Bad News: Mold. Good News: Peppermint!!!!!!!!!

Hey Blog Readers!! :D How have you all been? Me, well, I've been great. I know I missed the last post (sorry) but now I'm back and you don't have to worry about it anymore. First of all, you all need an update! So I finally got my schedule for my next semester of classes for college, full time student if I can get into that communications class! Also, my boyfriend and I broke up, it happened some time ago and we're going to attempt to stay friends, hopefully we can do it! Next, I got an A on my Photo Midterm Paper!!!!

Okay, now that everyone is all caught up, let me discuss what I wanted to. I have mold growing in my closet because there is a leak in the laundry room, which is located right next to my room. We had a contractor come and look at it, and he said that it didn't look very bad, most likely just a little surface mold that could be taken care of with a 50/50 mix of bleach and water. He is coming back next week sometime to open up the wall and double check that everything really is okay and fix whatever isn't. Thank god.
The bad news is that I have to keep my bedroom door open. Constantly. If any of you have spent any time with me at all, you'll know that I close doors, always. I hate to be in a room with the door open. I don't care what is going on, I have to close the door. Having the door to my room open is driving me up the wall, seriously you guys, I'm going crazy. Insane. Mad!!!

Yeah....on the other hand, I have some great news. PEPPERMINT. Winter is here everyone and with that comes Peppermint, the greatest thing in the world. You can bet I've already eaten more than my fair share of Candy Canes and drank more than enough Peppermint Hot Chocolate. I am in love with Peppermint. Give me any minty drink and all is forgiven. You could quite possibly kill my family and then apologize with candy canes and peppermint drinks and I'd forgive all. . . . Okay that's a bit extreme, but you get the picture haha

Anyway, I know this was short, but I have a ton to do so I can't write too much. Next week is Thanksgiving and I'll be sure to post! Until then, be safe and be happy. Bye all!

My Baby!!!! And An Essay Panic

Hey Everyone!! So my truck has been giving me problems lately (major sadface, my truck is my baby!!!), so I went with my dad and we took it in to the shop for a check up. A few hours later they called for us to come get it and the total came out to $660, which isn't nearly as bad as it could have been. For those of you who don't know, I drive a beautiful blue '92 Chevy (Woot woot!!!) and both of my sisters drove it before me, and this truck has been in the family longer than I have. Well my dad has been talking more and more about getting a new truck and selling the one we have. I say HELL NO because this truck is my baby and I have plans about buying the truck off of him after I can afford to (still job hunting, not going very well). He talks like he is going to make it so that I can't afford to ever buy the truck off of him, which would suck since the truck is my baby, I love the truck more than I love the .22 (A beautiful hand gun that I think I posted about before, if not, I'll have to post about it some time, shoots like a dream <3 )!!

Anyway, that was just a little rant, what I really wanted to say was: I FINISHED MY ESSAY!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Okay so for all of you whom I didn't text in a panic, I got an email from one of my class mates reminding me about the TWELVE (12) page essay that was apparently due today. Well, no shit I panicked and flipped my lid until around 4, I found the paper that was handed out to us (which I never read, of course) and saw that it was only a 3 page essay followed by a page of pictures and a bibliography. Since I had only a paragraph down, this didn't bother me. I wrote my essay in an hour and immediately left for my 6:00 class because rush hour driving sucks and takes FOREVER. So I get to school, I have 10 minuets until my class so I run to the Cafe, buy some food because I realize I hadn't eaten since 9 or so, then rush to class stuffing the bagel down my throat because food isn't allowed in the room otherwise you'll be kicked out. I get inside, place my essay on the pile of essays to be turned in and this noise goes off. I look around after sitting down and I look up in time to see my teacher pick up the pile of essays and put them into his desk drawer. He proceeds to say "Well, I hope you all got your essays in because I will no longer be taking them as it is now 6 and on the assignment sheet I clearly stated that any essay submitted after 6 pm will be counted as late and therefore will not be accepted for a grade."
Okay first of all HOLY SHIT I just barely made the cut. Second of all, what a jerk! He generally gives us until the end of class to get our things turned in, I barely noticed the pile of essays on the front table, there weren't any signs saying "Hey, put your essay here!" so he should have announced that he was collecting the essays before saying that as of now no more essays can be turned in. The kid next to me was waiting for him to collect the essays, he had it out in front of him. He won't take it now because it was "late" even though he was in the class before I was and was sitting there waiting to hear what was going on. So dumb, right? Ah well, such is life I guess.

