CHIcago

Last Saturday, Michael & I went to Chicago to look at potential apartments that he would in interested in. He is thinking about going to a college up there next fall, so we figured that we better get started on the whole apartment search. It ended up being more of a site seeing trip for me, and it was my first time in the city that I can remember. (last time was when I was a little kid with my parents) We also rode the train from Westmont to Chicago. That was also my first time on a train since i was a little :) It was just a day of firsts for me. It ended up being an AMAZING time and I cannot wait to go back!!!!!

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Photoshoot

The other day, me and my roommate Amelia, and our friend Calyn, decided to have a little photoshoot in Calyn's backyard. I love love love these girls :)

AMILLI

So I'm pretty sure that I have never mentioned how much I LOVE my roommate Amelia! She is probably the best roommate that I could ask for, and is guaranteed to be a long time friend. So here's a shoutout to you Amilli :)


NV Night with Coors Light



"Alcohol is our only friend" haha.
^Cute, eh?^

Girls Night

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The other night, my roommate Amelia, our friends Calyn & Maggie, and I decided to just have a little girls night and play games. And what would a game night be without APPLES TO APPLES :) It was a lot of fun and just figured I'd share some of the pictures taken.

Amelia was sad she only won one card.Calyn was runner upMaggieAnd last but not least.......
THE WINNER♥....ME!

Supposedly, when your all said and done with the game, the cards are supposed to be words that "describe you"......if that's the case, then I am Patriotic, Sultry, Demanding, Depressing, Fuzzy, and Shallow. Sweet set of adjectives to describe myself. I was very happy my results... NOT!

Photography

So this semester I enrolled in a photography class to help slim out my general ed. load, and to hopefully take some awesome pictures and learn how to develop them. We have had a few assignments since school started, and so far I love it. Our first assignment was called "Scavenger Hunt", and my film ended up being blank. Since it was blank, my teacher told me that I could just go around and take pictures on my camera of anything I wanted just so I could get a feel for the camera and learn kind of how to use the different things on it. My camera is a 35mm camera, and I can only use film that I can develop on my own. For this assignment though we got to take it to a Walgreen's and have them develop it for us. I just finally got this assignment back today and figured I'd share a few of the pictures that I took while I was experimenting with the camera. I took a variety of pictures and enjoyed playing around with the camera. I only hope that my next assignments will be better.

Here we go again...

WELP, its been quite a long time since I have updated this thing. A lot has happend in the past
few months.


I moved into a new apartment with a girl named Amelia Paccamonti on June 30th. So far things are going great!! Our apartment is a little ghetto, and we get nervous sometimes, but all in all its been amazing. I couldn't ask for a better roommate!!



I went on an awesome vacation with the Meiner family (aka, my boyfriends fam) and it was a blast!! I'm not even joking when I say that it was probably the best vacation I've ever been on. We went to Lake Sylvan, Minnesota for a week and a half and spent all that time on the lake. I learned how to ski, although I was not good at it at all, and got to jet ski & tube a lot. Jealous yet??




Two weeks after we got back from vacation, I started back at school.....here's where it gets boring. I'm going full time again this semester. I am taking Math 96, Biology, a Religions course, and Photography (my fave :]) So far it isn't going to bad. My classes aren't TOO terribly hard, but who likes school?........no one.

I am still working at the El Paso Golf Club as a waitress/bartender. As the summer went on I started to bartend almost full time, and so far I love it!! I like learning how to make new drinks, and feeling more responsible :).

NIU

I went to NIU in Dekalb last weekend for my best friend Kelly's 20th birthday. Everything from the ride there, the ride back, and everything in between was lots of fun. There were a few moments throughout the night that made me a little angry, but overall I had a great time with a few of my besties! :) I went with Leslie, and we made lots of stops on the way there. She picked me up around 4ish, then we headed to El Paso to get gas, subway, and pick up something from Kelly's house that her mom wanted us to give her. Then we headed to Minonk to go to Pop's, which is a place full of all kinds of candy!! We had to take a couple of detours on the way there because of construction but we made it. Then we finally headed on our journey up to NIU. It didn't feel like it took as long as usual, but when we got there we headed up to Kelly's room and started getting ready. Leslie's sister Lauren met us up there, and she braided my hair on the side while we were all getting dazzled up. We pre-gamed in Kelly's dorm, then finally headed onto the frat AKL. Leslie brought her video camera so it was a lot of fun filming things, and having stuff to watch so we could remember the next day.