a letter from mrs. jarrah

thanks for:
sharing my bed
inviting me to backpack europe
and being my source of sanity for the last 4 days of the trip
being my shoulder to cry on (and not judging me...seeing as i don't cry)
my favorite christmas present ever aka chocolate soy and jr. mints
bringing my other favorite roommate to visit me in cedar
being a mutual friend with ingrid michaelson
and jim bianco...and cary brothers...we're cool
participating in my spontaneous ideas
really understanding my taste in men
having a great (similar) taste in music
1 a.m. study session at the hospital
staying up late to watch LOST
being a fan of my music
loving me for me

i mean really...what kind of friend leaves these kinds of notes on my bed/table along with a box of jr. mints?

"My dearest Kelli..
good luck on your finals this week! When you are done you can run away with me to a deserted island forever... love Sayid"

there aren't many people who really know me better

congratulations to the soon to be
Mrs. Kelsey Elaine Cole.
i hope we can still have sleepovers sometimes. i know how much you love the memory foam.

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peace+love

take a skinny dip

lauren does this on her blog weekly and i thought i'd post my version so you can do it too! (cough -- mattie, kerri, brooke...and other people that don't blog often..but whoever else wants to too).

1. I am hoping my Valentine's day this year includes, chocolate .

2. My biggest guilty pleasure is eating chocolate . (wow, can you tell it's been awhile since i had any?)

3. I am most proud of passing college biology at BYU...with a "b" at that! .

4. If I could choose one outfit to live in it would be nudist colony.

5. People are people so why should it be that you and i should get along so awkwardly? .

6. I would rather swim with sharks than eat worms .

7. I love my iPod more than my phone .

tgif. now it's your turn.

peace+love

the key to my heart

like everyone else in the world, i have my vices...so a couple of weekends ago my next door neighbor wanted to take my roommate to a movie...i'm pretty protective/possessive (or just afraid of being alone in the dark) so i told him to have her home by 10 p.m. because that's what time i was going to be home this particular night...12:10 came around and they finally walked in the door...i let him have it...just kidding, i just told him he owed me one dang big box of jr. mints or else he could never ask my roommate out again...the next day i was at the neighbor's house and he whips out this costco size box of 24 regular sized boxes jr. mints....ya, they've been on a couple of dates since then with no curfew...what can i say? i'm easy to please...and an addict

peace+love

new beginnings

my biggest accomplishments so far this semester:

-ate 5 lbs of peanut butter from September 1st to October 10-discusting, but a great accomplishment nonetheless...i'll never do that again

-finished reading "breaking dawn" worst book i've ever read..bluh, i wanted to puke so often
-gone on a grand total of 1 date

-ate a gallon of mint choc. chip ice cream in less than a week--it was that time of the month, cut me some slack

-established myself as the "best friend"...yet again--at least it's no one i'm attracted to this time-anymore anyway (probably why i've only gone on 1 date)

-been on the go from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. most days yet somehow managed to find time to exercise most days

-got a raise even though i work once a week

-ate 4 boxes of jr. mints in the last 8 days

-passed my first bio test

-done laundry once! (don't worry i own A LOT of underwear and way too many clothes--i'm boycotting the fact we have to put quarters into the washing machine in our house)

-thrown 2 parties at my new house

-recieved mostly a's on my spanish tests..including oral examenes!!! hablo espanol muy bien!

-come up with about 4 options of what i could do next summer and 6 of what i could do next fall...and made NO absolute decisions--but at least i know my options!

-decided on 3 of 6 audition peices

-finally finished learning Liszt's Etude in D flat Major!!!!! (the first "soft" piano piece i've ever learned)

all this and it's only mid-october!!! actually, this is more celebratory of the end of a stage--i've passed the easy part of the semester...starting monday i'm in for a long haul- two term papers, 5 choir concerts, mid-terms and finals, and the last push before auditions...so i bid thee farewell my fair-weather friends. the next time you see me i'll be very thin with bags under my eyes and muttering quickly to myself under my breath, anxiously darting from place to place, my hair disshevled, and if you try to carry on a conversation with me you may feel really awkward, like talking to a fresh-of-the-mission R.M. or just someone that hasn't socialized in weeks. yes, i'm becoming a hermit starting monday. you can find me hidden in a cubby on the back wall of the 5th floor in the library or in practice room C-224 of the HFAC.let's just hope i don't end up with as much facial hair as this guy...

peace+love