After the worst week of finals ever, it feels AMAZING to be back in the saddle. My first day home I went on a 35 mile bike ride and been alternating riding and weightlifting for the past week.

Before committing my life to studying 24/7 (almost literally), we had a Texas 4000 ugly sweater/white elephant/potluck party that was a lot of fun. I was SO close to getting the Nerf shotgun but ended up with stick-on mustaches instead, which I must say made me look quite debonaire and attracted a lot of attention. I'll settle for attention instead of a shotgun.

Pro tip: don't eat habenero hot sauce before a workout.

"I can't pretend this is the way it'll stay, I'm just

Trying to bend the truth

I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be, so I'm

Lying my way from

If you feelin' like a pimp you should go and brush your shoulders off

Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off

People are crazy baby; don't forget that, boy, I told you

Get. That. Dirt off your shoulders."

Linkin Park & Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You