Money Rant

Hey so I just wanted to rant a little to you guys. Money. So I know I'm low on money, very low in fact, but does that mean that I don't pitch in where I can when I can? No. Does that mean I don't do things around the house so mom doesn't have to? No. Does that mean I need to be sat down for a ten minuet lecture about how as of next week I will be limited on when I can drive and how long I can stay out? Hell No! Okay I know that I need to pitch in around the house because my parents, out of the goodness of their hearts, haven't kicked me to the curb yet. And praise god I am allowed to wake up at 7 in the morning every Sunday to go to a church that is gracious enough to understand that I needed a year off to collect myself and really think about what I am doing in my life because heaven above knows I have everything sorted now.

*&#@ !!! (   <-- That's a curse word   )

I'm 19 years old, living with my parents, trying to balance school and a boyfriend (which has turned into basically a full time job) not to mention trying to keep the house clean so my mom doesn't have to worry about cleaning and watering the plants and sweeping the pool and washing dishes every night. My room is a mess because my free time is spent doing homework. The money I have goes towards food so my parents don't have to feed me throughout the week, whatever I have left goes towards gas for the truck (which by the way, dad, yes I do put my own money into that gas tank, why do you think I don't tell you every time I fill up? I don't want you to worry about having to pay for every single gallon in there).

Let me tell you about my weekly schedule.

SUNDAY:
7:00 - Wake up, Get ready for the day
8:30 - Drive
9:00 - Church
12:15 - Drive
12:30 - Lunch
1:30 - Drive
2:00 - Home, Free time, Homework
10:00 - Must be home

MONDAY:
5:45 - Wake up, Get ready for the day
7:00 - Drive
7:30 - Homework
9:30 - School
2:45 - Drive
3:20 - Home, Homework, Free time
10:00 - Must be home

TUESDAY:
8:00 - Wake up, Get ready for the day
9:00 - Youtube video, Blog
10:00 - Housework, Yardwork, Homework
3:00 - Free time, Homework
6:00 - Personal Time (mostly cleaning my room or reading)
10:00 - Must be home


WEDNESDAY:
5:45 - Wake up, Get ready for the day
7:00 - Drive
7:30 - Homework
9:30 - School
2:45 - Drive
3:20 - Home
3:30 - Work out
4:30 - Home
4:45 - Drive
6:00 - AWANA
8:20 - Drive
8:45 - Home
9:00 - Homework

THURSDAY:
8:00 - Wake up, get ready for the day
9:00 - Photography homework
4:00 - Free time, Eat, Other Homework
5:00 - Drive
6:00 - School
9:00 - Drive
9:30 - Home

FRIDAY:
5:45 - Wake up, Get ready for the day
7:00 - Drive
7:30 - Homework
9:30 - School
12:00 - Drive
12:30 - Home, Free time, Homework
4:00 - drive
4:30 - FNM (Friday Night Magic)
10:30 - Drive
11:00 - Home

SATURDAY:
9:00 - Wake up, Get ready for the day
10:00 - Free time, Homework
12:00 - Work out
1:00 - Home
4:00 - Drive
5:00 - Magic Night
10:30 - Drive
11:30 - Home


Every night I try to be asleep by 11:00, but that rarely happens. Often on Monday and Sunday I end up at my boyfriends place and we hang out until 9:30, 10:00.
The whole point of this is to tell you guys that I keep a regular schedule and that I generally know what happens in my day to day life, and yes, I do leave at 7 in the morning so I can pick up my boyfriend for his class at 8 in the morning even though I don't have class until 9:30. He stays at a friends house on those days and his friend lives on the way to school. I'm headed that way anyways and I don't see the problem with it. Doesn't that just mean I care about my boyfriend? I would do that for most of my friends if they lived between me and the school. My parents are always on my about getting up early because I waste the day away sleeping, so getting up early is what they wanted but now I have a reason to, they get pissed off at me for it. I don't understand. Yes, he moved and now lives 40 minuets away by car, it's a 25 minuet drive if you take the freeway the whole way. Yes, I need a job, I put in 3 more applications today though and even if I don't fill those out right in front of you, I still do them so get off my back, parents! Yes, you had a job at 16, good for you, but this isn't the 70s anymore, this is 2013 and times have certainly changed.
Girls can pay for half of the date now and it is considered okay. Girlfriends drive their boyfriends places when they don't have a vehicle, not all guys have a car! Just because you don't see someone doing something doesn't mean they aren't doing it! And yes, you can take that however you want to!
All of this just goes to say that I am trying to get a job, I am putting my own money towards gas, I don't just taxi my boyfriend around, Yes (oh my god people please stop asking me this) I do still have feeling for my boyfriend, no I have no idea where my cellphone charger is (sorry love...), yes I am still best friends with my best friend even though we don't talk and text all of the time because it is possible to be best friends even if you're not constantly communicating, and last but not least no I have not yet set up an appointment with a college counselor to discuss the upcoming semester even though everyone has been on my case about it!

