done so I could go to sleep as soon as possible. I ended up getting everything dome by 10:30 so I was able to finish watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Sarah before we both went to bed. MY stomach was not very happy with me when I finally got in my bed so it took me a long time to finally get to sleep, but once I was asleep I didn’t wake up for anything. The reason I know this is because last night there was an awful thunderstorm that woke everyone up except me… but I’m glad I missed that one!

I will try and do better about posting but with how hectic everything is right now I don’t know how often I will be able to blog. Just bear with me over the next two weeks!

Thanks for reading! Xoxo Lashleigh

Day 107 and 108: 17 and 18 April 2015

Why Hey There Everyone,

I apologize for this post being a little late but if you have read my previous ones you know that I have been working all week on a big paper and I’ve been so tired that I haven’t had the chance to blog everyday like I would like too. So without further ado, let me tell you about my Friday and Saturday!

So Friday I had to give a persuasive speech to my public speaking class and the topic I chose was persuading them to join a Greek organization, since I have been in a sorority for 4 years it wasn’t difficult to talk about. My speech went well and overall I was very happy with it, and then after my speech I came back to my apartment and I packed my bag for the weekend. Then I went to lunch and I went to class before I made my way home for the weekend. I was alone at my house because my family had gone to Richmond to see my sister get inducted into an honor society and I opted out of going because I knew I wouldn’t be home in time to go. Not that I wanted to go anyway because I’m still really mad at my sister for being rude to me at my induction. Then I proceeded to fall asleep on my couch for 3 hours and woke back up around 7:30. Then I made myself some pizza and watched The Fault in Our Stars before the entire family got home including my sister. I didn’t speak to her because I wanted her to know how it felt to be treated the way she treated me. After a few hours of them being there I managed to make my sister upset and she practically ran out of my house with her husband and daughter. After that I finished watching the movie I was watching and went to bed.

The next day I went to Zumba with my mom and my sister was there and didn’t speak to me, not that I cared. The class itself was intense and I was sweating bullets but I felt great afterwards. Then as we were grabbing our stuff to leave my mom tried to get my sister and I to talk and I said I didn’t want to talk about it in public because I didn’t feel it was appropriate to talk about our issues in front of a bunch of strangers. That wasn’t good enough for my mom so she told my sister why I was upset and before my mom could finish speaking my sister ran out of the room to her car and raced to her house. My mom followed her because she had some stuff for her daughter in the backseat that my sister had left at our house. Then at my sister’s house she screamed and yelled at my mom before she kicked her out of the house. So my mom proceeded to cry on the way home from Zumba and I was too upset to say anything so as soon as we got home I went and took a shower. The shower helped calm me down and by the time I was done getting ready for the day I was feeling much better. After my mom got a shower she took my shopping to get an outfit for my interview and she ended up getting me a 2 blouses, a pair of pants, a skirt, a blazer, a pair of shoes, and a dress. It was quite a successful shopping day. Then we went to chick-fil-a for lunch before going to Walmart to go grocery shopping. After that we made dinner and I popped open a bottle of wine and we made BBQ chicken and roasted potatoes. Then later that evening we watched Saving Mr. Banks before going to bed.

Overall it was an interesting few days and I am glad they are over!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh  

Day 105 and 106: 15 and 16 April 2015

Hello All,

So I know I’m a little late on posting this but it was a hectic and exhausting week! I’m going to keep this post short and sweet because I have a few others to catch up on because I’m so behind!

I spent most of Wednesday working on my 8 page paper that I had to write by Thursday night and by the time Supernatural came on I was exhausted and ready for bed. Once the show was over there was no way I was going to be able to concentrate on my paper so I gave up my efforts and shut my laptop for the night and laid on the couch for another hour before I finally made myself get back up and go to bed… it was struggle let me tell you. As I was lying in bed I remembered that I had a health test the next morning and I hadn’t even looked at the chapter in the book. So I ended up staying awake until 1:30 in the morning studying. It was awful, I was asleep as soon as my head hit my pillow.

The next day I made my way to my health class and took my test in 20 minutes like I do with all of my tests. Then I went to my next class early so I could go to the computer lab and work on my paper a bit before class. I ended up getting distracted and didn’t get much work done. Then I went to my class where people were giving presentations so I didn’t pay much attention. Then once that class let out I went back to the lab because my 11:00 class was cancelled and I really did work on my paper this time. While I was talking to one of my classmates about our paper my phone rang and when I answered it, it was the lady from the internship I applied for and she scheduled me an interview for Tuesday at 10:30 am. I got so excited and as soon as I was off the phone with her I called my mom to tell her the good news and she was so excited she screamed in my ear. We talked for a few minutes before I got back to working on my paper. Then I went to lunch with Sarah before making my way to work, and while I was at work I typed half of my paper. Then when I got back to my apartment I finished my paper by 6:00 and I had Sarah read it before I submitted it online. It ended up being 10 pages including my cover page and reference page. Then after my paper was done I had a speech to write for my public speaking class. I did that fairly quickly and once it was written I made the PowerPoint presentation to go with it. Then I took two online quizzes and I was all done with my work by 10:30 and then around 11 I got a phone call from the guy I like and we ended up talking until 2 in the morning, he ended up falling asleep on me like always. Then after that I went to bed as well and I was so tired that I was out like a light!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day 103 and 104: 13 and 14 April 2015

Hey there everyone!

So this week is going to be one of the most stressful weeks of my life, I barely have time to type this post! I have so many assignments to do between today and the 30^th of this month. I have 4 presentations, 3 major papers, 2 group presentations, a speech, and several tests. I literally don’t know what I’m going to do. In this week alone I have a paper due Thursday night, a test Thursday morning, a speech due Friday, and a presentation on Friday as well. I hate the end of the semester it is always so stressful because the professors always try to fit so many things in to the schedule in such a short amount of time. It’s not fair for us students to have to deal with all of this at once! So don’t be surprised if you don’t hear from me much this week, because I will probably be pulling my hair out trying to get all of my work done!

The past two days however have been fairly easy because all of the assignments were assigned on those days, so I had only a small amount of time before all the due dates began approaching. Yesterday was a normal Monday, I went to class and did my homework that was due and I went cross eyed form staring at my computer screen too long and then I fell asleep on the phone with the guy I like. He always falls asleep on me when we are on the phone so it was nice that I finally got to repay the favor! Then today I woke up feeling awful and my stomach kept turning and I didn’t make it to class because I could move without having to vomit. I blame all of the stress that my professors have put me under! So today I have rested and planned out the rest of semester so I know when things are due and when the best times to do them are. So hopefully I will make it through the rest of the semester without jumping off of a building!

Wish me luck! I hope y’all have a wonderful week and that it isn’t too stressful for you!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day One Hundred and One and One Hundred and Two: 11 and 12 April 2015

Why Hello There Everyone!

I’m not really sure what to blog about today because nothing has really happened over the last two days that hasn’t already happened before except one thing that I am so excited about!

