Weekend Update

Another weekend gone, another hectic week to follow, but at least this weekend was a long one.

Thursday night Jordan and I spent some much needed quality time together. We lazed around and did absolutely nothing. It felt wonderful. Just what I needed.

Friday Jordan and I went to my grandparents for fish and chips for lunch. It was deelish. I was happy to stay horizontal for a long while after that lunch. So filling! At night Erika, Shauna, Emma and I went out for frozen yogurt and saw Spring Breakers. The movie was horrible but the girl time was amazing. Love those ladies.

Saturday morning I woke up and went for a workout with my friend Emma. We lifted lots of weights and completely rocked our class. I went home afterwards to work on my paper until it was time to go for dinner at Jordan's house where we had bbq. First grill of the season. So nice! It was the most beautiful day outside so it was basically pure perfection. I worked on my paper for the rest of the night until Erika called me to go on a late night jog. Me, Erika, Emma and Shauna ran 5k! It was fun to run the streets at midnight with my friends and have so much fun laughing while exercising.

Today I went to church with my sister and Pat and baby Jackson in the morning. I love seeing that adorable baby boy. I came home after to work on my project that's due tomorrow until dinner with Jordan's family where I stuffed myself to excess. I've been home for a few hours working on my project now. So stressful because my partner is MIA this weekend. We have to put together a huge poster tomorrow morning and we aren't communicating on font or anything. Yeeeeesh I'm stressed. I guess we'll have to see tomorrow!

Well, I must be off to edit an essay before I have to turn it in. Wish me luck this week! I have this poster presentation tomorrow, a test and a quiz Wednesday and a final paper due Friday. I may lose my hair!

xoTaylor

Secret of the Week

Sometimes the future seems so uncertain but it's going to happen whether we like it or not. The best we can do is try to plan accordingly.

xoTaylor

Long Weekend Baby

*Jordan's parents got me these hydrangeas for Easter instead of chocolate this year after I commented on the ones his mom got. So much better. They bring so much life to my apartment!*

It's a long weekend this weekend my friends and a looonnnggg weekend it will be. Besides the obligatory family stuff I have planned for Easter, I also plan on working out, seeing a couple friends AND working on two school final projects. 

Right now I'm waiting at the library for my partner to come meet me in about an hour so we can work on our final project together. Boo to such a big project. We have a lot of work ahead of us. We're also meeting up tomorrow at 9am to work some more before I have to go to lunch for Easter with my family. I'm SO excited to eat some fish and chips. YUM. Then at night Erika, Shauna and I are seeing Spring Breakers. Mucho excited.

Saturday I have plans to go to the gym with my friend Emma in the morning and then I have to write a paper. It's five pages, due Sunday and I have barely started. It sucks having two things due at the same time. I'm trying to focus on this project and I also have a bad napping habit lately. I napped twice yesterday. That's about 4 hours when I could have (should have) been working on my paper, but didn't. Woopsie. 

Sunday is another day to work on my paper and project. Paper first I guess since it's due that night! Oye. I'm having dinner with Jordan's family that night too. So much deliciousness is in my future.

Monday I'm getting together with my partner again to finish our project. Boy are we committed. I'm glad though, it's better than getting a partner who doesn't want to make time. 

So kids, I have to finish making my notes before she gets here. I'll be drinking lots of caffeinated drinks this weekend! Have a very happy Easter and a wonderful long weekend. See you on the other side.

xoTaylor  

Currently

*if I had a beautiful type writer like this one maybe writing essays would be fun!*

Obsessing over: TORONTO. Erika and I are getting really into our plans to move to Toronto. We want to be there by September at the latest so we're aiming to move in the late Summer. I've been sending out my resume like crazy and we've been doing a little apartment research. We're so incredibly excited. It's all I can think about.
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Working on: getting through this last push of school. I have an essay due Sunday so I'm trying to get that our of the way. I also have a final project due Monday. I'm meeting with my partner for the first time this afternoon so I hope we get down to business and really get this thing planned out. Just having a plan would make this all seem more manageable.
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Thinking about: how hard it is to get your foot in the door. I wish people would take chances on recent graduates more. While I've been looking for jobs I've found that a lot of them want experience. Thank God I have my internship or I would feel completely useless. I just hope that someone can see my potential and give me a chance. I'm feeling very desperate over here haha.

