WOW...okay, my apologies for my lack of appearance in the past 6 months

So as I'm sure you all assume, I've been ridiculously busy, but also just forgot I even had a blog. It is now time to catch you all up.
I am finally in the last year of school, at least for undergrad work. I still have barely an inkling as to what i wish to do for the rest of my life; the only thing I 100% do know is that i want to work with kids, meaning the whole under 18 population. Right now i'm thinking that will include me getting my masters and then either working or getting an education certificate and teaching; I think I would love either.
Besides that, this semester I am taking 3 religion classes and 2 psych classes and next semester will be basically the same. I have the opportunity to see the Dalai Lama in October and I am beyond excited!!
homework calls my name....

Today I've made 3 blogs....wierd, I know

So everyone I know on this blog tagged me, therefore I must answer. I have to list six weird things about myself. The me tagging six others won't work because they all tagged me, but I hope you all enjoy this.

1. I must be able to see out both a window and a door from my desk and bed...i won't sit there very long otherwise.
2. I would rather sit in a towel for over an hour than get dressed.
3. I have a group of moles on my right arm that look like the big dipper...imagine how bored i was to figure that one out..
4. I like adrenaline rushes....bungee jumping, sky-diving, roller coasters, you name it i'll do it
5. I'm terrified of injections...but don't mind needles...
6. I can put a foot behind my neck and hold my breath for almost 2 minutes....probably not at the same time though....*giggles*


and if my mom ever reads this she is tagged!
and 7. my mom doesn't have a belly-button but i do *grins*

hehe

Okay...my mom now has a blog....she probably hasn't looked at it yet, but she has one....*giggles*

Here's the address: http://resarobertson.blogspot.com/

School, work, school, work.....wait, is that all i do?

Apparently, yes, that is my life. The highlight to my weekend.....wait for it....wait for it.....WORK! That's right, I spent Saturday night and Sunday night at work with a computer that made us stay 3 extra hours just to input the money collected and food shortages and such that usually takes 15 minutes. So bleeeeeh.

But Friday was good. Went into work like I normally do on Fridays, because I've been scheduled every Friday night since I started...but about five minutes into work my manager comes over and says: "Gail, you're not on the schedule tonight, i checked twice, you can go home." Strange...i know, she was as surprised as I. SOO, i called Ashley, one of my amazing friends who sometimes drives me to and from work and asked if she was busy cause i was feeling generous. We decided to eat Chipotle and go see "Because I said so"....great movie by the way, i recommend it to everyone...

My room is a disgusting mess, we're not sure what happened, but it has...maybe a tornado or hurricane, look to be updated on this situation.

I know this is the most random blog entry, please bare with me. My brother's birthday was yesterday and I'm going home this coming weekend to see him and hang. He wants to go iceskating, which is cool and i'm looking forward to it. WOOT WOOT


NOTE: I plan to get pictures where my brother is smiling, in the near future....look for updates on this quest for the smile.

Catch up of Christmas and other such greatness...

SOOO....I have failed in blogging my life. Yes, I know, it is a horrible tragedy. But, on the upside, you all get pictures now. First of all, over Christmas I and my family went to visit all my greatest cousins, Aunt, and Uncle and all those little-uns that seem to be attached. WHO I LOVE AND ADORE!! They are all getting so big and cute and developing great personalities...kudos to the cuz's for making this happen. Anyway...here they are: we have Sydney, Mackenzie, Brennan, and Micah...woot woot for being such awesome youngins!!






























And of course there was my BIRTHDAY!! I believe that deserves another woot woot....especially to my friends that came up/down/sideways to spend it with me. I love you guys! My mom in her awesomeness also went with us to PF Changs for one of the nights, bought me my first cosmopolitan *winks to mommy*. We found out that pictures taken while the camera is upside down are actually better! I'm dead serious, try it...something about the flash not hitting all the grooves of your features or something (thank you Samara for enlightening us) I will post those before and after pictures later due to my computer being a butt-monkey.

