New York State of Mind

I finally finished decorating my room this weekend so Mom, Dad and Erynn could see it when they came up to visit! It's beautiful (I think) and I love that it's so easy to keep clean! Well, at least for now...

My favorite design in my whole room! My fav TV shows that take place in NYC!

The puzzle!

My $20 futon and color-coordinated accessories!

And my matching curtains!

and more pictures :)

Desk.. and even more pictures!

Hadley wrote on my mirror!

Billy Joel just speaks to me :)

and my beautiful door :)

football game!

two of my favorite girls ♥

Packing

I hate packing. I hate moving. It's all stupid and a pain in my ass...

I check out of Hashinger tomorrow and move into McCollum! This whole process starts at 8 am, but I don't have to be fully out of Hash until Friday at noon. So, basically, my body is telling me the Olympics are far more important... Especially since I woke up at 6am today.

Packing can wait..

Home (:

My freshmen year of college is over. :(

I am horribly, horribly sad.. don't get me wrong. But I am more than ready for a break from difficult academics. My major is hard.. there is no way around it. And if I want into medical school, I need to step my game up, and I mean WAY up. Or, I need to figure out if I can live with doing something else with my life...

I honestly, don't know that I would be able to forgive myself if I gave up on my dream. So, I'm not quite there yet. However, I do have a great summer ahead of me to figure it out!

I have a job! A full time, 40-hour week job! I will be a Student Housing Intern for the Department of Student Housing (a future career in University Student Affairs? I don't think so..). I will be helping with New Student Orientation, giving tours, and I have time to prep for my system government duties (AURH).

I also get to go to NACURH; a national residence hall association conference in Boulder, CO! Four days in Colorado on KU's bill with two of my best friends and I get to do AURH work!? It's heaven for me!

And you know.. I turn 19.. Pretty fun. :)

I am definitely ready for this much needed, and deserved summer break.

<3

Moved out of 407 :(

And into 218 Hash!! :) (this is just my summer room! I'll be back in Mac in the fall, room 1037!)

PS: Happy Mother's Day, Mom!! <3

It Does Exist!!

Lol Ty, this one's for you. (:

So, I was commanded to clean my room today. To be honest, I wanted to clean it. It was a disaster! And that is saying a lot coming from me. I do not really care about my room being clean; I am a disorganized, organized person and can still function perfectly... but this had gone too far..

This was my floor... my closet had run out of room and so all clothes (dirty or clean) ended up on the floor... and yes, that is my hamper. 

My desk. It gets cluttered when I have a ton going on. (Yes, that is a feather boa. YESSS those are more clothes.)

My closet and bed... thankfully I didn't sleep here last night.. I might have died.

I honestly do function well when everything is a mess. I am just a messy person. The chaos and clutteredness fit my thought type and brain function. I am always thinking about 400,000,000 things at once and going going going... so that's just how my room ends up. I don't mind.

Mom does.

So I started cleaning at 4:40 pm Central Standard time ;) and after dinner, Skype, and dancing-around-my-room-to-Lady-Gaga breaks, I finally finished at 1 am Central Standard time (however, I wish it had been another time zone :P) .

8 hours!!!! I took around 8 hours to completely clean this place up. I went through my clothes and got rid of a bunch, shoes as well. I went through everything!... and saved myself some time this August :) But, I still have no clue how I'm only supposed to take one eighth, if that, of my stuff with me! What about all my clothes? If they could pay tuition, they'd be my roommate.

As I was cleaning my room and taking pictures, I realized how personalized and fitting my room is to me. Anyone could walk into this room and say "Oh, yeah, that's Taylor's Room." And they could tell you exactly who my friends are, who I'm dating, what my team(s) is/are, what I do at school, where I am going to college (that better be a no-brainer; I have a wall dedicated to it), what my favorite color is (ok maybe not), and when my psych homework is due (I leave myself post-it notes everywhere).

With that being said, here is my CLEAN room.. :)
  

My closet (: (yes, I do have that many pairs of shoes; I'm a chick!)

Does this not just scream "Taylor's Room!!!"? I think it does..

My clean, made bed.. All ready for me to pass out in.

Proof my floor exists :)

I give it four days, max ;)

<3