"The Lazy Song"

Today I don't feel like doing anything,
I just want to lay in my bed,
Don't feel like picking up my phone,
So leave a message at the tone,
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything...
"The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars

Not gonna lie, this song has been the theme song to my life for the past week. When I decided to major in social work and minor in Spanish, I chose them because the subject matter interested me. I did NOT anticipate, however, that almost my entire grade for both departments would be based on writing papers and NOT taking tests. There are some obvious perks to this line of school--for people such as myself who don't often do so well on standardized tests, I can usually argue my way throughout a paper and I will still manage to receive a decent grade in both the project itself and the class as a whole. What I somehow always manage to forget is the amount of freaking time each of these papers will take me to do. Example: I have a 5-page paper due in my Spanish class tomorrow (over a book that I haven't quite finished, but that's besides the point). When I return from Easter, I have a 10-page paper due for my social justice class. So much for a school-free break. Then, exactly one week after that due date, I have another 12-15 page paper and project due in my macro social work class. For those of you keeping track, that is a whopping 27-30 pages of writing that will by completed by yours truly in the next 14 days. So when I say that "today I don't feel like doing anything," I feel like I have some justification for my feelings. Today I really don't want to write anything, but alas, I know that I have to. And if I seem a little stress-ed in the next two weeks, forgive me please. I'll be back to my old self soon enough.

My mantra for the next two weeks, and a slight nod to the upcoming nuptials of the century...

This wasn't supposed to happen for awhile

Like I said, I'm a little early.



Even though these thoughts are slightly pre-mature to my liking into the blogosphere, I've been so fascinated by other 20 something blogs that I just figured, why wait? Two years ago, I took a four month stint (some may call it a vacation that happened to involve school) to Spain. I wrote this cute little blog mostly for my family and friends to read about my travels and such on the other side of the globe. And while it was a GREAT tool for informing everyone on how I was doing, it also gave me something else...

an addiction to these things called 'blogs.' And it's been downhill ever since.

You want to know a recipe for turkey burgers that will only cost you $1.07 per serving? I have a blog for that. Interested in fun crafts to do when you are at home with you kids? Yes, I follow a blog for that, too. (I have a weird obsession with mom blogs. Don't ask). Or inter-racial adoption or parenting? Don't worry, I've got you covered. This blog-thing has peeked my interest and, more importantly, maintained it.

I knew I wanted to write my own blog after I graduated from school, but I thought I would wait until I had actually received my diploma. Instead, I got too impatient. So, here I go. I'm a twenty-something girl about to graduate and head out to the great state of Tennessee (hopefully I will learn how to spell it before I get there...) to teach with an organization that is very near and dear to my heart. I have no idea what it will be like: who I will live with, what exactly I will teach, and how the Lord will stretch and grow me over the next year.

But I'm excited to find out.

Enjoy my updates on life as I enter this thing called the real world.