kristin's blog

Wow, it feels like this year just started.  Registration for spring semester is less than a month away though, holy crap.  We have to meet with our advisor before we can register for spring, but I think I already know what I'm going to try and sign up for.

I actually went shopping and enjoyed it today.  Lately, I haven't been able to justify spending money on anything for myself; it sucks.  I think it's because I know in two months I won't have such a regular source of income so I shouldn't spend it all now... gotta save it so I'm not completely miserable and broke while I'm at school.

I bought myself a new tanktop and skirt at American Eagle, which I justified by thinking "I'll wear this in Costa Rica!"  I totally will wear it there, but I feel like I was buying it for a reason, not just as an excuse to buy crap.  The two were both on sale though; together they were less than $30!  I bought a new strapless convertible bra at Victoria's Secret too, which cost more than the tanktop and skirt together.  Ridiculous, but totally worth it.

My brother and I went to a used CD store, and I bought three CDs there plus a couple of things for him too... I wanted to buy so much more, but I stopped myself.  All of the CDs I bought were Spanish ones, probably because I'm so excited about the trip.  I absolutely love Spanish music, and a lot of it reminds me of Costa Rica... *sigh*  That reminds me, I really hope Alonso gets back to me before my mom and I leave for our trip; I want to meet up with him and introduce him to my mom!  Then again, if he doesn't, I have his phone number... I just hope he's not on vacation or something while we're there.  :(

I swear, I'll try to stop talking about Costa Rica so much in my posts... I'm just SO excited!

I only got an hour of sleep last night because I was up all night thinking about Costa Rica.  Lame, huh?  Haha.  I'm just so excited!

Right now, I'm in the process of uploading pictures on here from my first trip to Costa Rica... it's a long, tedious process.  I have a TON of pictures.  And when I'm done with those, I have to upload the ones from this year's trip.  Hopefully I'll finish doing it by the time we leave, then when I get back I'll just have to upload the newest ones.

I just went to my school's website to check and see if they'd assigned me a roommate yet, because I had one a while ago and then I didn't so I wanted to know what was up or if I had a new roommate yet.  Before, in the roommate section of my housing information, it said "Roommate assignment is pending" or something like that.  Now it just says NONE, so I guess I just won't have a roommate... which is fine by me, haha.  I know, having a roommate is part of the college experience, blah blah blah, but I like my privacy and I'd rather not have someone sleeping in the same room with me every night for a whole school year, thanks.  So as far as I know, I have a double room with no roommate... that kicks ass, especially because my dorm has the biggest rooms.  I win at life.  :D  I know there's still a chance that they'll assign me a roommate at the last minute, but right now I'm going to go on thinking I get a room to myself.

A week from tomorrow, I'll be at school registering for classes and two weeks from tomorrow, I'll be in Costa Rica!  So much fun stuff going on... yay!

I just booked our trip to Costa Rica!  We'll be flying to San José on the 23rd and leaving on the 27th... it's a short trip but I'm SO EXCITED.  We're hopefully going to take a couple of day trips, one of which will definitely be to the beach... I think we're going to Isla Tortuga which will be fun because I've never been there.  I want to take my mom to Arenal too so she can see the volcano.  Ahh, I am so excited!!!!!

Well, I'm definitely not going to Canada now... well, not when I planned on going, anyway.  I feel really bad because Chris took time off of work to spend time with me, but I was texting him earlier and I guess he's not mad/doesn't hate me, which is good.  I'm actually over it now, for the most part.

My mom has the last week in July off of work, so her and I are planning a vacation together... she said she'd go with me to Edmonton, but I'd really rather go there without my mom just so I can spend time with friends, you know?

I got a certificate in the mail today from ISE (the program I went to Costa Rica with) saying that my trip leaders chose me as the year's Outstanding Traveler or something like that... I guess I showed exceptionary leadership or something, hah.  I was thinking about it, and the guy who won it last year was really outgoing, talked to the tour guide/bus driver nonstop, asked tons of questions... and that's exactly what I did this year.  I think it's mostly because I went two years in a row, and this year I felt more comfortable, plus everyone was constantly asking me questions about the places we were going, which was great - I felt so smart.  I talked to Alonso (our bus driver) and Leo (our tour guide) constantly too... I still talk to Alonso through e-mail, he's amazing and I miss him.  Anyway, I got that certificate and started to get really sad... I miss it there SO MUCH.  I was talking to my mom about it, and she said "I wonder if it's cheaper to go to Costa Rica than Canada..."

