Hello ladies and gents!
I decided to write this completely random blog today because of my obsession with YouTube tutorial videos. I will just sit for hours on end watching makeup/hair/nail tutorials. I absolutely love them! I'm totally addicted!
Another addiction of mine, is dying my hair, and if any of you have known me over the past...year, you know that I dye my hair constantly. I have been black, blonde/yellow (total accident), brown with highlights, brown without highlights, and my ever favorite RED. Right now I am at a very dark brown color, but I so desperately want to be a bleach blonde! I have watched days and days worth of YouTube videos about bleaching your hair at home, and no two videos match up on what they say. As in, one video will give you one product to use, and they will have dark hair, and over a span of weeks they will slowly get it to blonde. Another video might have a light brown hair, use a completely different set of products and never get the achieved color. There are really so many ways that you can try to go blonde. The outcome, however, never seems promised. I really don't want to walk around looking like a banana again...I had that happen once. It ain't a pretty sight ya'll.
So, I decided that I would really like to just bite the bullet and go to a salon and get it bleached by a so called "professional."
I will just take a short moment to rant and tell you all how much I absolutely LOATHE going to a salon to get my hair done. Beauty schools in Texas only teach you one hairstyle; an A-line bob with stringy highlights. I CANNOT STAND IT!
I can't tell you how many times I have gone into a salon, asked for one style, and come out with something I did not ask for at all, just because that's all the hair dresser was taught at school. Now, I am not saying this about all hair stylists, of course. There are some (and by some I mean one) that I've found that I really like, and they are genuinely really good at what they do. I would pay them any amount to dye/cut/style my hair.
Anyway, the point of this whole charade is, that I have realized how completely different I am about my hair opinions than other girls in general. For example, at least 75% of the YouTube videos I watched about becoming a beautiful blonde were videos of people just straight up saying "If you aren't a natural blonde, don't bleach your hair!" and "It's super bad for your hair!" Even some people left comments about how they went blonde and their hair is falling out in huge clumps. (I feel super sorry for those girls) But honestly, I've never had that problem before, and even if I did, I wouldn't care at all. To me, hair is hair. It falls out, it gets cut off into terrible styles, it gets fried off by the hair straightener, and magically...it always grows back.
WHOA! HAIR GROWS BACK?
yes ladies, your hair in fact does grow back. So, today I will be going to the local salon to get my hair fried off, and I am not nervous at all! I might come back looking like a ginger for a few weeks, but hey, at least that's another color I can add to my book.
I think that everyone should experiment with dying and styling their hair differently more often, it's one of those crazy perks of being a female. We have the ability to completely change our appearance from day to day just by doing something a little different with our hair! I love that about myself!
I'd love to hear you guy's crazy dye stories. Have you ever dyed your hair so much that it just all ran from your head?
I hope you all are having wonderful days!
Stay Excellent!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Rants for the Ants
Hello once again strangers,
I apologize (again) for not having written in a long time, but recently I've found myself just extremely angry at life, and if you're angry then everything you write is just going to come off sounding like a rant. I figured I would safe you guys the annoyance of having to read just another ranting blog, but I really don't care anymore. I'm angry and I want to write. If you have a problem with this rant, then I suggest you stop reading here.
Just a few things I've noticed recently that make me extremely angry:
1. Most of you know that I am dating a young man named Jordan. He and I have been together for 8 months now, and I really love him. He's the sweetest little sweet tart I've ever met. (Which he will probably be extremely embarrassed by this post, so don't tell him, shh!) If you've ever seen Jordan, you know that he has gages, and piercings. I honestly don't even notice them, its just a part of his face. But, what makes me so furious is people blatantly making faces at him like "oh my gosh, that boy has ears that are not of normal size, he must be a criminal, and a delinquent, and he must worship Satan"
...screw you all, honestly
Especially this specific instance:
Jordan and I were in Walmart in the customer service section, and some disgustingly trashy woman who was waiting on food stamps or a money order or whatever, was giving Jordan "the face." This woman was wearing pajamas, had no shoes on, smelled like drugs, and kept her dirty money in her bra. WHO ARE YOU TO MAKE FACES AT SOMEONE?!
