January 28 @ 15:53: and so the packing begins.... :(
January 29 @ 03:01: so i'm watching Chariots of Fire with the fam -- and they definitely started singing the beginning of "Soldiers of our Queen" from Patience, making me miss everyone in Sinfonicron so much!!!
January 29 @ 18:07: Jessica Kyle officially hates packing. it’s so depressing...
January 30 @ 20:49: Scotland here I come! www.breathtaking-jmk.blogspot.com
January 31 @ 14:04: Jessica Kyle is safe and sound in St. Andrews :)
February 2 @ 17:29: oh just another blustery day in saint andrews :)
February 3 @ 17:48: so this is what rain in st. andrews looks like....huh.
February 4 @ 12:28: Jessica Kyle finally got her classes/schedule! yay! why did they put her econ class in the physics building??
February 5 @ 23:07: fish and chips + 1 pint of cider....check :)
February 6 @ 10:12: it always baffles me when I get online at 10am here and there are people online back home. Don't they know it’s 5 in the morning?!
February 6 @ 17:32: Jessica Kyle said "all y'all" at tea time today and felt ashamed.
February 6 @ 23:28: Jessica Kyle is so sad that she's missing the RUF W&M Super Bowl Party at Ludwell 102C (David Robert Inserra, Jason Yoon, and Andrew Chung's apartment!) :(
February 7 @ 09:21: 1st day of classes here we go!
February 9 @ 01:26: just a small town girl ♥
February 10 @17:33: Jessica Kyle is so thankful for a full day of sweet sweet sunshine!! :) :)
February 11 @ 20:13: BOP! Bop Bop Bop to the top! Slip and slide and ride that rhythm :)
**Note: I went to a bop (aka a dance) that night -- hence the perhaps unnecessary High School Musical reference**
February 12 @ 14:24: helloooo sunshine!!!
February 13 @ 17:36: off to dinner at Lucy-lu's (aka Lucy James :) ) -- what a great way to end an already fantastic day!
February 14 @ 09:16: Jessica Kyle is wishing a very Happy Birthday to her sweet mother Shirley Kyle and a wonderful Valentine's Day to Ian Joseph! ♥
February 15 @ 17:43: just another day here in St. Andrews :)
February 16 @ 13:51: reason #4258 why I love Sallies: william & mary orders hall tshirts. our gentlemen order hall ties. Classy? very.
February 18 @ 13:52: hello weekend!
February 19 @ 17:41: Jessica Kyle found REAL Smarties at Tesco's! YES!
**Note: 'real' Smarties referring of course to the delicious fruit-flavored M&M-type candy :) :) **
February 20 @ 21:01: just saved 20gbp on dinner for three! YES!
**Note: Bess, Margaret Ann and I went to dinner at Bella Italia that night for a 50% off student discount!**
February 21 @ 19:42: thanks to Margaret Ann Hazelton for giving me a much-needed hair cut!
February 22 @ 17:10: who schedules fire drills for 6:30 in the morning...in February...on the North Sea...before dawn??
February 22 @ 20:14: Jessica Kyle is enjoying shortbread while cuddling with marge :)
February 23 10:08: Jessica Kyle would like just a little bit of sunshine please
February 24 @ 14:59: the sun is shining! and it feels like Spring! :)
February 22 @ 22:22: a perfect afternoon = listening to a cappella choir rehearse Loch Lomond (and other beautiful songs) outside Sallies under a beautiful sunset through my open window. I love St. Andrews :)
**Note: The choir rehearsal was in preparation for the Royal Couple's visit on February 25**
February 26 @ 13:40: Jessica Kyle is officially infected. let the post-nasal drip begin!
February 28 @ 10:00: YES! The King's Speech won FOUR Academy Awards!! And yay for Natalie Portman getting Best Actress!!!! :) I wish I could have seen the show - except it was on at like 1am here. lol
February 28 @ 17:36: IJM is looking for 25 @000 people who will ask President Obama to help end modern-day slavery. Will you add your name? Spread the word!
March 1 @ 15:43: with the windows thrown open and the birds singing: I'm loving the no-jacket weather, brillant sunshine, and cloudless sky here on the crystal blue North Sea!
March 2 @ 10:45: Oh, what a beautiful morning! Oh what a beautiful day :)
March 2 @ 13:50: paper time.... yay?
