So far so good..

I finally found a job! I'm going to be working at Party City this summer. I applied Thursday, and they called me the next day for an interview, I went in and BOOM I had the job. I was honestly in shock how quick it was. I start on Tuesday, during the later shift for training (because less people shop around that time). Hopefully i'll get the hang of things pretty quick and easily. I'm really nervous though. I've never been a cashier before so I don't really know what i'm doing. I'm just mostly worried about messing up and pissing off customers that are 'in a rush' or have a short temper/short patience span. Quite frankly, I don't even know where to go on the first day. I'm supposed to go in and find them, but I don't know if I should go in the back room without permission or be weird and ask someone for help. I mean you they got to give me a break right since i'm new? Hopefully i'll make just the right amount of cash this summer. This job will also help me stop sleeping till noon and wasting my day, because now i'll be doing something more productive.

In my down time i'm reading this book called Life as We Knew It. It's actually kind of freaky. It's a story of a girl who lives through this catastrophe on earth. A meteor hits the moon out of orbit, causing it to move closer to earth and cause a lot of natural catastrophes. Movies and books that talk about that usually do freak me out. On top of that, i'm scared of the moon... So the fact that the scary moon is doing all that stuff freaks me out more. But yet, I can't put it down. I really want to know what happens to this girl and her family. I want to make sure she survives(even though I know she isn't real). I looked in the back of the book and see that there are two more books that go with this one.. so that means more trials for her and her family! Ah the books that interest me sometimes....

I've also been watching episodes of this old TV series called Summerland. I already watched all of season one, but now that i've got this book distracting me I probably won't know what'll happen next for a while. Ha! I feel like such hermit! I need Meredith to come home or something so that I can take a day trip to DC! I also can't wait for the pool to open, because I will not be going back to school pale a pasty. I need to TAN!

Not such an exciting summer so far. No worries though, I'll make it happen ;)

So... Now What?

So, I've been home in Maryland for a week and 3 days. But honestly, I just really wish I was back in Logan. Weird right? When I was there, all I wanted was to be home, and now that i'm home, all I want is to be in Logan. I think that's how life is all the time though. For the first time in my life I actually wish I lived in Utah.... (trust me this dream will fade). But I'm honestly so jealous of how a lot of the friends I made this year are from Utah so they're only a half an hour or an hour or two away!! For me? Oh no big deal, I'm just a day and 10 hours away!! That is... if I drove non-stop. Anyways, I really just miss being able to walk out my door to go socialize with my friends whenever. Also, most of the lovely boys going on missions are having their farewells in Utah. I've had to decline so many invites... it's so sad. It's also weird not living in a college town. Just going to Wal-Mart, I would see people i've seen from campus or just in general, people my age. I'm really over high school too. Just seeing anyone in high school makes me have to look back on when I acted the way they do now. I don't like that. Hopefully the summer will get more exciting, because right now.. I'm missing college A LOT.

I also need a job!! I need to be able to pay for my housing next year and if I don't get a job ASAP I don't know what i'm going to do. The thing is... I'm actually a little scared. The only jobs around here are mostly cashier positions. I've never worked a cashier so i'm scared I may screw up and annoy the people in line. I really don't want that to happen, so i've been looking for jobs that don't have too many people. So far, nothing. I've applied for jobs like Hallmark, CVS, Pier One, Potomac Gardens etc... but so far nothing. I'm going to probably end up working at that place of fast moving cashier work like K-Mart or a grocery store. So I guess I need to suck it up and just go for it.

I'm really just missing the college life. Having to act grown-up sucks.

Getting down to the wire!

Only 3 weeks left of my freshman year of college and I can hardly believe it!!

Here's a list of things I need to get done before summer can begin!
1. Finish my final portfolio for photography. I need to print 12 photos!
2. Take the math placement test (hopefully tomorrow) so I can take a math class next semester!
3. Sign up for classes!
4. Go to Fiddler on the Roof for my Creative Arts class
5. Figure what to do for storage
6. Take one more quiz and the final in Econ
7. Take the final in Philosophy
8. Write one last out of class assignment paper and take the final for Human Development (my night class)

Not gonna lie.. I'm seriously going to miss being a freshman! Some people can't wait to be top dog at their school or whatever, but I personally am going to miss the uncertainty because of how new college is! I'm going to miss being all giddy for being on my own! I feel like I'll still be that way, but it won't be a fresh feeling. I really can't wait for next year though... for W.O.W. week, meeting knew people, living off campus, having a kitchen of my own (no more meal plan!), and the warmth Logan brings in early September until about the middle of November. Yes Logan, I know you're not all snow and cold. I'm definitely going to miss the friends i've made that won't be coming back and the fact that all my friends were so close (pretty much just a floor or a doorstep away). But here's lookin at you freshman year! :)

Work it!

Here are some pictures for my latest photo shoot of miss Betsy Blanchard!






Thanks for helping me Bets!

Bah!

This post is going to be completely random :)

I can't believe freshman year is almost over. Me and my friend Karissa were talking about how soon the end is! It's so sad because i'm going to miss all the people i've met this year (especially the ones that aren't coming back for 2 years).

I can't wait for it to be warm again in Logan! Gah! My institute teacher said this is what the winter weather is like for every other part of Utah "In like a lion out like a lamb" or something like that... then he said this is what it's like for Logan "In like a lion out like a T-rex". What the heck?! I'm assuming that means the weather isn't going to be too great for a while. Oh well. I can deal I suppose.

I need to clean my room. I swear, I clean it one day and three days later I got to do it again because it get's messy so fast!

Yesterday I was confused about what I should do with my life! Betsy inspired me to do what I love though! So I may be taking everything she inspired me to do to heart.

I wish I could go to the opening game of the Nationals. I'm sad Utah has no baseball team. I really like going to baseball games and I can't wait to do that once i'm back home!

I'm super excited about where i'm going to be living next year and who i'm going to be living with!

I hope one out of the freaking 5 or so jobs that I applied for hires meeee!

That's about it!

Photography!

So can I just say I really like taking photos? I'm not the best at working my camera (his name is Jude), but the more practice I have the better i'll get I hope! :) Today the weather was amazing for February in Logan, UT. So I took a couple great shots! Check them out!













My lovely model is my friend Karissa :)

Where do I go from here?

This week has definitely been a stress filled one. What has been stressing me out you ask? Where i'm going to live next year. It shouldn't be that big of a problem right? Well, wrong. For me, that's the one thing that has been on my mind all week. It stinks. There are a lot of reasons why this has been a very stressful process. But in the end, I may be going off on my own next year so that I can live in a place that I feel more comfortable with. We'll see. It's been a sad debate of either I live in a place where I don't feel comfortable living with the people I know very well or I live somewhere I feel comfortable living/see myself living with people who I won't know but could possibly get to know and have the same type of friendship with. I've always been the follower type, which stinks. But, maybe for once this time i'll do something I feel is right for me.