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It’s been a hot minute.

I have been stressed, to put it in the slightest. This semester is kicking my butt and I’m glad it’s almost finished.

In spite of that though, I’m trying to find the positives: lovely roommates who feel bad for me when I come in the room at 3am (I even broke my record last night and hit 4:30…not a record I ever wanted to break) instead of being annoyed for waking them up (or at least they’re not telling me 😉 ), an amazing job that fuels me more creatively than my schoolwork ever does and a fantastic professor that keeps me motivated to pursue a career in sports.

Fashion

My favorite heels that I wore all last summer are on sale! I’d get them in your size now if you can. They’re the perfect classic cognac shade and the silhouette is timeless. Block heels are still trendy and I love the look.

Yellow Old Navy Dress | Hannah With a Camera

I’m also loving the look of these platform espadrilles by Universal Thread at Target. The Universal Thread brand has the same look and style as Madewell, but at a way better price point. I haven’t had time to go and try things on but I love the casual feel of the brand.

Fitness

Ever since running my half marathon, I’ve had just about zero time to work out. I’ve found that running is the easiest form of working out because I can simply lace up my shoes and head out the door instead of dedicating time to the gym. I ran a 5K on Sunday a week after the race. It was on my campus and was another rainy and cold day, which I’ve found I don’t really mind running in! The course was fairly hilly though and the tendons on the top of my feet didn’t feel great afterward, so I’ve decided to take a little rest before hopping right back into running.

I need to be consistent and work my way up in mileage so I don’t overtrain and hurt myself. I really want to add more crosstraining into my routine. I loved the weight-lifting class I took last semester and how it made me feel, so I’d like to continue that. I also want to establish a routine now so I can keep up with it over the summer.

Summer plans

I’m excited to say that I finally know what I’m doing this summer! I’ll be working as a marketing intern at a sports architecture firm in downtown Kansas City, on the Plaza. I just found this out last weekend. Because I’ll be dressed nice, I think I’ll try to take daily outfit photos (if I remember).

I’ll also be working as a photo intern on gamedays with Sporting KC, my favorite soccer team. I’m very excited to get a look at how professional sports operate compared to collegiate athletics. Before school starts, I’ll go back to KU in Lawrence to work two weeks of fall camp as well.

Reflecting on this semester

Other than working, I’ll be spending a lot of time with my family before I move back to Lawrence for my senior year. I’m living in a house with five of my friends next year and I’m super excited to decorate my own space. I’m mainly excited to have my own room! I think this will be the most fun year yet because I get to live with my closest friends.

Freshman year I lived with three other girls in a large suite and that was a good way to transition to having roommates. Sophomore and junior year, I lived in a very small room with three other girls and I’m so glad I lived in both years.

If you have the opportunity to live in your sorority house, do it! It’s such a unique experience – when else will you live with 90 other girls at one time? My roommates and I are at the point where we’re getting somewhat sentimental about leaving that space and not seeing each other’s faces every night before going to bed.

If you made it this far, congrats! I love writing these kinds of posts and reading ones written by other people.

What’s going on in your life?

xo, Hannah

notes from january | life update vol. 1

January 31, 2018 No Comments

Note: this beginning part of the post was written two weeks ago but it still holds very true to me!

As I write this at 2am (it’s only the first week of the semester, y’all…) from my little chair in the ADPi violet patch – a.k.a. a fancy name for our lounge area upstairs – fueled by Alan Menken’s slowly dwindling Disney playlist on Spotify, my head is spinning with the concepts of ethical decision making and Rushworth M. Kidder’s four paradigm dilemmas. (talk about a name, jeez.)

My winter ethics class has pushed me to actually think about the impact my words can have on others. Previously I’ve used this blog just as a way to share my advice in a big-sister kind of way, which I love. However, I’d like to go a little more in-depth. I want to share my personal thoughts and feelings on different subjects, and share my passions with the world – or at least my small corner of the internet. I’m aiming to do so by using this blog as a slightly less-personal version of my journal (there are some things you just have to write out and let go) but I plan on starting today.

One

I’ve been living for Andy Grammer’s newest album lately. It’s called The Good Parts and believe me when I say that EVERY song is ‘the good part’ of the album. Seriously, it’s like the kind of album you listen to and think to yourself, “this one is my favorite,” then listen to the next one and think “wait, this one is my favorite.” Totally, 100% recommend. If I absolutely HAD to pick a favorite, like someone is holding me at gunpoint had-to-pick-a-favorite, it’d be the song 85. I think the message of this song stands out the most to me but my other favorites following (very, very) close behind are Civil War, Freeze, and Spaceship.

Two

I was at home the other day (I’ve only been back at school for two weeks and I’ve been home twice, oops) and went into Old Navy with my mom – no surprise there. I picked up these tank tops (in navy and pink) and these jeans. Now’s the time of year to hunt through the clearance rack because people are returning their online-only purchases, so they’re all marked down to 50%! My jeans were nine dollars. I couldn’t pass them up.

I now own four of this style of tank top, but they’re so soft and easy to dress up or dress down that I think they’re definitely worth it! I’m also loving this purse, this shirt, and this sweater. This 14° weather I’m waking up to is not my favorite, so I’m itching to add some lighter clothing for warmer weather to my closet. I don’t mind winter fashion but I am not someone who wears dark colors, so I’m excited for the seasonal palette to brighten up!

Three

I rebranded! I’ve been looking into doing something like this for a while with more modern fonts and a bolder color palette, and finally took the time to redo my logo. I love it and I think it’s a lot more ‘me.’ I’m also hopping back on the video train and need to find time to go through and edit my January recap video, but it’ll be up soon! Promise!

Four

Last but most important…my family adopted a new dog!

I didn’t share this on my social media or my blog but our dog Abby crossed the rainbow bridge back in September. We actually had to amputate her leg from cancer and that helped her a lot, but it came back. She’s in a much better place now and I’m happy she’s not in pain anymore, but it was still really hard to let her go and it’s still hard thinking about it. Our other dog Rosie is still with us and it made a huge difference having her with us throughout that time.

We’ve always been a two-dog family though and it was pretty quiet around the house, especially over winter break, without Abby around. I started sending my mom pictures of dogs I found on Petfinder throughout January and she kept telling me it was too soon, it was a bad time…but the last dog I sent to her I just could not get out of my head! She was at Petsmart on Saturday and Sunday and since she wasn’t adopted on Saturday, I told my mom she had to go see her on Sunday.

We visited and immediately fell in love with her, and since our other dog Rosie tolerates her (she is twelve and very much the dominant dog) we knew it was perfect. Riley is a nine-month-old shepherd mix (I’d say German Shepherd) and ornery, but super cute. She loves sticks, fetch and destroying every single toy in sight. I have to resist going home every single weekend to see Rosie and Riley.

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