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So, at the beginning of the year, I named 2010 the Year of the Learner. I didn't really recap anything past the first couple months, well, because like most New Year's goals/resolutions, they kind of fall off the grid. But I promise you dear reader, I did learn a lot. I read a few biographies. Most were pretty fantastic, some were not so great. I absolutely loved reading about Amelia Earhart. She was freaking AMAZING! She is one of many famous people in history that I want to look up in heaven and ask her what happened in the end. I think, mostly, I've learned a lot about myself this year. I've relearned a lot of things too. So here is a quick recap of things that I've learned during the Year of the Learner! *People you hang out with definitely rub off on you. Whether it be good or bad. *Having stellar roommates to uplift and provide a solid examples of Temple going-fellowshipping-striving to be good people is definitely what I need in my life. This past summer, I h...

I'm tired and I'm feeling rather sorry for myself. I turned 29 today. Ten years ago, 29 was so obscenely ancient and now that I've actually turned 29 today...I want time to stop. Not so much need it to stop to enjoy more of the years gone by, I just don't want to get any older. Let me tell you, 29 is a depressing age. It is today anyway. Anyhow, my entire immediate family was here today for my nephew's baby blessing. It just so happened to be my birthday as well. I wasn't expecting some big hoopla or anything remotely close to some sort of huge celebration, because like I said, 29 is a depressing age. We had food. We took family pictures. We had an all around loud time with the kids running around like crazy people. That's about it. I got 2 birthday gifts, well 3 if you count all the music I downloaded on to my iPod from my sister's laptop. I didn't really need anything. Although, money to move out would have been nice, I just didn't really need ...

Dang it...there was a thread of hope that class would get out 20 minutes early. While the option of not having to come to class one day because of completing a lesson early is really appealing right now, I am hungry enough that I can't pay attention. Well, I haven't really been paying attention all semester. Obviously, since I'm writing this post in class. I guess missing 2 classes has put me behind....oh well. Anyhow, I've been wanting to work at a summer camp or day camp so I can say that I did something exciting with my summer. Plus, summer camps usually pay pretty good money. APRIL 06, 2010 Apparently, I forgot about this unfinished post that I started 5 days ago. My affinity for anything blog like has waned the past couple days. That can be explained away with a few simple explanations that I do not care to explain or even divulge. Ever. Anyway, I left off with wanting to work at a summer or day camp this summer. I found a pretty good day camp down in Provo workin...

So, Lent is going pretty well. Except for today. I procrastinated getting out of bed this morning and completely slept through my classes. I still need a little more work on the whole soda thing...what can I say? I'm a work in progress. I went to see Dr. Springer yesterday for my semi-annual diabetes check. I've always known that I'm a good weight maintainer and my appointment only confirmed that. So I need to get back on the exercise bandwagon and lose some more. I'd like to lose at least 80 lbs by the end of the summer. I think that'd be the ideal. I've sort of started my new "diet" today. I had cashews and yogurt this morning for breakfast. I just need to catch up on my water consumption and take my prenatal vitamin. Oh yeah...I'm taking prenatal vitamins. Mostly to make my hair grow a bit thicker. When I asked Dr. Springer if it was okay that I was taking them she said that the other medication I'm taking for my diabetes kind of depletes my...

I totally forgot that Lent starts today. Geez...I am such a slacker. I didn't even celebrate Mardi Gras correctly. Again with the slacker tendencies. Man. Okay. So far so good for this whole Lent thing. I wanted so badly to go to a big Catholic church and do the whole ash on my forehead thing but I feel a little blasphemous for wanting to do that. I mean, I could but seeing as I'm not technically Catholic... although, I think it'd be kind of cool to see how the whole ash on your forehead thing goes down. hm... I may have to take a quick trip to a Catholic church and see what's what for Ash Wednesday. Anyone want to come??

Okay, I'm going to apologize in advance. I currently have overly sweet hot chocolate coursing through my veins right now and am having a bit of a sugar rush. Seriously. I'm shaking a little bit. So, I'm sorry if this blog is completely random and doesn't make sense. On with the post . So, yes. I got a 5 on my AP test for slacker. I get a big fat A for being one. Believe me. I had a homework assignment due today in one of my classes and guess who slacked and didn't show up to class on Friday to hear about the assignment? Yeah, that'd be me. Guess who didn't care to look on Blackboard to see if there were any assignments assigned from the day I missed? Yeah, me again. I've earned that big fat A in slacker 101 pretty darn well. I love etsy.com and I want to buy everything I see on there. It's quite the illness. Someone please give me lots of money to buy pretty things. Including this. K. Thanks. :) I want to buy a camera soon. But I'm not sure wha...

