Yikes Three Days!!!!!

 THREE DAYS!!! Thats its three now for the checklist:


Pack bags
Get dogs squared away
Copy and take all paperwork (inculding sheet music)
Get pictures
Spend time with dad, mom, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends
Tell crush I'm leaving
Tell the devil I'm leaving ( aka T-mobile)
Clean room and bathroom
Pack all elecronics and hair stuff
Bomvoyage!



Whew I'm tired so much to finish in only three days, so many good byes to tell. My family threw me an amazing party last night as a last chance to say goodbye. I'm a little sad but I'll be ok and so will they Gods looking out for them. I'm so excited about my class list I can't wait to learn and grow! I can say I'm a bit paranoid now that my uncles haunted me with the stories they heard on the discovery channel about crazy snakes, crocadiles, and kangaroos oh my! I know right now I have no intentions of being reptile brunch and I will fight a kangaroo if I have to.... I won't win but I will fight back.

So I told the crush...... and..... I'm thinking it's not gonna work which totally sucks! I really like him and thought he could possibly be the future fiirst husband " joke". Well as my brother always says when another guy either leaves or gets kicked out of my  life " another one bites the dust. But who knows love in "oz" sounds exciting, not gonna go look for but if it finds me we can get down with the get down.

see you later cousin cheerish!

For purple mountains magesties

This picture may not look like much to you. May be a perfect setting for a post card, or a natural piece of history. But this is my home, and believe it or not I'm gonna miss it. These purple mountains which look rather blue to me are a perfect view of comfort for me every day. I'm not gonna miss the bitter cold air but I will miss the aspen leaves that dance when the wind blows against them. I won't miss these stupid drivers who make there own rules down academy and Palmer park. I will miss tejon and it's smell of liquor and sounds of laughter.

Everyone keeps asking "so are you excited" well of course is my answer. But the reality is I never thought I would miss the 719. I remember being a young teenager this town was a downer for me. I wanted the bright lights big city feeling. It's strange but now that I'm getting ready to enter a city ooozing with lights, entertainment, and a large popularity.... I'm freaking out!!!! I have always been a very confident person, I make friends easily I'm an extrovert. I may not have a 4.0 but I excel in common sense which is a character trait I know I'm gonna need on this trip. Unfortunately any time I here or think about this adventure my sweaty palms clutch the side of my palms and I get this feeling of a tight chest about to burst.

So moving on enough about me, I know there are some worries if I have told the "crush" I'm leaving ........ nope. Still not sure how to come up  with the words yet. Truth is I'm afraid of that too. I'm sure all these feelings will fade apart and the words will come, I'm just hoping soon things happen soon.

The looking forward to's and not so looking forward to's

Ok so everyone has been asking “what are you looking forward to on your trip" or ” what are you going to miss". So obviously I'm going to look forward to kangaroos, wallabies, and FOOD! I can judge an entire country based on its food "china oooo great miso soup and crab legs great country" "Greece amazing baklava they are a force to be record with" " Cambodia uuuuugh goats milk, they should be bombed". Three of my main goals while I'm in Perth are to do well academically, as a senior in college my grades are so important to me. I've never been the 4.0 student but I like to consider myself pretty intelligent. My second goal THE MAIN AMERICAN GOAL you see it on t.v. hear it on the radio see it on the bill boards losing weight. I'm a thick girl and proud of it but when my favorite jeans don't fit an I am constantly flashing people with the holes in my butt from the expansion project.... well we can all say the weight problem should be a goal.

Alright let’s all sing it “fame! I wanna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly high!" This is my third goal my major is musical theater, now do I think I'm gonna be the next international start ummmm nope. What I hope is that I can get as many auditions and small gigs as possible. It's my passion and I want to succeed in it.  I have already received a huge blessing for this goal. A faculty member at WAAPA has offered me a roll in the semester production. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!   Happy dance oh happy dance. So at this point I won't say mission accomplished, I'll say mission begun.

At the moment I am recently single, long story yall don't ask. But to be honest I'm in enjoying it ... sort of. I have a small crush on a certain someone which is somewhat pointless because I’m leaving the country in 9 days. All my closest friends keep asking, now I know what everyone is thinking, have you told him your leaving. And the answer is nope, not sure when I’m gonna, don't want to, and I’ll get to it when I feel like it. I'm just a irresponsible like that. Now I don't think I'm going to be finding love in the land down under but who knows.  I think it's kind of silly to try because I'm only there for six months but I'm not willing to turn down a hottie with a body if you know what I’m saying. Australia is surrounded by water and we all know there tons of fish in the sea so I follow dory's advice “just keep swimming, just keep swimming"

So now for the things I’m not looking forward to. Well the list is surprisingly small. Every year I look forward to the spring especially two weeks that mean the most to me. Watching little girls in the small vest selling GIRL SCOUTT COOKIES!!!!!!  I'm going to miss my thin mints chocolaty sweetness I crave them all throughout the year. Guess what I'll be departing before the cookies will be shipped out. Oh well guess it's a small sacrifice for an adventure of a life time.

Obviously I'm going to miss my family and friend and my beautiful puppy’s tuxx and pastry. I think they know I'm going to be leaving soon. Tuxx comes by my suitcases and just lays in them and pastry follows every step I take, their little doggie intuition cracks me up. One of the most memorable things I’m going to miss can be best described like this “it’s t-shirt time". Jersey Shore is my favorite show I love it so much, fist pumping all night long. Unfortunately there is no t-shirt time, snookie, and pauly d in OZ. But I'm pretty sure I can get Australia to fist pump it out.

The Start of Something Not So Simple

Heller all,

So I am starting this blog as an opening chapter of an adventure I shall embark on in 9 days. So let me fill you on on some brief history. I am a senior at  the University of Northern Colorado. I am double majoring in speech pathology & audiology, and musical theater. Sounds like three majors huh? Unfortunately I only get two degrees a B.A. in musical theater and a B.S. in  speech pathology & audiology, sounds a little funny when you only use the abbreviations. I'm a Daniels Fund scholar and a McNair scholar, and a s of recently I received a scholarship to study abroad in Perth, Australia at Edith Cowen University. This adventure is is going to take place in 9 days  eeeeeeeeek! Excited and nervous don't even begin state how I am feeling. Australia is an AAAAmazing place with so many opportunities and I just can't wait to get a taste of the land down under!