First Week Back

Ashley showing school spirit by wearing copies of the latest edition of our school newspaper, The Current.

Left hand blue?

This picture is stunning of all three of us!  (Me, Ashley, Cassie).

Kitchen party!

Ashley and I looking adorable.

I successfully survived my first week of my last semester of college!  Whoo hoo!  My classes are mostly so-so, so far.  Hopefully I'll develop more of an affection for them as we move further along in this semester.  Unfortunately senioritis has definitely set in starting from Day 1, so I'll have to stay strong for the remainder of this school year.

Ryan will be joining our party tomorrow when he comes to move back into UVM!  I miss that boy, so that will be fantastic.

All but one of my textbooks have gotten to me in time for class, so I'm waiting patiently for things to get in order.  I have also been selling my textbooks on half.com.  Can I get a HOO-RAH for extra cash?  :D

In other news, my fish are all still alive and doing fairly well.  My plan for when my guppies, Killer and Diana Ross die, is to go to Walmart and get a new set of 5 and create a new bond with new family members.  <3

I don't have much else to report except for that I'm poor and waiting for my refund to come in from the school.  Ryan is going to help feed me over the next few weeks until I have money to go grocery shopping again.  (I love that boy.)  :)  Well will make it through!

What has your first week back to school looked like?

Its Been A Really Long Time...

Hello, everyone!

I haven't really posted more than one or two blog posts this past semester.  The truth is, I haven't really had much to say!  I've been too busy actually enjoying my life and having a great time of it to actually sit down and take the time to share.  So, here is an overview of important things that have happened this semester:

• Straight As!  Whoo hoo!!!
• Internship at The Arbors has been going well!  I'll be ready when I get back for next semester to pick up the pace a little and continue making my time there as awesome as possible.
• Making leaps and bounds through the Netflix queue.  Since Netflix split up its plan with the price increases, I've been subscribed online to the stream online plan.  Once I watch everything I can get through instant streaming, I'll switch to the physical disc mailing plan.  My most recent love has been How I Met Your Mother.  Words cannot describe...
• Grocery shopping and paying bills worked out awesome with my refund from the school up until the last 3 weeks.  I'll need to rethink that for next time.. Haha!
• Ryan and I are still going strong!  We sailed through our 5, 6, 7, and 8 month anniversaries.  April 5th of 2012 will mark our 1 year as an official couple!  YEEAHHHH!!!
• I bought fish!  I started off the summer with 5 guppies.  One died from the stress of the transfer from the store to my tank.  Then there were 4: Cappie (the only one with visible distinguishable marks), and "The Supremes" (the other 3 look-alikes).  Unfortunately now we're down to only two of the Supremes left (whom I have now dubbed Killer and Donna).  **Note, all my guppies were males--however, you have to admit that Cappie and The Supremes is kind of catchy...**  AND the newest addition to the family is a beta named Emmett.  He has his own tank and his own life, and I think that makes him happy.
• Space (my car) has thrived and deteriorated and thrived again!  We're hanging in the balance at around 160,000 miles.  We have winter tires but no snow....and we have oil and antifreeze that remains within the inner workings of the vehicle.  Win for all involved.
• Excellent drunken house parties have occurred: the very realistic Prohibition 1920s Speakeasy (where many of the attendees were underage [of course, this is college] so we all hid in the basement to manage the noise levels-good times), the famous Mustache party (yep-you guessed it. Mustache mandatory for attendance), ALL of Halloween weekend (3 parties in 2 days-not bad!), the quietish Christmas party between close Burlington-bound people in my life, and of course the other various nights that involved going to bars or staying in and mixing fun drinks by ourselves!
• Very few stressful nights worrying about homework and how I'm going to manage all of my classwork plus life in general.  4 classes per semester is PERFECT!  I'm so glad I put in all my hard times my Freshman/Sophomore years.  Senior year is a breeze so far, and I'm loving every second of it!  Sure there have been a few downs or hiccups in the general flow of things, but speaking overall, this has really been my best semester at Champlain so far.
• Oh, and I totally taught myself how to knit over Thanksgiving break via YouTube videos.  Oh yeah.  New life skills FOR THE WIN!

I'm so happy that this year has been going so well.  I can't imagine what this year would have been like with a schedule like my Spring semester of Sophomore year.  (That was when I broke up with Luke, was managing a 12 hr/wk unpaid internship, working as a Peer Advisor for as many hours/wk as was necessary, as well as working ~10hrs/wk for my mandatory work-study hours so I could have a paycheck).  I really wasn't sure I was going to make it that semester.  BUT-I did, and I'm stronger for it.  

