Stickers

So today I spent several hours peeling mis-placed price stickers off of heavily shrink-wrapped pottery delivered in boxes stapled shut by the thickest, gnarliest staples I've ever seen.  It was a long process and my fingernails have been sawed down to bits from all that scraping and tearing. The flip-side?  Went home for lunch in the middle of the day and had a hankering for an apple.  You know those annoying little stickers they   put on apples that you always tear off half of while you are washing it and then can't get the other half off?  I peeled that baby off in one try with no sticky residue whatsoever.  Nailed it!

New Job

So I have a new job. And it's freaking awesome!

Actually, it's just your standard retail. But who am I to pass up the opportunity to learn how a small, independent business does its work? It's pretty cool actually.



Lately, I've been learning all about stocking.  I learned how to use a price gun, which is a pretty nifty tool if I do say so myself.

And of course, I've spent a lot of time counting which is helping me stay up to date on my math.

And I've been folding lots of shirts.  In fact, I just can't help thinking about the Teen Girl Squad episode where So and So gets a job at "the shirt-folding-store."   My management is a lot more considerate but I can sympathize with the steep learning curve:

"A kid just puked in dressing room 3"
"But it's my first day and..."
"Here's your name tag Mark. Get to minimum wagin'"

To view the whole video, click the link
http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs11.html

Leaving Limbo...at least, for now

I started this blog last summer when I was feeling pretty down about life and needed a way to talk myself through it and make light of the confusing stage of life that I've been in.  I made it through the summer, and in the end I felt like it was a good experience and one that I needed to learn from. BUT that doesn't mean I'm keen to do it again, so you can probably imagine that I've been pretty anxious about this coming summer and the following school when many of my best friends (including my amazing roommate Hope) are leaving on LDS missions.  I've been applying for jobs and scholarships and auditioning for plays and constantly making tentative plans, and finally it all seems to be falling into place.

And so...here's my plan:

-I'm getting a job this summer. A real job! In Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the Jackson Trading Company store. Super nervous and excited :)



-I've been offered two scholarships by the school (thanks to some really awesome donors) so I will definitely be staying at USU for a while...but I'm taking a semester off because:

-I'm going to CHINA!!! I'm heading to the land of Mulan and Kung Fu Panda to teach English for semester with ILP. I'll be living in the city of Zhongshan, playing with and teaching adorable children everyday, and having a whole new kind of adventure.  (I'm leaving in August, and at that point this blog will become a sort of travel-log for my mom and anyone else to follow while I'm gone.)

<---here is Zhongshan.


Not having a plan is scary and stressful, but it has sure made me grateful when experiences and opportunities come my way.   I'm super excited!!!!

Hogwarts!

Well guys--it finally came! My Hogwarts letter finally arrived!!!!

Obviously they had the wrong address when they tried to send it by owl and it has been stuck in some dusty office ever since.  Hey Mom and Dad, "we have a witch in the family. Isn't it wonderful?"


Of course, there were a few blatant typos:  they referred to  Hogwarts as the "National Society of Collegiate Scholars" and misspelled Professor McGonogall's name and really, don't you think that sending an email instead of a letter was a little tacky?  

Either way, I'm pretty psyched out of my mind right now, and for all you doubters, here's the proof, legitimately copied and pasted from my email: 

Congratulations again and we look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,

Doris McGonagill

Assistant Professor of German

BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!

obviously the same person

Meme #4

Okay...this is a good one.

Meme #3

Alright---the last meme I made got ONE RE-PIN on Pinterest! YESSSSSSS!!!! While I consider that a great victory, I am trying at least one more time.  (This is how I relax when my homework is almost done)

My goal for this one is to get THREE RE-PINS.  I'm banking on a lot of Les Mis loving floating around right now, and who doesn't love a Dwight meme?

Meme #2

Okay, so the Amanda Seyfried/Bunnicula meme didn't go anywhere, but today I was grocery shopping with my roommate and she unknowingly gave the inspiration for this next attempt.
All credit for this meme goes to Beka Fullerton for the idea, the random couple whose picture I found on Google images, and me for putting the two together.