Wow its been a while. That was a really sorry pun for the title, oh whale. Alright ill stop. Its been quite a long time since I made a post, over two years now? A lot has occurred, just like in every other persons life. Things happen everyday! I have found myself in a happy relationship with a wonderful man named Johnny boy (not really). We have been together for a year and 6 months or so now. There have been many many adventures and hopefully many even better ones to come together. I'm going into my last year at Texas A&M at Galveston. I have many mixed feelings about the upcoming final semesters. I am beyond excited, I love what i'm studying and even get to live in my own apartment! I'm also quite sad it will all be over, college has been a great experience for me and I've loved everything i've learned and all of the people i've been fortunate enough to meet! I'm also quite worried about living alone, i've never live in an actual apartment complex, much less alone. The good thing is I have a friend that also has a single room in the same complex, and i'm still walking distance from everything on campus. Theres a small amount of worry about where ill end up after i graduate. My field of study is very very competitive and its almost like you cant get a job doing what you really want to without knowing someone very very important. However i'm sure thats very common with many scientific degrees as well as a lot of others! Ive watered my love for reading again, I think i've spent way to much money on books over the last couple of months. I am currently reading "IT" by Stephen king, actually kinda embarrassed that I have not read it before (being such a huge fan of this author)
. I'm trying to finish it before the movie comes out, but its a pretty large book and I have been working quite a bit. I also had an internship with the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center this summer. It has been lots of fun and I have learned a great amount! I had to stop going about a month ago though, I injured my knee again while fishing and it hasn't been the same since. I am going to the doctor for it very soon and am praying that they can help me figure out what is wrong with it. This was such a small life update for the large amount of time in between my posts. However that is going to have to do for now, hoping to be back very very soon!
I am really enjoying life down here in Galveston, school is going pretty well and the social aspect of college is great! I love my new "home" and all the new people I have been so lucky to meet! This weekend on of our sweet-mates went to visit some family friends so it has just been me and Laura! We got quite a bit of work done alongside another good friend today, and most importantly I got a curtain! I have been waking up at nearly 7:00am every morning because I cant sleep when there is natural light in the room, and these lanky dorm blinds don't cover anything! (ignore the mess)
I really loved it because I actually found one that fits my room color!
I have been studying quite hard for a bio exam that I have coming up, I really hope the fact that I started four days in advance on studying rather than one will greatly improve my next grade! I have also been working on my schedule for next semester! I am really really happy with that I have to work with, no classes until 11am each day, and I have nearly all classes with someone I know! Thank God! I am also really excited that all my hours transferred from high school! I no longer have to take a bunch of classes, therefore saving me money! So for next year it looks like i'm taking, Biology, Chem, History, Math, Bio lab, Chem Lab, and an online English course. It will be 17 hours rather than the 14 I took this semester but I think and am praying that I can handle it!
This weekend has really been a do not much of anything weekend, I've gotten a little bit of homework done, a little bit of Netflix watched, two movies in, and am going to go to church and maybe the humane society tomorrow! I really want to cuddle some kitties over there sometime soon!
So here's some random pictures from my first two and a half months of college!
Just some of the beautiful scenery here where I call home!
Our wonderful trip to Austin where Laura lives!
Some of the many doggy updates from my padre! (isn't she model status?)
This is what happens when I get in a small hammock with three other people!
And our lovely beach day together! #5348
I have really been enjoying my time down here like I said, and its only just begun! So many more memories to be made! Although, not all of it is fun and games, I have some hard stuff coming up! Registering for classes, taking finals, dealing with exams! But all of it will be worth it in the end! I'm so ready for Thanksgiving break, even though we only get Thursday and Friday off, I'm still really ready to go home and see my family and friends! I am truly homesick right now and would really love to head home at any second! BUT not to long before I can go home and get my fill, then come back down here and tough it out until winter break! Until then I will continue to have an amazing time down here near the ocean, I can truly say the title of my blog is truly true! I really am beach side! And i'm loving it!
But I couldn't do it without the man upstairs. Since coming down here I have taken a step back to my faith, I wouldn't say that I am any where near where I want to be, but I am at least getting there. I have realized that I have truly stepped away as a Christian and would in all ways would like to get back to being a true believer and follower in Christ. I have some barriers put up that's keeping me form a lot of things in my life, and I'm not completely sure if I am capable of breaking them down, but I sure am realizing that they are indeed there! And without the help of God I would not be where I am today, and for that I am truly thankful and blessed!
Here is the song of the day! I have known this song for quite a while, and recently heard it and have fallen in love with it all over again!