I cannot tell you how angry it makes me. Open your eyes people, he has his stinking ears pierced! He doesn't kill small children.
2. I have no friends. This is an outright fact. In my free time, I enjoy trying new makeup styles, and doing different things with my hair, so I decided I would treat myself to a trip to Sally's and get a few hair things. I picked up a can of hairspray, some dye, a dying bowl, and a dying brush. My total came to $23. I don't have $23 on my own personal debit card, so I decided to use my mom's credit card. (don't worry I had permission) When I showed the cashier my card, she asked for my ID, I explained to her that it was my mom's card, so our first names aren't the same, but our last names were obviously both ASHBY. She refused my payment, so I had to leave all of my stuff there. Total trip wasted. I don't understand why they wouldn't accept it, when our last names are the same. It seems very unnecessary to me, or why wasn't there a sign saying it before I went and spent 15 minutes looking for all the things I needed?
3. This one isn't so much anger inducing as it is annoying. If the speed limit is 70, and you decide that you want to cruise at about 45...MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. Especially on a two lane highway where I can't get around you. Just get onto the shoulder and I will pass you and you'll never have to see me again. It's so simple! I do it for the people going faster than me, why does no one seem to return the favor??
...wow, I actually feel better
Feedback; what makes you guys mad? annoyed? angry? etc.
Let me know! Ranting makes you feel so much better!
Until next time, stay excellent.
I apologize (again) for not having written in a long time, but recently I've found myself just extremely angry at life, and if you're angry then everything you write is just going to come off sounding like a rant. I figured I would safe you guys the annoyance of having to read just another ranting blog, but I really don't care anymore. I'm angry and I want to write. If you have a problem with this rant, then I suggest you stop reading here.
Just a few things I've noticed recently that make me extremely angry:
1. Most of you know that I am dating a young man named Jordan. He and I have been together for 8 months now, and I really love him. He's the sweetest little sweet tart I've ever met. (Which he will probably be extremely embarrassed by this post, so don't tell him, shh!) If you've ever seen Jordan, you know that he has gages, and piercings. I honestly don't even notice them, its just a part of his face. But, what makes me so furious is people blatantly making faces at him like "oh my gosh, that boy has ears that are not of normal size, he must be a criminal, and a delinquent, and he must worship Satan"
...screw you all, honestly
Especially this specific instance:
Jordan and I were in Walmart in the customer service section, and some disgustingly trashy woman who was waiting on food stamps or a money order or whatever, was giving Jordan "the face." This woman was wearing pajamas, had no shoes on, smelled like drugs, and kept her dirty money in her bra. WHO ARE YOU TO MAKE FACES AT SOMEONE?!
I cannot tell you how angry it makes me. Open your eyes people, he has his stinking ears pierced! He doesn't kill small children.
2. I have no friends. This is an outright fact. In my free time, I enjoy trying new makeup styles, and doing different things with my hair, so I decided I would treat myself to a trip to Sally's and get a few hair things. I picked up a can of hairspray, some dye, a dying bowl, and a dying brush. My total came to $23. I don't have $23 on my own personal debit card, so I decided to use my mom's credit card. (don't worry I had permission) When I showed the cashier my card, she asked for my ID, I explained to her that it was my mom's card, so our first names aren't the same, but our last names were obviously both ASHBY. She refused my payment, so I had to leave all of my stuff there. Total trip wasted. I don't understand why they wouldn't accept it, when our last names are the same. It seems very unnecessary to me, or why wasn't there a sign saying it before I went and spent 15 minutes looking for all the things I needed?
3. This one isn't so much anger inducing as it is annoying. If the speed limit is 70, and you decide that you want to cruise at about 45...MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. Especially on a two lane highway where I can't get around you. Just get onto the shoulder and I will pass you and you'll never have to see me again. It's so simple! I do it for the people going faster than me, why does no one seem to return the favor??
