Final Semester Time

I seem to have been neglecting my blog lately. Maybe it is because my final semester of school has started and I am in the midst of exams, studying for the GRE, figuring out grad schools and what I want to do with the rest of my life, and searching for a paid internship for the spring because of my silly apartment lease.
It is daunting to me how so many people I know take this last semester of school with such ease. Not worried about what they are doing after graduation, not searching for a job, their lack of effort would stress me out.
As I type I realize that after December 17, the rest of my life will consist of working to make my own money to pay my own bills/going to school to get my masters or moving away to work some fabulous dream job in another state or country.
Back to studying.

Harry Potter

Well, this post might seem very silly and very nerdy, but I am extremely excited about the second half of the seventh Harry Potter movie. It's amazing to me how addicting the books and movies are and how bitter sweet it will be Thursday/Friday going to my very last Harry Potter midnight showing. The question is: should I pull out my old high school skirt that people thought I had specially made for the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie? Or should I be an adult, and just enjoy my last Harry Potter midnight showing?

Pinterest

I was recently introduced to this new site pinterest.com, it is a site that has fabulously beautiful pictures and I am addicted. Woops. I have found about a million pictures of what i want my future to look like, fantastic crafts, and SO MANY recipes! It is my new favorite tool to keep things off my mind and dream about my future. I guess lately there are a lot of things that need to be kept off my mind...or I'm just extremely bored. YAY for pinterest!

On Eagle's Wings

Sometimes in life, events happen that nobody is expecting. Good people are taken tragically and it might be the most difficult thing to comprehend. I am dedicating this blog post to a friend of mine who passed away suddenly yesterday and his family. He was a great guy and his family will truly miss him. My love and prayers go out to him and his family and I know he is watching over all of us now. <3

Jobs Jobs Jobs

This summer is filled with jobs for me. Not only am I interning at the United Way, but they offered me an on and off, part time job after my internship. I am also still working at the hospital every other weekend, saving lives of course. And finally, back to what I love most, nannying. Babysitting is probably one of THE easiest jobs anyone could ask for. You basically get paid to hang out with little kids-and the summer time is the best time to nanny. This includes: fun days at the zoo, pool, gardening, crafts - I mean the amount of activities that you can do with two little girls is endless.

Although I know that I am very lucky to have all of these job opportunities, I can't help but miss my relaxing summer last year in Leadville, CO. I miss the beauty of the mountains, the perfect temperature - after the snow melted - and the laid back way of life my uncle and I had riding through the mountains on his motorcycle or going fishing every afternoon when my aunt would get off work.





But here I am, almost a college graduate, getting ready for the real world.

The Big Easy

I just recently got back from a trip from Louisiana to visit my family. (technically I just got back yesterday) I have been down to Louisiana every year, sometimes more than once a year, since I was a new born baby. Over the years we have done a variety of things in Louisiana, from going to visit Mike the Tiger at LSU to riding four-wheelers through the sugar cane fields, to walking down Bourbon Street watching people make complete fools of themselves.

I think maybe it is because I have "been there, done that" so many times down there that I begin to realize that I would much rather just hang out at my grandparents' house in their little town of Vacherie than parade around the streets of New Orleans like a tourist. Don't get me wrong, there are always things to see in the city, but the more and more I travel there, I realize that city life would not be for me.



There are two places that I always must go when I go to New Orleans though-and the only reasons I continue to go there:
The Court of Two Sisters
Pat O'Brians

The Court of Two Sisters is my all time favorite place to eat!! The turtle soup and the duck are a must have and I never leave there without bananas foster.

Pat O'Brians is a given. They are famous for their hurricane drinks and are delicious! The atmosphere is my favorite because I'm not a "club going" kind of girl and I can just sit in the courtyard and visit with whoever I am with.

"Things that people do that are wrong"

Time to talk about those things that bother me the most...majority of people would call them pet peeves, I'm going to call them "things that people do that are wrong" (please note that I am a very sarcastic person-as in the comments after each "wrong doing" is sarcastic)...these are in no particular order...

