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I am in my second to last semester of college. And living five states away from my love is slowly killing me. So since there are presently 51 days until the end of exams. I had an idea to use my words to escape a bit from the madness each day by writing on here. I have another blog I use, but for these purposes, I needed another. For the next 51 days, I found a 50 day challenge to do. Here's how it looks:

50 DAY CHALLENGE:
DAY 1: Introduce yourself / List your likes and dislikes
DAY 2: Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day
DAY 3: Your favorite movie
DAY 4: A photo of you taken over ten years ago
DAY 5: A letter to your Crush
DAY 6: List of what you ate today
DAY 7: A youtube video you find funny
Day 8: A photo of you taken recently
Day 9: List some of your favorite tumblrs
Day 10: A letter to the person you hate most or caused you a lot of pain
Day 11: Share your favorite recipe
Day 12: We want to see your teeth today / Post a self-portrait
Day 13: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 14: A song from your childhood
Day 15: A letter to someone you wish you could meet
Day 16: Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes
Day 17: A photo that makes you sad
Day 18: Set or share a goal
Day 19: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 20: A letter to Someone that changed your life
Day 21: Your favorite television program
Day 22: A photo that makes you happy
Day 23 Share one of your current favorite tunes
Day 24 Time to face morph / http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk//Transformer/
Day 25: A letter to someone you judged by their first impression
Day 26: Favorite books
Day 27: A talent of yours
Day 28: Favorite Places to shop
Day 29 Provide the HEX code of your favorite color /http://www.febooti.com/products/iezoom/online-help/online-color-chart-picker.html
Day 30: A letter to the friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 31: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 32: A photo you took
Day 33: What you're craving right now
Day 34: Your favorite quote
Day 35: A letter to an ex
Day 36: Some hobbies of yours
Day 37: A song that you like to dance to
Day 38: A photo of your parent(s)
Day 39: Zodiac sign and do you think it fits your personality
Day 40: A letter to a deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 41: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 42: Bad habit(s) you have
Day 43: A picture of your favorite place in the world
Day 44: Something that fascinates you and why
Day 45: A letter to yourself a year ago
Day 46: Photos of personal things in your life (pets, family, house, ect)
Day 47: Birthday wish list
Day 48: A photo of you right now
Day 49: Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 50: A letter to your reflection in the mirror


My hope is that by doing this, I can take a breathe each day, or if I skip a few, every couple of days. A mini-break from what has turned into a very stressful semester from my two jobs and more-than-full course load. I do not want to keep focusing on the negative so with this, I pray I can make myself stop stressing over how long it's been since I saw my love or how long it'll be until I do again. Because it'll never be soon enough.

So here we go. Day 1.

Introduce yourself / List your likes and dislikes

Hi. I'm Jasmine. I have four names because I got married in May and refused to lose one of my given names and couldn't think of refusing the new one I've loved for so long. So now I've got a mouthful of a name and am proud of it. I am a full time student at the University of South Alabama. I work part-time in USA's department of communication doing PR. This means I write/edit most of the newsletter, compose/edit emails, work on the annual report, design invites and pamphlets, etc for various events we handle throughout the year. I also work part-time at Meadowlake Elementary school in their extended day care program. This is why my schedule is pretty full. My hubby is in the Navy and stationed in Virginia. This year has not been fun and it sucks being separate but I'm graduating in May. I'll be the proud owner of a bachelors degree in Communication concentrating in Public Relations and a minor in Geography. Yeah. That mouthful is mine. Or will be in a few months.
I love movies, chocolate ice cream, traveling, haircuts, eye makeup, smiles and hugs. I hate stupidity, sickness, sneezing, laziness, and hatefulness.
I hate to think I'm wasting my life counting down for a different time and place. But knowing my life lives 900 miles away is not an easy thing to cope with. So until I get my heart where it belongs, this is how I have to do it. He's actually here with me right now, but he's sick and we're in a tough family situation right now. So it's not exactly a happy time. :(

So that's me. See you tomorrow.