Knock Knock, it’s the Real World Calling…
I am OFFICIALLY a year and a half away from graduation. I absolutely love my life. I have a wonderful, supportive finace, a great group of friends, good grades, good relations with my family, I’m healthy… and I have a decent flow of money earning. But then again, that’s the daunting part. I keep getting these jobs, I only have 1.5 years until graduation, John and I are engaged and working on moving into a house off campus… life’s going so fast! What’s this craziness of transitioning from my college bubble to the real world???
I’ve gotten so used to my routines… classes, work, working out, student organizations, get home, spend time with John, do homework, go to sleep, and then wake up and do it all over again. I’m very used to hanging around a lot of different people, having to only deal with easy, student assistant jobs, having a bunch of safety nets.
I’ve very happy with my perfect class schedule for next semester. Four easy, fun classes and one extremely hard, but needed and WANTED class. I love my student organizations, being the chair of the Women@CC and being in the Undergraduate Council. I’m VERY happy with my new job at PLAE. I feel it will really help me grow as a professional and an individual. I’ve always loved my student assistant job at the College of Computing. It was home to me… when Giselle and Alicia took me in when I first came to this crazy place. I was lonely shy kid from Batesville, Arkansas coming to the big, busy world of Atlanta, Georgia… and now I love it here. Also, with my student assistant job being a Federal Work Study job, I can’t lose it either. I can’t afford Georgia Tech’s out-of-state tuition without that piece of financial aide at the beginning of the semester. I love my mentoring job… helping incoming freshman adjust to college life. … and I was now offered an Internship with the InVenture Prize broadcast.
I don’t want to drop anything for the Spring semester, but I don’t know if I can do it all (15 hours of classes, 4 part time jobs, two student organizations, time to eat and sleep, and you know… a life). I don’t want to not be able to focus enough on one thing either. I need to keep my grades up, but I should probably start letting some of the student organization and smaller jobs go and start focusing more on my career and job outlook. It’s like transitioning from high school to college all over again… not as drastic, but the same concept. What do you let go and what do you hold on to as you take that next step in your life. I don’t know. It looks like craziness ahead, but we’ll see 
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Why Participate When you can PLAE?
My first real day at my new job started today. I was supposed to start November 30, but with that being the first day of Dead week with Finals week directly following, my new boss was amazing enough to let me take it easy until today. I did a couple of little things the past two weeks (email signatures, image manipulations, file downloads), but now…. it’s amazing what you’d find and be able to do after really being able to sink your teeth into it.
I’m really enjoying this job so far and I’m so glad for the opportunity. For those of you who don’t know, PLAE is a relatively new sports flooring company. Though they’ve only been around for eight months, they’ve already done lots of business and contributed to many sports facilities such as the new athletic training center for Woodbridge High School.
Video: Woodbridge High athletic facility opening ceremony. http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2009/11/richie_sambora_vis
For more information, visit our website at www.plaeusa.com.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/PLAEusa.
Why participate when you can PLAE?
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We Got the House!
It’s final. John and I just put in the application deposit and down payment for the house! In addition, the entire interior of the place is repainted in my favorite green and beige color scheme and the hedges are trimmed. This house is so cute… it’s what Sarah likes to call the “newly married” house, lol. Yaaaay!!! I’m so excited. We ran into a little craziness when we found out that the move in day was the day after John’s older sister’s wedding, but it’s all sorted out now. I’m so excited. We’ve even got furniture lined up, a bunch of dishes… I really hope either Michael or Ryan can live with us though. May 16 here we come!
Click HERE to see a previous post where I talked more about this place ^_^.
Finals Balloons
Finals balloons! It’s an amazing tradition that my roommates started for finals. At the end of every semester, we put a piece of candy inside a balloon for each class we have a final in that semester, blow them up, decorate them up with the names of a particular class, and hang them up outside our doors. Then, after we finish a final, we get to pop the balloon and get a piece of candy… and release that bit of frustration associated with that class… and we’re done with that class forever! :P
One Down…
I popped my first one yesterday. It was crazy. We had a GROUP final for CS2340- Objects and Design. All semester, we’ve been working in groups to complete projects. I guess it would make sense to have a group final, but it took everyone by surprise that the professor would allow us to do it and it totally made my day. I mean, that’s what the real worlds about anyway right? No one can just pull every bit of code from their ass… the real world has unlimited resources… and you have to be able to work as a team. I love my team… we rock… and I have an A in that class!!!!! WHOOOO!! Adios 2340. It’s been fun. Next up: 1050…
2009 ACC Champions!!!!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Georgia Tech won the ACC Championship game verses Clemson 39-34! There were some moments that really made me nervous (like when Blair went to kick those field goals… notably the 48 and 49 yard-er for his career highs! … or when the refs reversed the call for Nesbitt’s run for the first down short (though they really needed indisputable evidence and I still think the ball was in)), but we won! It was a good game.
Orange Bowl vs. Iowa State here we come ^_^!!
Random Links that Made my Day
So all this studying and cramming and craziness was starting to hurt my head, so I had to resort to some things amazing 
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- This brings back memories (Introduction to Media Computation class… *shudders at the memories *). It’s absolutely hilarious; you must read it.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/
- I REALLY want a kitty. John and I are getting a kitten when we move into the new house this coming summer, but that’s a ways in the future. This one isn’t mine, but it’s basically the definition of adorable ^_^:
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And to all of you traveling, have fun and stay safe!
