The Average Adventure

Overly Exciting. I know.

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Spring break, you were so good to me.

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I'm sorry I haven't had an adventure in a while! Or at least written about them! Well anyway this one was actually a few weeks ago. A picture tells a thousand words and mine most of the time tell several, but I'll narrow my words down a little for you. Let's begin with my obvious awkward hands. I am probably... Actually no scratch that... I am the most awkward person on the planet so my hands follow suit with the rest of my body. The dinosaur vibe they give off reflect on how old I am getting. In fact this photo was actually taken the week of my birthday! Yes I am the old ripe age of 19 now and of course it comes with responsibilities such as picking out your grave plot and writing your will, that sort of thing. In actuality this photo captures some of the very happiest and saddest times I have had so far in my life. The door you see behind me in this photo is the door to my very first apartment. On this day I was officially moving out the last of my things. It was incredibly sad leaving the place that held a lot of memories of my very first year in college. Ironically I am hysterically laughing in this photo because of the person holding the camera. My very dear best friend Lauren. Now this human being is a perfect creature. She is with me through thick and thin and I cannot describe to you the love I have for this human. She is my person (GREYS ANATOMY REFERENCE PEOPLE). Another thing I would like to point out in this picture is my glorious double chin. At first I thought there was absolutely no way I would be posting a picture showing such a flaw, but as I continued to look at it, the more I came to love it. I saw past the imperfection and saw the pure joy on my face and my surroundings and decided to never let this picture go. I have grown so much in the past year and one of the things I have struggled with is loving myself. But I think I've finally started to give myself a chance :). Anyway the last thing I want to point out is the new rad haircut! I CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR AND DYED IT!!!! I mean what a serious life change! For me I clung to my hair with everything I had because I thought that's what made me beautiful. I had long beautiful curly black hair that fell almost to my butt! And now here I stand in this moment of joy and I cannot imagine myself looking any different. That insecurity I felt will always be there but I finally took a stand and decided to fight the minute I cut my hair. Yes it was very sad leaving behind such a dear friend, but I am so thankful to have had such wonderful memories in apartment 606. Now for my next adventure! XOXO -Maggie

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So I decided to cut all of my hair off and go a little crazy 💜 XXX Maggie

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Behind the scenes of a nanny Job

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Blessing your feed with a beautiful picture of Baby Cooper. He's also sitting on a towel with a naked lady on it (you can thank my brother for that).

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This GIF>>>>

OH my Lord I peed myself watching this GIF and I have so many things to say about it (the GIF not my pee)! 

Numero Uno (I have never taken Spanish before so forgive me if I throw out words that I think are correct and are not, I am trying okay?) My day so far can be summed up in this GIF alone. This man doesn’t give a flying actual fuck about what’s going on. He can see the enthusiasm coming towards him at full speed and he hates it with a passion. All the while, the guy in the Yankees hat in the background, cannot wait for the moment he gets to shine and be a part of the family that is the wave. Let’s now focus on the people directly next to him. The woman styling the very pink shirt has become one with the wave. She has mastered not only the enthusiasm necessary for it, but also the physical motion of rolling and it’s quite fantastic. Now let’s move to Mr. Donald Trump next to him. Even though he is at a baseball game,  where the attire is normally on the casual side, it doesn’t stop him from kickin ass and taking names in his fantastic suit he is sporting. Dress to impress is his mantra and nothing will sway him (except for maybe the wave {HA SEE WHAT I DID?}). His ability to time his very own contribution to the wave is thrown by his pal next to him! HOW COULD HE CRUSH HIS DREAMS LIKE THAT?! 

Numero Dos? I identify with this man on so many levels today. The main connection we share is the lack of enthusiasm or motivation. Now even though I am normally enthusiastic about my activities, today I cannot find myself to be enthusiastic about anything (well except maybe blogging). The second is looking upon enthusiasm with jealousy. Just like the women and men surrounding him, Baby Cooper (who single handedly takes up all my time and energy) shows enthusiasm with everything. This my friends just fuels my wish to be a baby again, where the mere thought of mickey choosing which mousketool to use that day makes me laugh until I fall over.

