A Library Of Living Life.

I have made this a common topic on all of my social media outlets except for this one...so I believe it is about time I add a little blurb about it here. The big mysterious IT so happens to be an upcoming trip.  Waaaay back (3 years ago to be exact) I was given of a great opportunity to travel to Ecuador on a medical mission trip with a few of my professors. Unfortunately, because of political changes in Ecuador it was no longer safe for humanitarian groups to travel within the country. I was extremely disappointed by moved on.  FAST-FORWARD 3 YEARS Sitting in a cochlear implant meeting during a clinical rotation on December 10th, my phone starts blowing up! Text emails, phone calls and text messages from a professor... Um, HELL YES! To make the whole story shorter, Dr. Jennifer Holst, Au.D. tells me that she has been told about a medical mission trip to Peru that is looking for an audiology group to go. Without a doubt I accept. She proceeds to tell me that 5 days f...

Dear blogger world, It has come to my attention that I have not written a blog is a billion years. I apologize for this awful amount of time that has gone by. With the New Year coming up soon, there may be some new changes. I am not promising anything at this point, but I hope to become a dedicated blogger again. Let me update you. Firstly, The Boyfriend. Mike and I JUST celebrated our 3rd year anniversary. 3 whole years of Love, lust, stress, pessimism and everything in between. I realize I left with my last blog indicating that Mike was abandoning me. Let me clarify. He did NOT go across the country to an expensive school for his Masters degree. The Love of My Life decided it would be best for his schooling to stay at ISU for his graduate work, YAY!! Literally the most recent photo of us at the Pocatello Festival of 1,000 Santa Clauses like 4 days ago. I am just ridiculously still in Love with this man.  NEXT, I don't live in Pocatello anymore. I have moved to B...

Caution: This is my Feel Bad blog of the year.  Little over half way through the first semester of grad school and I feel like I am ready to give up. School is exponentially harder than I could have ever imagined. It isn't the coursework that is difficult, rather being able to manage time. It is so hard to make sure I set time aside for school, work, family, boyfriend, friends, and just for myself. I feel like school has taken over my life. Even though I have class on Tuesday and Thursday, I feel like every moment of everyday I am trying to find time to study, finish study guides, complete take home exams, work on projects, read all the articles and chapters of all my books, and do stupid assignments. When do I get to take a break and relax for just a little bit. I try to allow my weekends for me, but that just isn't possible. School has the majority of my time, and the other "free" time I have is dedicated to work. Unlike so many of the other grad students, I...

One of my life's goal has been fulfilled.  Remember that little concert I was excited for?  Well it happened!!! Boooooya!  Mika is officially my favorite performing artist, ever.  Lady Gaga was great, but Mika was simple amazing. The coolest part of the whole concert was how small of  a concert it was. Maybe 300 people max. It was such a  intimate setting and the whole concert was acoustic! HELL YES! All together, the whole day was super.  Day's agenda: Wake Up, smile at my boyfriend, shower, breakfast, The Winco, FORGOT the tickets, home, tickets, I-15 to SLC!  IKEA for candles, rods and hooks, Buca di Beppo, 30 minute hide and seek  with The Venue, Mika *angels sing hallelujah chorus*, drive home, bed at 2am. Be jealous! Getting kind of excited!! Yeah, this is my boyfriend...Attractive! Our "Not Impressed" faces. Then we experienced the awkward moment when we realized the shitt...

Sooooooo,  Just Sayin'.

Welp, here I am sitting...waiting for all the schools I applied to to lemme know how badly they want, or don't want me. The suspense is killing me. I am such an impatient person and having to wait months before I find out if I am good enough to attend a graduate program at several universities is just killer. I am a little panicked because my friend Shawna Del Rae heard that ISU is  only taking 6 new grad students this year. 6!!! And that this year the ISU Audiology  program has had the most applicants, ever. Great. I feel like I am in good standing  with the majority of the staff, but still...it is really scary knowing that  my future rests upon being chosen out of who knows how many  applicants. A little nerve racking. Yikes. Not only am I stressing about the possibility of NOT getting accepted  to a grad program, I am stressing about the size of my head It keeps getting bigger. Nonsense you say, NO, seriously...Proof. I hav...

I dunno what the hell is going on outside my apartment, but it sounds like a truck is repeatedly running over the curb, and hitting a metal garbage can  full of pop cans. Every time I look out the  window, there is no truck, and no metal can full of pop cans. Maybe I am losing it.  Ummmm, guess who is going to see Mika, LIVE in SLC?! That's right, this Homo! And guess who else? NATALIE FREAKING CUTHBERT!!! Eeeek!! We are gonna have an ultimate freak out!  I cannot wait!! It is gonna be one hellofa concert! Oh, I am taking Mike too :P He needs to meet Natalie. All I can say is this is gonna be one crazy weekend! Spring Break cannot come fast enough!