It's been a bit since I last posted, so I thought I would update you on what's been going on for the past week or so. As you know, my boyfriend Brian is an RA (resident assistant) for the college freshmen that live in the overflow apartments. I will tell you, it is....interesting...being an RA's girlfriend. He is so busy, and it's not like a regular job where at least you know their hours and when they'll be done working. It's pretty much a 24/7 on-call type job. He never knows when he is going to have to help with this or go do that. It's frustrating at times, but I'm proud of him and I know it's a good experience for him. I just wish the freshmen didn't need a constant babysitter, because on weekends he can't really leave his apartment, unless his roommate Justin is there. His roommate likes to go fishing on weekends, so I dunno how often he'll be there either. That stinks because he's busy with classes, RA duties, and homework during the week, and I was hoping we would at least have the weekend to go do something fun together. Oh well, I shouldn't complain. At least I am in the same State and town as him this fall. That's a first! I should be grateful.
Anywho, last weekend was pretty fun. We went to the rc club opening event and it was pretty neat. We bought a few raffle tickets hoping to win the $200 Slash, but we didn't win it. At least a little kid won though. Brian did win an airbrush set, some tools, and spray paint though, so that was cool. I am glad that the soda was free too!
There's Brian about to start a Slash race on the short course track. It was definitely fun, but I got sooo dirty and really needed a shower after. Also, we were outside in the hot sun for 8 hours, so I got pretty sunburned. Not good.Brian's 21st birthday was Monday! I had so much fun wrapping his presents.
I wrapped two of the gifts and then wrapped those together multiple times in wrapping paper, aluminum foil, bags, and even duct tape haha! The look on his face as he was opening it was priceless LOL! I got him some parts for his rc car, because that's what he really wanted. I also got him a new body for it that he can paint himself. The only problem is that they sent the wrong one. It had the right label on it, but it was definitely the wrong body. It was too big and made for a different type of rc car. The good thing about that though, is that they are going to send the right one AND he gets to keep the other one. The one he has now is actually worth more than the one he was supposed to get, so if he sells it then that's basically like getting the body for free for his car and making a profit! Kind of cool how that worked out. I also did a painting for him and he really loves it, so I'm glad. I put a lot of time into it and I really enjoyed making it for him.
His birthday was on the freshmen orientation day, so we couldn't have a big celebration or anything, but we still had a good time. We got to go to a free movie at the drive-in theater! It had been a really long time since I'd done that, so it was coooool. Then after that we had some Oreo pie instead of a birthday cake (his choice). It was pretty yummy. I also got to spend the night at his place =]
So yea, since Brian doesn't live here any more, I have my own room! It's bittersweet though. I would much rather have him here, of course, but I have to look at the bright side. I get to have my own space, to decorate how I like and do as I please. I plan to keep it a lot more tidy than it used to be, and slowly over the next few weeks I will be organizing and decorating it. One thing I already did was organize my closet and dresser. I had clothes in a pile on the floor and stuffed in the drawers and at the bottom of the closet, and this is a big no-no now! I hung up almost all of my clothes, and I arranged the tops according to sleeve type. It goes tank tops, vests, short sleeves, 3/4 sleeves, long sleeves. And in each little category I somewhat organized them by color. It's not that I am overly organized or anal like that or anything. I actually did it to try to prevent my disorganized tendencies. I can be pretty messy, and I really don't like it, especially since my room is so small as it is. It really does not help to be cluttered. I am determined to make sure everything has it's place and that everything goes back in it's place when I'm not using it. The way I have my closet set up makes it SO much easier for me to find what I need or to put together an outfit. It also really motivates me to hang things back up because it's easy to find the hanger it was on, since I know right where it should go.
I also organized my desk somewhat.
I still have to organize my books, make it look nicer, and some of Brian's things are still on it, but it looks much better than it did with Brian's stuff scattered everywhere. Bless his heart, but he had way too much stuff on there lol. I am in the process of making a little photo collage for the background of one of the cubby areas on the desk. I put some purple paper there, so I'm going to glue on some black and white photos I printed. I hope it will look good. Even if it doesn't look that amazing, I love pictures and having them there to look at will be nice, so I'm sure I'll love it anyway. Another really simple and pretty thing I decided to do was this:
I just put a candle on a decorative plate with some rocks around it and then a few dried flowers from a craft store. I think it's a really easy way to add some color :) I ordered everything from an online craft store, except the plates. Brian and I went to Walmart yesterday to find some candle plates. They had a few in the candle section, but they weren't really what I was looking for and they weren't exactly cheap enough either. So, I was thinking we weren't going to find anything at Walmart, but then Brian happened to notice some (I think it was a kitchen accessories section?) that were nice and only $1 each =] woohoo. Those are some of the things I've done so far, but I have a few more ideas in mind as well. My mom sent me my down comforter and it should be here in a few days. I also have a duvet cover for it that got shipped out a couple days ago, so who knows when that will get here. I hope soon! I want to make a bunch of paintings for my walls, but I don't want to start until the duvet cover gets here, so I can match the colors from my bed into my paintings. I think it would help tie everything together, so it doesn't look so random and clashy in here.
Another thing I'd been wanting to do was to figure out a better way to store or display my head bands. For now, they are hidden away in a wooden box, and I don't really like that. They don't fit in there very well and they always end up tangled together and I make a mess trying to get the one out that I want. I thought maybe some sort of wall hanger for them would be good, but I couldn't really find anything that I like and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it. So, I looked up some ideas online for ways to make your own headband holders, and I really liked the oatmeal container idea. (sort of like this....)
I have some decoupage glue so I could easily take any kind of pretty paper and decoupage that onto an oatmeal container (the cylinder kind) and then put all my headbands on that. It's cool because you can also store things inside the container. You could also put fabric around a paper towel roll, which looks nice, but I like the idea of being able to put things inside the headband holder as well, so I might try the oatmeal version. I'll try that out and then let you know how it went! I am going to go to goodwill sometime as well and see if I can find anything there that might look good in my room =]I am excited for decorating! yay! It's definitely going to be very simple and nothing drastic, but I think it will be much more feminine than it was, and much more me <3
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