Woohoo! I feel accomplished!

Ok, so I actually finished all four of my art reports! And they're not even due until Tuesday! Yeah, I'm so good, I know. Hehe. As for the rest of everything I have to do... my Geology extra credit report was pushed back an extra week to May 10th. That's cool. And my philosophy midterm was pushed to Friday, so I can study for it next week and not worry about it over the weekend! All I have left to do are a few minor homework assignments and an 8-10 minute lesson to plan out. I think that's the next thing to focus on... it's due Monday so I should try and get it done before the weekend.
Well... I know you're all just sooo interested in all this stuff. Sorry the last few posts have been about boring school stuff. But I'm feeling great actually having a hold on some of this craziness!

On a completely different note I went to a Campus Crusade meeting tonight. I know good thing I'm going at the END of the year. But I think I want to make it a point to get involved in the group next year. The point is to reach out in ministry to people on this college campus, and I think it would be awesome to at least see if that is something that I want to get involved in. The coolest part about it I thought was that in the beginning of the meeting we got together in small groups and just prayed for our school and campus and the people at SDSU. Nice to think that there are people who are praying for the school and all 36,000 people in it!

So...

I'm having a really hard time focusing right now! I think I'm just so used to procrastination that it's difficult to get out of that mindset. Next Tuesday I have 4 art reports due, each about 1.5 pages long. The same day I have a Geology 2 page research paper due. The cool thing about this one is that it's extra credit, like my first extra credit opportunity in college ever! I'm actually doing well in that class, borderline B+/A-. But if I can do the extra credit (worth 5% of my grade) I might as well take advantage to guarantee the higher grade. Right? Then the next day I have a philosophy midterm. Why my professor gives the second midterm a week before finals begin completely escapes me. But too bad, so sad, have to do it anyway! Oh yeah and I just found out that I have a lesson to plan for Monday.
And what do I have going on this week?? Not much! So why aren't I doing anything right now?! Who knows!
Oh yeah, and I can't really put it off until the weekend because I am going home Saturday after I take a Writing Proficiency Test in the morning! I haven't seen my family since Spring Break (by the time I see them it will have been about a month ago!). So yeah. I need to get over my procrastination and get busy!!

Only 13 more days of school left!

And then 5 finals, all on different days, and then 1 year of college down! Who knows how many more to go!
And then the stress of finding a summer job, and finalizing apartment things, taking a class at Cypress JC, and the biggest one... living back at home! Not sure if I'm ready for that one again. It's way different from a year ago when I was living at home. I'm not so much living under my parents anymore as I am living with them... if that makes any sense? I call it living at my parents house now instead of my house. Even though technically it is my house, it just doesn't feel like it anymore. Well.... lots to "look forward to" over the next few weeks!

What Really Matters?

As I wrote about earlier, this day didn't start out too great, the whole waking up and being disoriented timewise thing.
For my job there's a sign up that says "Everyone must work commencement weekend, May 19, 20, and 21". Well I am kicked out of the dorms May 18, I have no where else to go. Meaning no way that I can work then, it's not worth it to drive back and forth. After work Cerise and I told our manager our dilemma, basically telling her we totally would work if we could, but definitely can't. Anyway, she basically said we had to unless we absolutely couldn't, which we can't. So we told her we'd try to figure something out, and in a couple of days we tell her it's just not possible. If that doesn't work, well time for the 2 weeks notice! We both are thinking of probably getting a different job next year anyway, but wanted to keep this job for rush, and just in case.
Got my work schedule and after many weeks of actually getting decent hours, was only given 8 hours for next week again.
So then comes classes. Just didn't feel like going to those today. But I went anyway. I came back and found out that on my last art pop quiz I scored a 32 out of 50 ,although this is before the curve, it basically still sucks. Then found out that I couldn't go on the art extra credit field trip because one of the buses won't make it so no one else can sign up.
Came back to the dorms after Geology and was on the internet with Jen for a little over an hour and a half trying to figure out the apartment situation for next year. It sucks because if we would have known earlier that there would only be 3 of us we would have put our name on a waiting list somewhere else to guarantee a decent price. Still not sure how it's going to work out.
Anyway! After all that rambling... I was thinking about things after church tonight, and praying about all my frustrations. It feels good sometimes to just be able to pray and question and know that there is a reason for all this random stuff. And I know none of this is even a big deal at all, but things just seem to pile up sometimes. Good to just let it out, and realize that really, all of this stuff isn't such a big deal. Definitely more important things to worry about, just have to remember that one, especially as I continue to deal with these minor issues as they keep coming my way.

Lameness...

