Hello all.

This photo pretty much explains my week... which is now OVER!

And we all know what that means:

Friday Confessional time again!

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The end.

Let me tell you this story

One day, this girl named Kasi started her first day of grad school.

She woke up

Drank coffee out of her new cat mug

and prepared for her day.

She drove to campus to get a new parking pass

And once she was home she worked out.

She showered, and picked out a lovely "first day of school outfit"

That said "I care about what I look like

but I am not going to dress like I'm on a catwalk"

It also said "I like to be comfortable"

without saying "I am a lazy bum in sweats".

She even made a super cute little instagram post

She checked and double checked her class time and location

And left her apartment early to ensure she wasn't late for the first day.

She arrived to campus 25 minutes early.

But she didn't care.

She loves to get her pick of seats.

She walked into the classroom

and waited

and waited

and waited

30 minutes after class was supposed to start and NO PROFESSOR.

Really?

She started to get annoyed

What kind of a professor misses the first day of grad school?

Finally a boy offered to go find the professor

And returned to tell us there was no class.

The group of students, still confused also went to talk to the professor

only to find out that the class was the second half of the semester

And indeed she drove all the way there

And wasted the perfect "first day, I don't care, but I do" outfit

On 25 minutes in a hallway

30 minutes in a mostly empty classroom

And a round trip drive from her apartment.

Not cool.

Freshman rookie mistake.

My bad ya'll.

This is definitely the story of my life.

Stay tuned for more mishaps 

Because there will be more.

Mark my words.

One of my resolutions for the year is to write more posts 

that are DIY, cooking, decorating... basically productive

And less about how every now and then I channel my inner grumpy cat

So for my first post of the new year I'm doing a double feature

Two DIY pins that I have completed myself! 

The first is one of my favorites

(we all need more glitter in our lives)

GLITTER STARBUCKS CUP

This is the one I found on Pinterest (link above)

This is my before and after (slightly smaller cup)

It literally took five seconds.

Also don't spray your hand on accident and then try to scratch off the glue. I had some skin come off with it... it really is serious about this "permanent" thing. Even on skin...

The second DIY I accomplished was curtains out of table cloths

This is the picture from Pinterest:

I love the idea of a year in review

However, when I started thinking about it I was worried nothing would stand out...

Until I started going through pictures.

It's been a busy year with ups and downs

But I'm really looking forward to 2013!

January:

We began the new years with some of our friends. We all had a brunch on January 1st. Other more notable things: since my dad decided he was going to die we also went through his will, bank accounts, etc. and added my name to everything so I could continue to run the household. fun, fun. I also started my last full year of undergraduate classes.

February:

I turned 22! Birthday celebration number one took place in the castle at Disney with my dad. Once again I was able to get in without a reservation. I tell you, it really pays to be a group of two. We chose to take this trip "just in case" it was our last together. The weekend after we got back my dad had his first surgery and they found out the tumor was MASSIVE.

Birthday Celebration #3 was at the Busy Bee with some of my favorites. They have this drink called the Queen Bee. A-MAZ-ING. If you're ever in the Raleigh area I highly recommend it. 

March

March signified Robert and I's 5th anniversary. 

For Spring break we took a trip to Disney.

April

The Semester was winding down. 

We had some Easter celebrations with family. 

At the end of April we picked out an engagement ring!

May

My last spring semester was OVER!

And on May 19th Robert proposed!

Obviously I said yes!

My dad also started the part of treatments that were every day for a month.

June

I bought a wedding dress (well my mom did, she's the best).

We set a wedding date!

And I spent most of June taking my dad to his appointments at the cancer center.

July

July marked Robert's 22nd birthday
and 2 days later, a year until our wedding date!

My dad's treatment frequency went down and he got a clean scan.

My last living grandmother passed away.

Robert and I also moved into our first apartment together!

August

What I thought was my last semester of school began.

And I learned that living with a boy had its ups and downs

(mostly ups :) )

I met with this lady who introduced me to Chris, THE person to talk to about the graduate school program that I am now in.

My friend from Liverpool came to visit and a bunch of us got together to celebrate!

September

I took the GRE after a hellacious week of exams.

Didn't blow it out of the water but did okay.

The bridesmaid that lives in Orlando came to visit the Bern.

October

October mostly just marked the beginning of my Pumpkin Spice addiction

November

I found out I got into graduate school!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our Reno family!

And Robert started wearing a pair of jeans that he has worn almost every day since... without washing. It's gotten so bad I've had to threaten to damage the pants.

We also took a billion some engagement photos

December

And here we are at December.
You can read my recent blog posts for that.

Basically:
We graduated (finally)!
Moved to a new apartment in a less sketchy area.
Celebrated a billion and 5 Christmases (sp?)

December also marked a year since my dad found out he had cancer.

And this is my last year as a non-married person. CRAZY.

Now time to end the year the way we started it: with a group of our friends, an oyster roast, and hopefully a nice brunch to begin 2013.

Happy New Year Everyone!

So in case you live under a rock and don't know

The end of the world was supposed to have been yesterday

And in case you also live under a second rock

This is an infamous video about the "end of ze world"

END OF ZE WORLD

Warning: language is a little strong

0:41-0:49 are my favorite parts. "But I am le tired..." genius writing.

No wonder the French hate us.

Back to meteor strikes and doom and despair...

I imagine it went something like this:

I mean you can't have an infinite circle that goes on forever.

Okay strike that last comment. You can have an infinite circle... 

just not an infinitely big rock to cover all of time on.

Furthermore I'm not sure when the Mayan calendar got linked up with the Christian rapture. I mean why would Jesus end the world before his (not actual but moved in order to convert pagans to the christian religion because it was near winter solstice) birthday.

I definitely wouldn't skip my birthday.

The 26th is starting to look suspicious.

Rightttt?

Anyhow all that randomness aside

The Mayan's predicted an end of a cycle. Hence the circle.

And all historically correctness aside (Mayan's didn't account for leap years)

I felt like yesterday marked the beginning of a new cycle. 

Robert and I also officially moved into our big boy and girl apartment.

We officially share a room instead of more or less living in separate rooms and switching off whose room we would sleep in for the night.

And we definitely share a walk in closet

And one bathroom (end of the world?)

So far so good. 

So in a way, even though they didn't know me

And didn't take into account leap years

It's true, a new cycle started for me yesterday

We are one step closer to being real adults

And at the risk of jinxing it Robert it one step closer to getting a big boy job.

And I got this 

Mentioned here when I talk about not being homeless

It was an early Christmas present and I am in love.

So some one would have had hell to pay if the world ended before I got to really enjoy my new rug. HELLLLLLLLLL.

But we all survived the end of the cycle/ end of the world/ sike out rapture

So I'll get to enjoy Christmas, and my rug a little longer