Sorry, I know this one was long and there was a lot you guys probably missed because of its personal nature, but next blog should be more upbeat and happy and about Halloween. Hopefully. Until next time, guys, stay awesome!

I'm Sick!!!!! And way behind in school............

Hey Blog Readers!!!!! So I am so sorry for not posting a blog thing in forever but I got super busy and I kept telling myself that I would post something tomorrow and I said that for months so.........yeah. I'm sure we all know how that ends up.

So I started school in August, I'm attending the local community college taking 10 units and I'm really enjoying classes. I have an awesome English instructor and I see my friends between classes which is nice since I missed them and rarely saw them during my year off. I'm two months in and I feel a little in over my head, I'm not even a full time student yet and I feel so behind on everything. I just took my Photo midterm, I passed with an 88% which is a lot better than I thought I would get. The test was entirely multiple choice but it was much more difficult than I thought it would be and a lot of the questions were on topics that we had never reviewed or gone over in class so most of us failed. My Illustrator class is moving along nicely, and the professor won't be grading any of the work until the very end of the semester so we have as long as we need to work on the projects and get everything done so that we are comfortable with what we did and how we did it. I really enjoy that fact. My English class is so much fun, the teacher is young and cool, he really makes me feel like I can do everything that he is throwing at me and the essays and work load seem to be simple enough, even though they are still somehow challenging. I have to meet with a counselor to discuss the future at school and decide on classes, I've been putting off contacting the Counseling Center because I feel like everything will be so much ore real, plus I'm still uncomfortable at school and talking to a counselor will cement me attending. I want to transfer to a UC school south of here but I feel like I won't be able to succeed there. I don't even know if I can succeed here.

Getting kinda deep..

Moving on.

So I'm sick. Not "I have a flu." sick, I'm talking coughing sneezing fever headache throwing up everywhere then eating a box of mac n cheese because I'm craving it sick. Yes. Today I ate an entire box of mac n cheese. By myself. I've never done that before, I'm not even sure how it happened, I only meant to eat one bowl, then all of a sudden all of the mac n cheese is gone and I know I'm the one who ate it. Scary how that happens. So I went to school yesterday and because I am sick I sat down with my friends in the lobby, waiting for 9:30 to roll around so I could go to English and then suddenly it was 10:20 and no one had woken me up. I fell asleep and missed my English class which sucked because it is one of those classes where you have to be there for each class in order to do the in class activities and get credit for them. Okay so I missed English, I still had Illustrator at 11:40 so my friends and I went to the cafe for some food because we're all there until late and the cafe has warm food and comfy booths. So I get my fries and I sit down to eat them when my boyfriends comes over and I lean on him. Bad Idea. I woke up at 1:40 and my boyfriend was gone, half the cafe was empty and it was just me and three of my friends sitting at the booth. I can't very well walk into my class two hours late and be all like "Sorry. I fell asleep in the cafe." >.> so I did what any normal person would do: go back to sleep. I was woken up by my boyfriend and then he and I sat there and waited for my brother to get out of class and meet up with us at 2:45. Needless to say I have a lot to catch up on since I've been gone from my classes for a week or so on and off. I know I'm sick and I shouldn't be pushing myself, but I can't help it, I want to go to school and I want to do my work and I want to prove to my disapproving parents that I can in fact do something right and make something out of myself.

Anyways...I'm getting sick again so I'm pretty sure it's about time to throw up the mac n cheese so I'll post again soon and until then, I love you guys for letting me rant here and please stay healthy!!!

Just a few thoughts ^-^

Hey you guys, I've been kind of reminiscent lately.. What I mean by that is I've been thinking so much about how I've changed and I'm not sure how many of you read my last post/blog but I just wanted to say thank you for letting me put all of this out here in the open and off of my chest.
I have changed a lot, I don't think the same way I used to and even the way I react to the things around me has drastically changed. I know that is all part of growing up but when you are the one going through this giant realization, well it can be a lot to handle. I have friends who are going through different types of change (smoking, drugs, sex, sneaking out, lying, moving out, college, marriage, kids, etc...) and that's great for them, or not as the case may be. It's hard to decide if I am doing the right thing by making these changes, butwhen you're in the moment it is more difficult to see if the thing that feels right truly is the rigt thing to do. I'm listening to music right now, about to do a little working out and I think it is just so amazing how one song can really influence a persons mood. I was in the car last night driving back from my boyfriends apartment and the whole way I was singing at the top of my lungs to whatever song came on. I had the windows down and the volume cranked up. It was such an amazing experience, since my trucks speakers are broken I can't do that but I drove my mothers little car and that just really put the cherry on top of a great day.
Okay now I really gotta get to my work out! Bye everyone and thanks again!!!

