*Bashful Smile* Hey Guys. :)
It's the first day of december, it's a saturday evening, and I'm up for some blogging. I haven't blogged in awhile cause I get so caught up in the fact that someone might actually be reading this, that I get a little spooked and never actually post. So my blogger dashboard is filled with about a million and one drafts from this year, and I've only posted once back in July.
Well, it ain't gonna stop me this time! I'm gonna blog, dang it!
Who's stoked for Advent 2012, eh? This girl is. Tomorrow morning, the christmas music will be blasting and the Christmas season will begin! Advent is probably my favorite liturgical season of the year (Lent taking a close second place..) I'm always dumbfounded with the amount of grace that is up for the grabs at this time of year. We have the opportunity to start new habits, to delve deeper into our spiritual lives, and make a home for the baby Jesus in our lives. Of course, this is the case throughout the year. There's never a bad time to strengthen your spiritual life. But there's something special about knowing that the entire church is doing it with you. Your faith community, and the whole world is preparing for four+ weeks for the gift of Christ. It makes me smile just thinking about it. Christ is present, and he gives us these times as invitations to "snuggle" up with him. My family always makes an effort to pray the rosary every night during advent. I always feel like that's the time when my family is most present to each other, when we're praying and we're hearing each other's prayer intentions, and together we're making an effort to become closer to God. And something beautiful always comes out of it. We tend to be more patient with each other, or more joyful, or whatever it is, we're a happier family. So I'm excited.
School has been decent. I've started my second year of Running Start at the Community College. Things are going a lot smoother then they were last year. I think I've gotten the hang of studying and being a full time student. It really is a big deal to accept the fact that school is your life for the time being. I've had to set aside my theatrical endeavors for the time being because I simply cannot commit the time. And that does grieve me. It's hard to see my peers taking on those commitments and seemingly being able to handle both school and their after school extra curricular's, and then looking at my situation and thinking "... I have one thing on my plate... there's no way I'm taking on anything else." I have to force myself not to compare myself with others, and just remember that I will have opportunities later on, but right now, school is priority. *heavy sigh*
Currently, the plan for my future scholastic endeavors is that after I finish up my AA degree this spring, I'm gonna take a year off. Reason being, I'm far too diverse in my interests, and I can't decide what I want to choose to do. I could go to culinary school, I could study theology, I could be an orthodontist, I could be a photographer, the list goes on and on, and I'm just not ready to put my money on anything yet. plus, I'm young. I'm younger then most seniors, not to mention I'm graduating with a two year college degree... so ya know what, I think I can afford a year off. I'm stoked. I'm planning on taking over the world during that year. It's going to be wonderful.
Alrighty, I think that's all for now. It's my bedtime. I wish you all the best!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
The days grow ever short.
There was a time when summer seemed like it lasted a lifetime. Now it feels like it's slipping my fingers, and I'm trying to claw it back into my grasp. It's only July, I know. But I can't help but think about how fast the days are going by, and notice all the "back to school" sale advertising that seem to be almost anywhere you look. It was actually kind of amusing... the day school got out, I checked out the Apple website to look at a Macbook Pro to purchase, and they had a back to school add already posted. I just about punched the computer.
So, I completed my first year of college. I am now a senior in high school/sophomore in college. It was a tough year, and things didn't go exactly as I wanted them to. But what does, right? Not my plans, but His. Although it was a pretty dang successful year, it was really tough. And the horse, as it seemed, bucked me off pretty hard. And let me tell you, it's gonna take everything I have in me to get back on that horse again. Especially because I will probably have to take an extra quarter next summer to make up some credits I didn't quite fit in last year. *sigh* not to mention the SAT. But really, I don't think I regret the choice to go to school. I've learned a heck of a lot about who I am, and gained lots of knowledge. Just gotta learn how to swim through it in a more graceful manner next year. Gotta get that technique down.
Where am I now? Well, currently I'm working 36 hours a week at work. Thank goodness I love my job and the people there, or I'd be a wreck. I'm teaching lessons as well as lifeguarding now, and that's put a different feel on things. I'm learning a lot about good communication and articulation with the kids. It's a tough one for me, cause I'm most comfortable talking when I have a script in my hands to tell me what to say, or a something planned out way ahead of time. it takes a lot out of me to have to explain things on the spot. it's definitely a trial and error kind of thing. It's hard not to be discouraged when I don't do as well as I want to when I teach, cause I always want to give my students the best of the best, but there's only so much I can do at times, and I just have to accept that. But I must strive to be the best teacher I can be, for the aak of my students. I'm there to serve them.
I don't really have any other projects going on other then work. I miss theater more than anything in the world. But I just haven't had the time. But oh, what I would give to be back on stage again.
So. Future plans? Well, currently I am planning on finishing up my AA degree and getting those silly requirements out of the way, and then taking a year off before I go to a real school. I decided that I need to know what I want to major in before I go off spending thousands on tuition. I also decided I want to explore every possibility in order to decide. So I'll probably spend that year doing a heck of a lot of theater, shadowing my orthodontist to explore that profession, baking a lot of cookies, and traveling. Man, do I want to travel. I like da plan. I like it a lot.
Alrighty. So there's a scatterbrained account of where I'm at right now. Im mostly just posting this for myself, really. To remind me what I'm doing and what I'm accomplishing. :) All in all, God is good to me. :)
So, I completed my first year of college. I am now a senior in high school/sophomore in college. It was a tough year, and things didn't go exactly as I wanted them to. But what does, right? Not my plans, but His. Although it was a pretty dang successful year, it was really tough. And the horse, as it seemed, bucked me off pretty hard. And let me tell you, it's gonna take everything I have in me to get back on that horse again. Especially because I will probably have to take an extra quarter next summer to make up some credits I didn't quite fit in last year. *sigh* not to mention the SAT. But really, I don't think I regret the choice to go to school. I've learned a heck of a lot about who I am, and gained lots of knowledge. Just gotta learn how to swim through it in a more graceful manner next year. Gotta get that technique down.
Where am I now? Well, currently I'm working 36 hours a week at work. Thank goodness I love my job and the people there, or I'd be a wreck. I'm teaching lessons as well as lifeguarding now, and that's put a different feel on things. I'm learning a lot about good communication and articulation with the kids. It's a tough one for me, cause I'm most comfortable talking when I have a script in my hands to tell me what to say, or a something planned out way ahead of time. it takes a lot out of me to have to explain things on the spot. it's definitely a trial and error kind of thing. It's hard not to be discouraged when I don't do as well as I want to when I teach, cause I always want to give my students the best of the best, but there's only so much I can do at times, and I just have to accept that. But I must strive to be the best teacher I can be, for the aak of my students. I'm there to serve them.
I don't really have any other projects going on other then work. I miss theater more than anything in the world. But I just haven't had the time. But oh, what I would give to be back on stage again.
So. Future plans? Well, currently I am planning on finishing up my AA degree and getting those silly requirements out of the way, and then taking a year off before I go to a real school. I decided that I need to know what I want to major in before I go off spending thousands on tuition. I also decided I want to explore every possibility in order to decide. So I'll probably spend that year doing a heck of a lot of theater, shadowing my orthodontist to explore that profession, baking a lot of cookies, and traveling. Man, do I want to travel. I like da plan. I like it a lot.
Alrighty. So there's a scatterbrained account of where I'm at right now. Im mostly just posting this for myself, really. To remind me what I'm doing and what I'm accomplishing. :) All in all, God is good to me. :)
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