I'm proud of myself for all I have accomplished so far.  I work damn hard and I deserve a lot of respect for all I do.  What is next on my list is to start applying for grad schools:  Boston University, Springfield College, University of Vermont, University of New Hampshire.  I'm working on getting all of my required application materials together over this break, and sending them out quite soon once I return to Burlington/Winooski.  

Lastly: I have been a busy beaver over break.  I got home on Friday evening, and it is now Tuesday.  In this time, my mother and I have switched bedrooms.  I'm enjoying being home SO much more.  I don't feel so depressed and aimless as I thought I would.  A big project like this is just what I needed to keep myself busy and motivated.  I seriously got rid of about 5 bags of garbage, and donated another 5 or so to the Salvation Army.  The reason for this is that my old room was about 1/2 the size of the basement (about 1/4 of the entire house).  I moved from this big room to my moms normal-sized bedroom that actually has windows!  She moved into the bigger room.  Therefore, I needed to really focus on getting rid of a lot of my old stuff so that it would all fit into this new, smaller, more manageable room.  I cleaned out everything: stuff from past boyfriends that have been sitting or buried in my room, things I haven't touched or worried about in years, stuff I thought I would definitely need/use but never got around to, and even some stuff I had been emotionally attached to.  However, it was time to let it all go, to let it be free.  While I may still have another bag or two of trash to take out, I feel great!  Cleansed.  Like I'm getting rid of everything so that whatever comes after Champlain will have room to take hold and lead me to where I'm supposed to be-without leaving too much behind.  So far both my mother and I seem happy with the trade.

Well, this wraps everything up rather nicely from the past 4 months of my life.  I feel like I need to find a new purpose for blogging again.  I wish I could be as dedicated as other folks in writing a fabulous blog-stuff other people actually care about instead of something that looks like a journal of my life.  I will gladly accept any and all blogging ideas and suggestions below.  Tell me what you'd most want to hear/learn about!  If it is something that lines up well with my interests or knowledge and expertise, I will try to move the blog in that direction--and work on posting more frequently.  :)

Auf Wiedersehen!

Intern Intern Intern!

InternQueen.com

The past week or so has been all about the art of Internships.  After my first internship prospect for my senior year-long internship at the Lund Family Center fell through, I was a little at a loss for what to do next.  Fortunately, Tarn (one of the Social Work faculty at Champlain) contacted me telling me she had a contact at the Arbors at Shelburne and that she thought this woman would be an awesome supervisor for me.

Soooo...I immediately e-mailed Tara (my potential future supervisor at the Arbors,) and asked to set up an interview and a tour.  A little background info on the Arbors: it is essentially a retirement home that includes a respite program, as well as an Alzheimer's and dementia population.  Last Friday 6/10, I went out for my interview.  I was considerably nervous because all interviews can be a little scary.  But Tara was very welcoming and accommodating, and we had a great conversation about what I could do to help out at the Arbors (AKA my internship duties).  After the successful interview portion, I was taken on a tour through the facility and got to meet some of the other staff and residents.  Tara told me she would love to have me on as an intern, and BAM!  Internship!

At first I was a little skeptical about working with the elderly because I had had a bad experience volunteering in a nursing home when I was doing volunteer work when I was 14 years old.  But, I attempted (and am still attempting) to keep an open mind about this.  After the tour I became very excited because it feels like Tara is going to be an awesome supervisor for me, and the community just feels much more inclusive than my first experience working with the elderly.  This is going to be such a great opportunity for me.  I'm hoping that I find I have a passion for working with the elderly, and that this will prove to be an experience that points me in a career direction I'm meant to work in.  (I am currently picturing Pocahontas with John Smith's compass and the arrow in her heart pointing her in the direction she needs to go.)

Not only am I excited about possibly finding a population I'm passionate about working with, but I'm excited about the job security that will come with this particular population.  As we all know, the baby boomers are all finally reaching retirement age.  Over the next 20 years (at least) there is going to be a great need for people in social services to work with and for the elder population.  This means there will be a promising start to my career and a great kickoff to the first 20 years of my professional career.  Whoo hoo!

My second bit of news relating to internships is that I have been accepted to be an Intern Queen Campus Ambassador for Champlain College!  If you have never been to the Intern Queen, Inc. website, click the giant link at the top of this posting.  Lauren Berger started this site to help students get internships.  Her website has a special system to help potential interns connect with potential employers.  The Campus Ambassadors represent their respective colleges and universities, and help connect the students at these educational institutions to InternQueen.com and ultimately to a future internship!

