last one!

This is my laaasst blog post!! YAAAYYY!! But before I end this I have to have hyperlinks to 5 other blogs, so here are a few.
This is Morgan! she's cone of my friends from home and she's in my English class so she had to have a blog too! Click here to see what Morgan's been up to!

The next two are from the same person. One of my good friends from home, Judd, is an aspiring photographer. He does some really great work and is pretty good about posting his new stuff on his blogs. He'll be really happy if I get him some business by promoting his blog, so go check him out!!

This next one is Deanna. She was my cheerleading coach in middle school and then worked at my high school so she's been a part of my life for a while. Its always nice to have a teacher that you're close with in case you wanna skip class!

This one is another photographer i went to school with. Her name is Cassie and she's really good! Go check her out!

Well, I'll probably never post on here ever ever again! K bye!

49 hours till I see my JOE!!! I've decided to start counting the hours instead of the days because those go by much faster :) I haven't been able to get much sleep the past couple nights because I'm getting too excited. I know its just gonna get even worse the next couple nights. Luckily I bought a brand new bottle of Nyquil so I should manage to get a few good hours of sleep. :) It feels good to have all of my homework out of the way so I know I wont have to worry about it. The only thing I have left to do school wise is write the second half of my chem lab report which should probably only take like an hour. Then I just have to do laundry, pack, and clean!
Oh and speaking of Chem lab, I got a freaking 68 on my final. That's probably not good. But I've heard there's going to be a huge curve at the end so hopefully I can still pull off a B. I've lost all hope for an A, thats just not going to happen.
Well I've got to head to work (last day!) then come home for Muster and to write my paper. Tomorrow will be my last blog post! :( haha just kidding, I'm totally not sad about that. :)

Ok so first I would like to day that if Mrs. Peters is reading this, I have posted my ten links but I went back and looked at all my blogs and none of them showed up :(

But anyway, I'm super excited right now cause I just finished taking my chem lab final which I thought I was going to completely bomb, but i think I actually did fairly well on it! Which is good cause I have not been doing we at all in lab lately! so hopefully I'll be able to pull of atleast a B. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Tomorrow is my verrrryyy last day of work at Hollister. Well unless I decide to come back next year. They told me I can work just one day every week or so then I can still get my discount. They want to keep me listed as an employee because I'm one of their "cast members." They're supposed to have 5 people for every store that they submit pictures from which the head honchos choose models from. That'll probably never happen, but as long as I get to keep my discount I'll be happy.

Well I have to go get started on everything I have left to do before Joe gets here. Only 3 more days!! yaaayy!

weekend

So this weekend was pretty good. Friday sucked cause I was in a horrible mood all day so I didn't feel like doing anything or talking to anyone. I layed in bed and watched movies for like 5 hours haha until Joe called and cheered me up. On saturday my daddy came in to town to help me look for apartments, which was fun. I always love spending time with my daddy, and he's only ever been here when he helped move me in. We went to like a bagillion places and still havent settled on one yet. It was really stressful. But when we were done looking we went to On The Border for dinner then he took some of my stuff home for me so I wouldnt have quite as much to worry about when I move out. Saturday night I went out to Northgate, and that got a little crazy haha but we wont go into that :)
Today I didn't do a whole lot. Went to the mall and got a smoothie with a friend from work then went to tan and to tutoring. I'm attempting to go to all the tutoring sessions so I wont have to spend a whole lot of time studying while Joe is here.
But I've got to get to work on editing my paper for class!

focused

Only 6 more days till Joe gets home! I'm getting sooooo excited. But the days are going by slower and slower. Plus i still have to write 2 papers and get a toooon of homework out of the way before he comes. Not to mentionn start studying for the two test I'll have to take while he's here. But luckily I got my ADHD perscription refilled so thats been helping me stay focused and get stuff done. For the first half of the semester I was out of my medicine, and I was comparing my first round of test grades to my grades now, and you can see such a HUGE difference. Psyc went from a 70 on the first test to a 94 on the second. Chem went from a 62 on the first to an 80 on the second. Haha I will never let myself run out of medicine for that long again!
Considering I've been spending allll my time at the library lately, I really don't have much new to talk about, so I'll keep this one short.
OH but i'm thinking about getting a puppy next year! I'll post a link of the kind I want :)

creep

Okay so I came to the decision today that Facebook should be illegal for parents!! Haha I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone last night and she said that she had heard my mom talking to my aunt about how when they told me I couldn't move to virginia and I was all upset about it, she sent a message to one of my really close friends here in College Station and told him to check up on me and make sure I was okay and stuff. That's so creepy! Stop talking to my friends on Facebook, mom. haha