...wow, I actually feel better
Feedback; what makes you guys mad? annoyed? angry? etc.
Let me know! Ranting makes you feel so much better!
Until next time, stay excellent.
Friday, September 14, 2012
CRANKY
I am of course starting this entry out with an apology. It has been quite some time since the last time I have written to you guys, and for that I do sincerely apologize. I haven't been quite myself recently. First I was sick, and then I was just down in the dumps. I haven't really felt much like writing, so I am sad. But, I'm back in the saddle again and ready to write! Woo.
I am starting to really get the hang of this whole "college" thing. My daily routine looks a little something like this:
9:55 wake up
9:56 realize you're almost late for class
10:00 make it to class just in time
10:50 wake up and realize that class is over
11:00-12:50 sit in my room, watch King of The Hill, munch on animal crackers, and drink Red Bull
1:00-3:00 classes that I hate
3:00-bedtime King of the Hill on rerun
...and that's just Monday, wednesday, and Friday!
Isn't life just peachy? notice that I didn't put any time for "hang out with my totally awesome friends" in there. Why? Because I have absolutely no friends. hahahahahaha...no really.
ZERO FRIENDS. I talk to no one during the week. On the weekends I will go to Longview and hang out with my boyfriend, but during the week, I'm a freak.
It's sad really.
But hey! Everyone else I see on Facebook seems to be having an awesome time at their schools and jobs and what not! Which is a happy thing! I'm very glad that everyone seems to be doing well at the college of their choosing.
Okay, okay, all of the whining aside, I am still looking for beautiful faces to take pictures of, and a little birdy told me that you have a beautiful face. (*wink) I have decided that next semester I am going to go for my BFA which is a bachelor of fine arts for those of you who do not know, and in order to actually get into the BFA program, I have to put together a portfolio. I really need some pictures to go in my portfolio! These are going to be super fun to take, because they can be totally weird and artsy looking! Yay! If you would be interested in that, please let me know! I can be reached via Facebook, or my new email which is hannahashbyphotography@gmail.com
I guess that is all that is needed to be said here. If you are ever bored please text me, I can honestly say that I am not doing anything.
Stay Excellent!
I am starting to really get the hang of this whole "college" thing. My daily routine looks a little something like this:
9:55 wake up
9:56 realize you're almost late for class
10:00 make it to class just in time
10:50 wake up and realize that class is over
11:00-12:50 sit in my room, watch King of The Hill, munch on animal crackers, and drink Red Bull
1:00-3:00 classes that I hate
3:00-bedtime King of the Hill on rerun
...and that's just Monday, wednesday, and Friday!
Isn't life just peachy? notice that I didn't put any time for "hang out with my totally awesome friends" in there. Why? Because I have absolutely no friends. hahahahahaha...no really.
ZERO FRIENDS. I talk to no one during the week. On the weekends I will go to Longview and hang out with my boyfriend, but during the week, I'm a freak.
It's sad really.
But hey! Everyone else I see on Facebook seems to be having an awesome time at their schools and jobs and what not! Which is a happy thing! I'm very glad that everyone seems to be doing well at the college of their choosing.
Okay, okay, all of the whining aside, I am still looking for beautiful faces to take pictures of, and a little birdy told me that you have a beautiful face. (*wink) I have decided that next semester I am going to go for my BFA which is a bachelor of fine arts for those of you who do not know, and in order to actually get into the BFA program, I have to put together a portfolio. I really need some pictures to go in my portfolio! These are going to be super fun to take, because they can be totally weird and artsy looking! Yay! If you would be interested in that, please let me know! I can be reached via Facebook, or my new email which is hannahashbyphotography@gmail.com
I guess that is all that is needed to be said here. If you are ever bored please text me, I can honestly say that I am not doing anything.
Stay Excellent!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Giant thanks!
