These Nights I Get High Just From Breathing - Something Corporate

Right now I feel like the world is a happy place. I'll be home for the first time in year in less than two days. I just finished my last shift ever at my life guarding job. And to top it all off I'm dating a seriously cute boy. I know the comping month will be great :) Oh, and my bestie will finally become my roomie! :)

I'm Kinda Hungry...

I love that this blog is relatively unread. I'm just saying that to begin with because it provides for me a space to throw thoughts out into the world for everyone to know, but also secret enough for me not to worry about anything coming to back to haunt me.

With that said, the last few weeks have been mellow. I met a boy, well, not a boy since he's in his 20's but you get my drift. He may or may not become something significant. I think he may but I'm really just rolling with the punches. Whatever happens, happens.

At this point, I know where I want to be in the next few years. I know that I'm on the path to reach my dreams and my goals. I know that I'm blessed and come what may I will learn from all mistakes and experiences.

Basically, life is good.

Examples:
Three weeks till I got home.
My oldest sister just found out she is having another baby boy :)
School starts in about a month and a half --meaning my friends come back from the mainland

Yepp, life is ok right now. Just so you know :)

Better Luck Next Time

It's the weekend. TGIF and I mean it! This week has been a rough one. I have a laundry list of things that irked me but I will summarize with two major causes; (1) my bike was stolen, again (2) my landlord is slightly incompetent. These things on there own are bad enough and shoved into such a short time span I had a hard time dealing.
That is until I realized that I simply complain more than I should/have right to. All I could focus on was how things were not going my way; how now I have to buy a new bike and I'm living in the smallest space I've ever lived in and I might have been happier in a tent like I had last summer than the place I'll be in for the next six weeks. While all of that is still relevant and true I realize that I've been pretty blessed considering what could happen.

• Even though I'm walking to and from work I haven't been rained on yet. Huge blessing since it rains practically everyday, especially in the early morning. 
• I only lost a bike, not something more valuable. 
• I'm not sick, I don't have so much of a cold this week and I deffinatly don't have to deal with a chronic illness like so many others. 
• My family loves me and puts up with my crazy rants. 
• I had two paydays this weeks so financially I am in the clear. 
• The walking time I have also gives me the perfect opportunity to call home and catch up.
• My landlord hasn't unexpectedly kicked me out as he has done with other tenets.
• I'm getting my way in the end (even if the end is six weeks away)
• I can now count down the days until I'm home! 41!

See, I am pretty fortunate in many areas and that is what I should be focusing on. I know life will always be throwing me a curve ball and while this time I missed and swung wild with a negative attitude there is hope for the future that I can handle situations and set backs better in times to come.

Seem's Like It's Time To Sleep

First things first, let's just be clear that at 3 am I don't think clearly and all emotions seem so intensely heightened, especially the negative and this caused my last post to be extremely dramatic. I made a mountain out of a mole hill. Upon reflection and much needed sleep I was kind of a cry baby. 

That being said, I should probably be asleep right now. I'm not though. For some unknown reason I cannot fall asleep tonight. I'll blame it on the half hour nap I took at 8. Woe is me, I'll probably be up until 1 or 2 staring into nothingness wishing I could drift into a peaceful slumber. 

In more exciting new tomorrow I am moving rooms. This is happy and sad. I love my current roommate she's the best one I've ever had and we get along so well but moving rooms signifies one step closer to becoming roomies with my bestie who is currently hiding on the east coast. Another downer is that I will be moving all of my possessions down 3 flights of stairs and then back up 1 before it settles in its final destination. That is going to kick my but with all the climbing and I just have so much stuff. I think I may use this opportunity to weed out clothes for donation and re-decorate my space. Who knows what will happen. 

I suppose I should try and sleep again. I don't think it will happen for a while but it's worth a shot. Good night world. :)

I'm the Lamest Kid I Know

Let me tell you about my life. I wake up each day usually some around 5 am and I go to work. I stay at work (hoping between two jobs) until 6pm when I go to my sisters for dinner go home around 9 repeat process. Working about 50hrs a week doesn't exactly leave all the time/energy to go and make new friends. And most/all of my current friends have left me for the summer so I have no social life. While life isn't terrible and I do love spending time with my sister and her family some times I have moments where I realize how bad it sucks.

