Christmas Season is upon us

Wow...I may just not be cut out for this blogging thing. I never can seem to find the discipline to write regularly. It's too bad...it would be nice to have a record of things I did or saw that I might want to remember someday. Thankfully I do have pictures on my flickr to keep the memories flowing.
I had a pretty busy summer. I applied for a job at Webster University and didn't get it. In hindsight I think I'm happier that I didn't. The girls who did seem pretty miserable and the work keeps piling up but no matter how much they do its not enough. Actually, it's pretty miserable as just a work study too. There are a ton of transcripts every day, we've lost one, we may be losing two more, and although they are keeping me on for a yet undetermined length of time after graduation there's no way I could do it all on my own! There is a light at the end of the tunnel however! I've been informed that a temporary position will open up as a coordinator under my favorite boss ever and I have been encouraged to apply once it is open. So I will...then I'll cross my fingers, try not to be nervous at the interview, and hopefully they'll see what as asset I can be since I come halfway pre-trained. It would be temporary (which means no benefits) until May 31st, and then they will decide whether to keep the person on full time or not. To be honest this works out well for me either way (except the part where I need benefits). If it is just temporary it gives me a solid 5 months of work with good pay and its real world experience to put on my resume when I do job hunt. On the other hand, if it becomes a full time position that would be great because I would get benefits and could get my Master's degree for free...plus the person it is replacing was moved up to a counselor position and although working on Webster's staff isn't my dream life if I was going to be stuck in St. Louis its one of my best options.
Also over the summer, I bought a horse! Well half a horse, my friend and I bought him together. He was a pain for awhile...right after we got him he got injured and cost us over $1000 in vet bills (thankfully we both had jobs and were able to split the cost otherwise I don't know what we would have done). Now we have him at a stable that he is doing well at and I'm learning how to ride him (his trot is MUCH faster than Sierra, the horse I learned/am learning to ride on). I spent Thanksgiving morning with him:
Yeah...he's huge. If any of you are familiar with "horsespeak" he's 15.1 hands...I think. We haven't personally measured him but I am pretty sure that's what the lady said when we bought him. He soooo expensive and every time I write checks I think what did I get myself into? But then when I spend time with him (even when he's a brat) I can't imagine not having him anymore. Sure hope I get a real job soon haha because as long as I live with my mom his expenses won't be so painful!
In September I went to San Francisco. My friend Carmen and I flew from our respective cities and met up with a friend from school Cameron who was living out there at the time. I had an absolute blast. I think its my favorite vacation to date (excluding London, but that was a temporary move more then it was a vacation...I don't think 4 months in another country is a vacation in any culture haha).

Also this year I got a new car


and a new cat. Her name is Daphne and she's adorable though a bit of a terror sometimes haha

And that brings us to graduation coming up in a couple weeks. I'll be done with school, so weird. Lastly on that note of being a bad blogger....I've decided that after graduation (and probably the first of the year) I'm going to do a movie review blog. 100 movies, 100 days. That's the goal anyway...here's to hoping I can stick to it!