So I've been chatting with my roommate for quite awhile and things are going pretty well - not awkward at all.We've askd each other questions ranging from 'how tall are you?' to 'do you snore?' Hahaha. I checked out her photos on myspace and there was this one photo that looked vaguely familiar. In April, I read an article on the Concordia website about a girl getting a 4-year full ride to Concordia University. It didn't hit me until then that... well, it's my roommate that got the 4-year full ride scholarship, lol. She even told me too but it slipped my mind at the time, hahaha. She's thinking of going into business and she's half mexican and fluent in spanish - so we're gonna be talking in spanish once and awhile ^_^ I love how everything is falling into place! Haha.

I leave in 37 days or so - crazy.

*luv*lotz*l8r~Shannyn

FINALLY! Fine arts camp is over. Not sad whatsoever. I'm just tired of driving now, haha. Every time I fill up the gas the price keeps going up and so now I'm just more aware of the way I use the gas is all.

So last night was the last final performance. The band performed and I enjoyed playing. I started to get bummed while playing Irish Tune because in my head I was like, "Aww.. whens the next time I'll play a solo? I wonder how my college band will be.. I wonder where I'm ranked in a different state.." Bah... 38 days left.. Still hasn't hit me...Ooo! So I got my housing information the other day. I'll be staying in an all women dorm and my roomate's name is Cinthia - I'm still getting to know her through e-mailing back and forth. And then yesterday I got mail from Concordia again..... I already have HOMEWORK! It's crazy... lol. I have to read this book (Morrie's Tuesday I believe..). And then at orientation we'll have discussions... bah. Come to think of it, my sister had to do it too... I wonder if all colleges do some sort of summer homework.. *ponder*

So today is a leisure day for me. This morning I was awoken abruptly by my sissy wanting me to drop the car off at the camp *grr*. So I was forced to get ready, drive over, haul some stuff, and then she dropped me back... But now I'm ready for the day. I think might go run with cross country tonight at 6... hm. Hah, and I also found out for my college's xcountry team, we'd have to head to Oregon earlier, but I've already set the plane tickets so I guess there's no way of me competing in a sport... but I'm sure if I asked I could run with them sometime.

Hah, I'm kind of being an ass and not tearing down the camp... I really don't want to because of all the other stuff I did to volunteer at that camp. My mom and I are gonna watch 2 movies today and then tonight's din din is nachoes, which I will have to help make. When my sis comes home tonight we'll start ordering our new luggages and crap. *sigh*...

OYE! I needa mail my housing contract... mail man comes in like 30 min. - 1 hour.

So today I've just been... mm, not really a downer or a happy person, but more of like inbetween... or stoic.. I don't know, haha.

Aanyways... a huuuuuuuge feeling came across me. So recently I've still been getting mail from my college that I rejected from New York... Like, I got on my DYC account and read up on their nursing article..............*sigh*.... sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice. Don't get me wrong, I have soo many more good reasons why I should go to Concordia, and it definitely got better now that I've been accepted into their nursing program it's just..... I don't know... I wish there was a glass ball that told your future if you took a certain path. Or when I asked people what I should do, they said, "It's your decision" or how like I had no clue what senior picture I should use, "It's your decision Shannon."  OOOOOOOOOOOooooooomigoosh! It's the first that I actually had to do it on my own... I mean, I was able to get an idea of what people think I should go for, but college and such... they totally made me do this on my own... to me it feels like this is my first big decision and I don't know how I feel about my decision... All I know is that my decisions in the past were laaaaaaaaaaame... and so I'm scared about this one. I guess I'm just sad I don't get to know how I would have been if I decided to go to New York rather than Oregon. I'm sure some people would say, "Shannon, if you were in New York, you'd get mugged.. you wouldn't have the skills to live in a state like that because you're short." Well *merrr* I would have the motivation to prove them wrong! Er.. I dunno...

Decisions suck.

