This time last year, I was on a plane to Michigan to meet Alan for the first time; it was my fall break and it’s that time of year again and I wish I had the finances to do the same thing but I don’t. Instead I’m stuck here in Lawrence doing absolutely nothing. If [...]

It’s been a long, stressful and rather uneventful year since I applied to Michigan State back in August of 2007; however the wait finally came to an end on Monday June 9th, when I received my acceptance letter telling me I had been offered admissions into MSU for a major in psychology. I cannot even [...]

It’s amazing some of the things we will say to someone admist an argument. For me, I prematurely told Alan I had gotten accepted to Michigan State the other day during an argument, in hopes of diffusing the situation. My heart was in a good place, but I shouldn’t have said what I did. Granted, [...]

The semester is coming to a close and I have two exams left…well two and a half if you count the essay section of my history exam that I still have to write. My plan is to drive up to campus tomorrow and take my economics exam, study for my math one later in the [...]

When Alan and I first started dating, we talked about everything; what we wanted out of life, what our plans were, what we wanted to do as far as education/career goes, we even talked about marriage and things of the sort. It was mentioned that I should try applying to Michigan State University, partly because [...]

Even though, I completed my Associate of Arts degree last semester and don’t need to take anymore classes I decided that I’d take online classes this semester for a couple of reasons: 1) to keep my health insurance through my dad which is through the military – I have to be enrolled in school full [...]

Job hunting is such a pain in the ass, but something one must do in order to…well you know, FIND A JOB! Being in school though makes the process a little more difficult because you have to find an employer that is willing to work around your schedule; having classes in the early afternoons, leaves [...]