So over the last few months my ex and I have become quite good friends again, and I have really enjoyed having him back in my life. So the other day we were talking on the phone and he fell asleep on me like he usually does and then the next night we were talking on the phone again and he had to stop our conversation short for another reason. So he texted me later on and told me he wanted to make it up to me and I had no idea how he could but then he thought that it would be a great idea for him to take me on a date to see Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. I’m a huge Marvel fan and as soon as he said that I accepted! So later on in the month of May he and I will be meeting halfway in South Carolina to hang out for a weekend and go see the movie and do some other things. We are going to a city neither of us has been to before so it will be a new adventure for us and I can’t wait. We are going to share a hotel room because it will be cheaper for us since I’m in college and I don’t have a lot of money. I have already looked up prices for the hotel and how long of a drive it will be for each of us and it’s about 6 hours for both us to get there. All he has to do is take off work and we will book a hotel and make all the arrangements, I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to see him or the movie. I haven’t seen him since December and I know that I will probably tackle him into a hug when I see him and he will probably do the same to me.

Honestly I wish the trip was tomorrow because I could really use a break from everything and I really want to see him and talk to him face to face. The next few weeks are going to be unbearably busy because I have so many things to do before the end of the semester and I know that adding the excitement of this trip is only going to make the next few weeks go by even faster! Please keep your fingers crossed that I get everything done in time and that I pass all of my exams! I’m gonna need all the help I can get! Hope you all have a good Monday and I will talk to y’all soon!

Thanks so much for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day 100: 10 April 2015

HELLO!!!

I can’t believe it’s been 100 days since the year began! It doesn’t seem like it has been that long and so much has happened since I started this adventure in January! So for this post I want to go over some of the major things that have happened to me since the beginning of the year, and I want to talk about some of the things that I am looking forward to in the coming months.

1.       I have successfully lost 20 pounds since the beginning of the year

2.       I have also lost 5 inches around my waist!

3.       I have gone down a pant size!

4.       I have dyed my hair blonde… again

5.       I got my tattoo touched up… finally

6.       I got inducted into the business honor society

7.       I signed up for my last fall semester of classes!

8.       I’m refining my cooking skills

9.       I have the best GPA since I started college

10.   I have started talking to my ex-boyfriend again

11.   He and I are very good friends

12.   I’ve started doing Zumba

13.   I’ve found my favorite type of wine!

14.   I’ve gotten over 1200 blog views!

15.   My makeup collection has grown quite a bit!

There are many things that I am looking forward too

1.       School is almost over! Only 3 more weeks until I’m done for the summer

2.       My best friend Sarah graduates from college! Then she is going to move away from me, which doesn’t make me very happy.

3.       I start working for the summer!

4.       I get to go to South Carolina for a few days to hang out with a cute boy

5.       My 22^nd birthday is this summer

6.       I at the end of August I start my senior year of college

7.       I’m going to sign up for my final semester of college in October

8.       Losing more weight and buying new clothes

9.       Seeing one of my friends get married in October

10.   Doing the makeup for her wedding!

I have had an amazing 100 days so far and I’m excited to see what the next 265 have in store for me! I hope you all have had a great 100 days as well and I will talk to you all soon!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Ninety Eight and Ninety Nine: 8 and 9 April 2015

Hey There Everyone,

I hope that the week has been treating y’all well! I’m just so thankful that it’s almost over, and I get to go home as usual.

Wednesday was a normal day and I didn’t really do much until after work, when I took Sarah grocery shopping. She was finally going to cook me dinner and we needed to gather some supplies! We went to Food Lion and while I was there I was finally able to find my favorite wine! I freaked out and I just had to buy it. I got a few other things and Sarah got all the ingredients she needed to make her chicken dish. Then once we got back to our apartment we put all the food away and Sarah and I worked on some homework before she went to a meeting. Once she was gone I finished my homework and watched some Disney movies. The first one I watched was Beauty and the Beast, and while I was watching that movie a huge thunderstorm came rolling through. I’m extremely afraid of thunderstorms and I was all by myself in the apartment… I was so scared and then the lights started to flicker, it was awful. It went on for a few hours before my roommates got back, and by then I was already starting another movie. I watched Anastasia, which was one of my all-time favorite movies as a kid. Once that movie was over I went to my room to do some homework that I had completely forgotten about and I ended up staying up until 1:30 because I did the assignment and I helped Sarah make a marinade for the dish she was making. So I was really tired when I woke up this morning.

This brings me to today, which hasn’t been all that exciting either but it was still a pretty good day. I woke up late this morning because I was so tired so I didn’t have time to curl my hair so I straightened it. I did my makeup and made my coffee like usual and then I went to all of my classes and nothing too exciting happened. Then while I was at work I played some card games with some of my guy friends, when one of them told me that I was like cocaine and right as I was about to get offended he told me I was like cocaine because it’s pure, sweet, powerful, and addictive just like me. He and I haven’t been friends that long so it was a little strange for him to be saying that to me but I took the compliment nonetheless. Then after work I headed straight to my room and took a 2.5 hour nap, it was much needed because the last 10 minutes of work I was struggling to keep my eyes open. I had wonderful dreams while I was napping and I was sad when I woke up to find they weren’t true. I laid in my bed an extra 45 minutes after I woke up because I was so comfortable and I wasn’t ready to get up, so I played on my phone until my stomach told me it was hungry and I needed to get up and get some food. Once I rejoined my roommates Sarah and I started to make dinner and put on a movie. We decided to watch White Chicks while we cooked an Asian inspired chicken and rice dish. It was absolutely delicious and I was disappointed I got full because I wanted to eat more of it. Then after we ate we continued watching our movie and when that one was over we watched Bridesmaids which is one of our favorites. In the middle of that movie I got a phone call from a very special person to me so I excused myself and laid on my bed talking to him and he is currently still on the phone but he is sleeping because I can hear him snoring and its adorable. He always falls asleep on me so this is normal and I usually stay on the line for a few more minutes in case he wakes back up. I don’t think he is going to though and I might have to hang up on him; which I hate doing. But I’m going to get ready for bed now and I will talk to all of you later! I hope you have an awesome Friday!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Day Ninety Six and Ninety Seven: 6 and 7 April 2015

Well Hey There People of the Internet!

I hope you have had an awesome start to your week! Mine has been full of projects and presentations!

Monday I didn’t do much other than work tirelessly on a huge presentation I had due the next day! It took me hours to make the presentation, get my notes together and figure out what activity I was going to do with the class that related to my presentation. During that time I also had a test I needed to study for. Luckily I got it all done and I was able to rest easy Monday night knowing that all of my work was getting done on time and I was happy with how my presentation was turning out. However I couldn’t sleep last night for some reason and I ended up tossing and turning all night trying to get comfortable enough to sleep.

