end of the line.

I graduate Friday at 11:30!!!  Yay!!!  I'm only going to stay late only one day this week, relax for my last week.  I'm getting my hair done tomorrow at school.  I'm a greeter on Friday and other than that I have nothing!  Well, they did give me a single process on Saturday.  But it doesn't matter because I won't be there!

I've thought of a few quotes to write on the wall.  Some are actual quotes, some are song lyrics.  Favorite?  Suggestions?  Help!

"When you're green you grow, when you're ripe you rot."

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

"We are what we repeatedly do."

"May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong."

"All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves."

you make me angry.

I told you I didn't want to hear about them, not that I didn't want to talk to you.  And you should respect that decision.  And going and making your little status updates that make you sound so deep and cool.  Right.  You know everything about what happened.  You honestly don't understand why I don't want to hear it?  Especially about that one?  Your pot head brain must think I should have gotten over that a long time ago.  Oh, and that I've changed so much.  Of course I have!  He's one of the people that made me who I am!

I am married.  I'm not doing the things I was, and I don't want to.  Things are different, and I like them this way.  Andrew did not make me change.  I changed over time, because I grew up.  Those are things from the past.  I don't want to dwell on that. 

I already learned, I don't want things shoved in my face.  Now it's your turn.

score.

As of today, I'm over 1000 hours at school.  1006.25, to be exact.  318.75 left.  I'm also done with several requirements.

Win.

pretty little liars.

Ok, so I'm still not better.  This is lame, this is pushing back my days for school...

Pretty Little Liars on ABC looks like it's very addicting.  Unfortunately it looks like the seasons already over.  I did buy the books though.  Well, I have one, three and four.  They didn't have the second one I really needed.  It's written for 15 year olds, but it's very addicting.  VERY addicting.

things i love today.

So I'm actually home sick today.  Guess what that means?  Blog post!

Things I'm loving today.

Four and five were taken by me.

Never said it'd be a super exciting blog post.

update.

See?  Not much posting.  Been really busy.  School 6 days a week is kicking my ass.  Fortunately it's Labor Day weekend so we have Saturday and Monday off.  I'm kind of pissed because that just pushes me back, but a three day weekend will be nice.

Today I did 57 manikin cuts.  I have 11 left.  I now have three scalped manikins.

I'm also at 969.75 hours.  I have 355.25 to go.  45.8 days.  October 25th, technically.  There's two different hair shows coming up.  Both in October.  That'll give me two days.  So October 22nd.  There's another hair show in early September, that'll give me another day.  October 21st.  Contract is October 19th.  It's $15 an hour for every hour you're there past your graduation.  I should be having an exit interview soon...

Hope everything's going well for y'all!

patience.

Don't expect too many updates for a good while.  Like 9 weeks or so.  I'm going to school Monday through Saturday until I graduate sometime around October 19th.  I did Monday through Saturday this past week.  It wasn't so bad but I was really tired and kind of bitchy on Sunday.  Poor Andrew.  I only see it getting worse.  Right now when I do the math I'll be graduating sometime around October 21st and my contract date it October 19th so I'm doing everything I can to get it down.  Saturday I spent 8.5 hours at school, with no lunch.  Today I was there for 8.25, also with no lunch.

Since I had two leaves of absence my graduation date got pushed back.  I know I've talked about it before.  For now I will be spending as much time at school as possible.  And when I'm not at school I'll be sleeping or spending time with Andrew.  And trying to keep some sanity.

I'll be reading and updating when I can!  Wish me luck!

closer.

Ok, school doesn't have me quite so frustrated after today.  I got my cumulative attendance and requirement packets.  As far as hours (including today) I'm at 902.25.  So I have 422.75 hours left.  That part actually is still a little frustrating.  I have 54.5 days left.  November 4th.  Eleven weeks.  My contract date is October 19th.  If I go every Saturday for the rest of the time I'm there I'll graduate October 21st.  Nine weeks.  Which is better.  And I know here and there I'll have 8 hour days, and there is a hair show soon...  Oh well.  But I am closer to being done with my requirements than I thought.  That made me happy.

I'm just trying to find a way to make it work.

bye, heather.

Heather graduated today.  I'm so proud, but I'll miss her.

Typical.

Me, Heather, Alicia.

accent your positive, delete your negative.

You know what I'm tired of?  Everyone at school being so negative.  Well, really it's only one person at school being negative, but most everyone else annoys me somehow.  The Negative Nancy is my friend.  But sometimes I find myself having to restrain myself from punching her in the face.  She always has a problem, and it's always more important than anything else you may be doing.

Sometimes I wonder if I got into the wrong profession.  I'm good it, don't get me wrong.  But as far as the personality...  No.  I'm not loud, I'm not rude, I'm not catty.  I do gossip to Andrew about them when I get home, but I don't gossip at school.  And then looks.  Most of the girls come to school wearing sky high heels, a size 2 short dress, hair teased within an inch of it's life, and tons of make up.  Not that there is anything wrong with that.  There's isn't.  Most of them look fabulous (though some miss the mark), and it is a fashionable industry.  I come into school wearing a size 12 dress, flat shoes (now my new ones!), no make up, hair a mess...  I don't know.  We did a personality thing is class one day with beads.  Everyone else's beads were the same.  Mine were the opposite.  It made me feel weird.  Like I didn't belong there.

And now I'm extra frustrated.  August 20th is on Friday, which was my original graduation date.  In Freshman Phase I was there everyday.  I maybe missed once.  I started missing a lot in Junior.  I've taken two Leaves of Absence which has pushed my date back to October 19th.  First I got married, which I only took a week off for but that turned into a month because I got sick.  Then I took another leave 'cause I got sick and was gone for about a month.  I mean, I knew it would happen but it's so frustrating to watch everyone that started with me graduate... One by one.  When I got back after the last leave there were 6 left.  From 19.  Heather graduates tomorrow.  Ashley D. on Thursday.  Ashley C. and Amy the beginning of next week.  Natalie a few days after.  Then Kayla.  Then Charles mid-September.  Then Erin.  Then me.  October 19th.

I am getting plenty of time to do requirements.  And since I've taken an LOA I qualify to come on Saturdays.  Also, since I'll get more time on the floor with instructors I won't feel so nervous when I do get into a salon.

I feel like it's never going to end.  I'm trying to stay positive, but it's so hard.  All I can do is keep going...