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finally i do not have to get up early tomorrow.
sooooo tired.
im gonna go to bed soon but i havent updated in yeeeeaaaaaaaaars so i think i will try to do that. i just finished uploading some pics from my digital camera, i just got it. it is such fun, woohoo! i bought it with some birthday money, and my own....i turned 19 a couple of weeks ago, alright, last year of being a teenager.
but the pictures were awesome, i was proud of myself because i always feel like i suck at taking pictures, but i realized ive never had a good camera for taking pictures to begin with, plus ive never taken the time to really try.
ive been pretty good lately, really good actually, i feel like i finally have things all in order. i feel like ive had to grow up a lot even in just the past couple of months...ive had so many bills and paperwork and jobs and things to take care of, i mean...ive always paid for my own things and handled my own stuff, but i just really have been swamped with things to do everywhere. so far, i havent fucked anything up, so im glad. ive been handling this whole college switch thing by myself, i got my money back from la salle and cancelled my loan request, visited gwynned mercy, am getting all my stuff together now for it...even though i am taking classes right now i feel like im off from school, i love it. i just like college work so much better.
so basically my big switch involved my major change...i decided a while ago to switch my major to nursing, so that was a pretty big decision, but i really feel its the right one...im just really happy because i didnt feel like la salle was what i wanted anymore, and i certainly didnt want to commute there after my schedule got changed, i wouldnt have even been able to work at my job the way my schedule was set up...and i need my job, bad. theres no way i cant be making at least 500 a month to make it through comfortably. im glad though, i got a nice raise, im bringing in about 650-700 a month just at work after taxes, and 400 a month from babysitting. i just feel really good because this is really giving me a chance to save, i still have plenty of time for my school shit, and i am spending more time with matt than ever. i really needed to save up this semester, so im just really glad that im accomplishing something. plus, im liking the fact that within 2 to 2 and a half years, i will be a registered nurse because of the way Gwynned's program is set up. I will be making a shitload of money and have my last 2 years of school i need to complete my bachelor's degree paid for by my job.
i just really feel like im heading in the right direction, not just with the money, money aside, i feel like this is the kind of job i can succeed in. there were things that held me back from going into the medical field, but ive talked to a lot of people and ave been able to see the other side of things, and ive realized some of the misconceptions i had were not true...matt's cousin jamie really helped me see some of the benefits of this kind of job.
im just ecstatic that i feel like im doing the right thing, i made the decision on my own, put it into effect on my own, and now everything is happening the way i want it to. some people seem to think like i made a bad decision to leave la salle, but i feel it wouldve been a waste of time. why spend 4 years in college before being able to have a job when you can do 2 instead, and then go back and finish? and not have ANY student loans whatsoever, and only pay for 2 years of school? at gwynned i start the nursing program right away, at la salle i wouldn't even see a nursing course until my junior year. that didnt appeal to me at all. i mean of course i wish i would have realized all of this before i applied to schools in high school, but its better now than later down the road....
anyway, enough about school...
everything else has been great, ive been really busy, spending a lot of time with matt and our friends. matt and i had the best day on sunday, we went to tyler park to take pictures for his photo class. it was beautiful out. it was funny though, because for some reason as we were going into the park, we started talking about how we are going to get a bulldog one day, we have been talking about this forever, like what we will name it and so on....so we are saying about how when we get it, we will take it to the park to exercise, and it will be funny because bulldogs arent the typical park dogs...so people will all stop to look at him and pet him because it would be so cute and funny-looking, plus, you dont really see bulldogs that often...so we are walking around taking pictures and we are about to cross the bridge over the creek, and i couldnt believe my eyes--walking towards us is a couple walking their bulldog. matt didnt see it, and all i could say was, "you're gonna freak out..." and finally he saw it and he indeed freaked out. we walked up to the people and we were like, we're sorry but we HAVE to pet this dog...they were really nice....the dog was dressed in a deuce staley jersey and his name was Meathead. he was soooo soft and fuzzy and wrinkly, he had slobber dripping down his lips and he was panting and his two bottom teeth were sticking out, even when he closed his mouth, it was glorious. it had to be a sign. haha...matt got a couple of great shots, we havent seen them yet but we saw the negatives (hes developing the pics himself in his class). it was definitely a sign. so basically we were ecstatic, and then to top it off we were taking picures on this huge hill of all these trees, we had just pulled onto the grass, and this guy told us there were three deer over the hill so we crept down and matt got some pictures...it was so cool, just because it was broad daylight and they looked so pretty, they were just grazing in the meadow....
it was such a good day....
wow sleepy...i had to get up so early today....ok im gona head out to bed, goodnight everyone (no one?)...
