things

• the snowflakes are pretty. they are the really big kind and are falling not-too-thick and not-too-thin.
• i have a list of books that i want to read now
• "The Brothers Karamozov" by Dostoyevski (I'm told I'll like this better than C+P... hope so)
• J.D. Salinger
• Great Expectations by Dickins
• "Gone With The Wind" by Mitchell... again...
• a really addicting book (this is what i will take on the plane to England, when I am homesick and a baby bit scared.) If you have any recommendations, please let me know!
• Anna Karenina by Tolstoy (still. it's a work in progress. someday it will not be the middle of finals.)
• oh, i'm just going to Michael Bublè tonight. No biggie.
• to make an accented letter whilst typing do the following: alt + 138 (for the è) play around with 13_ if you want a different letter.
• i didn't get to see Sherwood last night, but I did have a great long literary discussion with my dearest roommate Aubrey. 
• i went running last night. i love running at night. you think someone at the london center will feel the same? hyde part at 9:00pm here I come. 

some kind of wonderful

How is this possible? How do I have the opportunity to see

(coming to p-town! isn't this nuts?)
and (drum roll please, please, please)

this is nuts. This is the most nuts week of my life. I am so happy and so lucky and so blessed. all the time.

P.S. Michael I love you.

little post

These are some things I am loving recently:

• Sunshine
• instant oatmeal
• brown sugar + maple variety
• cinnamon roll variety
• watching an episode of Gilmore Girls before I go to bed (except the first time of the two times this has actually occurred I had my first nightmare in MONTHS afterward. And it was super creepy. Like, actually horror film creepy.)
• Planning for LONDON
• The world's best wedding shower gift - thanks mother! - honestly it's the cutest thing I've seen.
• Fattykins. I just miss him. Look,

birthday list - amended

SO, the lovely green 'rain' coat I wanted....
I read the reviews and they all said "This is a cute coat - but does nothing to keep you dry."
Pardon me. Isn't that the purpose for a rain coat? To keep the rain off you? So, I have to retract it from my birthday list - just so, you know, none of you go off and get me a birthday present that won't serve me well in the UK. Because I know 1000 people read my blog all the time. 


So, without further ado, my new birthday list:

 Is this not the cutest thing EVER??? It is for England. They told me to bring rain boots and I will oblige. I will now call madre and tell her how they are such a good deal and etc etc. Hopefully she will believe me. 
Also...

I want a hair cut. That's pretty much all. I still want a fun colored hoodie to go underneath my awesome bomber jacket. 
And that's  it :]


My lovely friend Kelley is coming to P-town to spend the evening. Needless to say, I will be having a good day. 
You have a good Saturday, too, eh?

and all the angels they'll be singin' 'ha-la-la-la, ha-la-la-la, ha-la-la-la love this.'

Ugh!! Boys that I like, will you please just love me back??
Thank you very much.
Love,
Jillian

bellissima

**
Honestly, this day is WONDERFUL!
It's sunny and beautiful and we had cleaning checks today! I am writing my paper on Othello right now. 
It makes me want it to be summer and so I can run around barefoot and go swimming and soak the sun til I am burnt to a crisp. 
I am just in a good mood. I am blessed and happy. And it's sunny. huzzah!


**this picture is the mood i am in.... not necessarily what p-town looks like... just ps

braverism

these are just what i need tonight:


Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. ~Dan Rather


Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis

Courage is fear that has said its prayers. ~Dorothy Bernard

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ~George Smith Patton


Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear - Mark Twain

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. ~Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
 
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. ~John Wayne

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
 
It always seems impossible until its done.
Nelson Mandela
 
 Faith is believing that although we do not understand all things, He does. Faith is knowing that although our power is limited, His is not. Faith in Jesus Christ consists of complete reliance on Him. 

He has the power, but it’s our test.

Our God will deliver us from ridicule and persecution, but if not. … Our God will deliver us from sickness and disease, but if not … . He will deliver us from loneliness, depression, or fear, but if not. … Our God will deliver us from threats, accusations, and insecurity, but if not. … He will deliver us from death or impairment of loved ones, but if not, … we will trust in the Lord. 

Our God will see that we receive justice and fairness, but if not. … He will make sure that we are loved and recognized, but if not. … We will receive a perfect companion and righteous and obedient children, but if not, … we will have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing that if we do all we can do, we will, in His time and in His way, be delivered and receive all that He has.  - Elder Dennis E. Simmons


For all of us out in this nuts-o world trying to be brave today, or tomorrow, or right this minute, good luck. You are not alone. I'm feeling this with you, and chances are a million others are silently offering prayers identical to yours and to mine. Keep Calm and Carry On.