Today I finished packing up my car-and, yes, I have about two suitcases too much stuff. Oh well. Then I said goodbye to my family and headed in to town to take my last final for my sophomore year of college. After completing the final (which probably could have gone better...) I left town. Just like that. Hopped in my car and began the 290 mile trip to Boise to catch up with my grandfather who will be making the rest of the trip with me. He's suffering from some back issues and says that sitting is fine, it's walking around that bothers it. Well, with three days ahead of us and 10 hours of driving each day, I think we'll be sitting quite a bit.

On my way out of town, I shot a few quick pictures of the beautiful Idaho scenery I'll be leaving behind.







I'll check in again tomorrow. Hold on to your seats!

and, of course i must share some pictures of my gorgeous family. The gene lottery has been good to these folks.



Let's see. after some editing, i continued to clean and pack up some of my apartment. Right now, the walls are so bare and it definitely looks like a college kids apartment. two more weeks of this limbo and back home I go for two more weeks! Then to TN... yikes!

I'll blog more soon! Just can't quite focus all my thoughts for the time being. too much to be done!

i'd say these bangs were pretty adorable. i'm pretty sure at this age, my parents made all the hair decisions for me, so i'm just happy they didn't go with a mullet. i may have been a tad upset with that outcome.

the second time i went with bangs, it was a well thought out, planned decision. I wasn't sure how they would look on my much older face, so i didn't want  them to ruin any big events (believe me, my life is exciting back then and i had big events to attend all the time. oh, no? yeah, you're probably right. nevermind. forget it).

anyway, it was freshman year of high school and i decided to make the leap and try them again. turns out they covered my awkwardly large forehead, the occasional puberty acne break out, and only took the occasional extra care when my cowlick acted up. i would insert a picture here, but after 20 minutes of flipping back through high school pictures, I've decided that the world does not need to be reintroduced to my terrible fashion decisions. i'm cringing.

moving on! I did it again. split decision last night, I called up my roommate who has cut quite a few bangs in her career and showed up to the newsroom where she works and she cut them. over a trashcan. with desk scissors. I apologize right now to all my beauty school friends and i'll be sure to come in for a real regular trim, but as i said- spur of the moment decision. and, they actually turned out great!! and i love them. so there. Kaitlyn, you're a rockstar.



where'd my forehead go? should it come back?

Seriously though, set me up with a bag of junior mints and some diet coke and I could people watch for days.

look'n forward to this season, Dad! you are such an inspiration to me and i'm so thankful you are who you are.