The struggle bus today is real but I hope you got a laugh out of this GIF just like me. I promise I will have a new adventure for you soon!

Maggie xxx

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I love my job. Oh and Cooper loves the camera (and the camera loves him).

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#NewMomStatus

Hello world! It has been quite some time since I have devoted my time into telling my adventures, and for that I am deeply apologetic! Anyway it's summer!!!!!! Holy cheese sticks I love college, but I really needed this break. So being the poor college student I am, I needed a job this summer. Now to give you a little bit of background I have two older sisters and a little brother. My oldest sister has two sons one being ten years old (he is literally me in ten year old boy form which is hilarious), and the other is 7 months old. My sister was in desperate need of a new nanny to take care of my beautiful baby nephew, Cooper. Naturally I immediately jumped on the opportunity of getting paid to play with a baby all day. What I didn't know was what came with this job. Now I shall tell you my adventure of the day.... So Cooper and I decided to go shopping today. Well actually I decided to go shopping, Cooper just spit at me when I asked him if he wanted to go (which I took as a yes). My store of choice? Target. Oh my oh my Target is Gods gift to mankind. I could spend every single cent I have in that store and wouldn't feel bad about it in the slightest. Having Cooper in tow sometimes makes things a little difficult so I have to be prepared wherever I go, making sure I have all of his crap (literally and metaphorically). Bringing his diaper bag, my purse, his car seat, and his stroller, I make my way into the store. Now being only 18 years old and obviously not having a ring on my finger, I immediately get some dirty looks as I walk into the store (whatever people suck). You would think that this is what would bother me the most, but oh no it gets worse. As I am shopping around the clothing I start to be followed by a trail of women who seem to have nothing better to do than stare at Cooper. For some reason this really irritates me. I mean seriously HOW DARE THEY FOLLOW ME AND MY BABY?! Oh yeah that's right I'm not a mom and this is not my child. So since I am not one to hang on to any kind of anger, I decide to have some fun with the situation. Cooper is talking away with his fake baby Mumbo jumbo when one woman speaks up behind me and says "oh I think he just said momma!" (Trying to provoke some crazy mom reaction out of me I guess). To which I reply with a chuckle and say, "oh he's probably talking about his other mom" with a subtle wink. The woman stares at me confused when a realization hits. She thinks I am talking about a lesbian lover, which then makes her flustered and she walks away. Now even though I am not lesbian, at that moment I almost wished I was so I could provoke reactions out of people, with uncomfortable, lesbian related, humor. I guess the lesson today was to take the situation you have and make the most out of it. I may not be an actual mom, but those strangers sure as hell don't know that! I promise to post more soon! Maggie xxx

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Movie Dates and Sexy Men

Cowboys are yummy. Seriously though if you have never had the pleasure of living in Texas or even just a southern state where the real cowboys roam freely, you are missing out. The snug fit of the white wash jeans, paired with a strapping button down shirt, a cowboy hat, and a pair of cowboy boots, has the capability to charm the pants off of you my friend. Not only do they dress nice, almost 99 percent of the time they are down to the core gentlemen. This admiration of the creature that is the cowboy is how I started and finished my little adventure. 

Last night, after a horrible day of testing and classes that make my brain hurt, me and my friends decided to reward ourselves, for not dying, with a trip to the movies. The movie we decided to relieve our stress with? The Longest Ride. 

Now a warning for all of you.... THIS MOVIE WILL PULL ON EVERY SINGLE HEART STRING YOU HAVE. I’M ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT SERIOUS. 

Anyway, while sitting in a movie theater with my fellow Texans, who have all been to a real bull fighting event, we all had come to the agreement that we would put aside our criticism and just enjoy God’s gift to mankind, the cowboy. Luke the bullrider, plays the lead role as the bullfighter/sexiest man alive. I’m sure the director stopped calling him by his first name and just referred to him as sexy mofo. Not only is this mans face the epitome of perfection, his body makes it difficult for me to talk about without getting weak-knee’d.

