Just another week

Not much has been going on but I hate when I avoid my blog for too long. I'm sure I can think of something to write in here.

School is beginning to get stressful and not just this weeke either. I met with an advisor today to switch to the school of Health Professions and go over my scedule for NEXT year! Can you believe it? We've been in school for only 5 weeks and I already have a date to register for classes for Fall semester. It is just crazy how time flies. I never even get enough time to think about this semester before the next ones comes along! Well anyway, after meeting with my advisor I felt stress wash over me. I can not believe the classes I am going to have to take by the end of Spring 2010 in order to apply into the Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound program. Lets make a list shall we?

- Statistics

- Intro to DMU

- Chem (lab & lecture)

- Physics (lab & lecture)

- Physiology( lab & lecture)

- Anatomy (lab & lecture)

- Sociology

- Medical Terminology

- a writing intensive course

I am going to die. I would just like to throw that out there. On the plus side, Physics I'm getting over with over the summer at Flo and I'm kinda going to cheat my way through Chemistry. Instead of taking at MIZZOU where it is ridiculous hard and lasts all semester, I am going to take it at night at Columbia College where it only lasts 8 weeks and counts as my lab AND lecture. YEEHAW!!! Thank goodness for that. In addition to that, my intro to DMU only lasts 8 weeks too. So, I guess it isn't too bad but I am definitely not taking these choice of classes for fun. It is going to royally stink.

This weekend is my really good friend Stephanie's birthday so tonight we are going out to dinner and tomorrow we are going to be having a fiesta. Should be fun! I'll be sure to post pictures when possible.

Colin's job sucks! While, he does make pretty good money, ok he makes really good money, the hours suck! This weekend I will not be seeing him at all UNLESS I drive to Fulton during the day before he goes to work. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday he works from 5pm- 6am. How awful. Then he is off Monday- Thursday and works again next weekend from 5am- 6pm. So, hopefully we can do something next weekend.

My title as the current Junior Miss will be ending soon. Missouri's Junior Miss is scheduled for March 18- March 21st. The show where I will give my title away will be held on March 21st in South County. I am not for sure on the location but I will be finding out soon. I hear we have at least 7 or 8 girls which is better than the 4 we had last year. I hope the show turns out good but I am not looking forward to giving my title away. While, it is a great experience and I think every girl should have the opportunity to do it, I'm not ready to give it up. Going to Mobile for Nationals was very stressful beforehand but talk about the trip of a lifetime!!! I miss all my AJM sisters and my host family especially. I can't wait to see them again this summer! I haven't decided if I am going to go back as a has-been or just for the show but either way I will be staying and hanging out with my second family! A has been is when the Junior Misses from the previous year all come back the second week of nationals and participate in the show and do things around Mobile. The only reason why I am debating on whether to go or not is because I am taking that Physics class over the summer and it goes ALL summer so I'm not sure if I will be able to miss 8-10 days of school. We'll see how it works out though.

[host family. From left to right. Trey, Jay, Me, Hannah (Idaho's JM), Ashlyn, Jennifer)

[Me and the State coordinator for Missouri, Kristy. She will kill me is she sees this. She was pregnant at the time.]

If you would like to help Missouri's Junior Miss out, we are doing a fundraiser to help raise money to give away as scholarships at the show. If you like TJ's pizza or dessert (pie, frozen cookie dough), things of that nature, give me a shout out and I can email you the order form!

Well that is about all. I am glad the weekend is here. The upcoming week is full of tests and quizzes with midterm quickly approaching.


Hugs!

p.s. Mrs. S- I would really like some pictures of me with my Junior Miss medallion. I don't know how much that would be or if you even have time/would be able to do it. Just a thought. I should have gotten them when I did my shots for Nationals but I wasn't thinking! ha.

Facebook Official

I said I would get back to this so, why am I so happy you might ask?

That would be Colin. I'm not sure what else to say about him. ha ha He is a really great guy. I met him through some great friends of mine and so far things are going really well. At first I was a little apprehensive because of Adam but then I thought, "Why am I keeping myself from being happy?" Which is the truth. I don't want to make myself unhappy because I'm scared to give it a chance. So far, so good. This weekend we drove to St.Louis where he got to meet the whole family. Suprisingly, my family loved him. My dad thinks he could pass for family (thats a good thing, I think?) and my mom seemed to like him too. It is such a huge weight off my shoulders knowing that my family approves.

Today my brother and sister had an open house, so Colin and I took Chase out for a day of fun! We started out at Bonkers. This crazy jungle gym place for kids basically to run crazy. I even got in and climed around with Chase while Colin took pictures :0) Once Chase had had enough with all the kids running around we went and got ice cream. It was a fun day to spend with my little guy and Colin was really good with him. Chase of course has to approve too! ha ha

[Chase loves to play in Colin's truck!]

That is about all. School is going pretty good. My stress level for the week is starting pretty low but who knows where it will be by the end of the week! Have a great Monday everyone! Hugs!

Love of my Life!

Since moving to Columbia, I've been stressed quite a lot. Whether it be friends, relationships, family, or school my stress level is usually WAY too high. I knew I had to come up with something that would help me and this is what I came up with...