Oh yeah and I found out about this program that A&M is a part of that is an exchange program but instead of different countried, its different schools in the US and it turns out there's 3 schools that participate in it that are all like 2-3 hours away from where Joe live! So I could go live there for a year and still come back and graduate from A&M and still get my Aggie ring :) so I've been super excited about that. Except that I found out two of the classes I have to take junior year (the year I'd want to go) can't be taken anywhere but at A&M or they wont count :( and after that I'll be in "professional phase" so I don't think I'll be able to go then either. I'm gonna talk to my advisor just to be sure, but it looks like I got all excited for nothing. Here's a link to the program website if you're interested

Happy Girl

I just realized that I accidentally wrote about Joe going on deployment twice. OOPS! sorry guys.

Well, the past two days have been pretty busy for me. Joe will be home a week from thursday, so I've been trying to get everything done that will be due while he's home so I wont have to worry about them while he's here. I've been working on homework and projects that aren't even due for two weeks haha. It sucks right now, but I know I'll be glad when he's home and I don't have anything to keep me away from him.

EXCEPT that I have two tests while he's home. GREAAATTT. That means I'm gonna have to leave him a lot to go to tutoring and stuff. That wouldn't be so bad if he lived in college station, cause then I can just come right back, but he lives an hour and a half away, so it'll be a lot of driving back and forth.

But as long as I get everything but the tests out of the way I should still be able to spend a lot of time with him. I just hate knowing that he's so close and I'm not with him :( boo. But at least he's coming home. Looking at the bright side. And after he leaves it'll only be another 25 days till I see him again. Happy Girl.

Oh yeah, so I've been writing this paper for my comp class about these pro-anorexia websites. They like tell each other how to like throw up more effectively, or stuff to do to stop from being hungry. It's really weird and kinda scary, but since I have to have like 10 hyperlinks in my blog, here's a few websites for you to check out!

Oh and I think I found the apartment I'm gonna live in next year, so here's a link to that too if you wanna see!

So you guys are probably WAY tired of hearing about Joe, but considering he's one of the most important things in my life, he's one of the few things I think about haha. Well anyway, I found out yesterday that he was picked to go on a deployment for a month and a half this summer. I'm trying to be excited for him because it's a really big deal that he was chosen for it, but last time I checked, theres not much cell service in the middle of the ocean. I can go a month and a half without seeing him, I've done that plenty of times, but i've rarely gone an entire day without talking to him. Boo. I guess I will be keeping myself VERY busy this summer.

In other news, my stress levels went down 100000% because I had a test and a huge paper due on Friday, but the paper got postponed a few days so now I get to just focus on Chemistry... and I think I may finally be understanding what I'm doing :)

deployment

So I found out today that Joe's squadrom is probably going to be deployed in June for a month or so. Well, that sucks. I guess it wont be AS bad since it's during the summer and I will have plenty to keep my busy (school, full time job, lake) but it is definitely not what I wanted to hear. I knew he was going to be deployed to Bahrain sometime next year for 6 months, but I was hoping that that would be the only one. No such luck.

On a lighter note, I have finally come to terms with staying at A&M for another year. I really do love the school and the town and everything about it, theres just no Joe. But my cousin Connor is transferring down here from Arizona next year and we're gonna get an apartment together so I'm really excited about that. It'll be nice to have someone who's actually in to sports who can go to all the games with me and I definitely wont have to worry about looking for a work out partner because I'm sure he'll make sure I make it to the gym everyday. Also, since I've known him my whole life, I wont have any problem yelling at him if he eats all my food or leaves his nasty dirty dishes everywhere :) (my current roommates have a tendency to do that but I don't know them well enough to feel comfortable yelling at them, I'm too nice)

So between living with Connor and getting to see Joe once a month, I should be able to manage making it through one more year without him. Hopefully.

