Good morning and Happy Thursday! It’s aaaaalmost the weekend! Almost! Today I have one class… at 4pm. I feel so useless. Already found some volunteer/probono law student jobs I might apply to. Can’t hurt the resume, right? Anyway, let’s get on to this week’s Thursday Thoughts!
1. Molly wanted to say “Hi” to you all. She says it’s been way too long since she’s been on the blog.
2. Staying in a house with other people for a month left me a little freaked out to sleep alone in my studio apartment. I had a creeped-out feeling when I went to bed my first night back, so I proceeded to block my door with my IKEA chair and my unpacked luggage. I’m sure reading Sharp Objects had nothing to do with it…
3. One of my new favorite drinks is this Honey Vanilla Chamomile tea with a splash of almond milk. So calming.
4. My first morning back (Sunday) I hadn’t gone to the grocery store so I ended up eating the weirdest bowl of oatmeal in my life. What did I mix in? Tuna and nutritional yeast (and salt & pepper). Weird, but also kind of good… Don’t judge.
5. I cleaned out my closet and drawers and had a serious clothing purge. I ended up with several bags that I needed to donate (this isn’t even all of it…). Now I just need a car and someone to help me…
6. Speaking of, I put a few items on Ebay (most of what I’m donating is Old Navy & Forever 21, or just old, which I knew wouldn’t re-sell for much). I’m hoping to make some money! Cross your fingers…
7. We’ve been having fabulous weather here in Chicago. I have no idea how cold it was in the morning when I walked to the gym (I literally was squirming trying to get away from the cold it was so awful), but here was the temp in the afternoon:
8. I wanted to join Heather’s book club on May Cause Miracles, but I just got the book a week and a half late… The book is set up with 40 days and you read a chapter for each day, so I can’t really catch up… Oh well. Going to just follow along a week behind! I’m not much of a mediator, but I figured it couldn’t hurt?
9. I’m super sad I can’t go to Blend Retreat (AGAIN) this year, since it’s the same weekend as my law school graduation and my whole family is coming in town. However, if you can go then you SHOULD! It sounds like it’s going to be awesome!
10. I finally got to catch up with this amazing lady yesterday. It had been months. Seriously. Reminded me how much I love my blog friends. Even this one who goes to get fro-yo without me. Really I’m just sad I haven’t seen her face yet in the 5 days I’ve been back.
When was the last time you cleaned out your closet?
Do you ever get creeped out when you’re sleeping somewhere alone?
I did a clothing purge when fall began. It felt really good to give a bunch of things away! I was ruthless haha.
I also live alone in a city, so I understand! My building is very secure and I’m at the top so it makes me feel better. But I watch so many Lifetime movies, ID Channel shows and read so many twisted books that sometimes I freak myself out too much.
Bahaha I love all of the things stacked by your door. That’s totally me. The bad guys would never get past that. 😉 And I LOVED catching up with you too! I’ve missed you! xoxo
Haha I figured it would at the very least make it harder to break the chain and it would wake me up. Solid plan.
Did you click on the See Pics of that girl on your weather channel app?
Lol no I didn’t notice that!
Omg the first two nights i have to sleep alone after Joe goes back to his base are awful…i wake up every hour or two convinced someone is trying to break in. It’s awesome. I need to clean out my closet soon…too much stuff i don’t wear!
It’s so scary those first couple of nights! When I first moved in alone it took a month for me to get comfortable with it!
i love molly! i’m so glad she’s back 🙂 missed her so much. i keep doing small clothing purges because i get overwhelmed by large purges so i’ll do a few drawers at a time and then call it a day…works for me!
I’m the type who has to get it all done at once, or it never happens! And Molly says she likes your name.
oh gosh blocking your door, that is hilarious! way to throw out all those clothes, it feels good to do that
It does, especially knowing there are so many cold people here that could use them!
LOL! I totally get the freaked out in the apartment thing. I used to stack pillows against my window in my room in college so they’d fall over and wake me up if someone, you know, tried to creep in in the middle of the night.
Andyah – Sharp Objects = creepy not before bed reading material!
Haha that’s totally something I would do! When I lived at home I hung bells on my door knob!
So funny you barricaded your door at night! I get freaked out too and pull up the covers on my bed – not like that will do much 😉 I am in serious need of cleaning out my closets. Maybe this weekend……maybe!
I had to clean everything out in one swoop! It got exhausting but I was so glad when it was done!
I went through my closet about 4 months ago and the bags are still sitting on the floor in my closet. Major fail.
I’m hoping to get rid of mine this weekend! Just need to ask my brother for help…
I need to do a major closet purge. I have so many clothes that I dont know what to do with them. So dont even fit me! I love the molly pics! She is so cute. Tuna in oatmeal? Hmm…. sounds interesting.
It’s the perfect time for a closet clean out, soapy people are I need of warm clothes!
Molly is ADORABLE!!!!! Aww! Tell her I say HELLO 🙂
Oh and Honey Vanilla Chamomile is THE BEST (well aside from Celestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie Sleigh ride tea!!)
Molly says hi back!
Bwahahahaha LOVED that you posted all that stuff in front of the door. HAH!
That last quote is awesome!!
I wish you were going to BLEND too 🙁
I pretty much think I be in charge of the White House security with these skills.
I need to clean out my closet very very badly. I always say that I’ll do it right before Christmas and load em up on Ebay… But it never happens 🙁 Most of my clothes still fit, I just rarely wear them! My dad doesn’t understand when I say we need to do laundry because I have nothing to wear, that *that* rack is not the clothes that I wear anymore. Haha. It makes me sound petty, but it’s so true! Some of those clothes are the ones I wore in sixth grade 😀 Kudos to you for doing what I can’t.
I just remind myself of how other people would wear and cherish the clothes that they normally couldn’t afford!
haha, I need to really do a deep closet clean soon 🙂 I try to do it when the seasons change!
I just cleaned out my closet too and now have to quit being lazy and drop them off!! All the while I kept humming eminem’s “cleaning out my closet.” It somehow helped!
Haha I still need to drop all my stuff off somewhere too!
Dude, that cheezy tuna oatmeal thing actually sounds delicious! No judgement here whatsoever. I actually really want to try it now, thanks for the inspiration!
I hope it works out and you like it!!
I laughed at that picture of your chair blocking the door because, truly, I’ve done the same thing before!! I hate sleeping in a house/apt. alone…one plus to now being married haha
I had a totally different reaction when I read what was in that oatmeal bowl though! Tuna? Props to you. 🙂
Wait, what?? Tuna in your oatmeal??? Hahaha that’s so weird!! But I guess extra protein, right?
That’s why I added it, I needed protein in my meal!