I am what looks like the first Campus Ambassador for any college/university in the state of Vermont, and consequently, there are very few internships posted for VT.  I'm hoping to change that.  Also, the population of social services/humanities students and potential employers seems to also be pretty bleak.  Again, I hope to work on changing this and to get Vermont more interested and invested in InternQueen.com and Lauren Berger's mission.  I think the concept is absolutely great, and I'm honored to represent this company!

All in all, my professional life is looking up again.  I have successfully secured an internship for my senior year, and it's will a supervisor who I think will meet all of my needs easily.  (I like someone who is approachable and generally accessible in case I have questions or in case an emergency arises.)  I hope I will prove to be an awesome addition to the Arbor's team, and that I find I really do have a true passion in working with the elder population.

Everything in good time.

SO-if you're looking for an internship of sorts, please feel free to contact me!  I currently have the inside scoop.  :)

XOXO
~Megan

I'm a Junior

Well, all my exams are complete.  I have a 6.5 hr workshift tomorrow at Career Services, and I am done my sophomore year of college.  I had my 2 COR exams on Tuesday, and my Methods exam on Wednesday.  I didn't have a final exam slot for my internship or the seminar that accompanied the internship.  For this, I had my final site visit from my field liason to my internship placement, and we just kind of did a wrap up of how things went, what I got out of it (which was difficult for me) and how we think it worked overall.  It was nice!

I have my last full day in Burlington tomorrow, but most of it will be spent working.  Unfortunately, that is all the glory that is WORK-STUDY!!!!  You are required to make up your specified number of hours per week, so this is how I plan to do it.
Ryan has decided that he is not letting me go home on Saturday.  I agree with him.  I think my mom and gram may have something else to say about that though.  :(  I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME FOR THE SUMMER!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  However, going through all of this will make next semester sooooo kick-a$$. 

Move in day for Ryan and I is going to be FABULOUS!!!!!  We're each going to have designated drawers for one another at each other's dorms, and basically we're spending every single day together.  <3  I like that boy!

:)

Anywho, just thought I'd post.  I'll probably come up with a more sentimental post tomorrow or Saturday once I'm *gulp* home....  :'(

I LOVE YOU, BURLINGTON!!! I PROMISE I'LL ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU!!!!!

Much love and despair,

<3 Megan <3

You HAVE to See This!

....just sayin.


Ok, so on to real business, my life = AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH right now.  My internship isn't all that bad today seeing as how I have something to do (yay!) but still...I'm just about ready to be done.

I'm preparing to get in to take a CCV course this summer, and I've filled out the online application...so now I'm just waiting to hear back either via e-mail or letter to my home mailbox, and take the next steps.  I've requested a copy of my transcript, so I'm well on my way to navigating ANOTHER college system.

Next week I have a couple of recognition dinners coming up.  The first is an EHS Division Honors night.  Velvet, Ryan, and Ashley are going to accompany me for the evening for the dinner and recognition (I guess I got in because of my GPA or something, but I'm not really sure.  I feel like I should have been acknowledged for this last year as well if that is the case,) and overall I think it will be fun.  It's free food....and not caf-related (I don't think.)  What more could you want?!

The second is PA recognition night.  This unfortunately I have to go to by myself, but it's supposed to be "fun", and "themed"...and that makes me not want to go already.  I'm just really done with being a PA, but again..it's free food....and NOT caf related.  WHOOO HOOO!

This weekend, although the weather is supposed to be in the 70s and GORGEOUS...I'll give you THREE guesses where I'll be...and the first one doesn't count.  North Beach?  Yeah right.  Try again.  C'mon...you can figure this out!  THERE you go...fianlly.  Yep...that's right, the library.  How depressing is that?!  I mean, I have this 25+ source bibliography due a week from today, and I'm kind of freaking out.  Mostly because I'm not sure I have time to get it done, but secondly, I don't really have the motivation to do so either.  I hate my COR classes this year.  Most of the students in my class aren't all that bad, but with as much as I have on my plate this semester, the two COR professors I have are asking wayyy too much of me.  Any other semester I wouldn't have had as huge a problem with it, but I literally don't have time to sit down and do all the $hit they want me to (of course I say this as I'm spending 15 mins on a blog...) I'M VENTING, OK?! JEEZ!

