good monday?

I thought that was an oxymoron.. guess I was wrong. I actually had a good day today. It's the little things. I got a phone call from a friend I hadn't talked to in a while, I actually learned something in my class, I was semi productive at work, I figured out what classes I'm taking in the spring, and I also found out that I could possible graduate a semester earlier than planned.

That last good little thing on the list got me to thinking about the future and what it may hold. That would mean I could find a job, hopefully a well paying one, and be done with school forever. I'm pretty sure I don't need a Ph.D.

I went to church Saturday night. Saturday night services are good for me, because waking up early on Sunday morning is something I never do. It kind of gave me a new perspective on things and reminded me that I need to treat my job and my school work like it's actually important. That wasn't what the sermon was about. It was just a side note.

It is time for midterms, and I'm not too excited about it. I don't want to spend my fall break studying. It should pay off one day, though.

Yay for October.

October is my favorite month. It's the middle of the semester. I'm very stressed out about school and work. It doesn't really make much sense, because I have plenty of time to get all of my work done, and I definitely have the abilities to do well. The thing is.. I have a self-confidence problem. I just have this idea in my head that I can't do the things, that logically, I know I can do. This doesn't just apply to school or work but to most areas of my life.

I went home this past weekend. My mom had a box of books in the living room floor that she was going to give away. Of course I had to look through them all and make sure I didn't want them. I found this book: "The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence." I need to know these secrets. I'm sure it will be a lot of stuff I've heard before, but it's always good to be reminded.

I'm also about to start reading "Jesus wants to Save Christians" by Rob Bell. We are going to have a little book club... kind of exciting.

I really want to make some big changes in the way I live my life. I have to take it a day at a time though.. and today I feel like I have every other day of my life. I just want to sit here and dream that I'm someone else, somewhere else. That doesn't get me much, though. I need to get some homework done, and I kind of want to paint a picture. I need to make my room look like a place someone would want to be and sleep. Right now it looks like a place where people pile up stuff that doesn't matter to them.

So I think I'm going to start painting since it seems like the most fun out of those options.

Lots of stuff

First of all I'm very excited to say that I beat the Hula Hoop Record on Wii Fit. I tried about 15 times to beat Lauren's record of 322 and this morning I got 323. That was quite an accomplishment.

Also I made a music myspace and uploaded two songs. http://www.myspace.com/yourfriendcarrie
They aren't all that great but I'm glad to be doing something with my life instead of just browsing the internet all day.

I've been learning spanish from playing the nintendo ds game My Spanish Coach. It's lots of fun. I think I might purchase My French Coach when I finish with the spanish one.

I've been reading the Harry Potter books. I'm on the fifth one. I'm ready to finish so I can take on some other reads.

I'm happy at this point in my life.

I have a lot of work to do

Ok.. let me just start by telling you a little bit about myself. I just graduated from a very small christian liberal arts college in west Tennessee. I am now attending a freaking huge university in middle Tennessee. I'm getting my masters in computer information systems. The truth is I'm only doing it because I got a graduate assistantship so it is paid for, I didn't have any other plans for after graduation, and I always wanted to live in this area. Because of this, I have homework due at midnight that I really really don't want to do. I would have never chosen this major. It's just the offer I got. I didn't have a choice. I'm hoping things will just fall into place nicely like they've done before.

I decided to come back to blogspot. I have a myspace blog, a livejournal, and a xanga. But I want to write for the general public and pretend that someone will stumble across my blog and care what I have to say even though they have no idea who I am. It's nice to think about.

I've been writing songs lately. If you knew me you'd know that it's kind of weird for me to be writing songs. I want to put a music myspace. That's something no one would expect for me and that is half of it's appeal. The other half is that it gives me something to work at and think about that I actually enjoy. It's really helping me put off this homework, too.

That's all for now. I don't need to ramble too much on my first post. I doubt anyone will be reading this anyway.