-erin
sooooo tired.
im gonna go to bed soon but i havent updated in yeeeeaaaaaaaaars so i think i will try to do that. i just finished uploading some pics from my digital camera, i just got it. it is such fun, woohoo! i bought it with some birthday money, and my own....i turned 19 a couple of weeks ago, alright, last year of being a teenager.
but the pictures were awesome, i was proud of myself because i always feel like i suck at taking pictures, but i realized ive never had a good camera for taking pictures to begin with, plus ive never taken the time to really try.
ive been pretty good lately, really good actually, i feel like i finally have things all in order. i feel like ive had to grow up a lot even in just the past couple of months...ive had so many bills and paperwork and jobs and things to take care of, i mean...ive always paid for my own things and handled my own stuff, but i just really have been swamped with things to do everywhere. so far, i havent fucked anything up, so im glad. ive been handling this whole college switch thing by myself, i got my money back from la salle and cancelled my loan request, visited gwynned mercy, am getting all my stuff together now for it...even though i am taking classes right now i feel like im off from school, i love it. i just like college work so much better.
so basically my big switch involved my major change...i decided a while ago to switch my major to nursing, so that was a pretty big decision, but i really feel its the right one...im just really happy because i didnt feel like la salle was what i wanted anymore, and i certainly didnt want to commute there after my schedule got changed, i wouldnt have even been able to work at my job the way my schedule was set up...and i need my job, bad. theres no way i cant be making at least 500 a month to make it through comfortably. im glad though, i got a nice raise, im bringing in about 650-700 a month just at work after taxes, and 400 a month from babysitting. i just feel really good because this is really giving me a chance to save, i still have plenty of time for my school shit, and i am spending more time with matt than ever. i really needed to save up this semester, so im just really glad that im accomplishing something. plus, im liking the fact that within 2 to 2 and a half years, i will be a registered nurse because of the way Gwynned's program is set up. I will be making a shitload of money and have my last 2 years of school i need to complete my bachelor's degree paid for by my job.
i just really feel like im heading in the right direction, not just with the money, money aside, i feel like this is the kind of job i can succeed in. there were things that held me back from going into the medical field, but ive talked to a lot of people and ave been able to see the other side of things, and ive realized some of the misconceptions i had were not true...matt's cousin jamie really helped me see some of the benefits of this kind of job.
im just ecstatic that i feel like im doing the right thing, i made the decision on my own, put it into effect on my own, and now everything is happening the way i want it to. some people seem to think like i made a bad decision to leave la salle, but i feel it wouldve been a waste of time. why spend 4 years in college before being able to have a job when you can do 2 instead, and then go back and finish? and not have ANY student loans whatsoever, and only pay for 2 years of school? at gwynned i start the nursing program right away, at la salle i wouldn't even see a nursing course until my junior year. that didnt appeal to me at all. i mean of course i wish i would have realized all of this before i applied to schools in high school, but its better now than later down the road....
anyway, enough about school...
everything else has been great, ive been really busy, spending a lot of time with matt and our friends. matt and i had the best day on sunday, we went to tyler park to take pictures for his photo class. it was beautiful out. it was funny though, because for some reason as we were going into the park, we started talking about how we are going to get a bulldog one day, we have been talking about this forever, like what we will name it and so on....so we are saying about how when we get it, we will take it to the park to exercise, and it will be funny because bulldogs arent the typical park dogs...so people will all stop to look at him and pet him because it would be so cute and funny-looking, plus, you dont really see bulldogs that often...so we are walking around taking pictures and we are about to cross the bridge over the creek, and i couldnt believe my eyes--walking towards us is a couple walking their bulldog. matt didnt see it, and all i could say was, "you're gonna freak out..." and finally he saw it and he indeed freaked out. we walked up to the people and we were like, we're sorry but we HAVE to pet this dog...they were really nice....the dog was dressed in a deuce staley jersey and his name was Meathead. he was soooo soft and fuzzy and wrinkly, he had slobber dripping down his lips and he was panting and his two bottom teeth were sticking out, even when he closed his mouth, it was glorious. it had to be a sign. haha...matt got a couple of great shots, we havent seen them yet but we saw the negatives (hes developing the pics himself in his class). it was definitely a sign. so basically we were ecstatic, and then to top it off we were taking picures on this huge hill of all these trees, we had just pulled onto the grass, and this guy told us there were three deer over the hill so we crept down and matt got some pictures...it was so cool, just because it was broad daylight and they looked so pretty, they were just grazing in the meadow....
it was such a good day....
wow sleepy...i had to get up so early today....ok im gona head out to bed, goodnight everyone (no one?)...
-erin