So, I'm doing Lent this year. 40 days of going without....something. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to give up for the next 6 weeks. But I'm sure it'll be beneficial. I've come up with a short list of things that I thought that would be good to give up for lent. Here's my list: procrastination saying dude and like carbonation I think I may do all three. A friend of mine gave up all carbonation for Lent and she said that it was enlightening. I could do with some enlightenment. It could come in handy with school. Anyhow, my business computer teacher is trying to figure out why her Excel sheet tabs aren't showing...she found them. Dang

Go to Bookrenter.com and prepare to be amazed. My $200 finance textbook cost me a whoopin' $85.96 WITH shipping. I am so happy that I could very well cry with joy! I saved myself a total of $50 this semester on books. Ergo, I was able to purchase the optional book for one of my business classes that really wasn't optional at all. So yay for me! In other Year of the Learner news: Yesterday at the job fair I was volunteering for, I found out that if you're persistent enough, you can make the HR director for a major resort here in the Beehive State fall over and let me help him pack his stuff and send him on his merry way. For added bonus: you get a stellar reference out of the whole experience and a job offer that you are grossly lacking in experience. Didn't take the job offer because the job is in Midway and well, no car + more than an hour commute = no dice. Anyhow, I need more to learn about. If I plan my money right, I'll be able to take a road trip to LA for s...

So, remember when I told you guys that I was going to start reading autobiographies and biographies and the like? Well, I FINALLY finished this book. I had to renew it because I made the mistake of getting two Harlan Coben books and well, he's one of my most favorite mystery/suspense author's EVER. The Harlan Coben books were of course read in less than a week. I don't know how I did my homework. Good thing a lot of it is online and not due for a while...but still. I need to stop this habit of reading books when I should be doing my homework. Anyhow, The Road to Woodstock was a pretty good read. Lots of history. I don't know if anyone who reads my blog is really into Jimmy Hendrix or anyone from that era, but it was really cool to get an insiders perspective on what went on. The organizing of Woodstock was a pretty big undertaking but in the end, the organizers just let everyone in regardless of if they had purchased a ticket or not. Did you know that? The organizers of...

My financial aid came through! Thank goodness! I am so full of gratitude and caffeine that I feel like I could bounce off the walls right now. My loan also came through making it possible for me to pay for my books and get everything I need for the semester. I learned a while ago that I needed to write down all the blessings that I've been praying for to show gratitude for receiving such answers to prayers. I have A LOT of ground to make up. With my loan and pell grant just coming through, I have to email my professors and tell them the situation. Gotta get the little violin playing some sad music so they'll take pity on me and let me make up some assignments or do some extra credit. Or maybe just drop whatever class is giving me grief and add a different class. But that seems like too much work just to be done with something bothersome. Anyhow, I'm just really relieved that my school money has finally decided to show up in my school account. I just have to wait a couple da...

you throw them back and aim for the head. So UVU is 10 days into the spring semester and I have yet to see any sort of financial aid come through. I'm a little mad at myself for making that STUPID clerical error which will probably put me out another semester. ONE little box went unchecked on my loan counseling paperwork and of course, the student - me - has to either do without and drop out for the semester or magically pull $2500 out of their rear end, which would definitely be feat unto itself. Of course, this is all hypothetical. I don't actually know if my financial aid has hit the fan and is being spewed all over the place for other students to keep, but given the fact that LATE fees are going to be induced on the 20th, I'm almost certain that I won't be able to take any classes this semester. Part of me is a little relieved though and it's a bit unsettling because I actually like school (wow...never thought I'd say that). I was certainly happier being bu...

My night class starts right now. Do I want to be here? Nope. Did I eat dinner before I left for school? Ha! Not a chance. hm...now I have the Night Court jingle going through my head.

So, I went to the library and decided to peruse the new book section upstairs. I came upon this beauty: Ecco/HarperCollins I'm pretty stocked about this one because really? When you think about Woodstock you don't really think about how or why it started in the first place. Well, some people might think about the why and how's of it all, but when I think about Woodstock, I think about Hippies and marijuana and pot and people having sex and the music (of course). I'm pretty excited about the book. I'm gonna start it....tonight!

First post of the year and I really have nothing of importance to post. Well, school does start on Wednesday. I'm slightly nervous because I haven't heard anything about my financial aid which, when it comes right down to it, could be bad or good. I'm hoping and praying that it'll come through tomorrow. I mean, in the fall do you accept financial aid for the semester or for whole year that you've applied for financial aid? I just don't know. Oh, and my loan...same question applies. Did I accept the loan for the whole 2009-2010 school year and it comes in 2 payments like it should, or is that it? Is that all the money that I get? If that's all the money I get, I'm pretty much screwed. I don't have $2500 laying around not being used. Heck, I've only had that much money ONCE in my life before a bunch of checks and debits hit the bank. Breathe, Joyce. Breathe. Okay...so the Year of the Learner has gotten off to a shaky start. So I'm hoping that 2...

So, I've decided that this year will be the Year of the Learner . I'm obviously still in school, so I'll be taking academic classes with a few little extras thrown in the mix to keep me sane. Here is what my schedule looks like next semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Business Communications 8-8:50 AM Personal Health and Wellness 9-9:50 AM (thankfully I don't have this class on Fridays) Personal Finance 10-10:50 AM Monday and Wednesday Institute with Bro. VanDyke Teachings of the Living Prophets from 11 till 12 noon Tuesday and Thursday Financial Accounting 8:30-9:15 AM Business Computer Proficiency 7-8:15 PM Yeah...night class that ends after 8 PM means that I miss Grey's. I'm a little sad about this one, but not really. Thank goodness for Hulu.com! Anyhow, you may be asking yourself why I'm taking more business and accounting classes considering I'm an English major. Well, ever since I could remember, I've been working some sort of retail. Mostly c...