Emotional

Sooo today has been one of those days and I think my roller coaster of emotions has begun. Today was my last day of college classes and all I have left in my college career is a couple finals and graduation.

My finals include 2 papers and 2 tests. Once those are over it is time to kick the job search in to high gear.

As for emotions, I have a lot running through my head right now and I just don't know how to feel about anything. I have a lot on my plate and things are just so overwhelming for me. There are really 3 things that are hard for me right now. First off, I have finals coming up and graduation which is crazy to think of. Secondly, I also have my last day at work coming up which is really hard for me to think about. I have worked there for 6 years and I can't believe it is time for me to move on. Finally, I have an uncle who just got moved to hospice and does not have long to live. This is really hard for me because I am not super close with this side of my family and so it is hard to know that he is not doing well.

So it has been a long and interesting week and I am looking forward to this weekend so that I can work on some of my papers and just relax and clear my head.

2 Weeks!

So things have been uber crazy lately for me. I am final done with my senior capstone project and gave my last college presentation of my undergraduate career on Friday! It is such a relief to be done with the project but I feel like I have a ton of free time on my hands now. All 5 groups that presented on friday did a phenomenol job and I was so proud of everyone!

This is my last week of college classes and then next week is finals. I don't have a ton of finals but the week will still be busy. Graduation is May 16th and then after that I am going to have a chance to slow down and take it easy. Wow, I haven't been able to do that in a long time.

My last day of work at the daycare is May 15th. I have been trying not to think about it because I have been there for over 6 years. I have seen so many families evolve and built some strong relationships with them as well. I know that my last day will be highly emotional.

As for other news, my family is getting a puppy in the beginning of June. It was born on April 17th and it is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon and we named it Riesling and we will call it Ries for short! I am not an animal person but now that the puppy has been born, I am SUPER excited!

Where has the time gone?

I have been at the cabin this weekend and it has been so nice to relax and not worry as much about school and graduation. My life has been pretty much consumed by those things for the last two months and I am ready for it all to be over. I have just under one month until graduation and frankly that scares the CRAP out of me. I am so ready to be done with classes but graduating means finding a "big girl" job and joining the so-called "real-world" EEK!

This weekend has been so nice to get away and I have done some pretty interesting things. Here is what I have learned/done this weekend.

1. Cooked corn beef has for the first time
2. Swept and mopped concrete because of water damage
3. Cleaned the shower (woof)
4. Baked brownies
5. Siphoned gasoline out of our snowmobiles (SOOO FUN)
6. Cleaned gutters (not the coolest thing)
7. Chopped wood
8. Grilled chicken

So this weekend was filled with a variety of different things and I loved having the opportunity to learn how to do stuff.

New Spaces and Faces

So this weekend I went shopping at Merle Hay Mall. I tend to avoid that mall because it is run-down and there tends to have a sketchy crowd.

However, I was pleasantly shocked on Saturday when I stopped by their at how much it had improved. The front of the mall had been completely torn down and replaced with nice windows and some light sculptures out front as well. I think that this will really help the mall to attract more business and keep their sales up. They are also adding new stores such as Ulta and Staples.

I think that the thing that will really help the mall look perfect is to re-vamp the Sears department store on the end. It looks very old and run down and I think that a face lift will make the mall look great!

Birthday Week!!

Last week was a long busy week and I can't believe this week is ready to start. Last week was my 23rd birthday so I spent a lot of time celebrating. Wednesday night I hung out with my PR agency and we just hung out and talked. I ended up staying at Drake until 2:30 in the a.m.

Thursday was my actual birthday and my day started off with breakfast with Mallory, then for lunch my co-workers at Variety baked me a cake and we had lunch from simply italian. Finally for dinner my parents took me to Bonefish Grill and then we went to Cheesecake Factory for dessert. It was amazing!!! I got a new iPOD nano, iTunes gift card, money, and the collectors edition Sex and the City with all the seasons!!

Friday night I went out to Tonic with all my friends. It was a great time and I am so luck to have so many amazing friends.

The rest of the weekend I spent playing catch-up on my homework and stuff around the house.

Wow

Wow, it has been a really long time since I have blogged and I have no idea where the time has gone. I have been extremely busy the last few weeks with projects and tests. I have also been having some computer issues too. So I will give you a quick re-cap of my last few weeks!

I spent spring break with my brother and his friend in Minnesota at our family cabin. We planned on snowmobiling for the whole week but the weather took a turn and warmed up to 50 degress. This warm weather caused all the snow to melt and so we were unable to ride. Instead of hanging around the lake we headed to Duluth, Minnesota to hang out and do some fun stuff. We started off by going to the Great Lakes Aquarium and then went to the University of Minnesota at Duluth for a college tour. We spent the night and went shopping the next day and also checked out some of the shoreline of Lake Superior.

After spring break things began to get a little crazy. I have been busy working at the daycare and at my internship at Variety. When I am not working I find myself at school or in group meetings getting things prepared for final projects. I don't know where all the time has gone and I can't believe that April is basically here. My graduation is fast approaching. EEK!

I promise I will be better about blogging on a regular basis and keep my posts up to date!

Weekend!

So I can't believe how fast this past weekend went.  I guess part of the reason why it flew by was because I was so busy.  

Friday night I went out to dinner with my friend Adam and a few other friends.  We went to The Des Moines Club which is at the top of the Ruan building in downtown Des Moines.  For dinner I had Lobster Bisque, A Filet and amazing Cheesecake for dessert!  The night was great and I had a lot of fun!

On Saturday I spent the day babysitting my 3 favorite little girls.  The girls are 8, 4, and 3.  I have known them and been babysitting for them since the oldest girl was 2.  It has been so great watching them grow up and being a part of their lives.  Saturday night, I went to Panora, Iowa with my Public Relations capstone agency.  We went to Panora to just get away and enjoy some time off campus.  We ate a lot of amazing food and did a little work on our campaign as well.  It was really nice to hang out and get away.

On Sunday we came back from Panora and I ended up working on a lot of homework during the afternoon.  On Sunday night I went to dinner with some of my besties.  Amanda, Mallory and I went out to dinner at On The Border and had tacos and margaritas!  We had a ton of fun! Unfortunately the 4th member of our group could not make it because she was sick.  But we missed her a lot!

Here are some pictures from this weekend!

This is a picture of Adam and I at dinner on Friday night downtown.

Here is a picture of the girls that I babysit for!!

This is a picture from Saturday night in Panora with Teri!