Needless to say when I woke up this morning I was exhausted and I knew right off the bat that I was going to need a lot of caffeine and a nap to make it through the day. I had my presentation today so I spent a little extra time getting myself ready this morning. I even wore red lipstick since my outfit was so monochrome. I dressed up in business attire and wore heels around campus all day. My first class of the day had a test, and thankfully I was able to do a little last minute studying and I feel like I did really well on it. Then after that my next class had a guest speaker so I didn’t have to do much in that class. Then after that it was time for my presentation. Thankfully I didn’t have to go first and I was the last one to present and I did really well. I had too much to talk about so in the end I had to skim my last slide to make it in the time allotted to me. But m professor seemed to really enjoy my presentation and she gave me a 20 out of 20 on it! After that I was relieved that it was over and I could finally relax for the rest of the day. I went to work after lunch and played card games with my friends before making my way back to my room and taking a nice long nap. I got woken up from my nap by my roommate who reminded me I had homework to do. I begrudgingly got up and took the few online quizzes I had for my classes and I began revising a paper that I had to turn in tonight. I made one of my roommates read over it for me to make sure that I didn’t miss any mistakes. Then I made myself some dinner and proceeded to watch TV with Sarah until about midnight when we decided it was bed time!

So now I am getting myself ready to go to sleep so I can face another day tomorrow, I hope you all get some great sleep and I will see you soon!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh!

Day Ninety Four and Ninety Five: 4 and 5 April 2015

Hello there wonderful people!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Sunday! Sorry for the late post it’s been a very hectic week so far and I haven’t had much time to do anything. Without delaying any further let me get started!

The day before Easter I spent the entire Saturday with my mom running a million errands around town! We first went to Noodles and Company for lunch and it was absolutely delicious I got Pad Thai which is Asian rice noodles, vegetables, peanut sauce, and sautéed shrimp! My mom got Japanese Pan Noodles which looked like giant earthworms on her plate but it tasted really good. After lunch we went to Sam’s club to pick up a few things we needed for Easter Dinner. After walking around Sam’s Club for what felt like hours we went back to the house to put the cold stuff away and then we went to JC Penny’s so that my mom could get a few 15 minute contour make over from Sephora. While we were there I spent some time looking around at all the products and explaining to my mom the different products that I was interested in and she ended up buying me a contour palette by Kat Von D as my Easter Gift. After that we went to Walmart to get a few more things for Easter Dinner and I picked up some hair dye because my roots had started coming in and I wanted my hair all nice and pretty for church the next day. So after dinner my mom helped me dye my hair a gorgeous vanilla blonde color from Schwarzkopf. After blow drying my hair and making sure it was perfect I went to bed.

The next morning I woke up early and curled my hair like I usually do and I did my makeup and I ended up doing my mom’s makeup as well using my new contour palette she had purchased me. Then we went to church where we watched all the little ones hunt for Easter eggs out on the playground and they all looked so adorable in their little outfits. Then during church service I decided to help out in the nursery because it was crowded in there and all the kids were hopped up on sugar from all the candy they had been eating. While I was in there one of the little boys decided to attach himself to my hip and we sat and talked the entire time and he told me all about the presents he got for Easter and what his little brother got and that now that he was 5 years old he was a big boy and got big boy toys. It was absolutely adorable and I ended up getting a picture with him because he was just too cute. Then once church was over mom and I went home to start working on Easter dinner. After she put the ham in the oven she took the dog for a walk and I decided to take a nice little nap on the couch. I didn’t wake up until 4pm when everyone had already arrived for dinner. I got woken up and poured myself a glass of wine and ate a lovely dinner with my family. Then after dinner I packed my bag and headed back to school. When I got back I spent some time with my friends and we went out for margaritas. Overall it was a really good night.

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Ninety Two and Ninety Three: 2 and 3 April 2015

Hey there wonderful people,

The last two days have been the easiest of my week. I can finally relax after such a hectic beginning to my week.

On Thursday, I went to my classes as usual and I went to work. While at work I hung out with one of my roommates and we played board games with a friend of hers who I never really got a long with. I am making more of an effort to not hate him. I must say that I genuinely enjoyed playing all of the games even though he was there. After we played a few rounds it was time for me to clock out of work and make my way home. The drive was peaceful as it usually is, and once I arrived in town I made my way to World Market where I picked up a few bottles of wine and a new coffee mug. Once I did that I made my way to my favorite nail salon to get my eyebrows done because they were looking rough. After that I made my way home where I spent the next hour or so dying Easter eggs with my niece. Then her, my father, and I ate burgers for dinner before they had to leave and go to her Girl Scout meeting. Once they left, I changed into my comfy clothes and plopped myself down onto my couch and proceeded to watch some TV before one of my favorite movies came on. At 9pm when Maleficent came on my mom and I sat down to watch it, but I didn’t last long and I ended up falling asleep on the couch. Once the movie was over my mom woke me up and told me to go to bed which I readily agreed to. I went upstairs and got snuggled up in my bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

When I woke up this morning I get myself ready and 10 minutes before 10am I made my way to the tattoo shop where I got my tattoo done in December. It has been looking dreadful recently and it needed to be touched up. I made it there 10 minutes after it opened and the guy who did my tattoo in December was there and he got set up quickly and before I knew it he was making my tattoo look as good as new. We had a great conversation we talked about the most random things but it made the process much more bearable instead of being silent for 40 minutes while he tattooed my collarbone. My tattoo looks so much better now than it did! Once he taped me up with a nice bandage I left to go get some lunch, I went to Panera to get a chicken caesar salad to go and I grabbed some Starbucks as well because I have a caffeine addiction. Then after getting my food, I made my way to Walmart to pick up a few things. I got some nail polish because now that its spring time I needed some brighter colors, I also picked up an eyeshadow palette from Maybelline. After leaving Walmart I came home and ate my lunch and watched a movie on Netflix before starting to watch season 3 of House of Cards. I am about to start doing some homework and continue watching House of Cards. Then later on tonight I hope to be done with the major assignment I will be working on before I go to bed. Wish me luck!

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday night!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Eighty Nine Ninety and Ninety One: 30 March through 1 April 2015

Hey there everyone,

It has been a really hectic week, which is why I haven’t had time to blog about it. Between projects, papers, and tests I have barely had any time to do anything else. I had a project due on Tuesday, a test on Wednesday, and several assignments due on Thursday.

Monday was a busy day because I spent the entire day working on the project that was due Tuesday because not only was there a project to do but I also had to do a 20 question assignment for the same class. Then on Tuesday I spent the entire day studying for the essay test I had to do on Wednesday. Wednesday I actually got to take a small break because I only had to do a 20 question assignment.

As we all know Wednesday was the first day in April as well as April Fool’s Day, I never much cared for April Fool’s Day because I feel like it gives people an excuse to act like idiots all day because that is normally what happens.  However, like I do at the beginning of every month I’m going to tell you all some of my favorite random holidays in April. The first of them being on April 4^th which is National Hug a Newsman Day. There is National No Housework Day on the 7^th, National Golfer’s Day on the 10^th, National Stress Awareness Day on the 16^th, National Blah Blah Blah Day on the 17^th, my personal favorite National Take A Chance Day on the 23^rd, and last but not least National Kiss Your Mate Day on the 28^th. This month is full of great random holidays, if you want to check some of them out follow this link http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/april.htm to the website where I get all of my fun holidays.

