True Life: my room is messy

I'm a messy person. If you've been around long enough you know this about me.
There is a difference between messy and this must be a joke.
For the last two weeks or so, my room has slowly but surely been making its transformation from messy to this must be a joke. I have, more than once, asked people to please close their eyes when they open my door. I compare the feeling of having someone look at my room the way it has been to someone staring at me naked. Complete shame and vulnerability. In an effort to unclutter my life today, I began with my room. And for you, I took some before and after shots.
Disclaimer: Yes, I am mostly always messy. No, my room in no way shape or form always looks like this.

(Cringe)...Before...

After...

Now, this was something I really debated about putting up. I have a lot of people reading this blog who would NEVER let their room get to this point of no return, and who are probably looking at these pictures wanting to de-friend me or ground me. It's embarrassing. But mark my word, I would have never posted the pictures if it was a deal like, "Here's my room right now, I'll clean it and post the pictures on my next blog entry!" No, no, no, because there is no promise in that getting accomplished.

So here it is- first step in a little bit of life renewal. After tackling my room, I spent some good, and much needed time with the king of organization. I asked him to do some file work in my soul that I can't fix with a vacuum cleaner and clorox bleach wipes. It's crazy to think that my sophomore year at Texas A&M is almost complete.

Funny how a day of cleaning your room and doing laundry makes you think of things so much bigger than that. Cheers to that

Nothin but love,
Bethany

ch-ch-check it out

A&M did a little podcast segment on the dance department! I'm only in it here and there, but I thought my dearest readers might enjoy a little peek into my life in the studio :)

Watch it HERE!

Real post to come soon!

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Dear, my life recently

Dear my life recently,

Your predicaments are not eternal.
Your stress is not helpful.
In ten years from life recently, the Saturday night you spent writing a paper will have been well forgotten.
The math class whose content and deadlines won't leave your mind alone when you lay your head on the pillow will be of no use- you will be dancing.
Numbers will be allowed to return to the mush they came from, and you will go back to falling asleep to the dancers in your head whose job it is to wake you up with new ideas.
Oh joy joy joy! You will wake up with new ideas!
Life recently, your room is messy.
Your room is so, so messy.
Won't you stop letting it bother you?
In ten years from now your room will still be messy.
Dear life eternal, your room will ALWAYS be messy until you clean it.
Oh life in the near future, won't you clean your room? Won't you clean your messy, messy room?
Won't you also never ever ever ever forget this secret?...
.... your predicaments are not eternal.
Your predicaments are not eternal!
Your predicaments are NOT ETERNAL!
So won't you live for what is eternal?
Won't you please live for what is eternal?


Because your eternity wants the best for you
Sincerely,
My life presently


ps- how about a massage?

Shame on you, FreePeople

Is it possible for feet to need a pair of shoes as much as lungs need air? 

...These shoes make me feel as if it really is possible.

Nothin but love,
Bethany

sorrysorrysorry!!

Ok look...I had spring break and then I was gone for another week

I'll explain...(the short and sweet version)

I went to Seaside, Florida two weeks ago with about 30 of my closest friends for Spring Break. It was tons-o-fun! I only got burnt one day and the rest of the time it was smooth sailing!

(Yes that's a washed up jelly fish in the last picture. Exhibit A: reason I don't get in the ocean)


I got back from Florida on a Thursday and on Monday I was off to New Mexico for a college dance convention called ACDFA. It was a lot of unpacking, laundry, and packing in a short amount of time, but I got it done. We were in New Mexico for a week (we got back this afternoon).

I have to brag on aTm a little bit as I share some exciting news!...40 different colleges attended this convention and each school brought a dance with them to compete for a spot in the gala show at the end of the week. We brought two students (myself and my friend Andrea) and our 3 dance teachers ((well they brought us)). Andrea and I performed our duet called "Bound" on the first night of the convention.