I really don't have much to say today because the past week or so has been very uneventful for me. But I will say that I am super excited because I finally got back on my ADD medicine so I can actually get back to making good grades again and being able to focus on studying for more than 5 minutes. I've pretty much been studying non-stop the past 3 days for my Psychology exam tomorrow and I actually kinda enjoyed it? I'm a nerd, I know, but I really like that class so its nice to actually be doing well in it for once (got a 70 on the first test) Hopefully my test goes as well as I think it will... I'll let you know next weeke, or whenever I find out my grade.

I've also finally started working out again. I used to go to the Rec atleast 5 times a week but I havent been in over a month because I've been so busy. Its amazing how much better of a mood I'm in when I'm actually being productive and not laying around feeling sorry for myself all the time :)

work

So since this is called people places and things and I've never really gotten past people... here's my first place

I work at Hollister which is a clothing store. I have recently discovered that I have the WORST JOB EVER! I work usually work 4 hours a day, 4 times a week which doesnt seem so bad at first, until you consider the fact that during those four hours I am confined in the same room the entire time and to every customer that walks in I have to say some sort of "tagline" which is usually along the lines of "Hey what's up, welcome to the pier" or "be sure to stop by our kiosks to sign up for promotional emails from Hollister!" Most of the time people just look at me like I'm crazy and keep walking. The worst part is i make minimum wage (7.25) So in a two week period I can work 30 hours and only make like $190 (after taxes)

Over spring break I went back and worked at my old job and home which is this really cool restaurant on the lake. I made $900 in 5 days. Now lets do the math... $190 in two weeks? or $900 in five days. Yeaaahhhh my job sucks. I quit. Like literally, I'm putting in my two weeks notice. I'm gonna find me a cool restaurant to work at :)

So I really don't have a whole lot to say today, but I have to post more blogs so I can get them done before the semester is over :) I've pretty much just been wallowing in self pitty all day today and yesterday. I've slept waaayyy too much and eaten probably more chocolate than I should have.
Joe works everyday from 4pm until 4am so I never really get to talk to him because he sleeps most of the day and by the time he's off work I've already been asleep for a while. Which is just ANOTHER reason I want to move there.
My parents told me last night that they would pay for me to go see him once a month next year. I tried to explain to them that he has a job and he can't just take off whenever he wants for me to come see him. Not to mention I'm in school and I work too. If we had the time to fly across the country and see each other that often we would be doing it already.
My mom wants me to go see a therapist or something because she thinks I need "help." I don't need help, I just need Joe! haha

another year

So for the past three months I have been planning to tranfer to a school in Virginia called Virginia Commonwealth University. My boyfriend lives there and we had come to the conclusion that an entire year away from eachother was just about all we could handle and that we needed to figure out some other situation so we could be closer. The school is an hour and a half away from where he lives so I would be able to see him every weekend (a huge change from the every-other-month visits we've been limited to this year.)

At first I was really scared to move so far away from all of my friends and family. I'm an extremely shy person so I was worried about being in a place so far away where I didn't know anyone. However the more I thought about it the more excited I got about going. A fresh start where no one knew me, and if things got bad I would have Joe there to make it better.

Well here's the kicker. After months of my parents giving me the impression that I was going to be headed off to Virginia in just a few short months, they suddenly decide that NOPE I'm not going.

Its kinda funny how you don't really realize just how badly you want something until someone tells you that you can't have it. I've been 1,500 miles away from Joe for over a year now and the thought of having to continue living with that situation is terrible. As dramatic and petty as it sounds, I honestly don't know how I will get through another year without him. The only thing that kept me happy this past semester was knowing that I only had to make it a few more months and then I'd be with him.... this year should be interesting. And by interesting I mean depressing.

comp blog

On February 14^th, Angie Jackson discovered that she was pregnant. She already has a four year old son with whom she had an extremely difficult pregnancy that resulted in him having special needs and almost resulted in her death. When Angie realized that she was pregnant again, she knew that she would not be able to have another child. Angie didn’t want to put herself at that kind of risk again. She knew that she needed to be here for the son that she already has and having another child could make it so that that would not be a possibility. Angie not only decided to have an abortion, but she decided to tweet about it on twitter and even make YouTube videos explaining her decision and the things that happened to her during the process. This decision has caused somewhat of an uproar in the digital world. Angie has received many hateful comments telling her that she is a terrible person and has even been called “a murderer” on several occasions. Angie has received death threats to her and even her four year old son.

