I know, I know... I have been a HORRIBLE blogger! But I have two good reasons.
1. I didn't know anyone was really reading it besides Lauren and my Mom. And they are both on Facebook so I figured they were already in the loop.
2. I am super crazy busy! That is the main reason. Between school and homework and work I have little to no free time.
But it turns out that people were reading it and I have had more than a few people ask what the heck happened! So I will try to be better about updating...but honestly people... I lead a boring life :)
So a quick recap from my last post...
The final month of school was crazy but I pulled out straight A's and was quite happy with myself.
I turned 29 which was nice and depressing. But I did have some fun visitors to ease the pain. My Mom and stepdad came on my bday and then Lauren, Rick and Brianne came that weekend. (see Laurens blog for pictures)
I am in summer school. I have one class... Pre-Calculus. It is pretty horrible. Pre-calc is hard enough but to cram it into 2 months makes it all the more difficult. But I only have a few weeks left and I'll be happy with a B :)
June 28th was my Mom's 60th birthday and my sister and I had been planning a surprise party for her for a few months. So I had a quick trip home in June and it was great to see family and friends.
My Dad is visiting this weekend so now that makes my sister the last one to visit!! I so appreciate everyone making the time to come and see me!
Work is going well, I am just hoping to work a bit less this next year. My school load is about to be very challenging and I want to focus on that as much as possible.
I have been hesitant to put it out there in the universe in case I can't do it but I have chosen Pharmacy as my major. The program is highly competetive so if I can't keep my grades up then I won't be getting in. But that is the plan for now. If all goes according to plan, I will have 2.5 years left at Boise State and then 3 years in the Pharmacy program.
I have also decided that I will NOT be celebrating my 30th birthday overweight so the weight loss plan is back in effect! I am going to really focus on myself in the coming year. That was the plan when I moved here but I haven't really followed through. Now that life has settled in here I think I am ready to commit to ME!
That's it for now, thank you to all my friends and family for being such a wonderful support system. Please don't hesitate to comment or email me :)
B
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Quick Update and Hair Opinions
Well Spring Break is around the corner and it couldn't come any quicker!! I am so burned out on homework :( Never having a day off gets old real quick...so even though I still have homework to do next week, I should at least have 3 complete days off. Ahh that will heaven! I plan on catching up on movies, books and getting some things done around the house. I also finally made a hair appointment! Yeah! I haven't had my hair done since August so it's pretty nasty (and filled with grey,yikes!) But as usual, I can't decide what color. So I need your opinions... here are some past colors I've had. I'm also kind of thinking red since it's the one color I haven't had but I'm not sure...
So from dark to light here we go :)
Dark Brown
My current shade of blah brown
Brown with Blonde
Blondish
Blonde
So from dark to light here we go :)
Dark Brown
My current shade of blah brown
Brown with Blonde
Blondish
Blonde
Friday, February 27, 2009
Culinary Genius
A funny thing happens when you get really busy... you get more productive. So on a high from my great week (and second A on a math test) I decided to make myself a great dinner last night. It was so pretty I had to take a picture. ( I also need the proof that I actually cooked)
That is pork with mango salsa, asparagus and a sweet potato. And for the record, it was delicious!
I also had to share this funny picture with you.
This is Lucy's 'blanket cave'. I don't know if you can quite tell the shape so I put an arrow where she goes :) I thought it was so funny to come home and see the blanket all stiff and formed from her lazy butt sleeping all day. My little girl can work hard when she wants to :)
That is pork with mango salsa, asparagus and a sweet potato. And for the record, it was delicious!
I also had to share this funny picture with you.
This is Lucy's 'blanket cave'. I don't know if you can quite tell the shape so I put an arrow where she goes :) I thought it was so funny to come home and see the blanket all stiff and formed from her lazy butt sleeping all day. My little girl can work hard when she wants to :)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A quick retail rant
Since when did social etiquette disappear? I cannot tell you how many times a day somone walks into my store and one the following things happens;
1. I greet them and they mutter 'hi' back but don't even bother looking at me
2. I greet them and they ignore me completely
3. I can't even get a full word out before they say 'I'm just looking'
SO RUDE! Any of those 3 things gives me instant aggro. Especially the last one. After having that happen twice the other day I finally let down my nice friendly smile and said 'Thats great but I didn't ask that, I just wanted to know how you're doing today'. Was that rude on my part? Maybe, but I felt like I was doing them a service. They should thank me for pointing out that they have poor listening skills. I do not care if you are 'just looking', the majority of people are just looking. Are they worried that if they actually look at me say 'fine' that will be subject to some super sales pitch?
