So the other day, I went to the Mall of America with my mom. It was super fun at the beginning; we went to See's Candy and Best Buy (which was a mistake) and to Microsoft to fix some stuff with my computer. We ended up spending over an hour in the Microsoft store because they had to figure out what was wrong with/how they could fix my computer. I had the option to leave my computer there for a long period of time, or to get a new computer of equal or greater value. I ended up going with a new computer that was just a little more costly than my original, and I like it very much.
And then we left, but we didn't leave early enough and I was late to work; fortunately my managers weren't mad about that.
My co-workers are the funniest people. While I was there, two of them had a conversation about not having eyes and about being immortal. It was so odd that I just listened and laughed at them. They are just the best.
I just got back from seeing Divergent, which was awesome! Everyone should see it. I liked it a lot. Now I am going to chill and watch more Doctor Who and I'll probably have to do some homework... Sigh.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Laziness!
This week has been kind of busy, so I haven't been able to post anything. A lot has happened: my roommate reserved us a room for next year and picked the dorm that I wanted, which was super nice of her; I learned that I am going to get a free cat from the lady that my family got our last cat from, which is AWESOME! And this past week was midterm week, so that is why I haven't added any new posts. I think my midterms went well, but my American Sign Language test taught me that I am directionally challenged; I had a very hard time trying to figure out which way the shapes that my professor signed were facing. I hope I did well...
And now I am lounging around at home because Spring Break has FINALLY arrived. I am really looking forward to relaxing and doing nothing/not doing homework. Its been a great first full day: my mom made an amazing breakfast of bundt pan caramel rolls (SO GOOD) and I went to work and then my dad made a great dinner (chicken and stuffing - YUM) and now we're all just hanging about. I plan to watch lots of Dr. Who and eat more caramel rolls. That's about it, and it's great. :)
And now I am lounging around at home because Spring Break has FINALLY arrived. I am really looking forward to relaxing and doing nothing/not doing homework. Its been a great first full day: my mom made an amazing breakfast of bundt pan caramel rolls (SO GOOD) and I went to work and then my dad made a great dinner (chicken and stuffing - YUM) and now we're all just hanging about. I plan to watch lots of Dr. Who and eat more caramel rolls. That's about it, and it's great. :)
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Done Moving In!
I finally finished moving all my stuff into my new room! And yes, if I didn't mention it before, I got a new roommate. She is super cool. So I moved all my stuff over, filled out the room condition form, and handed it to my new RA. Now, I am just waiting for my old RA to complete the room inspection thing with me. Almost done!
Tonight I went to Olive Garden with my roommate and her two friends. I almost didn't go, but then I was like, 'I just turned down Olive Garden. What is WRONG with me?' So I found them again and she asked again, and I went with. The friends are super cool. One is an English Major who wants to be part of a publishing company - she wants to decide which books get published and which don't! And the other has memorized all of the movies that won academy awards by year, and chart-topping albums and songs by year - he was able to tell me that the one for the year I was born was Forrest Gump, and what the song and album were (I can't remember). That friend is also a Education Major like me! I also learned that they are super into music, and we turned up the radio and sang super loud on the way back to campus. It was SO fun! Now I am outside writing this after doing some homework, and they are watching Pitch Perfect. I think I am going to go join them now.
Bye-bye!
Tonight I went to Olive Garden with my roommate and her two friends. I almost didn't go, but then I was like, 'I just turned down Olive Garden. What is WRONG with me?' So I found them again and she asked again, and I went with. The friends are super cool. One is an English Major who wants to be part of a publishing company - she wants to decide which books get published and which don't! And the other has memorized all of the movies that won academy awards by year, and chart-topping albums and songs by year - he was able to tell me that the one for the year I was born was Forrest Gump, and what the song and album were (I can't remember). That friend is also a Education Major like me! I also learned that they are super into music, and we turned up the radio and sang super loud on the way back to campus. It was SO fun! Now I am outside writing this after doing some homework, and they are watching Pitch Perfect. I think I am going to go join them now.
Bye-bye!