So i'm officially all moved into college! I moved into my dorm a little under two weeks ago, and I love it!
Lets start with, the roommate! She is what we call "the allusive roommate" she is never here and when she is, its not for long! We have determined that she only paid for residency because she is to young to live off campus (age is 21 here). So we never see her, shes nice, but weird. So it is really like I have my own room, and that, I am OKAY with. I really like my two suite-mates, they are both really sweet and have really helped me out with this whole not knowing anyone thing!
I also really love my room, its very homey and comfy and wonderful!
Here's home!
Disclaimer* The lights are now fixed!
My first week was pretty good, my classes were all easy to find and I liked all my professors! The work load has kinda begun now that the second week is here, but its still all good! I kinda struggled in the beginning of the week, because I knew nobody, and I kinda felt like a burden to my suite-mates, but that all has pretty much went away. I met some of my suite-mates friends(now my friends too) and we hit it off pretty well!
I really love this campus, I haven't really taken any photos of it, but it is beyond beautiful, and smallish, just how I wanted it. I wouldn't trade this campus for any other! Not to mention the amaaaaaaazing fishing pier that is on our campus!
At clubs night, I signed up for a few churches, dive club, fishing club, and the sailing team. I really thought diving and fishing would be the main groups that I joined, but the one I really really enjoyed was the Sailing team! I went to my first sailing practice on Tuesday, and it was crazy. I thought that I would be stuck learning or reading a book about knots and sails, but, I ended up out on the water. In a real sailboat, scared for my life. It was so overwhelming and crazy. I got paired up with the coach of team, of course, He wanted me to do sooooooooooo much more than everyone else was doing. Lets just say, I had my feet under some old dusty straps and was leaning waaaaaaaaaay out over the side of a tiny sailboat, while steering the dang thing by the end of the three hours out there. It was sooo complicated and painful to learn, i'm very bruised up and sore everywhere, but I had an amazing time and would really love to do it again!
On another note, IM GOING HOME THIS WEEKEND! I'm so excited to see my puppies!! And family/friends of course. I get to make the long trek home tomorrow after class! I really would like to be going to the game (AandM vs RICE) BTHO rice!!!!!!!!!! But home I go!
Here are some random pics from my first two weeks!
Mama won a scholarship!
Aggie jacket came in!
Care package from paps!
One of the many doggie pics I got from padre _-_ HES SO HANDSOME
First BEACH day!
And the worst thing of all, the mosquitoes on steroids.
Despite the flying vampires, these past few days have been really amazing! I'm loving this new journey!
Its all becoming so real so fast, even though I still think i'm in denial. I have four more days until I move to college! I'm really excited, but then again just a tiny bit scared. Lies, actually a lot scared. Everything is going to be new, new town, new people, new workload, just all new.
I've come to realize that I don't really like change all that much. Although, i'm trying to come to grips with the idea that change is sometimes good and for the better.
My paps will be taking me down there, we are driving separate though, so ill be alone with my thoughts for 5 hours _-_, I think i'm just going to buy an audio book, I've been wanting to try them out. Orrrr listen to the yogpod! A couple of years ago I found a really cool youtuber group that I really really liked, they have since become pretty big and have expanded to making a podcast along with other things! I never really got into podcasts but now that they have one that is actually really funny i'm getting more into them! I have recently seen too that another youtuber I like has a podcast! Jenna marbles and her boyfriend Julian, I love both these you tubers to death! So hopefully that will keep me busy on my drive down there!
I think that I have everything that I will need down there, I just need to pack it! They say that your first year moving into a dorm you always bring way to much, well I think that is probably going to happen. I'm going to end up being just like Jenna Marbles's in her video down below.
Oh well you learn from your mistakes right? It's not really that bad, I'm actually not taking nearly as much as many of my friends that have already moved in to their colleges!
I'm also excited to meet my roomate! She seemed nice when I got into contact with her a while ago! So im hoping for the best!
I just feel so "ugh" about the whole moving/packing/college thing because I've realized about myself that I really really like to be prepared, and I know nothing of what to expect about this whole college thing. You get so many different ideas and theory's from people, that I just don't know what to believe. I guess i'm just going to have to chill out and just learn as I go. (can't you just smell the stress?)