This past weekend was fun because I got to go sit on a panel of students at Accepted Students Day on Saturday to represent the SWK program and where I came from, why I chose SWK, that sort of thing.  Velvet continued with her strange habit of stalking me, and we both together continued our strange (actually, completely normal) habit of stalking another Megan we know.  She is in Music Makers with us, sits next to me, and has our same sense of humor.  In short, we love her.  And we now see her all over campus....like, whether we want to or not.  SO, that's been fun!

Looking forward to this weekend (again), my family said that they would like for me to come home...which would be amazing.  Except remember that whole 25 source bibliography I have to do?  And the 77-or-so degeree weather + sun?  Yeah....uhm....not sure going home is going to be an option.  Sunday though, they will be coming up to take me out for an Easter lunch/dinner, so that will be great.  (Again, not caf food!)

Looking ahead two weeks, #1) GLEE RETURNS, #2) Champlain Loses It has its finale party (which somehow Ashley Velvet and I are still in,) #3) We have two Music Makers concerts-one for a fundraiser, another for a Diversity and Inclusion dinner (maybe not caf food?), #4) Accepted Students Day-which I may get to go represent for SWK again, and even further, #5) the Music Maker's own concert on April 20th, 7pm, in the Auditorium.  WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!  It's been another great semester for Music Makers, so this will be exciting. 

I forgot to mention!  Zumba is amazing.  I looked into taking some classes this summer back in my area, but it's $45 for 6 classes.  Not sure I want to pay for that.  Actually, that's kind of riddiculous.  Maybe if there's a class in Montpelier on Mondays/Wednesdays that's cheaper I can hang around after my summer class to do that too!  We shall see.  I've finally found a fitness program that I actually love, and I guess it's too soon to tell whether or not I can continue with it this summer.  If not, I'll have to try to make it work in my schedule for next semeseter.

All in all....I have a crap load of work coming up all due within the next 3-4 weeks.  I've worked hard for some of this stuff, and so now balancing the rewards (AKA recognition dinners) around all the hard work I still have left to do is going to be an interesting dance.  We'll see how that all goes.

Class and housing registrations have been taking a toll on everyone as well.  Planning a schedule that you can live with is difficult!  Like, it's almost a life and death situation..but not.  Most students try to get a Friday or a Monday off so that they can relax, sleep, whatever on the 3 day weekend.  The rest of us are just hoping classes we need to take don't fill up before our registration window opens and we're able to get into the classes we want.

Housing selection is going to take a toll on a lot of us too.  Ashley and I would like to try to get our same triple again, so we're waiting for priority numbers to come out in order to see what sort of chance we have of making that happen again.  We love our couch (it's a place for Ryan to stay when he comes to visit,) Ashley loves her chair, and we just want our room back.  Velvet is going thru some $hit about just trying to make sure she can come back next year, so we're all hoping for the best.  It would be fantastic if she was able to be our 3rd roommate, but we don't know what's happening just yet.  Everyone just hope for the best.  There's got to be a light at the end of the tunnel somewhere.  RAWR!

I believe that this is the end of everything I can think of for the rest of the semester.  I apologize for all the paragraphs being so choppy, and for the lack of transitions.  Stream of conciousness writing will do that to you. :)

Hope you all have a fantastic day!

-Megan

Future Plans/Dear 308, My Life Would Suck Without You. Love, Megan.

Good morning everyone!

Right now I am gorging myself on some Glee music.  Awesome?  Yes, I think so.  Guess what?!  Spring break begins in 31 hours!  That's right!  WHOOOT!

So, I am thinking about my future and where I want to go.  (This subject came up because I'm brainstorming ideas for Supervision Conversations for the rest of the semester.)  I love Social Work so much because you learn the basic skills, but then you can essentially help any kind of client you like.  You can go into alcohol and drug addictions, clinical social work (which is the stereotypical working one-on-one with a client,) aiding entire communities, working as a government sort of social worker, working in a school, etc.  I love jobs where you can still have learned the basics, but every day is different.  I think this might be why I became so fond of cashier work.  You know how to run the register, it's the same every time.  But you get new clients who buy different combinations of things.  It's fun!  But I digress.  In essence, social work is perfect for me.

I'm trying to figure out what area of social work I want to find myself in for a good 10-20 years.  I would like to try to figure this out before my senior year of college so that when I am in my senior, full-year internship, I'll be in a placement getting experience in the particular area of social work that I want to be working in after grad school.  (Which is a whole 'nother OMG situation.)

