As if...

...I didn't have enough to do already during this, the final two weeks of my Fall II quarter.

Emily fulfilled my longboard dreams! She bought me the "Ferrari" of longboards, the Sector 9 Trylam

3 Platinum! It is constructed with 4 plies of maple, sandwiched between layers of

Carbon Fiber and Fiberglass. Super light and virtually indestructible.

I have had tons of fun during the past week tooling around on this puppy and the best part is Emily bought a longboard too!

I am very glad it is raining (pouring) but, you can't cruise around on your longboard in the rain.

Back to the business of schooling myself and keeping up with assignments, projects, and presentations.

Looking a bit into the future I have applied through two different organizations to help find myself a student affairs related summer internship at a university anywhere. So far I have sent out interest e-mails to a few universities including Southern Oregon University, University of Edinburgh, and University of San Francisco to name a but a few. My aim is to gain as much experience with differing types of universities both domestic and possibly abroad. The more experience I can gain the better, and the better able I will be to provide quality guidance to an ever increasingly diverse population of students. Wish me luck and pray for the right find as I begin the interview process in a week or so.

When it rains, it pours...that is the saying, yes? And when it sprinkles drivers in LA go crazy...it makes driving even more hazardous than on a sunny and 75 degree day at 3:45PM. I've been thinking for quite some time now about a post regarding the craziness that is defined on the freeways in Los Angeles County. I remember the first time I drove from the 57 to 210 and thinking how crazy it was. Since that hot day in August I have experienced much crazier situations. For example, the 57 north being backed up all the way to the 10 interchange...since many of you may not understand this what this stretch of freeway entails, let me paint a visual. This stretch is only about 5 miles long...in most other places 5 miles would equal what??? 5 minutes drive? If you are clipping along at a good rate, then yes, it would take about 5 or so minutes. When it is backed up because Californians are very scared of rain...well then it takes 15-20 minutes. Anyone from the area is probably saying, "Pfft...that is NOTHING." They would be right...it really is nothing. Five to six lanes with thousands upon thousands of people either trying to get in to LA or out of LA can really seem like hell on earth to some. Fortunately, I inherited my fathers love for driving, and he might just agree that traffic in southern California is just a fun challenge! It is...and it can be...and it gets OLD.

I am looking forward to summer already! It is going to be a blast, simply working again, not having to worry about school until the beginning of September! Hopefully I will be at a university in some sweet city where I can have a ton of fun while learning a new skill to be utilized in my new career. Also...Port Austin anyone? I am hoping that my summer internship will be flexible and I will actually be able to make it back to Michigan. Pencil in around July 12th...maybe, hopefully, I certainly hope so!