She Believed She Could... So She Did (School Update)

Today was my first day of school at a real university. I've been attending a local community college for the past two years, and I finally made the leap into the university. After what happened to me today, I can say that I only see good things ahead.

On my way to my geology lab class, I met some of the people that run the Geo Club. I ended up talking to a girl for a few minutes before heading into class. An hour later, she was still outside, and she invited me to go to the second floor to meet one of the professors. I awkwardly accepted, and headed upstairs not knowing what I was getting into. I turned the corner, and walked into one of the messiest, most wonderful rooms I have ever seen. There were papers about Wooly Mammoths in Nevada and fossils and rocks strewn about the floor and bookshelves. I cannot even begin to guess how many books were on the shelves too. He introduced himself, and said that he was the head of the Geoscience department. I talked to him about a million things for over half an hour. He invited me to go on digs with his graduate students and to help with a paleontological convention coming up in November. He said that he would help me with whatever I needed and gave me information about other graduate and undergraduate students at the university who I should contact. I walked out of that room more excited about what I want to do with my life in a long time.

I feel like this semester has already opened up so many opportunities for me and this was only the first day! I cannot wait to see what this semester brings me.

Has anyone else started school? How's your first few days going?

Take a Deep Breath...

Life has been nothing but sheer chaos lately. Jason and I are in the process of getting ready to move in together. This means a massive amount of packing and sorting through things that I do and do not want to keep. I keep trying to have a yard sale, but there never seems to be a weekend that my entire family has a few free days. I feel overwhelmed already and we're not moving in together until September. This feels like the slowest process ever and it's not getting any easier. I also feel like I can't contribute any money to this whole process either. Between having to pay off a massive amount of medical bills and having ridiculous car insurance payments finding the extra money to pay the bills doesn't seem like it's going to be too easy. Hopefully within the next few weeks I start getting calls back from the places I've applied to/that I am planning on applying to. I feel like I need to make a list of things that is a need versus a want so that I can stick on a track to keep all of my finances in order. I'm not going to lie- I'm a lady and I cannot resist a sale... or craft stores... so I need to figure out the things that I am buying to just buy or the things that I really need. I'm going to try it for a month and see how everything goes!

I finally got accepted into UNLV which is an amazing thing! If any of you go to UNLV let me know! I'd love to say hi. I feel like I'm finally on my way to getting where I want to be. I cannot wait to be sitting in those class rooms and start working towards becoming a paleontologist. The only problem is that I have to wait until August 5th to meet with an academic adviser before I can even sign up for my classes. I'm hoping that if I call the department every single day and bother them, they'll either get me in there faster or tell me when someone cancels so I can get in there and get all this moving! I'm planing on taking 12-15 credits during this upcoming semester, so the faster I can get in there and sign up the better. The positive note here is that my foot is in the door!