It's Been a While

It's so weird to be writing a blog again. I have not done this in soon long, but I decided I need to get back into it. Well a lot has happened in my life while I was gone, but I fear it would take millions upon millions of web pages to explain it all. So let us skip forward to today. It was probably one of the best days I've had in a while. No arguments, fights, disagreements, just a nice day with my boyfriend. We talked about things that have been happening lately and just reflected on things in our lives. We also had a blast as we were Christmas shopping in Ann Arbor. Even though he doesn't really like to shop he still has fun with me. I'm so glad that we are where we are at now in our lives and I hope we continue to learn more as we learn ourselves and what we want out of life.

Letting go...

Letting go, I think, is one of the hardest things in life to do. Either letting go or standing up for yourself. In my case right now I really need to do both. I'm having issues with some people right now and standing up for myself comes into play first. I always become intimidated, scared, and talked down to when I am in this person's presence. But because I am intimidated I can't find it in me to stand up for myself. Plus, if I did it would open up a whole new rotten can of worms. So what is the reason to put myself through all of that when I can just deal with the issue as it is. This might not be making any sense to anyone, but it unfortunately makes sense to me.

The only way to help this problem go away is to let it go. It's really hard though. Even though this person has hurt me in ways I never thought possible I can't seem to just make her leave my mind. I worry all the time. I know it's not good, but it's to the point where I actually can't help it. If I could just let her go I think that I would be a lot better off. I've tried letting go before but then the next time I see her it's like the vicious cycle starts all over again. I've tried praying about it and everything. What I think the problem is though is I have been hurt so bad that I want to hold onto this bitterness and anger. But the more you think about it, it's really only hurting me, and I have to be willing to let go of that anger and bitterness or this will never get any better. How many times does a person have to get hurt?

Summer YEAH!

I definitely think that people need to relax. I am going to try to, seeings how this is my last summer of high school. Yes, I am the one with the wedding. It's July 11. I am so excited and my Taylor is leaving me to go to California. Hopefully I will be able to visit her someday too. I am going to soak up this summer like no tomorrow!

Spring!

I love spring! I think it is one of the best times of the year. After the long winter it starts getting warm and you get to see all of the green grass and new flowers. My birthday is also in the spring. This spring is especially exciting because it means I am getting that much closer to my wedding. I don't really remember the best part about spring break. I guess I would have to say how well my family got along; all break. Plus, we went to the movies and saw Monsters-vs-Aliens in 3-D. That was pretty cool. Sleeping in was pretty nice too. I needed to catch up on sleep...majorly.

Sorry it is so short, but we had a confusion in the lab today and I have to cut this short.

Photography

I absolutely love photography. If we wouldn't have done this unit in this class I probably would never have chose to follow that career path. I mean I have always wanted to be a photographer but after this little chunk of class and what I did at Adrian College I think that I am ready to make it my career choice.

I do have a suggestion for next year, but don't get me wrong this was really a lot of fun. I think you should try working on the color and arrangements and the black and white arrangements individually. What makes a picture better in black and white? What makes a picture better in color.

When it comes to photoshop I really believe that you really utilized its main points. Honestly some of it was hard for me though, i.e. channels and stuff like that. I think that it really teaches you how to make pictures look better without making them look fake. It also gives you that option of making them crazy. That's what I like about photoshop, the many different choices.

ttfn :)

I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can not wait. It is getting closer and closer to my wedding. Plus graduation is coming, I can't wait to get out of this school and all of the drama that it entails. Why do people have to be so immature. Sometimes the truth hurts sorry to say. People have said so many things about Dayne and I, I don't get upset about it. I guess that just shows who has self-confidence and who doesn't. Life is becoming more and more stressful as the days go on. Between getting ready for California, scholarships, college, high school, work, planning the bridal shower, graduation party, and wedding, it's crazy. But I don't mind, I guess I work better under pressure. Have a good week!

Social Networking

According to dictionary.com social networking is
"a website where one connects with those sharing personal or professional interests, place of origin, education at a particular school, etc." So according to this definition I am proudly a social networker. I used to be really into this but not as much anymore. I have a myspace and I'm currently on a forum as well. I enjoy myspace the most. It lets you talk to people you might not have seen in years, or someone that lives across the world/country. My dad has a myspace as well. He doesn't use it hardly at all though. It was mainly to keep an eye out for me and my little brother.

So I'm really excited because in a few weeks I'm going to be flying to California. I really hope its warm there. I still have to gather up some money. It is going to be really close. When did airplane tickets become so expensive?

On the road again....