1. people who walk on the left side of the sidewalk, i just hope they don't drive that way too...i usually just play chicken with them until they move
2. chewing with your mouth open...i don't want to see your food...you're gross
3. slurping their soup...gross
4. placing dishes on the counter above the EMPTY dishwasher instead of putting them IN the dishwasher...oh wait, i forgot that the dishwasher doors now a days are too heavy to open
5. leaving your dirty pots and pans in the sink FOR DAYSSSS...it's the grossest when water is left in them
6. texting while have a conversation with someone....RUDE
6a. leaving your telephone on the table during a meal...RUDE
6b. using the speaker phone in a public area...i don't care what your friend is telling you!
6c. not being able to be without your phone for a couple hours...if you miss a call, and it was important, they will leave you a message
7. singing a song you don't know the words too...EMBARRASSING
8. leaving the lights on when you aren't in the room...wasteful and expensive
9. leaving your stuff all over the common area/living room etc. just put it in your area
10. changing the station in the car without asking
11. not taking out the trash WHEN IT IS OVERFLOWING...gross
12. the clinking on the plates when eating...annoying
13. uggs with shorts or mini skirts...if it is warm enough for shorts or short skirts, wear flip flops, NOT UGGS...and if your feet are that cold in the warm weather, go get it checked out...and i think uggs makes flip flops...so if you love your uggs that much just get their flip flops
14. people who take up two parking spots...RUDE
15. popcorn in movies...just annoying to listen to the chewing
16. fake accents...stop

I think I should stop now, because the more I look at this list, the more I realize I probably need some help...or everyone else does. I'll go with the second one...about to go write my "Book of Etiquette" novel now :D

Scrubs

I recently got a new job. Every other weekend in the tube room at the hospital. Best thing about this job is that I get to wear my pajamas to work. I always used to think it would be cool to wear scrubs, my mom has always worked in a hospital and she has been wearing scrubs since I can remember. They are THE MOST comfortable thing that I have ever worn. That is the main reason why I'm staying in the job. Aside from the great hours and pay...and the potential to meet a cute doctor.

"Discussions"

What is an appropriate way to have a mature discussion without people's feelings being hurt?

I always like to think that it is healthy for not everyone in a relationship to have the same opinion about the topic, and I enjoy hearing other people's sides. I also enjoy having the same respect back.

Recently, in a lot of my communication classes we have been discussing relationships and how they develop and fall, and we talk a lot about how hard it is to be in a relationship where everyone has the exact same qualities as the other. As my professor today said, "What the hell would you have discussions about? I'd get out of that if my wife and I were exactly alike"

I just was wondering at what level is a group of friends, or anyone in a relationship, mature enough to have a (let's rename it to) a debate-about a topic? And walk away afterwards still friends...no hard feelings?

Fresh New Start

I decided to start over.

I have been sick for the past two months with mono and over that time of sitting alone in my room, watching movies, writing in my old fashioned diary, and coloring I have had plenty of time to think and reflect over so much in my life.

I think that starting over like this will help me get through the next few weeks. So many of my friends are graduating and moving on to bigger and better things. I'm so proud of all of them, but I can't help but get a little sad at the fact that I'm going to be stuck behind, staying one more semester in college. I know it's normal, and nothing to be embarrassed about, but I will be saying goodbye to so many people. I'm not a big person on change.

To be honest, part of me is jealous of them. Moving on, starting with their fresh new life of grad school or a "big kid" job. But the other part of me is relieved. I have one more year to think about what I want to do, one more year to pray that the job market gets better and to figure out where I want to go with my life.

I was talking to one of my good friends the other day, she is graduating in three weeks, and she was expressing how scared she was about graduating. She told me she was jealous that I got to stay back and stay "free" in college. I can understand where she is coming from because I can guarantee that if I were about to graduate, I would be going insane at this moment. So all I can say is, cherish these last few weeks of college life, remember the moments you shared with the people you met, and move forward with confidence and hope.