Random Silly Goose Business {2}

1. Going on Adventures with Mom and Katie     2. Another random check out at Circle K.

3. Katie's background on her iPhone       4. Mom's dinner after the big bike ride.

5. Dad's dinner after the big bike ride.    6. My salad after the big bike ride.

7. My favorite - vanilla with rainbow sprinkles!    8. The cute/sad picture on the wall at BW3's...

9. Darren getting iced!

10. Katie getting her Pedi from Cory's Momma!    11. Our hospital Starbucks run to get our blood sugar back up.

12. Our hospital dinner. Delish!    13. Playing wiffle ball in the backyard!

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

How it feels to win the big game!

This cardboard pop-up was at BW-3's...and we kinda had some fun with it.

(Cory, Katie, Morgan, Cameron)

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

Recent Giggles

These next two always have me rolling in giggles, especially the last one.

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

Random Silly Goose Business

1. Sissy and James skyping      2. Poster at Tower City that I loved.

3. Red Pepper flakes Giovanni's let us borrow    4. Cory passed out on the car ride home from Cumberland. Sleeping beauty he is.

5. Mamma and I, Easter Weekend     6. Sissy and I, Christmas

7. Cory mid-workout    8. Sissy and I rocking out.

5. On a field trip to B.A. Sweetie, Cory wanted to be a unicorn    6. (hard to see) Tim and White Sox and I cuddle, a lot.

7. Cam and baby Tibby   8. Tibby Anna

9. Cory, My Lissa and myself {take 1}   10. Cory, My Lissa and myself {take 2}.

11. Cory, My Lissa and myself {take 3}   12. Love All Serve All (or, as Cory likes to say: Loveallsevall)

13. My parents on the deck at 9:00 at night, talking...under rainbow umbrellas.   14.MUAH!
15. Puss asking for no lights and 5 more minutes of sleep, PLEASE!     16. Hot Pink Nails!

17. Little Cor Cor snoozin' away     18. Alpha Phi Omega!!

19. Sissy and Mom working on Katie's portfolio - I think it's the start of it all! (We'll look back and say, remember when!?)      20. My families most recent trip to the local Circle K, at 11:45 at night, after a great dinner out. Random checkout. 

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

Recent Giggles

My love for Shark Week makes this one PERFECT...and I think it's hilarious for some reason. May answer some questions, you know?

P.S. Shark week starts TOMORROW! AHHHHHHHHHH!! :)

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

"I don't care if I marry you, I don't care if I marry another man."

Quite possibly my favorite person, ever. Yes, I know she is a little girl.

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

Naturally.

Oldie, but oh-so-goodie.

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

I think this is hilarious!

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

First Stop, Arizona.

The day after my last exam was over from spring semester I set sail for a week of pure adventure.
My Aunt and I love the furry walks of life -- and we've been talking about going to Utah to volunteer at Best Friends Animal Society. 
She is from Seattle (our adventures from Seattle can be found here, here, here, here, and here) so we met in Phoenix, AZ. 
After I (yet again, for like the millionth time) over slept several of my alarms, I got ready in near record time to make my flight in Cleveland.
My flights were not non-stop. So I had a LONG day of flying (6.5 hours basically).
But once I went from Cleveland to Charlotte, NC - I was headed to Phoenix where I met my Aunt to then fly to Flagstaff, AZ. 


I have to admit, seeing my Aunt once I stepped off the plain in Phoenix really brought my spirits up. I should have been on cloud nine all morning and afternoon before that, but several unfortunate events happened to me between 5:30 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon (1:00 AZ time).
As you know, I over slept -- meaning I looked quite disheveled. Second, I had no time to get any food, so I had M&M's for breakfast -- and then didn't get a chance to eat for another 7 hours. So, I guess you could say I was disheveled and withering away to nothing. Thirdly, and the worst of them all -- I got the airplane bathroom door opened up on my from my flight to Phoenix from Charlotte...
Let me digress. I had just woke up from about a 30 minute cat nap on the plane. My neck hurt like no other from how awkward I was sitting/sleeping. I was very out of it...disheveled and withering away to nothing from starvation. OK, got ALL that? So my baby bladder said, "Since you're sitting in the middle seat on the plane, I am going to make you inconvenience the old man next to you to get up and go to the bathroom." I got up and wandered all the way to the back of the plane, stood in line for the bathroom -- and then finally got a chance to relieve my screaming bladder. 


Guess what. I didn't lock the door. About a minute into my restroom trip, the bathroom door starts to open. Who is it? An older man who realized that - oh snap, SOMEONE IS IN HERE! And proceeded to let out a mini "Ahh! (Hands waving) Oh I am so sorry!"...No, sir. I am the one who is sorry...then I walked back to my seat like a scared, embarrassed cat with my tail in between my legs. Terrible experience.


