CARDS vs cats

Today is the rivalry game & new years eve. Having been raised in Louisville, attending school at UofL, having a cheerleading practices in high school at the same place that the cards cheer & dance practices, &  working at Cardinal Hall of Fame = Patti the cards fan. However, I will admit, when I was really young, I wanted to be a cats fan! What?! That's like treason! My Nanny is a fan of the blue, so I wanted to be like her. Thankfully I found my way back home to the red side. And now I have so much black & red clothing its ridiculous.

Moving on to the new year...2012! I can't believe its here! I will be getting married, moving somewhere for internship, & taking my last classes EVER!! (couples therapy & multicultural II) this has been a long time coming & now its actually happening. I feel like I'm in a dream. Still a lot to do & its very stressful, but my goals are being reached. Now if I could just force myself to get out of bed & get some shit done today, maybe I'll check things off the to do list :)

P.S. New Years Resolution = working out or physical activity 3 times a week. That's reasonable. Plus, I want to spend nichole times with my nieces before I move!

Chiristmas time!

Christmas is quickly approaching. I am happy to have such a family filled weekend and get some quality time with my boo thang too! I have been picking up Christmas presents here and there, but I still don't have Eric's big gift...I'll be taking him shopping for that. Also trying to preapre for internship interviews...booked a flight to Cleveland and a car, hotel in Indy, and still need to get a hotel in Tuscaloosa! Luckily, I am bargain hunting, so I don't think the process will be too pricey. I was so excited yesterday because my bag for interviews finally came in and I LOVE it!

I got it in Gunmetal. It has tons of pockets and the inside is light colored material so it won't be superhard to find stuff. That's all my rambling for now. PEACE

The drought is over

On Friday, I got another no. Then, later in the day when my hope was dwindling for a worry-free weekend, I got an email from St. Louis. I said a little prayer before opening the email like always and it was a YES!! I called & texted people frantically. My mom, sister, & step-dad came by to congratulate me...they surprised me. I am super duper happy. One interview isn't a lot but it seems like so much more after 5 rejections. Went out to eat with my OMOS girls on Friday & we decided our February get-together was gonna be to see New Edition and K-Ci & JoJo :)

I am really hoping we get to see Bobby like that ^^ rather than like this....

But who am I kidding, I will watch Bobby Brown entertain even if he is a mess. That's part of his appeal.

I need to vent for a minute

Let me tell you a little story. This girl is smart. She goes to college and decides she wants to figure out a career to make her happy...she chooses psychology because it is interesting. She likes to help people (but doesn't have the balls to be a nurse) so she decides that a PsyD would be nice since that is more clinical than a PhD

...fastforward through 8 years of hard work & procrastination & late nights. A few things lie in the path to get the dang degree. One is called internhip. You have to apply to places. Then you wait to see IF you get an interwiew. Then you go on interviews (and pay $$ to get there, have a suit, get a hotel, blah blah blah)...THEN you rank where you want to go & they rank who they want and MAYBE you get matched somewhere. That's a maybe because in 2011, 21% of people did NOT match...the had to wait another year and do it again! SO, if you guessed, I am that dumb girl. I chose this dumb career that I love when I could have gotten a different degree and been making $$ now and not have to move away...


So my current status is that I have gotten 4 NOs for interviews. No YESs. That is really sucky. I still have 11 more sites to hear from, but it blows chunks that I have to wait...wait...wait...check email incessantly...OH THERE'S AN EMAIL FROM A SITE!!!...Oh they don't want to email me (We regret to inform you...) & then wait...

You get the picture.

URGH *@*%#?!!! I mean sorry for the negativity when I have been tyring to be positive, but for real that's how it is...SO I've told myself to get over it and not think about what my standing is until I hear back from the rest of the sites I applied to. SCHNIKES

Thank you for the stuffing

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I am so happy.stuffing is my favorite thanksgiving day food and I don't know why I don't really ever eat throughout the rest of the year. Maybe that's why I love it...

Ava spent the night last night. She informed me that pajamas are NOT "jammies" they are "jamas." She bosses me around, telling me to do what she does, then No! Don't do what I do! We looked at pictures on my Facebook from when she was a baby. She kept saying, "I don't want you to hold me!" Of course she didn't understand that when she was 2 months old someone had to hold her. She's really a goofy gal...then came bedtime. As we had been playin and reading books, she kept saying, "jamas want my mom" and "when is my mom going to pick me up?" This was her first night at my house and I probably should have had another sister for comfort. I didn't even tell her it was bedtime, but when I turned off the TV, all help broke loose. She wailed, " I WANT MY MOM!" It was sad, but cute. Eventually she fell asleep, and proceeded to flail, kick, and push herself right up against me...I was sandwiched between her and Eric in a full size bed! This morning she picked out my work clothes and bosses me around some more, telling me what I was and was not allowed to help her with.

This was deinitely a fun night...tomorrow morning mass at 7am! Sheesh! But great family time :)

Wedding

With less than 6 months til the wedding, I am a plannin fool. At least in my head. I have lots of ideas about what I'm going to do. :) I have decided on these "convertible" wrap dresses for my bridesmaids in gray. We will see what they are like when I get the sample. It looks pretty cool, but its like you wrap these straps around to make the top of the dress different styles. I need to find a caterer but its truckin expensive to feed people! I need a good friend that isn't a great friend (or they would be in the wedding) that could make food for 350+ people...that would be sweet. Also, I am stumped as to what my wedding band will be since the engagement ring is pretty sweet...maybe a simple band?
In other news I have 12 of my 15 applications sent in. I feel like the suspense of interview vs no interview is crazy. But also exciting. By December 15 ish I will at least have the options narrowed down some. Hopefully to cool sites and cities. Well that's all the update I can do for now since I'm subbing for bunco, but I promise I won't leave the blog so lonely. Holla!

I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so...scared!

Ok, that was what popped into my mind when I thought about exercise. Jesse Spano on diet pills...I have been taking my own swirl into the world of fitness lately. I have a gym membership with my sisters but, of course, were not going. So, I have taken it into my own hands by making up a mish mosh of fitness routines. One day I copied some Zumba moves from a youtube video. Another day I did a bunch of squats, lunges, pushups, and planks from a list I found by googling. My favorite has been to turn on some really fast techno and just try to keep up with the pace of the music...I'm really glad no one has seen me doing this because I'm sure I look like I'm having convulsions :) But at least I'm moving I guess.
In other news, I'm a bad blogger because I have been ferociously writing essays and other internship stuff...sometimes falling into the trap of reading other peoples stuff and feeling like mine is crap and I won't get an internship. Trying to avoid that. I enjoy shopping for my internship outfits much better than writing cover letters!

So, I really wrote that ^^ last week and then never posted it somehow...now I will post it plus add on some.

Update on the internship stuff. I have applied to Birmingham, Nashville, Dayton, and Little Rock...then realized there was a mistake on my APPI which can't be changed. It also can't be changed for any of the other applications I have to send out because once you do one you're stuck. SO, I've decided worrying about it would be useless. I am forcing optimism that I will get intrviews and at least 1 site will want me as their intern and I will get my degree. schnikes. I thought this was so far off for so long and now its happening.