So after my assignments were done on Wednesday I spent the rest if my day doing laundry and packing for the three day weekend. I haven’t done laundry in a couple of weeks and I was running out of socks, so while I was watching Supernatural I threw all of my clothes in the washer. Supernatural this week made me so happy because one of my favorite characters who died a few seasons back showed up. I was so excited I was smiling the entire episode! And Crowley, another one of the main characters finally got his life together and told his mom how he felt about her. Then after Supernatural, Sarah and I watched Gone in 60 Seconds, which is one of her favorite movies and I had never seen it before. The movie was great and I really enjoyed it! As the movie was finishing up I folded my laundry and packed a few of the things I just washed. I finished packing all of my belongings for the three day weekend. I will tell you all about Thursday and Friday in my next blog post!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh  

Day Eighty Seven and Eighty Eight: 28 and 29 March 2015

Hello everyone!

I hope you have had a wonderful weekend! I’m sure you all had a better one than me.

I don’t know what’s been wrong with me, the past few days but it is really affecting my mood. I have just been in an awful mood the last few days and everything just keeps making it worse. No matter what I do I just can’t shake how I feel. It’s not like anything happened either, on Saturday I went to Zumba like normal and I danced my butt off but before I even went to Zumba I woke up in an awful mood. I slept just fine and I got plenty of sleep, so I don’t know why I woke up so gross. After Zumba I took a nice shower and got all snuggled up on my couch and watched the rest of season one and all do season two of House of Cards. I didn’t have anything else to do, and all day I was just in an awful mood. I wasn’t happy at all, I was being rude to my parents unintentionally, and I had no desire to do anything. I used to feel like this all the time before I got put on anti-depressants but for some reason this weekend made me feel like I wasn’t on medication at all. Maybe it’s the stress of the week getting to me or maybe the medication is losing effect and I need a higher dosage. I don’t know but I can’t handle any more days like this. On top of my awful mood I have had a ridiculous headache all weekend long too. It was just not meant to be a good weekend. Another thing that contributed to my bad mood was the text message I got from one of my friends from school about housing next year and that residence life still hasn’t fixed their mistake about my room next year. After that message I emailed the woman in charge yet again to let her know the problem was still a problem and I already made plans to go see her tomorrow and I’m not going to leave until I have my answers. There is no reason I shouldn’t be in the room I signed up for, I paid all my money and the other girls I signed up with are in the room we signed up for so I don’t know why I’m not in there with them. Pretty much after that my mood hit rock bottom and nothing was going to change it. I went to bed early that night and fell asleep after watching the last episode of season two of House of Cards.

Then today when I woke up I woke up in a slightly better mood than the day before but I still feel bad for no reason. My headache still will not go away no matter what I do, but I had plans today and I wasn’t going to let it stop me. I went to see the Divergent Series: Insurgent today with my mom and it was a really good movie but compared to the book there were a lot of things that were different. However I did enjoy myself and I’m impatiently waiting for the third movie to come out, so I can see where they take it. With the amount of differences in the movie from the book I’m interested to see what they do with the next movie because they are going to have to change a lot of things around. After the movie I made my way to Starbucks to get my Sunday treat to myself before making my way back to school like I always do. When I got back to school I ate some soup my mom got me from Panera Bread and before unpacking my bag. After I unpacked I went out into the living room and watched the end of a Disney movie with my roommates while telling them all about Insurgent, even though they have never even seen Divergent they still listened to me anyway. In about 30 minutes my TV shows are going to come on first I’m going to watch Once Upon A Time, then Secrets and Lies, and then finally The Royals. I can’t decide which one I’m more excited for, so I will just have to see what happens!

I hope tomorrow will be a better day, but I don’t know. I hope you all have a better Monday than I will have, and I will be sure to tell you all about my day.

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Eighty Five and Eighty Six: 26 and 27 March 2015

Hey there everyone!

Thank God It’s Friday, I am in a serious need of some relaxation. I can already tell that I am going to have to take a nap tomorrow… it’s been a tiring week and I’m so glad that it’s over with. Time for some Netflix and a few glasses of wine. Let me start with Thursday…

Oh Thursday, it was the day after my induction ceremony and the stress of the day finally caught up with me. It took me a little while but it finally hit me how hurt I am that my sister literally said nothing to me. She fundamentally ruined my entire day, and at this point I don’t even want her to come to any more of my functions including my graduation. I refuse to let her ruin any more of my special nights. Other than that Thursday was a usual day and I went to class and I went to work. After work was done I spent all of my night studying for a major essay test I had Friday. Literally that is all I did yesterday because I was so stressed over this test. After studying for hours and hours I finally made my way to bed and even then I still didn’t go to sleep and spent a few more hours studying before finally passing out.

Today however, was a very eventful day. The morning went as it always does, and I spent my lunchtime studying for my test. Then at 1pm I sailed through my test with little difficulty and I was on my way home. As soon as I got off the interstate my gas light came on and I pulled into a 7-11 to get some gas for my car. When I got to the pump, I got out of my car and instinctively I locked my door and shut the door. When I did this I locked my phone and my keys inside. Once I realized what happened I wanted to die, so I ran inside to ask if they had a phone I could call my mom to get me the spare key for my car. They gave me a phone to use and I made the call. While I waited for my mom to arrive I walked around the shop and while I was awkwardly standing in an aisle a random guy came up to me. This random guy said hello to me and introduced himself as Eric and asked my name so I told him. Then he asked where I was from and I told him I was from the area, not getting too specific. Then he proceeded to ask me if I was married and sensing that he wouldn’t leave me alone if I said I was single I lied and told him that I was engaged. I didn’t see any other solution, I shoved my hand in my pocket so he wouldn’t be able to see the lack of engagement ring. He then told me that all the pretty ones are always engaged or married. I just smiled and he told me to have a nice day and I told him the same. Not too long after that my mom arrived and saved the day, I got to open my car and pay for my gas. After that whole ordeal was over I made my way home and I have been on my couch ever since because my friend has me hooked on a show that I can watch on Netflix called House of Cards. I’ve watched almost all of season 1 today and I realize that this may be a problem but I don’t care. So far it’s an amazing show, and I’m really enjoying it. However I do think I will being going to bed soon because I have to be up early in the morning for Zumba!!

I hope you all have a wonderful night! And I will talk to you again soon!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Day Eighty Three and Eighty Four: 24 and 25 March 2015

Hello awesome people,

I hope y’all have had a good week so far, sorry I didn’t post last night but I was exhausted and I had a lot of homework that needed to get done! So this post will be about Tuesday and Wednesday, and tomorrow I will post about Thursday and Friday. Without further delay let’s get too it.

