It has been 2 extremely eventful, exciting weeks to say the very least!
Last weekend, Justin proposed to me, which I have to say would be the happiest day of my life so far. He planned the most perfect day, with all the more perfect people, and picked out the most PERFECT ring. I wish I could post pictures on here and I totally would. In a sentence or two, he surprised me, took me out to dinner at the Melting Pot, had flowers waiting at the table, propsed at dinner <3, and took me back to his house where my closest friends were waiting for a surprise party! I would have to say that is the best way he could have ever proposed, just sayin. Then the next day I got a confirmation e-mail from Sarah's parents telling me that I am going on my trip to ITALY!
I am SO excited for my trip, and I don't even know where to begin with the planning for that, graduation applications, wedding stuff and so forth. But it is all definitely so exciting and joyous that I cannot wait to get going on it.
Well, this post has to be cut short, at work lol
Bye<3
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Exciting YET Overwhelming
Today was definitely an eventful day. Justin had a terrible migraine, so I spent almost all day worrying about him. His parents were out of town this week, so I spent a little time cleaning and organizing the house so they wouldn't be too overwhelmed when they got home this evening. At some point this morning, Justin started throwing up from his migraine, so we ended up having to go to the doctors to get him a few shots in his booty to make it feel better. It was definitely funny watching him get the shots in his bum because I have never seen anyone get a shot in their bum. It seems that the medicine is working though because he is up and about and working on homework. I definitely worry about him when he gets sick because his immune system is not always up to par, and I was so worried about him that I didn't have time to notice that I had a pretty bad headache myself. But I am definitely glad he's feeling better!
So today I had a meeting with my best friend's parents regarding my trip! It was so much fun to finally talk for reals about the trip to Italy. I will be leaving on December 5th sometime, meeting Sarah in Paris, then taking a train from Paris to Italy, but what were doing in Italy... I am not sure! I am so so SO SO VERY VERY excited to go on my trip with Bear, but as I was chatting with her parents, I was realizing how much I have to do for the trip, not to mention my daily life!
I think what I need to do is just make a list of all the things I need to do for my trip, and then go from there. I also think that I will need to just plan time to research it and see exactly what I need to do! I cannot wait!
Well, gotta fold laundry!
TTFN
Arrivederci! <3
So today I had a meeting with my best friend's parents regarding my trip! It was so much fun to finally talk for reals about the trip to Italy. I will be leaving on December 5th sometime, meeting Sarah in Paris, then taking a train from Paris to Italy, but what were doing in Italy... I am not sure! I am so so SO SO VERY VERY excited to go on my trip with Bear, but as I was chatting with her parents, I was realizing how much I have to do for the trip, not to mention my daily life!
I think what I need to do is just make a list of all the things I need to do for my trip, and then go from there. I also think that I will need to just plan time to research it and see exactly what I need to do! I cannot wait!
Well, gotta fold laundry!
TTFN
Arrivederci! <3
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Ups and the Downs
As I mentioned in my last blog, I have been trying to plan a trip to Italy with my Best Friend. I have been working my REAR END off for the last month trying to put this trip together so I can go.
Yesterday I had my last meeting with the last professor I had to get in contact with regarding my trip. In our meeting he told me that if anything his class is the class I should worry the least about. This means that I have permission from ALL of my professors to go on the trip! So things are finished on that front...
The next hurdle was my passport. When I applied last week, the lady informed me that I may not be eligible for a passport due to my birth certificate. This is a bunch of crap because I am adopted and have never had any other birth certificate. So, for the last week I have been anxiously awaiting my passport status to appear online for whether or not my passport would be processed. Well, after I chatted with my professor I had decided to check online if my passport was going to be processed, and much to my excitement, IT IS GOING THROUGH!! So the last two major hurdles of my trip have been climbed and conquered. BUT, of course when I take one step forward, I end up taking 2-3 back.
When I got to work yesterday I rushed into my bosses office to tell her of my exciting news about my trip because I have been talking about my trip with her for weeks now. Of course, when I talk to her she informs me that the main secretary, Mary, is going out of town during that same time and that I have to talk to her about my trip. This is CRAP. I talked to her over a month ago about my trip and asked her specifically if Mary was going to be going out of town in December, and my boss told me, "No she's not, she's going out of town in March for her son's wedding." So based on what she told me, I planned my trip. There is NO way I am going to just cancel my trip after all of that hard work and time I have put into my trip so that the main secretary can go out of town, when she went out of town last week! AND I won't even get paid for my time off, and she will.
So I sat for the 3 hours at work yesterday just trying not to cry because of how angry/upset I was. So, after I got off of work, I decided that there is no way my work is going to stop me from going on my trip. So I called Danielle, my other best friend, and talked to her about my trip. She told me that I am only responsible for my hours, and that as far as she is concerned, my hours are going to be covered. So she is going to take my week night shifts, and I am trading my weekend day with the other secretary, so I CAN GO ON MY TRIP!!
I have decided that if my boss tries to tell me that I can't go, that I will just plan on putting my 2 weeks in 2 weeks before I leave for my trip.
