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Endings & Beginnings (entry no.48)

 Hello hello! It's been nearly a month since my last entry although I desperately wanted to write another entry last week. However, these last few weeks have thrown a lot of curveballs at me. Nothing I can't manage obviously but curveballs nonetheless. Exactly a week ago, I attended my last in person class of my program and 5 days ago I submitted my final assignment. After entries upon entries talking about April it's finally here! I'm done and I couldn't be happier! I genuinely feel like I'm dreaming, I feel light as a feather yet my heart is so full it could burst!  To my friends and family who actually read my entries, thank you so very much for coming along on this spectacular journey. And when I say journey, I mean the WHOLE journey. Work, school, pioneering, I will never be that triple threat again. I'm mostly relieved about that but also a little sad because it's the end of an era. I'm saying goodbye to the craziest and most resilient person I...

Co-workers & Classmates (entry no.47)

 Hello! It's been a minute, I know it always has been but I always feel the need to say that when I start an entry. I'm currently in my 10:00 am Web Technologies class, after today I only have to come two more times and I'll officially be done with this course. The same is true for my other Friday class on Microsoft Power Shell, I'm really nervous about that final exam. If I don's pass it I could very easily fail my class. I have NEVER failed a class, not in middle school, not in high school, not in college, and hopefully I never will. Long hours of studying await me to make the previous statement a reality. But my determination is just as strong as my fear and anxiety. If I want it enough I can have it, April is finally here, (not literally, but I'm trying to make a point). Honestly, it feels surreal how close to the finish line I am, college has taken up two years of my life. I was 19 when I started. On week six of my first semester I started working at my cur...

The joys of miscellaneous writing (entry no.46)

 Honestly the last entry I wrote is one of my most recent favourites. I talked a little bit about school, life in that moment, as well as my childhood and future ambitions. It left me hungry to write more but with midterms and reading week I found myself too busy to sit down and write. Although I have broken my rule, I still believe in writing each post in one sitting unless it is simply not possible. Yesterday, I had my anthropology class and the teacher had us do a very interesting activity. He gave us roughly an hour to complete the activity. The first task was to find a spot on campus. The second was to write down and observe everything around us for the next 15 minutes. Afterwards, we were supposed to use our remaining time to write a 5-10 sentence descriptive narrative about what we saw.  I ended up sitting in my car in front of a bus stop on campus. I saw a lot of things, but one thing that especially caught my eye were two girls standing side by side in bright pink and...

The little girl with the princess snow shovel (entry no.45)

 It's a funny thing. I have so much more free time this college semester then I had last semester despite only going to school three days. Who would've thought that having classes spread out throughout five days makes a world of a difference. I guess it was a blessing in disguise, one of those "trust the process" moments. Next week I have three midterms, one on Tuesday and two on Friday for my three hardest courses. But despite this, I am not panicking which is so incredibly refreshing. Like I said, trust the process, no point being anxious all week, I'll take the midterms one by one. The first exam I'll take on Tuesday is Computer and Network Security, the assignments and labs have been very easy but there is a lot of theory that I don't understand. It's a good thing I only work Monday and Saturday next week. Speaking of work, I now work a lot less hours and surprise surprise I am now happier and wayyyyy less stressed. The other day I was talking to a...

Me & Magdalena (entry no.44)

 To be honest I have no idea where this entry is gonna go. I'm currently in class and have a 15 minute break and am getting incredibly annoyed at two of my classmates who are talking up our professor. The class is Anthropology, it's my elective for this college semester. I'm actually enjoying it so far. The content is interesting and my professor is cool, but there are quite a few tryhards that are driving me nuts. It's literally an elective, you can chill and still be interested and engaged. Everything in balance, there is no need to teach the teacher. That being said, in my last entry I hadn't started my fourth semester yet so I guess I'll catch you up to speed. Tomorrow I wrap up week 3 of this semester. I'm starting to get used to having school five days a week, it's actually not too bad but Fridays have been a little rough. The two classes I have that day are definitely the hardest this semester. The first I have in the morning is Web Technologies a...

