andrea…

so i start school again in a little over a week. i’m not sure how i feel about that. i won’t know until next thursday when i walk into a classroom for the first time in two years. it’s scary, i won’t lie. and putting quite the dent in my bank account. $5100 in tuition for a year, $304 for a parking pass (robbery!!), about $500 for books for first semester, $35 in school supplies, and the list goes on. taking a month off from work proved to not be such a great idea financially, but it’s helped me out mentally a little. it’s nice to have the time to get everything done. come september i will be going to school full time (fridays off! woot!), but i also need to find a job. so it looks like i’m going to be a very busy girl for the next couple of years. i’m excited to get going on my future career path though.

how come everytime i tell someone i’m taking english their response is, “teacher?” is that the only profession available to someone who gets a degree in english? i’m going to start telling people that i’m taking it to become the person who shoots chickens at airplane windows to test for the strength of the glass.

i’ve been thinking a lot lately about the past, mostly because not working affords me the time to spend hours on end thinking. i’ve moved on a lot from the demons of my past. don’t get me wrong, i would give anything to turn back the clock and fix a certain mistake, but i’ve come to terms with the fact that this isn’t possible so i need to move forward instead of constantly looking back. words of wisdom from sex and the city, “when your past is your present, how can you look towards the future?” i will move on. onward and upward! i think of the past now with a smile on my face. this is quite the change from a few short months ago. my past has shaped me into who i am today. i might not always be glad of who i am today, but for the most part i am. i think i’ve turned out quite alright, mullet and all! haha….here’s to a new car, a new hairstyle, a new education, and a bright, new future.