Now I know I seem like the most shallow human being in the entire world, first with the Duff and Wesley (Still omg worthy), and now with The Longest Ride and Luke, but I just enjoy the appreciation of beauty! One thing, well many things actually, but the biggest thing that stood out to me was the difference in beauty between Wesley and Luke. Wesley had this smokin hot charm that made you want to throw your panties at the screen, but Luke is this sexy hunk of a man who made you want to throw yourself through the screen. I am so very thankful that I do not have a boyfriend to take to that movie because I could hardly contain myself through that movie. You bet your bottom dollar I would make him take notes on how to be a man. A mofo Sexy Man who can literally kill you with one freakin look. Yes I am actually dead. So if you were wondering if you were going to be able to blog from heaven, the answer is yes.

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Nighttime Car Rides

Okay let me start by saying that I like to keep my life interesting. Normally the interesting situations I find myself in, are simply thrown at me. The past couple of days have been proof of random occurrences, that seem to take turns for the worst. Let me start by telling you my adventure on Friday.

Friday

Alright well you caught me yet again, hanging out with my closest friends: Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, and Joey. So as I am contemplating my mixed emotions towards Ross, and my massive crush on Joey, I get a text from my dear friend Nathan (who is actually a real person). The text simply reads: "I GOT TOWED". Three very simple words, that can ruin the life of any college student. SO of course being the wonderful human being that I am, I offer to take him to the impound to go get his car back. Poor poor Nathan not only has to go through the embarrassment of his car being towed and the consequences of parking illegally, he also has to pay a fine of $300. That kind of money in college, means giving up eating for a month. Anyway, I start to drive him out to where the impound is, with the GPS helping. Keep in mind that it is three am and there is nothing out here in the back woods except for maybe a dear carcass and a boarded up gas station. So not only is that a really awesome atmosphere to be heading towards, the next road we turn down where the impound is supposed to be, turns into the sketchiest dirt road I have ever driven on. This is the moment I thank my lucky stars that I drive a truck. Finally we pull into the creepiest impound of all time with abandoned warehouses and cars just chillin all around us. Now, I am obsessed with scary movies, I mean seriously, I love them in a way that is probably unhealthy, and this place was the perfect backdrop for a real life horror movie. So naturally I am pumped and take a picture (hence my last post) and already start to think how I can save this adventure in the mighty book of nostalgia later on in life (hence this post). So since this is an impound, and their is only one person working the graveyard shift (IRONICALLY CALLED THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE OF DEATH) we have to wait around until the tow truck man gets back from towing another poor unsuspecting souls car. Finally scary bearded tow truck man pulls up and Nathan goes inside with him to settle the paperwork for his car. This is where I am left alone out in this deserted place where I am expecting Freddy and Jason to pop up at any moment and kill me. However, I kept my cool and played "Out of the Woods" by Taylor Swift, because I enjoy irony and inappropriately timed humor. This brings me to my next adventure...

Sunday

Today was a normal day in the busy life of Maggie. Who am I kidding? There is no such thing as normal in my life. Whatever, well after sitting through two meetings, I sat in my apartment, watching Friends (I know I have a serious problem/addiction) with Nathan, when my friend Sam texts me telling me she's picking us up and were going to dinner. Next thing I know, Nathan and I are running outside to Sam's waiting car and driving to Cracker Barrel (MY CHOICE BECAUSE I LOVE THAT PLACE). As we are trying to navigate our way into this poorly lit parking lot, Sam jerks the wheel pulling into what she thinks is the entrance to the Cracker Barrel. In reality, it was merely a paved driveway into a HUGE DITCH THAT WE ARE BARRELING INTO, SCREAMING, SWERVING, AND TRYING TO AVOID DEATH. So as Sam tries to pull back up the steep mountain of a ditch we just raced down, we get stuck in the mud. Of course we get stuck. Thankfully, because of my driving expertise, we were able to finally maneuver our way out of this giant ditch and into the Cracker Barrel Parking lot. All the while laughing our faces off, completely ignoring how close to death we had all just come. Thankfully our meal was mighty tasty, and was worth the near death (totally hilarious) adventure. More adventures await but until next time my friends.