Tonight is one of those moments.

There was a HUGE dance on campus that I've actually been looking forward to tonight. I was seeing this as an opportunity to talk to the acquaintances/ friends I have but hardly ever see and I was going to be social. I hardly ever do anything with just friends any more and I'm really really starting to miss just hanging out. So, I wanted to go to this dance. I'd been thinking about it all day.

But, I was tired. I watched the premier of HP7.2 the night before and still got up for work on time. Running on 3 hrs of sleep my defenses were a little low and although I had only planned on it being a small nap. Just and hr or two before the dance started. No, I slept right threw the dance. I am so pissed at myself. I know it probably seems silly to be mad that I missed a dance but this was the perfect chance for me to be incredibly social and still be within my comfort zone. I could see everyone, because everyone was going to the dance, and meet new people.

Now, here I am. Up at 3am because I'm fuming over the fact that I missed the dance. .... And being up at 3 am means I'm going to be tired again tomorrow night so I will go to be early and be incredibly lame once again.

Guess Who Has Tonsillitis :(

This post is made special for Erin.

With that being said I'll tell you whats up. So, the past few days I have had what I thought was a terrible cold. I had a runny nose, cough, sore throat and was completely exhausted but I had been trying real hard to fight it off and was taking over the counter medicine but it just wasn't going away. I finally gave in and decided to go to the Health Center here on campus. After running a few tests it was confirmed: Tonsillitis. :( I'm now taking antibiotics, cough medicine(again) and some thing for a sore throat. Plus, I have to take the next few days off work to re cooperate and get better. I hope I get better soon!

Oh well, in other news I finished Spring term. I'm still waiting for my grades to be posted... I know I didn't do to well though....

oh gee, I sound all sorts of pessimistic today. haha, sorry guys.

I promise more optimistic things in the future.

Time for Contemplation and Slacking Off

Ok, first off I would like to admit to you that I should be finishing homework. There is a research paper that hasn't been started, a stats test to be studied for, a novel to be read, and accounting assignments that are beckoning me. I'll ignore them right now however, because I just do not feel like dealing with it.
Today I realized that I love my jobs. The one as a lifeguard and the one in the cell shop. When I realized this I was amazed at myself. I've pretty much always loved my LG job but I started out HATING my job at the cell shop. It made me cry. I felt incompetent. I felt inadequate. I wanted to quit terribly. But I stuck it out because I needed the money. Now, less than 2 months later I love my job.
I'm starting to think that this sudden affection towards the space no bigger than a walk in closet is partially due to the stress of school. Due dates seem to be mounting and pressing down on me. I'm starting to doubt if i could do it. Can I make it through? What If I can't write that paper? What if I fail one more test? What if that ONE concept just doesn't make any sense to me? When I am at work, I focus on work. It doesn't matter t me because my mind has to be focused on something else ans the stress from school is pushed back. I toy with the idea of what it would be like to just work. To say screw it to my education and find a job steady enough to give me a small income. .... No, Thats is not an option. Let's face it, I can't work in a cell shop forever. I'll get bored with it soon and want another challenge. To simply work is to be is stagnant. No progression; and I NEED to continually be moving forward. I have to move on. I have to keep going. It's not that hard, I swear to myself that it's not three more weeks and I'll be done with these classes and life will slow down for a moment. I can do this.
Tonight is Friday though, and while I may not have a social life or friends to hang out with I swear I'll take full advantage of it and procrastinate that paper just a little longer. Don't worry, I'll get around to it eventually.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today I turned 19. Its that age right after 18 where you become a legal adult and right before 20 when you are no longer a TEEN and people stop cringing when they hear your age. So, what happens when you turn 19? For LDS males they go on a mission... For LDS females.. they are no longer seen as too young to marry? Maybe? I'm not sure. It seems to be just an awkward in-between age. At least it gives an excuse for a celebration!