Then there was the HAIRCUT!! That's right...12 inches gone....all gone. Although going to a great cause, i do miss it, and it's ease to fix in the morning. But alas, showering everyday sometimes twice is great fun....*smiles sarcastically*

I'm not dead, I promise...

Life has been crazy these past few weeks. If I thought taking only 14 hours this semester would decrease my stress and workload, I was wrong. I have basically been able to go to class, work, and sleep...(although that last one not so much as the other two) Had a wierd case of insomnia the past few weeks coupled with a bad sinus infection and cold for the past week. Finally caught up on some sleep a few days ago and am now almost back to normal.
I also, as some of you know, got a new roomie (due to the fact that my old one is in Chile!!) She is nice, sorority-like (not necessarily in a bad way), and a freshman. All in all, we're good as roomie's, although neither one of us is here that often.
NEW UPDATE: I am looking at the final apartment on our search next weekend!! It is between this one and one other that Laura and I will be living in next year...wish us luck on a good choice. By the way, if I haven't mentioned Laura, she is one of my best friends down here...currently she is in DC on an internship, so it's up to me to make the final decision on the living.....AHHH! Although I will have another friend and her boyfriend with me when looking at them, just to make sure I stay unbiased...lol
I'll post pictures of the one we pick later.

MCAT studying is going hard, still haven't decided if I actually want to be a doctor yet, though....but I will be deciding soon.

I've also been volunteering at the boys and girls club here in Bloomington, makes me soo happy to play and tutor the kids....I swear they think of new non-words everyday to describe things....for instance: mathradical...
sooo not a word but it works for math that's cool....
Anyway, I'll post again soon I promise, with pictures from Christmas time and all *smiles*

Sooo...it's been a crazy week...

It's been three weeks in school now, and craziness has ensued. And tomorrow i'll fill you guys in on why that is....loves all

Ben Folds!!

Tonight at the IU Auditorium, Ben Folds in concert!!!! Crazy-excited is me right now. I am excited to sing, dance, jump, and cheer!! It should prove to be a good break from the burnt-out feeling I'm gettting due to school work.

I also thought I'd post some random pictures of friends and such ... don't really know why but do I really need a reason?

This is a photo taken of my friend Priya and Liz when we were just being normal....if you can believe that!! The picture captures each of our personalities perfectly. Liz is my roommate by the way, she's going to Chile next semester; I will miss her, but YAY for her. That deserves a WOOT WOOT!







Then the other pictures are pictures of the kids that went with me to Brazil this past summer. That's me and Keith down below, Laura (Lowda) and Heather on the right....it was such a good time.

Finally decided to post about Halloween weekend and such... That weekend I went to Chicago to visit one of my best friends, Courtney, who's up there studying musical theatre at Columbia College..I love her to pieces!! Anyway, while up there we saw a musical put on by her school called The Appletree which is a parody about temptation in Eden, Rome, and in modern life...it was freakin' awesome!! and hillarious. Such a great idea Court!! Kudos to you. Then we went to eat at this great place that for some reason I can't remember the name of but it had the best malts. Then walking around Chicago we decided to go see Marie Antoinette. Absolutely fabulous, definitely one of my top 5 currently in recent movies.

Anyway, crazy story of the weekend was that on the train ride back to Indy, the car in front filled with smoke for no apparent reason, so we were stopped for 3 hours in the middle of night not sure if we were on fire or what. Great story short, I got into Indy at approximately 5AM!! My poor mother, I LOVE YOU for everything but especially for being there (James is also awesome, but I'm pretty sure he was asleep in the car). Got home, all was good, and now I'm here two weeks from Halloween and talking about it.

Oh!! and I have 3 uncarved pumpkins sitting by my dorm room because my roommate and I wanted to carve them but suddenly ran out of time, but we refuse to waste perfectly good carving pumpkins!!!!!

I've been sick since yesterday with some sort of bug...not sure quite yet exactly. But I did sleep 13 hours last night, lucky for me my Portuguese professor understood. My mom says Zycam is the way to go but I can't find it in the stores in any other form but the nasal spray, which I hate and won't take....so any recommendations?