Maggie xxx. 

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This adventure was straight out of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre scene

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I Thought I Liked The Rain

So my adventure of the day started off with strangers and Taco Bell. Well one of my best friends, Alyssa, invited my to go to the rodeo! Now I know for all of you wonderful tumblr users who do not know the joy of living in Texas, this may seem like a joke and a stereotype come to life. However, I am here to tell you that even though it may be a very Texan typical thing to do, YOU ALL WOULD LOVE IT OKAY? Not only do you get to enjoy watching bronco riding, bull riding, steer roping, mutton bustin (I'll explain in a minute), and all other "Rodeoish" events, you get to watch some of the biggest artists perform in concert! Not only that you get to stare at the hottest Cowboys ever while stuffing your face with the deepest fried food you will ever consume! And uh yeah YUM seriously to the boys and food. Anyway so of course I said yes, and proceeded to ask who was performing that night. Her response was none other than Hunter Hayes.... THE FREAKIN CUTEST LITTLE THING WITH THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL! Of course I kept my cool and just responded with an "oh yeah, cool, I like him", like I wasn't dying inside. So yes I lied but I still have my pride okay? So as I was getting ready, I met up with Alyssa's roommates, which was totally weird at first because they were all besties and I didn't even know who they were. So of course, being me, I kept cracking jokes over and over, because that's what I do when I'm uncomfortable. Normally this is how I win people over, being the funniest god damn person in the world, but these bitches would not laugh. I went from puns to knock knocks to even making fun of celebrities! None of it worked and I was ready to die. Finally we went and picked up Alyssa from her class and we started the hella long drive to the rodeo. As you can imagine, actually scratch that, you can't imagine because you probably have the common stereotype of rodeo in your head. Anyway, the traffic getting to the rodeo is awful, and the parking is even worse. We finally find a place to park about a mile away and make our way on foot to the stadium (YES A STADIUM LIKE NRG STADIUM WHERE THE TEXANS PLAY). We get to our seats in time to see the calf scramble, the bull riding, and my personal favorite, the mutton bustin! Mutton bustin is where you basically throw children onto farm animals and tell them to hang on as they take off. For entertainment of course. So these kids who are about 5-7 years old are padded up like marshmallows and put on a sheep's back and they get scored for how long they last. I can tell you right now, my children will be entered into this event and They. Will. Be. Champions. Moving on to Hunter Hayes, the beautiful southern sweetheart who makes me feel Wanted. (See what I did there ;) ) As he begins to perform his songs, he makes every girl in the audience die inside from how adorable he really is. His final song was crazy and he ran around the stadium and was about 100 feet from me (SO I ACTUALLY DIED) and It was a divine experience. This is where the REAL crazy adventure happens. Once the concert ends we go outside to face our long trek back to the car. Okay I should probably give you some background on Texas weather. Here, in the so called "Winter" you can have the four seasons, in four days. For instance, on Monday it was 40 degrees and cloudy, Tuesday it was 75 degrees and sunny, Wednesday 60 degrees, and today it was 70 degrees in the morning and the second we stepped out of that stadium at 11 pm it was 29 degrees! So as we are trying to warm our bodies and not die from the cold, it starts to downpour. I mean the heavens opened up and Noah and his ark would not be prepared for these freezing rains. So the mile walk back to the car, turned into a freezing and soaked mile sprint real quick. And let me tell you, running in wet cowboy boots, is not a fun experience. Remember the bitches who wouldn't laugh at my jokes? Well thanks to God's timing of the flood, we became really close and laughed our faces off about the sogginess of the experience. Even after all the rain and the cold, I don't think that evening could have been improved one bit. My adventure sure was a great one. Maggie xxx

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Surviving the Day

Most think that college is the epitome of freedom, happiness, fun, and adventure. Well I am here to tell you that this can be very true and very false. Out of those words, the one word that rings true almost 100% of the time, is Freedom. Now freedom is always used in a positive connotation but from my experience, freedom can be oppressive, crippling, confusing, and belittling. I don't mean to depress, actually just the opposite. My goal is to ensure you that at whatever stress level you may be feeling, you are not alone. 