March 2 @ 23:12: ballet to "Paparazzi"? I think yes. :)
**Note: I joined the DanceSociety here at St. Andrews, and my ballet class did a piece to Lady Gaga's paparazzi. SO COOL**
March 3 @ 09:46: where did all the sunshine go? :(
March 3 @ 13:44: class paper paper high table paper paper paper paper paper....
March 3 @ 22:32: i WILL conquer this paper.
March 4 @ 23:48: hello sweet sweet weekend!
March 5 @ 11:47: "Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up - these are the best days of our lives" ♥
March 7 @ 10:07: YES! it’s another blue-sky day! AND Tasha Abi-Najm arrives today! :)
**Note: One of my best friends, Tasha, came to visit me during her spring break!**
March 7 @ 11:07: It's a happy day! and I thank God for the weather...ba dum ba dum :)
March 8 @ 16:14: Jessica Kyle is so impressed with her history tutor Dr. Allen - papers due 9:35pm Friday, papers returned 4pm Tuesday. Brilliant!
March 9 @ 09:29: Jessica Kyle ran, breakfasted, played piano, and showered all before 10am! What a productive morning :)
March 10 @ 19:09: Jessica Kyle officially loves W&M Residence Life :)
**Note: Why, you ask? I received a really good lottery number for next year's housing selection :) **
March 10 @ 19:16: just bought a Sallies hall scarf. Am I a huge geek? YES. Proud of it? Oh yeah :)
March 10 @ 22:59: "They say breezes are warm there and people are kind, maybe it’s something like Heaven. I close my eyes, and I see in my mind skies of bluest blue" ♥
March 13 @ 00:05: okay. my night is officially complete - someone just walked down the hall whistling music from Lord of the Rings (you know, the theme that shows up whenever they are running somewhere/fighting?). Perfection.
March 13 @ 14:42: thinks google should have a better method of contacting them about problems than forcing users to post on the help forum - especially when there are numerous unanswered posts referring to the same problem.
**Note: This was after the “Call Phone” button disappeared from my gchat window. So I could no longer call mobiles and landlines in the US for free. Super lame.**
March 13 @ 22:01: bring in the caffeine and chocolate - it’s time to get work done! :)
March 14 @ 00:17: YAY March Madness starting!!!! :) :) :)
March 14 @ 10:04: cannot wait for the next 28 hours to be over...
March 14 @ 22:30: loves study parties with Paige Wallis and Margaret Ann Hazelton :)
March 16 @ 12:00: good morning sweet sweet sunshine!! it’s been a while since I've seen you! :)
March 17 @ 12:19: Jessica Kyle is missing Shirley Kyle's corned beef and lemon poke cake :( Happy St. Patrick's Day!
March 17 @ 17:26: walked out of Sallies with Margaret Ann Hazelton, only to be stopped and interviewed by BBC China (or something like that)....random event #1732 of this trip.
**Note: The reporters were basically trying to get us to say on camera that we chose St. Andrews because the Prince had come here over FIVE years ago. But we were too smart for them :) **
March 18 @ 03:09: Jessica Kyle desperately needs to go to Target now. Thank you David Wells.
March 18 @ 11:08: "Not because of who I am, but because of what You've done. Not because of what I've done, but because of who You are [...] You've told me who I am: I AM YOURS"
March 19 @ 16:04: Jessica Kyle is working in the library and realizing just how much she misses Swem :( [yes, I know that I am a complete and total TWAMP]
March 19 @ 23:21: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. -- Ephesians 2:8-9
March 20 @ 15:11: so Pittsburgh, remind me one more time why you, a #1 team, decided to lose yesterday to a #8 team. I think that that merits some sort of explanation.
**Note: March Madness was especially stressful this year. So much disappointment**
March 21 @ 10:41: It's a happy day! And I thank God for the weather ba dum ba dum :)
March 21 @ 18:49: Jessica Kyle has developed a habit of liking every Ork-related status she sees! Merde merde merde to my beautiful ORCHESIS* loves - I wish I could be there for Orchesis Dance Company's Evening of Dance because I know it’s going to be absolutely WONDERFUL (meaning that if you stateside at any point this weekend, you need to get yourself to PBK at Wiliam and Mary at 8pm!)
**Note: Just because I’m abroad doesn’t mean I have lost any of my Orchesis pride!**
March 24 @ 16:09: what are you doing on the internet? get off facebook and go buy your ticket to see Orchesis Dance Company's Evening of Dance! PBK. 8pm. Thursday - Saturday. why are you still sitting there? go go go!