"Defying Gravity" 5:07 (entry no.43)

 First entry of the year! Woot woot. I guess I'll start things off with a little life update. My three weeks off of school has officially ended but this last week came by flying. Unfortunately, I caught a cold on Thursday night so I'm trying not to panic about going into work later today feeling like someone ran me over. I'm also currently trying not to panic that I'm back at school starting Monday. Which means that starting Monday I will start going to school five days a week rather than the three days I am used to. We'll see how it goes, the goal is still April and it keeps coming closer, one day at a time... This is supposed to be the part where I write smooth transition that allows me to segue into the next topic. However, my nose is so stuffed up that it feels like it's stuffed up my brain so I'll just start a new paragraph. Wicked (Part 1)! Unless you're living under a rock you've probably heard of this movie. And although I've talked about...

Spotify Wrapped: Abby's Version (entry no.42)

 Welcome to my 2024 Spotify Wrapped! Obviously, I'm not gonna be able to explain it all as thoroughly as I would like, but I'll do my best. A lot of these songs and artists require explanations, some I will give and some I will not (I have my reasons). So without further a do let's get started. Let's start with ripping the bandage off and addressing my number 1 song. Drumroll please... Defying Gravity (the original Broadway cast recording obviously). According to Spotify I streamed this song a total of 143 times, thus making me part of the top 0.001% of listeners worldwide. This may or may not mean that I am the number one listener of this song on Spotify but I'll try not to think about that too much. I could write an 1000 word essay about what this song means to me and why I love it so much but I'll spare you the details and move on to my top 2-5 songs this year.  Coming in at number 2 is Inolvidable by Ovy on the Drums. My favorite part of this song is actuall...

Peppermint Predicaments (entry no.41)

I'm backkkkk. Now feeling much happier and lighter since I wrapped up my third semester of college two days ago. Everything went well in my final week but chaos reigned the week before. To start things off on week 13, my computer broke down. And I mean COMPLETELY broke down. To the point that it is still at the computer repair shop more than a week later. This is especially frustrating because it literally just turned a year old so how is it possible that it has busted to this extent. Then, two days after my computer broke I got my schedule for my final semester of college and it is AWFUL. I now have to go to school every day and have some ridiculous class times like 6-9 pm on Mondays and 2-6 on Fridays (yes again!). This is despite the fact that I spend three hours waiting in line at my college to talk to someone to change just ONE of my classes to make it more manageable. However, I have now come to terms with this series of unfortunate events and am now determined to make the mo...

"Who I Am" 0:33 (entry no.40)

 I actually have so much I wanna talk about in this entry, hence why you dear reader only had to wait 10 days until my next post. First thing's first, Shawn Mendes released his new album yesterday and I have just finished listening to it in it's entirety. It was alright. I don't doubt that it was very important and special for him especially considering he's been MIA for so long, but it's not exactly my cup of tea. However, I loved the first song in his album "Who I Am", literally had me pacing in my room and sobbing. "I feel pressure from the people that I love and it hurts, but I know I gotta do it I gotta put me first, losing myself tryna make you proud, sorry gotta do it gotta let you down." Literally spoke to my soul, and what makes it even better is that those lyrics belong to verse 2 of the song. If you've read entry no.36  you should KNOW how much I love the second verse of a song.  Anyways, the lyrics in this song got me thinking abo...

April Fools, Fools Like Me (entry no.39)

 This is giving me flashbacks from a year ago when I would write entries during class. That is what I am currently doing cuz I am restless and bored. I really don't feel much of a desire to write an entry but my ADHD tendencies won't let me just sit and listen to the teacher. Especially when he promised to end class an hour early and now he just keeps rambling about things that have nothing to do with the lecture. It's a Linux class btw (I know nobody asked but I digress). After this lecture I will officially be done week 9 of my third semester, God willing, I'll finish my program at the end of April. April, it seems so far yet so close, time stands still and moves at the speed of light all at the same time. I don't even know what this entry should be about. I can't really talk about soccer right now cuz I honestly haven't had time to sit down and watch a game. Also the class I am currently in falls on Wednesdays from 2-5 pm, smack in the middle of when Arse...