This semester is going really well for me. I'm not stressed out any more because I'm all caught up on my work and it feels great! Life definitely isn't perfect but I'm ok with that!
Last week was an interesting week for me. I was visiting Zeta Pi and stayed in a tiny/shitty hotel off campus -- the water smelled the sweat so every time I got out of the shower I think I smelled a little bit worse than when i got in. There was no alarm clock or iron so my clothes were wrinkled all week. There wasn't a fridge or microwave, which normally wouldn't have been an issue but the entire chapter when out of town Friday morning and so I was left to fend for my self for the whole weekend. The plan was for them to take me shopping for food so I could eat while they were all gone, but without a fridge or microwave that didn't leave me many options for food. Instead they left me with some money and I had to walk across the highway to restaurants. That wasn't too bad and surprisingly I didn't even mind sitting and eating by myself. And it was really nice having my own space and getting to kind of escape from everyone. I'm definitely a bit of a loner.
The lovely ladies of Zeta Pi did make me a fruit basket to make my stay a little sweeter. The darlings thought it would be a good idea to put a pineapple in the basket. I'm not sure how they thought I was going to cut the pineapple and eat it since I was staying in a hotel (and I try not to travel with large knives) but it's the thought that counts. As I mentioned, the chapter was out of town all weekend helping host District Day in Kansas and I was left back in Colorado to chill with my Zeta Pi-neapple. Since I was all alone and had no real human interactions all weekend, the pineapple became my "Wilson" from Cast Away. I named her Wilma and we had a marvelous time together.
This week my accommodations are much different. I am staying in the TINEST dorm room I've ever seen with two other girls. My suitcases take up all the extra room in the dorm room so I'm already starting to feel a bit closterfobic. The girls are really nice though! These nice girls did not think about me needing a pillow, blanket or towel though. They managed to find me a blanket and a throw pillow to use last night before bed but they still have not come up with a towel for me. This means that I did not get to shower today and I still smell like the sweaty water from my hotel mixed with airplane/airport smells as well.
My vacation starts in less than a week and I'm excited. I'm not as desperate for it as I was last semester. In fact, I feel like I could go a few more weeks without a break if I needed to. I am looking forward to seeing people and having some down time though. And warmer weather! I'm in Wisconsin this week and it's rather cold here. The ladies are insisting that they're experiencing a warm front right now, but since the high today was only 20 I'm a little skeptical about this! I'm really enjoying the snow though. I love the smell! It snowed a little in Indy in January and then a little more when I was in Kansas, but nothing to really get excited about. There's at least 6 inches on the ground outside here and I love it! I am not well equipped for this weather though (bad shoes, not enough warm clothes, etc) so even though I'm enjoying it I'll only be a little sad to leave it behind.
The ladies here are taking me to the mall of America tomorrow and I'm stoked! Not only is it the biggest mall in America but it also has an amusement park IN THE MALL!!! How freaking awesome is that?!? I'm also excited about this because I'm only traveling with 2 pairs of jeans and one of them ripped yesterday and the other pair just looks like crap on me. Too big in all the wrong places. They're also taking me ice skating on Wednesday. I told them I've been before a few times at the mall and stuff. They were like, "Wait, in Texas they have skating rinks in malls? That's SO weird." I told them not in all malls and it's definitely not as weird as having a roller coaster in a mall. They disagree.
On to a new subject completely: I've changed my mind yet again about what I want to do after this semester. My last plan that I had but did not share on here was to become a nanny while in Austin for the next year. I signed up with Nannies-4-hire and had several families contact me telling me that they were interested in me, but they all wanted me to start immediately. I was also planning on taking a couple of classes at ACC while doing this. I really miss being in school and learning (crazy, I know). My plan was to be a full time nanny and part time student until next summer/August and then move somewhere far away (Ireland, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Japan, somewhere like that) and work/go to school. I am not completely ruling this out as my next step but I do have a new idea. Again, I'm not sharing this with people until I have more information about it and have thought about it some more. Since I do change my mind so often about what I want to do I find that it's easier for me to sit on an idea for a while and really wrap my mind around it before I start sharing it with other people and getting their input. It's an idea that I've had before but I'm much more excited about it now. Really I think it's the best option for me at the moment but I'm hesitant to share it with people because of how they'll react. Thus, I am going to explore it in more detail before doing any sharing.
I worry that I'm starting to come off as flaky when it comes to my future but I really don't think that's it. I just want to look back on my life later on and be satisfied with the choices that I made and not have any regrets. And life is really short -- I don't want to put off until later things that I could be doing now. There's always time for me to settle down and lead a normal, responsible life. I really feel like now is the time for me to seize opportunities and make the most of my young adult life. So that's what I'm trying to do. I just can't decide quite how I want to do it yet! So stay tuned to hear about what I've got brewing :)
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