C- is for Poli Sci, that's good enough for me..

Holy ca-rap.

I got a C- in Poli Sci. Now, I know some of you might look at that sentence and think, "Man, I bet she's upset about that." But no, you would be wrong. I'm totally ecstatic! I literally thought I was going to fail. Like, fail fail. I got a C-! WOOT! I got a better grade in the class than I got on any of the tests, lol.. I am a new fan of the whole "curve" idea.

So my grades were overall better than I thought they would be. Only sad thing: I got a B+ in French 102. Triste! I thought I was going to get an A in that class.. But my GPA for the semester comes out overall to 3.0, so that's much much better than the last 2 semesters.. haha Granted, I really could have done better, had I worked harder. I know I didn't work as hard as I could.. But still, it's decent and it's good to know my grades and that I'm no longer on academic probation at BYU. Eat that, priority registration date!


Updates to come about:
-Work
-Christmas
-Guitar
-Knee
-Melting Pot
-Boy
-Babies

(Important: Note that the last two are completely unrelated.)


PS - BDoyle, I don't think I'll get to do a post a day, but I'll try at least once a week!

Call me Hosley

That's it.. I'm fairly certain I failed my Poli Sci final, and thus fail the class. And by fail I really mean that I hope I got a D. I seem to be habitually taking all these classes that I completely love but totally fail. How red-ick-you-loss. (Go ahead, sound it out, you Mad Gab fiend!)

But, good and happy news..
*I'm fairly certain I got A's in both French 101 and 102, which is a nice fat 8 credits of A's.
*I am completely done with the semester, and since I'm not really doing classes next semester, I'm free to work and have a life!
*I had a really great conversation with someone close to me on Saturday night.
*Saw Eragon. It was pretty good, actually.
*I started my new job! I'm still training, but I'm having a total blast. I just feel so good here. It's gonna be a rock awesome sweet job. (and drinks and snacks are totally only 35 cents from the vending machines, which if you ask my wallet, is a very happy thing.) The people are so freakin cool, the job is challenging, and I get my own desk. HA! Take that, Convergys!
*I get the basement in the new house I'm moving to in February! This is my "I'm SO excited!" face. I was really hoping that one of my future roommates doesn't actually want it, and she doesn't, so I officially get the basement. Woot.
*Sam is coming back to Utah in a week. Awesome.
*Christmas is in on freaking Monday. Guess I should probably go shopping... haha
*I get to talk to my momma on Saturday or Sunday. And I haven't gotten to talk to her in almost 6 months.

Aaaand, I think that's about it for now. :) Lots of happiness, lots of fun. Lots of stress that will soon be over.

HA. Another update.


Q: What did the chicken say to the duck?
A: What's up, duck?

As the eyelids slide slowly closed..

Am I the only one who sits here staring at the blank textbox for a long time before actually writing something? Hmm. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it's 1:40 AM.

It feels weird to type with my left hand. Since I got my guitar back from my sister on Sunday, I've played it every single day. I learned 2 new full songs, which is kind of a big deal because I only knew 2 full songs before this week. So yay, now I know 4. They're all pretty, and 3 of them are way super easy. One of the new ones this week was kinda hard to get down, at my level. But now I can play all 4 songs straight through at full speed and sing along too. LJ, wow! I'm a big kid now.
Anyway, the point is -- it feels weird to type with my left hand because of the calluses that are forming on my fingertips. That is all.

Man, I'm so tired. But I really want to update, as this has been the greatest weekend I've had in a really long time. And the best part? No Bumface! This weekend was the first weekend in 6 months where I didn't even want to see him. In fact, there was someone else I wanted to see and fortunately got to see for about an hour and a half last night/this morning. This "someone else" shall be updated about at a later time. :) But, Friday started off pretty well, with my accidental sleeping in and missing of classes, which resulted in my waking up really refreshed and rested. Got my paycheck deposited in the bank, went and did my drug test for my new job, and then had a great day at work.. I talked to Jake, my team leader, and officially gave my resignation. I won't really be working this week, I'll just be using my 18.5 hours of PTO (paid time off) and working maybe an hour a day, IF that. But not Wednesday!....heheh.. Wednesday holds big plans.. Anyway!