Tuesday was a fairly laid back day, I didn’t have any classes because it was advising day here at school. Probably a good thing I didn’t have class or I would’ve been a zombie because I was up really late skyping a very good friend of mine. He and I stayed on the phone/computer/ipad until 6am when we both finally started to pass out. My appointment with my adviser was at 10:30 so I didn’t get as much sleep as I needed but I powered through the lack of sleep. When I got to my appointment I had to wait a little bit because she was meeting with another student. I used that time to talk to her secretary who is a very nice woman and we talked about a variety of topics and she told me about her dad and his love of cake. It was great hearing her stories. After she finished talking about her dad and his love of cake my advisor was ready for me. During my appointment she gave me a list of all of the classes I needed to graduate and I could’ve literally cried right there because she planned out my last two semesters and I only have to take 15 credits my last two semesters. I have been taking 18-20 the last few semesters and I was so excited about only have 5 classes. I thought I was going to have to take more than that and I couldn’t contain my joy, as soon as I left my appointment I had to call my mom and tell her the good news! Once I got off the phone with my mom I made my way back to my apartment and I had only a little bit of time before I had to go to work at 1. So I spent my time hanging out with my roommates, and then I went to work and Sarah joined me and we just hung out and talked for the 2 hours I was stuck at work. Then after work it was time for me to get my homework done. I sat down at my computer and I attempted to do my work but I ended up almost falling asleep on my computer before Sarah woke me up and told me to go to bed and take a nap. I just nodded and propelled myself onto my bed where I collapsed almost immediately and fell asleep for 2 hours. It was a glorious nap and I hadn’t of taken it I’m pretty sure I would’ve died. After my nap I felt much better and I made myself some dinner before taking a nice long hot shower. Once all of that was done I finally got started on my homework. I ended up doing homework for hours, and I even did some during commercials the while I was watching 19 Kids and Counting with Sarah. Thankfully by midnight I was done and I could go back to bed, and it didn’t take long for me to pass out again.

Then on Wednesday I had all of my classes as usual, and I ended up going to a lecture about budgeting and finance that was optional for all students. I learned a lot and hopefully I will remember those things when I graduate from university. After that I made my way to lunch with Sarah and then I went to class. The only different about this Wednesday was that instead of going to work I met my family at Applebee’s for dinner because I was getting inducted into the business honor society at school, and they all came down to watch the ceremony. My family was running late as usual so Sarah and I got to the restaurant way before they did so we ordered ourselves some margaritas and an appetizer and waited for them. We were just finishing our chicken wings when the showed up. It wasn’t just my mom and dad, but my sister her husband and daughter along with my grandmother showed up. It was a lot of people, and my sister as usual was rude to me and we barely spoke to each other. Honestly I have no idea why she even came in the first place. Before everyone was done with dinner I had to head out because I had to be at the venue early because I was being inducted. Sarah saved everyone seats and I got to sit in the front row. The ceremony was fairly quick and we were done with all the recognitions and awards after an hour. There was a small reception afterwards and they had cake and water for those who wanted it. During that time we took pictures and I introduced my mom to my advisor who is also the dean on the business school, and a few of my professors. Overall it was a good event, then after that my family left and Sarah and I went back to our apartment. We made it back with plenty of time before Supernatural was coming on! We watched the new episode while we ate on our left over food from dinner and I refused to do any homework during then. After wards however I still had to work on part one of a big project I’ve been working on. Luckily I got it done and turned in before midnight and then it was bed time because after those two days I was exhausted!

I hope y’all have a great rest of the week!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Eighty One and Eighty Two: 22 and 23 March 2015

Hello Wonderful People,

I hope Monday has been treating you well, my day is about halfway over and I can’t wait to go back to my apartment and get snuggled up in my bed. I’m tried and I don’t have class tomorrow so I can sleep all I want in the morning! I will talk more about that in a moment, first let’s talk about yesterday.

Sunday, was an uneventful day. I woke up an hour later than I wanted too, so I was rushed to get ready in time to go to the movies with my mom, dad, and my niece. We had decided late Saturday night that we would go to the movies because I really wanted to see Cinderella and my dad was already taking my niece, Mackenzie, to see it. So I rushed to get myself ready and packed because I was going to be heading back to school after the movie as well. To save time I straightened my hair instead of curling it so I could spend the excess amount of time on my makeup. I did a natural brown smoky eye and I lined my lower lash line with a bright blue eyeshadow in honor of Cinderella. By the time my makeup was done my mom had gotten home and it was time to rush to the movie, I didn’t even get the chance to eat lunch before we left. We got to the movie with more than enough time, and we went to the concession stand to get some drinks and something to eat so none of us would pass out. With mom and I being on diets our options were limited, we decided on large soft pretzels each because they were only 480 calories. Once we got our food and drinks we made our way to the theater and got our seats all the way up in the very last row in the middle. Once seated we got comfortable and waited for the movie to start! Disney had a little short film called Frozen Fever that came on before Cinderella and it was absolutely adorable! I couldn’t handle it, I literally thought I was going to die from cuteness overload. Then after that the movie started, and I was a little girl again for 2 hours. The movie was absolutely amazing, and I was so happy when I walked out of the theater. They did such a good job bringing it to life and I want to see it again! After the movie we went back home and I loaded up my car to head back to school. When I was back in my apartment I unpacked and looked through all of my classes to see if I had homework and of course I did. I had a group presentation due at 1pm on Monday and I quickly emailed my group members and the only one who got back to me was away on a trip with a school organization and wouldn’t be back until at least 2am. I was stuck doing the entire presentation alone and I quickly put something together and turned it in because I wasn’t going to get a bad grade because everyone else was incapable of emailing me back. After that I didn’t have any more homework to do, so I was able to sit back and relax and watch my Sunday night shows which consist of Once Upon A Time, Secrets and Lies, and The Royals. Once my shows were over I got myself ready for bed, and read a book as I slowly fell asleep.

Today I woke up at my usual time and went to all of my classes as usual. Then after class I went to work and I was able to see my friend Courtney who was away all last week and I hadn’t gotten the chance to fill her in on my life so I spent most of my time at working gossiping with her. Then we went to dinner with Sarah, and our other friend Leanne who is also one of my roommates. We spent most of dinner laughing and having a great time, but when I got back to my apartment was when my day got exciting. When I got out of my car I was greeted by a dog who had no owner around. She had a collar on so I knew she belonged to someone, and she was out in the street and I was nervous she would get hurt so I watched over her while we waited for public safety to come and get her to take her to the shelter so her owner could claim her.  She was so sweet and I wanted to keep her. While we waited for public safety we fed her some left over chicken and gave her some water and she just wagged her tail and had a great time with us and then finally she made her way home. I sure hope her owners find her because she was just the sweetest thing. While I watching after her I named her Honey because I needed something to call her and her fur was a golden honey color and it just fit so perfectly. After that I finally got into my apartment and I washed my hands of all of the chicken juice and I proceeded to craft a canvas with one of the quotes from Cinderella on it. It is Cinderella blue and says “Have Courage & Be Kind”, and that is one of the main themes of the movie and if you see it you’ll know what I’m talking about. There wasn’t much to do after that so now I am laying in Sarah’s room and waiting for my friend to Skype me. I don’t have class tomorrow because its advising day so I get to sleep in and I can’t wait since normally on Tuesdays I wake up at 5:45, so tomorrow will be a nice change.