I set my alarm for 6:30 this morning, planning to get up by 7:00, to leave by 7:30, to make it to work by 7:45! I know, I'm not really a high maintenance kind of gal.
Anyway I finally got up when my alarm said 7:15 (I have it set 10 min fast) and glance at the microwave clock on my way to the bathroom. 6:05. Of course I'm definitely not even awake yet so I'm not even phased by it. Well as I'm in the bathroom I think, huh, 6:05? That's not right. I go back in, look at my clock... 7:17, the microwave 6:07, my watch 6:07, Sophia's clock 6:07. You get the point. Somehow my clock had been set ahead an extra hour! So I went back to bed, but of course had barely fallen asleep by the time I had to really get up! Sheesh. I could have used the extra sleep!

Well Then

The room mate situation has changed for next year. Now it's me, Cerise and Jen. Sophia decided to live in the sorority house. Time to go apartment hunting again... gotta find a new place for next year. A cheaper and probably smaller place because we have different things to consider now. Wish us luck on starting all over again.

Great weekend!

Although I am slightly sleepy right now from a lack of sleep, my weekend was so worth it!
Friday I drove to Irvine to go to the NYI convention and was there almost all day Saturday as well. It was an awesome (I think I use that word alot, I need to increase my vocabulary) experience. I had no idea how our district works or how the Nazarene church system works... and I was able to get a small peek into that this weekend. Oh yes... and of course... CONGRATULATIONS CORRIE FOR BECOMING THE NEW NYI PRESIDENT!!
Saturday night Corrie's dad Steve took us out for Japanese food! Yum!! It's sad I know, I'm 19 and have never before had Japanese cuisine... probably because I am not a big fish eater. But it was so good, and I tried California rolls (not sushi, that's a bit much for a first timer I think). Thanks Steve!
Sunday I went with Corrie to her church in Norwalk and then went with her to take Mackayla (I know I'm probably totally butchering her name, sorry) to lunch at CPK and then to pick out an outfit!
We took a brief nap after that and then off to church at the Satellite! And then hanging out with my friends from the Satellite afterwards... playing Jeopardy and totally losing, then watching some random TV.
Thanks for the great weekend friends! It was amazing too to feel like I was in God's presence all weekend, and to know that He is still with me!

I feel so awesome right now!

And why do I feel awesome you may be wondering? Because God is so amazing! Lately I've been trying to figure out what God wants me to do with my life. What he wants me to do to glorify him. I still don't know what that is, but I feel like I am in the right place where I am right now. There's some reason that I'm at this school, friends with the people I'm friends with, at the job I'm at. I don't know what God wants for me in the long run. But for right now, I am here! And I want to do everything in my power to glorify God!
When I am truly in a relationship with God and praying to him daily, deeply, I can't help but feel so overwhelmed with joy and excitement and a calmness that even when things seem crazy, God is taking care of it, and it will be ok! I want to share how amazing God is to all around me. Life is so amazing with God in it! And you know what's funny? Nothing big has happened to me specifically lately. I've just decided to make better choices that will glorify God, and deepening my relationship. And now I feel like things are fitting back into place. Why did I stray before when this is what I was missing?? God, use me where you need me! I'm open to it! I want other people to feel this joy that I feel because of you! No ones life is meant to be without your amazing, overwhelming love.

Yogurt Express!

What do you do when you have 2 tests to study for? Or in Cerise's case a 5 page paper to write? Or in Sophia's case, no homework whatsoever!? Go do something completely not related to school! Like go to the "hip" frozen yogurt place where all the cool kids go, Yogurt Express! And then take funny pictures outside! Well this is one of the normal pictures, except for maybe Cerise and Sophia's faces HAHA, but we did take funny ones too!

You know...

How some days are just extremely uneventful? Well that was today for me. And now it's time for me to study.

The Getty

Today I went on an art field trip to the Getty. Yes, to LA and back in one long day. I've never been there before. I think that I was more impressed with the building design and architecture of the museum itself than most of the paintings and sculptures displayed within the walls. The garden outside was beautiful as well, especially on a bright sunny day like today. I didn't feel like we were there long enough though. I'll have to keep that museum in mind and go there again, hopefully someday soon. I think that I could spend all day there if given the chance!

Quiz

Who thinks they really know me? I made up a little 5 question quiz online! It'll take 2 seconds I promise. If you have a chance, take it!
I made a quiz for you! Take my Quiz! and then Check out the Scoreboard!

Insomnia? or Just Scatter Brained?

