Blogs

Well it looks like I have not written enough blogs for the semester. I don't know why it has been so hard for me to keep posting on my blog every week. I have plenty of things to talk about. Also, ten minutes a blog times three posts a week is not that much. I guess the blog was just one of those small details that never made it high enough up on my priority lists of what to get done.

I do not think I am done with this blog even though the semester is basically over. I have enjoyed having a place to just spew my thoughts, feelings, and frustrations about everyday things. Thank you to everyone who has read and who comments on my blog posts. It is always fun to read the responses. I hope all of you have had a great semester wherever you may be. Good luck to all of you in your futures.

I would love it if you guys still took a look at my blog every once in awhile. I will do my best to keep posting on it over the summer. I am sure I have many adventures in store. Tata for now :)

The End is Near!

The school year is dwindling away and the pressure of classes has increased. All that fills my brain these days are mental scheduling notes about all that needs to be done and when to do the different tasks. Thankfully I have two online courses this semester that make my schedule more flexible than it would be otherwise. I am also fortunate that my work allows me to complete a bit of homework in peace and quiet almost every shift. Thanks to work, I have already finished  quite a few assignments due for this week.

On top of the school work are the other little things that I need to put some focus into. As I look around my dorm room I begin to wonder how on earth I packed so much crap in this tiny space. Why did I even bring so many things to school?! One thing I know for sure is it is going to take more than just my little Kia Spectra to get everything home.

Good luck to all of you with finals, projects, and other school work you may have on your plate! Get’r done!!!

Wake Up Time

I wrote this for my snipoff for this week and thought it also applied for my blog.

You are on a dock with your feet soaking in the water. In front of you is one of those views they put on the April or May month in calendars. It’s a beautiful mountain with one of those meadows in full bloom at the base of the mountain before it meets the water. You have your headphones in and the song that is playing is far too familiar. You wonder what on earth is happening as the music grows louder and the view dwindles out of sight. It literally just starts to disappear slipping right out of your sight and all you are left with is the music and darkness.

When it finally clicked in that sleepy brain of yours you were not pleased. You grabbed your phone attempting to click enter on your phone once the snooze option was highlighted. You had quite the struggle accomplishing your task of hitting snooze. First you tried to unlock the front screen but you failed about three times so you decided to just slide it open in order to automatically unlock the buttons. While trying to slide the phone open you managed to hit the button that starts up the internet, wait a second you don’t have internet. You then hit the clear button about a million times in order to avoid being charged by the phone company for your clumsy mistake. At this  point the snooze button was no longer and option and you decided it was good the window in your room is equipped with a screen because if not, the phone would have surly be hurled out the window headed straight for Sacagawea Hall.

You decided you would rather give in and force yourself out of bed than deal with anymore technology. Oh boy, why on earth did you make it so that your bed was so high off the ground? Well, after 1 2 3 you took the jump and luckily your wobbly morning legs held. Now the race was on, you set your alarm for so late that you only had 10 minutes remaining before you needed to be seated in Spanish. You should really have considered going to bed an hour or two earlier the night before.

Cough Cough Cough

So I thought I posted this on Wednesday, but something must have gone wrong. Better late than never I guess.

Lately all I have done is cough. On the bright side, I am getting a great ab work out. On the not so bright side, my abs, ribs, and lungs are killing me! I feel pretty bad for my next door neighbors. The walls in my dorm are paper thin. The other night I woke up around 5am and literally sat up coughing for 20 or 30 minutes. Yesterday and the day before have been my worst days. I am feeling a little better today. I really wish I could take something like Nyquill or Dayquill, but I am allergic to everything! I am even allergic to almost all vitamin C tablets because they are all orange flavored L This is enough complaining for one day. Everyone remember to wash your hands please!

I am feeling much better than I was on Wednesday but I still have a pretty nasty cough when I wake up and when I laugh. At least I don’t feel sick anymore!

Brothers

I have always wanted a brother. I have two sisters, one older and one younger. Yep, I am stuck in the middle. This summer, my life and my sibling role is going to temporarily change. Not only will it change, but the change will be dramatic.

I have spoken in previous posts about how I am going to be living in the Seattle area this summer. Living one the west side of Washington is going to be a change in itself since I was born and raised in Spokane. I have also never been away from home for a summer. Anyways, I will be teaching tennis at an athletic club as well as doing training for my own tennis all summer.

When I was looking for housing options, some of our family friends really helped me out. Our family friends have family friends that live super close to the club I will be working at. That family offered to host me to help keep my expenses down. The family has kids!!!! Not only kids, two sons! Yes, I will be living with the family for about 12 weeks and there is an 8 year old boy and a 6 year old boy. I am so dang excited to temporarily be part of a family with young children.

I am going over to Bellevue to meet the family next Friday. I really hope I will fit into their family and home. I haven’t had a young sibling for quite some time since my younger sister is almost 16. I truly hope that by the end of the summer the two boys will view me as a sister figure.

Schedules

My schedule for next semester has been somewhat finalized. Now I am just waiting for the real process to begin. Tomorrow is my advising session with my actual advisor. Hopefully she will like the classes I have picked out for myself to take next semester. I have chosen 17 credits worth.

If my schedule remains as I have it at the moment, I think I may want to consider getting a real job outside of work study next year or maybe just for next semester. The bulk of my classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays or online. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I would only have class from 9am to 9:50am. That leaves mega money making time in my eyes.

I am sure most of you know the feeling of student loans. I don’t have to start paying mine for quite some time still BUT I would like to have some money saved up for when that time finally does come. I am absolutely dreading it already. I am sure I will be keeping all of you posted on either my frustrations or my elations on the whole figuring out my schedule process. Good luck to all of you during advising time!! Try not to go too crazy!!

So Many Dogs

So if you knew my boyfriend or his family and you also knew that I spent a lot of time at their house, you would never believe that I am terrified of dogs. There are currently seven different dogs that reside in my boyfriend’s family’s home. There are three small/ lap dogs, one medium size dog, and three big dogs. To give you a little help with your mental image of what I am saying, the smallest of the “big dogs” is a Boarder Collie.

When I was pretty young I was attacked by my neighbor’s German Sheppard. Luckily my dad had a pretty good eye on me and he had seen the dog running towards me. Before the dog could do much harm, my dad scooped me up out of danger. It was a really strange situation because the dog was out on many occasions before the attack and nothing like that had ever happened before. The only difference was that on this particular day I was playing in my other neighbor’s yard instead of my own. This yard was right next door to the neighbor’s house with the dog. My house was across the street. Since then I have been attacked two more times and both times it was German Sheppards.

Anyways, it is still pretty odd to be in a house so regularly that has so many dogs. I just helped my boyfriend’s dad feed the dogs and WOW, those dogs go crazy at feeding time.

When people come to visit it is not uncommon that they bring their dogs along too. The other day there was a total of ten dogs in the house. TEN!!! Only one of the dogs is not all the way trained so it really isn’t that bad. Ironically enough, the partially untrained dog is also a German Sheppard (but a mix) so I keep my guard up around her. I have a dog of my own and let me tell you, I think one dog is plenty