Friday, March 7, 2014
Calming Down
Wow. A LOT has happened this week. Pretty much a four (possibly more) day long argument with my roommate and people who think that I am being unfair to the roommate's boyfriend. But whatever. I feel like the issue has been wrung out and exhausted. I know I am very tired and done with it. My roommate and I met with my RA (Residential Advisor) and the AC (Area Coordinator) and the decision has been made that I will be moving into a different room within the coming week. I will be rooming with a new person on the floor that I am already on. AND SHE HAS A CAT! Super excited about that!!!!
And I am so glad it's Friday and that the weekend's almost here! I have my interning job and work tomorrow, and work on Sunday. Yesterday I made an exchange extraordinarily positive, and was super proud of myself about it! The customer had about $170 in returns, but got new sizes in everything she had previously, as well as a bunch of new items! So the instead of returning her items, she exchanged them and ended up spending about $350! (So she basically bought $500 worth of stuff!!) I was super proud of myself!
I am going to go see my high school's performance of 'Little Shop of Horrors' tonight! I know it's going to be amazing! Can't wait to see you guys!
AND MY BEST FRIEND COMES BACK TODAY!!!! I SOOOOOO can't wait to hang out with you!!!!! Hopefully we can hang out Tuesday night and a bunch of other times coming up!
This week hasn't been the best, but this weekend and next week will be better, I am sure.
Bye until next time!
P.S. - I've had over 115 views on this blog. !!!!!
And I am so glad it's Friday and that the weekend's almost here! I have my interning job and work tomorrow, and work on Sunday. Yesterday I made an exchange extraordinarily positive, and was super proud of myself about it! The customer had about $170 in returns, but got new sizes in everything she had previously, as well as a bunch of new items! So the instead of returning her items, she exchanged them and ended up spending about $350! (So she basically bought $500 worth of stuff!!) I was super proud of myself!
I am going to go see my high school's performance of 'Little Shop of Horrors' tonight! I know it's going to be amazing! Can't wait to see you guys!
AND MY BEST FRIEND COMES BACK TODAY!!!! I SOOOOOO can't wait to hang out with you!!!!! Hopefully we can hang out Tuesday night and a bunch of other times coming up!
This week hasn't been the best, but this weekend and next week will be better, I am sure.
Bye until next time!
P.S. - I've had over 115 views on this blog. !!!!!
Monday, March 3, 2014
Chaos and Catastrophe
Sometimes things don't really go the way I planned them to. I try to fix something, and it starts out fine, and then everything blows up in my face. And it forces the fact that I haven't made the best decisions socially to the center stage. Thank goodness for the amazing person halfway across the country who is willing to listen to me sob horribly into the phone. I love you. You are wonderful and thank you. And for fantastic parents who talk things through with me and support me. You guys are the best; I love you. And I am also grateful for the two people I have met here this semester that are more than decent and willing to listen to me rage about my problems and agree that people have been more than horrible. You all are amazing, and thank you for your love and kindness.
I'll explain the above bit that I wrote earlier:
So yesterday, I talked to the roommate's boyfriend about the issue we've had, and like I said, he was super chill about it. My roommate, however, was not. We had a huge argument about it, and then she just walked out. I was so tired and get really exhausted from confrontations like that that I just started crying (which I hate to admit). Soon after, one of my other "friends" texted me to hang out. But 'hang out' is code for "We don't like that you made your roommate upset and we need to talk about how you are not part of the group anymore." OK. Fine. I was actually was told that I am a "burden", "buzz-kill", and "the negative voice in the group".
I have three things to say about this.
1. It's great that my roommate came and told you she was mad. But it is not your place AT ALL to stick your nose in to business that she and I are having and 'expel' me from the group because she is mad about something completely unrelated to you.
2. It's just lovely that I can't sleep at night, and because of that problem, I get yelled at and kicked out of the group of people I was hanging with. It makes perfect sense. Yes, you definitely thought that one through.
3. Don't come apologize. Any of you. It won't change anything because you already said it, and you definitely will not like how I respond.
And roommate: Thank you for apologizing. I know we will work this out somehow, and hopefully in a less dramatic and tense way now.
