I have been really busy lately, taking on another job for some extra cash. Man I feel so worked! So I work for Applebee's Restaurant. I usually only work two or three days a week, which sounds terrible but i make over a hundred a week if not two hundred. So it really works out. Going to school only two days out of the week I had a lot of time on my hands and I didn't really want to open my availability at applebees because of the dance team.

First it all started with my car! UHHHH! I have a ford torus and its a 93. OOLLLDDDD. BUT! it only has 37,000 miles on it. so its kind of in good shape, things just need updating. Now i cant really afford the updating. I first did my brakes got the car back for a little over a week and some loud noise start going off when i turned on my A.C or heat. So we took it in to the first place and they had it for two days. the third day they couldn't fix it. they didn't know what to do so they referred us so someone else. Took it there and they have had my car since friday. As of tomorrow I have not had a car for a week and two days. I am dying right now and not only that but this whole thing is gonna cost me over a grand! YIKES! I really cant afford that.

So now I am working two days a week with my mom at her work. Its not to bad and I get paid 13$ an hour. I work an eight hour day. So for the next couple weeks im gonna be putting some time into helping at her work. Tuesday I had my first. WOW, so boring. I spent the first four hours filing. After lunch i stuff envelopes and I was practically falling asleep. It was rough. I can tell that i was getting to used to the constant moving and four/five hour shifts. Today was my second day and I made it through. My mom wants me to use the money toward the car fixings but i want to save it for my new car when i graduate.

Talking about work and doing a company research project for one of my classes. I made myself a future goal to make it into tangible worldwide design agency. They have a number of qualifications but im really going to try and make it in their one day. I really like their design style and I know I could fit right in.  I'm debating on weather or not I should intern for next quarter. I don't think I am not going to have any time to since I start practice in three weeks for the dance team. Not only that but I am going to be taking three art classes, so i don't want to over work myself. Not only that but during the summer I am part of the full bleed internship which leads me to my next topic.

FULL BLEED! I'm really excited for it and I know it will be a great addition for my portfolio. Although I'm not to excited about the topic. Its okay and I have some ideas for it but what I am really excited for it trying to design the cover. So they said they would want something that has the look of "two sides to every story". I actually was inspired by the tangible worldwide posters that they made and it gave me some good ideas. So I'm really excited for that and it would be great if mine is chosen. but I have a lot of work to do this weekend and hopefully i can put up some stuff I'm working on!

I have a lot of thing going on this weekend between school and activities. But first im going to start with the past week and all the great news I have recieved. First the dance team. I had a meeting on tuesday and were going to be starting practice next week tuesday. I am so excited. The only downfall for this season is our competition isnt until April. A couple other girls and me are going to be graduating before then which really stinks because you have to be a student at RMU in order to participate on the team. So I have to figure some things out.

My second great news which I am extremely excited for. The park district asked me if I woud like to teach an adult dance class. I am not sure what kind of dance and hopefull I could do it on a day that I dont have practice for the team. This would be such a great oppertunity and I really cant wait to hear back from them.

Overall I have a lot of things going on I still have to work on my full bleed stuff which is driving me crazy. Everything that is going on at once:

• Working at applebees, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays all at night
• Practicing downtown for the dance team tuesday nights, thursdays nights, and sunday mornings.
• Working for my moms company tuesday and thursday mornings until I start my new quarter then it is just going down to fridays.
• School Monday through thursday 8-12
• Hopefully teaching the dance class on monday evenings
• Managing to squeeze some time to go to hubbard street to take classes.

Wow I have quite the schedule going on. I was trying to find an internship for next quarter but I really have no time to do and I have to keep up on the full bleed stuff, which does count as an internship. So I just have absolutely no time at all. Im really going to have no life. I think worst of all is my boyfriend. He is going to get so crabby when he doesnt get to spend time with me. He really does.

So plans for the weekend. Friday I am spending the day downtown, eating at the taste, and watching the fireworks. It sould all be fun and hopefully it will be a nice day. Saturday I am gong up to michigan for the day. TUBING, SWIMMING, AND MORE! Hopefully though because my dad has been trying to fix his boat but if we get it up there it is seriously so much fun. Well I will have more news for you Sunday!