My best friend, starts school on Monday(tomorrow), I really want to wish her luck, I don't know how i'm going to deal with seeing her 24/7 to not seeing her until I come home! I definitely going to miss my Dad, and Becky and the rest of the family down here, but I think one of the hardest things that i'm going to have to do is leave my dogs behind, I have always been a major animal lover, dogs in particular (besides the ocean animals of course!), I wanted to be a vet for the longest time ( and it still is my back up plan), I have grown such a good connection with both of my dogs (alike all good dog owners), especially Chico my little man. We got him when I was just going into high school, and hes been my rock, and my best friend ever since, hes always by my side no matter where I go (even when I leave the house, even though he doesn't really like car rides _-_). I have such an attachment to him I'm kinda mad at myself for needing him so much, I can hardly sleep when I don't stay at home with him under the covers with him being the tiny little spoon as usual. (this may sound a bit odd to non animal people, or people that may not love their precious doggie as much as I love mine), I cant stand the thought of not having him near me all the time I'm very confident and positive that I will be able to survive down there without my family and my animals, but I know its going to be a large challenge. I will probably be coming home next weekend _-_.
Another hurdle that I don't know if I will be able to jump is having to pick a certain amount of my books to take. I just want to take them allllllllllllllll. I cant choose. I'm really struggling with this, there are just so many, and I "love" them so stinking much. (another point people may think i'm weird about, but ohhhh believe me book lovers will understand completely)!
On another note, I got my loot crate! I think I liked last months, villains a little better, but it still is pretty dang cool! I'm going to start either doing an unboxing vid, orrrrrrr just do what i'm going to do today and just post pics!
So here's what came in my LootCrate, and I haven't really introduced what lootcrate is, so here we go. LootCrate is a monthly box that comes in the mail, its all about gaming and geeky stuff, it always has a theme, and this months theme was "Heros" (i thought it would be a lot cooler than it was, but meh) It cost right around $20 month, it sometimes comes with really neat shirts that are worth $20 alone in my opinion, it is normally waaaaaay worth the $20 to me! So here's a little idea of what comes in it and what I got this month!
GROOT! I haven't seen this movie but I reallllly want to, Monica said it was a really good movie!
The hero's info book :P
My favorite thing that cameeee the sonic air freshener! (still need to hang it in my car lol)
A fancy little fridge magnet that I can use on my new mini fridge! The monthly button, and my official looter card! I'm a Member!
This little guy, not to big of a fan of the TMNT. but hes kinda cute.
AAAAND bonus content/games on steam woop woop!
Lastly, TMNT glasses, and shoe winnngs, they are pretty cool wings, but not really my style _-_ :P
This crate I wasn't to happy with, it seemed a lot more kiddish than past crates, kinda. Maybe it was because I was expecting some awesome hero stuff, like batman and THOR and spider man.. but hey, well, its still cool!
I snapped this shot a little while ago and I guess I can show how awful my packing situation is. Keep in mind I only have 3 whole days left to get it all together!
and that's not even all of it, still haven't even touched the clothes situation _-_
Anyways on an ending note! I'm hoping all will go well, I will get my act together with packing, we will have a safe trip down, a successful move in, I like my room mate/classes and that its not as stressful as people say! I hope the next time I blog I will be OFFICIALLY A TEXAS A&M SEA AGGIE! All moved in and settled!
The long awaited trip to Galveston finally came and went, we all had an amazing time! I feel like I defiantly know the campus much better, its quite small to start with. I also got my classes scheduled, which was my main worry. I may not have gotten diving, but all will come in time. They added a new diving minor this year and i'm really really thinking about picking that for my minor.Got my fancy little I.D for proof! MUG SHOT!
We also stopped by Buc-ee's four times, there used to be only one,but now they have a brand new one right outside of Houston. If you have never been to Buc-ee's you are missing out, best gas station in Texas, amazing barbque, best beef jerky,and fudge in the country, and its about the size of a Walmart super center!
And there's the wonderful library, and the beautiful anchor!
Best way to get from island to island, the Texas State Ferry System, this was one of the many wonderful weathered days we had down there! Even saw some dolphins too, just couldn't get a good picture.
The beautiful sunset on the island we stayed on!
Cargo guy, getting in the way.
This amazing lady! Out to dinner!
The very cruise ship we rode on a while ago! Off to take people somewhere amazing!
I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked, but I got a few, all that matters is that I really fell in love with the place that I will be moving to in less that two months. I had an amazing time with my father, and best friend and i'm sad to say that I wont be seeing their faces everyday here soon!
On another note, I got a few knew things I really like, some new shampoo and conditioner, and a new jewelry holder!
Its a wonderful little bird bath!
Anyways I used the Tresemme curl hydration this morning and it did wonders for my hair! I would recommend this duo to anyone who has curly or wavy har! Its life-changing!