I am so excited about this weekend. Tomorrow I am going to West Virginia with Dayne and his family. They have family that live out there. From stories I have heard they are what you really, call hillbillies. It's about a six hour drive and they all live in the same area. To be technical they all live on one hill. That's pretty crazy but it's true. I have met his grandpa already and he was pretty cool.

Hopefully for spring break I'm going to be traveling to California as well. I have never been there and once again I was invited to go with the Bowmans. It's just the fact at how expensive air fare is. Hopefully, I'll be able to scrounge up enough money to go.

This summer is going to be crazy fun! And I can't wait to get started!

Driving

I think that the top two activities to do while you're driving are talking on your cell phone and singing along with the radio. Yes, I have done both. Not at the same time of course. I love to drive. I would love to just hit an open road and get out of this dinky little town. Curvy roads are my favorite, out in the country. I can't wait for summer, so driving is more fun. Less ice and snow.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Extra Credit
Well I looked up what Sadie Hawkins was. It was a day back in the 1930's where women were given the chance to ask men out. This was way out of the ordinary back then because men did all of the asking. This idea debuted in a comic strip called "Little Abner" on November 13, 1937.


The worst day of my life happened last week. I woke up a few minutes last and I needed to take a shower. I jumped out of bed and attempted to walk down my stairs. Well my foot missed the second step all the way at the top and I fell down a bumpy flight of 12 stairs. Well I made it out of my house without anything else happening. But as soon as I sat down in my car, I spilt my hot tea all over me. I was not having a good day. That morning at school the computers didn't work, that made everyone unhappy. By the time third hour came around I was not feeling good at all. If it wasn't for my college test I had that day, I would have gone home. Hindsight is 20/20, let's just say I wish I had gone home. I took my first college test and it was hard for me. After all this I'm in my car ready to go home. I stopped to turn into my fiance's driveway and I get rear ended. Yep, I even was lucky enough to experience my first car accident. Yay! Not. I was a mess after that. I'm laying down on my couch because I had severe whiplash and my mom calls me. I lent my favorite purple shoes to a girl, her dog chewed them up.

That wasn't the best day. Let's just say I'm glad I survived but I will probably fear February 5 for a long time. I'm still here and happy, that's all that matters.

:)

Schools need to redesign classes

School has a lot of things that I would change. Personally, I believe that school shouldn't start as early in the morning. I have read countless studies on how students perform better when they don't have to wake up as early. Starting at like 9:00 or 9:30 would be better. When it comes to classes, I know we are a small school therefore we aren't going to have as many classes but I think that we should have a better variety. For example: more than one foreign language. In my next blog I'm going to tell you about the worst day of my life. Ever!!

So we have the first black president. I think its cool that we have came to a place in time where a black man can run. But honestly he's white too. He in my view I guess actually represents America his is a melting pot himself. All the different backgrounds, makes him American, and welcome. I'm not saying I agree or don't agree, I'm just glad how far America has come. I'm not much for politics so that's all I have to say about that.

Well homecoming is tomorrow and I am so excited. Dayne and I have almost hit our 1 year anniversary. That makes me excited. I started a college class a couple weeks ago and that is going good. I'm in an accounting class and so far I really like it. Sorry my blog is so short this week.

I had a wonderful day yesterday. I was able to sleep in; until 10:50a.m. It was absolutely amazing. Then I got up, watched a little TV, had breakfast, washed the dishes, and even played some video games.

Empowerment, I'm not going to lie I had to actually look up what that word meant. What I found out was that it means to enable or permit to do something. I thought about it for a minute or two and I decided I can't choose just one piece of technology that "empowers" me, I have a couple. The first one would have to be a pen. When I get a hold of a pen I just want write. It doesn't matter if I have an idea or not. I just have to write something. The other thing or things are my camera and video camera. When one of those falls into my hands I can't help but document my life. I'm all about memories. Whether I wrote then or captured them on some form of media.

OK, this is a little side note: Dayne blew his motor the week of Thanksgiving and he is just now getting it back together. He bought a motor out of a junk yard. Imagine that it was junk! He found that out after he had already had it almost all put back together in the truck. Therefore he had to buy yet another motor, but this time he bought a rebuilt one. Now his truck works, somewhat. Dayne and his dad were putting the final touches on and it blew up (12 foot flames and everything), broke a valve cover and it leaks oil now. Which is ironic because that's what he lacked in the very beginning. In other words, he just didn't put oil in the truck. Needless to say they were about ready to abandon it in a ditch, so they finally took it to a mechanic. We are supposed to be getting it back today in working condition....hopefully! Talk about a month and a half!