I will fill you in on tomorrow later! I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Nine and Eighty: 20 and 21 March 2015

Hey all you wonderful people!

I hope you've been having a great weekend so far! Not much has happened in mine so it's been nice.

On Friday I woke up at my usual time of 7:45 am and got myself together for the day. Then I made Sarah and myself some caramel lattes before making my way to my 10 am class. I had a test in that class and it took me all of 10 minutes to finish it. Then I was out the door and back in my apartment, and I decided to make myself some brunch. I chopped up some of the left over pork chops from the night before and then I whisked up some eggs and I cooked them together in a frying pan. Then once they were done I put it all in a bowl and added a little ranch dressing. And let me tell you it was freaking delicious! Once I was finished I was sad because I wanted more! After my brunch I finished packing for the weekend and that didn't take me too long. After that I laid down on my bed and decided to do some reading. I started reading the book by Steve Harvey called Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. So far it is really good and it makes a lot of sense, I'm excited to read more of it. While I was reading I fell asleep and took a little cat nap before having to go to class at 1. Once in class I couldn't pay attention because my professor is so boring! I just played on my phone for the 50 minute class. Thankfully class went by quickly and before I knew it I was on my way home for the weekend. Once I got into town I made my way to Ulta and picked up a few items that I was running low on. Then I made my way home, I got comfortable in my couch and watched some tv before I fell asleep again. I was really tired yesterday and I slept for a few hours before my mom woke me up for dinner. After dinner we watched some movies and then we all went to bed early because I was still exhausted.

Then this morning I woke up early to go to Zumba with my mom at 9. Then after Zumba I took a well-deserved shower and watched The Royals on E! While I waited for my hair to dry. I also ate some pizza for lunch during the show. Then after the show was over around 2 I started getting myself together for the day. I did my hair and makeup and I was all done by 4:30. I made my way back downstairs and watched some Disney movies while I waited for my mom to get home because tonight my parents were celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary and they took me out to dinner with them. Once she got home she changed her clothes and my dad get himself ready as well. Then we all loaded in the car and drove down the road to Yukihana which is a hibachi grill. It was delicious and I stuffed my face and it was totally worth it. After dinner we went to Sweet Frogs because who doesn't like frozen yogurt after Japanese food! Now we are sitting on the couch watching more Disney movies and drinking wine. A great way to end the day!

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday! I will talk y'all later!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Seven and Seventy Eight: 18 and 19 March 2015

Hey Y’all!

I hope you have had a wonderful Wednesday and Thursday! This week just seems to have flown by, it doesn’t feel like tomorrow is Friday! Summer is another week closer and then I will officially be a senior in college! I’m so excited, I won’t know what to do with myself! Although the end of the semester does signal a few different things for me, school will be over so I will have to start working everyday again, I have to move back in with my parents for the summer, and saddest of all Sarah will be graduating and most likely moving to Wilmington, NC which is 3 hours away from me! So school ending this year will be bittersweet. Enough of that for now and let’s talk about the last two days.

Yesterday, was a fairly boring day… I spent most of my day working on a 5 page paper that was due by 7:30 this morning. I had to watch a 5 part YouTube video and take notes on it so that I would be able to do the paper correctly, and it was a major struggle.  While I was watching part 4 of the videos I fell asleep because I was exhausted and I didn’t wake up until it was time for me to go to work at 3:50. I grabbed my laptop and booked it down the stairs so I wouldn’t be late. While I was at work I finished watching the videos and started typing my paper. Then I worked on it for a few hours before I was off work at 6. Then when I got back to the apartment I made myself some dinner before grabbing a quick shower. After that I spent another few hours working on my paper because I wanted to get it over with. However at 9pm the new episode of Supernatural came on so I took a break to watch that with Sarah. Then after the episode I put my writing cap on and finished my paper by 12:30, however even after I was done I was wide awake so it took me forever to get to sleep. This brings me to today…

This morning when my alarm clock went off, I completely ignored it and kept right on sleeping. Then when I did finally wake up there was no time for me to get myself ready to make it to my first class. So I skipped my first class this morning and I don’t regret my decision. I would have been dead to the world if I had gotten up at 5:45 like I usually do on Thursdays. So I took my time getting ready this morning since I wasn’t going to the first class. I straightened my hair instead of curling it because I wanted to do something a little different then for my makeup I did something more subtle and natural looking. It turned out very pretty, I used a pale white color on my lid and blended a light matte brown on the outer corner before adding a shimmery brown in my crease. It created a very pretty natural look that was perfect for how I was feeling today. By the time I was ready for the day it was time for me to go to class. I went to my other two classes and then I made my way to work where I had nothing to do so I spent 2 hours playing solitaire on my laptop. After work I ran to the store with Sarah so we could get ingredients for dinner tonight. I am going to be making parmesan crusted pork chops with rice and broccoli, I’m really excited about it because this is one of my favorite dishes. Then after dinner we are going to drink some wine and watch some movies since neither of us have any more homework to do! Overall it shall be a very relaxing evening!

Well I’ve got to go and make dinner, I hope y’all have a wonderful Friday!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Five and Seventy Six: 16 and 17 March 2015

Top of the Evening to you all! And Happy St. Patty’s Day!

As you may not know I am at least 1/3 Irish so St. Patrick’s Day is always a fun day for me. I love all of the green and watching people get all dressed up and drink way too much green beer is always super fun to see. Plus I hardly ever wear green, but I tell people that if you pinch an Irish person on St. Patrick’s Day then you get punched, and that is exactly what I do. This year however wasn’t as fun as previous years, but I will get to that in a minute.

Yesterday was the first Monday back after Spring Break, and it was a tough day to get through… I had three classes, work, and grocery shopping to do. I started off my morning as I usually do by waking up earlier than my body would like and then making myself look presentable for 2 hours. Between all of the zoning out and playing on my phone it normally takes that long even though it should only take me an hour… So once I was done I made my way to my first class of the day all while texting the guy I really like. I’m not going to go into much detail here because I want it to be kept private for now. After that class was over I came back to my apartment and I messed around on my computer for about an hour before it was time to meet Sarah for lunch like I do every day. We had a good lunch and talked about our plans for later on that evening. Then I had two classes that were extremely boring and I barely paid attention… I know I’m a bad student sometimes… but my grades make up for my lack in attention. After classes I went to work for a few hours and got my homework done so I wouldn’t have to worry about it later. Then once I was done with work I went with Sarah to the grocery store because we were seriously lacking in the food department. I got pizzas, healthy rice meals, some yogurt, sugar, and coffee creamer. Then we managed to bring everything upstairs in one trip, and right before I went to take a shower I popped a pizza into the oven for dinner because I was starving! I took a quick shower and I was done before the pizza was out of the oven! I sliced up the pizza and the devoured about half of it because I had hardly eaten anything all day, then after dinner I curled Sarah’s hair while we watched movies. Overall it wasn’t a bad Monday.

