It's been awhile...

Alright… so I’m back. Back to the grind I suppose you could say. Guess that means that I should post something to let you know what I’ve been up to these past however many days. Last week, I was on “break” from Jack Horner. It was basically the equivalent of the University’s “winter break”, but I just chose to take mine a week later, so I’d actually be able to see friends from Clarion University, rather than going home to an empty campus.

My break was really nice. I went home on the Friday before St. Patrick’s Day, spent the holiday with two of my oldest and best friends from home—Briana, literally my oldest friends, there is video of us playing in my mom’s garden in diapers—and Whitmer, my ex-boyfriend… I know, sounds weird, but we were really good friends beforehand and continue to be really good friends now… basically, as facebook puts it oh-so well… “it’s complicated”.

Anywhoooo, I’m Irish, so felt the need to really celebrate the day that is devoted to we Irish folk. Basically, it was a good time.

(Random disclaimer: I’m 22 kiddos, which puts me over the legal age to be drinking. If you’re not 21, do not drink, it’ll rot your liver)

Fast-forward to Monday, where I drove BACK to Pittsburgh for less than 24 hours to attend the Justin Timberlake concert with some friends from Shadyside. I always liked Justin Timberlake, but now the huge crush I have on him can’t even be expressed properly in words. Oh, the dancing, the singing, the entire concert = amazing. We even had really good tickets, considering we didn’t order our tickets until the week before the concert.

Tuesday morning, I packed enough stuff up to go home for the week, and headed back to Clarion.

The days were pretty boring in Clarion. I didn’t have much to do since my parents were both up on campus all day teaching classes, and my friends were up on campus attending the classes. But each night, I typically found something to do.

Tuesday night, my friend Nicole offered to cook me dinner. So I headed to her house, ate dinner, caught up with her (I hadn’t really seen or heard much from her in months). Then we headed to the TV station on campus to watch my old roommate DiAnna anchor the news. She did a really good job. After that, we headed to Gemmel, the student union, where I got my very first glance of the classy new ice cream place, which I’m totally envious of everyone who is getting to experience its tasty goodness. While there, we went to the talent show that was being held, which was really entertaining. There’s always something going on at Gemmell, if not, somewhere else on campus. I really like that.

Oh my goodness, Wednesday was a lot of fun too! Wednesday my friend Huha, who does a radio show for the campus radio station invited me to come read this segment he does each Wednesday. It was so much fun! I had a really great time doing it. Thanks Huha!

(sidenote: Huha... I am NOT a Clarion legend)

Thursday and Friday were pretty uneventful. I saw some friends, went out to dinner with the girls, went out Friday night with one of my best friends Carrie—and Whitmer—and basically did things that I could only get done in Clarion.

Friday there was a soup drive in my parents department building, where the money made was being donated to Passages. That was nice. I went up there and had lunch with my mom. Free food=amazing.

I guess that was pretty much the extent of my trip home. Being home was fun, but I’ve been going home so frequently for random reasons lately that it doesn’t seem as special as it first did when I initially moved to Pittsburgh. I don’t think Clarion University can function without me. I’m a needed asset (kidding). I’ll be heading home next Tuesday to speak at the PRSSA meeting in Becker. Feel free to attend. I have that power to invite people. First of all, cause anyone can attend anyways, and second of all, because I’m a retired VP of Activities for PRSSA and member as well. So check it out. I don’t know what I’ll talk about yet, but it should be a good time, cause I’m a good time!

**5:00 (I think). Room 124 Becker (also, I think).**

Basically, I’ve been counting down the days until graduation. 46 days until graduation. Wow. That’s the first time I did an actual count of the days. I still have to apply for jobs. Yes, people have been bugging me about it for weeks now. Maybe even months. No, I haven’t applied anywhere yet. As a matter of fact, I still need to update my resume. Not to mention I haven’t updated my Media Portfolio in over two years. For those non-Communication majors, a Media Portfolio is basically a portfolio of your work that you’ve done that is relevant to your major/area of expertise/talent. Yesterday I convinced myself that I would get that all completed within the next week, so that I could really start to apply places. But, we’ll see how that goes.

Until next time… enjoy the weather, and go out for a walk for goodness sakes. We all know bikini season is approaching. If you’re anything like me, winter allows us to “let go” a little, and now it’s time to get things back under control. Ta ta!!!