My dear amazing sister Rouie made me dinner and a marvelous cake which I hope to post pictures of. Oh, everything was perfect. And a few friends came over to celebrate with me. It was nice and small and nothing huge which is actually how I like it. It could only have been improved if I didn't have work all day and assignments still to finish.

I think though, that the most amazing thing out of my birthday is finding out who cares. I've developed a crude way of judging how much people care by the way they wish you a Happy Birthday or if they even remember. To start there is the Facebook friend who see's it is your birthday and writes on your wall. People you don't care about and they likewise are only being polite by the gentle prodding of Facebook simply say "Happy Birthday! I hope it's great!" or something to that effect. Its nice but eh, who cares. Some will leave a longer note with an inside joke or memory or anything acknowledging that they know you outside of the digital world and that means they care slightly more. Then comes the text messagers. This is people who care about you enough to have it be private but realize that they have busy lives/ time differences that make phone calls inconvenient but they want you to know they thought of you. I like these. It really is convenient.Then come the phone calls. This is where people surprise me. To me, or at least today, a phone call meant you really cared. You were making a point to set aside five minutes with time differences an everything else to say "Hey, I remember!" It's shocking the people who called me and the people who only text me... I'll be thinking of one call for a while I am sure.

Anyway, enough of that. My birthday was great. I'm 19 now. I don't know what that means exactly but I guess it's the best I've ever been :)

To My Dearest Jane, I Give You Thanks

As an assignment from my current English course I was to read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I will admit that I started the assignment with little enthusiasm and wished simply for it to be over. The novel however, was greater than I anticipated and before I was a quarter of the way through I was hooked. Honestly, it is the original chick flick written with grace and insight that makes any girl long for a gentleman like Darcy or Bingley (but mainly Darcy).

Where have the men like him gone? I will not dwell on this question long because it is sure to take me to territory that I do not wish to venture into but this last sentence on the subject I will give; I will be a lady worthy of praise and to be held in high regard if I can only find a gentleman so worthy of the same esteem.


There, my Jane Austen wish is done and I can give an update of my current situation. I'm still working and living and going to school. I have reached the half way point in the term and its down hill from here. I hope to earn a B in all of my courses but I am finding it difficult to focus and a research paper (which is based on the Jane Austen novel interestingly enough) is due in less than two weeks that hasn't been started and a statistics test was failed only days ago. I am diligently trying to improve my studies though and minimize distractions. Not that I have many distractions from my non-existent social life :).  I will celebrate another birthday in a few days and I look forward to a small party with family.

Alas, responsibility beckons me and I feel I must leave now. Do not dismay. I will write again as soon as I time allows. 

Living in Paradise

Just yesterday I was talking with my sister about what it is like to live here in a place where so many people dream about vacationing, where they set goals to go to and fantasize about what it will be like here. I never did this before I came because my dream destination has always been New York, New York and this island paradise seemed to far away from that. I came out here to go to school.

Living here does have its perks of constant good weather, beaches, cultural diversity, and of course bragging rights. However, I am not living the life I think some people imagine I am. I am a struggling college student. I work and go to school full time so honestly that leaves little time for hanging out at the beach. And while the natural parts of the island are beautiful, the flowers, trees, ocean, most things that are man made rust and decay which gives a grungy apperence.

I do love it here. I am glad I am here and I am not leaving this place any time soon but I wanted to give you an inside look on what its like when your not a tourist.


This is the view from the patio of my new place. This picture actually makes me laugh with how fallen down everything is. And this is not at all rare here.


The view from the other side of the patio. I wish I had zoomed up on where those two white vehicles are. Off to the right hand side of that truck is a mountain of junk. I have no idea what it all contains but its… interesting.


My ridiculously over priced room :) Still no roommates.


The living area in the apartment. This is also part of the kitchen area shown in the next picture. The real important thing here though is the sheet draped over the love seat. That must go! As soon as I find a replacement sheet.

