15. January 2009 by Sarah.

You know it is cold outside when your head and ears need to be covered at the same time. I am seriously considering looking for a job in warmer climates. I just can’t take the cold. I figure I can go work some where warm, thaw out and then head back East for a little while, then go back to some where warm.

The weather really affects how you feel, act, and how much work you accomplish. Plus I just hate wearing big bulky clothing items. I am a fan of sun dresses and board shorts, tanks tops, and flip flops. All of this winter garb, it is well…not for me. It has been fun, but I will be ready to peace out of here in May.

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8. December 2008 by Sarah.

Finals week has arrived. Today was Christmas Cheer, the annual event to celebrate the season, est some yummy food, then go back, lock yourself in your room, look over your notes one more time and pray like mad to God that you will remember everything in the morning. That is finals week. Well for me though it is really like a sprint of finals. I leave rather early on Wed so I will be taking my four finals in two days. However I really only count two finals. Meaning one is open notes and the other is graphic design, which really, who gives a test in graphic design? Oh well it is an easy “A” therefore I won’t complain.

The other two finals that I have to take are so not easy. First up to the plate will be Media Law, I am freaking over it! I have looked over my key terms and know the difference between work for hire, prejudicial review, torts, defamation, and copyrights. But still it is a lot more then that, I just want it to be over with. The other test that I consider to be “real” will be my astronomy exam. Harder then you would think. Was so not the class that I though it would turn out to be, however I did P/NC the class and am not too worried, but it isn;t like I can completely bomb the thing and still pass.

But I just have to be confident, and pray that God will allow me to remember everything and not worry so much. I strongly believe in the fact that we can over think things and then our performance suffers due to the fact. So I am just going to take a deep breath and keep in mind that in less then 72 hrs I will chowing down on a pizookie!

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3. December 2008 by Sarah.

I have decided that this week will be a week of very little sleep. Everything is due and then there are meetings on top of meetings before the end of the semester. I just keep telling myself that this time next week I will be packing for home!!! I am so excited, all I want is an In n Out shake and burger. It will be the only burger that I have had since the last time I was home. Then there are the milk shakes, oh the milk shakes are worth everything. Although this year after that milk shake there may be a glass of wine or sleep. Right now I would guess I will get home go see the g-rents, come back home take a hot steamy shower then go to bed and sleep until when ever. How I long for the ability to sleep with no alarm clock set, oh it will be great. So help me if the dog wakes me up to go outside, he can just hold his pee or learn to use the toilet like the rest of us!

8 days, I can make it only 8 days.

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1. December 2008 by Sarah.

Currently I am listening to Christmas music, writing a paper, working on a presentation, under two blankets, and contemplating life.

Only one more week of classes, fours finals and then I get to go home! Thank goodness! I need to just sleep in my bed and crash on my brown couch.

This evening I got back from Philly and attempted to take a hot bath, no such luck. Then the heat isn’t working and so I will be sleeping with a heating pad to stay warm. I can’t feel my toes right now so that may be a bad thing.

Yesterday I spent the day in NYC had a wonderful time and totally can’t wait to live there for real! I just need to land my kick ass PR job and I will be fine.

The next 9 days are going to go so slow!!!

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26. November 2008 by Sarah.

Sometimes a person can really be shocked about what life throws their way. Moving from CA to Alaska, graduating college, new relationships, losing old relationships, writing a thesis. All of these and much more are part of life and you have to deal with them as they come.

I use to think that I could handle just about anything that was thrown at me. But maybe I was just thinking of the academia world. Now that I am about to end life as I know it in academia, I will really have to face the real world. Allow me to elaborate…

Going to college 3,000 miles away from where I had spent every waking moment of my life was a pretty big thing for me. I thought it was going to be the biggest, as it turns out it isn’t. After freshman year I learned that I am still living a in a very tiny bubble. Larger then when I lived at home, but still a bubble. I don’t have to cook my own meals, I don’t have to pay bills, I don’t have to drive places or get gas. The only responsibility I have is getting my homework done and attending many club meetings. No job, no boss to report to, no lunch breaks, etc. I am not out there in the real world yet.

The more that I think about this concept the more I run away from it. I have no idea where I will be this time next year and it scares the hell out of me. Will I be CA? Will I be at a job I know how to do? Will I be making enough money? Will I be happy? In high school when I was making the decision to come back east to school I always had plan “B”, going back home. That option is now gone. I mean, I know that my parents will be there for me in every capacity, but I won’t be able to return home like I have in the past. I won’t work in Lancaster I know, I could live there until I have saved up enough and then move closer to work. But I still don’t know that yet. Everything is so unsure at this moment and I can’t think about that fact.

