Update

My room is officially done except for one piece that I have just ordered online. Everything is in place, and my room couldn't look any more modern/chic/classic/fun/colorful even if it tried.
I would take pictures and post them now, but I want to wait till I have my final piece hung up.
The final piece is an art piece that is desperately needed above my desk. I found a beautiful watercolor abstract painting on www.art.com. It's a poster and needs a frame, so I also have to do that. I got a poster of it because it would be like five hundred thousand dollars if it was an original on canvas. (Okay, I know I exaggerated, but it would have been seriously way too expensive)

I know I say that the only thing left to do in my room is getting that picture, but I know of one more thing my room could use....a television.
I guess I don't really need one, but if I did invest in one, my room would officially look just like a studio apartment (without the kitchen).
I have enough money saved up to buy one, but I have one problem, I don't have a cable plug in my room (or whatever it is actually called). I'm not so sure on how that all works, but don't they make those tv connection cords that don't have to be plugged into anything, they are linked to one main server.
Okay, now it just looks like I'm oblivious to how televisions work, so I'm just going to stop talking.

What I'm going to do know is go research all that television stuff, then come back and sound smarter about all that subject matter.

But all in all, my room looks great, when I put the finishing touches up, I will take pictures and post them.

Room Update

The New Color Scheme For My Room

So right now here are the items that I have:
1. Daybed
2. Coffee Table(s)
3. Comfy Recliner Chair
4. Sunburst Mirror
5. One light Fixture
6. Decorative Pillows
7. Wall Decor

So as you can see this three day weekend has been a successful one. All of this came together really quickly and I ran with it. On Friday night my mom and I went to TJ Maxx and struck it rich with pillows and cool decorative ampersand signs.
On Sunday we then went to Ikea for the first time and I got two coffee tables and a light fixture there.  The coffee tables are simple round tables with glass tops. I got two because one would just look weird and two of them together would be pretty. So yeah, we got two. The light fixture is a table lamp that is kind of cool and modern. I am not sure how to describe it but when I start putting my room together I'll take pictures.
After Ikea, I then headed over to Homegoods. I was so excited to walk in there and I found so many cute accessories for around the room, but I couldn't get them.....they weren't expensive, they were to fragile, and they weren't ugly. I couldn't get them because I had found a beautiful chair and not everything would fit in the car. The chair was a gray over sized comfy sofa seat that happened to also be a recliner. I was then obsessed with it and the price. The chair was originally over $400 but we got it for just under $200. If that isn't a steal, I don't know what is. So after purchasing the chair and the two tables at Ikea, we somehow had to fit it all in my CR-V. It was a feat, but we accomplished the daunting task.
On Monday my mom and I headed over to some weird store by us and I had such a closed-mind thinking we wouldn't find anything, but I was wrong. When we first walked in we found a cheap long mirror that I'm going to put on the back of my door, it was a simple but needed find. We then started walking towards the back of the store where we found a beautiful wall piece. It was a huge and gorgeous sunburst mirror that will be the focal point above my bed.



Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of this weekend was cleaning out ALL MY DRAWS AND CLOSET. I haven't really done this since my freshmen year or so, so you can only imagine how much I threw out.



SEVEN BAGS OF DONATED CLOTHES LATER, my draws are finally cleaned out and ready to be transferred all to one dresser.

So yeah, as I said in the beginning, this weekend was a total success; but the next feat that I must accomplish is painting the room.....wish me luck.

Room Makeover: Stage One

Okay, yeah, I know I haven't entered anything since November, but nothing has happened in between then and now that would be worth posting. No, really, NOTHING!
But now I finally have something to talk about and continue updating about....I'm redoing my room! I'm so extremely excited.
Last night my mom and I ordered a daybed on eBay. The reason we decided on ordering a daybed is because when I move out in a couple years (hopefully) it can be used as a bed/couch if I'm in a studio apartment or it can be part of a guest room, or it can be my bed while I'm saving up for a King/Queen size bed. So see, it is a great idea!
The problem with finding daybeds though is that most of them look like baby cribs. No seriously, they do, it's ridiculous. I found one that sort of looks like a couch so it will be good and my twin mattress will fit in there; comfy and smart!
Anyways, besides buying the daybed, my next feat will be finding a color scheme. Right now I am almost certain on one thing, my wall color. Right now the whole 'gray is the new beige' is what I'm thinking. Gray walls with all colorful accessories is my plan....for now at least. So here are some schemes I'm leaning towards...

I really want some playful colors, but I don't want them so playful, that it starts to look like a little girl/preteen room. So, I must be careful! I also don't want pink to be the main color, it's not that I don't like pink, it's just that I want my room to look more classy than girly; but I know that pink will be an accent color in one way or another.

