4. & 5. Finish My Theses

This is a little overdue, but I had to mention that I am completely done with both of my theses! (You can see the prezi from my Spanish defense here, if you're that interested). My thesis is entitled, "The Role of Female Archetypes in Byron's Don Juan and Becquer's Rimas). It has been over a year in progress between coming up with a proposal and putting it all together (in two different languages, no less!), and I. am. done. I got honors on my Spanish one, and while I have not heard back about my grade on my English one, I know that it was approved so I at least passed. The above is another Spanish major and myself out to a celebratory lunch with our advisors! I actually enjoyed writing my thesis with my advisor, and I'm going to miss her next year. 

23. Run a Whole 5K

So last weekend after spending Friday into Saturday at Relay 4 Life, I woke-up late morning Saturday to drive with my sorority sisters down to Ocean City, MD to participate in Susan G Komen's Race 4 the Cure Sunday morning! And, I managed to run a whole 5K (or 3.1 miles)! It was the first time I ran the whole thing, and even my mom didn't believe me when I called to tell her. Below are some pictures from the morning. It was such a blast, and I'm so proud breast cancer awareness is ZTA's philanthropy.

Signing the pink truck!

Doing warm-ups with the local Cross Fit coach. Can you see me squatting?

My chapter won the most participants for a collegiate team!

Fam o jam :) My big was off getting a fancy Chemistry award!

After we finished!

My friend from studying in Spain came and ran with us!

It was so worth the 6 am wake-up call! I'd like to look into running more 5Ks in the future.

26. Do something absolutely crazy

So, today I mark one of my fifty things off my list. I did something crazy and auditioned for a play! I haven't auditioned since I was in middle school and was a chorus member in Bye, Bye Birdie. One of the senior theses is doing the play, Bachelorette by Leslye Headland. It inspired a movie of the same name in 2012, and it's on Netflix (pretty funny!). I get stage fright pretty bad, and I've literally never taken an acting class or anything. I did it to do something I've never really done before, and in an area I'm not normally comfortable. I doubt I was cast, but I'll obviously update if they somehow think I did alright!

50 Things in 150 Days

Guys, I'm graduating next semester and subsequently freaking out. There's so much I have accomplished and so much I want to accomplish, and I can't believe it's coming so soon! My friend, Hilary, tweeted about this list she was doing, and I got intrigued. Now the official list from Mackenzie Horan is 101 Things in 1,001 days, and her list is a little more bucket and to-do. Obviously I'm not going to put "Go to Rome" on my list since I have a much smaller deadline. I'll prepare that list after this one. I'm cheating a little by putting this list out there fourteen days early, but so goes life. So, without further ado, the 50 Things I want to accomplish in 150 Days!

1. Figure out exactly what I'm doing after graduation.
2. Fit into my clothes again. (Not happening at this point!)
3. Travel to a state I have not been previously. (Not before graduation, but I will be going to Georgia over the summer to finally see Savannah and visit my friend!)
4. Finish my Spanish thesis.
5. Finish my English thesis.
6. Finish all the completed Jane Austen novels. (Pride & Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion)
7. Save $500 for Florida Trip! (No more Florida trip)
8. Successfully stay off Facebook for a week.
9. Become a beginner Yogi
10. Write 150 pages (12 TNR, double spaced, 1 inch margins)
11. Go to bed before midnight every night for a week straight.
12. Catch all the way up with "Isabel." 
13. Buy a matching pajama set.
14. Officially adopt my own cat or kitten. Name cat Lord Byron if male. (Sadly no cat since I'll BE IN KOREA!)
15. Go to Korean BBQ. 
16. Read 5 new books off the 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die List (only two can be dirty)
17. Work out at 7 every morning for a week
18. Run 300 miles.
19. Memorize 100 new Korean words and phrases.
20. Watch 5 Audrey Hepburn films. (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Paris When it Sizzles)
21. Drink 1/2 body weight in ounces of water for two weeks.
22. Have something published. (Here!)
23. Run a whole 5K. (4/13/2014)
24. Create a full "real person" wardrobe by looking through my current wardrobe.
25. Read a full contemporary novel in Spanish.
26. Do something absolutely crazy. (2/10/2014 Auditioned for a play)
27. Go a week straight without hitting the snooze button.
28. Get into the habit of flossing every night.
29. Avoid stopping at Dunkin Donuts or McDonalds for a month on way to work.
30. Go two weeks without drinking coffee.
31. Write a poem of which I'm 100% proud.
32. Buy more yoga pants
33. Write myself a letter to open five years after graduation.
34. Learn how to budget
35. Set up an Ebay store to sell older items.
36. Learn to do a full split.
37. Go for a swim again.
38. Donate blood when they come to school in the spring. (Tried twice! And they canceled!)
39. Send out little presents to my friends around the world at least once.
40. Start using my Clarisonic
41. Go to New York City (12/21/2013)
42. Do a photoshoot with friends.
43. Pick up knitting again.
44. Dress like a young adult everyday for a week straight. Not allowed: sweat pants, sneakers, moccasins, sweatshirts, yoga pants, T-shirts, etc.
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48. Put $5 into my loan payments for every task not completed.
49. Get ready to start the 101 in 1,001 list.
50. GRADUATE AND CELEBRATE!!

(Must put $80 towards loans!)