Conversation with my academic advisor

Advisor: So. Have you taken the GRE?
Me: ….
Advisor: ….
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…….
Advisor: You know what the GRE is, right?
Me: Um yeah, I totally know what that is. I’ll take that ASAP. SAT. ACT.

SIDE NOTE: GRE= Graduate Record Examination= you need it to apply for grad school=anyone have tips for taking said GRE?

Resume conversation

Advisor: Ok good. Because do you know when you need to apply for grad school?
Me: …..
…….
Me: Next semester?
Advisor: Try January. As in 4 months from now.
Me: Right-o. I will also get right on that.
Advisor: Ok then. So do you have *some fancy pants piece of paper that apparently I need to have signed so that I can graduate in the spring* for me to sign?
Me: ……

Yowza. Apparently I need to get on this whole grad school thang.

Is it possible to have senioritis already?

Well, fall semester has arrived and I'm happy to let everyone know that I am a senior! I'm a couple weeks late with the update but here's the lineup for the semester...

• Hearing Science: Just another required class for my major...I did things kind of backwards though and already took the second level of this class (Hearing Disorders) so it's been pretty easy so far. Basically it's sound properties, sound waves, frequencies, how the ear works, etc. Eh, not really my favorite but required nonetheless.

• Learn to swim: Yes, that's right. Learn to swim. Meaning I don't know how to swim. Big whoop. I never really caught on as a kid (mainly due to an incident where I almost drown) so I figured I should learn. Definitely a vital skill if you're ever on a boat or in the ocean! So far it's going great, me and my 50-ish Chinese lady classmate are swimming like nobody's business.

• Aural Rehabilitation/Habilitation: Another required class, also dealing with hearing. It's more focused on rehabilitation someone's hearing after it's been lost, or helping someone to hear who's never had hearing. So basically hearing aids and cochlear implants. Interesting, but also not my favorite.

• Does ET Exist?: This class is about as riveting as it sounds. Science is not really my thang, but once again, is required as a gen-ed. So I've been learning about the big bang and chemical properties of planets/solar systems/life in general and a whole bunch of other nonsense. My guess is the professor isn't going to answer the question unless we pass the final. I'm also guessing it's going to be a no or we have no freakin idea. I'll let you know.

• Fundamentals of Music: This is an online class I'm taking basically because I need the credits and I heard it was super easy. Well, easy for someone who already knows the fundamentals of music that is. The quizzes have consisted of What is this note? type stuff, with an entire section of Which pitch is higher/lower? Very challenging.
  

And last but not least...

• Pistol Marksmanship: This was also a class taken for the credits, and also because I love me some pistols :) Little did I know that I have a "natural talent" for it and after my first day of shooting I was asked to be on the U's collegiate pistol team! Preeetty awesome, I know. Since then my life has been consumed with all things pistol, but that's another post for another day...

So that's my schedule and I'm hoping that I can power through it and finish college strong! Wish me luck!

Sunday Shenanigans

What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than by building a fort?

Check out that support structure. It's solid.

Yeah we are a couple of 7 year olds...but who doesn't love a good fort? Complete with snacks and movies and our favorite puppies? No one I tell you, no one.

Transformation

The Before:

(formerly ugly and used as our coffee table)The After:

(super cute! and now our TV stand)

Yeah, I'm super crafty and moonlight as Martha Stewart.

The zoo

First of all...meet Petey!

So the story of Petey is a little comical...I went running a couple weeks ago and out of the corner of my eye I saw something run away from me. Totally stoked that it was a little dog, I stopped to look and it was a bunny! A little floppy ear bunny in the middle of the parking lot! So I kept running and thought to myself, if it's still there when I get back I'll totally try to catch it. Then about 10 seconds later I thought, naaaahhh I'm going to go catch it right now. I then spent the next 10 minutes chasing it around the parking lot yelling "HERE BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY!" and luring it out from under a car with a weed. Oh and the parking lot was next to a fairly busy street so just imagine driving by and seeing some crazy lady chase after a bunny. Quite comical, let me tell you.

Now Petey lives in our backyard, where he is becoming increasingly harder to catch. He's a fast little bugger. But cute!

Next is Molly! She's a border collie Australian sheperd mix. We picked up this little snot at the Cedar City Walmart. She was being modeled Simba/Mufasa on Pride Rock style and I couldn't resist! After I convinced Josh that we needed her, he decided that she was going to be his dog. Which works out great for me because his dog pees in the house all the time, while mine is completely housebroken :)

Mia and Molly have a love/hate relationship. The play all the time and then Mia jumps up on the couch (where Molly can't reach yet) and just hangs out right out of her reach. Or Mia will jump over the baby gate that keeps Molly in the kitchen and just stares at her through the gate. But they love eachother and we love our zoo! Especially Josh :)

Happy 3rd of July!

Heaven forbid Utah does anything on a Sunday... I wonder how non-LDS residents deal with this craziness. But anyways, we celebrated the 4th on the 3rd with dinner with some friends and then fireworks at Sugarhouse park. Along with the rest of Utah. It was packed! But definitely one of the best fireworks shows I've been to in a long time. However, that's not saying much when compared to Lincoln county... :)Ahhh! Fireworks are scary! At least that's what we're assuming the people next to us thought when they left halfway through.

Happy 3rd of July!!!

Why hello! Welcome to our home. Kick your shoes off and let me give you the grand tour...




First we have the living room. The only room that is even remotely decorated at the moment. Don't mind the boxes in the corner, someone got a little impatient for pictures. (Yeah I'm talkin about you Grandma).
Next we have the over-the-couch artwork. I painted a bunch of random picture frames green to match our rug and hung them with some wedding pictures (just the frames, I took out all pictures and glass, I think it looks cool without having to have a buttload of pictures on the wall)Now if you look to your left, you'll see our freshly painted dining room. The walls were originally the same color as the living room, but I love the blue, especially with the grey accent wall. *this room has yet to be decorated*Another shot. Anyone recognize that chandelier? :)
If we keep walking we'll take a looksee at our kitchen. Notice the dishwasher sticking out from behind the fridge. Yeah...apparently the hose gets kinked when it's pushed back and doesn't drain. It's aweseome.

More kitchen...

If you look to your left again, you'll see my piano room. The move to Panaca was promised to result in a piano room, buuut that never happened. So now I have my own. Neener neener.

This here is my lovely desk, purchased for $10 on craigslist. It's on a list of never ending projects that I will one day paint. Some paint and new knobs and this thing will be smokin.

Alright, sorry for the head-tilt but I've lost my ability to rotate pictures. You'll live. I promise. But here's our bathroom, nice and cozy. And probably my least favorite part of the house.

Ok moving on to the bedroom. Also nice and cozy. And the most UNdecorated room of the house. So you get one not so great picture. With more to come as it evolves

Here's our wonderfully free washer and dryer. Nothing beats that. :)

Aaaand finally, our backyard. Don't look too closely at the overgrown landscaping. We're workin on it. But check out our cherry tree...

And our first garden! Yeah...who knows if anything will grow. But we did our best. And made up the rest.

And finally, our lone flower, growing amist our weeds. She's turned her head in shame of her surroundings.

Well thats about it! Thanks for stopping by and make sure you come visit in person. Once it's all decorated :) And stay tuned for my Martha Stewart-ess projects! There'll be many to come!