CHASE! He always knows how to put a smile on my face. So when a day rolls around where I'm having a particularly hard time, I know just who to call. To make it even better, I have my broher and sister to chat with. They usually help out too. Anyway, I went over to my brothers tonight to spend some quality time with my nephew after my VERY stressful day (Biology test AND speech) I headed over to play with Chase. I feel SO much better. I just love that little kid. When I first walked in the door he came running up to me and just wrapped his little arms around my leg. I of course picked him up and gave him kisses! I absolutely love being an aunt. There isn't anything better!

Tag! You're It!

This is a fun tag I read on Emily's blog page. Sounded fun and I'm avoiding studying for my health professions quiz so why not! Here are the instructions from her sis-in-law...

"Here's what you have to do: Look in your pictures folder, and open up the fifth folder. In the fifth folder, you have to upload the fifth picture. (Why so many #5s???? Because what I say goes! HA!) It's really that simple. Then, underneath it, explain the pic and pass it on. And who am I to judge....really, even if you're NOT tagged...you can still do it, just b/c you can...just b/c I LOVE you!"

So, my fifth folder turned out to be from Chase's first birthday. That seems like such a long time age! I lucked out and actually got a decent picture. Here ya go...

I am constantly trying to snag cute pictures of Chase and I and this one seemed to turn out pretty good. If you know me at all, you know that I just love that little guy to pieces! What a perfect picture to add to my blog! So, I tag Kim, Jill, and Jewlia. GO!

I have not been this happy in a long time!

[I'll explain soon!]

Much Needed Post

I have been feeling so BLAH lately. It is probably a complete mix of things. I don't know if I should really put everything on here but what the heck. Oh well. I miss Adam. I'm over the not being with him part. I'm not sad about us not being together. I just miss my friend. We were so close and some day I really want to call him just to talk. That just isn't exactly possible right now. It would probably make me miss him more and I'm trying to move on, at least for now. Along with that, Adam and I kinda had friends together. Taryn and Dustin. I really miss them. We used to hang out with them a lot on the weekends and I haven't seen them in forever! Taryn and I did go to the MIZZOU basketball game together before school started but I kinda miss Dustin too (he would die if he read this ha ha). So, not only am I missing Adam, I'm missing our other friends too.

I also have a really good friend named Jon who I have become pretty close with. He helped me a lot when Adam and I broke up since no one else was really in Columbia yet. He took me out to lunch, would talk to me on the phone, and was basically just a good friend. We're starting to have more feelings for each other but neither one of us is really ready for that and I really don't want to ruin our friendship. How do you stay friends with someone when you have feelings for them? I would really hate to lose him as a friend. Also, Jon doesn't have very high self esteem. How do you assure someone that they really are a good person regardless of what others have done to them in the past? I want him to know that he does mean a lot to me but he is just so negative its hard sometimes. He simply just won't believe me.

On a positive note, I adopted a Marine a little over a week ago and we have been emailing ever since! It feels so nice to be able to give back to the people who fight for my freedom. His name is Isaac and seems like a real nice guy. I'm thinking about sending him a package next week with some goodies. I'm really excited!

This past weekend I got a REAL coach purse at the lake. It was amazing. It is a $350 purse and I got it for $60. I love it! To add to the excitement, I got an iPhone and I am OBSESSED with it. It is so much fun! I can email my dad at work all day (which he loves) and get on the Internet between classes. I highly recommend it!

Well that is all for now. I was reading journals from Mrs.S's class the other day so I figured I'd put one up. These blogs have kind of become my journal, I just don't get graded on them! :0)

Have a good weekend everyone! Hugs!

1. What is your occupation right now?

student

2. What color are your socks right now?

white... boring

3. What are you listening to right now?

Chase is talking to me on the phone

4. What was the last thing that you ate?

salad and taco salad

5. Can you drive a stick shift?

definately not

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?

My baby nephew, Chase

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?

hmm...copied it from Mrs. S sister in-laws page

8. How old are you today?

18

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?

baseball or football

10. What is your favorite drink?

Diet Coke

11. Have you ever dyed your hair?

sure have!

12. Favorite food?

hmm...pizza, french fries, pasta, bread, fruit...lol lots of stuff!

13. What is the last movie you watched?

Ladder 49 with Jon. Sad movie but still SO good

14. Favorite day of the year?

any day that I get to spend with Chase

15. How do you vent anger?

listen to music loudly, run, take a hot shower

16. What was your favorite toy as a child?

my water baby

17. What is your favorite season?

Spring!

18. Cherries or Blueberries?

Blueberries

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?

nope, but they can put up a post, if they want!

20. Who is the most likely to respond?

hmmmmm....tag! you're it!

21. Who is least likely to respond?

hmmmmmm..... don't let it be you.....

22. Living arrangements?

in a tiny dorm room with my bestie!

23. When was the last time you cried?

Just the other day

24. What is on the floor of your closet?

Shoes, shower caddy

25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?

not sending it to anyone

26. What did you do last night?

Hung out at my brothers, did homework, packed lunch for today

27. What are you most afraid of?

not being happy and losing the ones I love

Saturday!

31. How many states have you lived in?

just Missouri

32. Diamonds or pearls?

Diamonds

3 3. What is your favorite flower(s)?

Pink roses and tulips!

[Picture from Mrs. Emily Southerland. www.emilyphotography.typepad.com]