I’m not sure who designed this kitchen but it is obvious that they were not thinking. If you are doing dishes and another person is using the stove; your trapped! I suppose that will not be a problem if my roommates never show though. Cross your fingers!

Ok, so there  you have it :) This is how I live. I like it and it gets me by but it isn’t what a lot of people expect.

Small Victories

Here it goes; I have had a rough and a good week all rolled into one. Days of despair and hours of pure joy. I am trying to make the small victories I have over bad things cheer me up and so far it is working out ok. Not too say that I haven't been upset at all but I am trying to be positive. This will be a synopsis of a few things going on. Enjoy.

My dearest friends have left the state and once more I am alone. I will see them again though and that makes it easier. Plus, this forces me to come out of my shell, which I dearly love, and be social with those who I am not comfortable with. I am positive this will lead to new opportunities and great experiences for me. My fingers are crossed at very least.

In other big news I have moved into my new place :) Yes, this is terribly exciting. I am now paying my own rent and not living a dorm. Life seems to be on the up and up. I haven't met any of my roomies though. In fact there is no one else moved into the apartment at all. I have no idea who they are or when they will show. This will be an adventure.

I do not wish to complain and grumble but I need to tell you, there were cobwebs on the walls when I moved in. :( ugh, the tragedy of being a poor college student. The apartments with in my budget are dumpy. I swear I will make it feel like home and I have already cleaned everything I can get my hands on. It will be exciting to see what happens the longer I stay here. What will break? What will fall apart? What stories will I have to tell after this summer is gone?

I want to put up more pictures later but I seem to have misplaced my camera in all the hustle and bustle of moving. Once I locate it I will show you my apartment :) I am so excited to share it with you.

Oh! My new bike will also be featured in this blog sometime :) I get places so much faster now and the fact that I am riding a bike makes me feel like a little kid again. Instant stress relief, you should try sometime.

Have a nice day :)

Here you go

I've finished my finals and while that signifies a great load of stress off my shoulders and will give me more time to breath (at least for the next week before Spring Term starts) it means that I will be saying good bye to people who I love. I would rather not say good bye. This dreadful feeling has put a damper on my mood and the melancholy weather outside my window does nothing to improve it. The ground is wet, the sky is over cast, grey and tan are more prominent the the usual tropic green.

Please, don't go.
Or at least promise me you will come back.

Ok, enough for the melodramatics.

As for finals I think I will pass all my classes. I am not saying whether I think I did well or not because honestly I have no idea. Hopefully next term is easy. I know it won't be because I am taking yet another accounting class, statistics, and English. English will be easy. It's my first language (and only), and I took AP in  high school so I expect myself to do well. I have an awesome study group for accounting so I know that I will be able to at least pass that. The killer will be statistics. I am not fond of math. And between my two jobs I don't know how much free time I will have to devote to this study. I am determined to endure however and by the middle of June it will all be over. :) yes!

Oh, I will also be moving into my new place sometime. Haha, yes that is all I know. My landlord hasn't really given me any information and keeps pushing my move in date back. Thank goodness for family on the island or I could be homeless.

In one last note. I am thankful for the fun times I've had and the friends I made over the semester. I swear if we don't have skype dates I'm gonna be pissed :).

Apologies

Hey everyone who could potentially be reading this.

I started this with the intent to really commit. Sadly, I have responsibilities. I have a life that needs to be lived. Finals that need to be studied for. Jobs that need to be taken care of. I realize that I cannot commit to an electronic post everyday. I will still try and up date this every so often and try to include pictures because lets face it a picture is worth a thousand words.

For a quick update:
I am making it through finals week. Only 3 days more and it will be over.
I got a second job. I now work at the pool and at a cell phone shop.
I am going to miss my best friends so much. They leave this weekend after the semester ends.
I am moving. I'll be able to cook for myself.
General Conference was amazing. I love my Savior.

It’s All Just So Exciting

First, please allow me to apologize for the crappy picture. My camera has trouble with night shots.

