how the time flies.

just  realized i haven't written a post in quite some time! i better get better at keeping up.

well, i went on my trip to CA, and had SUCH a blast with the Sobecki-Engle girls! such a great reunion with us all! and had some great times in West Hollywood, and may have had a bit too much to drink :) but hey, that's what 21-year-olds do, right??

Christmas came and went, and it was wonderful to see my family again. my mom definitely fed me enough over the weekend to last me for two weeks, and i loved having my Cato dog with me! he did wonderful with the other dogs. good bonding weekend between us before i have to leave soon.

and now, for the most important part: I LEAVE FOR JACKSONVILLE IN TWO WEEKS! can't quite believe everything is happening so fast! i feel like i should still have lots of time left to do stuff, but i really don't! i'm frantically packing up my half of the house before the 2nd, when my parents will come and pick up all my furniture and take it back to Big Timber. then, all that will be left with me will be everything i will be taking to JAX. i'll have another week of Billings and work. during that time, my godmother, Nancy, will be letting me crash at her house while i'm in and out working and last-minute visiting friends. gosh, what a whirlwind! so grateful for my awesome family for helping me in their own way through my huge relocation. for now, i must continue to pack!

California Dreamin'

i get to go to LA this weekend! sosososososo excited for a girly weekend with my godsisters. it's been so long since i've seen them all, so it'll be great to rekindle and get to know eachother again!

it'll also just be really nice to relax and not worry about anything for a whole weekend. then, when i get back to real-world Billings, i gotta buckle down and get to packing! i plan to take a ton of stuff to Big Timber next weekend when i'm visiting my family for Christmas, so i got to get to it!

deep breath of fresh air.

feelings LOTS better about everything that is going on. i think it's mainly because tomorrow is MY LAST DAY OF COLLEGE! i have my final, and then i'm done, completing my degree! until i'd like to go back to school again (which i would, just not sure when), i don't have to worry about homework, class, finals, tests, or paying for everything again indefinitely! such a great feeling. seems like just yesterday i graduated high school....ahhhh....

then, on friday afternoon, i fly to LA to have a wonderful weekend getaway with my long-lost godsisters! such wonderful, beautiful, succcessful, inspiring godsisters i have! can't wait to catch up, and have some fun times with them! i've needed this trip for a while, so it'll be a nice break.

everything is going to be alright.

i'm starting to get overwhelmed by everything in my life, and what i have going on over the next month (yes, exactly one month from today....ahhhh)

i feel like there's so much more to do, but i can't do it yet. i have to finish college before i go to CA, and i can't pack until i get back from CA, so i'm at a standstill. about the most i can do is try to find boxes, and do copious amounts of laundry. which, in my opinion, is the worst part.

i HAVE to have an entire carload of excess items to leave at my parent's house by Christmas. that's a week and a half away. yeah. overwhelmed is an understatement.

besides, how am i supposed to decide between the stuff i want to take to JAX, and the stuff i can take? that seems like the biggest problem with this whole ordeal. i just need to remember....

i'm leaving on a jetplane...

I BOOKED MY TICKET TO JACKSONVILLE! i can't believe everything is happening now! i think my mom is kinda freaking out. but to be honest, i'm freaking out too. i'm, of course, super excited. but i can't help but be a little afraid of the unknown. biggest fear: i can't find a job, and i end up having to crawl back to Big Timber crying, in a fit of rage and failure. ugh, just thinking of that makes me wanna cry. let's hope i don't need to go through that one!

my bestest friend, caitlin, is leaving for Ireland for a semester abroad soon, and i already miss her. we haven't lived in the same town for over a year now, but even when she was in school in North Dakota, we had it planned out that the longest we went without seeing eachother was about a month and a half/2 months. now, she's going to be in another country for 5 months, and i'm leaving right after she does. who knows when we'll get to see eachother again!

that's another thing that kinda scares me: finding friends. i've had such great friends in MT thus far, that i can't imagine leaving every one of them behind to start anew in a new state. i shouldn't be scared. but i can't help it.

like i said earlier, my flight has been booked for Jan. 12th. it's just a one way, so who knows when i'll come back. i'm not taking my car down there, cause my uncle has 2 vehicles, and he said i could borrow one. i'm hoping i can just walk/use public transit as much as possible, but we'll have to see about that. if/when i want my car, my parents will drive it to wherever i choose to continue to live, and bring me all my other stuff (bed, dresser, etc.) also. i can't believe this is all happening!

phew, now that that's out of my system....must go get started with my day.

day of birth.

well, today is my birthday! finally, 21 at last! feels like such an accomplishment to reach this milestone. i plan to celebrate how every 21-year-old celebrates--with copious amounts of alcohol.

my bosses at the Y are taking me out for happy hour at 4 (yikes), and then all of my friends and i are going out at 8 for more drinks and dessert, and then we shall stay out until we can stay out no more. should be fun, i'm very excited!

decisions have been made!

well, it's been decided. i will be leaving Billings the second week of January, to head to Jacksonville, FL! there, i will be living with my uncle, who has graciously decided to open his home to me to let me experience something wonderful and new, while i stable myself financially for a few months, and then it's a decision on where i would like to go after that. I AM BEYOND EXCITED! there are definitely things that i will miss about Billings, but it's definitely time for a change of scenery. gosh, how i need it!

i need to be out of my house by Dec. 31st, so that means i have to fit in packing and moving all my extra stuff to Big Timber to be safe and cozy with my parents, in between a choir performance, about 5 rehersals for said choir performance, my 21st birthday!, a dinner for work, work, school, finals, a trip to CA, and Christmas. phew. wish me luck i can make it.

i put up my Christmas decorations today! being it's the first day of December, i feel it's only right. nothing too over-the-top. just a small tree on a table (to prevent my rather clumsy and devious dog from eating the lights), and some inside window lights. Deni and i put them up ourselves, and we were rather proud! it was both our first times of decorating without our moms. i just wish Eileen (my actual roommate) could have been there. oh well, she'll enjoy the decorations anyway!

alright, it's past my bedtime. more about JAX later!

nostalgia.

i don't even know when i'm leaving billings yet, and i'm already starting to feel like i might miss it! i've wanted to leave for so long, the thought i ACTUALLY get to leave seems unreal. i've made some true, close, and great friends here in billings. and i will miss them TONS! you know when you get into a comfortable routine, and you don't really want to disrupt that routine? that's what i'm feeling. sighhhhhhhh....

aaanywho, i'm going to be finding out today more of a timeline on when my job will be getting filled, so i can start to make plans accordingly. i need to buy a plane ticket down there, get a storage unit for my furniture here, start packing/sorting between things to take, things to put in storage, and things to throw away, and all those other annoying things that come along with moving. it seems so close, i can almost taste it!

i have an incredibly busy month of December also, which will help the process of moving go quicker, with so many things filling my mind.

whoops, gotta run! time for school :)

the move.

so, i had planned to move to Jacksonville, FL in the late winter/early spring of 2012, whenever my boss found a replacement for my position. however, it is sounding like my position may be filled rather quickly, which means i will be moving sooner than i thought! i'm very excited for this move, but it seems like it's all happening very quickly. i mean, i'm looking into finding a replacement for my house, looking for a job in JAX, and doing it all soon! seems like this semester really crept up on me. i'm so excited!

hmmm...

well, this is new and exciting! can't say i've ever blogged before, but i figured i'd give it a try. i currently live in billings, mt, and am planning to move in jan/feb of 2012. can't say i know where i'm going, but we'll just have to wait and see. well, must get going. just thought i'd test the waters on this whole blogging thing. let me know what you think, and some of the things i should talk about!