This isn't some political statement about how education is way too demanding, that's not what I am saying at all. I do believe that emotion can be so demanding, pulling you in directions that you didn't believe you would go. So in order to show that I am a real person, with real emotions other than silliness, and happiness, I so often portray, I thought I should be honest about my emotions today. This is me merely setting you up for my adventure of the day. So....

I woke up with the thought that today was going to be a busy one. And boy was I right. I printed off a homework assignment due later in the day and set to work finishing it. As you have already seen from previous posts, I am not a time conscious person. So as I glanced up at the clock I realized I had missed my bus and was going to have to drive to campus and pay for parking. Packing up all of my stuff and running out the door, I began to think of all the things I had to accomplish this week. I thought about my three Business Math assignments that were due tomorrow, my major exam I had at 8 am tomorrow for my Business Management class, the tutoring I had to give somebody tomorrow, and the four software management assignments due on Friday. Realizing all of this work I had to do and balance out with my meetings and classes, I began to feel extremely overwhelmed and became frazzled. Once I got to campus, I walked to class, listening to Lorde, the Dirty Heads, and Young the Giant. Sitting down in class one of my best friends, Ricky, picked up immediately on my behavior saying "What's wrong Mags? You are not your normal chipper self?" That opened my eyes to the impact my emotions have on other people. I didn't even say a word and Ricky knew immediately that I wasn't loving life completely.

These thoughts distracted me throughout the entire class and gave me mixed feelings about the take-home quiz we were given at the end and told was due on Thursday. Part of me wanted to curl up in a ball and cry about the stress I could not handle and the workload that simply seemed to be mocking me. But as I got to thinking, I felt as though I owed it to myself to look at the bright side of things. Not only did I owe it to myself, I owed it to the thousands, millions even, who do not get the opportunity to go to the best University in the nation, let alone college at all.

Sure I am still way over my head with all of this work I have staring me in the face, but I know that once I tackle all that's in front of me, the amount of pride I will feel in myself will be so ridiculously awesome, and I cannot wait. Seriously though, I cannot wait. Spring Break is right around the corner and I can already hear the beach calling my name. So yes I AM STRESSED. But I refuse to let my stress get the better of me. That, my friends, is my adventure of the day and I promise tomorrow I will have a hilarious story for you from my hysterically embarrassing life. 

Maggie xxx

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Each day provides the opportunity for an adventure. You just have to find it.

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The Day Started With a Breakfast Taco

As college students, we dread the day we have to wake up before 11. Anybody who tells you differently sucks and is lying. Unfortunately for me, I have two classes before 11 am even rolls around. So, yes, life sucks. Just kidding. But seriously.

Today I woke up actually feeling okay (not like a truck ran over me 6000 times) and as I was dragging my semi lifeless body around my apartment, making coffee, brushing my teeth, getting dressed, I opened my fridge to a wonderful surprise of a breakfast taco greeting me. Completely ignoring the fact that I have a roommate I woohoo'd and pumped my fist in the air as I popped it in the microwave. Today my friends, I was actually going to have a semi normal breakfast. This is a groundbreaking event that should be documented forever. So here I am. Documenting. Anyway, I could not contain my excitement and got ready as fast as humanly possible (completely forgetting to fill in my eyebrows... I KNOW WEIRD), I grabbed all my things, including the hot breakfast taco, and ran out the door. My only regret of the day? Stuffing the taco in my face faster than I pull in air to my lungs. Maybe if I had slowed a little, my satisfaction would have increased. Who am I kidding though? That taco was so good it was as though I had not eaten in three weeks.

My seven am breakfast taco experience managed to make the rest of my Monday a little more bearable; and I have decided that it's really just appreciating the little things that makes college life better.

Maggie xxx

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Today was an adventure. Don't worry I'll tell you more about it later.