time to breathe

Things have been getting crazy. Classes feel like they're winding down, and before I attack a paper and a take-home midterm due on Thursday, I wanted to write.

Easter weekend was great, I went to Tilden Park in the east bay for my nephew' 1st birthday. He's adorable. Looks like baby Orlando Bloom. Ate loads of delicious food. I was also given ONE job: hide the Easter eggs.

Turn out I hid all the eggs on a hill infested with poison oak. Woops. Nobody got it, but a lot of kids were upset when they found out they couldn't have even more sugar in their bodies. YOU'RE WELCOME, PARENTS.

I've been walking a lot, specifically in this area where LOADS of people walk dogs. Even canine rescue centers take their dogs there, so you'll see one person walking as much as 10 dogs. It's really hilly and pretty, a great walk, and plus I get to see all the dogs!! I really want a dog, preferably one from a shelter. Anyway, this will do since some dogs come up to me and say hi. One time, this one dog thought I was his owner! I kind of looked like her, and we had the same built. He realized I wasn't her, and he ran away, haha.

Today's a really cool day because Francis Ford Coppola is speaking at my school. WOW! I'm getting there early. Next week, Disney ABC is doing a presentation for internships at my school. If I could land something at Disney, who's based in Burbank, that would be great. Kuya told me I could live at his house in Northridge which is close, and I won't have to deal with a huge commute to my parents' house near Orange County. That would be perfection.

I've been talking to people who are ready to graduate, and everyone has some sort of plan that's pretty laid out, whether it's moving to another city to find work, leave the country to work abroad, or apply for grad school. My plan is pretty similar with Susie's: Find whatever job that will support ourselves and let us have our weekends to do the things we want, learn from the job, and make decisions from there.

I've found that I'm not good at long range planning, but I more comfortable with planning (or having an idea of a plan) for the next couple of months and having a framework of goals within that year or so. My friend Stacy has the next 3 years already planned. I can't look that far. I guess my goal is to be able to sustain myself, be happy, have time for the family and friends, and do work that I love.