School, Work, and Mountains of Books

School starts again next week...tad bit excited, tad bit nervous, and tad bit sad. I'm excited to get back into the swing of things. To be honest, I actually like school. I like reading and learning and the interaction with other people. I'm nervous, just like I always am before something starts over again. I'm working at my on-campus job 18 hours a week plus my 16 credit load and my weekend job. I'm hoping that I can keep up with it. I'm sad because some of my friends are gone from school now. My bff from last year graduated, and I haven't been able to see her all summer. It makes me sad. Because now I can count my friends on my 2 hands. Bit depressing, don't you think?

More Rain...both inside and out

First of all, I am in love with the Goo Goo Dolls. Really only Johnny Resnick, but I love the band's music, so I count the whole thing. The concert was awesome! (if you didn't figure that out from my previous sentence) :) Even the opening acts were really good, which doesn't always happen.

But, I am sorry to say that it is still raining outside. We've had storms the past 2 nights, and last night some trees got knocked down by the wind. I'm sick of umbrellas, closed-toed shoes, and anything that has to do with weather. This is the reason I could never be a meteorologist.

And the weather outside seems to be seeping into my psyche. I'm just feeling crappy lately. It's most likely a combination of weather, school starting, my new job, and my generally over-crowded and hectic life. But it still sucks. I don't have the urge to scrapbook, and that cannot be a good sign. Hopefully it will change.

Rain

I can't put into words how much I am sick of rain right now. It has been raining for the last 6 days. Not full-on, roof-pounding, soaker rain. Just raining on and off every day, enough to be annoying and make me go crazy. And it doesn't help the mood at all either. Boo for rain.

In other news, I'm excited to go to the Great Minnesota Get-Together tomorrow (for those who don't know what that is, it's the Minnesota State Fair). A friend and I are going to eat cookies, french fries, mini donuts, pronto pups, and drink lots of diet coke before we go to see the Goo Goo Dolls at the Grandstand in the evening. It should be fun...and the opening acts are Lifehouse and Colbie Colleit, who are actually pretty good! I love the song Bubbly, so looking forward to singin that! We'll probably also have to go see the Butter Sculptures (hey, it's a Minnesota thing), look at all the animals, and get some free stuff too. Yay!

My MMM 2008 Layouts

Here are the layouts that I sent in for MMM 2008. I'm excited for the winners, but still a bit disappointed. I'm sure it will pass! In the meantime, I'm starting to work more at my new SB store job, and I'm liking it! I like having contact with customers again and being up-to-date on the latest and greatest in the scrapping world! TFL!

A Little Down...

So no MMM this year. Not that I was expecting anything (though I have to admit that I may have been holding onto some tiny glimmer of hope. That's the tiny optimist that lives inside me with my pessimistic outer-self.) I'm still glad that I did it. I challenged myself to enter a contest at least once this year, and I accomplished that. Now, I just have to figure out what's next...maybe HOF? We'll see.

More Layouts

Here's some layouts that I took some pics of. I haven't had access to a scanner for a while, so the pics are kind of bad, but I wanted to upload them.

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gosh darn it!

Yeah, I know that I sound like an old lady by using that title, but what actually came out of my mouth isn't proper for posting. Anyway, so as I have been saying, the MMM 2008 contest finalists are supposed to be notified between yesterday and next monday. I got an unavailable number on my phone today, answered it, and it was a wrong number. I wasn't thinking much of it, until I hung up and realized that my heart was beating rediculously fast and I was nervous. Great. I have been doing my best not to get excited or worried about it, because I know I'm not going to win. But I guess my brain and body have different ideas. I don't want to be disappointed. I know that it's just part of taking a chance, but still. So to that, I say: GOSH DARN IT!

I'm trying to cram in reading a few more books before that is no longer an option (thanks to school). I am also trying to branch out from reading my usual choice of chick-lit. Expanding my horizons, growing. I picked up 3 books from the school library this morning, played eenie-meenie-miney-mo to pick which one to start with, and dove in. The book I'm reading right now (The Fugitive Wife) is good, but I still long for a perfect, bright pink, 300-page romance filled, shopping included, friendship story. A girl can dream.

Happy...but Nervous

I applied for, interviewed for, and recieved a job as a sales associate at a local scrapbook store. I'm really excited; ever since the scrapbook store that I used to work at closed, I have been missing that type of creative work that allows me to interact and help customers. I enjoy that aspect of a sales job (well, most of the time). I have to do some training stuff next week. One plus? I get paid to take 2 classes. Sweet. It's a little nervewracking though. New people. new system, new rules. It's a lot to take in, plus school starts in less than 2 weeks (I'm presently in a bit of denial about that). I am excited to go back to school, but just hoping that I'll be able to keep up with 2 jobs and all of my school work. I don't think it will be a problem.

Still waiting on MMM 2008. Not expecting anything, but still waiting.

Intriguing.

I have to admit that I tend to be a tad bit pessimistic. Don't know why, I just am. The dumb thing is, I want to be optimistic, but I am unable to take that little bit of pessimism that lives inside of me and push it to the side. When it comes to my other people and their lives, I am able to be optimistic for them; reassure, assist, be happy. But I can't do the same for myself. I guess it's one of those questions of life that may never have an answer. I was thinking about this the other day when I was chatting with a friend who was having a crappy time. I had no problem telling her that everything was going to be ok, but when she said something about my life (and specifically love-life) would be fine, I couldn't agree with her. Hhmmph.

Life in general right now is boring. Sleep, work, sit around. That's what I do. I'm sure once school starts and I get busier than hell I'll wish that I could go back, but right now it's kind of a downer.

Fun and games

Mi madre and I took a short road trip to visit some friends and just get out of town for a while. We had a great time being able to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. It was nice to not be stretched for time or have to be thinking about other things that needed to be done for a short (3-day) while. Now we're back, and it's back to work for both of us. OK, really it's more back to work for her than for me, but what's the difference.