lots of goodness going around.

good things:

-My post yesterday on tbirdnation received 154 views. and we just had our 1,000 visitor to that blog. success!

-On Saturday I took a spontaneous road trip with my awesome mother and aunt to Las Vegas. We went to The Cheesecake Factory, shopped at Bath & Body Works and watched the Bellagio Fountain Show. It was a great time.

[a few gelato samples + fountain show]

[mama and me]

[loved that sign]

-The boy visited again yesterday. Such good times. This picture was taken a few weeks ago, but his sister-in-law just added it to Facebook so I wanted to share.

-Labor Day weekend = no school on Monday. The boy is going with his brothers and dad on a trip, and guess what? His sisters, sisters-in-law, mother, and myself are having a girls' weekend :) I'm looking forward to that!

-another good thing? i have class in 13 minutes. I can still relax for 7 and then walk over and still make it time. I can get to most of my classes within 4-5 minutes. It's lovely!

I hope you're having a good week!

Overload.

Today I realized a few things:

• I am registered for 8 classes. EIGHT. What? Now that is five 3-credit classes and three 1-credit classes. I created a calendar on google doc to view my schedule. It didn't look too terrible.
• Then I remembered I also have a 2-hour meeting each week that could give me class credit...except I'm at 18 credits so I don't have room. That means I go each week, do the work, but don't get the 2 credits (it's a required meeting for Presidential Ambassadors). Awesome. I also save one hour a week to give a campus tour and one hour a week to help with campus recruitment events.
• I'm the communication department representative. What does that mean? I'm not sure. But it means at least one meeting a week with the dean. And workshops. And stuff. I'm a little perturbed about this one because I thought I'd be reimbursed but instead I was told today, "That's a great resume builder." Guess what, people? Resumes don't pay rent or put food on my table.
• And there's institute. I haven't even started looking at when I will take a class yet or what class it will be.
• Oh, and I'm SUPER STOKED about this new project I'm taking part in which is going to drive SUU's social media campaign. Basically, I will be blogging once a week (on Tuesdays) about my experiences at SUU. I'd love you to follow that blog too. The more followers, the merrier!
• Aaaand I am applying for an on-campus job because...yeah, I have no other funds coming in this semester. That bites.
• Plus I need time to see this guy cause he's basically dreamy? Oh, and note that this photo was taken sometime before 7 a.m. Not too shabby!

Anyway, I am feeling a BIT overwhelmed today. Sigh. I know I'm either going to have to drop a class or figure something out. Any suggestions? I don't want to burn myself completely out this semester. I want to, you know, enjoy it somewhat.

The end.

what i've been up to..

I took a quick trip back home this last week & was able to spend time with best friends, go to the fair for the 8th year in a row with my mother, visit Red Butte Gardens and Temple Square, attend another friend's homecoming, make some delicious cookies, watch High Society and buy a new camera and experiment with all its features.

Oh, and I missed this guy:

I thought it was about time I post a picture up of us! This is my bf. He makes me laugh (as you can see in the second photo) and has amazing blue eyes, right? So, anyway. Just thought I'd throw a picture of us onto my blog for the heck of it...comment away on how cute we are ;)

Happy Sunday!