Finished!

I Julie Marie am finished my first year of college. How does it feel? It actually hasn't even hit me yet, but i'm sure in a week I'll be so happy to be finished :). I finished up my last two tests today and I think they went well, I totally knew the short answer question! I was so proud of myself for memorizing the parts of a hammer and saw, somehow I knew she would ask that and I was right :) Anyways tonight the girls and I are having a party :) after going to a fireside with Richard G Scott of course. It's going to be great :)

PS:Yes I'm aware I used ':)' tons but I am really just that happy :P

Facebook and Broken TV's

It seems that I always blog when I have the most to do. Here I have five tests test this week and I'm blogging...oh well everyone needs a study break I suppose. Well anyway this week I have been thinking alot about high school drama and facebook. When I was in high school I didn't participate in such things because I found it lame so I mostly kept to myself, never really taking sides. Well there has been some internet bullying going on with the children who are currently in high school right now. The thing about facebook is you say what you normally wouldn't say in person so usually the comments are pretty nasty because you don't have to actually say it, just type it. To be quite honest I feel like slugging the kids in the face, but alas I'm an adult and cannot participate in such behaviours. Lame. I'm not even sure what I can do, I just feel so helpless.

On a slightly happier note (well the story is funny...) our TV is now out of commission. Last night after FHE some of us decided to watch Aladdin so Kalina and I offered our place. Wellll Jill brought over a vhs player and after finally getting it plugged in we watched it. After the movie was done one of the people went to unplug the VCR  and the TV decided to topple over. Onto our plant. I always thought when TV's broke that there was sparks and the TV burting into flame...but I guess not. Anyways so we plugged the TV back in and it doesn't turn on. Sad. So now we're TV-less until we find a cheap one :P At least it was funny. And for the reccord the guy who knocked it over was going to buy us a brand new TV but we told him no (multiple times actually, he wasn't taking no for an answer) because we got this TV for free and we can get a cheap one fairly easy. Anyways I hope you enjoyed story time.

Oh and another thing, we found someone who is not engaged to move in for the summer. I probably have mentioned this already but we've had some difficulties with finding someone to move in. First about two months ago we had found someone. Then she got engaged and decided to not move in. So after some scrambling we found someone else. Guess what? She's now engaged and moving in with her soon-to-be inlaws. SoOo with Kalina moving out this weekend * :'( *we were pretty stressed. Luckily our visiting teacher Jill said on Sunday if the one who just got engaged didn't work out she would be glad to move in. Well now she's moving in next weekend. Honestly people can't you hold off on the engagments? Just kidding. But not really :P. Oh well we now have someone who is not in a commited relationship and will be staying all summer :)

Anways that's all for now. Happy Tuesday!

Just a Little Break

SoOo I was doing homework with Kim tonight (this morning??) and thought I was doing good, I was awake and buzzing though my homework fairly easily and then my brain stopped working so I took a break, ate some food, got ready for bed then went back to it. Then I did more, all the while chatting with Kim about random stuff (what else do you talk about at two in the morning? :P). Then Kim busted out with this quote; she looks at her pillow then says "this could be a sleeping bag for babies!" just out of the blue. It was pretty hilarious :P Funny enough it could fit a baby, perhaps I should bring it up with my instructors and see what they think. I think they would LOVE the idea.

Anyways after a few jokes like that we went back to it, she finished one play area and ten activites!! How that is even possible I don't even know but somehow she did it, but the downside (well upside for her I suppose) is that she is now in bed and I'm not. I did get two play area evaluations done and one activity but I needed another break so I decided to blog. So here I am. At 4:30am. Blogging away. This probably doesn't even make sense. But at this point I don't even care. It's probably entertaining to read though. But I'm guessing my mom is sitting at the computer shaking her head and laughing at me. I promise that in a week I'll get some sleep mom :). But for now I need to get back to it... but I would like to thank you readers for reading my incoherent thoughts. I hope you had a good laugh. Good night/morning.

