Finally the weekend

but whats good about a weekend..when i work 10-8 saturday, and 11-6 sunday? Theres just that one weekend a month i have a love hate relationship with. I work at my job in my hometown one weekend a month, its a 10.5 hr day saturday and a 6.5 hr day sunday, store close to store open, its nice to be in woodbury..but i have no car and live in Menomonie so when i DO get to come home theres SOO much i want to get done, erronds, shop, see people and what not, and this is the only chance i get to come home cause of bartending in menom the rest of the weekends, so now theres all these things i need & want to get down but im stuck at this big, moon shaped desk on the computer for 10 hours. Its nice when i have homework i can do, but all the homework i have this weekend are exams to get done online, cant do that here! anyway, done complaining...about this weekend that is.

ACTUALLY.. i am very excited for Elena's baby shower on sunday, thats about the only thing to look forward to, accept i am bummed because i wanted to be a bigger part of the shower and really get involved and help plan. but ive been sooo so busy last week and really couldnt do much of anything, BUT im still excited. gonna bring my camera and be the photographer for the day. Im going to try and also get a game planned up, but im hoping it will be a good time :) im SOOO excited to be an Auntie, ive wanted a baby in the family for 2/3 years now, just not one myself yet, but wanted one of my brothers to have one!! not them personally obviously, but their girlfriends! so in 2 months there will be a little bundle of joy in the family, and nothing makes me smile more right now! though ill be at school and wont be able to spend much time with her, i will ask for pictures daily, and visit as much as possible. she is going to be so loved, and spoiled!!

On another note..the interviews..ugh.. i pysch myself out way to much for interviews..i do really take them seriously but sometimes i think i need to take them less seriously and just be myself instead of trying to be this perfect canidate and say exactly what their looking for..i know im qualified..i know i have the skills..so next time i just need to be more relaxed and just be myself and if they like it they will, if they dont, they wont. I wanna work for a company that chooses me because i was being myself, if that makes sense? so anyway, Kohls went really well, interviewed with 2 girls, was my first "professional" job interview i guess you can say. to cut to the chase, they called me for a final interview. So i am going to that next week. As far as target goes? id rather not speak of it. I totally CHOKED, i let my nerves get the very best of me, and i pretty much word barfed every question and vomitted it some sort of anwser, then caught myself not even making sense during it? oh man, what an interview that was, none the less i wont expect to get called back for a 2nd interview. It would be nice, but after the first one theres like 3/4 more interviews with ever higher up/more intimidating people. so if i did that bad with the store leads this time, id do ever worse interviewing with distract managers..annnyway.

what do i still need to do this fall? CARVE A PUMPYKIN. Yes, i did last year for the first time in a couple years with steven and i kinda want to do one again this year. Buttt dont really have anyone to do one with..and no where really to put it? in my apartment where im the only one who will see a messy, sloppily carver pump? well, i talked myself out of carving a pumpkin this year already.


Last thought: I AM NOT EXCITED FOR OUR FIRST OVER NIGHT FROST DEAL. buurrr. I hope winter will hold off for a while, or maybe even skip a season? ok thanks

wowza!

To say the least, it has been a littttle hectic lately. This week has been one of those weeks that its just non stop things to do, places to be! working 3 jobs, taking 15 credits and trying to maintain status in 1 club, and trying to learn and take on the role as future president of the other club (exposed photography club) gets a little exhausting, mentally and physically! I am not complaining, i set all this up for myself, and i do not plan on eliminating any of these circumstances. But dont get me wrong, there are times, more often than not, that i wish i could leave for 2 weeks to a sandy beach and pretend this busy-ness does not exsist :)

Sometimes all it takes is just to kinda mentally step back, breathe and know that I am doing what i should be doing, and that what i am doing is going to take me places! where? uhh i dont know! sometimes its exciting NOT to know though. But being so busy, sorta keeps me "grounded" and it keeps my head on straight. i DO wish sometimes i had more time for a social life, black out nights and days to be hung over with no obligations, but i kinda have been there done that. and being hung over sunday after homecoming was not very convincing of wanting that lifestyle back haha. I know i am in the right place, and I am learning a lot along the way. time management is HUGE for me right now, thank god for planners and free printable daily time schedules on the internet, right? Right!!


I am sitting in the pawn at schoool (little cafe cafeteria deal) grabbing lunch before work, usually i dont have time to, but my professor was sick and canceled class. (totally okay with me) So then i work for a couple hours, then dropping of some $$ to Stout retail association and grab some fundraisers things i have to sell. Then off to the library to literally spend the rest of my evening/night there. I have an internship interview with khols tomorrow. I believe its a management training position. Me a manager? its weird to think about. REALLY weird. But honestly, i think i could handle it. So i will be pretty much studying interview questions alll night just like im studying for an exam.
My interview is on Wednesday with Khols, then all wednesday night i will be studying for an exam on thursday which is the first exam in the class, so covering like 2+ months of material, so that will be a long night as well.
then (thanks to buddy my co worker who is working at the bar for me) Thursday night i will studying again, interview questions and practicing interviewing. theres "mock" interviews online career services provides that you interview into your webcam, then can watch it back. so i think i may give that a try, weird! all this because i have another interview with target stores on friday! I think target will go better since i had already practiced with khols. I haven't had a "REAL" Job interview i dont think yet. Ofcourse ive had interviews, but those were for dinky part time jobs, nothing TOOOO serious.
These job interviews, if i get accepted, could be a start to some direction in my life. Figure out what i wanna do, if i do the internship and i dont like it, i know thats not my thing and i could go in a diff direction, if i do the intern and i like it, and im good at it, i could have my career set (if theyd offer me a full time pos after college) SOOO in the long run, these next couple days can be BIG. Even if i dont get offered positions, its okay, it will be great interview practicing to see how its like.
Im dreading when they ask the question "what do you wanna do shannon" because frankly, im still trying to figure that out. SUCH a loaded question, corporate, store mamangement? buyuing? merchandising? please dont ask me that, because im young, i dont know yet, and im trying to figure that out still. thanks.

I was suppose to start P90x today, but instead im gonna attempt the 30day shred by jillian michaels, i really wanna loose 15-20 lbs. but with how busy i am, its really hard to take 2 hours to work out everyday, its what i want most even right now, and i just cant fit that in my schedule right now.. i take it day by day, if i can fit a workout in one day, i will. I am a huge stress eater too, so obvi with all this going on the last couple weeks, its been brutal on me & weight. I dont have time to COOK healthy meals, i have time to throw something in the microwave that cooking+eating takes less than 15 minutes. BOOOO. okay, enough of that. blah blah wah wah.


Anyway, im off to get some more things done. If you've read this, which i really dont think anybody does, which is totally okay. Kind of just ranting to myself sometimes :) but IF you are, wish me luck and cross your fingers and send good vibes my way, thatd be great :)

TaTa for now loves!

Goodmorning :)

"The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." Charles Swindoll

true "truths"

Oh just something I came across one day that I thought was, cute? they are "Truths"

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this - ever.

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What did you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

20. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

21. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.

22. I would rather try to carry 10 over-loaded plastic bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

25. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

26. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

27. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

28. Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?

29. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

30. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate bicyclists.

31. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

32. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!