Farewell 2010

January:

We began the year dancing and boat riding.

February:

Jake decided it would be way cute to have little kids shoot at me for Valentine's day....

March:

Witnessed Paul McCartney in person. WOW.

April:

Struggled with taxes and celebrated Natali's birthday.

May:

Tutored the most amazing kids.

June:

Took in my last moments with Jake.

Sent him off to Chile.

July:

I turned 19.

August:

I apartment shopped.

Purchased my first coffee maker.

Moved in with the BEST roommates.

September:

Somewhat paid attention in school.

Cheered the Ducks on.

Granger came home.

October:

Decided to move to London.

Took a spontaneous trip to California.

Celebrated Halloween.

November:

Took off to NYC.

December:

STRESS MONTH.

Stressed over London.

Stressed over finals.

Stressed over apartments.

Everything.

Annie threw Steph and I a going away party.

Took pictures with Santa.

Began the packing process.

Celebrated Christmas.

Enjoying the last moments of 2010 with family and friends.

2011 has a lot in store for me. 

so ready

who else is pumped??

1st birthday

congrats maggie,

you've managed to write nonsense word vomit for a year now.

woohoo.

festivities

even with our lack of holiday spirit, natali and I still managed to have a semi-good time on christmas eve. 

we did some tamale drop off runs.

showed off my new dress.

rocked out with natali's new record player

christmas day:

i woke up not too excited about the day today, but leave it to Jake to make my day, even when he's on a different continent. I got to see his face! He got to skype call me and talk to me for a while. It was AMAZING.

best.christmas.present.EVER.

also:

I went to go see Black Swan today. wow.

Go see it!

kwanzachrismakuh

you think the lady in yellow is funny? click here.

christmas gift

I'm not a big fan of christmas. Everyone's extremely giddy and I can't stand christmas music. But, today I got to hear someone wishing me a merry christmas over the phone. So this year, I like christmas  just a tad more. 

welcome to my life

packing sucks.

the end.

partay

My awesome roommate Stephanie brought me as her date to her mom's company party. We had a little too much fun.

As far as packing......

it's a nightmare

saturday

today consisted of:

headless photos at ihop.

massive amount of breakfast food.

maggie talking incredibly loud in front of people and embarrassing natali. . .i can't help it.

 coffee time

super blurry pictures of myself.

serious amount of thinking while watching inception.

nap time.

family time.

bumming it on the couch. 

Today did not consist of:

packing

cleaning

apartment hunting

paperwork filling 

anything productive

and 16 days till London. 

184

winter break

it's here!!!! finally!! freedom!

fyi, 20 days till London...wowza 

i can taste it

The only thing separating me from freedom, my American literature final.
it's so close I can taste it.


Now I must return to packing and studying. Blah.

apt 228

wanna know why i'm gonna miss the crap out of my roommates when i move?

that's why

change is good

they say change is good, so I'm giving it a chance.

since I'm headed to a new country, with a new apartment, new school, and new people; it's time for a new look. 

welcome to maggie mae in london. 

(yes, of course the title had to be inspired by my boys, it's london people.)

a super rad chronicle of my new hectic life in London, starting with the chaos of packing!

honestly, if someone had mentioned how hard it is to pack to move to another country, I might have reconsidered. maybe. 

it's time

the one way ticket to London has been purchased.

the super British/Beatlesque coat has been purchased.

the London apartment lease is in the process

and in 25 days I'll be living in London

let the countdown begin.

JL

love you always and forever

your fan,

Maggie 

Alberto Rios

I had the honor of listening to Alberto Rios in my American literature class today. Turns out legit authors still exist in America, and they happen to teach at my own school. Weird. His lecture definitely hit close to home, it was amazing. I highly recommend his work! 

NYC: Day 4

Day 4 began with a visit to see Lady Liberty

A stroll through Battery Park  

Some major map studying

Super cheesy pictures

Dinner at Serendipity

Serendipity's famous frozen hot chocolate

Finished by some MAJOR packing and cleaning of our room

NYC: Day 3

TDay 3 began with our NYC 2010 Scavenger Hunt. We obviously took this very seriously.

I got to go pay tribute to my favorite man, John Lennon

I even left him a little note.

We strolled through Central Park some more

Visited the Dakota 

And finally, headed out that night for dinner and a stroll