three days.

I didn't realize the title of my posts this month have been a consecutive countdown to home. It just happened! I talked to my dad on the phone this morning for a half hour and my mom for another fifteen minutes while she was walking on the mountain and I'm definitely feeling the jitters now. My mom keeps telling me about how she's cleaning the house for my return and my dad keeps telling me to get my head in the books, but I swear I can hear a little bit of excitement in his voice, too :). I have a secret though. As excited as I am to see my parents and my friends, I think I might be most excited to hang out with my sister again. I miss her so, so much!!! I think she might be a little excited, too, even if she shows it less than my dad:).

I'm officially done with both of my labs. Ugh. Labs. That's how I feel about them. Now I only have an online final, an online quiz, an online project, and two tests! And I don't have class Monday...so I have a three day weekend! Today I packed all my clothes into two suitcases and two boxes and cleaned my entire room. If not for the two tests left, I could leave right now! I can literally taste leaving. Seriously. I'm sorry that it's all I talk about...but in about three days, I'll have lots of exciting things to talk about besides being holed up in my dorm room studying and waiting to leave:).

I have a confession. This photoshoot is from last winter. I started chictopia last January and became obsessed. Since I became absorbed in my blog-blog, I haven't commented back and I haven't been interactive. I miss the 100 so comments...but I think blogging is more fitting for me. I like to talk! Anyways, since I started this blog in March, I have all these wintershoots I've been wanting to post. So I am!

These are still some of my favorite clothing pieces, nine months after the fact. I wear these tights constantly and they are definitely one of my most beloved pairs! I'm not much of a sweatshirt wear-er unless it belongs to a certain boy and I especially didn't like to "dress down" in high school so this to me is as dressed down as I go. This sweater is so, so soft and comfy and I feel like I'm in sweats but paired with tights and with the detail on the shoulder I don't look like I'm a complete train wreck! These oxford heels are my favorite shoes in my closet. I wish I had more opportunities to wear them!

Looking at these pictures that are nine-ten-eleven months old is actually so, so weird. I can remember this day perfectly and I can remember standing in my backyard with the self-timer taking these pictures. Do you ever do that? It's weird. So much has changed since these pictures and if I remember correctly, right before I took these, I was off to go see a movie with Niklaas. When...we weren't anything. Well, not defined as anything at least. It was when he was just my best friend who belonged to someone else. And I can distinctly remember my parents saying, "You're going to a movie? Alone? With...Niklaas? Can that...happen?" Ha. Again. So weird. I mean, this is almost a completely different Maggie, here. The Maggie before college and before graduation and before turning 18! I don't feel like the same Maggie. At all. I just want to give this girl a hug and say, "Hang in there. Everything is going to turn out. You're going to ace your calculus final. You're going to walk across that stage hearing the roar from the fifty family members that love you and hug the darlingest boy you've ever met. And he'll be yours when it happens. You're going to go to Montana and fall in love with it. You're going to meet best friends that will be best friends for the rest of your life. You're going to feel happy."

I'm going to go shower and put this sweater on! Are you ever inspired by yourselves? Haha. I'll be honest. When I'm in a complete slump I'll go to my blog and look at really old posts and try to mimic outfits, changing little things. I'm thinking...jeweled headband, skinny jeans, and my black boots today with this:)

I hope you all have a good week! I don't know if I will post again before Wednesday or Thursday because I'll be studying and taking finals and driving home. And I have my job interview Thursday. But I'll be back and I'll be back in full speed with Niklaas when I return!:)

Thank you all for your comments. Sometimes, they make my day more than you possibly know.

Love,
Maggie