20 Years and Counting

Well, it has been awhile since I last posted but I think I have a knack for making my 24 hour day consist of too many things!

So, I finally figured out an easy schedule for me! I think so anyhow haha. On Mondays/Wednesdays, I work about 3 hours at an elementary school tutoring 5th graders in general math skills. I love it and love working with the kids and see how they progress over time with their skills. On Tuesdays/Thursdays I assist a teacher in an after school program at a charter school. I usually work with the kindergartners and I love little kids! They totally crack me up and I love how some of them are absolute love bugs and do not want to stop hanging on you or wanting a hug or your attention. I was trying to figure out at what age do they usually begin to not be so lovey dovey and I think that is 2nd grade? On Fridays I work at a elementary school tutoring 4th graders in reading and 5th graders in math (it is the same school as Mondays/Wednesdays).

School is going okay for me. I have statistics which I have a good professor who helps break it down so its easier to understand. I have finance with one of the strictest professors and that class is definitely challenging me. I enjoy my marketing class because I learn funny quirks about the industry. Like did you know supposedly that rounder numbers such as 8,6,9 are more friendlier and people are more apt to purchase something that ends in those numbers because apparently numbers like 1 and 7 can be really spiky and a big no no!? Haha what a load of hooey, my professor is really funny in marketing and makes things easy to understand which is great. My other class, cost control, is going okay, my professor does not really seem to care though so it can make those class times really boring.

I just passed another CLEP test, this one was US History I and jeez do they ask a lot of random questions! I barely passed it but I was lucky! My next one is May 1st and it is psychology. I have high hopes and plans to graduate next year however I am struggling with my school to let me take a certain class even though I do not meet credit requirements just yet. I also plan on taking an online course at a community college in Connecticut this summer (for a class I know I would not be able to test out of haha) and I will be trying to test out of Spanish then I should be done with my testing out of classes, yay!

I had a great 20th birthday, thanks everyone for the cards and presents. Melissa and a good friend of ours went to Dave and Busters for my birthday. I had lots of fun and I am happy to have some good close friends! I am very excited about the new Bible my parents got me, it will be an excellent tool for me!

The apartment hunt is going strong, I have my roommate figured out this year, I just got to find a good place now to live! I think I have found a place, just waiting for the lady to call me back so I've been praying about that and if that is where God wants me to be.

What other random stuff have I been up to? Bible studies are going good and strong. I've been making more new friends there which is awesome for me. I went to an American Cancer Society Dinner which was entertaining especially since I sat at a table full of stuck up old money people who turned their nose at me (haha sorry if that's you!). A work retreat with a photo scavenger hunt of the local small town, my group and I got busted because we used my car to get to some of the really far out places but we had lots of fun doing that! Went to Newport with some friends and also to Colt State Park which is a beautiful park that follows the ocean line with a rocky beach! Great place to fly a kite, just don't get them stuck in a tree! My work advisor told me that a kite stuck in a tree is hope that is lost haha! Or how about volunteering at a church's Easter Extravaganza and helping to hide 3000-4000 eggs! Yeah!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention! I went to West Point, New York to a Third Day, Brandon Heath concert! I went alone (crazy I know), it was only a 3-4 hour drive depending on which way you take. I loved the drive though, it was so beautiful and there is a lot of beauty in that section of New York. I ended up sitting next to some wonderful ladies who attend a Calvary Chapel in New Jersey and they invited me to come see them sometime.

Yes, I know I live a crazy life, oh well, gotta love it!