After I left work, I just came home and relaxed for a couple of hours. Played guitar, talked to my family, ate dinner.. The whole shebang. Went to Laura's party, "Bomb Voyage" haha. I stayed there for about 45 minutes, then left to go meet up with my really good friend Jaimie at the UVSC Institute dance. I'd never been to one before.. I was basically picturing it to be a lame, bigger version of the retarded stake dances back home. But it was surprisingly awesome! We ended up in this big group of people, some people from work and friends and friends' friends, and we were all dancing right in the middle of the packed floor. They played pretty good music and it was incredibly liberating, to just let go and go crazy and have a blast with awesome people, even did Karaoke with Jaimie and the Johns (Ricky Bobby and John John) and Alex. Yay for Twist & Shout! haha

After the dance ended at midnight, we all decided to go out to IHOP, but the IHOP here in Orem was totally packed, so we drove up to the one in American Fork. Oh man... the drive up there was awesome, the food was awesome, the conversations and laughing attacks and the waiters were all awesome, aaand the fact that I didn't have to pay for my food was pretty awesome too. :-D And, of course, since it was a Friday night and we were all incredibly hyper, there was no way we were calling it a night at only 2:30 AM. So we did what any group of college students will do. Wal-Mart, baby! We walked around Wal-Mart for a little while before discovering the perfectly positioned TV and game of Guitar Hero just sitting there waiting to be played by any passersby, along with cushions and chairs and an empty shelf. Lots of fun, great success. :-D I even got a turn at Guitar Hero, even though I totally sucked at it, hahah.. I had texted Ben and told him to come to Wal-Mart on his way home from work if he wanted to, since I knew he gets off work at 3AM. He showed up right as I was starting my turn at GuitarHero. Great fun! I totally didn't get home until 5:00 this morning, that's how long we sat around chilling in the aisle in Wal-Mart.... and it was beautiful.

Lots of hyper, crazy fun times yesterday. Today was a bit more low key, but still totally awesome. Got a new watch (as mine fell off somewhere in transit from work to home, how unfortunate), hung out with Pavel, played guitar, went to Fazoli's with Jaimie and John John (not Ricky Bobby) aaaand then watched Home Alone with everyone back at RickyBobby's house. Good times, good times indeed.

I feel a certain freedom. It's been coming for a couple of weeks, but it really solidified last night. I may not know how I feel about certain things, but I definitely know what I don't feel, and that is how I used to feel. It really is done, and it's such a huge relief.

Yay, one more week till I start Dentrix. I'm excited and terrified and antsy and nervous all at the same time. I feel quite a bit out of my league, and it will be a challenge, but I'm up to it.

Holy crap, I'm unbelievably tired... Definitely bedtime. Very definitely.

But the future is bright once again.

Good night.

C'est la fin

It's December. Lots of things end in December -- the end of the semester, the end of the long built-up anticipation for Christmas, the last of Fall weather, the end of the last few pennies spent on holiday gifts... But for me, this December holds more endings and beginnings than that. Yes, the semester is ending, which is a BIG relief, and which also ends my academic probationary status at BYU. But this month is bringing the end of my dead-end job at Convergys. After next Saturday, I won't be working for Cingular anymore -- I'll be working in the High Tech department at a company called Dentrix. So many things are so much better there. Yeah, I'll be kind of out of my league for a couple of weeks until I catch up and catch on to everything that's involved, and get to know the software I'll be supporting and all of that, but overall it feels like it's just going to be a lot better than where I am right now. Better pay, awesome benefits, awesome people, awesome experience, better work environment.. You know. All the goods.

I'm finally ending the Bumface chapter of my life, as well. It's ending in my head and in my heart, despite the fact that in reality there probably wasn't much there to end. It should have ended a long time ago, but hey, what is December for but to have some things come to a close, to make way for bigger and better things in the year to come? I'll be out of his life, and more importantly, he'll be out of my life. At this point, after everything that's happened, he would have to do something pretty drastic to keep me around. I've done my part, I tried hard, but you know what they say about beating a dead horse.

I'm moving in to a house in February. Sweet!! It's such a gorgeous place with really cheap rent and toons of space. There's a huge fenced in backyard with a weeping willow, perfect view of Mt. Timpanogos on the northern side and a perfect place to watch the sunsets towards the west. The girls I'll be living with are completely amazing, and one of them will be bringing her dog to live with us. So, great roommates and a beautiful house and my own room and a sweet dog and freedom and independence.. That spells perfection.


Also, December has brought the end of my beta fish. RIP, Fish! You will be missed. I'm sorry I killed you by changing your water. I won't do that to my next fish, I promise. You didn't die in vain!


Goodbye Convergys. Hello Techiedom!