Just one more week

Bliss :)

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A good afternoon :)

For those of you who are not aware of the state of my room, before yesterday, had not a 'makeover' (aka a nice cleaning) in months. But yesterday I decided that a cluttered room makes a cluttered mind so I buckled down and did it, I even went as far as to tackle the front enrty. I love spring cleaning :) and chocolate is always a welcomed addition to any day....

Also Kalina and I have this impulse to change up our living room, but even though I was dieing to do it last night we decided to wait for Kim and her expert interior design ways to get back from a school trip. But I can't wait to change things up, it's almost spring time so I feel a need for a change. I see all the cute colors, flowers and spring things that I want to get them all. But my bank account is not happy with me as of late so I'm trying to resist :P Hopefully in a month (if all goes well) though I'll be making some money again :P. 

Only three weeks then I'm free!!

Part Two

So I'm currently writting an essay on prosocial behaviour, physical violence, and social aggresion found in the show "The Big Comfy Couch". Three pages of it. I'm on page two. Can you say boring? :P Instead of telling you about my pain here's what was stuck in my head all day today:

There now it's stuck in your head as well. After I finish this I have to find ten references of health and family services found in my community :S. Hopefully that doesn't take to long though. Also tomorrow is Friday! Then I can sleep and hopefully enjoy the warm weather. I also just found out my movie off amazon came today, I didn't think it would be here for another month so that was a great surprise :) So now I have something new to watch while I finish my play area and activity planning this weekend.

Also I would like to say I'm so glad it's March, February is a tough month and I'm glad February 2011 is now in my past :). Bring on the warm spring weather and cute summer clothes!!

Summer

Dear Summer,
Come faster, I miss your warmth and am sick of snow, puffy coats, and the cold. I bought a new dress and I want to wear it, soOo I would appreciate it if you would come. Now.
Yours Truly,
Julie Marie

I really want summer to come, not that I don't enjoy school...but I am so ready for it to end and all but today as I was sitting in class for some reason I was thinking about Stirling Days (random I know...) but I was just remembering sunburns, the kiddie carnival, beef on a bun, the parade, and fireworks. I don't really love it all that much but as the sun was shining today I thought of summer and lazy days with my daycare children. I miss it and am SO ready for school to be over and done with. Only five weeks left!

On a happier note (because my posts all seem to be depressing lately) I love my new placement in practicum, I can't say to much about it but I absolutely love it. Also today I didn't wear a big puffy coat, just my hoodie :) It was so nice that I parked in a different parking lot so I enjoyed the warm weather and walked a little further then normal. I didn't even mind :)

Something I do not recommend however is watching an hour and a half of The Big Comfy Couch...I understand why my mom didn't watch it with me when I was younger. I have to watch it for a homework assignment and honestly I'm dieing. Oh well there are worse things I suppose.

Just Relaxing :)

I am alive! After staying up until five and getting up and six forty five the morning after my last post I had no idea how I was going to function, like really who can function on just under two hours of sleep? Apparently I can, I didn't take a nap all day without the use of energy drinks or coke/pepsi. The next night I'm sad to report I went to bed late as well, but that was my own doing :P.

This week however has been filled with family, sleep, reading, texting, and overall a lazy time. I love it. But with the middle of the week coming quickly I need to get started on homework...lame. But for tonight I'm going to sit back, eat my mini wheats, and watch High School Musical :)

I also found this quote and liked it "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense"

 There isn't much I can add to it, just that each day is a new day and we should treat it as such. Dwelling on yesterday doesn't do much for today, we must always move forward and not be bothered with yesterday or you might end up with empty tomorrows.

Long Night Ahead

Well it's almost midnight and what have I acomplished today? Three observations and a trip to the dollar store and the library. What do I need to have done before I can go to bed? Four more observations, three evaluations, an online quiz, a story about health/safety, and review for a group presentation for tomorrow...we'll see what time I get to bed (if I do). Anyways I just needed a break from my homework and to wake myself up. Only. Two. More. Days. Then I can sleeeep.

