arriba, abajo, al centro, pa dentro

So I’m a bad bad person. Not only am I not writing in my own blog, I haven’t written in here since…like the beginning of the summer.

Life is pretty okay right now. The job…we’ll skip over for now because I’m past my honeymoon phase and into the frustrated phase. The OTHER job, on the other hand- the one where I took a vacation from the real one for a week of Band Camp- is more than excellent. I work with three awesome men, the show is going great, and every second I’m there (even when I’m exhausted or totally moody from being a girl and stuff) I’m so freaking stoked I’m getting paid to do something I consider playtime. My conducting’s getting better, wearing the blue blazer and khakis is a little creepy, and I get to do Tailgate Band again.

My birthday was more than awesome. I got free yoga (B- I do it 2x a week now and feel soooo good), had breakfast with Ashley, splurged on my first spa day, saw 500 Days of Summer, had dinner with Annie, and went out for karaoke. The only thing that could have made it better was if you guys were there. I sang Backstreet Boys and Miley Cyrus and Sonny & Cher.

Other than working, life has remained pretty normal. The occasional and insignificant boy drama, watching too much TV on DVD (working on True Blood right now), and enjoying having my apartment to myself. It’s particularly wonderful when you get along with your sister better than you have in years.

Still FUCKING hot here- I guess we have a few more weeks before the fall bug really starts to bite.

Missing you guys more than words can say. Watching the Cards game, wishing you guys were pigging out and drinking with me. Hope school/work is going well and can’t wait to see you guys in the upcoming months. Let me know when I need to take off work, whether for Homecoming, Graduation, or Xmas- schedule’s due pretty soon.

Have a good week, ya’ll!

I’m out. Done with you. Over this.

love, Bianca

No, really. I dropped out of grad school. Okay, that’s not completely true, because I’m still registered for the classes, but I will be dropping the classes shortly. Like tonight or tomorrow. What happened? Well, basically, after two weeks of classes that are repeat from undergrad (yay Eller) but with stupider classmates (ooohhhh hotel/restaurant management kids…) I decided that I wasn’t happy and didn’t like any of it and, really, if I’m not learning anything, then why bother? I’m disappointed with the hotel-specific classes that the college offers in the first place (there are maybe two or three) and the rest of my master’s would be filler classes. No, thank you. Not to mention that practical, hands-on work experience will be much more beneficial than any classroom teaching, at least in this industry.

Of course, it’s too late to add classes so I couldn’t register for real business (aka MBA courses) if I wanted to, nor am I officially a student in the business college. All important details. The new plan, then, is to get my MBA, but start on those classes after I get back from the Peace Corps. So really, dropping out/withdrawing for this semester, but actually postponing and changing my course of study to strictly business (rather than both business and hotel & restaurant management, of which I’m currently only enrolled in the hrm classes, thus the dissatisfaction).

Next, I talked to my boss today at the Houstonian to see if working full-time is an option. It is. My status will change as of next week. And my benefits will start in October (this could turn out to be really tricky with my lovely companion, Diabetes).

No, I haven’t told my parents yet. I thought I would wait until they came back from their Euro-vacation before I told them, so as not to affect their holiday or have to explain everything over email/Skype. Not really sure how this is going to go over…I think there will probably be some mention of paying rent (to my own parents!!), some shock, and a lot of surprise. I’ll post again, post-bomb dropping.