Productive Day!

It's been too good of a day not to share about it!

Okay, well the beginning wasn't so hot. My friend decided to text me at eight  in the morning, waking me up. This normally wouldn't of been a big deal except I was trying to sleep until ten due to my lack of sleep. But I couldn't sleep after so I got up. Then I just sat around for a bit...then I decided to be productive! Go me! I actually got my butt into my car and went to the mall, not to shop, but to pick up my contacts. Then I went to Target since I have  $50 gift card for college stuff. This might not be super exciting, but for some reason I love dorm shopping! So I got some stuff for my dorm that I needed. But also at Target I found the first two seasons of my favorite show, Gilmore Girls, on sale for seventeen dollars! It's normally about thirty dollars for a season but both of them were less than twenty! I don't expect many of you to understand this excitement right now, but trust me, it's there. Then I went to the Walmart and got stuff to paint this frame I've had for my dorm. Yay!

The fun part comes now! I get to paint while watching Gilmore Girls and have the great feeling of being productive! After typing this I see how lame I actually am, but I guess that's what happens when you do nothing all summer.

Summer O!

Hey guys, or the one or two occassional people who read this...anyways, sorry I haven't posted anything lately but I have been getting ready for that wonderful thing I look forward to, COLLEGE! Can I get a whoop-whoop?!? So what have I been doing to prepare myself for college you may ask, well my friends, I have just returned from my summer orientation at Furman University. And oh my stinking goodness, what an experience it was. Here's the run down of all the exciting stuff that has happened!

The beginning of my weekend was pretty boring, so I'll spare you the details of that. The  summary of that would be checking-in, walking around, seeing a dorm, and sitting through a meeting. Now the fun stuff. We split into our groups and did those awkward "ice-breaker" activities. My personal favorite being a beach ball we passed around that had a ton of strange questions on it and we had to answer the question our thumb landed on. However, during these activities, I met some pretty awesome people, their names being Ashton, Kevin, and Blake. Pictures will be below...after that we sat through some presentations on how to succeed academically at Furman from required courses to note taking, which actually did better prepare me. The student coordinators also gave us the low down on what to expect upon arriving, including some of the Furman lingo...I will never refer to the dining hall as the dining hall again. That place we eat, yeah, it's the DH. After we did these presentations, our group leaders took us to their favorite spots and we got cookies! Yum. While we were eating cookies our group leader decided to make us feel as uncomfortable as possible and he was very good at it. Then we played this trivia game that got super intense. My group was so close to winning, but in the end we sadly lost. It was very entertaining though. Then we returned to our dorms to sleep, but almost no one did. I went to Blake's dorm with Ashton and laughed about crazy, pointless stuff such as making a video of Ashton trying to jump on the bed. However we eventually ended up asleep. Then today we signed up for our classes. Since I am a music major, I only get one non-music class, so I only had to sign up for one more class, which was la clase de espanol (Spanish). Along with classes, we also signed up for seminars. And I know what you are thinking. Seminars? How boring, right? Well, not really. There are actually several interesting topics that these seminars revolve around that satisfies almost any interests. I myself signed up for a seminars about how the music effects the mind, drugs sex and other stuff such as, how philosophy is used in the TV show House, and so on. See, not so boring. That is pretty much the important stuff that has happened this weekend.

From left to right: Kevin, Blake, Ashton, me (Yes my face is weird, my O-staff leader made me laugh, hence the dumb face)

This orientation really did a lot for me, not just academically but also socially. I'm normally the person that never really talks unless I'm spoken too, not anymore. I was randomly talking and laughing with people I have never seen before in my life. And I loved it! I can already tell that I am going to be so much happier in college than I was in high school. Furman is such a warm and loving place, ready to accept anyone no matter what their background. I cannot be prouder to call myself a Paladin!...or a Din according to the new lingo we were taught :)

The New Spot

                   Finally! I have found a new, peaceful place to read! The good thing about summer is my parents aren't always home so the house stays quiet, except when they come home and the TV stays on until midnight and then it becomes near impossible to read. I also tried to read on the back deck; that worked for about five minutes and then the bees decided to scare me away. So if I wanted to read anywhere in my house, my only option was the bathtub (I get too distracted when I read in my room). However, this past Friday I found a new spot. The Greenway. There's this nice little creek with a waterfall and a nice rock to sit on that's off the beaten path that is perfect for reading. There is also plenty of shade from the trees so it won't be too hot. Also at the Greenway is this little bridge that goes over the water so I could also read there and soak up some sun at the same time. The only downfall is if I ever needed to use the bathroom during this time, my only option would be to find a nice tree...but hopefully that won't happen.
                   That's my plan for tomorrow. Go to the Greenway and read. It's on the summer Bucket List to read at least new five books and I have some catching up to do. I have read two so far, The Juliet Club and the first of the Narnia series (I know, I'm eighteen years old and have yet to read this series, sad). I am currently working on Catcher in the Rye and also bought the Complete Works of William Shakespeare today so I might also read something from that. I'm trying to expand my "classic" library if you can't tell. I'm also looking into some of the Fitzgerald novels, having loved The Great Gatsby from english class. I also have Gone With The Wind on my bookshelf, but I tried to read it in eighth grade and failed. I might just have to try that again...

Summer Jobs

Why is trying to find a summer job so stressful? I have applied to several places and have yet to hear a single thing. I just filled out a super long application for my old gymnastics gym (it was strange being in there considering the last time I was there was when I broke my arm in fifth grade) so hopefully I can assist or teach a tiny kid class or something. It would be fun to teach three year olds how to do a handstand. Anyways, this is the first summer I haven't had a job and it feels so weird to sit around when last year I was slaving away scooping ice cream. And just my luck, back when I had a job, all of my friends did not so we were never able to spend time with each other during the summer because I was always working. Now the tables are turned. Every single one of my friends have a job while  I'm the one being super unproductive this summer. And it is now getting to the point where getting a job would be pointless since I leave for college in a few weeks...ugh. Hopefully somthing will come up....

Road Kill

I don't understand how people hunt. Wanting to take a poor animals life? Something is not right there...Why I bring this up you may ask, I ran over my first animal today and I feel horrible. I've been driven for three years, so it was bound to happen sometime, right? I was driving in my neighborhood, probably a little faster than I should have been going, trying not to be late to my eye-doctors appointment. Then, out of nowhere, I see a small creature with large ears and before I know it, bump-bump. OH NO! I drove back around my neighborhood going back to the bunny, the entire time screaming "Please be okay! Please be okay!" Or maybe it was just shocked and laying in the road...just be don't be dead! Even if it was, I planned on moving it to the side of the road, so at least it would be in peace and out of the way of other cars. But no, just my luck. I drive up to the poor bunny and it looks like it was ripped in half. I just lost it. I killed a poor, innocent, adorable creature's life. I mean I used to have bunnies as a pet and I just killed one! Not to mention on my way back from the eye doctor, I ran over a frog! What am I, the animal killer or something? In my defense, it was dark and rainy, and the frog was impossible to even see before it was too late. But this isn't me! I'm the person who kept a line of cars waiting in the morning school traffic so a kitten could safely cross the road or the person who always stops for the squirrels, but not the person to run over them! And a bunny none the less! One of my favorite animals and I killed it...