Dinner was really fun with my mom, dad, and bro. So first thing that came up was that my dad likes to make everyting masculine - "HE do this" "HE wants you to think..." And all that stuff right? And so I just started mimiking him, and my mom and bro caught it, but my dad wasn't caughting on, which was funny. And then TJ almost grabbed my water to drink out of and I was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Then he asked why I gotta be a lefty and I went on a rant saying, "You guys made me become a righty!! I don't see what's wrong with being a lefty! I can't believe you guys think of me as a disgrace! *MERR*" And my parents weren't paying attention to me at all. The only person was TJ and we were just looking at our parents - mom was drinking water and our dad, well... he finished eating and just left the kitchen. WOW. They're really cool.. And TJ's there just laughing and taking it in. Oh well, I got him back somehow and water squirted out of his nose... hahahaha! Sadly, I can't remember what we were laughing about... it's the second time I made him squirt his drink out of his nose... and again we couldn't remember what it was about. hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Aside from din din, today I also went to the foreign exchange goodbye party. Fun/sad stuff... and then I went to the first final performance of SFAC middle school............ honestly? I was really bored with it. I can't wait for the high school camp! Just taking band.. I should prolly practice the music... it's the most I've ever slacked off :S Maybe because I"m busying focusing on my college audition and I needa memorize the 12 harmonic minor scales (HALF WAY THERE!.. and it's only been 3 days ) So yeah. At camp I'm taking band *woop*woop!* And possibly musicianship. *sigh* so far no calls for a job. Oh well, it's like 4th on my list really.. hahaha. I don't really wanna work anyways.

Nothing else to say

*luv*lotz*l8r~Shannenenen

Yaaaay, so I leave August 21 at 6am *twitch*. What's even better is that my whole family is comming! It's like a family vacation! Only, when they go home, they're leaving me behind... hahahhaa. Sad thing is is that I don't get to hang and say bye to my friends at the airport - I'm going to have to make a whooooole bunch of visits the day before . 

Into the whole college topic, the other day I got mail from Concordia.. and I actually been accepted into their nursing program! I'm 1 of 48 freshman that get an automatic spot in the BSN Nursing cohort program after sophomore year. They said it was based on my final transcript and *updated* ACT's.... all I have to say is, TAKE SAT'S AND ACT'S.. AND DO THEM AT LEAST TWICE. Being in stats, you never know which test you did well on until you compare yourself with the distribution. And it's never bad to try the same test a second time, because chances are you're going to get better scores because you know how the test goes.

So I got mail from CU once again and in front it said, "housing information, reply ASAP" and I was getting really excited because I thought it contained my roommate and what dorm I'm in and such.... but no. It was a letter about how CU's beds in the dorms are unusually longer and so parents complained because they can't find bed sheets that seemed to fit. So CU has set something up with a manufacturer and so now we have a brochure where we can order stylish linen, pillows, bed sheets... basically we can buy all our bed stuff and bathroom things and the comfort in our dorm will be dandy ^_^. I thought it was kind of silly, but it had some good bundles and deals that would save me a looooooooooooot of money if I were to buy them all separately. So I'm excited to get "lavender/lilac stripe' bed sheets.. hahaha.

Other stuff I needa do is apply to the Pioneer Home.. I'll do that tonight - it's an online application and it seems no matter where I work, a permanent CNA job is not open. Only an on call position is available. The cool thing is is that they get paid higher than regulars, but they don't work as often, haha so it kind of evens out.

So middle fine arts camp has been alright. I've been driving back and forth which has been a pain. I want to bike.  I'm only a volunteer so I don't get paid... my sis however is getting paid and so she sends me off to buy her food. It's not that bad however because in exchange, she'll help cover/keep her mouth shut about me hanging out with Arnold [my parents think I'm working/volunteering at the camp the whole time]. I know I know! It's bad... but I wanna have a fun summer!

So that's all that's been goin' on.

*luv*lotz*l8r~Shannen-en-en-enz the name, don't wear it out!