25 Days of BlogMas | Day 14

Sunday: December 14, 2014

Hello world,

Today ended up being a day full of finishing up homework assignments.

I slept in, thankfully, but as soon as I woke up I grabbed the computer and started typing. I had to finish 4 papers and email them all to my professors. I knew that it was going to be dificult (I always do this to myself. Stress out at the last minute) but I had to get them done.

Thankfully I had Willie to keep me company.

Although my last class was Tuesday, my homework days were not over yet. I spent the rest of the week slaving over that portfolio (thank goodness I passed it in already). Not the only thing that separated me from freedom and the emester was finishing these 4 papers.

One of the papers had to be 4 pages long. It was a reflection about two lectures that I had to attend during the semester. I got that one done no problem

I procrastinated by snacking and watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas on abcFamily

I started on my second paperwhich was only two pages and also a self reflection. I had to talk about the workshop I did infront of my class. I had to reflect on what I thought went well an what I could do next time to imporve it.

Once again, after that was done I watched more of the movie and snacked.

...Then I kissed my cat :-)

The third paper was also only 2 pages long and another reflection. At this point I was so over writing reflections that I just sat in my room on my phone and watched YouTube videos for what seemed like possibly 2 or 3 hours.

I ate left over Chinese food and went back to watching YouTube Videos.

6 o'clock rolled around and I decided I should write that third paper. I was able to do it in about an hour because I had to stop every other sentence to watch TV.

As soon as that was done, I emailed all three of them to my professor.

Only 1 more paper left...
...so I procrastinated
...and procrastinated
...and procrastinated some more.

Then it was 10 oclock at night...
So I made myself a cup of coffee and finished my Sweet Cajan Trail Mix.

It was 10 oclock and I had to email this paper by midnight.
The only problem was that it was suppose to be around 10 pages long and have research included.

Ooops.

So for two hours straight I typed away at my computer. I sat in my living room in absolute silence and tried to get as much done as possible. I didn't even put the TV on.

Eventually, I finished around 12:30 am. I proofread through it, saved it one last time and opened up my emails.

This was the moment where my semester would officially end.
As soon as I attached the email, I had to take a picture to document the end of my journey.
I was about to email my final undergraduate paper.  Nothing felt better than hitting send and seeing the 'message sent' notification.

I'm done..
omg I'M DONE!

I'M DONE!!!!! I did it. I'm officially done with my last undergraduate college semester. Soon I'll be recieving my diploma and degree in the mail. I've never been prouder of myself.

Through stress, tears, procrastination, so many snacks, laziness, frustration and exhaustion, I powered through it and I'm so proud of myself.

What's next, you ask?

I've gotten a few emails from the career resources at my school about teaching abroad opportunities. Right now on the list is Greece and Belgium. I think I might apply just to see. I would absolutely love the chance to teach abroad but I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet; there could be more qualified candidates out there. Only if I get hired will I then think about actually going.

I've already talked to Brendan about it, and although he seems sad, he told me that if it's what I want to do then I should go for it. He will miss it but if I'll be happy, so will he. I love him.

Well guys it's 1:46 am and I've finally caught myself up on blogging. Hopefully from here until Christmas I'll be able to post daily at the end of the night, We will see,I guess.

Until next time,
XOXO Ines
(Soon to be B.A. in Early Childhood and Mathematics)

25 Days of BlogMas | Day 13

Saturday: December 14, 2014

Happy weekend,

Sleeping in was the best feeling ever this morning. 

I layed in bed until 11:30 am. 

When I finally felt like getting out of bed, I went down stair to my kitchen and found these two still asleep....

 

I contemplated starting some of the papers that I had to submit by tomorrow night, but in reality I knew that I wouldn't do them until Sunday (probanbly last minute).

Instead, I started looking through my photo album of Alaska. 

I still have to print out all the pictures I took, but all the schedules, maps, and souvenier I kept are indie nicely organized pockets in the album. That's when I found the professional pictures me and Brendan took.

One of the things we love doing best on cruise ships is taking advantage of the professional photographers. You don't have to buy any of the pictures, but photographers are stationed all over the ship throughout each day. 

We were able to get a couple of the pictures free and discounted because of Brendan and his parent's frequent cruiser perks. So I scanned in the 8X12s (yes they only come in that size) and uploaded them to facebook...

This is my personal favorite.

Originally we had seen the giant moon and thought it was the tackiest thing in the world... so we had to take a picture!

What was even better when it was our turn was the fact that the photographer made us jump.

Brendan looks like he is floating and in the actual 8X12 i have lipstick on my front tooth.
ITS AMAZING!
Not only is the backdrop and the pose tacky but it's totally outdated. It made our night.

After spending an hour doing that, I lounged around the house for the rest of the afternoon. At 5 oclock Brendan picked me up to go to the mall. I was able to buy him a Christmas gift that he picked out and he was able to buy his mom a little something too.

Next up for us was Mocking Jay! We had purchased tickets the night before because the theater we were going to sells out quickly.

If you live in our area, then you already know that over buy the brand new train stop Assemply Row is the new AMC movie theater. We've heard nothing but amazing things about it. Every single seat is fluffy and leather and there's a giant arm rest in between every single seat. Even if a stranger sits next to you, the arm rest is big enough where it doesn't matter.

But the thing that everyone is talking about is the side seating. Imagin balcony seating on each side of the theater. Usually the side rowsn have 3-4 seats, but these only have two. you get your own private little section and the seats recline fully. ITS AWESOME!

They cost the same price as the other seats, but they're way better!

And so we watched Mocking Jay.

I had been in the mood a few weeks ago to watch the first two movies and so I asked Brendan if he was interested. I would never be 'that girlfriend' and force him to watch something just because I wanted to. But he was all into it and ended up loving them.

 

He was actually pestering me this week because he wanted to see Mocking Jay so bad.

 

I thought it was awesome! I've never read the books, so I have nothing to compare it to. I don't know if they changed or left out detail. But I thought it was full af amazing scenes. I don't understand why everyone was so disappointed.

 

It wasn't like Deathly Hallows Part 1 which was the most boring thing to watch (and I LOVE Harry Potter) Sometimes Part 1 of movies are a little lame, lack-luster and boring because there is so much background that needs to be set for Part 2 to make sense.

 

I don't know. What do you think? Have you seen Part 1 of Mocking Jay? 

What did you think?

 

After the movie, Brendan and I went back to his place and ordered Dominoes Pizza. We ate and passed out and then, just like every other night, he drove me home.

 

Exactly what I needed!

 

Until next time,

XOXO Ines