Brain Craze

Ok so after a long and interesting weekend of hunting and other events that happened here is where I'm at.

Hunting was lots of fun, I love spending time with my dad and my uncles and being outdoors especially watching the dogs work the fields. I didn't shoot anything but no biggy to me I still love going. I missed the boyfriend and his family and my mom a lot though but I got to see them all on Sunday when I got back.

Had to go in early Monday morning for a meeting with the boss but all is well, found out that they had to cut my hours for the week because I was running into becoming a full time employee which can't happen and I need to work a lot in the next couple weeks so I'm fine with it. I'll have one small paycheck for a week but I think I can survive.

Anyway went to class this morning and spent most of it trying to catch up on the 500+ blog posts I had to read which totally sent me into a wedding a party planning kick that has my mind going in every direction right now. Granted I probably won't have any parties untill I get my own place (or the boyfriend and I get our own place) and I know I won't be planning a wedding untill I get proposed to someday. But I totally love the outdoor vintage/modern weddings especially any of them that include the use of mason jars, ball jars, or milk bottles!!! AMAZING!! I can't wait to plan my wedding someday.... ****dreaming****

The other thought is I think I'm going to be in school forever, why I want to do pretty much everything is beyond me. I don't even really like school but I think my thought is no one will ever let me do something unless I have something to prove I can do it. For instance... I'm currently in 4 degrees Electronic Publishing, Graphic Design, Multimedia/Web Design, and Software development. But I always find something else I want to do or add to my education for instance marketing, I would LOVE to take all the marketing classes, also interior design and event planning. Maybe someday I will have a chance ****dreaming****

So those are my thoughts for today... we will wait and see what tomorrow or the rest of the week brings.

Oops-a-daisy

OK so apparently blogging everyday isn't going to work out... but I can try for at least one a week to start out. Anyway here is what's been going on lately, this maybe considered a "rant" but you can read it or not.

Last Saturday was my birthday, YAY the big 23...OK I'm not old yet but looking at where I'm at in my life I'm decently far behind for where I wanted to be. The good news about the birthday was that the Boyfriend gave me an amazing present (I received the Bamboo Fun Wacom tablet) and took me to the apple orchard, and then we got all dressed up and took me to Chianti Grill (never been there before) for some amazing food! This weekend I'm headed out to Lake Benton, MN to do some Pheasant hunting with my family (there's about 15 of us going). I'm the only girl that goes and I've been going for about 3 years now and have not shot a Pheasant yet but have technically only shot at one once :) so I'm still sitting pretty good I think.


OK enough of that, on to the rant..

THE BAD
I'm 23, I'm still going to school (working towards my 4 degrees, maybe 5 haven't decided yet), I still live at home with my parents, I work 30 hours a week doing retail (NOT my dream job) and am in pretty bad debt :( so I don't have any money saved up because I'm trying to pay my bills off but can't due to the fact that I work retail and don't make very much money. So I really feel like I'm getting no where in life because I work so much it's really hard to focus on the average 16 credits of school I try and take a semester to graduate sooner (which I actually had to drop a 3 credit class because I'm so terribly behind in my homework in my classes there was no way I was going to be able to do it all, which doesn't make me feel any less like a failure).

THE GOOD
I have an amazing family that supports me and is always there to help and I have an amazing Boyfriend who is completely understanding and always willing to help whenever possible and his family is very supportive as well.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
I want to become more active in my future job industry. I have joined several organizations and would LOVE to attend their events but finding time around 6 classes + homework (16 credits) and working 30 hours a week it's really not that possible. I also want to become more active on twitter and blogging and volunteering to make some websites in the community to get my name out there but again there is no time. It's hard to build a portfolio to show at internships when I don't have time to work on anything or feel like I'm really putting together quality work to show what I really know how to do. It's aggravating and I wish I could catch a break somewhere. There is really no good option for what to do, I can't just not work I have debt to pay off and the bills don't stop coming when the pay checks stop coming, if I put off school to make money that really doesn't put me in a good spot either.

I guess this is just the unfortunate paths we accidentally take during life. But if it wasn't for my family, the boyfriend, and his family I'm not quite sure where I would be at this point in time but I can guarantee it would most likely be worse.

Moment of Change

So the other night I was on the way home from the BF's house and I drove past the gas station and saw "$.99" up on their electronic board. I was really confused and of course too far away to read what was next to it but started wondering "cigarettes can't be $.99 there is no way" (I don't smoke so I wasn't excited that's for sure!). They had got rid of the advertisement for cigarettes on their electronic board and were now advertising coffee I was so happy to see this! It was a moment of change to see this, granted I have no idea how long this may have been changed. I saw this at my local Super America just curios if anyone else has noticed it anywhere either? Also do you think less people are smoking and it's better to advertise the price of coffee than cigarettes now?

School Lunch

Ok so this year at DCTC they redid the lunch room food selection. They gave us more options at the "grill" and took away just about everything else (like chips and candy bars). I'm not sure if they are trying to make us more healthy or what but you can get like hamburgers, sandwiches, and pizza. Now I'm not a fast food eater never have been and never plan on it, but I also don't eat hamburgers and I only eat ham in sandwiches so I'm picky, get over it! Anyway I tried the grilled cheese sandwich on Tuesday it was the "basket" (came with fries and a fountain pop for an extra $1.99). The sandwich itself wasn't too bad they slapped on a slice of american cheese singles to each side of my white bread (they asked if I wanted wheat...no thank you), they cut it in half threw it in a paper tray topped it off with some fries that had been sitting under the heat lamp since who knows when I grabbed my drink paid the $5.00 and went back to class. Like I said the sandwich wasn't too bad, I would probably get that again but the fries weren't very good and when I looked around for salt to put on them they didn't have any! WHAT! No salt on fries is unheard of! So today I decided I didn't want to pay the $5.00 and I wasn't feeling the grilled cheese so I thought I would try something different. I choose the pizza sticks.....3 bread sticks filled with cheese that they threw in the deep fryer (healthy?) and a side of marinara sauce. Its now been sitting in front of me for about 10-15mins and I think i have finished half of one.... I have to say I would not get these again! They taste like a deep fryer and grease EWW no thanks. Debating what to do with the rest, I will probably just throw them out at the end of class sadly. I'm that person that if it doesn't taste good and I know it's not healthy for me anyway I'm probably not gonna eat/finish it. (I will put up pictures later)