Personalities.

Hey everyone, it's Riku here and I just wanted to talk real quick about personalities and how odd they truly are. Have you noticed how different each person truly is? I have. My own personality has been changing, as those of you who know me very well have noticed. I guess you could say that I have an alter ego or something along that line, just for laughs I'll refer to her as Grace. Now for a while I do believe talking in third person will be much more understandable and easier to follow.

Now as you have figured out, Riku is a very easily pleased person, she is curious about everything and hates change. Grace, on the other hand, is more interested in her own survival and looks for facts before jumping to conclusion. Both girls have their pros and cons, but to decide which is the better personality would be difficult.
Riku is young at heart and love childish things, she is always smiling around her best friend and boyfriend (even if the smile is fake). She is an artist, always wanting to paint or draw. Riku is open to just about anything, she can sit down on the couch and watch movies all day, or play Facebook games for hours without getting bored. She cares about what people think, even though she'd never admit it, and she wants to help everyone; always looking for the best in people she makes friends easily and even though she likes to hide her past she has no problem using bits and pieces of it to help others. Riku takes the bad and tries to find the good in it, makes jokes when she shouldn't and has little spazzy moments which her boyfriend enjoys pointing out whenever they happen. Riku also has a habit of naturally jumping topics without meaning to and is easily confused.
Grace, on the other hand, can be a lot to handle. She just tries to get through life alive, but pick a fight with her and you will lose. Grace doesn't stay long in one place and long term relationships actually frighten her more than anything, which is her only fear: a fear of commitment. She doesn't like to be still for too long, or spend more than a few hours in one area, so staying all day at one house is like torture. She can cook well and cleans often. Always looking at life like one giant puzzle, she gathers all of the pieces and sorts them out before starting. Grace a special way with words that proves useful in tight situations and when writing stories and essays. She is rarely confused, and is known for being open minded and understanding. She does have a bit of a love for dangerous or risky situations which will challenge her to finding the safest way out, it could be called an adrenalin addict, I would even go so far as to say she is masochistic.

So I only pointed out the major faults with Grace and not with Riku, but this is because at the moment Grace has been more dominant and I can feel more of what she is thinking and wanting. Weird, right? Well I have to find something to do because sitting down to write this took a lot of concentration. Time for some activity!

Up To Date lol

Hey you guys, Riku here and I just wanted to bring everyone up to speed on my life as of now.

This week has been chaotic, everyone seems to be on spring break and so much has been going on, it is crazy! I went to Six Flags Magic Mountain yesterday and I enjoyed every second of it, I had a great group and we all got along pretty well. I even got to stop at a candy shop before we left and got some rather over priced candy which was fun haha
Also recently I have decided to try and learn how to skateboard. My overly kind boyfriend has graciously lent me his in order to practice and attempt not to kill myself while learning. I'd love to be able to do some cool tricks but right now the best I can do it move forward and make wide turns XD I'm learning don't judge lol but it's a great experience, I've had one fall where I actually ended up on the ground, skinned up my elbow a bit and now I had a nice little scab which I'm hoping will scar. I like scars, they tell stories ^-^
What else.....I've been painting the bathroom and entryway which started out as a chore but now it is becoming a little more fun. I got to pick out the color and all of that, I am basically done which makes me sad. I think I told you guys about it already but I'm still happy and excited so I might as well tell you again haha no harm in that, right?
I am very unexcited about seeing my family for Easter, which is normal for me, but Easter isn't really one of my hated holidays. I'm just really not feeling the "Let's get together for a holiday and eat until we want to die like we do every holiday" theme we seem to always attach to our gatherings. hat might have a lot to do with the fact that I have been arguing so much more with my parents lately, though. However! Today my family has been unusually kind and quiet. It is so much so that it almost frightens me. I can feel it, this feeling in the air around us that buzzes with unspoken words and a tension so thick that it threatens to suffocate me. I'm waiting for someone to snap, it will happen sooner or later. :/ oh well

NOW FOR THE MOST EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!

My Bestie is in town for a few days and tomorrow we are going to hang out and have fun and be lovers happy at the mall holding hands and talking and shopping and just being there and I am so excited because I feel like I haven't seen her is ages!
Yeah lol so I'm really happy about that haha Have a great life everyone! And keep checking in, alright? I've been wanting to post more and more but this week has been kinda..chaotic XD