I'll explain the above bit that I wrote earlier:
So yesterday, I talked to the roommate's boyfriend about the issue we've had, and like I said, he was super chill about it. My roommate, however, was not. We had a huge argument about it, and then she just walked out. I was so tired and get really exhausted from confrontations like that that I just started crying (which I hate to admit). Soon after, one of my other "friends" texted me to hang out. But 'hang out' is code for "We don't like that you made your roommate upset and we need to talk about how you are not part of the group anymore." OK. Fine. I was actually was told that I am a "burden", "buzz-kill", and "the negative voice in the group".
I have three things to say about this.
1. It's great that my roommate came and told you she was mad. But it is not your place AT ALL to stick your nose in to business that she and I are having and 'expel' me from the group because she is mad about something completely unrelated to you.
2. It's just lovely that I can't sleep at night, and because of that problem, I get yelled at and kicked out of the group of people I was hanging with. It makes perfect sense. Yes, you definitely thought that one through.
3. Don't come apologize. Any of you. It won't change anything because you already said it, and you definitely will not like how I respond.
And roommate: Thank you for apologizing. I know we will work this out somehow, and hopefully in a less dramatic and tense way now.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Beginning a Blog
This is new. I've never even thought of doing anything like this before; I just said "Pinstripes and polka dots" out loud once and thought it would be a cool title for something, and my next thought was "A blog. Wait, what?" But I'm going to try it out. I think it might end up as a diary of sorts, full of things that I don't mind sharing with people. I think this will be okay, since it is through Google. Nonetheless, I am going to try to limit the amount of personal info I dish out. But most of you will know who I am just be my username.
I think this will be fun.
So, I am going to try to tell a bit about myself while trying to not give too much away. I am a college student from Minnesota, studying education & _______. In Minnesota. I don't know what the other major will be yet; I am testing out/going to test out American Sign Language, Religion, History, Social Justice, and some other majors. I really like little kids. They are the best.
I am super excited to be doing clinical work with my education classes this semester; I can't wait to see where I get placed to teach!!! It's going to be so much fun!
I don't really know what else to say. I think that most of the people reading this will already know what there is to know about me, so I think that's it.
So, getting to more 'blog' type stuff: Today, the most exciting things that happened to me were going to work and starting this blog, I suppose. Work was exciting because I have a job at the most amazing place ever! It's called Soma. There are five locations in Minnesota, and I work at the best one. I have amazing co-workers and managers and I love the product I sell. Soma sells the same merchandise as Victoria's Secret, but Soma products are by FAR more comfortable and fit all people. No one ever believes me until they see for themselves how awesome and soft the clothes are. And yes, we sell clothes (like pajamas and day-clothes) too! But I'm getting off track. Today has been pretty chill. I am writing a blog, wanting to watch the Oscars, and hating the fact that I have homework to do.
I am also immensely disliking the fact that I have to have what will be a not-so-fun face-to-face with my roommate. It's my first time having a roommate, and I have to say, not exactly enjoying the whole deal. The big problem that I'm having could really be fixed quite easily: Her boyfriend (a lovely, lovely dude) snores. loudly. And really, I can sleep through just about anything. Except that. Don't know why. It's the dumbest thing. And I really like her boyfriend. He's super cool. He brings free food a lot; I actually feel like I am reaping the benefits of them being together since he buys so much stuff (mainly food). But yeah. He snores. And I have talked to her about it (via texting; probably not a good plan), and she basically gives me ideas on what I can do to fix it. Sorry, roommate, I am not the one snoring. 'It's a part of him, and I am not going to change him.' No. Just, no. I am not asking you to change him, I'm asking you to allow me to sleep. My problem is that I really hate conflict, but I cannot keep this up for another three months. And I am done with her earplug idea (case in point: she wants ME to change, not him), and I really don't want to play the I'm-your-roommate-and-I-PAY-to-LIVE-here-and-he-doesn't card, paired with the 'Neither him nor I are to blame, but something has to be different because nothing is working I am sick and tired of the fact that I am the one affected by it and yet you are making me fix it."
I feel like more would be accomplished if I went to the source (her boyfriend/my friend) and told him that we need to figure something out. Because I am kind of done with my roommate. Just done. And she has no right to get mad at me about talking directly to her boyfriend because she said 'you can tell him if its this bad.' So I might. I think I might call him. Right now.