On another note! I think I have actually begun to like working out! Becky and myself have been jogging two miles a day, and i'm really seeing some improvements!
Had a nice day of shopping yesterday with Becky! I'm finally starting to get some real clothes, my old wardrobe consisted of school clothes (uniforms) and sweats. So now i'm buying a lot of summer clothes ever so slowly. I'm hoping to get a good style and wardrobe going for when I move to a beachy climate! I have never really had clothes that I felt "myself" in I was always wearing something that I did not really like or as of a couple years ago sweats and hoodies because I was very self conscious. Although! Now as a part of coming out my shell I am now wanting everything, I want to look good and feel good! I think buying cute summer clothes/swim suits is really helping me to grow as a person and making me quite happy. (weird thing to make me feel this way, but it really is) A couple of friends and I are wanting to go out to the harbor tonight, that will be quite fun. I can feel summer, and I am so glad its here. I feel like a total weight has been lifted off of my shoulders, now that I don't have to go to high school, all of my stress and anxiety has seemed to leave (kinda). I feel as the "adult" I am. So much is happening soooo fast, August will be here soooo soon, and I'm going to be moving 5 HOURS away from home, where I know no one! BUT, i'm thrilled! This is where I want to be, near the ocean, doing ocean oriented things! I want to join all the clubs that they have down there, sailing club, scuba diving, leadership, and so many more. I wish I would have time for it all. I know this post is kinda going all over the place, but just bare with me. We go down to Galveston in about two weeks, i'm so excited, its freshman orientation, and MINI VACAY! I'm ready to get my tan on, and get in the waves! I want to go swimming sooooo bad! Now that I'm getting back to my "old self" (or a all new person, I haven't figured it out yet) I have embraced my inner fish, (or as I wish, Mermaid) I don't want to ever leave the water. I used to always be at the pool or the ocean, but, along with my self esteem the days of being in the cool water were dismissed. AND NOW I want it back, I want all the hot summer days spent inside, to have been in the water, somewhere, anywhere. SOOO I think I have convinced me padre to take me to Hawaiian Falls next Friday, maybe, I sure hope so. I know this post has reallllly been all over the place , but then again I havent really outlined one of these before I posted in a while anyways. One thing thats bringing me down though, is not being able to see George Straight Tomorrow, Its his last concert, ever. The King of country music is retiring, and all of my favorite singers are going to be there. Its been sold out since the week that it went on sale, and the ones you do find are $400 dollars to much, I've been trying to win tickets on the radio for months but have had no success. So, I have accepted that im not going, kinda. BUT its kinda okay, because I WILL be going to see DIERKS BENTLEY in July, one of my favorite singers of all time, along with Willie Nelson. I need to get me a little white tank top. And, on that note, here is the song of the day! (the reason I need a little white tank top)!
Well, this little lady is finally a high school graduate! I graduated this past Saturday, it was an amazing experience and I was so glad most of my family could be there! I have mixed emotions, I don't think that its hit me yet that i'm moving away in a little more than two months! Its all happening sooooooooo quickly. I remember thinking back to freshman year, and wondering when I would ever graduate and get out of this stinking town. Well now its nearly here, and i'm kinda sad that i'm going to be leaving some very amazing friends and family, and most importantly some beautiful, loving, pets! Finally got a short job lined up, going to be working at my old high school (crazy right?) for about two weeks, end up getting paid quite a bit, so i'm hoping that will help out with all the things I need to buy for moving/school! We had a wonderful graduation party, a lot of family and friends came, it was a hit! Sad that its all over now. We currently have some family from out of town staying with us, so I get to see a little bit more of Becky than I normally do, that's pretty awesome! We all went bowling today, that was entertaining, wouldn't say that I did to well, but it was fun. Tomorrow we plan to go see "Heaven Is For Real", I finished the book quite a while ago and now i'm ready to see the movie! Gonna go with some amazing women that really mean a lot to me. AND I hope to get some goooood AMC pop corn! For now, I just plan on taking a little break until mid June when my job starts. I plan on catching up on my reading and beating some of those old PS3 games again! I just recently finished "Snow White and The Huntsman" it was pretty good, now i'm moving on to "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown, I've heard its pretty good. Also working on Saints Row the Third now, I still haven't gotten around to beating it, even though I got it quite a while ago, i'm about half way done with it, its been pretty good so far. I'm hoping to have a relaxed but eventful summer, and take in all the relaxation I can until college starts!
The song of the day is sort of a old song, but I recently have fallen in love with it all over again!