So I'm working toward Room Makeover Stage One right now: picking the color scheme, and painting the walls.

Oh, and let me know what color schemes you like!

96%

Okay, well I took my anthropology midterm on Tuesday. I wasn’t too nervous about the midterm, even though I should have been, so I basically didn’t study for it on Monday night. On Tuesday morning I studied with my friend in the library for a couple hours before the test. I got a lot done and it really helped even though of course I felt as though I could have studied much more the night before. When I got the test I was pretty nervous considering I really had no idea what my chances were for getting an A. When I started taking the test, I went straight for the fill in the blank section. It was over various things and it was pretty easy. So that boosted up my confidence. I then started all the multiple-choice questions and some of them were tricky of course, but I managed. One hundred twelve questions later I handed in the test. I surprisingly felt pretty confident about it. On Thursday my professor started handing back the quiz and midterm, I suddenly felt nervous for some reason. My two friends got their midterms back next to me and they both got D’s so I then started getting much more nervous. Then he handed back my test and quiz. I slowly opened my eyes as I peeked at my grade. I then felt my adrenalin pumping right away. I was so happy and pumped up. I got a 96% on the midterm and a 100% on the quiz. I felt so elevated and amazing. So in the end, I am basically acing that class right now and most of my other classes. I pretty much love college.

First Midterm Update

So I know that it has been a long while since I have updated, but here it is.

College is going great. I am getting good grades and I am making friends quickly. On top of the whole college thing, i have been working every friday and saturday, and I love my job.

So those two factors alone have been contributing to a wonderful school year so far.

In more recent news (as of the last week) I have started a jump rope workout regimen. I know it doesn't seem like any big deal, but this jump roping burns. You would think that the only thing that would be sore from doing this would be your calfs from repeatedly jumping, but my abs, neck, and shoulders are KILLING ME. I love being sore, I should do it more often, but I loose focus much of the time on that portion of life. Hopefully this time will be different, but I doubt it.

Wait, I'm doubting myself right now, I need to slap myself in the face....okay I'm good now.

My new obsession is spending WAY TOO MUCH money on makeup. I don't know what is wrong with me. Maybe I'm starting to feel the power of spending my own money, but either way, it's bad.

During the urge of going makeup shopping I went into Ulta and talked to a makeup artist. I told her about my skin problems and my breakouts, and my over active oily skin. She gave me a new face regimen called Dermalogica Medibac Treatment.

Let me tell you, it has been one the best purchases in my entire history as a human being. I have tried and tested sooooooooo many acne treatments, over the counter and prescription, but nothing has ever been better than this. Literally, within three days of using it, my face is almost flawless. On top of the regimen, the makeup advisor told me about this skin care facial treatment that a trained professional from Dermalogica does to completely clean up your face. She said it's like a teeth cleaning for your face. It's not even that expensive, for over an hour of treatment it will cost 55 dollars. It might seem like a lot for some, but for me, I'm really willing to do it for BEAUTIFUL skin! So I have that appointment on Thursday. I'm excited.

One of the most influential moments that have happened since I last updated my blog, was the revelation about my major and career choice. After thinking about everything going on since the beginning of my freshman year of college, I decided to make a change in my field of study. I knew that I loved psychology, I knew that I loved history, and I knew that I have wanted to teach for some time now. So I put all those factors together and decided I wanted to be a secondary social studies teachers with a focus in psychology. To do this I would have to major in secondary social studies education with a minor in psychology. Right now at this very second I am waiting for an email from one the education professors to come to talk to them about my schedule for next semester. I  am extremely excited to find out what I will be taking.

As you can see from this updated blog post is that everything is going well. I love my job, I am doing well in school, and I am excited to start my new life after college.

Happy Coincidence

Isn't it funny how my phone has just been put up for an upgrade and the iPhone 5 has just been released. What a happy coincidence. I couldn't be any more excited. The only problem now is...when does the phone come out in stores? Either way I will hopefully be purchasing my phone online this weekend or next week. I'm so excited (Have I said that yet?). Here's the link for Apple incase you guys are interested in seeing the beautifulness for yourselves.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Rethinking Things

So yesterday my dad sent me an email about psychology jobs and their median salaries that they make. Even though I basically already knew the facts about what I may possibly make I was still optimistic that I would make more; but after looking at the email, I started rethinking things. As a mental health counselor I wouldn't be making that much.
I know, I know, it's not all about the money, but sometimes it is. So right know I'm trying to think of different possibilities for career choices while still remaining in the psychology field (since I still love psychology).
Do I want to go into teaching? Do I want to go into industrial psychology? Do I want to go into human relations? Man, I'm starting to get nervous. I realize many students are going through the same thing I am, so I'm trying to relax myself. We'll I guess I'll go start the personality/career matching tests.