Grad School-*sigh*, here we go.  Right now, the Champlain College SWK program is not accredited by CSWE (the body that actually accredits the SWK programs throughtout the nation.)  This means that unless I get grandfathered in with the accredidation, I won't have something called Advanced Standing, which means that I will only need to be in grad school for a year to a year-and-a-half instead of the full two years.  I would like to get into UVM's MSW program and get my Master's from there, but depending on how things work out in the future, I don't know.  See, Ryan and I want to live together at some point.  His junior year (my senior year), he would like to go to England to study abroad for a semester (which he should TOTALLY do if he gets in!)  But I'm a little nervous about what my transition from undergrad college student to grad student at UVM is going to look like.  Apparently, if you're in a grad school program there's a chance that you can live on campus through the college.  THIS means, that if I can get into UVM's program straight out of Champlain, I can live with Ryan his senior year of college while I'll be going through my first year of my MSW program.  This would be SO perfect.

I do kind of want to stay in the Burlington area, but housing here is so expensive.  The landlords do not generally take great care of the apartments.  They know that college students are looking to get off campus so they can drink and party at their leisure, which means that the landlords know that the students are desperate.  So if the apartment isn't really up to par, oh well. They're still going to have to keep the apartment until the school year is over, why spend money to fix it up when you know you aren't going to lose your tenants?  This is all relevant becase ideally I would like to end up working at Casey Family Services (located in Winooski.)  Although now I think about it, this is kind of stupid.  I have the agency picked out where I eventually would like to work, but I still don't know what branch of social work I want to get into.  What?!  Ugh, nothing makes any sense. :(  I do know that I want to end up in a place that has great benefits (i.e. Casey's,) but what if it's a branch of work I don't enjoy?  WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS BEFORE??!?!?!!?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  Although, I think I would definitely enjoy working with kids.  Maybe it'll work out?

In other words, I don't know whats going to happen.  I'm not financially stable enough to be able to live on my own, or to be able to afford my own apartment (even with roommates.)  Because of my full-time student status, I don't have the time to work enough hours to afford keeping myself in an apartment.  And again, Ryan and I would like to live together after college is all over with and such, but he also wants to go for his Master's as well.  Why do our schedules work out SO well?

On a futuristic note a little close to us in time, I'm not sure whats happening for where I'm living next year.  See, there's a problem.  Velvet wants/needs to live in International House (because this is the only dorm kept open on campus over breaks.)  Ashley doesn't like the temperature of it (it's always so warm.  It's on UVM heat because we lease it from UVM every year....so..yeah..) and I think it's just a really gross, old, too-lived in building.  (You can tell when certain buildings have just had people living there too long.)  So, we don't know.  If Velvet were able to get a job back in NY that she was able to go home to on breaks and such, we wouldn't be stuck in as big a conundrum.  The other option would be for Ashley and I to find a nice double somewhere where there is enough space to have one (or two) other people spend the night once in a while. I would feel bad about this though because to me, it feels like we're ditching Velvet. See, I'd be fine with staying in the same triple in 308 next year...but once again, Velvet would need to make sure she has a job to go back to over breaks, or make sure she can stay with someone here in Burlington.  Actually, staying at 308 would really be ideal.  The couch is nice for when Ryan comes over, and if Velvet is our third roommate, we could TOTALLY have this.  Everything is just...AHHHHH!!!!

I hate feeling like I don't know what I'm doing.  I want to be able to provide for myself, and to see what it feels like to have my own place (or share it with Ryan.) Hahaha. I don't know!  I know what I generally want to do with my life, but I need help figuring out the details.

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Dear 308,

I love you all!  I want to thank you all sooooooo much will all the support you have provided to me this year, and this semester specifically.  I've made a lot of life changes this year, and it's been one hell of a ride trying to figure out what's happening.  I want you all to know I love you, and in fact, my life would suck without you.  I want us all to be in the same nursing home when we're 90 and senile.  Ashley will just start writing random tidbits on her walls, Ryan and I will be WTFing everywhere, and Velvet will be the old cranky lady who yells at everybody.  Hahahahahaha! 

I love you guys so much!  Thank you for everything!

Love to everybody!

-Megan

Anticipation and Anxt

What a week.  Can it be Friday night at like, 5 pm right now?

Velvet, Ashley, Joe and I are all preparing for Ryan's birthday coming up on SATURDAY!!!!!! 

Velvet and I have some secret plans to implement and carry out for Friday night, and Joe is going to be dragged into some of it, even though he isn't aware of this yet.  :)  Ashley will be included in the plans too, although she isn't aware of either of them yet.