Over the course of the week, 48 pieces were danced and judged by our 3 "adjudicators" (fancy word for judges). Up to 12 of the judge's favorite works from the week could be chosen for the gala performance on Saturday. Results for the gala were posted in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday. I was woken up to my duet partner at 2:30 am on Saturday to hear that we were one of 9 selected to dance in the gala!! It was such exciting news! We danced our final performance of "Bound" at ACDFA last night with some of the most talented college students I have had the pleasure of sharing a stage with. What an honor and absolute privilege that was!

{I would love to eventually post a video}

More to come later....for now I'm off to sleep off this crazy week!!

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Etsy

Hi friends! I made an Etsy account recently and thought I'd share it with you :) you can find me here! These are all on my Etsy, but here's some pictures of what I've been up to...

I made my poor friends model for me.....thank you friends :) Anywayzzzzz......you'll need a real update soon because there is much to discuss! Just had our annual spring dance concert this weekend...rehearsals are over and boy it feels good to be free!

Nothin but love,
Bethany

The Clementines found a home!

Well team, how would you like an update? Regardless, here it is....First order of buisness- we found a house! Is it the most ideal location?? No! Is it a mansion?? No! Does it come with a puppy??? No! But I'll tell you what, it is nicer than the house I currently live in, nothing in this town is more than 5 minutes away, and that includes my new house, it fits me and all 4 of my roomies, and it is A PLACE TO LIVE. It's funny how the things that were important to us in finding our house changed with our house-hunting saga.

Last you were informed, we lost my house that I live in now, shortly after that we were ready to sign on a lovely little house on Timm street...then we heard a buzz that some girls from my sorority were moving out of their WONDERFUL house on Highland, so we zipped on over there, filled out the paper work and told Keith we were ready! So when we met with him to sign the lease, he told us some small print information about the Summer costs we would be looking at...and none of us will be here this summer or next...and, despite how absolutely magnificent and perfect the house was, no house for college students is worth what he was asking. So Keith offered to cut us a deal- great! Until.....next thing we know, a different group of girls in a different sorority are jumping up and down in excitement when they get off the phone with our Keith who told them, "Congrats girls! You got the HIGHLAND house!!" Came as a surprise to us, seeing as how we had no warning. No email, no phone call, not even a text message.

SO........that's ok because the house across the street from my current one is ADORABLE! Not as new and fancy as our long-lost-love on Highland, but much more charming and old- just my style. We toured it, loved it...considered the awkwardness we would be facing in living across the street from the girls who ended up in my house...unanimously agreed that it was worth it, and emailed Keith to tell him, "sign us up!" 1 day passes...2 days pass...3, 4....ohhhh KEEEiiith? So we call him. He's all like, "Oh hey girls, yeah I must have missed that email- we signed on that house days ago with another group."





Oh.






Is that so?




Did you sign with another group?



Perfect. Typical. Raise your hand if you're surprised (no hands). After checking our backs for "Hey, take my house! :)" signs, we put our short-comings behind us, and decided to sign on whatever came next. So long story short-ish........we are the proud new leasers of a little blue house :) I have never been inside our new home. (Can't say the street name....Pops says that ain't smart) ((and for all I know, someone will steal it if I do!))    But I can tell you that I love it! I love that we all fit inside, that I signed on a dotted line, that I am no longer at Keith or Jennifer's mercy, that I don't have to speak with another realtor for at least a year, that our house group texts have slowed down, that my friends are no longer stressed, that the girls get my house next year, that the other girls get Highland next year, that another group gets that charming house across the street, and that I can half way feel like I got to help give them those houses. What a servant's heart I have, right? Haha, I know that isn't the case, but it sounds nice....and I really do think that any bitterness I held onto is gone.

If you're feeling selfish today, next time you catch someone eyeing your house, perhaps the next time someone compliments it...tell them they can have it! (You should be safe...they will most likely say no because that's weird............however, no matter how unlikely it is, I won't try my luck on it for a while- call me selfish)

Can't wait to tell you all the stories from my new home!

Nothin but love,
Bethany