The Uniform dun dun dun

Here it is, sweat stains and all! As much as I dislike the uniform, I really like my class! It is a great workout and its fun! Today was good except for the fact that I forgot a hair tie and my hair was flying all over the place. Lesson learned though, I will never forget my hair tie again!

Sorry for my gross appearance, I took this right after class.

PE Uniforms

So growing up, well really just Catholic school (1st-8th grade), I had uniforms and PE uniforms. No big deal, I was young and it was the normal thing to do at the time. I actually think I enjoyed my PE uniform back then because it was a lot more comfortable than my blue pants or skirt and white polo. Continuing on through the rest of my education, I had one semester of PE in high school and we were allowed to wear whatever. Sounds pretty normal, right? Well I am currently enrolled in Step Aerobics and we are required to wear uniforms, yes uniforms. Last time I checked I was in college and if I am old enough to live on my own, feed myself, drive myself around, basically be an adult, then why on earth do I have to wear a uniform? Am I overreacting? Probably, that is a bad habit of mine. Luckily my uniform is just a shirt and I am allowed to wear my own bottoms, but only if they are red, black or navy blue, and there are suppose to have minimal or no stripes on the side. Let me describe this shirt, better yet draw you an illustration:

NC State
----M----
Physical Education
2009

YES, it has our size on it, why you ask, I have no idea! The part that really annoys me about these uniforms is that they expect you to rent them from the gym. I personally am not going to wear a gym shirt that 5+ other people wore, vom. That's just plain gross. Thankfully, the bookstore now sells the gym shirt so I am not forced to wear someones used workout outfit. People in my class were, which is totally fine for them, but someone had the year 2006 on there shirt. Umm I am a senior and in 2006 I was in high school. So if we do the math that means that shirt was worn by at least 10 different people (if you include summer sessions). Okay this turned out to be a lot longer than I meant but this is really how annoyed with them I am. One more annoyance, I have an Accounting class then a small break before PE. So after class I went to the bathroom and since I was already in there I decided to change. I saw several people I knew and every single one of them commented on my outfit. I, already being annoyed I had to wear this outfit, was now embarrassed that people were commenting on it. Oh the woes of college. Guess it's good that this is the only issue I am having in my life currently, definitely could be a lot worse. On that note I am going to stop venting and start on some Accounting homework, fun fun.

My Real Life Goals

The first couple days of classes have gone well. I think I am going to be pretty busy but hopefully I will learn lots! I am enrolled in an online English class for business majors, we do things like write cover letters, resumes, reports, etc. Our first assignment was to write a one page paper on our real life goals. I figured I would share..

Throughout my life I have always set goals and then either achieved those goals or decided to move my life into another direction. College has been an amazing learning experience and has been a great place to develop my life goals. From the beginning of my college career to now, my goals for my future have changed and I see them continually changing as I grow in life. Currently, in my life I am about to face serious changes. I, as a college senior, am about to embark on the journey into the “real world.” Is this scary- absolutely, am I excited- one hundred percent. My one goal that has remained with me throughout all of college is to not only make it through college but to graduate with honors. I am so close to this goal I can almost picture myself with my sash on graduation day. If I accomplish this goal I will be able to truly see that all the hard work paid off and other people will be able to see it too. I guess partially this goal has to do with image. I value what my friends, family and colleagues think of me. Graduating college should be an accomplishment in itself, but if I also did it while maintaining a good GPA, well that’s even better.

As a college senior the “real world” and the job market are on my radar. A goal I set for myself last year, as I saw my friends struggle to find work, was to start the job hunt early and have a job before Christmas break. I think this goal is absolutely possible and realistic. It may take a lot out of me, I might be stressed out and anxious, but in the end if I achieve this goal I know I will truly feel like I have accomplished something. I will know that my time at NC State prepared me for something bigger. Since I began my job hunt the criteria has grown. Not only do I want a job, but I want a job I enjoy, in a city I love. I want to have a job, but I do not want to have a job and not be happy. If I am not happy that means I am not fulfilled. I do know that at first it might be hard to accomplish this goal, that as a recent college graduate I may not always be assigned tasks or projects that interest me. I do know that I will have to work my way up the corporate ladder, which may mean struggling at first to find my niche in the company.

My short term goals are fairly straightforward, graduate college with honors, get a good job, be happy, and stay healthy. I know that I can’t tell the future and that in five or ten years what I want now for my life may be completely different. I do know that wherever I work I want to be respected by my fellow employees and I want to accomplish things honestly and openly. I want to maintain my values while searching for my place in the company and building my name in the business world. Like many others, I have always dreamed of being the CEO of a large company. I want to be a role model for others, I want to help people and I want to be successful. Sometimes I think that all of this isn’t possible, but it is a goal of mine to work hard and to be able to enjoy what I earn and to share it with others. I know there are so many people that solely focus on work and never enjoy life. I want to be a successful person but I still want to take time to see the world. I want to work hard so that one day I can enjoy my successes. However, the thing with goals and dreams is that sometimes they don’t come true or that they change. Currently I am single, I am not married nor do I have children. In ten years from now this may be a completely different story and I may want to be a stay at home mother, instead of the CEO I dream of being now. I do know that as long as I am happy, healthy and my family and friends are the same, my life will be fulfilled and that will mean that I have achieved all of my goals.

