Wedding, Vacation, Writing ..... Education????

 

So, Happy July!!!

First off, many many congratulations to my good friend on becoming a newly married woman!!! Many days of happiness are wished your way! The wedding was beautiful, I got all dressed up and such. We danced and had a good time!


Secondly, vacation this year was something new.  Or rather, a new twist to an old (yet very enjoyable/ fun) activity.  We went to MI to visit my Gram, like normal, but this time my brother and I took our two best friends with us! We made it into a canoeing/ kayaking/ camping trip.  We camped two nights and canoed/ kayaked three days.  We were also able to show them around some of the places that our family usually visits while we were there.  It was so nice to be able to show them what we have been doing every summer since we can remember!

I'm not sure if you know this, but I've been working on a novel since last summer (2010).  I've actually managed to keep up my writing momentum (as it were) and I've just recently celebrated writing my 200th handwritten page this month.  I'm actually very proud of this accomplishment.  If everything continues to progress as it has been, I'll probably have the novel completed by the end of the summer.  This of course means that I can start typing it (a feat that will be very informative as to how many words I have, in fact, written). Then after typing it all up, I hope to do a whole lot of editting, because I will be the first to tell you that during the writing process, I changed my mind on a few details or lost track of some details and character involvement.  What are my goals for the novel? To make it make sense for starters! Then make it the best I can before potentially shipping the manuscript out to the editors to see if they like it.  Who knows what will happen.
Finally, yes.  I know I just graduated.  However, it is starting to seem like a good idea to go to Grad School! I've registered to take the GRE and now I get to study for that.  On top of that, I'm thinking of taking a class or two at the community college near me. Fun classes, of course. I'm going to try to learn some French and then they happen to be offering a history class that covers my favorite periods in history.  So, I figured why not? Western didn't offer the history class I wanted so I might as well take it now for cheaper.  It seems like a decent plan.



Wish me luck!!









Agathokakological
  

"I need to live a little, have some fun"

I think Kenny Chesney is trying to tell me something . . .

Two mornings in a row, the song, "Live A Little," has come on the radio as I have been speeding to work, a little on the late side. It's got me to thinking (always a dangerous thing, I know).

Well, it is now summer, and more specifically, the very first summer after I successfully graduated from college (I got the email confirming that I checked all the little boxes off!) I want to make it one of the best summer's of my life! Something memorable!

So, as Kenny keeps reminding me, "I need to live a little, have some fun, take some time, waste it on number one." I realize this might sound a little rich coming from a girl who's been to England, Paris, Vegas, etc. . . and yet, now that I'm home from school, everything has kind of . . . stopped. I don't know if that is quite the right word. But, it isn't that I've lost all sight of any goals I have. I still have my list for summer. But, with work being so time consuming (that's retail for you) I've been having trouble finding the motivation to do anything except get up for work.

I think my hint may have taken hold now, however. So, as a living testament to my summer plans: here it is, Blog-style.

Goals:
--Start running again and run in the Harvest Home 5K.
--Start riding again so that I can compete in Horse Shows again (I miss it)
--Write my heart out every chance I can . . . (basically on breaks at work)
--Save money for many things . . . car, travel, books, movies, travel, car . . . apartment eventually
--Spend more time outside (see points one and two as well as just in general)
--Stop sleeping so much and get a move on in life!!!!!!!

Basically these are my goals. I've been feeling a bit stressed lately and I think this is why. I haven't really been able to nail it down until now. Goals, a new direction, something to work towards. I also think, in addition to Mr. Chesney, reading the book Dancing Lessons by Cheryl Burke (the Dancing With the Stars dancer), has helped inspire my motivation again. You CAN accomplish your dreams no matter what, if you work hard at it. This is very important. Of course I knew this already, I just needed a timely reminder.

While this might include waking up well before work time . . . as in sunrise time-ish . . . I can do it! How can I be so sure??? Well, I've done it before. Last summer to be exact. Granted I did go back to sleep after waking up at six, but if I can wake up, then I can most definately keep myself up (especially since I had to work to fall back to sleep anyways).

So, hopefully by/at the end of the summer, one of these blogs will be about how great this summer was (which I'm sure it will be! we have some fun adventures lined up). The list of goals will hopefully be accomplished.

Alright, it's officially posted now (which means I have to stick to it).

Summer . . . .


aaaaaannnnnnnndddddddd . . . . . . . . . GO!!!!








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Mission Accomplished!!

You're looking at the new College Graduate of 2011!!! :D











Accomplishment!

And Here's May's.

Sorry for the short cut stop at the end of the previous blog. I figured I should leave some stuff for May. :)

I'm soon 22. Don't really have any opinioins about that. I stayed up until 5 AM to watch the Royal Wedding of William and Kate. I'm glad I did. It was a good night. Osama bin Laden has finally been located and taken out. That's headline news! The annual Wheeler Block Party ended in a riot. Not too happy with that, but I won't rant because I've already done that.

Really, the focus of this month is that I graduate from college. And, I'm not all too sure how I really feel about it. I mean, yes, I am going to be glad to be done with assignments and classes and tests, but I'm going to miss pretty much everything else. Well, except dorm food. Even though Macomb, to me, is noisy, I'll miss having everything and everyone so close. After I graduate, my friends will be miles away. In some cases 3 hours away. In most cases really. I've really had a very good time this year. I would like to thank all my friends for being there for me and for all the good times we've been having.

Moving on from college is going to be like culture shock. I mean, I've been in school of some sort since I was 5. That's 17 years of my life that I've been in school!! It's almost like all of a sudden I have to grow up. Actually, that is probably the point. But, who knows if I will or won't go back to school to earn my Masters. Or maybe I'll do some more travelling. What I really know at this point in time is that I'm going to have to start paying school off and my goal is to accomplish this daunting task in less than 10 years. In other words, spending is going to be tight. But, on purpose. I realize 10 years goes by faster than one can imagine (case and point 10 years ago I was almost 12) but I don't want to have to dish out money for school that long. Not to mention, I'm going to have other expenses to look after. It should be an interesting time in my life, trying to make ends meet as well as I possibly can.

Here's to the Future!







Zephyr