After a pleasant Sunday, which was all that a Sunday should be, I went to a fireside in the CAC. Elder Draper spoke and it was hilarious. More importantly though, it was insightful. I hope that I will be able to enroll in one of the courses he teaches before he leaves. He finished his remarks moments before our Seasider boy’s came home from the national basketball competition (is that even what its called). We came in second place. I don’t really follow sports and I lack school spirit but the crowd had gathered right outside the CAC to welcome them home and some how I stayed in it. I love the excitement cause by crowds. The way people feed off of each others energy and anticipation is amazing. I don’t care one way or another about basketball but I was to pumped to be in that crowd :)

The unexpected event of welcoming home the team was followed by another when I was asked by a friend if he could interview me for a class. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I agreed. My friend, who is from a foreign country, had to interview me on dating customs in America. Oh brother! My views have not changed much since my rant on FB back in October but I am much more calm about it all now. It was actually nice to sit and talk with him. We ended up spending more time talking about his home than his assignment.

Anyway, I enjoyed my Sunday. I love Sundays! OH, and just as a reminder, next week is General Conference!!! :D

Feeling the Love

I awoke this morning to find this not tacked to my wall. In my grogginess I was confused and baffled by it. But it just ended up being a great start to my day ;) It put me in a good mood from the beginning. Today has been an okay day if I do say so myself. I aced an accounting test that I have been working my butt off on (if only I could ace all my other accounting classes too) and I went kayaking.

Just to mention kayaking, it was awesome! I went out in a tandem kayak with a friend at Temple/Hukilau beach and out to Goat’s Island. The view was gorgeous, of course, and I haven’t done anything like that in so long it was good to be on the water just taking in everything, including salt water when we flipped. Haha, it seems like so many memorable things are happening lately.

And just a small shout out to some friends who may, or may not be reading this; I love you! And I appreciate all the times you’ve been there for me while I’ve gone crazy and stressed. I’m here for you now when you need me. :) Hope things get better.

Late Nights For No Reason

Studying, testing, studying. Story of my recent life. After hiding away most of the day due to studying and testing I went out in search of a picture for the day. In a coincidence (yes, it really was not on purpose) I ran into Erin and Drew. This is what happened afterward. Haha, I kind of love this picture even though I’m covering my face and Erin is cut off and Drew is obviously being a camera hog. This started off my night and it was one I will not forget. It was a pointless night, but memorable none the less.

That Cinderella Feeling

There was another birthday in the family today so, while the parents went out to celebrate I was asked to babysit. :) I love my niece and nephew and except for some very minor complications the day went smoothly without any incident. So smoothly in fact my niece decided to let me take some super cute pictures of her to use for today. The kids played with their friends and gave me time to study (which was great!) and at the end of the day I was even able to bathe them and put them to sleep with no crying! Yeah, I am that good.

But, there was more going on today than my babysitting. It was the Winter Ball here on campus and I almost have that Cinderella feeling right now. I helped one of my best friends get ready for the ball. I saw the hair, the make-up, the heels, and the gorgeous dress. She looked fabulous. Her prince for the night came and escorted her away. She left and I began to pick up the mess. I put everything away and straightened the kitchen, the bathroom, the living room. I tried to make it all look neat and tidy and that was that. My day was over. I, Cinderella, cleaned up and watched everyone go off to the ball., except un-like Cindy my fairy god mother forgot to show up with a pumpkin carriage. Tonight wasn’t my night to meet Prince Charming. And that is okay.

The final songs from the ball are now drifting through my windows and I hope my friends are having an awesome time. :) I know they must all look amazing with their prince or princesses of the night. I am content to have had time with my family today and know that some day, my prince will come.