March 25 @ 18:36: Tonight = you @ PBK at 8pm watching Orchesis Dance Company's Evening of Dance. (even if you went last night, you should go again :P) Enjoy the show!
March 26 @ 13:18: Ohio State -- WHAT HAPPENED?!
**Note: See? What did I tell you - March Madness = NOT good**
March 26 @ 19:26: Tonight is your last chance to see Orchesis Dance Company's Evening of Dance! 8pn at PBK - you don't want to miss out!
March 27 @ 13:27: Jessica Kyle loves her wonderful biffel Margaret Ann Hazelton for bringing her a fresh-picked daffodil - I ♥ Spring!
March 28 @ 12:40: Happy Monday! [3]
March 29 @ 11:50: 2 days until I get to see Sarah Kyle!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)
March 29 @ 13:59: Dear Banner,
Please stop blocking me from taking classes "outside my major" when, in fact, they fulfill the requirements of my major. Interdisciplinary degrees HAVE to draw from other departments. You are not helpful.
Love (meaning no love),
me
Please stop blocking me from taking classes "outside my major" when, in fact, they fulfill the requirements of my major. Interdisciplinary degrees HAVE to draw from other departments. You are not helpful.
Love (meaning no love),
me
March 29 @ 22:23: loves skype dates with her nametwin Jessie Dolezal!!!!
March 30 @ 16:57: Jessica Kyle should not have to spend FIVE pounds to do ONE load of laundry....
March 30 @ 18:00: I am officially never doing laundry here again. 5.80gpb for one load?!? (mind you that's 1 wash and 4 times through the dryer = 3 hours & 20 minutes in the dryer) For a place that's so energy conscious, it seems to know nothing about efficiency.
March 31 @ 08:26: Hello Sarah Kyle!
April 1 @ 18:15: Hello Europe with Sarah Kyle and Margaret Ann Hazelton! :)
April 5 @ 20:32: A bientot Paris :( mais, bonjourno Roma! :)
April 8 @ 23:20: Jessica Kyle is back in St. Andrews - exhausted, sunburned, and happy :)
April 9 @ 14:53: Jessica Kyle loves beautiful spring days and when there are weddings at St. Salvator's Chapel!
April 9 @ 18:22: Jessica Kyle loves tax-return day! but hates bees that fly into her room :(
April 10 @ 12:49: Jessica Kyle is so excited to have lunch with Robert Kyle :)
**Note: My Uncle Bob came to visit me!!**
April 12 @ 13:50: Jessica Kyle is wishing a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to John Kyle!!!!!!
April 13 @ 11:09: SUCCESS!!! tickets for May Ball purchased :) [I would expect nothing less after queuing since 5:45AM!]
April 13 @ 14:50: It's National Book Week. The rules are: grab the closest book, turn to page 56 @ post the 5th sentence as your status. Don't mention the title. Copy the rules as part of your status.
"Lord Deputy St Leger's 'surrender and regrant' strategy involved Gaelic chiefs recognizing English sovereignty in return for feudal charters confirming the lands they occupied."
"Lord Deputy St Leger's 'surrender and regrant' strategy involved Gaelic chiefs recognizing English sovereignty in return for feudal charters confirming the lands they occupied."
**Note: Yes, the closest book to me at the time was a Scottish history book**
April 13 @ 16:55: CABELL 104 with Margaret Ann Hazelton, Cathy Kang, and Steph Kumah!!! :) :)
**Note: YES! Housing Lottery success! I’m super excited for my apartment next year**
April 14 @ 11:13: is it bad that I keep choreographing ideas for EOD 2012 in my head while I'm working on this paper?
April 14 @ 20:02: Jessica Kyle loves evening Tesco runs with Paige Wallis, Bess Cooley, and Margaret Ann Hazelton! :) :)
April 15 @ 10:50: so much to do, so little time.
April 16 @ 14:01: just found the library's collection of the William and Mary Quarterly dating back to 1924 (back before it was run by the Institute of Early American Studies, when W&M was officially called "William and Mary College", and when the journal was edited by President Chandler and Librarian E.G. Swem). Am I geeking out? YES. :) :) :)
April 17 @ 14:34: motivation, where did you go? come back please!
April 18 @ 13:00: Jessica Kyle thinks that st. andrews should have 24 hour computer labs like W&M -- it would make paper writing so much more efficient.
April 18 @ 15:38: also, these 24 hour computer labs should have dual screens - because Miller has spoiled me, and they are definitely the best way to write a paper.