Hey guys! Once again, I hope everyone is having an amazing day so far, and I hope it continues to be amazing. I'm already done with class for the day, and decided that I would just take the time to write to you guys.
I've been noticing, particularly on my last two entries, that I have gotten insane views! So many people have been reading, and I can't tell you how happy that makes me! I appreciate it more than I can say! Maybe you don't even read the blog all the way through, but just the fact that you clicked to take a look makes me want to kiss you all!
Also, to those who have asked for pictures, I'm super excited! I can't wait to meet up with you guys and get started. A huge thanks goes out to you for helping me with my dream, and please let me know if there is ANYTHING you ever need.
This is just a short post to tell you guys that I appreciate you, and I love you. I hope that in the future I write about things that you guys find interesting. If you ever have a topic that maybe you would like for me to talk about, just comment, or message me on Facebook or something. I absolutely love getting feedback and suggestions from you guys!
I hope that you all are finding some of these old posts helpful and/or entertaining. If not, let me know! I'd love some constructive criticism!
Stay Excellent!
I've been noticing, particularly on my last two entries, that I have gotten insane views! So many people have been reading, and I can't tell you how happy that makes me! I appreciate it more than I can say! Maybe you don't even read the blog all the way through, but just the fact that you clicked to take a look makes me want to kiss you all!
Also, to those who have asked for pictures, I'm super excited! I can't wait to meet up with you guys and get started. A huge thanks goes out to you for helping me with my dream, and please let me know if there is ANYTHING you ever need.
This is just a short post to tell you guys that I appreciate you, and I love you. I hope that in the future I write about things that you guys find interesting. If you ever have a topic that maybe you would like for me to talk about, just comment, or message me on Facebook or something. I absolutely love getting feedback and suggestions from you guys!
I hope that you all are finding some of these old posts helpful and/or entertaining. If not, let me know! I'd love some constructive criticism!
Stay Excellent!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Back To School Help
Hello everyone, I hope that you are all having superb first days of school again! I'm sure that it was not too difficult for you. Mostly syllabus day.
Luckily, I use that word very lightly, I have already been going to school. LAST Monday was my first. So, I would like to think that I'm already smarter than you all. I'm an entire week ahead in my gathering of knowledge.
I am totally kidding.
I just wanted to share with you guys some of my wisdom that I have inquired here from this past week, and hopefully it will help you. I wish someone had told me these things back in high school.
1. I know that this sounds so simple, but it really does help. READ. Read everything you can get your hands on, fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, biographies, how to books, cookbooks, comics.
Read a variety of everything. Read some you like, and some you don't like. Why? Because when you read, you slowly get better at it. In college you MUST read. It isn't optional, so if you are used to it, then picking up information from a textbook isn't as hard to do. I find myself reading the same passage in my text books over and over again just because I don't pay attention that well. When you read all the time, this becomes less of a problem. I promise!
Also, my English professor stresses a lot that reading improves your writing. It's true, of course, and in college you are required to write papers for every single class, not just english. So, if you're in college already, or if you're in high school, start reading. Everything.
I am in the middle of a really great memoir/biography thing. I am normally really into reading fiction books, so I went for nonfiction this time. If you're like me, I'd start at a book store in the biographies section and just find someone you find interesting. (Walt Disney, Marylyn Monroe, Mark Twain, etc) I chose Dick Van Dyke, and another book caught my eye that is called "Where You Left Me," by Jennifer Gardner Trulson. It is about a family that loses a Father/husband in the 9/11 tragedy. I can't put it down!
2. Set up an email, and check it every week, if not daily. I understand that maybe you may never receive an email, but just get in the habit of checking an email account everyday. It's like getting into the habit of always checking your Facebook. It's actually super important. Especially if you're in college. This is how all of your professors get information to you. Sometimes it isn't information they discuss in class. Don't end up like me and decide at 11:30 the night before class starts to finally check your email and see assignments that are already posted for the next day. Yeah, that happened.