BUT, then my world did a 180 once Phoenix came along. As we were boarding our plane to Flagstaff, my Aunt was briefing me on how tiny this plane was going to be. Once I saw the plane, I noticed it is the exact ones I fly when I go and see Cory, so no biggie. As I am getting on the plane, now over heating because Phoenix was...um...HOT, I did a TRIPLE TAKE at the person sitting in the aisle seat in the second row. 

Mike Posner! WHAT?!

When my third take rolled around, we make eye contact. 

Me, being me, and the over excited person I tend to be was completely star struck.

Was this for real?! So with my wide eyes and jaw on the floor I involuntarily let out a "HI!!!!!"

He simply looked at me and said with a straight face, "what's up."

Meanwhile, I am looking back at my Aunt every second with the look of complete amazement and excitement. 

I found out later she had no idea what was going on and actually thought I was going to get sick from how small the plane was. Since I was not moving in the aisle of the plane and people were indeed still boarding, my Aunt said pointing, "We're in row 7..." Meaning, um, move!

Once got to my seat, I was freaking out. Blabbing my mouth to my Aunt telling her who the heck he was!
Then, for our short 30 minute flight to Flagstaff, I was planning my lightening fast escape off the plane to catch up to him because I would never be able to forgive myself for not getting an autograph...or picture with him.

Turns out that small airports are the coolest thing ever -- AKA -- no one is ever in your way and the wait time is ZIP!

So I am going to tell you the next part to this story, but you have to promise not to judge me.

My Aunt told me to just go, and get off the plane to catch up to him and that she would get my gate checked bag. So before we were allowed off the plane, I got a pen, piece of paper and my camera ready! They (him and his band) were the first ones off the plane, and I was nearly last - I had some ground to make up. I didn't want to look like a complete weirdo, but I did power walk into baggage claim. Once I turned the corner I was quickly halted. There they were, just chilling by baggage claim with no one else around. So, I put my pen, paper and camera in my bag because I didn't want to look like a COMPLETE nut case. So I walked slowly over to the seating and stood there waiting for my Aunt's bag (even though I had NO idea what her bag even looked like ) -- hey, I needed to look busy people! Once I mustered enough courage, I looked at him, noticing he was looking at me. So I got my big girl pants on and walked over to him. I simply said I would regret not saying hi, and asked if I could get his autograph. His band mates, struck up a conversation quickly with the "where are you from", "that's so cool you came over to see us"..."what are you doing tonight?" and they're the reason I have a picture with Mike (below. I wish I didn't look like I was just flying all.day.long). Then I told them all to get together for a band shot (above).

My autograph!

After my heart rate started to trickle back to semi normal-ness, we got our sweet rental car ride and were on our way to meet up with my beautiful cousin for the night. She just recently graduated from Northern Arizona University - and can I just say - the campus was AMAZING. Going to school with beautiful scenery all around you...and MOUNTAINS! Dreamy!

(Our ride)

For the rest of the evening, we grabbed some food (the pizza had roughly 7 cheeses on it! HEAVEN!), had Kailey open up her Pandora graduation present, and then...

Remember when Mike Posner asked my aunt and I what we were doing tonight while at baggage claim?

Well, we were put on his "VIP" list for free tickets to his show that night in Flagstaff. 

I was ELATED!!!!!!!

Once I picked them up at will call, I found out just where these tickets were seating us...

FRONT ROW BABY!!! And we were THE only ones seated in the front row!!!!!!

Can you believe it?!

Just waiting for the show to start in front row, while everyone else was like..."who are these people?!"

Aunt, cousin and Kailey's boyfriend, Brendan. 

The show was just phenomenal. 

I have to tell you, though, when the lights went down to signal the start of the show - girls SWARMED the front row. 

I was highly annoyed by how much elbow jabbing I got by the girl next to me the whole show. 

Please remember your manners, would you?

Some funnies (extreme funnies) from the concert include: 

1. My aunt totally getting jiggy with a million college girls to Mike Posner songs. SHE.IS.A.TROOPER!!!

2. Mike jumping down from the stage to give a hug to a few in the front row, while taking off his shirt. 

Who was first in line to receive it the hug? 

My aunt!

Who did she push in front of her with lightening fast speeds before I knew what was going on? Me.

He also gave out his crazy sweaty shirt, which I had in the palms of my hands for literally .5 seconds until that elbow girl with no manners came in and swooped it away from me. First the elbows, now the stealing.

It's OK though, sweaty shirts aren't my 'thang.

