Amanda

I have a confession. I cheated on my dog Bronx. There is an adorable German Shepherd mix puppy at the the shelter, and I spent a lot of time with him. I renamed him Levi Augustus. He is adorable! I just held him and play with him while I was suppose to be working. I wish I could adopt him. I've always wanted a German Shepherd, well I have for the last three months. I tried convincing my dad to see if we could adopt him, and my dad didn't say no and in fact he wasn't as annoyed as he usually is when I try to pester him for another pet. So now that I know I will never have Levi, and Bronx won't have a little brother anytime, I made a deal with my dad. If I get a 3.5 GPA the rest of my college career and graduate in my classes top 25% my dad will buy me a dog when I move out. Sounds like nothing to get excited about, but believe me it is. So two years. That's enough time to start saving for an apartment. Yay for growing up!!!

Speaking of school, I'm very proud to say that I love it! It's awesome! It doesn't feel like school actually. My drafting class felt more like me at Parson's in Project Runway. I had my own drafting board and I felt so legit. It was awesome the four hours went by so quickly by learning how to write letters. It's so incredibly hard and there are so many things to remember when drawing and drafting. It's very technical and I know I'm gonna have to work my butt off in that class, but I'm quite excited about it.

Orientation was amazing as well. I made a friend, which always makes school easy. I learned all about the program and let me tell you there is more to being an Interior Designer than just paging through Elle Decor. It's lots of drawing and shading and memorizing and putting lots of hours into my studies. And heres confessionnumber two, I can't wait! I want to study. I'm gonna join the Interior Design Club and American Society of Interior Designers. I'm gonna meet people in the field and make a name of myself. So that's the game plan. Study and be successfull. BAM.

Since I'm going to be spending 30+ hours studying a week(Yipee!) outside of work I decided to quit shelter. There are other reasons, but overall it's stressfull and I need to focus on school.

Oh, and the most important, the American Idol concert was Friday. And after finding out my summer heartache aka assface, has had a girlfriend for who knows how long, I really just wanted to enjoy this concert and forget about boys. Well forget about boys that are gonna or have broken my heart. So I let myself enjoy the man of my dreams Anoop Desai. Lord have mercy!! He was gorgeous and so AMAZING! I love him. Like I really do. And I'm really bummed that I did not get to meet him. In fact I got to meet everyone but him. And let me tell you, them guys on that tour are fricken GORGEOUS( do you sense how serious I am with all the cap letters???) It made my day. But really made my night was Matt Giraud. He was extra sweet and hott. YOu see, my dear and oh so shy friend Helen, said "You're hott." My mouth hit the ground. I can't believe she said that. I don't blame her though. And then his oh so sweetness looked over at Helen and said, "You are too. Don't think I don't see you back there." I don't know what made me smile more. KNowing that MAtt might be the only nice guy in the world or seeing my good friend giddy with no words. It was the best thing that happened. And possibly the best concert I've been to in a while.

With that summing up my last week, I just can't believe how fast the world is moving. A full week of school is up ahead. Homework that really needs to get done. Missing my besties. In fact, if you guys were here I'd suggest Applebees and a movie. And we would sneak in ice cream. I guess the more things that happen I realize the more friends matter. I'd rather see my friends insanely happy then myself happy. I don't know where I'm coming with all this mushy stuff. But I really do love my friends. And that's why this year will be something else. I'm pretty sure this is the closest we've been in a long time. The amount of texting is going to increase tremendously. Par-tay!

Well my dears, I should start some homework before I need to head of to the shelter. Be back soon to write more!

-A.