Vanilla windows and two months of memories.

I am currently sitting in the ACU library on the second floor next to the big open windows. There is a woman, sitting approximately twenty yards from where I am, having the loudest phone conversation in the world. Apparently, someone was very upset for having not received an invitation to a friend's wedding and it is causing her significant stress. Her husband (the one allowing the world to hear her conversation) is stressing out to the point of paranoia, and supposedly has issues deciding on what to wear in the morning. Did I mention she has a small child with her who is banging things on the table? Oh, thank the Lord. Her phone is about to die; and that conversation is over. Oh, but then her child starts talking to her after she gets off the phone yelling "mama" and she hushes her. Be quiet child, we're in a library, but I'm going to call someone else and have another loud conversation. Child is now singing. And she is stilllllll talking on the phone. JUST DIE ALREADY. The phone, not her.

Aside from my extreme annoyance by this woman who evidently never learned proper library etiquette (who just claimed to the person on the phone that she is in the child's section of the library...which she is not...so that her kid could play--leave please), I have been people watching/reminiscing about last semester. I should be studying...but no studying is going to occur while this dang woman is yelling in the library.

Things I have observed from the window in the library: a guy was pulling another guy by a leash on a skateboard. Not sure what that was about, but alright. Some kid meditating under a tree--legs crossed, arms resting on knees, the whole bit. A lot of texting..nothing to exciting. ACU isn't the best place to people watch--I find that there is a lot of fairly generic people that go here. Not a lot of crazies, unfortunately for me right now.

Other than the very vanilla view from where I sit, I look out across campus and think about my time here. My first memory of ACU was when I was a lot younger. The fam went roller blading around campus and I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, that my mother twisted her ankle pretty badly. Ha. My next memories of ACU would take place second semester of my freshman year. I wasn't attending ACU at the time, but I was up here a lot, visiting Mabee dorm and the library. That's when Sadie and I met and instantly bonded over the common dislike for another person, haha. ACU seemed a lot more intriguing back then. Then I started attending school here in the fall and quickly became engulfed in the whole "college" scene. I decided to rush and somehow fooled myself into believing I could be a "social club" type girl. That didn't last. I quickly became annoyed with the drama and politics of it all. It was fun for like a whole minute. And then, probably my best memories of ACU involve Kyle. We would have never have met if it weren't for this school--well not unless God so greatly intervened in our lives. I remember spending an amazing afternoon in the Quiet Place in the bible building with Kyle, laughing, crying, talking about God, taking pictures. It was good--great even. I have a memory of the library, only 10 feet from where I sit...where we attempted to work on homework together, but just ended up talking. It was only like our third time to hang out and he told me straight up that he was not interested in me--so much for that, haha! ACU will always and forever remind me of Kyle Jones. The funny thing is I only knew Kyle for the last two months that he was at ACU. Out of the years and years that I have had relations with this school, it is two months that I base the way I look and feel about it.

Well, enough of me procrastinating...it's time to study. So long.

life goes on.

just so we are all on the same page here, this is my life.

on the 31st of this month, i am taking the TExES test to become certified to teach high school reading and language arts. along with the test, i have to complete 30 hours of observation, 40 hours of online training and 40 hours of face-to-face training (in dallas). once i have completed all of that, i will be eligible to teach school. whoop!

although there was a serious scare, i am still graduating this december! i got everything straightened out with my department and now everything is on-track. so, i will officially be a college graduate on december 11, 2009! yay!

also, i am no longer moving to dallas in december. after much serious consideration, it was deemed that it would be best if i stayed here until kyle and i get married and i get a teaching job in dallas. so, i will be in abilene for another whole 6 months or so...this decision is bittersweet for me and kyle but it is what is for the best.

so since i'm not moving to dallas in december, kyle decided that he would get a place of his own for him and OUR PUPPY! yes, we have a precious little baby named laney. okay, so she may be more like a dog than a puppy, but she is amazing

none-the-less. she is so precious and i can't wait until we all get to live as one happy little family:)

there she is...isn't she precious!! >>

anyway, last weekend we found kyle an amazing little apartment in one day and moved him in the next. it was truly a blessing from God! it was an amazing find--great location, very nice apartment, and a great price. it is perfect for him and laney:)

and i must say that i am sad that i can't be there with them. kyle and i have been together for seven months now..and five of those seven months have been long distance. by the time everything is said and done, we will have been long distance for at least a whole year. an entire year of being apart. ugh. and let me tell you, it is not getting easier. if anything, it's just getting harder. but the good thing is we both know that not neither of us are going anywhere. we are both in it for the long haul. oh man, i love him:)

well, i think that's all for now. but life goes on..so there will be more later for sure! stay tuned!

these are a few of my least favorite things.

people who "whisper" in a group setting while someone else has the floor. just shut your mouth. like we learned in first grade, unless you are about to throw up or go potty in your pants, there is no need to talk to your neighbor while the teacher is talking.

perfectionists. listen, i'm all for having high standards. but when your world practically ends because of one bad grade, on one assignment, in one class..i'm just going to tell you to get over it. i understand that getting bad grades sucks. i don't like getting bad grades. but something your parents may not have told you is that, you aren't going to succeed at everything in life..and in fact, you really can't do everything if you just set your mind to it.

group projects. okay, listen. i like working in teams, that's not what this is about. but when you expect me to have time, outside of the time i'm already required to be in your dang class, to coordinate my intensely busy schedule with 3 other people, i'm going to expect you to accept the fact that i hate you. okay, hate is a strong word...but know that you have now been added to my least of least favorite things. (which this semester is growing by the second)

reality television. sure, it's entertaining, but to call if reality is for sure false advertising. there is nothing real about the bachelor, or even the real world. in the real world (not the show, but actual reality), five strangers don't actually just up and live in some pimped out house where they don't really have to work or take care of any responsibilities. sure they are real people, but most of their actions are provoked by directors to make the show "entertainment worthy."

people who are obsessed with celebrities. i don't really feel like this needs to be explained. maybe this will move out of my least favorites when i become a celebrity and have a million people interested in all my "tweets" about the miniscule, useless details of my life. then again, maybe not.

there are actually many more things on my least favorite things list..but that's really all i feel like sharing right now. another one of my least favorite things is being bored, which is where i currently find myself.

XO

i am a bipolar freak.

well, turns out i AM more than likely going to be graduating in december. can i get an amen?? AMEN!!

also, kyle and i decided not to move in with each other right after graduation. this is probably one of the most mature decisions we have made and i'm really proud of us for it. he is going to get his own apartment and i'm going to...hopefully find a roommate to live with me in dallas somewhere. haha

anyway, life is back to being GREAT and i just wanted the world to know:)

update.

here is just an update on my life (which i currently hate)

i'm no longer going right to graduate school in the fall of 2010. i'm actually getting my emergency teaching certificate and am going to teach school for a little while, high school english to be exact. i actually take the test for certification on the 31st of this month. yes, halloween. so hopefully all goes well. before i am truly certified though, i have to complete 30 hours of observation, 40 hours of online training and 40 hours of face-to-face training.

so in addition to altering my future, i am now also no longer graduating in december..which is why i currently hate my life. it seems as though i was misled into believing that psyc 311, elementary statistics, was the only statistics course i needed to take to satisfy the requirements for my degree. when in fact, i actually need to take psyc 451, stats for psychological research. FML. i am going to have to stay in abilene and attend acu for one more semester just so i can take one class.

so as you can tell, my entire future is completely altered. and i am not happy about it. the end.