Anyway...I was just sitting hear trying this "new" idea of mind over matter, imagining myself well and completely happy when I suddenly thought of my Aunt Carroll. The reason I thought of her is because she has been ill for a while yet whenever I see her she is trying her best to be happy and seem carefree. She has always been this way, regardless of pains or annoyances she is always making the best of life. Good Job Auntie!!!!

And well...while going through pictures to find one I liked of Aunt Carroll I also found this one of Brennan. I'm not sure if you have it or not, Allison, but I thought you'd like it. I think it's adorable and makes me think how much I can't wait to see the boys. I hope I see you guys soon!!

Ohhhh! And awesomeness! My Religion, Illness, and Healing professor nominated me for the Religious Studies Essay contest in the Spring, entering in an essay I wrote for her class; I am sooo excited and honored!!!

AND I think I've convinced my mom to start a blog...which means it will be up during Thanksgiving because she needs my help to start one. But YAY!! More connections are good.

Randomness

Great weekend!! Doesn't the face convey excitement? And by that I mean I did absolutely nothing I didn't want to do...yay! Let me detail it for you. On Friday I worked till 11pm, great fun let me tell you (for anyone who doesn't know, I work at Fazoli's while I'm in Bloomington); then on Saturday I slept in - first time in quite a while, then went to BW3s for lunch, got caught up on homework, and then went to dinner with Liz and her boyfriend at Laughing Planet (Liz is my roommate, by the way). Later that night I went out with friends from Fazoli's and had a great time with a cute little boxer puppy. Sunday I slept in AGAIN!! and then went to work till 9pm and afterwards went and saw "The Guardian" which was ohhh so good but very sad. So now after this amazing weekend I am back to routine. Portuguese class today was supposed to have a quiz so I got up super early to study, however when I got to class she had moved it to Thursday, "yay" but slightly annoyed. My Ancient Hebrew Texts class got cancelled because the professor was ill so all I have left is Abnormal Psych at 3:30pm.


Now for the exciting stuff.

I just realized I get all of Thanksgiving week off instead of just 3 days due to the fact that my professors all cancelled classes, woot woot! This means I'll be coming home on Monday night of Thanksgiving, I am extremely super duper excited to see the fam and friends in Indy.

I just got a message saying my time on the internet is almost up so I'll post more later....

I love Technology

I just got done installing my new external harddrive which will allow me to backup my computer so that I can reformat it without losing everything. Considering I have almost 10 Gb of music alone, I am thrilled!

This also means that GUST is finally able to start the film editing process. In the past we had to save everything to discs, which are only about 7 Gb (keep in mind that 15min. of footage is about 5 Gb). I am soooo happy. Talking about the film...GUST had it's first official film footage selection meeting on Wednesday - very productive. We got through almost 8 tapes or 8 hours of footage. It took us about 3 and half hours but it was fun. I love watching everything again and talking about the kids and their antics. There's this one clip where we're all sitting around the first night after getting into town telling what our first thoughts were when we arrived. I said, " I'm walking down a dirt street with luggage....I'm incredibly white." it was very funny....maybe you had to be there...not sure.

I also just finished scheduling my classes for next semester. During this process I realized 3 things: that I could graduate this year with a major in Bio and two minors (by the way this is not what I'm doing), that IU's program for scheduling is obnoxious, and that trying to sign up for labs is crazy when they're at the 400 level because there are only 40 spots that fill up quickly. Oh well...life is life and it involves crazy computer programs.

Random Thought of the Day: "I want to go skydiving!"

Brazil: Summer 2006

I have received many emails regarding the trip I took with three other students to Brazil this past summer so I have decided to post the website of the blog we kept while there, enjoy!!

http://gust-brazil.livejournal.com/

This journal stopped when we returned to the States, but it is full of great and not so great times. Enjoy
I am trying to post pictures currently but it's not completely working....more to come.

After a long time

So, after many problems with my last blog site I have decided to switch. This first week might seem a bit scattered do to this, please be patient.