Favorite Playlist of the Day

Again I'll say I love music. My favorite playlist right now? The Pride and Prejudice soundtrack (if you haven't seen the movie, you should!). I listened to all the songs last night and am doing it again tonight. It's perfect studying music, it's just so relaxing so having it in the background makes it easier to focus.
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In other news I am just about finished my homework, and it's only eleven! I know I find it pretty amazing as well. It might have to do with the fact that my psychology instructor changed the deadline of my assignment from tomorrow to Monday so I have all weekend to do it :). Also my activity in practicum went well, the child who came to let me read a book to her was engaged, did everything that I had written in my objectives, and she asked me to read it to her from end to begining (in my head I was cheering because that means that I could show off my open-ended-ness). I love days like this :)

All Over the Place

Ok it's one of those days where I have no desire to do homework, like in the past hour I have only done two out of my four reflections...I don't even know what's distracting me. Actually I do, the internet obviously since I'm blogging :P. I even was texting a friend and I was told that he was no longer going to text me because I should be doing my homework. Well even after the texting stopped I am still distracted. Even this post is lame and all over the place :P Anyways I went to institute and that was fun, I feel so much better after attending. There's nothing like an uplifting end to your day :)

Oh funny story. Yesterday our house was freezing, I was shivering so bad in my room so I decided to come and sit on the couch,. Well I grabbed my blanket and wrapped it around my head and the rest of my body then curled up in a ball. Well. Kim decided to come out of her room just at that moment, and do you want to know what she said to me? "Julie you look like ET!" then Kalina comes out and starts laughing and all the while I am shivering. So Kim invited Kalina and I into her very toasty room where I curled up on the floor for a bit. It doesn't sound as funny on the internet but believe me if we had captured that moment you would be laughing too.

Anyways I really need to get off the internet...thanks for bearing with me through this random post!

Found on google

While looking up random things on google because I don't feel like doing my readings at the present time I came across the picture above. When I own my own home and have money to spare (not likely but anyway...) I will own this book case, and have a room for it too. I love reading and imagining having this gorgeous book case as well as a room to put it in makes me happy. Can you imagine having a room where you can go and have a huge selection of books to read? I would never get bored! And it's better then TV. Seriously I would spend hours in there and probably never come out. Ok so maybe it won't happen, actually I know it won't but it's fun to dream right? :P

So I started school yesterday...it wasn't to bad though. I think I'm going to enjoy my classes and there aren't as many assignments this semster so maybe it won't be as hard as the second years tell us? I hope not anyway. So I really should do my readings...lame.

2010 Overview

Can you believe that it's already 2011? Neither can I, it seems that years are begining to fly by. What once felt like ages now feels like a small moment. When your a child all you want to be is a grown up so that you can do things how you want and when you want. But when you do become that adult you always wanted to be you realize that things were so much simpler in the lunch box days (name that song! :P), you had food in the house without having to pay for them and somehow the laundry was always done. I'm not saying that I totally miss those days because that chapter in my life is closed and I have to continue to move forward, I have so much more to learn and yearning for the past doesn't do anything. My life is great and I love it. And alhtough I no longer live at home I still have the love and support of my family, no matter how old I am they are sill my family :)

 Ok enough ramblings about life :P Today in between my napping periods I've been thinking about all the things I acomplished in the past year:

-I bought my first car; then sold it :P then bought another car, all with my dad's help of course.
-I applied for school, with the feeling that I have finally figured out what I want to do.
-I saw my Denver (and now Portland as well) cousins.
-After realizing that I need to venture out on my own I found a place and moved out of my parents house.
-I finished one semester of college without being complete roadkill :P and I maintained a B average.
-I have made new friends and grown apart from others.
-I learned how to cook from scratch on a regular basis.
-Learned to go with the flow because things never work out the way you think they will.


