I have way too much time between my posts...
I have completed my sophomore year in college and it was pretty good. I am going to be taking two summer classes, but I will be done by mid-July and then there will be a lot of vacation time for me. Let's do a quick recap of the year, for those of you who haven't exactly been in the loop...
- There was a nice load of crap this year...one thing involved a very disappointing, drunken night. A lot of the other crap in my life stemmed from that, ranging from ruining some friendships to overworking myself to chronic headaches to hurting myself. All in all, not the most healthy of situations. On the upside, I'm definitely ready to move on from that
- I made some really good friendships this year. To name a few; Bethany, Jada, Amara, Sandy, Marley (who I get to live with next year), Wade, Jayson, Justin. The list could go on and on. Some of them I was already friends with, but I was able to become better friends with them this year. I have gotten really close with some of them, and I hope they feel the same. Jada even got to meet my family (most of them) and they seemed to get along really well.
- Speaking of family...I'm going to get a whirlwind of them over the next month or so. My mom and two little sisters are coming to visit me. They will get in tomorrow and will have dinner with me, Sandy and Jada. They are going to stay for a week and we're just going to chill and explore Seattle. In July, I am going to visit my older sister and then make a stop over at my aunt's before going back home to Las Vegas.
- Both my older sister and my aunt got married. All I can say is "WOW"
- My birthday sucked again this year. I tried really hard to make it turn out okay, but it didn't. Must mean that I'm still cursed, but I've come up with the perfect solution. It kind of bugs me when I am celebrating other people's birthdays because everyone seems to go out of their way to make everyone else happy on their birthday and no one did that for me. My friends' have put more into birthdays for people we have known for shorter periods of time. Although it makes me bitter, I always make sure that my friends have a good birthday so that they don't experience what I do (since I know how much it hurts).
- Academics kind of took a back seat this year, and I wasn't very happy with myself for doing this. It was mostly demonstrated by my slipping grades during Winter Quarter. It motivated me to do better this past quarter and I really hope that I did (grades haven't been released yet). I am not going to let this happen again, as I will be spending a lot of time next year working on preparing for grad school and everything.
- Student leadership took the forefront in my life this year...as a result, some other things suffered including some friendships (which I am attempting to salvage and, hopefully, succeeding). It really engulfed me in this year. I had a lot of fun doing it but I was way too busy. At the end of the year, I decided to not continue along that path. I am still going to do student leadership but to a lesser degree. I was going to run for RHSA President and then for NCC, but I chose not to because I didn't think it was the best choice for me. I do have a pretty good feeling that I could have won it if I wanted to, and that was enough for me. I did realize that I reached my peak, not this year, but last year which is kind of sad. I can still continue to do a fantabulous job but I can't expect much in return. But that won't stop me.
- I went through 4 crushes this year, and I'm left with only one right now. The first one lasted for a long time and I needed a good kick in the pants to get over that one. The next two kind of happened around the same time, but I gave up on those when I saw it wasn't going anywhere. My current crush will have to be on pause over the summer, so we'll see how things go once everyone returns in September.
- I ended my RHSA career on Tuesday. I went to the office and basically erased myself from it. I returned my key, cleaned out my box, removed my labels, and wiped my computer clean. As far as anyone knows, I don't exist in there anymore. When I stepped out of there, it was really hard for me to do. I think it hit me more than any of the transitioning, or the last meeting ever did. Some people didn't understand that, which kind of frustrated me, but it's over and I can never go back to that.
Now, most of my room is packed and I'll be moving tomorrow morning. This year is coming to a close and I can't beleive how much I've been through. It almost doesn't seem real to me. I'm getting ready to move on and I'm not sure how it is all going to turn out, but I'm going to try my hardest to make it the best situation possible.
- There was a nice load of crap this year...one thing involved a very disappointing, drunken night. A lot of the other crap in my life stemmed from that, ranging from ruining some friendships to overworking myself to chronic headaches to hurting myself. All in all, not the most healthy of situations. On the upside, I'm definitely ready to move on from that
- I made some really good friendships this year. To name a few; Bethany, Jada, Amara, Sandy, Marley (who I get to live with next year), Wade, Jayson, Justin. The list could go on and on. Some of them I was already friends with, but I was able to become better friends with them this year. I have gotten really close with some of them, and I hope they feel the same. Jada even got to meet my family (most of them) and they seemed to get along really well.
- Speaking of family...I'm going to get a whirlwind of them over the next month or so. My mom and two little sisters are coming to visit me. They will get in tomorrow and will have dinner with me, Sandy and Jada. They are going to stay for a week and we're just going to chill and explore Seattle. In July, I am going to visit my older sister and then make a stop over at my aunt's before going back home to Las Vegas.
- Both my older sister and my aunt got married. All I can say is "WOW"
- My birthday sucked again this year. I tried really hard to make it turn out okay, but it didn't. Must mean that I'm still cursed, but I've come up with the perfect solution. It kind of bugs me when I am celebrating other people's birthdays because everyone seems to go out of their way to make everyone else happy on their birthday and no one did that for me. My friends' have put more into birthdays for people we have known for shorter periods of time. Although it makes me bitter, I always make sure that my friends have a good birthday so that they don't experience what I do (since I know how much it hurts).
- Academics kind of took a back seat this year, and I wasn't very happy with myself for doing this. It was mostly demonstrated by my slipping grades during Winter Quarter. It motivated me to do better this past quarter and I really hope that I did (grades haven't been released yet). I am not going to let this happen again, as I will be spending a lot of time next year working on preparing for grad school and everything.
- Student leadership took the forefront in my life this year...as a result, some other things suffered including some friendships (which I am attempting to salvage and, hopefully, succeeding). It really engulfed me in this year. I had a lot of fun doing it but I was way too busy. At the end of the year, I decided to not continue along that path. I am still going to do student leadership but to a lesser degree. I was going to run for RHSA President and then for NCC, but I chose not to because I didn't think it was the best choice for me. I do have a pretty good feeling that I could have won it if I wanted to, and that was enough for me. I did realize that I reached my peak, not this year, but last year which is kind of sad. I can still continue to do a fantabulous job but I can't expect much in return. But that won't stop me.
- I went through 4 crushes this year, and I'm left with only one right now. The first one lasted for a long time and I needed a good kick in the pants to get over that one. The next two kind of happened around the same time, but I gave up on those when I saw it wasn't going anywhere. My current crush will have to be on pause over the summer, so we'll see how things go once everyone returns in September.
- I ended my RHSA career on Tuesday. I went to the office and basically erased myself from it. I returned my key, cleaned out my box, removed my labels, and wiped my computer clean. As far as anyone knows, I don't exist in there anymore. When I stepped out of there, it was really hard for me to do. I think it hit me more than any of the transitioning, or the last meeting ever did. Some people didn't understand that, which kind of frustrated me, but it's over and I can never go back to that.
Now, most of my room is packed and I'll be moving tomorrow morning. This year is coming to a close and I can't beleive how much I've been through. It almost doesn't seem real to me. I'm getting ready to move on and I'm not sure how it is all going to turn out, but I'm going to try my hardest to make it the best situation possible.