There. I did it. He said it wasn't a big deal; that he could sleep in his car or another building. I was worried that I was going to offend him, but he said it was fine. But I feel a little bad, because it's not his fault that he snores, and I didn't want to make him feel bad. But my roommate's going to blow up. And it's going to suck. She is going to blame me, and be all mad and stuff.
Oh no. I hope she doesn't read this and figure out who I am and what I've said. About her. Oh dear.
Anyway, that is the jist of things right now; there is nothing really new besides that. I apologize for the huge rant there. It's not really a great way to start of a blog, but I hope everyone who reads it will forgive me. I promise to post more fun/interesting stuff next time!
I think this will be fun.
So, I am going to try to tell a bit about myself while trying to not give too much away. I am a college student from Minnesota, studying education & _______. In Minnesota. I don't know what the other major will be yet; I am testing out/going to test out American Sign Language, Religion, History, Social Justice, and some other majors. I really like little kids. They are the best.
I am super excited to be doing clinical work with my education classes this semester; I can't wait to see where I get placed to teach!!! It's going to be so much fun!
I don't really know what else to say. I think that most of the people reading this will already know what there is to know about me, so I think that's it.
So, getting to more 'blog' type stuff: Today, the most exciting things that happened to me were going to work and starting this blog, I suppose. Work was exciting because I have a job at the most amazing place ever! It's called Soma. There are five locations in Minnesota, and I work at the best one. I have amazing co-workers and managers and I love the product I sell. Soma sells the same merchandise as Victoria's Secret, but Soma products are by FAR more comfortable and fit all people. No one ever believes me until they see for themselves how awesome and soft the clothes are. And yes, we sell clothes (like pajamas and day-clothes) too! But I'm getting off track. Today has been pretty chill. I am writing a blog, wanting to watch the Oscars, and hating the fact that I have homework to do.
I am also immensely disliking the fact that I have to have what will be a not-so-fun face-to-face with my roommate. It's my first time having a roommate, and I have to say, not exactly enjoying the whole deal. The big problem that I'm having could really be fixed quite easily: Her boyfriend (a lovely, lovely dude) snores. loudly. And really, I can sleep through just about anything. Except that. Don't know why. It's the dumbest thing. And I really like her boyfriend. He's super cool. He brings free food a lot; I actually feel like I am reaping the benefits of them being together since he buys so much stuff (mainly food). But yeah. He snores. And I have talked to her about it (via texting; probably not a good plan), and she basically gives me ideas on what I can do to fix it. Sorry, roommate, I am not the one snoring. 'It's a part of him, and I am not going to change him.' No. Just, no. I am not asking you to change him, I'm asking you to allow me to sleep. My problem is that I really hate conflict, but I cannot keep this up for another three months. And I am done with her earplug idea (case in point: she wants ME to change, not him), and I really don't want to play the I'm-your-roommate-and-I-PAY-to-LIVE-here-and-he-doesn't card, paired with the 'Neither him nor I are to blame, but something has to be different because nothing is working I am sick and tired of the fact that I am the one affected by it and yet you are making me fix it."
I feel like more would be accomplished if I went to the source (her boyfriend/my friend) and told him that we need to figure something out. Because I am kind of done with my roommate. Just done. And she has no right to get mad at me about talking directly to her boyfriend because she said 'you can tell him if its this bad.' So I might. I think I might call him. Right now.
There. I did it. He said it wasn't a big deal; that he could sleep in his car or another building. I was worried that I was going to offend him, but he said it was fine. But I feel a little bad, because it's not his fault that he snores, and I didn't want to make him feel bad. But my roommate's going to blow up. And it's going to suck. She is going to blame me, and be all mad and stuff.
Oh no. I hope she doesn't read this and figure out who I am and what I've said. About her. Oh dear.
Anyway, that is the jist of things right now; there is nothing really new besides that. I apologize for the huge rant there. It's not really a great way to start of a blog, but I hope everyone who reads it will forgive me. I promise to post more fun/interesting stuff next time!
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