If you want to skip the crappy half, the good news is halfway down.
Where do I start? I can’t really say I’ve been happy with this semester. I’ve already turned in one late paper, with a penalty of a letter grade, so it turned out to be a B instead of an A. I really could have used that A too considering how crappy I did on the midterm in that class. I’ve got to do another paper that is already late, again, with the penalty of a letter grade. This one just happens to be 10 pages though, rather than 4. I’ve completely missed two papers, one for one class which was 10% and the other for another which was 15% so I can say that the only class I might get actual credit for towards my major is my Italian class, which blows. Really blows. I have to AT LEAST get a C in my other classes, and no, C- doesn’t count. It’s been so shitty this semester probably because I’ve been too worried about money since my job only wants to give me between $50 and $70 a week. Yeah, can’t survive on that. Do they care? Not really…I’m going home for the Christmas break (which is 3 weeks) and my job down here told me that I may not have a spot when I come back for next term. I can’t afford to stay in Orlando for that three weeks making less than $100 a week. If I don’t have my job when I come back, I can do an internship and I’ll have to make money somewhere else. It would be really nice not to worry about work, but I really do need the money. I have payments to make and apparently my bosses don’t understand that. “Oh, well we don’t have the hours to give out.” But you can stick one person on a 3 hour shift to fend for themselves. Niiicee…The muscles in my back, more specifically my shoulders, have felt like they are going to burst into flames for about 4 days now. Last time I had this problem I was still working at Publix. How did I fix it? I had to get a Cortisone shot in my shoulder and wear a sling for a week. I really don’t want to do that again. Maybe I need to see a chiropractor. Joy.
******On a good note, William and I are engaged!! He proposed to me October 11th, but I haven’t been able to make anything public yet because we waited until Thanksgiving to inform his family. Since most of his family was there for Thanksgiving, we thought it would be easier to make the announcement then. A simple way to avoid making a lot of phone calls. Also, almost everyone at B&N St. Augustine knows too. *Most* people are pretty happy about it, I know I am. =) I can say though that I’m sure there are a few who aren’t so thrilled.=( What’s nice though, is I really don’t care because I love him more than anyone could ever imagine and it makes me so incredibly happy to know that I am going to spend the rest of my life with a man who respects me and is honest with me and loves me so much. *squee* The engagement though, is probably going to last about 3 or 4 years. We decided on a long engagement mainly because we want to wait until I graduate to get married. I told him “the last thing I want to do is go on a honeymoon and then come back saying ‘Alright, had a nice time…I’m going back to grandma’s house now.’” So as of right now, there isn’t any planning going on, but give it about two years and I’ll be planning like crazy! I do know one solid fact though: my sister will be my Maid of Honor. She was so excited when I told her about the engagement. Well, actually my MOM told her, but I could hear her freaking out in the background. Oh, and I also know another thing. My cousin Lizzie will most likely be the flower girl…she’ll be 7 or so. Anyways, she is the only little girl I know that is in the family that could cut it as a flower girl. And she is SO CUTE! Other than that though, nothing is really solid.
*yawn* Tired and I have to practice for my oral presentation in Italian tomorrow.
Ciao!!
******On a good note, William and I are engaged!! He proposed to me October 11th, but I haven’t been able to make anything public yet because we waited until Thanksgiving to inform his family. Since most of his family was there for Thanksgiving, we thought it would be easier to make the announcement then. A simple way to avoid making a lot of phone calls. Also, almost everyone at B&N St. Augustine knows too. *Most* people are pretty happy about it, I know I am. =) I can say though that I’m sure there are a few who aren’t so thrilled.=( What’s nice though, is I really don’t care because I love him more than anyone could ever imagine and it makes me so incredibly happy to know that I am going to spend the rest of my life with a man who respects me and is honest with me and loves me so much. *squee* The engagement though, is probably going to last about 3 or 4 years. We decided on a long engagement mainly because we want to wait until I graduate to get married. I told him “the last thing I want to do is go on a honeymoon and then come back saying ‘Alright, had a nice time…I’m going back to grandma’s house now.’” So as of right now, there isn’t any planning going on, but give it about two years and I’ll be planning like crazy! I do know one solid fact though: my sister will be my Maid of Honor. She was so excited when I told her about the engagement. Well, actually my MOM told her, but I could hear her freaking out in the background. Oh, and I also know another thing. My cousin Lizzie will most likely be the flower girl…she’ll be 7 or so. Anyways, she is the only little girl I know that is in the family that could cut it as a flower girl. And she is SO CUTE! Other than that though, nothing is really solid.
*yawn* Tired and I have to practice for my oral presentation in Italian tomorrow.
Ciao!!