To Disney World...And Beyond!
So, it occurred to me that I haven't posted here since...um...March, so I think it's time for an update!
A lot of things have happened since the end of the semester. In order to get to the exciting stuff faster, here is the other good and bad stuff in a nutshell, in chronological order because I'm weird.
My May Term Anthropology 100 class, while it only lasted three weeks, was easily the best class I've taken at UConn thus far. Go figure. Plus, the guy I sat next to slipped me his number after the final exam. Did I have the guts to call? No, but that put a little perk in my step. The new Rita's Ice in my town finally opened at the beginning of June, so I've had plenty of hours, and thus and making a nice little sum of money...most of which I'm trying desperately to save. And between finishing class and starting a new job, my car got totaled. Yup. Some assclown came out of nowhere on a main drag and rear-ended me while I was stopped. My parents weren't even close to home, so it was a little crazy calling 911 to take my thirteen-year-old sister to the emergency room. We both ended up spending the afternoon in the ER with icky neck and back injuries, but, thank the lucky stars, we're both okay. Melissa may still need physical therapy though. The good things to come out of this were a nice chunk of change from the total bum who hit us (His car was done in right away. Ha!), aaaaand a new car! A sweet forest green Toyota with much more pep than my old Honda. On a final note, before the even better stuff, my parents are FINALLY getting divorced. I couldn't be more proud of my mom who, with a new stressful job, is handling life really well right now. In any case, mom dad's gotta be out of the house by September. This is long overdue.
Okay! It's finally happening! My kickass roommate and I are spending this fall semester in Orlando, Florida working at DISNEY FREAKING WORLD. I still cannot believe this is actually happening. We hit the road August 18 and have to check-in to our apartment across from the park on the 22. I'm wicked excited to drive down...as long as I have plenty of non-drowsy dramamine with me. I also plan on auditioning for as many singing and performing gigs as possible. I hope someone actually notices that I might just have a little bit of talent. Harumph. In conjunction with working about fifty hours a week at Disney (oy givalt), I'm hoping to check out other schools in Florida. That brings me to my next issue.
I genuinely can not stand UConn. Maybe I just don't like college life in general, but I know for a fact that I am beyond miserable here. If it weren't for my amazing roommate, I honestly do not think I would have survived this past year as successfully as I did. Academically, college is fantastic. I made the Dean's List again, which came as a total shock to me because I thought my classes had raped me instead of the other way around. Actually, I was able to boost my GPA this past year even though my course load was not only greater but much more difficult. Even with great grades, I can't help but feel that all the work I do (I literally do homework all the time) is just a waste of my time. I am not aiming to be a music education teacher. I'm simply getting the degree as a fall back. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. In any case, I need to get the hell out, and hopefully Disney and even just getting away from school for a while will help me put my life and my goals back into perspective. I'm losing focus because I've got the practical side of me telling me I have to do one thing, while the other side of me, aka my aspirations, my dreams, etc., is constantly forcing me to hate what I'm putting myself through at school. Picture a cute little angel on one shoulder, and a devil on the other. And I couldn't even tell you which side applies to what.
Florida can not come soon enough. Five weeks and counting.
Wow. That was exceedingly long.
P.S. To my PB- It's not such a small world after all...