8 Classes To Go!!

The semester is OVER!! and the best part about it is....i got a 4.0!!! my first time ever getting all A's. Totally switched to the correct major. I'm not trying to brag...but those classes weren't a walk in the park either. I worked pretty hard for those grades. :-) Now I've only got 8 classes left until I am done with school for forever! unless of course I go back for a master's degree later on. But for now its 8 classes.

I applied for a job at the Writing Center on campus. Won't know if I got that job until after the first week of school, because that's when the interviews are. But I feel fairly confident, because the three senior lecturers in the English Department wrote my recommendation letters. So, after 4 years of working at the Lifetime Fitness Child Center, I will finally be leaving, which is a good thing because all the 4 and 5 year olds that are running around that place, i remember when they were just starting to walk. makes me feel old. Speaking of old...Neil and Nivio turned 8!! CRAZY!!!! They were baptized on the 5th. SO CRAZY! I remember back when they were ittie bittie little babies! where has the time gone??
Did you know I'm smarter than a 5th grader? I'm watching that show right now and I can totally answer all these questions without peeking. makes me feel smart.
So Hannah is graduating high school! her last day is tomorrow...so sad! She's having a graduation/birthday/going away party on Saturday and asked me to make her a cat cake. should be fun. I'll post pictures after I make it...if i remember. it will be pretty awesome. She wants it to look like Juno..her cat...which i think is kind of morbid. She will be EATING a cake that looks like her LIVING cat. She's a freak...but i love her. She wants me to make the cake cause Melody (Brent's sister) and I took the first of four cake decorating classes at Michael's last month. and i made a totally awesome cake for thanksgiving! I also made a pretty sweet cake for Halloween too. (black icing comes out the same color it goes in! hahahaha)

Meaghan and Hannah are leaving for Utah and Idaho on the 28th..that's like two weeks away :-(. I'm gonna miss them a ton cause they're like the only people i hang out with. I guess I'm gonna have to hang out with Josh more often. Adam will be coming home for Christmas! too bad Caleb and Michael can't come down like they did for dad's birthday. that was fun! I'm so excited for Christmas! My favorite part is watching everyone open their presents to see their reactions of what they got. I'm almost completely finished with my Christmas shopping too! a week ahead of schedule. just have to get Brent's dad something and I'm pretty sure I'm just going to grab a gift card. I'm expecting a package to come in today so i can finish everyone else's present.

***side note...did you know that fifth graders read The Scarlet Letter?? I didn't read that til my junior year in high school...CRAZY!***

So i was cleaning my kitchen today and while i was washing PLASTIC containers i found a huge gash in my thumb...chunk of skin missing and blood and everything..no idea how i got it. THEN while i was spraying 409 on the stove, getting ready to scrub it down, i found another cut on my ring finger...no clue where its from. So i have a mysterious sharp object in my kitchen. Didn't touch a single knife nor do i have any broken glass anywhere in my apt. NO IDEA how i cut myself. Oh well. Just hope i remember those cuts are there when i go into work and put Purell on my hands..that stuff burns!

Update for Meag

So I'm a huge nerd. I was just telling my wonderfully beautiful older sister about my fascination with the fact that although my World Literature class isn't covering any English speaking authors, I am in American Literature as well and we are covering the same time periods at the same time...so I am actually getting an idea of what is going on here and in Europe at the same time! And I'm being 100% serious..I am really intrigued by how, although there's a huge ocean between the continents, the writers of that time period are all touching on the same topics. This is proof that switching from Architecture to English was a good idea for me.

Other than me being a total dork because I like what we're studying in school right now, I got a new phone! LG Incite. Totally love it. AND I got over 50% off because Brent works at RadioShack and I used his employee discount:-). YAY. So its pretty and shiny...touch screen with windows mobile...much better than my other phone in what I can do with it. WiFi so I can have internet on my phone for free and all. Exciting!

My roommate moved out this past Saturday...turned in her keys to the front office and everything already, although she doesn't have to be out until next Friday. Whatever. So I have the apartment to myself for the next two weeks!! Gotta say, I love it! Having my dishes where they're supposed to be, not having broken cups, having the small forks with the small forks and the big forks with the big forks, and being able to fit the maximum amount of dishes in the dishwasher and still get cleaned (organizational tactics :-) )...yes I am a little OCD when it comes to my kitchen..so what? Its clean and organized, but not terribly overbearingly clean...it can get messy and I wont freak out. I just like to have things organized when they're put away.

Everyone is getting married. This Saturday, I am going to a wedding...and then after the wedding...i'm going to an engagement party. I have a wedding to go to next month aswell. Then i go on facebook and see all of these people that I know with husbands and babies. Goodness.... Its ok though cause I dont want to get married right now. I want to finish school...that is my main priority right now. After school is over and done with I will worry about whats next.

Anyway...is that enough of an update for you meaghan?

Time for Change

So lately I've been feeling overwhelmed by life. Work. School. Family. Bills. Money in general. EVERYTHING is non-stop and driving me up the wall...stressing me out and making my anxiety out of control. So I decided it was time for a change. But, the only problem with that is, the only thing I can really change right now is my hair. SO I got it cut off. 12' cut off and set in front of me as she chopped off more of it. I don't think I really need to say that it was hard to do, but I'm going to say it anyway...it was HARD to do. But I'm very very pleased with the results!
Why is life overwhelming? Well I'm working two jobs...well the first really isn't work most of the time cause its babysitting a 17 month old cutie pie from 8-4 tues/thurs. But then I am still working at Lifetime as a Supervisor from 5-9 tues/thurs and then 8-6 on saturdays. That is the stressful part of work because 1. we don't have a department head so Lisa, Kendell, and I are running everything. 2. Corporate cut our budget in half and left out enough for a department head salary so everyone is getting cut ours and we're working on the MINIMUM staff requirements. Can't do breaks, cant get cleaning done, lots of angry staff and stressed out supervisors. Oh and they're still yelling at us to cut more hours which if we do will effect the safety of the child center...ugh!!! why do people have to be so dumb? i understand that the economy is in a crisis right now but whatever! Lifetime is like the most expensive gym ever and they have tons of members, they can afford to give us enough budget to keep our member's kids safe while they're in the gym. ugh...
On top of that, school is busy busy busy...i knew what i was getting into when i switched majors to English..lots and lots of reading...but since i'm already done with all my core classes ..all i have are my English courses and i have to take at least 12 hours to stay full time..which means 4 english classes at once...that means TONS of reading and writing papers and hardly any time for anything else.
This also hasn't been the best year for my family so far...lots of drama and stuff...most of it is settled down now but every once in a while it creeps up and spoils life. and everyone who has bills know they're a never ending vicious cycle. I dont want to say that i hate money...but i dislike it with a passion because it takes money to do ANYTHING!! I love being independent and not having to lean on anyone for help with money , but i dont love the feeling of having to budget down to the penny every day of my life.

OH WELL...life goes on right? I just needed to vent...and this is a good place for it:).

Peace out!