Then there was today, good ole St. Patrick’s Day. Today was a better Tuesday than most because my 8am class was cancelled so I was able to sleep a little later than usual. I had a lot of extra time to get ready this morning and it gave me time to do Sarah’s makeup because today she got inducted into an honor society at school. I was able to slowly get ready and drink my coffee before having to go to my class at 9:30, and today was really warm outside so I was able to wear a short sleeve shirt and sandals! It was really exciting! On my way to my first class of the time I was reminded by my timehop app about what I was doing on this day last year, and it made me sad because this time last year I had an amazing boyfriend and we were going out and celebrating being together for 6 months. It really showed me how much can change in a short amount of time, but it’s alright, everything happens for a reason. After that my classes flew by and before I knew it I was sitting at work playing games on my computer. While at work one of my friends, Courtney, used my computer to create a resume for her and I played on my phone because I nothing else to do. Then 4pm Sarah had her induction ceremony so I made my way across campus to be there for her, because that’s what best friends are for! Once the ceremony was over we hung out with her mom and her grandparents who had also come to the event for a little while before we made our way back to the apartment to have some dinner. Then we did homework and ate our dinner before the rest of our roommates came back to the apartment. Then we watched them play Disney Trivia which was really entertaining, but the best part was when we got out the Harry Potter Scene It game and we played two games and I dominated both of them with no trouble at all. I’m a bit of a Harry Potter nerd so playing that game is a piece of cake for me! Then after that they didn’t want to play with me anymore so Sarah and I settled in to watch 19 Kids and Counting and Our Little Family, which are our normal Tuesday night shows. Once those were over we all got ready for bed because let’s face it after waking up at 5:30 in the morning it’s hard to not fall asleep around 10pm!

I hope y’all have had a great St. Patrick’s Day, and now it’s time for me to go to bed before I pass out in my desk chair!

Thank y’all so much for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Three and Seventy Four: 14 and 15 March 2015

Hello Wonderful People, 

I trust y’all had a wonderful weekend, I know that mine wasn’t too awful. My weekend consisted of watching movies with my mom and dad and coming back to school!

Saturday was a good day, I went to Zumba that morning with my mom and sister. We danced our butts off and then afterwards my sister gave me a homemade power muffin, which was a whole grain oatmeal yogurt blueberry muffin. It was a lot to say but it was really good and it hit the spot after working out for an hour. Then after that I went home and took a well-deserved shower and decided that since I was going back to school the next day I was going to do my laundry. I hadn’t done laundry in a while so I figured that there was no better time then while I was at home. After my shower I gathered all of clothes and made my way downstairs to sort my clothes into different piles. Once they were sorted I started my first load and started up my computer to watch season 10 of Supernatural. And that’s all I did, all day. I got all of my laundry done and finished watching the Supernatural series and now I am all caught up on what’s going on and Sarah told me I can officially join the Supernatural fan club since I have now seen every episode in order. After all of that was done I got hungry and since my mom wasn’t home I cooked dinner for the family, I made grilled chicken quesadillas and they were delicious. After dinner we all sat down on the couch and I had a glass of wine and we watched “The Other Woman” which is my favorite movie right now. Then the guy I like called me and we talked on the phone for 3.5 hours and we laughed and I was so happy and constantly smiling. I made him go to bed because he had to get up for work in the morning or we probably would’ve talked longer. I went to bed shortly after we said our goodbyes, and I had many sweet dreams of him.

Then today I slept in a little because spring break was ending and I didn’t know when I would be able to sleep in again. When I got up I was in an awesome mood so I decided I wanted to go all out on my hair and makeup. I curled my hair like usual and made it all fancy looking. Then for my makeup I did a brown and bronze smoky eye using my Too Faced Cat Eye’s palette. Then once I was ready for the day I packed all of my stuff and brought it all downstairs. By that time my mom and dad were home and we decided to eat dinner early that way I could eat with them since I had to leave around 4 to head back to school. We made sirloin steaks, roasted potatoes, and a salad. It was delicious, and it kept me full for a very long time. After dinner I packed up my car and grabbed some Starbucks before heading down the road to school. After an hour and half long drive I arrived at school in time for one of my friends to walk by and he helped me carry my belongings up the three flights of stairs to my apartment. Once inside I unpacked all of my stuff and hung out with Sarah and PJ, before we watched Once Upon A Time at 8pm. I did some homework afterwards and watched a movie with Sarah to end the night!

I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy One and Seventy Two: 12 and 13 March 2015

Hello Everyone!

So I’m sorry for being so late with this post but it’s been a busy few days!

So on Thursday I had to wake up super early because I had to go get a cavity filled at 9am. I woke up earlier than I would’ve liked too and curled my hair like normally do, I wanted to get it out of the way that way I wouldn’t have to do it later that day. I finished my hair and before I left to go to the dentist again I took some advil to prepare myself for the havoc my dentist was going to wreak on my mouth. Once I got to the dentist they got to work on my mouth and I was in and out in 25 minutes. After my appointment I made my way back home and I proceeded to sit on my couch as the numbing on my cheek started to wear off and watched season 9 of Supernatural. After a few hours I could feel the pain in my cheek and it was time for me to get my makeup on because I was picking my niece up from school. I did my makeup and used my new Urban Decay Shadow Box palette and was ready in time to drive across town to pick Mackenzie up from school. After I picked her up I decided to give her a little treat and we went to Sweet Frog to get some frozen yogurt. It was so good to see her because with me being off at school I don’t get to see her a lot, so when I do I like to take her out for a little aunt/niece bonding time. Needless to say she really enjoyed herself. Then after that I had to have her do her homework because she is 9 after all and I sat there and helped her with all of her subjects. Then I had to take her home because she had a Girl Scout meeting to go to, and I had to get ready for Zumba class. I dropped her off and while I was at my sister’s house she invited me over for dinner after Zumba later on that evening. I agreed and headed back to my house so that I could change for class. I did an hour of Zumba and then went over Anneliese’s house for dinner and she made chicken Caesar pasta salad which was really delicious and definitely hit the spot after the workout. I hung out for about an hour which was long enough to say goodnight to Mackenzie and grab some Girl Scout cookies for my dad. Then I came back home and went right to my bed and watched some more Supernatural before passing out.

Then on Friday I didn’t move out of my bed for a few hours after I woke up and just watched Netflix on my laptop until I got hungry and needed to get food from the kitchen. I got myself some lunch and then decided to watch Netflix from my couch for the rest of the day. Then my mom came home and told me I was going to dinner with my grandmother, so I had to make myself look presentable since I was looking like a wreck. I did my hair and makeup as quick as I could and my mom and I met my grandmother at olive garden. I got my usual delicious chicken and mashed potatoes with a large glass of wine. After that I spent the evening in my bed finishing the Supernatural series and texting some of my friends.

