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| I hadn't planned on updating this journal again. I just lost interest in it. But I didn't want my last update to be one in which I'm bored out of my mind at my internship. I guess I didn't want to be in a sort of "livejournal limbo" where I'm forever stuck at my little desk in Oakbrook wishing I had some real work to do. So this might be my last update and it might not be. Who knows? So here's what's been happening since I last posted: - Biggest news: I got engaged on December 17th, 2006! I was totally surprised. We'll be getting married on Sunday, May 25th, 2008! I love my Jimmy more than I can possibly say and I can't wait until we can start our new life together.
- Of course, I did finally end my Follett internship. It was fun, I guess, but I feel as if the only take-away I got from the whole experience is that I refuse to have an hour commute (one way) each day. But at least I learned something!
- I started my last year in college and will be done in a little over a month. At times I wish I could have graduated on time, but I think I'll appreciate the next step in life even more now.
- I don't have a job lined up just yet. I'm still in the interview process with some, but I would kill to just know where I'm going to be in a couple of months so I can start making arrangements and start relaxing more.
- I did start another internship last August with Teach For America. It's a great organization but there were definitely more bad times than good ones with this job. I'm happy that the brunt of the work is over though and I know I learned a lot from this experience.
So yeah: school, work, looking for work, and wedding plans have been taking up the majority of my time lately. But here's the fun, random stuff that I love to end with: - The new flat iron I got for Christmas has changed my life. (Hey if my friend, Laura's life can be changed by a pair of sweatpants, why can't mine be changed by a flat iron?) ;-)
- Mickey Lola is stil the most adorable dog on the face of the earth!
- Pan's Labrynth is a fantastic movie. If you haven't seen it yet: Do so!
- Finally got two very nifty gadgets: an ipod (yes I know, who doesn't have one?) and a red digital camera (very stylish)!
So that's it. There's more that I probably forgot to mention, but I must be off. Tootles!
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| I'm starting my fifth week here at my Follett internship and thought I should update everyone on the status. You know, in case you really wanted to know. ;-)
It's boring here. Very boring...hence the free time I have to update.
I sometimes have projects to do, but they don't seem important at all and they don't last as long as I think my supervisors would like them to. Sometimes it seems like they weren't prepared for my arrival at all. But everyone is really nice and really patient. I've learned some important things already:
1. I don't ever want to have a long commute again. It takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour (depending on traffic) to get to work and 40-45 minutes to get home. Being stuck in traffic is one of the most frustrated feelings in the world especially when you do it twice a day, 5 days a week. And I currently spend more money on gas, then groceries. I have to fill up two to three times a week.
2. It really is true that you don't have to have a career in whatever you majored in. And that's a huge relief, because HR is one of the most mundane jobs in the world.
3. I can't sit in front of a computer for 8 hrs straight. I'd like to have a job where I move around and I don't just mean move down the hall, but from different locations.
4. I have so many opportunities ahead once I'm done with this place. I just have to find what it is I want to do and do it, and my business degree will help out a lot. Yay for that.
5. I feel much more confident about the Teach for America position I'll have come fall. At first, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to handle all that responsibility, but the lack of responsibility I have here, is making me thirsty for more.
6. I have a better sense of direction than I thought. It's still nothing to write home about, but it has improved and that's saying something.
I also like this area. There's tons to do in Naperville/Chicago (the train is right by our apartment complex) but I have no time/money to do any of it. Summer's are just busy times for me and I can't wait for the next weekend I'll actually be able to spend up here (I've had to go home for the past three weekends). I can't wait because that will be the weekend that Aly comes to visit. I'm really excited about that (it doesn't hurt that we have a four-day weekend either). I better start planning the fun now!
Alright, I have to get going soon, so I'll close it out with something fun. I went to Second City on Saturday and had a blast! I must find time to go again. It was hilarious and I was proud because I coordinated the whole thing and it went off without a hitch!
Yay! It's now 4:30 and that's time for me to go home. Laters! | |
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| Man! I really need to update!
The semester finally came to a close. I survived with rather pleasant results. My 306 final was actually not that bad and I managed to pull off a B in that class. Go me! The excitement is bittersweet though, since so many people are graduating and therefore, leaving. I could have graduated now too, but that would have meant never transferring and never meeting so many wonderful people so one extra year in college is worth it.
My internship starts on Monday and I move to Naperville on Saturday. I was hoping this week would drag a little, but it's just flying by. I can't believe its almost starting! I'm really anxious about the whole situation. I just hope that everyone is really nice, that I enjoy the work, that I learn a lot, and that I have fun while I'm there.
