A Month's Time

So I've kind of abandoned this. My life has been sort of repetitive and I haven't felt the need to update this. But here it goes.

Pittsburgh: I went home for a week. It was crazy trying to squeeze everything in, but I had a lot of fun and saw people I never see (Libby, Moria, Vickie), and people I always see when I go home (Kerry Jo, Alex). I definitely wish it was a lot longer.

Life: I got my driver's license. :) And a car. Otherwise, there isn't much life to be updated.

Internship: I'm responsible for so much, and it's really wonderful. I absolutely love the empowerment of knowing a book sells because of me. I am filing books according to where they should be placed in the store, which means if I place a book on a table, it will sell more, and it's all because of me.

Other Internship: We just did votes for the fall issue, and it'll be uploaded in September. It's so wonderfully exciting! haha. The meeting was great, and now we have a new way of going through stories that will be a lot quicker.

Shriver: I absolutely love my job. Even though I'm getting no hours, I absolutely love it. Everyone is just so wonderful. :) And the alumni that came in last weekend were just wonderful. Seeing how young these 70 year olds (for their 50th reunion) looked was refreshing.

People: I spend most of my time with Emily going out (as in, like twice a week). Otherwise, I'm usually with Katie in Cinci. I did finally get to see Kori last week, and that was awesome. I hung out with Kelli on Wednesday, going for a two hour walk in flip flops. haha. I finally got to see Erin Haley, as well, though she's moving back to Dayton for the summer (yuck), so I won't get to see her much.

Cinci: I have been to Rookwood with Kori now, to eat at some really nice Chinese place and to see Joseph Beth. It was really cool to see the store that I'm organizing all the way from the headquarters. It's way neat.

Reading: I've read about a book a day all summer. Some books take longer. I really should blog about what I thought about the books and start advertising these really awesome books I've been reading. That's a project.

School: So I don't really have anything to update about school. I did get to talk to someone who went to Michigan, and she's going to see what she can do to get me to see the school and stuff, so that'll be a lot of fun. I need to get to a computer with Microsoft word so I can fix up my resume. haha. Oops.

I don't really have any updates otherwise. At least, not that I can think of ...

The Problems of Cinci

So I seem to not be very good at living in Cincinnati when I am here. I arrived Sunday night after Amy and I got detoured on the highway (ew). Then Monday morning, on my way to my internship, my phone fell out of my pocket. Katie went to go look for it after her class and couldn't find it, and so we ended up getting a tracking device for it, seeing that it was taken all the way to Kentucky (which is just across the river, but definitely not on my way to my internship). After 4 hours on the phone with my mother and the police, we eventually gave up and bought a new phone (which is like, $50 with insurance). It arrived today.

This morning, while riding Katie's bike on my way to my internship, I realized that the brakes were broken. Was this because we put the bike in Katie's car in order to look for my phone? I don't know. Either way, I was slightly nervous riding downhill without reliable brakes, but I managed to make it to and from without any falls, crashes, or injuries.

I did manage to finish all of my work for my internship today that was supposed to last me two days, so that's always excellent. I really, REALLY like my internship. I love my boss, Deb. She's really sweet. And I love making tables for the bookstores. I picked out which books will be on the June tables on Monday and then today I went through the fall books to see what tables they could possibly go on.

I'll be going to Pittsburgh this weekend and for a week, which'll be nice. I won't be able to see that many people, but I will get to see Mr. Buetzow, my band teacher who is retiring, and a bunch of other band people. That'll be nice :D

A Summer in Ohio: A Beginning

I started out my journey into Ohio almost two years ago, as a freshman Creative Writing major at Miami University, which resides in a really small town called Oxford, Ohio. I stayed in this very flat state for almost nine months before going back to Pittsburgh for the summer. While in Ohio, I learned to love everything about the small town, the people, and its beauty. After coming back for my sophomore year, I decided it was time to stay. As much as I love Pittsburgh, the beautiful cultural city that it is, I realized that my home, at least for now, is in Oxford, close to my friends and the opportunities that I have found here.

My summer is going to be a busy one, but it's also going to be full of lazy days by the pool. I'm really excited for my friends and for my adventures in Ohio, and I'm hoping my experience will be better than the song I got the title of this blog from.

Just a brief overview of my activities for the summer:

-working various places on campus, including my current job at Haines Food Court
-interning online for the Adirondak Review
-preparing for my thesis by doing research and collecting ideas
-researching for an MFA program after I graduate
-organizing my computer
-writing, reading, and singing
-hanging out with friends
-visiting home and getting my driver's license

Of course, my summer will be filled with much more than this, so we'll just see how it goes. Three weeks until I move into my apartment!