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Man, things have just been a whirlwind! Huge paper due and done, and my spring vacation... and other things I'm sure I'll think of later. But my vacation! It was fantastic! I went to Chicago to stay with a friend of my parents who lives in this really cool, artsy apartment. With three dogs. Who are smelly and badly trained. Especially in the potty area. Mmm. But honestly, I had a really great time. On the days I didn't go out or work on my paper (which I can't really say I worked on all that much, thanks as always to procrastination), I ended up cleaning the apartment. Very Thoroughly. It would always start out with just picking up the kitchen- putting away the dishes or something- and I would go off on a cleaning tangent and wouldn't stop all day. It was great! Her apartment is horribly dirty. You would not believe the horrors I found cleaning the kitchen. But I really like doing that kind of cleaning, so it was fun. I only wish I could have stayed long enough to finish the job. And actually, I just might! This summer! But more on that in a second, because I must say the other great thing that happened during spring break while I was in Chicago: I GOT A HAIRCUT!! Now, this might not seem like a big deal to most people, but believe me, it is a HUGE deal. A Colossal Deal. First of all, I never get haircuts. My mother has always insisted on either doing it herself, or having her ex-hair stylist friend come over and trim it. I haven't gone to a place to have it cut for... probably about 7-8 years. Also, my hair is extremely long- down to a little above the small of my back. I like it that way because it's a lot more fun and unique, I think, but the problem was that it was always in the way, and I could never find a good way to style it. So it pretty much just always looked pretty average. But either way, I've never gotten anything other than a trim about once a year, so I've never really had a significant hair cut. Until about 3 weeks ago. 3 weeks ago, I had half of my hair chopped off and I got bangs. BANGS. It was a life-changing moment without a doubt. I've always wanted bangs, and then to finally have them and to look so different, and GOOD... It was fantastic. And I've been livin' it up ever since. Especially since one of my favorite songs, Kataomoi Fighter, talks about how in the end she cuts her over grown bangs and at that point her life changes and she begins to move forward, it really affected me and spoke to me. It made it all that more significant. (By the way, the song Kataomoi Fighter is where I came up with my username!)
Anyway! So as I was saying, I will *hopefully* be going to Chicago and staying with this friend of my parents for the summer! My mother really really wants me to go too, because she thinks it will be a good experience for me, but my father is against it. For pretty much no reason except he just doesn't want me to. I really hope I get to go because I'm really looking forward to living in a big city away from home and other things. My ideal would be to take this intensive language program at a college up there from 9:00 to noon and then have a part time job in the afternoon. And clean the house. :) I would love it if I could do that, but the program is pretty expensive, so I don't know if I can. But I at least want to have a job. I've never had a job before and really need the experience. And money.
Well, that wraps that up. I have two really big tests I need to start studying for because they're coming up in a month, so I should focus on that for the time being.
Also- during my stay in Chicago with the friend of my parents who has a dirty apartment and keeps nothing edible in the house, I discovered I absolutely adore V8 Strawberry-Banana! I'm addicted to it now. :)
Anyway! So as I was saying, I will *hopefully* be going to Chicago and staying with this friend of my parents for the summer! My mother really really wants me to go too, because she thinks it will be a good experience for me, but my father is against it. For pretty much no reason except he just doesn't want me to. I really hope I get to go because I'm really looking forward to living in a big city away from home and other things. My ideal would be to take this intensive language program at a college up there from 9:00 to noon and then have a part time job in the afternoon. And clean the house. :) I would love it if I could do that, but the program is pretty expensive, so I don't know if I can. But I at least want to have a job. I've never had a job before and really need the experience. And money.
Well, that wraps that up. I have two really big tests I need to start studying for because they're coming up in a month, so I should focus on that for the time being.
Also- during my stay in Chicago with the friend of my parents who has a dirty apartment and keeps nothing edible in the house, I discovered I absolutely adore V8 Strawberry-Banana! I'm addicted to it now. :)