I don't know what is wrong with me lately, but for the past few weeks I haven't been able to sleep very well. First of all it takes me forever to fall asleep because I have so many random thoughts racing through my head. Also once I'm finally asleep it's only a light sleep where I'm in a constant dream like state. And it seems to never fail anymore that I wake up completely at least once in the middle of the night. I think I just have too much going on and too much to think about lately.
It's not just sleep either, I just can't focus on anything for too long. It's starting to wear me out! I don't know what my problem is! It's with everything, tests, studying, work, praying, sleeping. I started to write in a prayer journal again so that I can focus for an extended period of time on God like I want and need to be able to do.
Man, I'm over it! Hopefully once I get to a serious point of exhaustion my body will finally let me sleep. My eyes have been burning for the past couple of days. Ugh!

Gettin With It

A few days ago my manager again asked me if I would be a supervisor for buyback like I did the week before and of finals last semester. I can't believe it's that time again already!! After last semester I had been thinking no because I was just so stressed out. But I didn't say no right away, I told her I needed to figure my finals schedule out. So I'm supposed to tell her when I work tomorrow. It would be really nice to get the higher pay and larger paychecks from more hours, and it's an easy job. I've been thinking alot about it and praying about it and realized that I could definitely do it IF I get my act together and just make sure that I don't procrastinate. I have many things that I can be working on right now that if I work on early I'll be ok.
Every weekend until the end of school I have something big going on. But normally during the week I have a fair amount of time to work on homework, or write papers earlier than the night before they are due, or to just study.
Ok, so that's the plan. It actually will be really nice not to have things hanging over my head anyway. So from now on, no more procrastinating!! It's crunch time! 4.5 weeks left and then 1 week of finals!

Free Stuff

So one thing I'm sure that everyone learns in college, and should just learn in life in general, is to take advantage of free stuff! Since SDSU is such a big school movie companies like to preview their movies here all the time, and they're free for students! I always seem to be working or have too much homework so that I never go, but yesterday I was finally able to! There was basically a double feature, first was Sahara, and then after that Fever Pitch previewed. I had to get there about 45 minutes early because they give out more tickets than there are seats for so they guarantee that the place is filled. They were both such good movies! Sahara I thought was good in a guys action movie kind of way. Of course the fact that Matthew McConaughey was in it was a huge added bonus for the girls, and there was just a fair amount of funny parts in it too to keep it interesting for all. And then Fever Pitch to me was even better! It was definitely a cute fun romantic comedy. I am such a sucker for those kinds of movies anyway, but really it was good.
Of course yes, I know that for the movie companies the reason they preview them is for free advertising before the movies actually come out. Like me telling you it's good so that you might go and see it too. But hey, I'm not complaining!

Ouch!

I have extrememly sunburned face. I tried to take a picture but it doesn't do it justice, and it keeps getting worse and worse! That's what I get for enjoying the beautiful weather! Oh yeah, and faking and baking and not putting the cloth over my face! :(

I can't get over...

How gorgeous the weather has been!! San Diego is awesome! Right now it's just below 80 degrees with just enough breeze so that it's not overwhelming heat, and beautifully sunny!

Busy days are good.

I feel like I accomplished something. I don't eat as much food because I don't have time to even think about it. And I'm sure there's more.
Today I worked from 7:45-11:45, and then lunch. Then class 12:30-3:15. Next off to the gym. Then the tanning salon. Then come back to my room and take a shower, and now I'm off to dinner pretty soon! Then of course after all that comes the homework. But I do like being busy, as long as I am able to sleep enough to have the energy for it!

Spring Break In Pictures... Well some of it.

Went to Melissa Mae's 25th B-day party at Art & Soul.


Went to Palm Springs... didn't know it snowed there did ya?


Actually this is from on top of some big mountain where we took the Aerial tramway way up high to get there.


Made a little snowman named Mo for his half Mohawk.


Went to the LB Aquarium and watched the Lorikeets make babies.


Emma came to San Diego with me and we layed out on the Beach!

Then we went to Katie's and ate dinner down at Hodad's in Ocean Beach where Corrie met up with us! Emma has those pictures. It was a great weekend! Now I'm back at school, sadness.

Last Day

Today is my last day home. Tomorrow I go back to San Diego! I'm a bit sad, but I know once I get back into the groove of things I'll be fine. It will be nice though because Emma is coming with me tomorrow and then Corrie is meeting us a bit later to just hang out and lay out on the beach. It will be nice to relax a bit. Even though it's Spring Break I haven't really relaxed too much. And then back to the grind of school and work and everything.
Anyway, today is hanging out with the family day. It will be my first night home and my mom wants to go to the Long Beach Aquarium and then eat somewhere down at the Pike. It was so great getting to see people and hang out. Although I wish I had just one more week because I could have seen more people or seen some people more. Hehe. Love you all!