Goodbye

Well Florida, it's been fun. But I have to get back to Nebraska. We knew this had to end! It was just a fling, nothing more. Nebraska and I, we have a relationship. Long term. I can't just throw that away. You're just not the state for me. I know it hurts now, but in time you'll forget. More tourists will come to ease your pain. They'll buy your cheap trinkets and make you feel loved. I'll never forget what we had together. It was beautiful and warm. But Nebraska and the snow are my real loves. I'm so sorry.

(P.S. Don't tell Nebraska that I cheated with you. Nebraska thinks I was at a fountain pen convention in Iowa. Nebraska doesn't worry about that because there's no way I could ever love Iowa and Nebraska knows it. So sshhhhh.)

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Apology post

Okay, I owe you guys an apology.
I said I would post about the Disney World bonanza and I haven't yet.
BUT IN MY DEFENSE I HAVE HAD A SERIOUSLY CRAZY WEEK.
And I promise I will post A LOT about it in the next few days.
But I have an early flight tomorrow so I have to get to bed.

But in all honesty, you're going to want to check back.
Some serious stuff went down.
You don't wanna miss it.

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I have no words

Today was one of the most exhausting days of my life. To quote my father, "I don't understand how it can be so beautiful, yet so excruciating."

Tune in tomorrow for your feature film entitled, "The Rosenau Family Decides That It's A Good Idea To Go To Disney World On New Years Eve, Which Happens To Be Their Busiest Day Of The Year: A Comedic Horror Story"

I live among the beasts

T MINUS 1.5 DAYS UNTIL I'M IN ORLANDO FLOOORIDAAAA!

I know that you're all jealous. Try to curb that.

So, how was everyone's Christmas? I successfully avoided being strangled by the brothers (although there's still time left) and was this close to getting grandma to sneak me some wine. Dang.

BUT I GOT MY NEW COLORING BOOKS. My father has been making fun of me because I'm nearly 20 years old and I enjoy coloring. I don't think there is anything wrong with this. I ENJOY COLORING PICTURES OF VARIOUS DISNEY PRINCESSES IN VARIOUS STATES OF HAPPINESS WHILE THEY PURSUE THEIR NEW LIVES WITH THEIR HANDSOME PRINCES.

Oh no. I can hear them in the hall. Right now. I know you can't see me, but I'm now hiding in the space between my wall and my bed with the lights turned off, hoping they pass me by. The brothers are like wild animals. Once they're in my room, they drag me into their fights and I usually end up with bruises and blood is drawn and sometimes they accidentally pull out chunks of hair. I have to hide for my own safety.

I don't have much to tell you guys at the moment... it's been kind of a slow holiday break. But maybe I will come back with some stories from Florida...
HARRY POTTER WORLD HERE I COME.

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Home again. Home again.

I'M HOME FOR BREAK.
And wouldn't you know it, my parents immediately put me to work. Today I have been tasked with washing and shaving the puppy. Let's keep in mind that he's only 8 months old and he is really not very favorable towards the haircut thing. I basically have to continuously feed him dog treats to keep him from trying to bite the razor. We're about half done now and taking a break while I blog this.

Going on... tonight we're going to the hobbit! I've already been, of course. Little brother and I went to the midnight premier. He made a deal with the parents that if he had all A's, then he could skip school and come to the premier with me. He just barely scraped by in math. But dad hasn't seen it yet, so we're going again tonight! And this time he's paying! Yay. I need to post a review for that. It was... quite a show.

The jungle

I am now deep in the heart of finals week. The jungle. It's hot. And it's muggy. And it's very scary. Jaguars and stuff. I may or may not have seen a horde of chimpanzees while crossing in front of Durham. Stuff's getting weird...

But yeah, in all reality I'm almost done. All I have left is a paper to finish that I'll be emailing to my professor tonight. I had my jury this morning. That went pretty well. For those of you who don't know, a jury in the world of college music is the performance version of a final. I had my piano jury, which basically meant I walked in, played my memorized piece, they said thank you, and I left. So... that was my final. It was a little terrifying. Kind of like when I was 8 and I had a piano recital and I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. But my parents made me do it anyway and I was shaking the whole time, which really impedes a person's ability to play the piano, especially a child's ability. I had small fingers and my hand couldn't reach a whole octave. But I didn't just hate recitals when I was 8. I sort of always hated them. So did big brother. And probably little brother. They're just terrifying. Seriously.

SO... Since I'm done early, and so is cousin Carol, she has organized a marathon movie day tomorrow. Basically our TV will be going all day tomorrow and she's invited at least 50 people to drop by throughout the day. It should be fun. And totally exhausting. People exhaust me. I'm an introvert. AND THEN I GET TO GO HOME FOR BREAK. YAY. Although I always get a little bit nervous when big brother, little brother and I are together for extended periods of time. Especially when the parents aren't home because they don't get a Christmas break so it's just the three of us. Also they really like to beat me up.

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CHRISTMAS.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS.
I'M SO EXCITED.
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS.

I love Christmas.

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