Tonight, my roommate and I have literally spent all day studying. Ever since I got back from class earlier, we have honestly been studying all day. I'm so ready for a break and I am beyond ready to have no responsibilities for a little while. Christmas break will be so nice. As long as I can make it through finals, haha. I don't know how much longer I can spend literally every second of my day looking at study guides or previous quizzes or doing homework. I'm so ready for break.

Yesterday, my friend and I took a break from studying and decided to take a trip to the mall. We went to the Tanger Outlet right near Grand Rapids, about 40 minutes away but it was well worth the drive. They have the best stores there, from H&M to Kate Spade and JCrew. It was a nice little stress reliever and break from studying. I'm freaking out about finals, so I needed something to take my mind off of school for just a little bit and that was the perfect place.

I am getting pretty anxious about my finals and last papers/projects over the next two weeks. As excited as I am to be back home for Christmas break, I feel crazy stressed for everything I need to get done. If I just manage my time well, I think I will be fine. But it's just the making myself sit down and get as much work done as possible. It definitely won't be fun, but as soon as I have everything done and turned in, I will feel so much better about everything.

Recently I've decided to officially move in with my best friend. I started out at Western by going in blind. And my best friend, Madi, and her friend were rooming together. Her friend ended up leaving the school two weeks in so I spent the majority of time over at Mads anyways. Things weren't really working out with my roommate at the time so I just decided to start living with Mads. Over the past couple weeks, we officially moved all of my stuff in and it's been the best decision of my college experience so far.