3. Get used to post it notes, or writing on a calendar. This really helps to see what all you haven't done, what you need to do, what you need to buy, where you need to go when, so on and so forth. I have a calendar that goes by the week. For the first week, I listed my classes, and now that I kind of know where and when they are, I write down when assignments are due. It's a great way to really stress due dates to yourself, and actually visualize how much you have going on.
4. This one might seem super specific, but I'm having a lot of trouble in my Precal class because I never fully grasped the concept of factoring. If you're in high school and you are learning factoring, pay attention. It will come up again...a lot actually. If you already went through high school and you are good at factoring, you should probably still look up some problems and refresh yourself. I had to go back and look at my notes from high school.
5. Stock up on t-shirts!
Really and honestly, I don't know any more than you guys do, these are just some things that I wish I would have done in high school, to get into the habit of doing. A lot of people tell you that you need to develop good study habits, but I think that's a very stupid thing. If you're like me, I went to a high school that seemed to be super easy. I don't know if I just got everything quickly, or if the teachers had to spend too much time reviewing everything for the lazy kids who didn't try, but, I didn't ever really have to study. I could review or look over notes a few minutes before a test and pass just fine. I wasn't ever really too concerned with "acing" tests or assignments. But, why study material that you don't need to study? If I already knew the structure of a sentence, why would I study it for a test? Do you get what I mean? I don't suggest that you force yourself to "study," I suggest that you find topics that you find interesting, and strive to know more about those topics. Do whatever you can to learn more about things that you actually want to know about. Like, if you are a giant soccer fan, go read books about soccer, go watch soccer films, look up soccer information on the internet. The possibilities are really endless. But, really that's all college is. You want to learn more about something, so you pay to take a class. It just makes sense to me.
I do hope that you all reading this find it to be somewhat helpful, and I really hope everyone has an amazing school year! I'd love to hear fun first day stories!
Stay Excellent!
Luckily, I use that word very lightly, I have already been going to school. LAST Monday was my first. So, I would like to think that I'm already smarter than you all. I'm an entire week ahead in my gathering of knowledge.
I am totally kidding.
I just wanted to share with you guys some of my wisdom that I have inquired here from this past week, and hopefully it will help you. I wish someone had told me these things back in high school.
1. I know that this sounds so simple, but it really does help. READ. Read everything you can get your hands on, fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, biographies, how to books, cookbooks, comics.
Read a variety of everything. Read some you like, and some you don't like. Why? Because when you read, you slowly get better at it. In college you MUST read. It isn't optional, so if you are used to it, then picking up information from a textbook isn't as hard to do. I find myself reading the same passage in my text books over and over again just because I don't pay attention that well. When you read all the time, this becomes less of a problem. I promise!
Also, my English professor stresses a lot that reading improves your writing. It's true, of course, and in college you are required to write papers for every single class, not just english. So, if you're in college already, or if you're in high school, start reading. Everything.
I am in the middle of a really great memoir/biography thing. I am normally really into reading fiction books, so I went for nonfiction this time. If you're like me, I'd start at a book store in the biographies section and just find someone you find interesting. (Walt Disney, Marylyn Monroe, Mark Twain, etc) I chose Dick Van Dyke, and another book caught my eye that is called "Where You Left Me," by Jennifer Gardner Trulson. It is about a family that loses a Father/husband in the 9/11 tragedy. I can't put it down!
2. Set up an email, and check it every week, if not daily. I understand that maybe you may never receive an email, but just get in the habit of checking an email account everyday. It's like getting into the habit of always checking your Facebook. It's actually super important. Especially if you're in college. This is how all of your professors get information to you. Sometimes it isn't information they discuss in class. Don't end up like me and decide at 11:30 the night before class starts to finally check your email and see assignments that are already posted for the next day. Yeah, that happened.
3. Get used to post it notes, or writing on a calendar. This really helps to see what all you haven't done, what you need to do, what you need to buy, where you need to go when, so on and so forth. I have a calendar that goes by the week. For the first week, I listed my classes, and now that I kind of know where and when they are, I write down when assignments are due. It's a great way to really stress due dates to yourself, and actually visualize how much you have going on.