To ignore me or say hi without looking at me is just plain rude. It makes me feel like a second class citizen. It also makes me want to follow you around saying hi hi hi hi hi until you look at me :) It also makes me and my coworkers hate you. So just be nice for petes sake! If someone said hi to you on the street would you do the same? I think not...
1. I greet them and they mutter 'hi' back but don't even bother looking at me
2. I greet them and they ignore me completely
3. I can't even get a full word out before they say 'I'm just looking'
SO RUDE! Any of those 3 things gives me instant aggro. Especially the last one. After having that happen twice the other day I finally let down my nice friendly smile and said 'Thats great but I didn't ask that, I just wanted to know how you're doing today'. Was that rude on my part? Maybe, but I felt like I was doing them a service. They should thank me for pointing out that they have poor listening skills. I do not care if you are 'just looking', the majority of people are just looking. Are they worried that if they actually look at me say 'fine' that will be subject to some super sales pitch?
To ignore me or say hi without looking at me is just plain rude. It makes me feel like a second class citizen. It also makes me want to follow you around saying hi hi hi hi hi until you look at me :) It also makes me and my coworkers hate you. So just be nice for petes sake! If someone said hi to you on the street would you do the same? I think not...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I'm Kind of a Big Deal...
I finally had a GREAT week at school! Tuesday brought 2 wonderful things that truly made me happy. Remember my last post I told you about my Math test that I got a C on?
Well when I got to class Tuesday she told us that she had gone through our scratch paper and given out partial credit on problems that we did right but maybe just missed one or two little things. That my friends, is exactly my problem in Math! I know what I am doing but tend to make one mistake. So with my partial credit my C turned into an A!!!!! I don't think I have ever got an A on a Math test. I was so damn happy! Partial credit is my new favorite thing :) I also got some more English kudos. I wrote an opinion piece and my Professor really liked it. She even suggested I submit it to a paper! My mother of course squealed with joy and told me I better do it. But we'll see, I just turned in the final draft today. It did give me the push I needed to start exploring careers in the writing field. More on that to come.
Anyway enough bragging :)
I am starting to feel the squeeze of the economy at work. As you all know, retail is doing horrible. We have been doing pretty well but lately it has just been so slow! It is torture to stand around all day. I have a million things on my 'to-do' list but instead I am standing around for 5-8 hours. The big wigs are putting pressure on our District Managers who in turn put it on our store managers. So there are ridulous new 'practices' being implemented. It is so frustrating that they do that. I can tell them what's wrong; it's called a RECESSION! You can tell me to do all sorts of things but at the end of day, if there are no customers it won't make a difference. Hopefully this doesn't continue but we shall see...
Last but certainly not least, Miss Lucy is great :) She is jealous of my laptop and when I ignore her for too long while I am on it, she puts her little paws on my wrist and stares at me. I like to keep ignoring her for as long as I can but I usually start laughing because she gets so worked up. After about 30 seconds she starts whimpering, then she starts hitting my wrists with her paws and for her grand finale she starts hitting my face with her paws! It gets me everytime and I wish I could get it on video! And yes I know I am obsessed with her... leave me alone!
Hope you all are doing great, I am missing you!
Well when I got to class Tuesday she told us that she had gone through our scratch paper and given out partial credit on problems that we did right but maybe just missed one or two little things. That my friends, is exactly my problem in Math! I know what I am doing but tend to make one mistake. So with my partial credit my C turned into an A!!!!! I don't think I have ever got an A on a Math test. I was so damn happy! Partial credit is my new favorite thing :) I also got some more English kudos. I wrote an opinion piece and my Professor really liked it. She even suggested I submit it to a paper! My mother of course squealed with joy and told me I better do it. But we'll see, I just turned in the final draft today. It did give me the push I needed to start exploring careers in the writing field. More on that to come.
Anyway enough bragging :)
I am starting to feel the squeeze of the economy at work. As you all know, retail is doing horrible. We have been doing pretty well but lately it has just been so slow! It is torture to stand around all day. I have a million things on my 'to-do' list but instead I am standing around for 5-8 hours. The big wigs are putting pressure on our District Managers who in turn put it on our store managers. So there are ridulous new 'practices' being implemented. It is so frustrating that they do that. I can tell them what's wrong; it's called a RECESSION! You can tell me to do all sorts of things but at the end of day, if there are no customers it won't make a difference. Hopefully this doesn't continue but we shall see...
Last but certainly not least, Miss Lucy is great :) She is jealous of my laptop and when I ignore her for too long while I am on it, she puts her little paws on my wrist and stares at me. I like to keep ignoring her for as long as I can but I usually start laughing because she gets so worked up. After about 30 seconds she starts whimpering, then she starts hitting my wrists with her paws and for her grand finale she starts hitting my face with her paws! It gets me everytime and I wish I could get it on video! And yes I know I am obsessed with her... leave me alone!