April 18 @ 20:26: Jessica Kyle has the Act I finale of Patience stuck in her head....why? I have no idea.
April 19 @ 19:40: partyin' it up in the Lib! cause that's how my tuesdays roll :)
April 20 @ 09:43: Jessica Kyle is so happy that she got to skype into RUF W&M Large Group last night with Margaret Ann Hazelton!!! (sending a HUGE thank you to Ian Joseph :) :) ) so much RUFlovin' :)
April 20 @ 23:26: Jessica Kyle was walking by Younger Hall on the way to dance class and heard a singing the Act I Finale from Patience (I swear, it’s everywhere!) - I may or may not have envisioned 2 lines of redcoats doing the Indifference Dance :) So much Sinfonicron Love!
April 21 @ 16:21: can't wait to see Sarah Kyle, John Kyle, Shirley Kyle, Nana and Papa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**Note: And my Mommy, Daddy, sister, and grandparents came to visit me!!!**
April 24 @ 09:15: Christ the Lord is Risen today - Hallelujah!
April 25 @ 00:38: Jessica Kyle is wishing a VERY HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to her wonderful schwest, Sarah Kyle!!!!!
April 27 @ 11:03: Come out and see Dance Society's STRIKE A POSE....Annual Danceshow 2011 at the Byre Theatre 3rd-5th May. Tickets on sale NOW at the Byre box office or at www.byretheatre.com - Don't miss out!
**The St. Andrews Dance Society that I joined puts on an annual year-end show where each class performs a piece. Such a cool experience to dance with other students**
April 28 @ 12:21: so my stats professor didn't show up to lecture....I guess that means no class?
April 28 @ 15:45: received the best surprise package ever today from Jenny Crabb and Family (aka the BEST family ever!!!) -- THANK YOU so much - it totally made my day!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
**Note: the AWESOME family that I babysit for sent me an Easter basket!! I was so happy when I got the package - they made my day!**
April 28 @ 16:42: Jessica Kyle is done with her Spring 2011 assignments!!! Bring it on, exams!
April 29 @ 13:45: what a beautiful Royal Wedding!! (Also, I have decided that there will be live trees inside of the cathedral that I get married in :) )
May 1 @ 05:04: May Dip 2011: CHECK!!!! :) - BEST tradition ever!!!!!
May 3 @ 01:10: Come out and see Dance Society's STRIKE A POSE....Annual Danceshow 2011 at the Byre Theatre 3rd-5th May. Tickets on sale NOW at the Byre box office or at www.byretheatre.com - Don't miss out! The show opens tonight!
May 3 @ 14:26: and so the mad hunt for EOD 2012 music begins...this could take a while.
May 5 @ 11:45: LAST CHANCE to see Dance Society's STRIKE A POSE....Annual Danceshow 2011 at the Byre Theatre. 730PM TONIGHT. Get your tickets NOW before they're gone!
May 6 @ 01:09: HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who performed in University of St Andrews DANCE SOCIETY's show for making it an absolutely amazing experience! You all are the best!! xx
May 7 @ 00:08: Jessica Kyle loves late night hang-outs/making goofy videos with Bess Cooley, Margaret Ann Hazelton, and Paige Wallis! :) :)
May 7 @ 23:36: Happy 18 months to Ian Joseph :) :) :)
May 7 @ 23:53: Jessica Kyle is super happy - it was my first successful laundry day of the semester! Each load only went through the dryer once! JOY! :)
May 8 @ 09:51: Happy Mother's Day to Shirley Kyle!! I love you Mommy!
May 10 @ 12:37: Jessica Kyle is studying, responding to overdue emails...ah! so much to do!
May 15 @ 12:59: studyin' studyin' yeah!
May 15 @ 13:19: Congratulations to all of her beloved William and Mary Seniors!!! Bravo Class of 2011 - you did it! :) :)
May 16 @ 12:01: 1 down, 2 to go - ALMOST DONE!
May 16 @ 17:01: 48 hours til i'm done! :) :)
May 18 @ 07:39: T minus 5 hours until I'm done!! Wait, does that mean that, in 5 hours, I will be a SENIOR?!? Crazy....
May 18 @ 15:04: Done with exams...finally :) Here's to 10 days of playtime and being a Senior!! :)
May 20 @ 17:22: Jessica Kyle is finally updating her blog....i know, it’s been a while. (www.breathtaking-jmk.blogspot.com)