I think planning this trip has definitely helped me to learn how to manage my stress, and not let the worry get too overwhelming as well. I think too it has really opened my eyes as to what I can really accomplish, and what I can do with enough dedication.
This is definitely a LONG post, and I really have to study for the GRE (EWWWW)
Arrivederci per Ora <3
Yesterday I had my last meeting with the last professor I had to get in contact with regarding my trip. In our meeting he told me that if anything his class is the class I should worry the least about. This means that I have permission from ALL of my professors to go on the trip! So things are finished on that front...
The next hurdle was my passport. When I applied last week, the lady informed me that I may not be eligible for a passport due to my birth certificate. This is a bunch of crap because I am adopted and have never had any other birth certificate. So, for the last week I have been anxiously awaiting my passport status to appear online for whether or not my passport would be processed. Well, after I chatted with my professor I had decided to check online if my passport was going to be processed, and much to my excitement, IT IS GOING THROUGH!! So the last two major hurdles of my trip have been climbed and conquered. BUT, of course when I take one step forward, I end up taking 2-3 back.
When I got to work yesterday I rushed into my bosses office to tell her of my exciting news about my trip because I have been talking about my trip with her for weeks now. Of course, when I talk to her she informs me that the main secretary, Mary, is going out of town during that same time and that I have to talk to her about my trip. This is CRAP. I talked to her over a month ago about my trip and asked her specifically if Mary was going to be going out of town in December, and my boss told me, "No she's not, she's going out of town in March for her son's wedding." So based on what she told me, I planned my trip. There is NO way I am going to just cancel my trip after all of that hard work and time I have put into my trip so that the main secretary can go out of town, when she went out of town last week! AND I won't even get paid for my time off, and she will.
So I sat for the 3 hours at work yesterday just trying not to cry because of how angry/upset I was. So, after I got off of work, I decided that there is no way my work is going to stop me from going on my trip. So I called Danielle, my other best friend, and talked to her about my trip. She told me that I am only responsible for my hours, and that as far as she is concerned, my hours are going to be covered. So she is going to take my week night shifts, and I am trading my weekend day with the other secretary, so I CAN GO ON MY TRIP!!
I have decided that if my boss tries to tell me that I can't go, that I will just plan on putting my 2 weeks in 2 weeks before I leave for my trip.
I think planning this trip has definitely helped me to learn how to manage my stress, and not let the worry get too overwhelming as well. I think too it has really opened my eyes as to what I can really accomplish, and what I can do with enough dedication.
This is definitely a LONG post, and I really have to study for the GRE (EWWWW)
Arrivederci per Ora <3
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Excitement is Blowing in the Wind
So this morning when I woke up I had the most exciting news waiting for me on my facebook. My best friend messaged me letting me know that her parents are willing to pay my way to go see her in Italy!! And, on top of that I got an e-mail from her daddy asking me some basic information regarding my trip.
Let me tell you, I have never been more excited about planning anything in my life. I am just hoping that everything works out the way it should.
Because the trip is the last 2 weeks of my semester, I have to get permission from all of my professors to go on the trip. So for 4 of the 6 professors have given me their blessing for the trip, and I am hoping the last two professors will return my e-mails shortly because the tickets need to be purchased very quickly.
I am so excited yet nervous about this trip because of the uncertainty of the trip. Basically I will be flying from the U.S. to Paris all alone. Then I will meet Sarah in Paris, where we will take a train from Paris to somewhere in Italy. While in Italy we will be staying in youth hostels to save some money. I am really hoping we can make it out to the hotel Maiuri while we are out there, because it has my last name!
Well, homework is begging for my attention!
Please keep your fingers crossed everything works out for my trip :)
Let me tell you, I have never been more excited about planning anything in my life. I am just hoping that everything works out the way it should.
Because the trip is the last 2 weeks of my semester, I have to get permission from all of my professors to go on the trip. So for 4 of the 6 professors have given me their blessing for the trip, and I am hoping the last two professors will return my e-mails shortly because the tickets need to be purchased very quickly.
I am so excited yet nervous about this trip because of the uncertainty of the trip. Basically I will be flying from the U.S. to Paris all alone. Then I will meet Sarah in Paris, where we will take a train from Paris to somewhere in Italy. While in Italy we will be staying in youth hostels to save some money. I am really hoping we can make it out to the hotel Maiuri while we are out there, because it has my last name!
Well, homework is begging for my attention!
Please keep your fingers crossed everything works out for my trip :)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Bittersweet Has a Terrible Bite
I had something hit me like a brick wall today, and I cried for the first time in a while. For the sake of not bashing anybody, I am not going to use names. But here's how it goes....
There is this person whom is rather important in my life, that as of late, has not been around. They have chosen to make some rather unfortunate decisions that have caused our relationship to be, as some would call it, "on thin ice" or "on shaky ground". The word choice I think best fits here is "strained". I am at a point in my life, where there are going to be some major MAJOR changes, and as badly as I want this person to be part of those changes, I don't believe they will be. I think the biggest part that kills me, is that I don't even know if they care to be part of them. I am going to in the next 8 months (hopefully) graduating from college, getting engaged, and starting the next part of my life. It hit me today, that if I do get engaged anytime soon, I don't know if that person will even care to know that I am engaged, and I am not even sure if I want to share that with them; let alone, invite them to the wedding.
