Alyssa Dawson

to quote shakespeare: parting is such sweet sorrow

Holy cow you guys. I finished my internship today. Yes, on employee appreciation day, and they brought us ice cream, and they had sprinkles, and nuts, and hot fudge, and cherries, I could have eaten all the ice cream. It was like they secretly planned the party for me but called it employee appreciate day instead. I didn’t mind though. It was all so surreal today. I woke up just as I would any old Monday or Wednesday and I got ready for my internship, I hardly thought about it being my official last day…. Read More

last week in pictures

It might just take a few hours to get through this post. I just discovered mean girls on netflix… Holy cow this week flew by. Today I officially have 17 days left till I’m done with school. I also got my certificate for the Dean’s List, this time asu was too cheep to send them out in the mail and we had to go pick them up ourselves. You raise my tuition but you can’t send me a letter in the mail? Yeah. This week was super hot in Arizona, I walk to the shuttle… Read More

my biggest weakness.

One of my biggest weakness is animals. I’ve had a soft spot for them my whole life and it didn’t matter the breed. Although I’m allergic to cats I still enjoy being around them-even if the aftermath is sneezing uncontrollably. What makes this ironic though is that I don’t have a pet of my own-I guess that’s why I volunteer. So this weekend Brand and I were walkout out of our apartment when we saw one of our neighborhood cats. She was laying on the sidewalk and at first it looked like she was just… Read More

currently

top: c/o Persunmall, jeans: tjmaxx: sold out (similar), necklace: caroline g. (giveaway I won), shoes: famous footwear ’06, watch: fossil (gifted) watching: the guardian. It’s one of those social work-y type shows that I just-can’t-stop-watching. And it’s from 2001 so that makes it even more great, the theme song screams 90’s as do the outfits, it makes me feel like I’m waiting for Y2K to strike again. crocheting: I just finished a huge afghan, fourth of all time, this time it was for a special someone who has literally given me many things. I’m also in… Read More

April Fools Giveaway, Paypal Cash + Ad Space!

Happy April Fool’s Day everyone! April Fool’s Day can be one of those tricky days where you wonder if you can believe anything anyone says. I’m sure you’ve already seen numerous pregnancy announcement on Facebook, pranks husbands and wives play on each other, and occasional April Fool’s Day pranks teacher play on their students. That last one has happened to me a time or two, and then I remember times where I wished my teacher were just pulling our leg about a certain assignment. Either way, I am here to bring you a giveaway that… Read More