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Showing posts with label happy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happy. Show all posts
Day 326 | Thursday, November 19 | 2009
Caitlin...My baby took me out to dinner to mark (approximately) our 21 months of dating. Our real anniversary is on the 23rd but I'll be in Texas by ten. This is definitely the longest that I have ever been in a relationship and I feel so lucky. I love Caitlin with every bit of my heart. She is not only my best friend but also the most beautiful woman in the world [to me ;)].
We went to Salaam and even got to sit in the special booth (it wasn't too busy of a restaurant on Thursday of finals week).
Day 318 | Wednesday, November 11 | 2009
To and From the Library...Secondly, I got to talk to Dale today and it brightened up my morning. It's been a while since we've caught up and it really makes me feel good when I get the chance to talk to him -- I think he has become my hero in so many ways but he is also a good friend that always carefully listens to me. I love you Dale! One day, when I save up money and frequent flyer miles, I want to come visit you in Taiwan.
Thirdly, Caitlin got her computer back today -- repaired for free! This is great news because she was about ready to pay $840 to have it repaired and then Leslie advised me and Caitlin that we should go to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store in Columbus to try and refute the repair costs. After all, Caitlin's computer is only about a year old and shouldn't be having major issues with the logic board at this point. When we went to the Apple Store on Friday, Caitlin and I seemed a little discouraged if it would all work out at all -- it seemed like the way things were going Caitlin would still have to pay money to have her computer repaired. It was such a great feeling today though to receive word that there was a package from FedEx waiting for her at her room. It was an even better feeling to get back to the room and open up the package and see her computer inside.
Day 227 | Friday, August 14 | 2009
Be Calm...Well, it has come at last! In just a few hours, I will take the GRE. I got up early this morning and went for a walk, listened to a little vocabulary, did a few warm-up exercises, and made sure to eat a healthy breakfast.
The realization that I came to on my walk this morning is just that I have done all that I can. I have studied so hard for this test and there is nothing more to do except relax and kick butt. I am excited and pumped for the test. Here I go!
Later:
I did it! I am at a loss for words now but here are my scores:
Verbal: 580
Quantitative: 780
Composite: 1360
I am so happy right now. I cannot believe I scored so high on the Quantitative section. I almost got a perfect math score (a perfect math score is 800). This score will definitely help me get a foot in the door (and at least not get immediately rejected) from the programs I want to apply to. Now, I can think about the application process more. I have been wanting to look at programs all summer but it just wasn't practical without having taken the GRE. Some of the programs I have been thinking about applying to include but are not limited to:
University of Texas (in Austin)
University of Virginia
Arizona State University
UCLA
Stanford University
Brown University
Universidad de Sevilla
and many others.
I just don't know exactly where I'll be applying to, but I will know soon. I am a little hesitant toward such prestigious places like Stanford or Brown but I might have the credentials to get in. I checked online and my GRE score is higher than the average student's score at every school in the country (including Harvard, Princeton and Yale). There are just too many uncertainties, though, so I will have to look at all of this more in-depth later.
Day 28 | Wednesday, January 28 | 2009
Frozen Berries...Today has been altogether wonderful. I unofficially found out that I was accepted into the Cuenca program for this spring. That means that I'll be studying in Ecuador from March until June!! I am so excited about this opportunity in my life. I have so many questions about what it will be like to live there I am overwhelmed with joy. It will indeed be a wonderful time.
Also, everything worked out in a very kind, understanding, and loving way concerning the situation between me, Rem, and Amanda. We had all felt so stressed out that I believe we had taken it out on each other. Rem and Amanda remain to be very very good friends of mine. I am so happy to have them in my life and to have had the chance to live with them for the amount of time I have. Who knows what life will bring in the future but it is looking as though I will be moving out in June to live somewhere else in Athens for the remainder of my time here. I am really excited about this too -- I've already looked into a couple of places that might work for me.
This time around I am thinking about finding a single apartment for me to live. I know that it will be a little more money but I think that having my own place, even just for a little bit, could prove to be a very essential thing to me to have in my life right now. I feel like for the past 3 years I have been very adaptive to my living environments. I have spent a lot of time traveling with the band (in which we would spend our nights sleeping on hard wooden floors), I had lived with Leo and Box, I had lived with Rem, Amanda, and Jesse (Rem's younger brother), and I had also lived with Rem and Amanda. So, after three years of sharing space with at least 2 other people (and in some situations 4 or five) I feel like it is my time to have my own space for once. I think I will try to get a job this summer (even if it is transient) to save money to help pay for the rent. I am lucky to be in a situation where my parents will aid me in paying the rent but someday I will pay all of the debt that I owe my mother and father.
In other news, today has been pretty odd -- Athens county had declared a level three snow emergency and Ohio University closed all of its halls and offices which meant no school for today. This is the first time this has happened since 2003 when there was a blizzard in January (or February) in which 19'' of snow fell on the ground. I am slightly shocked that OU called off of school just because the weather conditions now at 3:00pm are not too severe.
I am feeling pretty happy right now -- time to get some school work done.
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