Hope you all are doing great, I am missing you!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Highs and Lows
I wish I had something more exciting than school to write about but I don't... sorry.
This week has had it's ups and downs. Lets start with the good news. I got my first paper back in English and it had a big ol star on it as well as the teachers notes that it 'one of the best in class'. When she was fumbling through trying to find mine, I noticed mine was the only star so I am going to go ahead and assume mine was THE best, not one of the best :) Then we had to present our choice for an opinion piece we're writing and she praised mine as being 'thoughtful' and 'out of the box'. Yeah me!
Now before you start thinking I am too smart, lets move onto Math. I had my first test today and felt pretty prepared. I studied for an hour and half this morning and another hour and a half right before class. I made sure to take my time and be thorough. But wouldn't you know that I got a 65% anyway?!? DAMMIT! I went into Math with an open mind. In fact I kinda figured that after my 8 year break from school I would somehow be a math genius and less of a good writer. Don't ask me why I thought this... I guess that's what I wanted to happen. As it turns out, all those years in grade, middle and high school were right. I suck at Math and am good at English.
Stupid brain!! If you're wondering why I am not embracing my strengths, it's because the good careers are math and science heavy. I have been harboring secret hopes of doing the Pharmacy program but considering I am sucking at Math and Biology isn't much better, I am not sure that is a smart idea. Bah!
Back to my career researching I go.
This week has had it's ups and downs. Lets start with the good news. I got my first paper back in English and it had a big ol star on it as well as the teachers notes that it 'one of the best in class'. When she was fumbling through trying to find mine, I noticed mine was the only star so I am going to go ahead and assume mine was THE best, not one of the best :) Then we had to present our choice for an opinion piece we're writing and she praised mine as being 'thoughtful' and 'out of the box'. Yeah me!
Now before you start thinking I am too smart, lets move onto Math. I had my first test today and felt pretty prepared. I studied for an hour and half this morning and another hour and a half right before class. I made sure to take my time and be thorough. But wouldn't you know that I got a 65% anyway?!? DAMMIT! I went into Math with an open mind. In fact I kinda figured that after my 8 year break from school I would somehow be a math genius and less of a good writer. Don't ask me why I thought this... I guess that's what I wanted to happen. As it turns out, all those years in grade, middle and high school were right. I suck at Math and am good at English.
Stupid brain!! If you're wondering why I am not embracing my strengths, it's because the good careers are math and science heavy. I have been harboring secret hopes of doing the Pharmacy program but considering I am sucking at Math and Biology isn't much better, I am not sure that is a smart idea. Bah!
Back to my career researching I go.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
School Wk 2
2 Blogs in one day?!? Man you guys are lucky :) Ok maybe just my Mom is excited about that...anyway...
Its the second week of school and I am already overwhelmed. I wish I could just concentrate on school, this whole 'job' thing is really throwing a kink into my education :) But alas a job is necessary so I am trying to manage. The amount of homework is unreal! I literally spent 10+ hours on my math homework this week and still only got a 76% on my first quiz :( Agghh! So frustrating to put that much work into something and only get mediocre results. The upside (kind of) is that I have the concepts right, I just made silly adding/subtracting mistakes! Jumping into Algebra means fogetting those little things. So I guess I need to spend a few more hours covering the basics.
English is fine, thankfully I still know how to write a mean paper! In my lame peer review group, I did learn that a girl went to jail, had a meth problem and has rage issues... Ummmm TMI lady!! Then another girl in my group said she went to jail too! What the heck?? I thought it was so odd that 2 out of 5 of us had gone to jail and that either of them would admit that to perfect strangers!
Anyway that is about it for my school update. If you need me anytime in the next few months, I will be holed up studying :)
Its the second week of school and I am already overwhelmed. I wish I could just concentrate on school, this whole 'job' thing is really throwing a kink into my education :) But alas a job is necessary so I am trying to manage. The amount of homework is unreal! I literally spent 10+ hours on my math homework this week and still only got a 76% on my first quiz :( Agghh! So frustrating to put that much work into something and only get mediocre results. The upside (kind of) is that I have the concepts right, I just made silly adding/subtracting mistakes! Jumping into Algebra means fogetting those little things. So I guess I need to spend a few more hours covering the basics.
English is fine, thankfully I still know how to write a mean paper! In my lame peer review group, I did learn that a girl went to jail, had a meth problem and has rage issues... Ummmm TMI lady!! Then another girl in my group said she went to jail too! What the heck?? I thought it was so odd that 2 out of 5 of us had gone to jail and that either of them would admit that to perfect strangers!
Anyway that is about it for my school update. If you need me anytime in the next few months, I will be holed up studying :)
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