4. This one might seem super specific, but I'm having a lot of trouble in my Precal class because I never fully grasped the concept of factoring. If you're in high school and you are learning factoring, pay attention. It will come up again...a lot actually. If you already went through high school and you are good at factoring, you should probably still look up some problems and refresh yourself. I had to go back and look at my notes from high school.
5. Stock up on t-shirts!
Really and honestly, I don't know any more than you guys do, these are just some things that I wish I would have done in high school, to get into the habit of doing. A lot of people tell you that you need to develop good study habits, but I think that's a very stupid thing. If you're like me, I went to a high school that seemed to be super easy. I don't know if I just got everything quickly, or if the teachers had to spend too much time reviewing everything for the lazy kids who didn't try, but, I didn't ever really have to study. I could review or look over notes a few minutes before a test and pass just fine. I wasn't ever really too concerned with "acing" tests or assignments. But, why study material that you don't need to study? If I already knew the structure of a sentence, why would I study it for a test? Do you get what I mean? I don't suggest that you force yourself to "study," I suggest that you find topics that you find interesting, and strive to know more about those topics. Do whatever you can to learn more about things that you actually want to know about. Like, if you are a giant soccer fan, go read books about soccer, go watch soccer films, look up soccer information on the internet. The possibilities are really endless. But, really that's all college is. You want to learn more about something, so you pay to take a class. It just makes sense to me.
I do hope that you all reading this find it to be somewhat helpful, and I really hope everyone has an amazing school year! I'd love to hear fun first day stories!
Stay Excellent!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
C'mon ya'll!
Hello everyone reading this! I hope that you are all having a splendid day! :)
I am just going to get right to the topic at hand!
As some of you may know, I am hoping to one day really be serious with my photography, BUT in order to do that, I need a website, and in order to have a website I need photos of more than just 4 or 5 people. So, I'm making a deal with you all. Here it is:
I will charge a flat out rate of $50 for a "session" and prints. I will take as many pictures as I can, edit the ones that turn out right (15-20 photos) and print the edited photos for you (just at Walmart, sorry) for just $50.
I know that you might think Walmart printing is crappy, well it surely isn't the best, BUT $50 won't buy the best quality printing. I apologize.
I am willing to travel to you. I am willing to work around schedules (as long as you can work around mine) Really and truthfully, I am asking you guys to help me out here! I need more photos to display!
If you are interested please please contact me on Facebook, if you have me as a friend there, if not feel free to add me as a friend! Or I can be contacted always through email. I will attach my info down at the bottom.
I really appreciate you guys. Even if you can't spend the $50 to have pictures of you and your best friends or you and your boyfriend, etc, I appreciate you all supporting me by looking at the things I post on Facebook. I really can't tell you how much the likes and comments and views mean to me.
Thanks again you guys!
I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the day/week/month/year!
If you have any questions, just ask!
Also, if you aren't interested, but you know of someone who might be, please share my blog with them! And let them know about this. Feel free to repost the link to my blog anywhere ;D (a little shameless self promotion never hurt anyone)
speak words at me ya'll:
http://www.facebook.com/hannah.j.ashby
hanjoashby@gmail.com
I am just going to get right to the topic at hand!
As some of you may know, I am hoping to one day really be serious with my photography, BUT in order to do that, I need a website, and in order to have a website I need photos of more than just 4 or 5 people. So, I'm making a deal with you all. Here it is:
I will charge a flat out rate of $50 for a "session" and prints. I will take as many pictures as I can, edit the ones that turn out right (15-20 photos) and print the edited photos for you (just at Walmart, sorry) for just $50.
I know that you might think Walmart printing is crappy, well it surely isn't the best, BUT $50 won't buy the best quality printing. I apologize.
I am willing to travel to you. I am willing to work around schedules (as long as you can work around mine) Really and truthfully, I am asking you guys to help me out here! I need more photos to display!