I am a strong believer that every woman has a choice when she is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. It is impossible for anyone but that woman to know exactly what the situation is, and therefore impossible for any other person but that woman to make a decision what to do with her own body. While I myself would never make that decision, as it is something I just do not believe in, I do believe that it is every woman’s choice to make for herself. It should not matter what her reasons are for not wanting to have the child.

I also believe that women should be educated about their choices. The more we hide the facts about the process from women, the more we are going to end up with women who try to do abortions on their own. While I don’t necessarily believe that it was Angie’s place to be the one to educate the public, someone needs to. If our society continues to make this seem like such an incredibly terrible decision, than women will just be more and more scared to have the procedure done in a safe, legitimate way.

Happypants made a comment in The Frisky stating that “I don’t have a problem with it, but I don’t necessarily need to know every detail of what’s happening as it’s happening.” I completely agree with this view on the situation. I have no problem with the decision that she made for her hown wellbeing, but we don’t necessarily need all the details.

friends

Courtney- She and I have been best friends since the sixth grade where we met at a friend’s birthday party. The party was at a ranch in our town and every time we drive by it we tell people that’s where we fell in love J We have gone to the same school ever since then and have always played on the same softball teams. This year is the first year we have been apart since we met and I definitely miss her very much. Courtney and I can have fun doing just about anything but our favorite activities are definitely either riding in the car with the windows down and music blaring, or watching cheesy, sappy musicals (Hairspray, Rent, etc) with a tub of ice cream and two spoons. J

Sherry- She and I have also know each other since the sixth grade (Courtney, Sherry and I used to refer to ourselves as the “tripod”) Sherry is by far the funniest person I have ever met in my entire life. She knows how to make anyone laugh and I can always count on here to be there to cheer me up no matter what. Sherry is the one person that has always been there for me when no one else was and I could not possibly ask for a better best friend. She moved to Corpus Christi in January and I haven’t seen her since then, so I miss her very much. L

Bad Day

I know I usually post blogs about the people in my life, but I had like the WORST night ever a few nights ago so I’ll change it up a little so as to seize the opportunity to rant for a while J

Okay so it started out great. I flew to Virginia on Thursday and got to spend the whole weekend with my boyfriend who I haven’t seen in two months. Our anniversary was Friday so he took my out on an all day long date and when went shopping, saw a movie, went out to dinner, went to a really pretty park (where we rolled down a big hill and got grass alllllll in places that you probably don’t want to have grass. Bad idea) So the rest of the weekend was equally fun and amazing, until Sunday. Obviously just having to leave him again is bad enough in and of itself, but then my connecting flight was delayed and when we finally did get in the air, we flew right through a huge thunderstorm (which doesn’t help those of us who are already not too fond of flying.)

So I FINALLY get back to Houston (at 1:00 am) and get to my car only to find out that I can’t get out of the parking lot because the machine won’t recognize my credit card. So I spent another 45 sorting that out with the lady working and then I get on the road to head back to College Station. The drive wasn’t too bad, aside from the fact that I was exhausted. When I finally got home, I could not possibly have been more excited to crawl into my warm bed, but just when I thought my bad day was over, I realize the door to my room is locked and there is a note on my door. Apparently a girl with a name similar to mine had been evicted, and I’m the one who got the notice. After lots of phone calls and freaking out on my part, I finally got things straightened out and got into my room (4 am at this point) but guess who doesn’t get to go to sleep? Me. Because I had a test the next morning and had to study. Boo.

Well, there’s the story of my TERRIBLE day. I hope you feel better about your life now J

Joe :)

If there was anyone in my life that was more important than my family, it would be my boyfriend Joe. We have been together for one year, and it has been the best year of my life. He is in the Navy and lives 1,500 miles away from me in Virginia, so it is most definitely not the easiest of relationships, but it’s incredible regardless. We usually only see each other about once every two months, but we always seem to pick up exactly where we left off. While we’re away from each other we have what we call “phone dates.” We watch TV shows together on the phone and talk for hours every day.

