Subject: (sign) "all done"

Sooo sad... I'm all done with the Child Labs :( and that makes me sad! I loved that place... it sucks to leave it. But I got to work with Lynn and Kara today (and Jenna too!!) and we had a good time together! I'm going to miss all of the toddlers and preschoolers... sad. :(

What better way to celebrate than to celebrate with Vera Bradley? I got some money back for books so... yeah, you guessed it.





Every ending is a new beginning...

Subject: With the pending Cape experience in mind...

WHEN WE GIRLS DRINK TOO MUCH...
-We have absolutely no idea where our purse is.
-We believe that dancing with our arms overhead and wiggling our butt while yelling "woo hoo!" is truly the sexiest dance move around.
-We've suddenly decided that we want to kick someone's ass and honestly believe that we could do it.
-In our last trip to pee, we realize that we now liik more like a homeless hooker than the goddess we were just 4 hours ago.
-We start crying and telling everyone we see that we love them so much.
-We get extremely excited and jump up and down every time a new song plays because "OHMYGOD I LOVE THIS SONG!"
-We suddenly found a deeper spiritual side to the geek sitting next to us.
-We suddenly take up smoking and becoming really good at it.
-We yell at the bartender, who we believe cheated us by giving is just lemonade, but thats just because we can no longer taste the gin.
-We think we are in bed, but our pillow feels strangely like the kitchen floor (or the mop).
-We fail to notice that the toilet lid is down when we sit on it.
-We take our shoes off because we believe its their fault we're having problems walking straight.

I can add to/improve upon this list:
-We hang onto the toilet for dear life.
-We spill wine all over our dresses, wash it with dish soap, and then use a hair dryer to dry it.
-We run around making out with everything, including our female friends.
-We pole dance.
-We drink tequila, going shot for shot with... well, ourselves.
-We accidentally drink vodka and spend the whole next day paying for it.
-We get brutally honest.
-We hang on people.
-We end up wearing shoes that do not belong to us.
-We cringe when we see pictures the next day.
-We think skinny dipping and showering with our friends is a good idea, in fact, we suggest it.
-We wake up on bathroom floors with no shoes and random people's clothes.
-We ward off a hangover by playing mud volleyball.
-We make the crazy-ass drunk face.
-We get angry and yell at everyone.



-And at the Cape, we get up the next day and do it all over again.


(And yes, all of those fun things that I added were about ME)


LET THE CRAZINESS BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. I am now an alumnus of UCONN... what the hell is going on?!?!

Subject: More endings and last times...

Sooo today was my last day in the Toddler room... I was really sad! I love that class and I love the age, but mostly I am going to miss the "CDL" mentality... I hope I can work somewhere that has the same ideals and the same amount of passion that they do there. Chris, Robin, and Anne are incredible and I am going to miss working with all 3 of them a lot... Chris and Robin had the kids put handprints on canvas bags for the student teachers- sooo sweet!

Thursday I say goodbye to Preschool, and I've been with this particular preschool class for 2 years... this ought to be a good one.

I am, however, glad to be all done with classes, and in some ways, with the fraternity and band. It definitely frees up my time, and now I feel like I will finally have the time and peace of mind to be able to focus on my career and my personal goals. I want to spend some time on myself for these next few years (yes, I did just say years) because I feel like I gave everything to other people and orginizations all through college. I mean of course it wasn't all the time... but the grand majority of it. Call me selfish, but I think I deserve it.

And what better way to do that than to have an amazing 3 weeks ahead of me?!
5/3- preschool then studying before my final
5/4-last final then preschool for the last time :(
5/5- interview and much-needed doctor's appt.
5/6- graduation party
5/7- ohhhh dear... graduation...
5/8- relaxing and packing
5/9-5/12- Cape!!!!!!!!!
5/12-5/20- CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!

And to make things better and give me other things to look forward to...
5/26- my first Yankees game at YANKEE STADIUM!
6/7- My KITTEN gets to come home with me :) :) :)
6/11- Litchfield hills, here I come!!! (road race)

So there are things to look forward to. I just hope the job thing works out. I am extremely stressed out about money (and my need to get out of this apartment complex- our landlords SUCK MAJOR ASS) and so are my parents, which does NOT make it any better. I am generally looking forward to my life, because I know what I want to do and I know how to do it. I've never been more driven toward dedicating my whole life to children, and I just hope that I get to where I want to be. The bad part is that I know I am going to lose touch with some important people along the way and that is sad. I can't imagine coming back to the fraternity for an event and not recognizing faces. But I guess that is something that comes with time. We'll see how that goes.

My other post-graduation goal is to get my ass in gear as far as getting in shape. I have been so busy this semester that I have let it go to shit and I hate that. I need to have a plan and stick to it. So if you see me being anal about counting calories and working out, you know why. I'm not happy at all with where I am right now, and if I want to run that half-marathon again in October (you heard it here, folks!) I'd better get cookin.



To recap, what you see here is me trying to make myself feel better cause with this whole graduation thing, I feel like I am losing myself and almost my entire identity!!! :) At least I can keep my sense of humor...

Thanks for reading!!