Ryan and I have decided that we can't go more than 12 hours without seeing each other now.  We keep finding excuses to get together even for a random span of 45 mins between our classes.  It's bad-but somehow, I'm really ok with that. :P  I need me some Ryan!

As for everything else, my internship is clunking along.  Hopefully it'll get easier after the meeting with our consultants today.  AHHHHHHH.  I have so many impending projects and papers due this week.  I had forgotten about the majority of them, but they're all do-able, I think. 

My iTunes is now officially the best compiled selection of music on my campus.  I LOVE my iTunes.  AHHHH!!!!!  Hahahaha.

Anywho...hope everyone else is survivng their semester!  I'm going to go work on hw and some internship items.

Love as always!
-Megan

A Whole New World...

Hello, everyone!  I hope you are all having a fantastic time back from break!  Well, some things have taken place today that have become a little bit life-changing for me.

For starters, for the first time since 5th grade, I am "single."  I'm on a month break with my boyfriend of 4 years.  My feelings changed, and I'm going to give myself some space to see if they change.  I honestly don't know what will happen, but we'll have to wait and see.  Everyone wish me luck!

In the meantime, I'm still going thru my day-to-day life with internships, workstudy, classes, extra outside-work work, and keeping myself happy and healthy.  I have to start working on myself again, and Ashley, Velvet, and I have decided to join Champlain Loses It.  It's a weight loss challenge...and we're going to be TOES awesome at this game.  Hahahaha.  Can't wait to get started.   :)

Well, that was my catching up on what's happened so far this semester (and we aren't even thru the first week yet!)

Leave some comments on how you're doing!
Love,
Megan

Your Internship Awaits, M'Dear

GUESS WHAT?!?!?!!?!??!?!!?!?!?

Enough with the gloom and doom!  I, Megan, have successfully secured myself an internship for the Spring 2010 semester!!!! YAAAAAAYYYY!!!! And it's on campus!!!! BIGGER YAYYYYY!!!!! 

I am so excited to do this.  :)  I don't remember if I have explained it in my previous blog, and for fear of sounding repetitious I will refrain from going over it...(again?)  Eh, I'll double check.  If I have not described it well I will do so in the future.

I am so relieved to just relax, chill out, and go with the flow from here on out.  Gleastwick night was fantastic last night--big turning-point episodes!!! 

Right now I'm just foucsing on finishing up 2 group projects, both due this coming Tuesday.  Yeah, not fun.  So much to sift through! ARGH!!!

Regardless, thanks to all of you who wished me luck.  It worked.  :)

Everyone stay strong.  Don't get sick (like I did.)  Drink lots of tea, decaf coffee, or whatever your preference of a hot beverage.  It helps with digestion and keeping sickness at bay! :)  Sore throats and stuffy noses suck! 

Hanging in there as always,
Megan

Gleastwick!

My new favorite term for Glee/Eastwick nights.  Only two more Glee nights, and Eastwick is going to be cancelled after this season finishes.  WHAT THE HELL????

...And Glee won't be back till April according to Ryan (http://www.ryhowland.blogspot.com/).  :(  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY WEDNESDAY NIGHTS?

Anywho...big news....I'm hoping by 10 am tomorrow I will have an internship confirmed.  WISH ME TONS OF LUCK!!  I really want this particular job.  King St. has so far gotten back to me, and that is my close second choice.  But I'm hoping the Social Norms Campaign works out for me. :)

Keep me in your thoughts until about 1pm tomorrow.  After then, life will be good.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Love,
Megan

There is a Light at the End of the Tunnel

Sooooo much has happened since Thanksgiving break.

To sum it up in a word: STRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.  I'm freaking out over this non-existant internship that I must have confirmed by Friday, and I also had some more personal issues going on as well.

THANKFULLY the personal issues have now been solved and everyone I think is good standing once again.  The internship issue however is...well...a work in progress.

I've applied to King St. Youth Center.  I would love to get in there.  Also, I have applied to the HowardCenter.  Hopefully someone gets back to me today!  Then: all a sudden...IT HAPPENED!  I remembered an e-mail one of my professors had sent me over break.  There's a Social Norms campaign starting up that is going to be in full swing by next fall.  And there's a possibility to turn it into an internship!!!!! AHHH!!! That means I wouldn't have to leave campus!!! And slip and fall and break something!  (Which I'm probably more prone to doing than most people realize.)  Hahaha.

Keep you fingers crossed for me.  Life is starting to get good again.

:)

Much Love
Megan