If you are interested please please contact me on Facebook, if you have me as a friend there, if not feel free to add me as a friend! Or I can be contacted always through email. I will attach my info down at the bottom.
I really appreciate you guys. Even if you can't spend the $50 to have pictures of you and your best friends or you and your boyfriend, etc, I appreciate you all supporting me by looking at the things I post on Facebook. I really can't tell you how much the likes and comments and views mean to me.
Thanks again you guys!
I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the day/week/month/year!
If you have any questions, just ask!
Also, if you aren't interested, but you know of someone who might be, please share my blog with them! And let them know about this. Feel free to repost the link to my blog anywhere ;D (a little shameless self promotion never hurt anyone)
speak words at me ya'll:
http://www.facebook.com/hannah.j.ashby
hanjoashby@gmail.com
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Not so peachy; Day 2
I'm so contradicting.
I'm just going to start this blog off by saying that, outright, and blatantly. I am contradicting, like Starbursts. *thumbs up*
So, my previous blog was about how great and wonderful college was and how much I loved my dorm, and my roommates and everything was sunshine and rainbows. According to the way I started this post off, I am sure you can guess what this one is going to be about.
Day 2:
It started at 6:45 am. Tyler was experiencing a thunder storm. This was no ordinary thunder storm though. I like to refer to it as an "I just pee'd my pants/wheres my stuffed animal/crawl in your mommy's bed storm"
I just watched the lightning, listened, to the thunder, and tried to refrain from knocking on my roommate's door and asking for a cuddle buddy. I sat until about 8:30 am until I finally snuggled my stuffed animal Simba, and drifted back to sleep.
I woke up at 10:00 and took a shower. Today, I had a few things to do. I needed to go to the bookstore and get my books for class, that starts on Monday. I needed to go and pick up an iPad that the school was supplying me for my Biology class this semester. I also needed to go to the grocery store and pick up snack foods so I can easily gain my freshman 15!
I walked from my dorm, to the welcome center to get a map to find the business building. Then I walked all the way across campus to my car and drove around for about 15 minutes trying to find the building. When I found it, and went inside, I only saw empty classrooms. I walked around for a while, until I finally found an office with someone inside. Little did I know, but this was actually a sauna. I swear it was 100 degrees inside that office. The guy at the desk had no idea what I was talking about. He thought I was just being pranked or something. So, I left the business building with no iPad. I called my mom and she helped me discover where I needed to go, but apparently they were only assigning iPads from 1:00 to 5:00, so I decided I would try to go get my groceries and waste some time before I could try to find the right spot again.
I went to the closest walmart and got out of my car to be greeted by a woman at the door yelling "WE'RE CLOSED"
Walmart?! Closed?! I know. My thoughts exactly. My guess is that the storm knocked out their power, but maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.
So, then I went to Brookshire Brother's and got my groceries. My estimate is that I had about $30 worth of snacks. I didn't have very much! I waited in line, and waited...and waited. It looked like the girl who was working the cash register had no idea what she was doing, so I waited for about 10 minutes and then found a different line to wait in. Once again, I waited and waited...and waited. I noticed that every line seemed to be backing up. They were apparently having some computer problems. After standing in line for 30 more minutes, I was informed that the computers weren't accepting debit or credit cards. I live in the 21st century, so of course that was my only way of paying for my $30 worth of groceries.
I left Brookshire's without any food in hand. I then went to Target and had to re-shop for everything and pay for it there. Luckily, I was able to get them that time.
When I got back to campus, I decided to go get my books from the bookstore. I went in and told them my name, and told them that I had ordered them online, so they went to look in the back room and came back telling me that they couldn't find them. I told them my name again and luckily she found them this time. But, she came back saying I hadn't paid for them yet. I had to walk all the way back to my dorm room (on the 5th floor, by the way) and get my credit card, and come back to pay for them. Then I took my roommate with me to find the business building, and she showed me exactly where I needed to go to get my iPad. It was only a few doors away from the sauna office.
