I GOT THE JOB!! =D

So, yesterday, I get an e-mail from the director of Sierra Vista telling me that she would like an interview! And since this camp is almost 6 hours away, we had a phone interview (which lasted an hour!) It was great! She made is less nerve racking and she was super wacky and fun. At the end she says she thinks I will be great and so she will be sending me my contract on Monday for me to fax back! I am SO excited!!

Being a camp counselor is going to be a LOT of hard work! I probably won't sleep much, and I will be teaching classes everyday, but they have a cool time-off system where I will be able to have every 3rd night (6pm-midnight) off, and the rest periods (every 3rd day after the night off) which is from noon-3pm. It is a really weird system, but it sounds like it works well. I won't be getting paid much, but it will be a great experience, and that is really what I need. I really can't wait till this summer!!! =D


In other news, David and I went to a Dallas Stars hockey game today! It is technically my second time going to one, but I don't count the first because it was with band, and we didn't really get to see the game till the very end. It was tons of fun! They won of course. =] 3-2. =]


David and I at the Stars game. =]

CRAZY week

I have been soo busy the last few days, I haven't had time to update.

Well, Monday was great! David and I went to dinner (Outback Steakhouse) then bowling with my family. Mom and Dad are giving David and I $100 each for excursions on the cruise in April. Which is my b-day present. It is really nice of them. I honestly wish I would have gotten an iphone instead. Which I have been wanting for forever. I just mainly want a better phone and one with i-net. But oh well, it was nice of them.

Tuesday sucked. Which was my actual birthday. I had class from 12:30-5:00pm, and I was feeling so sick and emotional that day. It was dumb. The only thing cool that happened was David bringing me home a Tulip plant with 3 bulbs. It is really exciting. I love it!

Wednesday and Today was soo busy. I had to study for tests and had tests and such. It's been kinda stressful. I get to kinda relax this weekend, which is nice. But I still have a lot of Texas Teachers classes to finish online as soon as possible.

Right now, I am cleaning and listening to David learn to do his own taxes. His mom is helping him over the phone. I am soo hoping we get married so he will always take care of it. At least I hope we get married before I become independent. haha.

Now time for birthday pics!


David and I at the Cheesecake factory


Mellisa, Jon, David, Me, Emiko, Oscar, and Nicole



The Tulip plant David bought me. It has 3 bulbs. He gave it to me Tuesday (2/22)



Here is one Tulip waking up. This is from today. =] It opened in 2 days!

My weekend. =]

Saturday:
Had my first face-to-face class with Texas Teachers and it was great. There is about 100-200 people in the sessions. It was held at a high school in Carrollton. It was a LONG day. I learned so many things about teaching, and good teachers and everything. It was a great first class. Also had fun with Rena. =]
Sunday:
Today, David and I went to the Cheesecake Factory for brunch, and to my surprise, Emiko, Nicole, Oscar, Mellisa and Jon where there! I had thought to would be just David and I, but he had been planning on this surprise for about 2 weeks. It was so sweet! Funny thing though, supposedly like 20 of my friends said they were going to go, however, only those 5 ended up going through with it. So it was kinda embarrassing sitting at a table for 20 when only 5 people showed up...but it was great. It was the perfect amount of people. I had the Jambalaya Pasta (Which was DELICIOUS!) And I had the red-velvet cheesecake. SO GOOD! Those two combinations go so great together.

Another thing that is cool is that as we were leaving, John Kitna of the Dallas Cowboys walked in, and David and Jon met him and shook his hands. They were so giddy. It was funny.

After that, David and I went to Grapevine Mills Mall. We walked around the whole place and looked in some stores. I bought some cute things from the Hello Kitty store.

When I got home, I took a really long nap, which was really great. Since then I have been relaxing. =]

Tomorrow, David and I are going bowling and dinner with my family to celebrate my birthday with them. Can't wait!

The 31 Day Challenge: Day 3

Well, I know I am late with these, but at least I do them right? haha. Besides day 3 doesn't necessarily mean the 3rd day, could just be the 3rd challenge...at least that's my reasoning.

Well, day 3 is to post a picture of my favorite tv show. Right now I have 2 but I gotta say that my most favorite is Greek. Which aires on ABC family. It is sooo good! Full of humor and drama. Love it! It's pretty much mainly about 3 Greek houses and their trials and tribulations on Romance, College and Greek life. If you haven't watched it, DO! You won't regret it. All the seasons are on hulu, and currently the last season is airing on Monday nights at 8pm on ABC family!