I hope you all have an amazing weekend!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Day Sixty Nine and Seventy: 10 and 11 March 2015

Hello Wonderful People,

I want to start this post with a question, do y’all believe in Karma? Because I’m starting to… The other day I was on the phone with a very close friend of mine and I made fun of him for having the sniffles because he is always sick with something. And the next morning I woke up with so much congestion I thought my head was going to explode… Now I can barely breathe through my nose and I sound gross and no amount of cold medicine is helping me. I’m pretty sure my current condition is because of the weather but I can’t help but think that Karma had something to do with this. I will never laugh at someone for having the sniffles again! And my friend who always has the sniffle is currently laughing at me as I blow my nose. So that’s my question feel free to answer me in the comment section below, because I’m beginning to think there is so truth behind this whole ordeal.

Now that that has been settled let’s talk about the last couple days. Yesterday was a wonderful day, I woke up when I wanted too and I got to watch Supernatural all day… well not all day I had somewhere to be at 5:30. But until that point I could just lounge around all day and I did. I got through all of season 8 and started season 9! Then at 5:30 I had to leave to go to JC Penny’s with my mom so she could pick up her new shoes for Zumba, and I ended up getting a new pair of Nike’s too. They are a bright sky blue color with coral accents. Then after that we went to Zumba class for an hour which kicked my sick butt because I had a hard time breathing through the workout because of my nose being so stuffy. Thankfully I was able to make it through without too much difficulty, I did sit out one song just to catch my breath because I felt like I was going to pass out. After class was over my mom and I met my sister for dinner at Panera Bread because none of us had eaten dinner yet. We had a great time at dinner and my sister talked about all of the problems she has with her husband and we all listened and told her she was right no matter what. After dinner we came back home and I took a long and well deserved shower and then settled down on my couch to watch 19 Kids and Counting with my mom. Then not to long after that we all decided it was bed time and I got all snuggled up in my bed and fell asleep.

Then today I actually had somewhere to be so I had to make myself look presentable, got up around 10 and did my hair and makeup before making my way to the dentist. After 20 minutes of being stabbed in the gums by the dental hygienist the dentist came in and told me I needed to have another cavity filled. This kind of news is no longer new to me, every time I go to the dentist it seems that I have another cavity that needs to be filled. My dentist told me that it had nothing to do with my dental hygiene but it’s actually my teeth that are the problem, I have weak enamel and the way my teeth are shaped makes it very hard to reach all of the crevices which makes it hard to clean. All of those things add up to make me a cavity machine. It’s a struggle, so tomorrow morning I will be going to get yet another cavity filled. After leaving the dentist office I wanted to do something fun and since I cashed in all of my coins earlier that day I decided that I wanted to go to Ulta and buy an eye shadow palette that I have had my eye on for weeks. I drove across town and when I got there I was very disappointed to learn that they no longer had that one in stock. I decided to by a NYX palette while I was there and I would search for the TooFaced palette at Sephora which was just down the road. The NYX palette I got is called Stormy Skies and it is a part of their Dream Catchers collection. After making my purchase at Ulta I made my way to Sephora and they didn’t have the palette I was looking for either but they did have another one that I was interested in. I played with all of the colors and I decided that I would get that one instead. It’s the Too Faced Cat Eyes palette and then while I was there I picked up the Urban Decay Shadow Box palette as well. So my treat to myself for having to get another cavity filled was three eye shadow palettes and some Starbucks. Even though I’m pretty sure Starbucks is what got me into trouble in the first place, but a girl needs her caffeine. That wasn’t all for my day, after I got home I watched a few episodes of Supernatural before my mom came to get me and we went and got dinner at Chipotle. I could only chew on the left side of my mouth thanks to the rough work of the dental hygienist, but I enjoyed my burrito bowl just the same. After dinner we went to Dick’s Sporting Goods to get a beginners yoga DVD because my mom wants to learn yoga, and I wanted to get some tank tops to do Zumba in. I found 2 Reebok tank tops that have cute sayings on them, one is white and in black letters says “fearless, sweat more” and a blue one with yellow letters that says “do more of what makes you happy”. I love both of these and I can’t wait to wear them this week. The rest of the night was uneventful because I just watched Supernatural on my couch, and now I’m in my bed talking about becoming a vampire with my friend and compelling Luke Bryan to marry me and if I get Luke does that mean my friend gets Luke’s wife. It’s a very interesting conversation to be honest, but I need to get some sleep since I have to be up early and I’m sick! I hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Sixty Seven and Sixty Eight: 8 and 9 March 2015

Hi, Hello, How Are You?

So I’m in a wonderful mood and it’s been great to smile and laugh again. The last two days have been great, and I can’t wait to see what else happens this week.

Yesterday was Sunday and I decided that I would get up early and go to church with my mom. So I got up way too early and got myself together to go to church and I have to admit it was nice to see all of the people there. I haven’t seen them in so long and all of them told me how great I was looking, and then they asked about school. I was happy to talk to all of the wonderful people from there who have influenced me in my life. I then helped in the nursery during part of the service and played with all the babies. There was one little boy who the last time I saw him was a baby and now he is 2 and he is so cute! His mom was in there for a little bit and when she left, he freaked out and was crying. I was able to get him to come to me and he wanted me to hold him. Once I picked him up I was able to get him to stop crying and he just sat in my lap and we played with some toys before his mom came back in. She was shocked how he was so calm in my lap and she said that he never takes to other people like that. I was flattered that he was so comfortable with me and I should’ve known he would like me because his older brother was the same way with me. Then after church was over my mom and I decided to go to Olive Garden for lunch. We got seated right away and the food was delicious. Then after that we ran back home to change our clothes because we were going to go do yoga at my mom’s friend’s house. We got to her house and we did some P90X yoga which kicked our butts. After that we came home and took the dog on a walk. Then made dinner and then finally sat down to watch some TV. One of my favorite shows was coming on and I wanted to drink a glass of wine, so I got my wine out of the fridge and got my corkscrew out and as I was about to pull the cork out of the bottle the corkscrew snapped in half leaving the screw in the cork and I wasn’t able to open it. It took some work but my dad was able to make a corkscrew out of a screw and a hanger. I was able to pour myself a glass before the show even started! Then after that mom and I watched some more TV before going to bed. I didn’t go to bed for a while though I sent most of my night on the phone laughing hysterically, and it felt so good to be happy even if it was only for a few hours.

Then today I was able to finally to sleep in! I slept till 1:30 and it was awesome, when I woke up I felt so well rested. Then I have spent my entire day on my couch with my dog watching Supernatural. That is literally all I have done, and I don’t feel bad about it. I needed a day like this especially after the last few weeks of school, they have been kicking my butt. Although I did weight myself today and I am proud to say that I have lost 20 pounds in 2 months and I am slowly reaching my goal. I only have 80 more pounds to lose and I’m not giving up now! I’m gonna start working out more and exercising when I can throughout the week to keep fit. I reached a mile stone today and I couldn’t be happier, and I just hope this week keeps getting better.

I hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh