AH-HA...I'm just...I'm just bad at doing this.
So here's my excuse for last weekend why I didn't post anything up: was looking for apartments and trying to figure out roommate situations as well as finances. By the way, Ashland has a lot of expensive places to rent out to! That and the market for rentals is unbelievably competitive.
THIS WEEKEND...
Well, I just decided to become a vegetable. Why? Because I had talked to a recent friend of mine who just had two rooms opened up and offered me and my friend Rebecca Denley $600 + 1/2 of utilities (Originally the rooms separately were $450 and $500). So I took him up on that offer and I've just been packing ever since. It's so nice to know that I have somewhere to live down here; my last resort would've been to live in a storage unit. Or a tent.
Anywhooo, classes are going great, finally got my illustration project printed! There's only one copy, though, but I am thinking about going to see another printer to print off the file into more books. Who knows.
And really, the only classes I have to worry about now is Chinese. I've been more strict with myself and have glued myself to my desk for two hours a day studying the language. It's really been helping, but I guess it helps more now that every other stress factor is out of the way :)
So for many of you, I won't be coming home due to working like a dog over the summer for schooling next year. But I will try my best to come home when I can...I just need to know exactly when, now that I'm balancing two jobs. Hmm.
Anyway, so I hope y'all had a good two weeks, and I should be able to keep you updated (on time, might I add!) from now on! Later~
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
May Madness (pt 2?)
See, I can't even remember if I had labeled another blog like this. Huh. Not a problem.
Anyway, the school year comes to another close here at Southern Oregon University for many of us who cannot afford the summer classes. But for the closing of the academic year comes many complications, including (but not limited to):
Finals
Opening of plays/strike
work schedules
finding more adequate jobs, and the eternal favorite
finding a house/apartment to stay in for the next few years.
Roommate situation has been fluctuating like crazy over here. Some people are willing to share an apartment with me, and others have complications of their own. For sure, me and another college buddy are all prepared to move into somewhere different. Now we just have to find the right place...
In other news, I had to drop a class (unfortunately, Environmental Studies) because I had failed the midterm, which accounted for 35% of the final grade. I will admit it: I screwed up. I didn't put as much effort into reading the materials or studying the necessary items, that doesn't scare me. What does scare me is the withdrawal from this class has shown me how lenient I have become with my academics. And I am not okay with that. So now I'm setting up goals for myself next year to put my classes expectations before my own needs. That's how it has been before, and that's how it should be now.
Other than those pieces of excitement it's been planning for next year and figuring out my current situation via finances, residency, academics, etc. I am sure a kitty will make up for all of these worries, though. Oh, and family and friends always help, too :) love you guys!
So I hope y'all are having a great Friday and I will come by next Friday to report my current position! Later~
Anyway, the school year comes to another close here at Southern Oregon University for many of us who cannot afford the summer classes. But for the closing of the academic year comes many complications, including (but not limited to):
Finals
Opening of plays/strike
work schedules
finding more adequate jobs, and the eternal favorite
finding a house/apartment to stay in for the next few years.
Roommate situation has been fluctuating like crazy over here. Some people are willing to share an apartment with me, and others have complications of their own. For sure, me and another college buddy are all prepared to move into somewhere different. Now we just have to find the right place...
In other news, I had to drop a class (unfortunately, Environmental Studies) because I had failed the midterm, which accounted for 35% of the final grade. I will admit it: I screwed up. I didn't put as much effort into reading the materials or studying the necessary items, that doesn't scare me. What does scare me is the withdrawal from this class has shown me how lenient I have become with my academics. And I am not okay with that. So now I'm setting up goals for myself next year to put my classes expectations before my own needs. That's how it has been before, and that's how it should be now.
Other than those pieces of excitement it's been planning for next year and figuring out my current situation via finances, residency, academics, etc. I am sure a kitty will make up for all of these worries, though. Oh, and family and friends always help, too :) love you guys!
So I hope y'all are having a great Friday and I will come by next Friday to report my current position! Later~
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