Day 807: Break? What Break?

Spring break has always been this sort of really important week for me. For some reason, I'm always able to go ahead and get a lot of stuff done in a week of what most people use as time off. Of course, last year I took half my break and went to Disney, but we'll talk more about that in another blog post. This year, however, I returned to my old ways and created a Spring Break Mission Log, which basically is a motivational system I've created for Spring Break that helps me get things done. It worked really well a number of years ago and I've just kept the tradition. Plus, if this spring break has anything to show for it, the system still works because I've gotten my fair share of work done, right along with binge watching a considerable amount of television (I tend to multitask...)

So what exactly have I all accomplished so far this week? That's a good question, and here are a few of the highlights, both things that were originally on my list and things that just happened that were awesome:

Well...This Happened:

I guess it's not really every day you get a random tweet to tell you that you were featured on a list of favorite #CollegeProblems. While I am a college student who basically survives on crackers and biscoff, this was not something I was expecting. So...Reach the Big Leagues of College Problems? Mission Accomplished.

Watch the premiere of iZombie:

When it comes to creating a Spring Break Mission Log, you have to keep in mind that not everything can require a lot of work. You have to throw in some really fun, easy stuff as well, because those things are easy to accomplish, meaning you're more motivated to move onto the next thing. This was one of those easy to accomplish tasks. It just so happens that a new CW show, iZombie, stars a number of cast members who were also on Once Upon A Time, and since I love OUAT on an obnoxious level, I generally go around and watch as many of the other new projects as I can. Turns out I love the show...and one of their cast members is pretty great too:

I also have two favorites from him. Pretty good turnout for the first episode, am I right? 

Make new Door Decs:

You already know that I make door decs for our dorm room, partly because our dorm just isn't that into them and partly because I really want our door to be super awesome. Previously, we had the Frozen theme, and before that it was Elf and Monsters Inc. But I needed something more springy, but still Disney. Thankfully, it didn't take me long to figure out our newest theme: Alice in Wonderland! 

It took a while to get everything completed, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'm especially fond of the way the wording on the window came together. What's next for the dorm decs? Well, they'll stay like this for a while, but I've hopefully got one last trick up my sleeve before the end of the year, which has just a subtle hint of Disney to go along with it. 

Other tasks I've completed? I filled out a few honors group applications, sorted music for my job, Disneybounded like no other, researched LinkedIn, Caught up Everyday Disney, Drank a TON of Starbucks, and checked off many other tasks on my to-do list. Then again, the week isn't over yet, and there's still items yet to be accomplished! Don't worry though...Spring Break isn't over yet. 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on March 20).

Day 767: Olaf

Well, I finally remembered to take a picture of our door decorations during the day, and it's probably good that I'm finally getting around to blogging about this because I currently have a note on my desk that tells me to start thinking about the new ones that I'll be putting up soon (around St. Patrick's Day...so we have a little bit of time yet, but still).

As you might remember, I had these done when I returned to SNC in January, but for some strange reason, one of them went missing and I had to turn back and make a new sunflower for Megan. And then, because I'm rarely at my dorm when the sun is shining, I kept forgetting to take a picture of the whole thing, until now.

So I present to you, our newest door dec theme, All Things Hot:

Our newest problem is a missing L in "All," but I'll deal with that eventually (probably tomorrow actually). I wish I had thought to take closer pictures of the door decs themselves, but it's just too darn dark and cold out now to do that (and I'm on a blogging spree, so there's no going back now). As you can pretty much see though, each of my roommates and I represent a different "hot" thing. So, for instances, I have a coconut drink, Ashley has a little campfire with a roasting marshmallow, Hannah is the mug of hot cocoa, Megan has a sunflower and our honorary roommate Katie is an adorable little bumble bee. 

Of course, Olaf is around to tie the entire thing together, and I think that, as much as I loved our Halloween Monsters Inc. door decs, these have to be my favorites so far. As for what's next, all I can say is that there's definitely more Disney up my sleeve, and I can't wait to share it all with you! 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on February 19, 2015). 

Day 650: Getting Spookyish

Remember when I shared our new door decs not too long ago? Actually, in relation to the dates these blog posts occur on, it was just about a week ago. Need a refresher? I'm talking about these door decs:

Well you see, our door looked a little...empty with just these door decs on them, and I'd been meaning to put up the Halloween decorations for a couple weeks already. The ones that go in our front window that faces the courtyard of our dorm. But then Megan and I had a grand idea. We already sort of had a Monsters Inc. theme going on, so why not continue that? 

And so, Mike and Sully have since moved in. 

I'm not going to lie, I'm really happy with how these turned out. I was terrified making Sully because Mike is basically just a bunch of circles. That's super easy. But Sully I had to hand draw and then make the parts for, since his eyes and nose and head and eyebrows and so on and so forth are all individual pieces. In addition, I had to make it so it would look normal in our window. None of these things were particularly easy to do. But they turned out great, right?

And of course, we had to add something to the door itself, and "We Scare Because We Care" just seemed like the right thing to do. 

In other words, Room 309 is basically the best. 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on October 20).

Day 645: Door Decs

College is a great place to explore just how Disney you can make something without it screaming over-obsessed Disney fan. Honestly, it's sort of a fine line, one that I probably cross way too often (and that goes for OUAT too). But I like to think that as many hints of Disney as I have around my dorm room, it doesn't scream that, and that's what I try to accomplish. Because believe it or not, there are ways to bring Disney into your dorm room. Really easy and clever ways actually.

This past weekend we had a couple of days off, meaning that I could spare basically an entire day working on projects for my dorm room. Since I have less homework than my roommates, I often need something to keep me busy, so I set about the room working on other projects. I put up the Christmas lights, I take care of our pet gerbil Melvin (more on him at a later date though...), and I put up decorations. I rather like it because it offers me a chance to be more creative when generally I just spend my days in a practice room or sitting reading Shakespeare or something. You don't get to make fun posters or anything in college, so when there's a chance for me to bring something I made into the dorm room, you bet I'm going to take up that offer.

So I made us some door decorations. Our previous ones were what we assumed to be sloths, but honestly I don't think we'll ever be totally sure. Either way, we decided that we needed a change of decoration for October, so I made us some new ones.

I searched the internet for quite some time before stumbling across these Monsters Inc. inspired door decorations, and while they're probably not good for an RA looking to make 30 or 40 of such decorations, it worked pretty well for the four of us, and you know, sometimes I hear people stop to look at our door, not knowing that I'm sitting so close to the other side as they comment on how cool these door decs are. It makes me feel pretty accomplished.

Plus, you can't really deny that they're pretty adorable.

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on October 10).