First Texas Teachers class tomorrow!

Today I got my hair cut. I think it looks great! I usually don't ever like it when it's cut. But this time!

My hair cut. =]

Tomorrow from 8:30am-4:00pm I have my first face-to-face class with Texas Teacher's Alternative Certification. Should be good...I am nervous though! BUT I just found out today that a friend of mine is also doing the program, which means we will be going to all the classes together! So we are going to try and carpool together. Even though we live in different cities. lol

We have to wear business casual, so I had to go clothes shopping, and mom spent $200 on them. I had to buy shoes, slacks and nice tops. We went to kohls. That store rocks!

My birthday is Tuesday. =] David and I are going to the cheesecake factory on Sunday, then on Monday Me, Emiko David and my family are going bowling and to dinner. Then Tuesday will be my actual birthday, and I will have to be in class from 12:30-5:00. Ugh. I don't have plans though. We shall see. Maybe Lous, or Riprocks for some drinks. =]

Well thats about all for now. Gotta go get a shower and get ready for bed!

Update on Camp Sierra Vista Job

Just wanted to update about my application process with Sierra Vista summer camp counselor job. I e-mailed the director asking if she received my application and 3 references, and also to ask if there was staff openings, and she e-mailed me back like in 10 minutes and told me that for now, she has to hold off on hiring because she has to wait to see how many past counselors want to work this summer because they get first dibs on jobs. HOWEVER, she said that since I have everything in so soon, that I get put to the top of the pile for hire if there is openings.

=]

So, I feel more and more like this might happen! It will be a GREAT experience if I get the job. I am sure I'll get homesick some, since I will be living 5 1/2 hours away the whole summer, but I think it will be a lot of fun. Plus I think this is going to help me feel closer to God. I will be away from all my pressures and burdens of home and I will be able to work with kids and be a role model for the kids and teach them of Gods love. It would be awesome.

Please keep praying about it for me!

31 Day Challenge: Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.

This is a pic of me and my best friend Emiko!

We are definitely very close. She knows every single detail about me. Plus we have known each other about 10 years! She is amazing, and we are best friends for life!

<3

The 31 Day Challenge!! Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

So, I definitely stole this from Sarah, hopefully she doesn't mind! =] I like doing things like this. heehee..

1. I am a Christian who love's Jesus Christ!
2. My most very favorite animal is wolves.
3. I have a really big imagination, unfortunately it isn't of much use. lol
4. I like to take pictures
5. I play video games
6. I like to crochet
7. I am a fantasy nut. Unicorns, Faeries, Pegasus, Dragons etc.
8. I want to own horses AND donkeys.
9. I can't sleep well unless I have a loud box fan for white noise.
10. Sometimes I just have a horrible habit of saying the wrong things without thinking. =(
11. I've always wanted to live in Ireland.
12. I love Disney movies.
13. I hate being dunked when swimming. I don't want to drown.
14. I was so close to going by my middle name Dawn back in middle school.
15. I am absolutely and completely in love with my boyfriend of 1 yr and 3 months David Tidmore.

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Meee

Summer Job Searching

I e-mailed the person who takes the applications for the Switzerland program, and she unfortunately told me that they have already hired everyone for this summer. So, looks like I will have to wait till next year to apply.

So, therefore, I have decided to start finding a summer job. I really want to work with children, and I decided to start looking for a job at a summer camp as a counselor. So, I have been doing research and I have found about 3 or 4 places I would like to apply. So far I applied to the Vista camps (Rio Vista ((for boys)) and Sierra Vista ((for girls))). It seems like a really nice camp. It is also non-denominational, and they have Sunday services. It would be great for me as well. I really need some God interaction! So I am hoping to hear back from them. If I don't get the job there, I am going to apply for Camp Olympia, and Sky Ranch. At Sky Ranch, I want to apply to be Wrangler. Which is working with the campers with the horses. That would be a dream come true! Wish me luck! I would LOVE to work at a summer camp!

Valentines day is tomorrow! I love it. =] Mainly because I have a boyfriend whom I love with all my heart. If I didn't have a boyfriend, of course I wouldn't enjoy it...lol. David and I are going to make dinner at home and relax. Nothing to crazy. He has to go Serenade Sororities tomorrow night at 7. Which frankly makes me mad, because I want him to be home so we can do dinner and such. And I think I can be selfish, because it is Valentines day, and he is my boyfriend.