Where I Am vs. Where I Want To Be

All day long I have been wanting to be in my bed. Sleeping, reading a good book, crying my eyes out, doing anything as long as I could do it from the comfort of my bed. Instead all day I have been at work, or class, or fighting with the housing office, or in the back corner of the library studying undisturbed. I did all of that today and now, finally, I am in my bed :). It’s a small reward I get for just making it through the day. I don’t want to do the majority of the things that I am doing but I realize that I must do them in order to be where I want to be in the future. I want to live a good life. To do that I need to have a job. To have a job you need to be educated. Education costs money. I work. Sadly, my bed doesn’t travel well and I leave my bed to get what I want, even though I really want my bed too.
This situation is overly simplified but that’s how you understand. Start with the basics and then build up from there. I want to go somewhere with my life. To do great things and become a great person. I want it and I want it bad. I honestly don’t know the specifics of my good life and the great things I will do but I figure as long as I’m starting with just pulling myself out of bed every morning, learning the material given to me and working towards something, that something will make it’s self clear eventually. Although, I am not terribly fond of my current situation and the struggles it presents me with I swear I will go where I want to. As soon as I realize where that is.


PS Happy Birthday Sister!

Just a Reminder That Everything is Beautiful

Today has been busy. Of course, I feel that my life usually is busy and there simply are not enough hours in the day for me to do all that I want. Or even all that I need. But in the hectic mess of it all running between family, class, work, and friends when it feels like everything is about to fall apart and one more grain of rice will tip the scale, I take comfort in the fact that I am surrounded by beauty. I’m in HAWAII! The beauty here is easy to spot. It grows from the trees, shines down from the skies and meets the horizons. Even while I was in Utah though, or Michigan, or North Dakota, the beauty was there in the mountains, in the lakes, in the rolling fields.

Don’t let the stress get to you. Pause for a moment. Look around you. Find something beautiful. A letter from a friend, a blossoming flower, a smiling child, the way the wind is rushing around. Find that and let it remind you that not everything is crazy and the big test this week is not the end of your life.

Manic Monday

As cliché as that title is today was honestly nothing less. I have test due in all 3 of my accounting classes this week, which I didn’t realize before today. I have two family members who have birthdays this week, and guess who forgot to buy presents. I had two best friends fighting; I was the cause of it all. I had study groups who didn’t study and over all things just were a mess. No, they still are a mess. Well, maybe. The presents are bought, the friends are nice to each other, the tests will be taken and passed, the study groups will always continue to be worthless. I know I can make it through all of this and there are 17 days (give or take a few) until the semester. I can do this. I will just keep telling myself I can do this until it is over and I actually have done it.

Now, for a few words on the picture. Erin wanted me to get some ice cream with her today. It was supposed to be just the two of us but as you can tell she has no difficulties pulling in the gentlemen :)

OH! And HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX! Yay for spring!

Sunday

I took a walk to the temple today and these flowers were along my path. I find them absolutely gorgeous. They are growing out from a fence. Just dying to be seen by all that pass by. I think its admirable, really, not to hide willingly behind the wall that is given but to put yourself out there for all the world to see. It’s a risk to be brave and break through the barriers given to show everyone who you truly are. It’s a risk, but if you don’t know one will see your true beauty. Cliché I know, but its what I am feeling right now. Let everything show. Lay your cards on the table, leave your chips where they ley, take the skeletons out of your closet. Be you and screw everyone else for holding you back.

Weekends

Today, :). Today was for relaxing, for waking up early to have girl talk, for cutting up an old t-shirt so it feels new and cute, for having just enough to do so you don’t feel worthless but not too much to do you feel stressed,for being a little crazy, for having family around you to visit, for catching up with people you don’t talk to very much, for doing what you want because you want to and not because you have to. Every now and then (usually once a week or so) there comes a point where a break is all you really need. Thank you weekends for allowing that point to be so very accessible. 

Erin had a date today and I helped her get ready, this awkward picture is one of the results of the preparation. I kind of love it. Although, I wish I had a better program to edit my photos with. I need one where I can do awesome effects and make colors POP! Basically the only thing mine does is adjust the brightness and contrast. Sad day. Oh well, if anyone has suggestions for a cheap/free program I can use let me know!