So, that was my day. It started out pretty crumby, but it slowly got better.
I realize now that not every day is going to be peaches and cream. I am going to have ups and downs. I prefer the ups, as does everyone. I still love it here, and I still love my roommates. I have everything I need now. So, maybe it will get easier from here on out.
I hope none of you had experiences like this, but if you did, I'd love to hear about them. It feels good to rant for a while
Stay Excellent
I'm just going to start this blog off by saying that, outright, and blatantly. I am contradicting, like Starbursts. *thumbs up*
So, my previous blog was about how great and wonderful college was and how much I loved my dorm, and my roommates and everything was sunshine and rainbows. According to the way I started this post off, I am sure you can guess what this one is going to be about.
Day 2:
It started at 6:45 am. Tyler was experiencing a thunder storm. This was no ordinary thunder storm though. I like to refer to it as an "I just pee'd my pants/wheres my stuffed animal/crawl in your mommy's bed storm"
I just watched the lightning, listened, to the thunder, and tried to refrain from knocking on my roommate's door and asking for a cuddle buddy. I sat until about 8:30 am until I finally snuggled my stuffed animal Simba, and drifted back to sleep.
I woke up at 10:00 and took a shower. Today, I had a few things to do. I needed to go to the bookstore and get my books for class, that starts on Monday. I needed to go and pick up an iPad that the school was supplying me for my Biology class this semester. I also needed to go to the grocery store and pick up snack foods so I can easily gain my freshman 15!
I walked from my dorm, to the welcome center to get a map to find the business building. Then I walked all the way across campus to my car and drove around for about 15 minutes trying to find the building. When I found it, and went inside, I only saw empty classrooms. I walked around for a while, until I finally found an office with someone inside. Little did I know, but this was actually a sauna. I swear it was 100 degrees inside that office. The guy at the desk had no idea what I was talking about. He thought I was just being pranked or something. So, I left the business building with no iPad. I called my mom and she helped me discover where I needed to go, but apparently they were only assigning iPads from 1:00 to 5:00, so I decided I would try to go get my groceries and waste some time before I could try to find the right spot again.
I went to the closest walmart and got out of my car to be greeted by a woman at the door yelling "WE'RE CLOSED"
Walmart?! Closed?! I know. My thoughts exactly. My guess is that the storm knocked out their power, but maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.
So, then I went to Brookshire Brother's and got my groceries. My estimate is that I had about $30 worth of snacks. I didn't have very much! I waited in line, and waited...and waited. It looked like the girl who was working the cash register had no idea what she was doing, so I waited for about 10 minutes and then found a different line to wait in. Once again, I waited and waited...and waited. I noticed that every line seemed to be backing up. They were apparently having some computer problems. After standing in line for 30 more minutes, I was informed that the computers weren't accepting debit or credit cards. I live in the 21st century, so of course that was my only way of paying for my $30 worth of groceries.
I left Brookshire's without any food in hand. I then went to Target and had to re-shop for everything and pay for it there. Luckily, I was able to get them that time.
When I got back to campus, I decided to go get my books from the bookstore. I went in and told them my name, and told them that I had ordered them online, so they went to look in the back room and came back telling me that they couldn't find them. I told them my name again and luckily she found them this time. But, she came back saying I hadn't paid for them yet. I had to walk all the way back to my dorm room (on the 5th floor, by the way) and get my credit card, and come back to pay for them. Then I took my roommate with me to find the business building, and she showed me exactly where I needed to go to get my iPad. It was only a few doors away from the sauna office.
So, that was my day. It started out pretty crumby, but it slowly got better.
I realize now that not every day is going to be peaches and cream. I am going to have ups and downs. I prefer the ups, as does everyone. I still love it here, and I still love my roommates. I have everything I need now. So, maybe it will get easier from here on out.
I hope none of you had experiences like this, but if you did, I'd love to hear about them. It feels good to rant for a while
Stay Excellent
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