In a phone conversation I had with one of my closest friends, he told me that "[I] will just learn to deal with the pain." I really don't want to learn to deal with the pain and the rejection that they are causing me to feel. This person should WANT to and SHOULD do everything they can to be part of my life, yet here I am wondering the next time they are going to call me or even send a text.
This blog is in no way me asking or begging for sympathy. In life, there are things that you cannot control. As badly as I want things to be better between me and said person, I know that only time will heal that (whether it gets better, or we don't talk anymore) . As a very close friend of my boyfriend says, "It is what it is". Things are the way they are, whether or not I like it, and I can choose to let it control my life, or I can move on.
I think in my case, I will have to address the issue head on. But in the mean time, It is what it is, and I am going to just look forward to the day that things are resolved.
There is this person whom is rather important in my life, that as of late, has not been around. They have chosen to make some rather unfortunate decisions that have caused our relationship to be, as some would call it, "on thin ice" or "on shaky ground". The word choice I think best fits here is "strained". I am at a point in my life, where there are going to be some major MAJOR changes, and as badly as I want this person to be part of those changes, I don't believe they will be. I think the biggest part that kills me, is that I don't even know if they care to be part of them. I am going to in the next 8 months (hopefully) graduating from college, getting engaged, and starting the next part of my life. It hit me today, that if I do get engaged anytime soon, I don't know if that person will even care to know that I am engaged, and I am not even sure if I want to share that with them; let alone, invite them to the wedding.
In a phone conversation I had with one of my closest friends, he told me that "[I] will just learn to deal with the pain." I really don't want to learn to deal with the pain and the rejection that they are causing me to feel. This person should WANT to and SHOULD do everything they can to be part of my life, yet here I am wondering the next time they are going to call me or even send a text.
This blog is in no way me asking or begging for sympathy. In life, there are things that you cannot control. As badly as I want things to be better between me and said person, I know that only time will heal that (whether it gets better, or we don't talk anymore) . As a very close friend of my boyfriend says, "It is what it is". Things are the way they are, whether or not I like it, and I can choose to let it control my life, or I can move on.
I think in my case, I will have to address the issue head on. But in the mean time, It is what it is, and I am going to just look forward to the day that things are resolved.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Worries About Life
I am definitely stressing out right now. During a conversation I had with one of my coworkers today, they asked me what I wanted to do after I graduate from Rochester. And, I know what I WANT to do, but how that is going to happen, I am not really sure.
I know that after I graduate from Rochester, I want to move home for a few months (possibly) and live with my family so I can save up some money before I move to the next step in my life. I want to go to graduate school, get a degree in I/O Psychology, then get a "big girl" job working in the business world. I never would have thought when I started going to Rochester that I would be going down the "business" side of Psychology, but here I am, thinking about making a career out of "business psychology".
My boyfriend and I have been together for over 6 years now, so we are talking about when we are going to be getting married. I am really hoping that we can get married in about a year from now because I really do not want to be doing graduate work all by myself and supporting myself all at once, and I really think that it's time for us to make that next BIG step in our lives. Of course, he has to be ready too!
Which brings me to the next step: where the heck am I going to be living a year from now? As many people who know me know, I am a HUGE planner. I like to plan things MONTHS in advanced, that way I can have a set schedule ahead of me, and not have to wonder about anything. But when it comes to graduate school, I have NO idea where I am going to be going. I could be here in MI next year, or I could end up in Chicago or Pennsylvania! It's all so exciting yet overwhelming to think about. And will I be married, or will I be "single" by legal definition. Defintiely crazy to think about.
Well my love is waiting for me to get done with my blog, so I am going to run.
PEACE
I know that after I graduate from Rochester, I want to move home for a few months (possibly) and live with my family so I can save up some money before I move to the next step in my life. I want to go to graduate school, get a degree in I/O Psychology, then get a "big girl" job working in the business world. I never would have thought when I started going to Rochester that I would be going down the "business" side of Psychology, but here I am, thinking about making a career out of "business psychology".
My boyfriend and I have been together for over 6 years now, so we are talking about when we are going to be getting married. I am really hoping that we can get married in about a year from now because I really do not want to be doing graduate work all by myself and supporting myself all at once, and I really think that it's time for us to make that next BIG step in our lives. Of course, he has to be ready too!
Which brings me to the next step: where the heck am I going to be living a year from now? As many people who know me know, I am a HUGE planner. I like to plan things MONTHS in advanced, that way I can have a set schedule ahead of me, and not have to wonder about anything. But when it comes to graduate school, I have NO idea where I am going to be going. I could be here in MI next year, or I could end up in Chicago or Pennsylvania! It's all so exciting yet overwhelming to think about. And will I be married, or will I be "single" by legal definition. Defintiely crazy to think about.
Well my love is waiting for me to get done with my blog, so I am going to run.
PEACE
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