But coming into the new year I have no idea what's in store, like really no idea. I know that my life this semester will be even more school centered and I know that I am guaranteed a summer job at the daycare. Other then that I have no idea, it scares me sometimes but I have learned that going with the flow is the best way to go, life is going to happen and continue to move forward no matter what, so I might as well live in the moment. So I guess we'll all have fun seeing how things play out in the next year :)

Done :)

I Julie Marie O’Brien just finished the last of my homework! Well besides tomorrow’s observations, but those will not take long. I cannot believe that I have survived my first semester of college :) and that I pulled out with at least a B in every class, how do I feel? Relieved and relaxed :P Although I’m sad that I have to say goodbye to the children at my practicum I am really excited to be done.


What’s next for the next MONTH? Christmas :), reading, blogging, facebooking, piano, and visiting my children at the daycare. I really can’t wait to see them and be able to pick them up and give them all big hugs :). Oh and tomorrow my beautiful roomies and I are having a girls night (so excited :P) Anyways I’m going to bed…and it’s only 12:30! Wow that’s a first in a long time :P. Good night blogging world

Good Laugh

When I woke up this morning this was the first thought that came into my head; "nOoO I want to sleep longer, I feel like one of those gophers that have been run over by a truck but is not quite dead yet. Yeah like those ones that are twitching and trying to get off the road but they're half dead so they can't move and so they stay on the road twitching and slowly dieing." Oh dear...how can you tell I was tired?? :P Anyways that's all for now. I'll write more in a few days when I'm done for the semester :)

Christmas Once Again :)

There is nothing like spending the day with family to lighten your mood, I feel like this week has been horrible (read previous post) but after spending all afternoon with my family I found that I have the motivation to do everything I need to this week. We decorated this tree this evening at my parents and I have to say that is one of my favourite parts of Christmas :) I love our ‘family tree’ basically it’s not the modern organized tree, all the decorations have no specific place they are all put in a different spot each year. Each of them has a memory attached to it and every year as we’re going through the decorations it takes me down memory lane. Even though my mom was sick and the fact Chris was being dumb and not taking pictures with me, it was a good night.


I also attended the First Presidency Christmas Fireside and usual it was fabulous. I love hearing the brethren talk and how every year it seems like they remind me what Christmas is about. And no Christmas is not about the presents, it’s a season of giving and being with family. If all I had was my family I think it would still be a great Christmas.

I can’t wait for the holidays to start and to finally take a break from life. *Sigh* I just have to make it through this week first :P but I can do it!

Just Three Weeks

I have three weeks left of classes (insert a grin here) but that means I have some major assignments due, and funny thing I"m blogging instead...anyways here's my list (all due in the next two weeks so that we can review for tests the last week of the semester :S):

- Two observations and reflections on Wednesday, Thursday, Fridays for the remainder of the semester
-Three 100 question Interpersonal Communication tests (online)
-One active listening video, evalution of how you well you listened, and an evaluation of two other peers active listening skills
-A "Who I Am" powerpoint (minimum 20 minutes long)
-Literacy backpack
-5 page research paper that is used for psychology and english
-10 page philosophy paper
-A child checklist and evaluation of the child
-Play area evaluation and two page paper
-A seven page paper about what I have learned about myself through taking interpersonal communications (which really was nothing but I've gotten good at rambing on paper in that class, luckily my ramblings must make some sense because she gives me good grades :P)
-Study, study, study, study, study, oh ya and STUDY

I think this means no Harry Potter 7 for me until after my psychology final :( well maybe, I may go insane before these next three weeks are up.Wish me luck!!