Things are changing but that's a good thing. Change is good. But right now everything seems so foggy. What I mean is that things are about to change, but I'm stuck in limbo waiting for it to happen. That's kinda why I'm excited for the internship to start. I feel that once it does, everything will be in motion again and we can move on and start anew. It's fun to start something new, its an adventure and I've always loved adventures.
I probably won't update for quite some time considering that I'm not sure how things will go computer wise this summer. But I wish everyone the best. Congrats to all the grads! And to everyone: have a wonderful summer! Tootles! | |
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| The semester is almost over! Huzzah! So here's the things that have been happening....
- Our Grand Prix weekend kicked major ass! The party was fabulous, breakfast club was alright (actually, it was my least favorite on account of the early start and the massive crowds, but fun nonetheless), the race was interesting (not as fun as last year, but warming and relaxing), the toga party was tons o' fun, and Sunday was pretty cool too.
- The Follett internship is once again causing issues. My commute is estimated at a minimum of 2 hours (one way). So I emailed them my case, but it looks like I might have to stay by my grandmother's after all. Let's hope they pull through for me for once.
- I have one last group meeting tonight and our presentation tomorrow. I'm so excited that this is almost done! That will be the last non-final related work to do for the semester. Well, besides reading. heehee....
- The quiet girl who lives aboves us gets a ton of mail.
- My license plate for my new car will arrive on Saturday! Now all I have to do is convince my landlords to move my parking spot so that I won't have to wash it once a week.
- I still need to go shopping for a special someone who won't update their LJ but instead spends time on their MySpace (which is still a hypocritical move you anti-facebooker! and don't you tell me its not the same cause it really is!) ;-).
- I finally bought myself a copy of the DaVinci Code. Now I have to hope I can manage to find time to read it before the movie leaves the theatres.
Alright, I'm sure there's more, but I need to get ready for that last meeting. Tootles! - Mood:okay
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| Well, the long, dragged out wait is over. I finally got the Follett internship. Whew! Let's all breathe a sigh of relief together. But unfortunately, they won't be providing assisted living, so now I'll either have to commute an hour (well, more than an hour since I'll be traveling during rush hour) each day or move in with my grandmother for the summer. I like option A a hell of a whole lot better.
School's wrapping up here. I have a few more reading assignments in my anthropology class, one last OBHR paper, one last quiz in 306 and something else...what was it....oh yeah.... my HUGE group project for marketing that's due next Thursday. I'm not too worried about it, but I can easily see us meeting everynight for the next week to finish this thing up. Let's hope we don't really need to though.
Speaking of marketing, I'm heading off to a meeting right now. I just wanted to update a little something. Hopefully, I'll find time to do a longer one soon. Hope everyone has a great week! - Mood:rushed
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| I was nudged, so now i must update....
- I'm really sick of interviews. I have one today and one tomorrow. Both are second interviews. I should be glad that I got to this stage, but I just really want them to be done with so that I can know my plans for the summer.
- I spent six hours yesterday preparing a plan for the interview tomorrow. What's worse, I don't know if I can financially afford to accept this internship should I receive it. They only pay $1000 and it last from Sept-May. I don't make a lot at Follett's but its more than a grand for nine months of work!
- I didn't do well on my MGMT 306 exam last week. I don't have the actual grade yet, but it's one of those assured things.
- I'm getting a new car! That's very exciting!
- I'm kinda excited for this week. From the outset it doesn't look to be nearly as stressful as last week although that usually changes. I just want one day where I can relax and do my homework, not freak out over it. But everything looks like it will happen today and tomorrow, and then I can relax. Yay for that.
Alright, that should do for now. I have to finish getting ready.
Tootles! - Mood:anxious
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| So my week doesn't look like its going to be great. It probably won't be awful, just not great. The reason: I have two exams this week. Now while I realize that this is not very unusual for the average college student, and that some of you have had worse agendas (including myself), one of those exams is for my worst class. I fear this class like no other. Why am I so worked up? Because I literally failed the first exam and I don't see myself doing any better on this new one. And what's worse, since its a night exam it will be the reason why I don't have a lot of time to study for the other one because it just has to take place the night before the second exam. Oh well. I'm sure I'll get throught it. In fact, I was looking rather optimistic until this next event happened.....