3. My aunt told the other girls next to us that she was Mike's aunt, and I was his cousin. These people fell for is so hard - it was all I could do to keep a semi straight face.

We then closed out the night before our big week of volunteering in Utah breaking it down in the elevator. 

Ah, the memories.

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

This picture made me laugh completely involuntarily

Hahaha!

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

$3.79 FOR GAS!

I did a triple take on the road, and then proceeded to do an ultra quick turn around.
Gas for $3.79? YES PA-LEASE!!
You'd think I'd died and gone to Heaven!!

Although, that statement doesn't even make sense now that I think of it.
I mean, sure, Heaven is the best thing ever - but dying...?
Are we supposed to be happy to die?
I guess, right? I mean, it's Heaven after all...
Wait, now I am mega confusing myself.
I'll just stick to the fact that I've never been so happy in my life to get gas.


...that came out wrong too. 
This post is batting a thousand.


Peace, Mo

A {finals} Week in the Life of Morgan.

Shower? What's that?

Legs...are...hairy. Is that proper of me to say? I only speak the truth!

Nails bitten so low I'll be surprised if I haven't ruined them for good. 

Messy bun is permanently on top of my head. (No, wait...that's everyday. My bad.)

Room has been officially declared a hazardous zone (complete with 'DANGER No Trespassing' rope. I just don't want to be sued for someone breaking a leg, or something worse, in my room because the ground cannot be seen and you have no idea what pair of jeans or what shoe may decide to jump up and trip you). 

Poor Pam, THE Grand Am, is coming dangerously close to the same fate...hazardous zone. And she has to listen to me talk to myself quite a bit.

Peanut butter and jelly morning, noon and night. (Actually, I would like to take this time to thank my Mom for her AMAZING dinners. She is the reason I have any kind of nutrients in my body this week.)
A big thanks is in order for my whole family for putting up with me!

My mind could, hands down, beat any world record for how fast it races.

My stress and anxiety levels are, I'm sure, unchartable. 

Hand cramps and butt cramps. 

My favorite pair of jeans have been worn one too many times. 

Classmates and friends, I am sorry you've had to witness (and maybe even smell) my old hoodie that I have seemed to wear for four days straight. You'll be happy to know it is currently in the dirty clothes pile. 

Constant jittery bounce of the right leg. (CONSTANT)

I had to revert back to the good old Webster's Dictionary for the definition of sleep the other day. It is defined as follows: (noun): a condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended. It's funny because I started to think that it meant you sit in your bed until the early morning hours and strain your eyes by staring wide eyed at notecards, the computer screen, or a textbook while trying to jam everything into your noggin. Wow, was I wrong. 

When I actually do participate in the activity of sleep, I wake up still thinking about what I've been studying. I think it's my own weird way of performing osmosis. Whatever floats your boat, right?

The e-mail is checked no less than 10 times a day (yes, I am over exaggerating slightly). It's probably more like 9. 

Double, triple (dare I say quadruple) checking of online submissions that they were sent and received! 

I rarely blog...and this is the saddest fact of them all. 

I teach my cats what Uncertainty Reduction Theory is, what enculturation is, and rehearse a lot of really big philosophy terms that I know they were just pretending to understand what I was talking about just to help me study. (They're the best).

And every morning I pump myself up for the day ahead by going to the mirror and making "tough guy" faces. Followed by my "going insane face". 

And then I pretty much say to myself...wow, there's something is wrong with you. 

BUT, other than that...my life is fairly normal :) 

Anyways, over and out.

Mo

For Sarah, my love:

This is probably my favorite thing, ever. And at the APO meeting tonight I was running around for a minute quoting this video. Since no one knew what the heck I was doing - I felt...silly. But Sarah seemed interested (and I wouldn't expect anything less from her) so this is posted JUST FOR HER!!

"WE ARE EATING PEPPER AND CHIPSSSSSSSS"

Love you!!

Mo

XOXO

Ummm...I HIGHLY disagree.

They solve pretty much everything...

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

Simply Amazing!

This is just incredible!! 

SO AMAZING!

Love always,

Mo

XOXO

Tweeter, Tweeter Pumpkin Eater

February 2011
{My Twitter}

1. First day of February was wonderful! "Akron, Akron, Akron...you gave me a snow day? I'm speechless! :)"

2. The prefect snow day snack?: "I just made the best snow day snack: hot chocolate and marshmallows with peanut butter and honey graham cracker sandwiches. DIVINE."

3. "My mom and I have a bit of an addiction when we run errands together. These always sneak into the check out:"

4. The second day of February: "Snow day again? HIP, HIP, HOORAY! Reliving elementary school excitement all over again...minus the college homework and work tonight..."