...so of course, I looked.  It's actually very close in price... and if I'm going with my mom, I'd much rather go to Costa Rica.  I could show her around, help her talk to people (she doesn't know ANY Spanish, haha), take her to my favorite places in San José, call up Alonso and introduce her to him (I have his phone number--he wants me to call if I'm ever back in the country)... I just think it would be fun.  In Canada, I'd want to hang out with my friends, and it'd just be awkward having my mom there.

So I'm going to talk to my mom tomorrow, and we're going to figure out what to do.  Right now, I'm actually leaning toward Costa Rica... I told my mom I want to take her there someday, so why not now, right?  I have a feeling if I go there, though, I'm just going to miss it more when we get back... I will live there someday, I swear.  It's so amazing.

As for Canada, I'm pushing that trip back... maybe I'll go next spring break (which will be weird, since I've been in CR the past two spring breaks, haha).  Hopefully I'll make some friends in college who'd like to go with me.  I'll get there someday... I've waited four years now to meet my friends up there; I guess I can wait a few more months...

Long time no update again... ha.

Okay, so I'm leaving for Edmonton on Friday... and I'm incredibly excited.  I'm also getting kind of nervous, though... I'm afraid my car will break down or they won't let us across the border or I'll get lost or run out of money halfway through the trip or Chris will meet me and hate me, hah.  I'm sure none of that will happen, but you know, I worry.

I am SO excited though... ahh!  I was talking to another friend in Edmonton last night (the other Kris, you know who he is, Spatula), and now I have his phone number so we can hang out when I'm there... yay.  I've known these guys for four goddamn years and never met them, it's weird, hah.  I'm so excited/anxious/nervous!

Um... I still have a lot of stuff to do before I go.  I was originally going to leave on Thursday, but I'm using that day as a last-minute getting-ready day.  I'm bringing my car to the shop that morning for an oil change and a safety check, then I'll probably run to the bank and put some more of my grad money in savings/checking, get more cash, and pack up whatever I decide to bring with me.  I still can't believe I'm going to be there in less than a week... it's insane!

Spatula, I want to see you too, why do you have to live in BC?  :(  I'll have to plan a trip sometime soon to go there so WE can hang out!  <3

I graduate today!

Okay, Amber commented and told me to post so I am.  I'm sure nobody will read this, but oh well, right?

Hmm... so what's going on with me?  A lot, I guess.  I'm graduating in less than two weeks, that's pretty exciting.  Hah.  I have a sociology project due tomorrow sixth period (which I'll finish in second hour study hall, because that's how I roll), a paper due for research writing on Friday, and after that I should be pretty homework-free.  My last day of class is on the 30th, then on the 31st we're taking a class trip to Valleyfair, on the 1st we have commencement rehearsal, and on the 2nd I graduate!  I have so many mixed emotions about it... I'm extremely excited, but nervous and sad at the same time.  Bah.

This summer should be pretty exciting.  I'll be working a lot, but I have a lot of adventures planned (or semi-planned, at least). 

My grad party is on June 16th, then on the 17th I'm planning on going to my dad's house in Iowa for about a week... one of my friends wants to come with me, hopefully that works out because it'd be fun to bring her down there with me. 

After that, I'm planning on going to Edmonton for a few days or a week or something... I have to talk to my friend Kayla because she wanted to come with me, and I don't know if I want to drive there on my own.  Oh, and I should try to talk to Chris before then too because he's the reason I'm going in the first place, heh.  He asked me for my phone number the other day so we can talk about my visit, but I'm not sure when or how often he's going to call... calling here from Canada can't be cheap... I learned the hard way a couple years ago that it's very very expensive to call there from here, haha.  Anyway, yeah.  I hope that works out.  If not, I'll be pretty sad because we've been wanting to meet up for oh, four years now.

If that works out, I'll have to be back by July 17th because that's the day I'm going to register for my classes for the fall semester.  That'll be fun... I'm excited.  :D

From then until beginning-mid August, I won't be doing too much... I'm going to have another grad party sometime in late July though, since a lot of my friends can't make it to the one on the 16th.  The first one will be all family and some friends, but the one in July will be all friends and no family, plus I'll have a bonfire/barbecue too I think.

Then on August 11th, I'm going to San Francisco with my family.  I've never been to California, and we haven't taken a family vacation since, like, seventh grade, so I'm really excited about this.  It'll be a fun little end of summer adventure, I think.

Ugh, all I can think about is how much fun this summer is going to be!  It's so hard to keep focused in school these last few days (only six more to go)!

Um... I really wish I had motivation to post here.

I'm thinking about scrapping this journal completely and just starting it off fresh.  Hmm.