School

So I only have one month left of classes this semester and I have to say…I’m still alive! After multiple late nights, numerous assignments and stressing about tests I’m surviving. No one told me how hard it is to become a preschool teacher. I have people ask “You have to go to school to be a preschool teacher?” my response, YES. Honestly people is it that hard to believe? I guess it is or else I wouldn`t get that question all time. But guess what? I have maintained a B average in all my classes! considering how well I did in high school I never expected those grades, let alone in psychology :)

There are some days where I seriously question why I am here but then I realize that this is what I love to do, and after school is over I can do this all day every day. I am so grateful that I listened to the Holy Ghost or else I probably would still be confused as I was not to long ago. Only three and a quarter semesters left!

In other news we set our Christmas tree up! I love the feeling of Christmas and luckily my roomates feel the same way. We also have a slight obsession with candles...we have twelve and most of the time we burn them all at the same time, I swear we're a fire hazard :P But hey if you smelled how the scents combine to create a overall Christmas scent you would love it too :P. When the internet works then I will post pictures of our basment suite.

Anyways I better get back to my homework...but hey I can enjoy the aroma coming from outside my door :D

OCD

I am so OCD, seriously: P when it takes an hour to cut out 5 calendar pictures there is something wrong. For one of my assignments I have to make a picture file with at least thirty pictures and so far I have twelve cut out, none cropped onto a piece of construction paper, and defiantly none laminated…I might be working on this for a while yet haha. It would’ve taken less time had I been ok with a slight diagonal in my cutting skills ( no one would probably notice), but nOo I have to get it completely straight and spend about ten minutes on each one. Too bad I’m not that OCD about my room…


At least I got one thing accomplished tonight. I studied for about an hour for my psychology test coming up on Thursday. Hopefully I do well because like my instructors tell me if I don’t do well in psychology then I’m hooped :S I think I’ll do alright though, I memorized Freud’s, Erikson’s, and the Newman’s theories of development (it’s the center of everything that I’ll learn this semester and next).

In other news both of my brothers turned a year older in the past couple weeks :) I can’t believe that Eric is 16 and Chris is 14. Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday that we were making mud pies in the backyard and now Eric can date, Chris can go to stake dances and I am almost half done my first semester of College. That’s scary.

Speaking of birthdays I will be twenty on Saturday! Weird hey? I will no longer be a teenager and enter into true adulthood. Not that I haven’t already but being nineteen makes me feel young still :P. Another advantage of being twenty is that I can be a paid councillor at EFY, hopefully this year they won’t reject my application like last year haha.

Anyways it’s time to get back to work...lame :P

Life

Yes I’m still alive, I’ve just been really busy. School has been going great! There are still times when I think ‘what am I doing here?’ but then I get to practicum and realize what the point is :P. I really think that I made the right choice in staying here, this is truly what I want to do for the rest of my life….i just have to make it through the next two years.


Living on my own has gotten easier; I still go home at least once a week but I don’t miss it as often as I used to. Although it is still nice to go home and eat a nice meal and hang out with my family :)I think what makes it easier to live on my own is my roommates, we all get along really well and haven’t fought at all. It’s pretty sweet that we can hang out and talk about anything, even at two in the morning :P.

In other news I felt like yesterday was a very productive day. I got home worked on my English assignment which I am almost finished, I did my video quiz, started on my paper on developmentally appropriate practices, and went to institute. I even went to bed early! That hardly ever happens now a days. But I hope to be almost done the developmental practices paper by tomorrow so that I can watch conference this weekend :D

Ohh and I bought a new more relaible car. It seems to be working which is a good sign :P haha

Well that’s about it for now, hopefully I’ll have time in the near future to update again.

Getting Closer

Yesterday I finally went to the College and paid my admission fee, that's right I am on my way to attending a post secondary institution!! It's kinda scary but for once in the past year I finally feel like this is where I am suppose to go, why I'm not sure but in time I'm sure I'll find out. All I know is that this is the best I have felt about a university (well I guess it's college but whatever :P) since I've started thinking about the rest of my life. I applied to the Early Childhood Education program so that one day I can either work in a daycare as a level three or teach pre-school :) if I want to teach I actually have to take an additional 2 years at a university but that's fine by me!!