A JOB and SCUBA

Soooo today I received some awesome news. First off, I now have JOB!!!!! HOOORAAAAY! They called me today and let me know that I got this internship at a conservation and environmental high school program here in Chicago. My job is mainly to help the program participants with their powerpoint projects that they must complete throughout the program. But because I have a lot of background in environmental science (from a couple of Shedd Aquarium programs that I did), they are hiring me full-on to do other things with the program every day (rather than just a few days and hours a week). Stipend of $1600 for the 4 weeks. Im so excited. And I start Monday.


this is going to be me----->

And then, to top it all off, my mom surprised me right after I finished washing my hair yesterday and told me that she is bought me a groupon to get my scuba certification this summer!!!! I can't even describe how happy I am right now. I've been trying to get my certification for like 4 years now, but havent been able to due to funds and time constraints. I'm contributing a couple hundred dollars that I earned at school towards it, but who cares. Best. birthday. present. ever.



And now for some embarrassing moments at the gym. So far I've dropped weights on myself like twice during hang cleans and bench. i couldn't finish a rep and the weight got stuck resting on my boobs and on my legs in hang cleans. super embarrassing. especially when you have like 30 middle aged men staring at you in the first place cause you're the only female in the weight lifting area. All the men at my gym believe women are just supposed to do cardio.

Lastly, I should mention some good reads. First off, I read a lot of young adult books. You should know that.

okay so I loved this book called Matched by Allie Condie. about this different society with all these weird rules and predictions. interesting stuff.
Haven by Kristi Cook. A girl with special powers and goes to a school that is only for gifted people like her. teenagers with telekinesis, psychic abilities, etc. real cool.
and Wake by Lisa McCann. A girl who can jump into people's dreams. Super awesome series.

In terms of movies, I watched this movie called CAMP last week. really interesting. but i wouldnt say it was a great movie. lots of musically talented actresses, but not necessarily a great movie.

attempted to watch this movie called King of the Camp. I couldn't do it. The 15 minutes of it that I watched were absolutely terrible. i couldnt make myself keep watching it any longer.

i watched Unstoppable last week (that movie about the runaway train). SO GOOD.

Okay Mom is yelling at me now. We're going downtown. Bye ya'll!