Three Weeks Before Finals

Here I am three weeks before the end of the semester and all I ever do is homework. I hide away in the library or sit in my room and complete assignment after assignment. I live by my planner. It has everything I need to know written down in it. If something isn’t written down there I forget and it doesn’t get done. It’s terrible I know to be attacked to something like that but I just feel like I need to keep something structured like that to manage my time with. Below this dryly written paragraph is a photograph of the things that surround me most in my day. My laptop, always on so I can have access to Blackboard, MyEconLab, Canvas, Foundation, and of course Facebook. My phone, incase someone does dec……

Alright, here is where my day took an unexpected twist, right in the middle of writing this blog. My plan for the night was to do nothing. I had no plans and I really didn’t care to make any. Thankfully, I have a few awesome friends. I went with John Harvey, Evan, and Max to the beach and we tried to go to Goat’s Island. The expedition was sadly a failure but we had some great laughs along the way. I am certainly going to make another attempt at it.

I wasn't able to take any pictures out there because of all the water but this is us after we have made it back to campus. Haha, crazy stuff, you just gotta love these people.

Teething…

Early this semester I realized, to my horror and amazement, my wisdom teeth have started to come in. At first I barely noticed, only when brushing my teeth or after eating and things became stuck. But then it started to hurt a little. Just a dull pain in the back of my mouth.  And this past week, well it has been the worst! I feel the tooth struggling beneath my gums fighting its way to the surface, and let me tell you, its ain’t a pretty feeling. The only thing I can do to ease the aching (besides have them removed, which is must too costly for my college budget) is chew on things. I can’t tell you how many pen caps have been demolished the past few days. However, I have found that gum works just as well as pen caps. If I pop in a piece or two it puts a little pressure on the gum and the ache goes away :) Yay! You know, I thought that growing up I had moved past the stage of teething but I suppose this just goes to show how young I still am.

Oh, and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Rocket Science (well, almost)

In case any one out there was wondering, I have no life. All I ever do is study. And I’m not even that great of a student for how much I study and that just makes me want to study harder. This vicious cycle of home work, when you hand in one assignment another is given, is sadly not very entertaining. Thus, the picture from today is likewise bland. Below if featured the end result of the acct232a (Mathematics of Finance) tutor’s helpful hint to passing Exam 2. Sincerely, tomorrow I will be trying to decipher what is meant from this picture. It is the only way I won't have to repeat the course. I’m sure this will all pay of in the end, right?

You Need to Change

I know that it is never a good idea to be bitter and hold on to things. It gives you funny wrinkles and a dirty look on your pretty face. But, I'm about to be bitter. My university has an honor code, which I adhere to very willingly, and before today my problems with have been minimal as I am never out of standards. Today however, when I went to eat dinner at the cafeteria I was asked to change my shorts. Take a look at the picture. How are my shorts? Apparently they are too short… After a minor freak out I did concede, return to my room, and put on a pair of jeans.

Honestly, this is not a huge deal except that I see others wearing things that are MUCH shorter, tighter and all around more revealing. So, why did I get picked on today? Oh well, life goes on and I’ll get over it, if for no other reason than I' am simply cuter with a smile on my face. :)

 

In The Beginning

Hi, 

   My name is Nannie Kate Lowe and this my blog of 365 pictures, or at least that is what I hope it will turn out to be. 

    See, yesterday I was walking along the beach with my friend John Harvey and I mentioned how cool it would be to take a picture a day to remember all the things that you do. He liked the idea and while I wasn't really planning on following through with it because I am a huge slacker, he went back to the hales and actually did. Now I have the feeling this will turn into some sort of a competition to see who does this the longest and most consistently. 

   I am determined to win. 

   Each day I will post a picture of something from the day with a small caption. Fairly standard stuff. I will try to keep it witty, entertaining, and brief.

Here it goes:

This is Bob. Bob is the dummy at the pool I work at. I have spent most of my day at work or in classes so the most exciting part of my day was this photo shoot with Bob. And let me tell you it really was a most exciting time. I do need to give a shout-out to my amazing co-worker Nikki for helping me pose Bob in various locations around deck. It was a blast and I am sure this is not our last modeling session. :)
Much Love,
NannieKate