My birthday is a week from Tuesday! I'll be 23...I feel old. Slightly. It is exciting though. David and I are going to the Cheesecake Factory. I have never been there before, and it looks so good.

Updates always look better with photos


In celebration of Valentine's Day 2011

Summer Teaching is Switzerland

Yesterday, a friend from my Linguistic classes sent out a link to this website for teaching in Switzerland for the summer. It sounded really interesting so I looked into it. I am very very interesting in doing this. I would actually be able to be a camp counselor and I would be with the kids almost 24/7 from the end of June to the end of August. They pay for the airfare, room, board and laundry, and I would get a salary for working. It sounds like such an amazing opportunity. I would get experience teaching kids, and I would finally be able to travel outside the U.S. The summer program is at TASIS (The American School In Switzerland) It is near Lugano, Switzerland. Which is a beautiful place.

I will be sending them my application soon. Please pray about this for me! I really would love to do this. I sure hope I can get accepted into the program!!


View of Lugano, Switzerland from the TASIS campus.

Weekend at Emikos!

The other night David bought me a bouquet of flowers, ferrero rocher candy and a king cake! He is sooo freakin sweet. I love him so much!


Flowers and Candy!

King Cake! Sooo good!

So, because of all the snow, I wasn't able to spend the night at Emiko's on Friday night, but because of the nice warm (40 degrees) on Saturday, I was able to drive to Irving. So I spent the night with Emiko. We went grocery shopping for snacks and such. We made Suiza (sp?) which is an awesome chicken enchilada meal. And we made chips and queso. Then we watched Prince of Persia and put on fake nails. Then watched Howl's Moving Castle while we looked at each others Itunes and stole the music and ate oreos. lol. This morning we ate waffles, then fed the ducks at the park. Then we went and washed our cars (which was MUCH needed). Then we went to Target and I bought a new wallet. Then we went to the shoe store and I bought some Dr. Scholl's slippers. Buy 1 get 1 free at $10. Such a good price! Then I came back to Denton. It was a fun weekend! I didn't realize how much we did till I wrote all this. lol.

Emiko looking at the recipes


Me cooking


Now it's Super Bowl Sunday! We are having a big party here at the house. I have a migraine so I will probably be resting. I also have more homework I need to get done before tomorrow.

Hope everyone else is having a great Superbowl Sunday!
=]

Nine months in 1 post

I'm baaaack!

Wow...I hate that I haven't been writing in here...it's been like almost a year.

Well! No time like the present. And I have a lot of things going on in life now and in the future that I would like to blog. Let's see if I can make this work. XD

Ok, sooo...since my last post...sad news...I no longer have Jethro. I actually only had him about a month after I got him. I felt like a didn't give him as good a home as I thought I could. Since I was living on my own, I actually tried to be out and hang out with people more and I felt like he was home alone too often. He was a wonderful dog and even know I miss him sooo very much. But Lou was able to find him an amazing home, so I pray that he is happy.

David and I are doing wonderfully. I love him soo much and we are still very strong in our relationship. And in fact...I moved in with him in Nov. 2010. I actually live with him and 4 other guys in a big 2 story house. Crazy right?! I never thought I would be living with so many guys. haha. But it is good, because David and I have the master bedrooom and we have a huge room and bathroom. So I have a lot of privacy.

Thanksgiving was great. So was Christmas. I was able to have a Christmas with both my family and David's family. And I got to spend Christmas Eve with David. It was a wonderful Christmas.

This is my last semester of college. Which is both exciting and scary at the same time. I am actually looking more forward to it, because I have a plan and things are going well with it. I have recently been accepted into the Texas Teachers Alternative Certification program and I have started the online portion of training. I just have that, and some face-to-face training, and some observation, then I will have a temporary certification and I will teach for one year before I get my actual certification. So if all goes to plan I will start teaching next fall! I hope I will be able to find a job. =] Oh, and I will be teaching elementary school.

My birthday is Feb 22. I will be turning 23..I feel old!

Oh! I was invited to go on a 1 week cruise with David and his family in April. It is SO exciting. I have 2 months to lose about 10 pounds and get nice and toned for the week of sun, beaches, and pool. =]

Well..I guess there is nothing else to tell for now. Hopfully that catches everyone up on the past...what...9 months? haha.

It has been icy and snowing the past week. School has been canceled all week. I feel sooo cooped up. Here is a cute pic of mine and David's snow day today. =]

David and I with the snowman we built.