Let me start from the beginning. Jimmy had spent the entire weekend with me and here it was (Sunday) and he still had one more homework assignment to do for tomorrow. But since he didn't have his book with him, we decided to both head out to his place to spend the night and I would leave early the next morning for my classes. We went to the grocery store to pick up a few things and that's when it happened. As I started my car I felt something snap and that was it. My car would no longer start. Of course I freaked out (its what I do in situations like this). When the tow truck got there he said it looks like my ignition switch had broken. Fabulous! Now only a couple of months ago, my car died on the middle of the highway (I needed a new alternator and battery), so I was pretty upset. I just don't trust this car anymore. My parents have agreed and it looks like I will be getting a new one sooner than we thought. But it meant that Jimmy had to drop me off here. So now he's still not ahead on his homework, I have to spend tonight by myself (which I really don't want to do), and my car is just something else to worry about. I just didn't need to worry about it now is all. Oh well, that's life I guess. But it still sucks. Hope your week is much better than mine. Tootles! - Mood:annoyed
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| Not sure why I'm updating exactly, I don't have anything important to say but I felt like talking:
- For some reason whenever I have to get up at 7am (which is almost everyday) I just can't get myself out of bed. I mean, I do eventually do it, but not until the snooze has been hit at least twice. Its strange because, this was never really a problem before.
- I'm so ready for this semester to be over with already. I just find that I can't have one normal week. There always has to be at least one major assignment due for something. I guess that's how life goes and I'm just now noticing it, but I for once want to have a slow week. Not one without homework or anything, but not some mega-brain killing assignment.
- I'm ready for spring weather.
- I'm ahead on my anthropology reading for once. Unfortunately, I just figured out my MGMT 306 hw is going to take longer than I thought, so instead of getting myself ahead of this week's schedule, I might get behind it.
- I had a good weekend back home with la familia. Nothing too spectacular, but nice.
- I'm so excited for this weekend.
- I have another phone interview today. Wish me luck!
I think that's everything. The updating buzz is out of my system. I hope everyone has a great week! Tootles!
- Mood:Sleepy-but no time to nap. :-(
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| wow...i'm updating a lot lately.....good for me....
what could have been a really bad day actually turned out to be a good one. My phone interview for yesterday never happened. They never called, so i went to work knowing that I had essentially wasted the last two hours just waiting for them to call. And with this week's schedule, two hours is precious time. And I was mad that I was still getting jerked around. C'mon people, act professional! But then the wonderful alisita came to visit me at work and that made my shift go by much quicker. Thanks again, Als! Then we got ice cream and came back here and I was bound and determined to do my case. And I actually did do it. So now the only thing left for this week is my second phone interview (lets hope they call) which will take place in about an hour and half and my test. I'm still worried about the test but I have much more time to do it now. And I've told myself that I will only let the group meeting tomorrow go for two hours. They can stay if they want, but I will be done in two hours. I feel relieved and in much more control over my week. Let's hope it stays that way.
It's also the 21st which means that I have officially been dating Jimmy for 10 months. woah! Go us! Happy Anniversary, Baby! - Mood:relieved
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| I guess this is how real life is supposed to go:
As soon as I had given up hope for the Follett's internship and then applied at countless other places (which has led to more work preparing for those interviews,) Follett's finally decides to inform me that I'm still in the running and I have a good chance of still getting it. WTF???
So because Folletts procrastinates almost as badly as I do, I have interviews to prepare for on top of doing the post-spring break shuffle. You know, doing all that homework you were supposed to have done, but didn't. For instance I have a take home exam due this Thursday. Now I know that a take home exam that I have 3 days to do shouldn't seem hard, but I read the questions I am thinking "was I in the wrong room this whole time or what?" What's worse, he said he would have it posted the Tues. before we went on Spring Break. I left last Friday and it was no where to be found on the website and I haven't had access to a computer for almost a week.
In fact the only homework I did do was catching up in my reading for my anthropology class. I'm not ahead but being on track is a nice change of pace. Its a good thing too, because he finally decided to let us know the details for our group paper which is due in two weeks. BTW, the paper has to be at least 6 pages long! Thanks Prof!
I also have a case in marketing due this week. Now, I could skip it and move on to the next one but this one is the last one I have to do and I want to be done with them already! So the test takes first priority and then the case. Sounds like a good plan to me.
I totally didn't want to bore anyone with all my schoolwork, but I feel overwhelmed right now and letting it out is making me feel somewhat relaxed.
Is the weekend almost here? - Mood:stressed
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