5. And the morning my car window officially (like totally and completely died and was open with no chance of it shutting RIGHT as I was running late for school): "Holy heavens! What a less than desirable morning. Now, on campus for 11 hours..."

6. "Low key family weekend on the horizon. YES!!! xoxo" and "McDonalds breakfast with my parents! Have not had it in ages!! So exciting :)"

(We then went to my Dad's office to help him clean, pitch and organize this bookcase in his office that was bestowed upon him when he moved into his new office. This is us in the process BELOW)

Three and a half hours later:

(And then my Dad treated us to Gasoline Ally, an amazing restaurant with the best pizza and yogurt dip.

This is my: "Small pizza with extra cheese and light sauce..." or you could say 'my cheese oozing grease slab'. Either way, IT WAS AMAZING! 

(Notice my Dad totally beating me in the healthy eating zone with this awesome salad in the back there...)

7. My Pam (my car) finally went into the shop to get her window fixed: "Car window is getting FIXED, it's a beautiful snow fall this morning, I'm in love and life is good. #ILoveLife xoxo"

(BELOW: My window works!!!)

8. And my new (way long term) wish: "I pray my kid is like this. What an adorable little nugget!"

9. The night I decided to be good and follow the rules ended painfully: "I wore my retainer last night. First time in a long time. O.U.C.H. x A LOT." (BUT, my teeth looked pretty fabulous in the morning.)

10. "From noon until 12:15 on Tuesdays and Thursdays is becoming one of my least favorite times...but I don't want to have a least favorite time." (I have to hike it from one edge of campus to the COMPLETE other edge of campus in less than 15 minutes, uphill. Shin splint central + cardio workout + getting an education = the ultimate multitasking!)

11. "It is a first! My Mom and I were told we look alike! Precious! I REALLY enjoy when my Mom comes to see me at school! :)" (I know I live with her still...and school is 25 minutes away...but it makes me so excited every time!)

12. Ohio Wintertime. "Northeast Ohio life lately = absolutely frigid."

13. If you know 'Twitter' lingo, you'll understand these tweets: "@CoryBeebe, I just want to let you know that when you call me at 1:30 in the morning to tell me about a retweet, you've already made me day!" He got 'retweeted' from Drew Carey: "And not even then! :) RT @CoryBeebe: @DrewFromTV is good at math. But only if the two numbers add up to $1 or less." (Cory was SO excited!)

14. "Happy 18th Birthday little Bro Bro!"

15. "Donating blood today with my Mom (she is 'facing her fears')! WOO-HOO! :)"

(And, yes, we TOTALLY parked in the blood donor parking spot)

16. "I'm doing homework with my little nugget all nestled in my leg nook.#meow"

17. Direct from the dentist: "You truly have very healthy, beautiful teeth." SCORE! #GoodDentistVisit"

18. "I had such a beautiful drive into the city this morning. Ah, I love mornings like today! #CitySunrise"

19. And then we had a warm spell in the air on February 16th: "I drove to work with my window down! DOWN! #LifeisSOgood" 

20. And about my commutes to school: "Sometimes I really enjoy driving with no music, no talk shows, no noise. #relaxationbeforechaos"

21. When I was headed out to see Cory/when I got there: "My heart is racing so fast :) I cannot stop smiling!" and "Right now, at 12:07 in the afternoon on Friday February 18, 2011, is the new best moment of my life. #Bliss"

(I secretly snapped a picture of my new favorite moment)

22. And when I was leaving Cory..."Never fails. I can feel depression central setting in. Never fails in the slightest..."

23. My saying I made: "Communicate. Be true. Trust. Repeat. (Forever)." 

24. "Happy 50th Daddy-O!!"

(And then...my Dad who 'can't stand our cats'...was caught in the act. Once everyone was up and done eating and my Dad was still at the table - my little nugget, White Sox, was sitting at the table (which he is not allowed to do, but my Dad allowed it) and my Dad gave White Sox a taste of ice cream. It was a once in a lifetime moment. I was so proud. True bonding moment here: SO FUNNY!)

25. "My cat is obsessed with my printer when it is printing...#SOWEIRD!" (Seriously, he can hear it from anywhere in the house and comes running. Then he just stares at it and then lays on the paper when it comes out. He jammed it one time...I was furious!)

26. Watching the Oscars: "Ok. Oscars. I LOVE when people accepting awards say how much they love their spouses. I think it's my new favorite part of award shows. Yes."

27. On the last day of the month: "It is February. It is thundering. It is amazing. It is making me SO happy" and "...and lightening just lit up my room. And it is February.#AHSOAMAZING."

Love always,

Mo

XOXO