Thank God for Wednesday

I just realized the actual religious sentiment for this Wednesday being Ash Wednesday, but I was initially talking about how I don't have classes on Wednesday and how that's amazing. It's like a one day weekend in the middle of the week. 

I'm sitting in my apartment waiting to do an interview for my Advanced Reporting class (thumbs down) but it has been really hard to get a hold of someone and actually get it done. It's due on Thursday so if I finish the interview today tomorrow will be that much more enjoyable. I

 just hope it works out because if not, I'm screwed. I stayed home from work so I could call and do the interview and I don't want to be loud/get interrupted. 

The second half of my weeks are always easier

 than the first half. Thursday I just have Adv. Reporting, which may feel like it lasts for 7 hours, is only 2 and a half hours long. After that the only thing stopping me from the weekend is Intermediate Typography which I absolutely love this semester and whatever work hours I have to make up. Fun stuff going on at work too. Farmers Market, Women's History Month, Saint Patrick's Day events, upcoming SG elections. Now that Founders' is over there's a lull (shh don't tell anyone!) I am quite proud of all of those designs though. See the picture of the mug I designed to the right :). 

This weekend is also exciting. It's the last weekend before SPRING BREAK and there are some Mardi Gras celebrations occurring. I only have one actual "midterm" next week but I do have a quiz in another course which is only one of four things that are being graded for the entire semester, so I should study for that as well. I'm going home to get HENRY (my car) before shipping off to Florida for spring break and I cannot be more excited. Once I hit Wednesday of next week, my motivation to do any work is going to be totally shot. I'll be in my apartment packing and don't bother knocking. 

In short, let's hope this interview works out, and is it spring break yet?

"Don't Let Your Life Live You, Buddy"

I went home this weekend and while we were all lounging in my family room in New Jersey my brother said the above quote. I immediately wrote it down. I feel like I'm letting my life live me. I realized a lot of things this weekend that I had always known but never accepted. I don't like Washington anymore. Going home I saw how much I missed seeing my family for more than 20 hours. I have complained about my family (as everyone does) but this weekend they were just what I needed. They listened, offered advice, and made me laugh. It was nice. 

 My train home was an hour delayed which stunk for my parents I'm sure. No one enjoys sitting in the Trenton train station watching the delay tile up. Valentine's Day was fabulous as expected. I watched the Star Wars trilogy with Terence (<3)>

Monday was another kick in the tush, as Monday's usually are and now that it's Wednesday I think I have a good handle on what I'm doing. Wednesdays are amazing seeing as I don't have any class and it's a day to catch up, so that's what I did. Despite the snow/rainy/grossness that it was doing outside today, I went out and ran a TON of errands and prepared myself for the next couple of days. 

I'm in a better mood today than I have been. Maybe it's my overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. Founders' Ball is this weekend so I'm excited to get all dressed up. A fun girls night might just be the cure, we'll see. I'm also seeing Vagina Monologues tomorrow night. I'm a first timer, I'm not going to lie though, making the poster for that event was fun ((at right)).

20 days until our Tampa vacation!!! I am so excited. If I survive it 20 days I am going to be ESTATIC. The airport

 employees are going to hate me because I'm going to be so giddy. 

For now, I'm off to do some reading for next week in hopes of making this weekend less stressful. Wish me luck :). 

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Is It Friday Yet?

To be fair, this week was a thousand times better than last week. Once I handed in those postcards for Intermediate Typography the workload has severely decreased for the week. I think I'm still going to tweak them a little bit though. She's having us completely redo the packaging (which is a good thing because mine needed some work). I've never actually done packaging, so this experience will definitely be interesting. 

My Advanced Reporting class this morning was beyond agitating. We were making an attempt to contact a former student of my professor's who lives in India and needless to say, with the way technology works (or doesn't work) nowadays, we couldn't get a hold of her. But then for the rest of the class, the things we covered were either not relevant to anyone or only relevant to one person which was infuriating. I felt like it was one, big, two and a half hour waste. I started looking for jobs towards the end of the period which proved more successful than searches had in the past. Now I just need to find the time to revise my resume and find some portfolio samples to email out. I can't believe it's time to be looking for summer jobs already. Le sigh. 

This weekend should be amazing and I'm looking forward to it. After my Intermediate Type class tomorrow I'm hopping an Amtrak up North for Papa's birthday. I'm hoping to surprise him. If it's anything like last year, he'll have forgotten it's his bithday and wonder why I'm home :). A straight 24 hours with the family I'm hoping will prove to be therapeutic after a couple of weeks of Washington driven aggrivation. I'm starting to think I don't like it here as much as I once did which is disappointing, because now I just don't know where to go. 

I'm making a sad attempt to organize my life in hopes that some great idea will shine through the mess. I have a date with some cleaning supplies and my apartment around 4 today (after work) and I cannot be more excited. It's an exceptional stress reliever. Then I need to find something amazing to make for dinner. We'll see how that goes. 

Matt told me about this web site called www.fmylife.com which has been a godsend. When my entire class was at the Katzen lab at 1 am on Monday night and the printer started acting up it made everyone feel better. Yes, the alignments aren't lining up, but did you just find someone elses underwear under your bed? It puts everything into perspective. 

I'm getting really excited about my Project 365. Apparently I got my mother addicted as well. I' only about 20 days through the project but it's still exciting, even with my dinky camera. Here's the link... I'll continually update: Natalie's Project 365

Alright, time to focus on work. More after my cleaning therapy. 

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