Visiting family here for the holiday is wonderful and I love them so much and am so grateful for them. However the question is always asked, “So, Sarah, what are your plans for after graduation?” My answer is always the same, “Not really sure just trying to get through the semester.” Then as fast as I can I try to change the subject and move on. I can tell them what I hope will happen, what I have planned, but that may not work out. So I just don’t give details and hope that is enough.

I know that I am not the only person feeling like this, but it sure does feel that way sometimes. Going with the flow is something that I am really good at, however sometimes I like to swim up stream against the flow and that is where I run into problems. I guess for now I just have to get through finals and enjoy my time at home with my family. Think about the hard stuff after the holidays.

Just as a side note, this the brown couch that I may have mentioned in the past, as well as Buddy and my red robe. If I could just stay there and figure life out, it would be great!

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22. November 2008 by Sarah.

Dorm life can be very interesting. The staying up late and getting up early because you had people in your room and just had to talk. The same four corners for a year. Little everything, wild colors, text books every where. It really is the little things that make a dorm room a dorm room. However there are some downsides that I just can’t help and can really make life miserable. This particular downside involves one of my favorite past times, bubble baths.

Last night at like 11pm I had plenty of hot water for a nice long bath, something that I haven’t had in weeks, because I apparently take a bath when the rest of the dorm takes a shower. Lack of hot water sucks, I need my bubble baths people!

Now this morning I slept in until 9am, got up ate some banana bread (thanks Mom!) and then got ready for a bath. There was no hot water. So I got out, thought that I would blog about it and now hopefully there will be some hot water. However I am not holding my breath, and will possibly have to attend this bridal shower without shaving my legs.

And yes, that rubbler ducky is in my bathroom on the lip of the tub!

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17. November 2008 by Sarah.

This morning when I sat down to write a post, I thought it would be something super deep about being a 20 something, getting ready to start a new chapter of my life and so on.

Then we went on a rode trip. 

I am sure that there is something profound to say about the above, but for now I will continue watching Love Actually.

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14. November 2008 by Sarah.

I am a over achiever and darn proud of it!

Yesterday in my Research Methods class on the syllabus was to have a draft of your literature review/method/research questions done. I have 15 pages so far. Is it all great? No. Will close to half be changed or cut in editing? Of course. But I have 15 pages more then anyone else. Out of the 6 of us I was the only one who had anything.

I realize that may come across snotty or something, but I got started a few weeks ago and have just been working on it bit by bit and that is how I have the 15 pages. Now it will go under some serious review and editing and it isn’t even close to being finished, but it is started.

So when one of the girls, who I won’t say the name because it would be my luck she would read this, called me an over achiever, I was like, “yep that is me, and I will be getting a full night sleep the day before the real draft is due”. This girl drives us all crazy anyways and I just wish she would not talk some days because what does come out if her mouth is pointless!

So now I am reading articles to finish up my literature review and try not to think about what they, well more, she said. I am going to finish ahead of time and be happy about it, dang it!

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10. November 2008 by Sarah.

There are only a few weeks left in the semester. This is total crunch time, nothing else matters except getting the work done, studying for the tests, writing the papers, turning in drafts of thesis, and so on. There fore some daily habits go by the way side in order to make time for such things.

One of my dear friends who I love oh so much has gotten so caught up in work she hasn’t showered in a few days. We all love her, but will be THRILLED when she takes a shower. That is an extreme example of course and I would never do anything like that, oh no! However I am finding that in the beginning of the year I worked out everyday, picked up my room, did dishes daily, and so on. I am now down to working out at least once maybe twice a week and I do the dishes once a week. Thank goodness I have more then one bowl.

This is just a prime example of the college life style. Who cares if the bed isn’t made, you are living at school to go to school and make the grades. And that is just what I am doing! Entropy…bring it on!

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6. November 2008 by Sarah.

The Capital was dead today, it was not busy with all the hussel and bussel that I had expected. This morning I got up and survived and two and half hour bus ride into DC. After getting dropped off at the National Gallery of Art I head to the House of Representatives Office building to have a tour of the Capital with a staff member of Congressmen McCarthy’s.

The tour was very interesting, I learned a lot and had a slight inkling to want to work in politics, but alas, it is gone. I thought that it would be a busy place, but it was so quite. Many of the legislative assistants weren’t back yet from campaigning. Guess that is how your life is when in politics. That inkling is coming back…

After that I headed off to grab some Starbucks (after using my iKiley to find the nearest Starbucks) then walked over to the National Art Gallery to look at some art and do a little shopping before I got back on the bus.

Then it was time for a bond fire, the Freshman Fall Fire to be exact. No, we did not burn the freshman we, as in STARs, just provided the bond fire and some hot coco and cookies. Now I have had a bath and need to go to bed, for tomorrow is Thursday and I have to do laundry, go to class, and then get some homework done.

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