We met last February at the restaurant we both worked at when we used to flirt with each other all the time J. We were really only together for three weeks before he left for the Navy and nobody (ourselves included) really though it would last, but here we are, a year later still very much in love. It is extremely hard being away from him all of the time, which is why I have made the decision to move to Virginia to go to school for the rest of my college career. He will be getting out of the Navy within two months of my graduation. It has been a difficult and stressful decision, but I know that where he is, is where I will be happy, and it is more than worth the risk if it means keeping us together.

There are so many things that I love about Joe. He is the funniest person I have every met and we have a very playful relationship. He puts his family before anything else, just like I do. He is always there for me when I’m upset and need to talk or just need someone to hold me. He is smart, driven, successful, caring, fun, loving, and absolutely everything I could ask for and more. I plan on spending the rest of my life with him and I know that he will make an incredible husband and father some day. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have found someone as special as he is to me.

Sisters

I believe next on the agenda would be my two very best friends. We’ve known each other all of our lives and still haven’t gotten tired of each other. Okay, well maybe that isn’t true, but considering we’re sisters, getting rid of each other isn’t exactly an option, not that I ever would if given the chance.

Megan- This is my older sister. We are two years apart and although I can’t say it has been this way forever (in fact at times it has been quite far off) she is my very best friend. Saying we didn’t get along in high school would be an understatement. There would be times we’d go a whole week without speaking (while living in the same house, mind you.) However, the tables have completely turned there. I tell her everything and I know that if I come to her with any problem she will have no problem telling me exactly what she thinks. She doesn’t sugar coat things, and sometimes I need that. She is also one of the smartest, most driven people I know. She has made almost straight A’s in her 3 years at a private university. Talk about big shoes to fill J

Meredith- This is my baby sister. It took the two of us a little longer than it took me and Megan to start getting along, but I am so glad we have gotten to that point. She has more talent in her baby toe that most people (myself most definitely included) have in their whole body’s. She paints, sketches, writes, taught herself piano (which she is ridiculously amazing at) dances, sings, and acts. Totally unfair, haha. Meredith is an amazing person who has managed to find the perfect balance between being very respectful of other people’s feelings, while still being extremely honest about what she thinks. I know I can always count on her to give me an honest opinion.

I am very lucky to have not only sisters, but great friends that I have grown up with my whole life.

Till next time.

My people: parents

My first introduction post was rather quick, so my next few posts will provide more detail that pertains to my subject. The people and animals in my life are my passion, so I’ll give you an overview of who those are. Today is my parents.

Jeff- This is my daddy and my absolute favorite person in the world. I have always been a daddy’s girl and although I do have him somewhat wrapped around my finger, I try not to take advantage of it. This man is completely selfless. He would give anything and everything for the people he loves. He has worked very hard my whole life to be sure that me and my sisters would have the best chance at a great education and success. I cannot recall a single time that I have ever heard him say a bad thing about another person. He is noble, generous, loving, and strong. If I am half the person he turned out to be, I will consider my life successful.

Betsy- This is my mommy. She is an incredible mother, teacher, and overall person. She has more love in her heart than I ever thought possible of one person. There is nothing I could ever do that would change the love she has for me. She has always supported me in everything that I have done, even if she doesn’t necessarily agree with it. When something bad comes out of my decisions she is there with sympathy and love, rather than an “I told you so.” I have been told that my mother and I are so much alike in more ways than I know, and I cannot think of a greater compliment anyone could give me.

I find myself extremely lucky to have grown up in a home with two parent’s who are still so compatible and so madly in love. I will never take for granted that blessing, and I hope to carry their wonderful example with me so that whenever I am married, we will be just as successful.

Until next time

First Timer

This is my first ever blogging experience. This "blogging" project is required of me by my advanced composition class, and it's not really my thing, but I'm going to try to make the best of it, considering my grade depends on it.
I was trying to decide what to blog about and I narrowed it down to two topics, the people and events in my life, or my passion, animals. Well I figured I'll just go ahead and incorporate both of these things since they are technically both a part of who I am.
This first blog is more of just an introduction than anything, so I'll start with that. I am a Freshman at Texas A&M University. I'm still in the process of deciding what I want to do with my life, but I think I've narrowed it down for either being an equine vet or a hippotherapist, which I will most likely talk much more about in later blogs, but for now I'll skip that. My family, friends, and boyfriend mean absolutely everything to me, so I'm sure you will hear a whole lot about them.

Well that's all I've got for now.