it all started with a ninth grade play.

we decided to have a sleepover that night.

and that night changed it all.

we stayed up all night, talking about how much we loved each other, and what our favorite qualities were in each other.

i know. it sounds very...girly.

but it was probably one of my favorite nights to date.

as the years pass, others have come and gone, but the five of us have stuck together.

i mean, we are the sticky peanut butter between two slices of bread, aren't we? :)

here's to the bbmss.

we're all changing.

choosing different paths.

whether it's different colleges, different high schools, or even just different classes.

it's different.

but get us in a basement with a lot of pepsi and blankets, and we can easily have the best night.

i love each one of these girls so much, and there is such a dear place in my heart for each of them.

there's the nneka.

it's never complete without nneka, and we all know that.

we clash heads sometimes, but i love this darling very much.

i don't know how she does it, but she always has so much energy, and that is what i love most about her.

and she obviously made p.e. the best class ever. :)

then there's the princess. aka madi.

oh madi madi madi.

the dancer. the 00. the "look at my tummy!"

this sweetheart is one of strongest girls i know. she always has 1 million things going on in her head, but she somehow manages to stay completely sane. oh, and we cuddle. a lot. :)

michelle. my michelle. 

we're the twins in the back of the classroom that have our own little language. 

i have such an overwhelming love for this girl. it happens so often, and i don't know if she knows that.

i look to her in advice all the time, and she's usually always right. ;) just kidding.

"well...i'm a sophomore."

last, and certainly not least, there is rach.

i am her math girl. she is my rock girl. 

she is the only person i know who gets my sense of humor so well. she just understands my nerdishness. 

there is simply not a strong enough word to tell you how much i love this girl.

and no matter how little i don't see her, or talk to her, (even though we live 5 seconds away) this girl is extremely special to me. we just have to have our sleepovers every now and then. she keeps me sane.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
~Thomas A. Edison

me, nneka, rach, michelle, amanda (our adopted bbmss :D) and mad. 

i will always, always, always love you girls.

~jane.

WARNING: Terrifying pictures of me are very present in this post.

Do you ever feel like this....

...or perhaps like this...

...or maybe more like this...

...but I'm pretty sure we've all felt like this.

welcome to the last two weeks of my life.

don't worry, this isn't one of those posts where i rage on and on about how miserable my life is, because it certainly is not, even though it kind of started out that way. 

i mainly did this post because i rarely put pictures up of myself, and i thought that this is the perfect opportunity. 

right now. 

considering my hair is in a french braid, and i'm wearing my paris sweatshirt from saver's. 

because you know what? 

this is me. 

this is really me. 

my hair is generally pulled up 75% of the time, and i am usually in my pajamas. 

like, 

i change immediately into pj's after school. and church. and even after the shower. 

k, way too much information.

but i'm not going to take a million pictures of myself until i finally approve one out of a hundred.

nope.

this is krista.

real life.

kind of like dan in real life, minus the awesome vacation house and beat-up station wagon.

so put a smile on your face.

because guess what?

<-----------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------->

see that little slash?

that's this life. this earth.

and you know what is before that, and after that?

well,

more important stuff.

so don't worry about the math test you just failed, or the high school boyfriend you broke up with, or the parking ticket you got.

it's not worth it.

so look at yourself in the mirror like this:

and realize you're you. and nobody can be you better than you can.

cliche? definitely.

but it has truth, my friends.

go by a sweatshirt from saver's it'll make you feel better.

pinky promise. cross my heart.

 via pinterest.

this makes my heart happy.

i sure do love my papa. :)

oh, btw...

merry christmas everyone!

and happy new year!

and i turned 18. whopee.

see you in the next couple of months, i'm sure. new years resolution? blog. blog blog. 

what's yours?

to perm or not to perm.

i have been watching some harry potter over the past couple weeks (typical), and i am beyond in love with luna's hair. so the question is, to perm, or not to perm? that is the question. 

example a:

example b: