Perverts and Homework.
04/01/2012
"We danced the night away, fought off perverts, laughed, and ran barefoot back to the car in the pouring rain. I was approached by a man in his fifties that night - which is a new record for me, not a record I wanted, but you know. I think being approached by strange men is somewhere in the job requirements of being female."
Life has been going pretty well lately - just extremely, extremely, extremely busy. Did I say extremely?
We will start with St. Patrick's Day. Of course, there is no amount of homework that is going to stop the average college student from going out with his or her friends on this holiday. It is an excuse for people to act silly. Sometimes when you work hard - you need to play hard too. I was no different and decided to go to my friend Amanda's house for her St. Patrick's Day party. It was nice seeing people from high school as well as my close friends. I was happy to see my friend Baker again - he enlisted in the military and is now a police officer in The Netherlands. I am very proud of him! Despite the fact that I wore green, my friends insisted on pinching me anyway. I figured that would happen.
Tommy and me at a local restaurant on St. Patrick's Day.
I ended up staying out way too late and made my way home around 4am (I am a night owl). I live near a lake and decided to stop and have a moment to myself on the dock. I realize this was probably not the safest idea, but hey, sometimes you have to take chances for clarity. As I was sitting on the dock with my feet swaying over the edge while staring at the light reflection on the opposite side of the lake, I heard someone come up behind me. This person said, "Just enjoying the night?" Startled, I turned around. It was a local police officer just checking to see if I was okay. In fact, we sat and talked for a little while. It was a weird situation at the time, but now I look back on it and laugh.
Going to bed past 4am and waking up early is not exactly the easiest task - but I made it happen to help out at Indiana University East's "Scholarship Day". I really enjoyed myself at this particular event - my favorite part was telling the students and their parents about my experiences at the City of Cincinnati and how it has really helped me figure out my career path. I will not lie, speaking in front of a large group the first time is always frightening, but the second and third time were extremely easy. I just try to tell myself this is not my first rodeo and I eventually get over it. I am hoping to perfect public speaking - maybe I will do it for a living one day. :)
My "thinking spot" on the lake.
Last Friday I went out with my friend Kaylee. We dolled up and wore some of our nicest dresses to The Greene in Beavercreek, Ohio. We danced the night away, fought off perverts, laughed, and ran barefoot back to the car in the pouring rain. I was approached by a man in his fifties that night - which is a new record for me, not a record I wanted, but you know. I think being approached by strange men is somewhere in the job requirements of being female.
Yes, I have been doing school work as well. Honestly, I just finished doing five hours of school work so I wanted to talk about funny things for a bit. I am proud of myself; I have managed to knock out most of my responsibilities within a timely manner. I am currently in the process of composing a twenty-five page psychology research paper - shoot me now. Okay, that was a little extreme, I am just stressed and that just came out. Anyway, the good thing about this paper is I have chosen my topic: money and how it relates to happiness in a relationship. I am shooting to disprove that saying, "Money does not buy happiness." Do not get me wrong, I am not a money hungry person by any means, but I figured the topic would be intellectually challenging and unusual.
Kaylee and I. A black and white photo to match our black and white dresses. :)
I applied for commencement speaker yesterday. I am hoping for an audition, if anything. I will keep you updated.
So there you have it, my life as of lately. I do not have anything inspirational or philosophical to say at this point - but it is almost 3am and I am tired. I know my blogs tend to be a little softer in nature but it is possible my high stress level is showing at the moment. Things are really getting down to the wire and I am trying to keep my head above water. I am also trying to distract myself from thinking about leaving the place that has been my second home for the past five years. I have been applying for jobs and I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will get a bite. A couple of them are on the east coast which is really exciting.
Regardless of the outcome, I will not give up until I get what I want!
