Thinking Out Loud #5

My apologies for the lack of a TOL last Thursday - I had a long day of finishing a geography essay and catching up on some other schoolwork. *cringe* 

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I.  First and foremost, I have found a new obsession: coconut peanut butter.

Basically, if I could choose one food to eat for the rest of my life, this would be it. Holy mother of all things savory. *salivates like a rabid animal*

II.  Mom and I went shopping and I found some goods at Rue 21. And, as a bonus, all things were on sale.
I can't tell you how many times I've gone shopping and found nothing that really works for me - the success of this shopping trip is a huge deal for me.

III.  My friends - home-schooled and public-schooled alike - are all on summer break.
Me? Well. Because I didn't start freshman year until November 4th, I am not scheduled to complete it until October 4th of this year.

Emotions...

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That being said, there is nothing keeping me from working ahead of schedule and getting caught up. Therefore, I'm doing school through the summer in the hopes of maybe, possibly, somehow starting sophomore year at the same time as everyone else.
Then there's the challenge of getting caught up to the next grade, given as I'm a year behind. Yeesh. Note to past self: DON'T SLACK OFF. 

IV.  Maybe it's because I'm spending most of my day working on school; but for the past few mornings I have had zero motivation to get up. I just want to lie in bed and sleep endlessly. Which sounds really depressive but it's true!

V.  Dance Recital 2014 is next Thursday(!!!). This marks my 11th consecutive year in ballet, and I don't see myself breaking that streak anytime soon. This year's theme is "the whole world dances" and it's really amazing. I'll save the details for another post.

VI.  Time for an extremely random statement: I have been craving cookies lately.

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That, and ice cream. I never ever used to crave ice cream! It's not 'that time' for me so I can't imagine what in the world the pleasure-center of my brain is trying to do to me. All I know is I'm gonna be making a fresh batch of cookies in the very near future.

VII.  Is it possible to be addicted to water?
Don't give me that look. Hear me out first.
I haven't been able to go a day without at least eight cups of H2O; usually more, if you count flavored water. It's like my whole day is thrown off when I don't drink 2 glasses in the morning, and if I don't drink any at night my mouth is so dry in the morning. It's like I depend on water to keep me going throughout the day!
Not in the same way as coffee. Nothing can replace coffee.

VIII.  Speaking of coffee: I have run out of cappuccino mix, and I'm pretty sure Dad drank the last K-cup of Butter Toffee coffee. :'(
Actually, I've been drinking my coffee sweeter than usual. Normally, I like my coffee with a little creamer and nothing else, but I can't seem to get it down without a little sweetener as well. My taste buds change as often as my attitude, I swear.

IX.  My glasses decided to go funky after my second week of owning them... One of the hinges is too tight, and the more I open and closed it, the tighter it got until it wouldn't close anymore.
It literally looks like this:

Which isn't a huge deal, because the other hinge is perfectly fine and opens and closes as easily as ever. Still, it's kinda hard to shove them into a case when one earpiece is sticking out.

X.  I found something out - my last name is allegedly  an "altered spelling of Swiss German Gnaegi or Gnagy."
I'm sincerely hoping that this website isn't rigged because to say that I'm somewhat (even .02%) Swiss German sounds pretty cool, I think.  All I can say for sure is "Kanagys are Southern. We like Southern food." Not to mention, we've counted over 100 in the family, starting with Grandma and Grandpa and ending with my new baby cousin Joshua.
I kid you not. Family reunions are insane. 

~JK