Last Day of Summer

Today is the last day of my last summer vacation. I don't know whether to cry and lay in bed all day or get out of the house and enjoy the nice weather today?! I think I am going to chose to go outdoors, and I probably should complete my list of errands before my schedule gets crazy hectic. This year I do not have as many classes but of course I decided to take on the responsibility of Vice President of Alumni Relations in my professional business fraternity. So add that to 13 class hours and working 15-20 hours, I will be a busy girl. Guess I should also add in job hunting ahh getting so stressed and it all hasn't even started yet. Must talk about something different before I have a panic attack...

I am actually getting a new roommate today. My fourth roommate moved out in May because she graduated and moved to Charlotte for work. We were informed in late June that we were getting a random roommate. Turns out that she didn't get into the program at State that she wanted to so she wasn't going to move in. She did, however, have a lease and needed someone to fill it. She had been searching on Craig's List (I was not happy about this at all- a random girl, finding us a random roommate!) but was not all that successful. So move in day was on Saturday and no one moved in, sigh of relief. Well yesterday I got a text from a friend from High School asking me about rent prices for my unit. Turns out she was having issues in her two bedroom apartment and was transferring to a four bedroom. BOOM it hit me, Maggie can live with us! So this afternoon Maggie will be moving in and I am so excited that we don't have to deal with a Craig's List rando anymore! I have actually known Maggie since elementary school, her parents live down the road from mine, and we use to play soccer together back in the day and again in high school. I am glad that this situation is all figured out and I look forward to getting to know Maggie again.

This past weekend I was in Williamsburg! I originally was set to attend a conference and planned a mini-vacation around it but the conference got moved to UVA so I just decided to skip out on it and visit with the family. I had fun hanging with everyone, especially the kids. They are too cute and constantly changing. Every time I go to visit they are doing something different or in Ava's case talking about something new. I love hanging out and crafting with Ava, she is probably the most precious kid in the world, although, I might be biased because she is a mini Zsa Zsa. We made a cookie jar (see Michelle's blog) and the roommates loved it! It is sitting on our kitchen counter next to our sugar, coffee, etc jars. Hopefully I will get to see everyone again before Thanksgiving, schedules permitting. Thanks again for letting me stay with you Michelle and Chris!

I never did blog about it but last week but I did do the hydration station and it was awesome!! So relaxing and your skin is so moisturized after a session. I will probably be attending a few times a month!

Weekend in a nutshell

I had a very eventful weekend starting with First Friday on Friday night. I had heard of it before but had never attended, it was a very neat experience. On the first Friday of the month, all of the art galleries in downtown Raleigh open up their doors to the public. Everything is free from the admission, to the snacks, and the wine. I saw some awesome artwork and even got to meet a few artists. If I had the money I would of bought several pieces. My favorite was a painting of the NYC skyline. It was at least 8 feet long and had a glass overlay. If I had an extra $10,000 laying around I would of bought it on the spot, maybe one day (hah!). I definitely want to make First Friday a monthly tradition!

Yesterday I was in Greenville visiting my best friends. I honestly don't know what I would do without them, they make my heart smile. We have all made it through college at different schools but I think it would be a perfect scenario if we all ended up in the same town for our future careers. A girl can only hope..

All in all I had a wonderful weekend and I am looking forward to the week ahead. Tomorrow I have an appointment for at a hydration station. It is suppose to moisturize my skin and improve the appearance of skin tone and texture. It looks like a space ship and changes colors. I am expecting it to be similar to a sauna feeling but the bed you lay on even massages you while your in there! Should be an interesting experience- I will post about it later this week.

No longer waiting

I FINALLY got my grade today.. a B+. Good because I only really had 3 grades, two sets of two essays and a 60 question final. Guess I should be happy with a B+, but I've always hated getting B's, especially B+'s, because they are so close to A's, like one point away. Enough rambling on that at least I am done with that class and can look forward to my upcoming trip to Williamsburg and the start of my final year at State!

Not so patiently waiting

I am officially done with summer school hooray!! I took my final exam yesterday and now I am just anxiously awaiting my final grade. Going into the final I had an A in the class and I think I did well on the final (I studied for days and days- so I hope I did!) but even with all the preparation I still am just nervous. I like instant gratification and waiting for grades I believe is cruel! Well not really cruel, but there is so much pressure built into grades and exams and finals and then to have to wait days, sometimes a week, to find out how you did ughhh frustrates me to no end. So on that note I will continue to crazily check my email and State accounts religiously until I hear some news!