I'm back...
Okay, so quite a
few of you have asked me questions along the line of "Are you even IN grad
school?" and "Do you ever attend classes?" This includes a
lovely voicemail from my uncle asking how I could possibly be busy with work if
I only have 2 class days a week… The answer is yes, but I usually don't write
about it because unless you're a Communications grad student, hearing about
what I’m studying probably isn’t what you want to read about. BUT since you
asked…
Right now we’re
in the middle of doing our research prospectus, which is basically a huge term
paper on steroids (not a thesis). This
is among what feels like 5 billion other things I have to accomplish each week.
I wish you all could see our cohort’s group text because it’s hilarious and
pitiful at the same time.
Also, in case you
were wondering how we relieve stress (besides pigging out on an absurd amount
of chocolate each class – the benefit of having an all-girl cohort):
Halloween was
super fun here. Tommy’s mom had a “nice Halloween” aka no scary
costumes/decorations. I wish I had taken a picture but I forgot. Y’all, it was
so cute – she had Disney music playing and a photo booth for families to come
take pictures. AND it’s the first Halloween I’ve ever given out candy to kids
so that was really fun. One of the best Halloween’s I’ve had as an adult for
sure.
So, my costume. I somehow decided it would be genius to dress up as a hipster for Halloween. Yes, I know
what you’re all thinking, “But Annie, everyone in California is a hipster.”
Yeah. You’re
right and my costume sucked.
I had to go pick up some papers to grade at
Pepperdine on the way to the Knapp’s house and I got more compliments on what I
was wearing than I ever do in my actual clothes.
Tommy dressed up
as Ricky Bobby and we spent the whole night quoting the movie, then ended up watching it. It’s fine.
Addison was a
cupcake and my heart exploded.
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| Cupcake |
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| There isn't a cuter picture in existence. |
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| #HipsterIdiot |
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| #Trophywife |
I went to a
King’s hockey game with the Knapps this past weekend and oh my word it was so
fun. I’d never watched more than 5 minutes of a hockey game on television or
otherwise when I went, so I didn’t know what to expect. The game is so fast
paced I almost couldn’t keep up. The puck moves so fast across the ice, I
didn’t know where it was half the time. Aka 3 of the 5 times the Kings scored,
I only figured it out after the crowd scared the heck out of me cheering.
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| Our seats were super close to the ice #casual #cold |
Tommy wins best
boyfriend award. Why? Let me tell you about the spider incident. So I’m sitting
in bed working on a paper the other day when I see a movement out of the corner
of my eye. It was a spider. And not an average spider - it looked like a tarantula (granted, a really small tarantula but this thing had muscle). Those of you who know me know how I feel about
spiders (and bugs in general, let’s be honest), so you can imagine my reaction.
I FaceTimed my dad and he literally talked me through
killing the spider in the middle of a meeting with his two assistants (who
thought it was hilarious. And I think they enjoyed seeing Lawyer Harb patiently
talk his panicked daughter through killing something 1/1,000 the size of
humans). So anyway, Tommy was over at my
house yesterday and sprayed my whole room with this heavy duty Raid without me
even asking. Basically this stuff stops everything with more than 2 legs from getting in, therefore I'm a happy camper. So big time snaps for both Tommy and my dad.
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| Shown: the strongest weapon you're legally allowed to possess in California #halfserious |
Y’all, I’m going
home (Knoxville home) in 2 weeks and I CAN’T WAIT. So pumped to have all the
family together for Thanksgiving and kiss Addison’s face. I’m loving SoCal, but it’s always nice
to get home every now and then.
She's so close to being able to say my name.... and yes, that's a picture of me.
Differences
between Malibu and the South
- No Sunday traffic.
- Barely any stores are closed on Sunday
- People here dress for the season regardless of the weather. I was definitely NOT prepared for this. More on this later.