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Feeling: a little bit anxious. It's hard to know if you are making all of the right decisions. When achieving your dream is staring you straight in the face I guess it's normal to question it. I know that if all works out that I'll be taking a huge leap soon. I hope it's the right one. I'll never know unless I try and if I don't try I'll regret it forever.
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Wanting: to fast forward. I have less than a month until Florida but that month is destined to be pure hell. I really really really just wish the time would come already. I want to be basking in the sun with some of my favourite people. Gotta do the work to get to the reward I guess.
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Wishing for: the weather around here to get its act together. I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's time for spring so go away winter. The weather is being so nuts. One minute its warms, one minute it's snowing, the next its windy. What's happening. I think we need to show the weather a calendar because it seems to be very confused!

Well kids, I'm off to work on my paper...or maybe take a little nap (ain't no shame in taking a nap in the library, right?!)

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xoTaylor

Dreams

As I've been going through some emotional turmoil the last couple of days I've been looking for some reassurance. Here's some quotes I found on my pinterest board that felt pretty relevant:

 I think the last one is my favourite. My dreams do scare me and I do find myself comparing my life to others. I picture my life a certain way and if it doesn't live up to that standard I feel like a failure. I know there's nothing I can do about having to go back in the fall and therefore graduate next June, but I just feel like it totally changes all of my plans. I worked so hard over these four years. I didn't go back to highschool for a victory lap. I pushed through my second semester at Carleton because I refused to quit because I knew I wanted to graduate in four years. Now it all seems a bit wasted.

Luckily I have an incredibly amazing best friend at my side. Erika knew I was bummed and talked to me last night. We've been talking about moving to Toronto. It's been my dream forever to live in a big city and I've been feeling it slip away lately. Erika said we should go no matter what. I should look for a job or an internship and take that final class at night. I completely agree. This is the only time in my life when I'll get the chance to live with my best friend. I need to take it. One day I'm going to settle down and I may not want to be in the city. If I don't go I may regret it. She got me really excited and I immediately sent out two resumes. I really just need a job in the city and I'll be set. It's hard job searching but I know if I just keep putting my resume out there that I'll have to get something and then we can make this dream come true.

The best part of all of this is how supportive Jordan has been. Everytime I throw a crazy idea out there like running off to Europe by myself, or moving to Toronto or spending a year working part time, he completely supports it. He's amazing. It's so nice knowing that he's behind me in this and supports me even if it does mean having his girlfriend move an hour away for who knows how long. I love having a relationship that is strong and supportive. Just another thing I have to be thankful for.

So while I'm still feeling a bit nervous and lost, I'm now feeling a glimmer of hope on the horizon. I'm so glad I have people around me who want to help me make my dreams come true. I can't wait to set them into action.

xoTaylor



Weekend Update

This weekend was a good one. It was a nice calm before the storm. This week isn't too bad for assignments but I need to use this week to get ahead on stuff for next week because I have something in every single class (sick....)

Friday night I told Jordan I would drive him to Waterloo to hang out with the boys. I hadn't seen those silly guys in a bit so I stopped in with him. Stopping in turned into hanging around for a bit and then I ended up just saying I'd stick around until they went to the bar. Of course those lazies got their drink on a little too hard and ended up just wanting to eat burritos and then go to bed. I took them to get some food and then took Jordan home. It was nice to sit around laughing with those crazy guys.

Saturday I went shopping with my mom, went to the gym (like my hardcore face?) and then hung out with Jordan until it was time to go out with Erika. My friend Tessa's sister is getting married in August so Erika and I went to her stag and doe to support. It was fun because we actually knew quiet a few people and I ended up winning a gift card to Sears and a basket from The Body Shop. Score score score. I usually NEVER win anything so of course I went home feeling very successful!

Sunday I hung in bed getting as much reading as I could done. We had a big family dinner so it was nice to sit around with everyone and enjoy some good food. After that I hung with Jordan for a bit before I sent him home so I could read some more.

I woke up niceee and early (5am!)  to head to the gym with Erika this morning. We got a wonderful workout in, I came home and made breakfast, finished my readings and then took a nice little cat nap. Successful morning. Now I'm sitting in class half listening/mostly being tuned out because school is too close to being done. Most important time of the year = the hardest to motivate for.

Alright kiddos, back to the real world.

xoTaylor

Secret of the Week

Yup...this is where I am right about now. I'm feeling some very extreme wanderlust, accompanied by the panic of not seeing my future play out the way I've been hoping it would.

Basically...this is me right now:

At least Marnie doesn't still live at home...

xoTaylor