I'm Slaaaaackkkkiiiinnnnggggg!!!! *Insert Sad Face Here*

Wow! So much has happened since my last post! I'm slacking.....my apologies :)

So I'm officially an Indiana University Alumni as of May 7, 2011. Graduation was an incredible experience and I feel so blessed to be one of:

• 8,562 graduates
• Youngest was 18, Oldest was 65
• 33 sets of twins
• From 92 Indiana Counties
• All 50 states

and

• 91 countries

I feel so blessed that I had such an amazing experience in my 4 years at IU. From moving into Teter Boisen 1 in August of 2007 to Graduation this year, I can't imagine my life without being a Hoosier Girl!

The 2 most important men in my life <3

My rock. I couldn't have done it without them

So now it's time for job hunting, job hunting, and more job hunting.....because I definitely don't want to work at The Blue Gate for the rest of my life! So far, I've applied for Family Case Manager positions in Monroe, Miami, and Lake Counties, a State Eligibility Consultant in Marion County, and Victim Advocate positions in Allen and Elkhart county. The Victim Advocate job in Fort Wayne is VERY promising, as is the one in Elkhart county so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

As for the DCS jobs, the one in Lake County is pretty much out if I get it. Patrick isn't comfortable with me working in Gary, nor is my mom so I'm hoping that's not the only one I get back! 

The next couple weeks are going to be insanely busy but unbelievably fun as well! Next weekend I'm going with my best friend Tabby to Chicago to see Glee live! I can't wait! The week afterwards was supposed to be my sister Molly's wedding......buuuuut as of last night, the wedding is apparently called off. Regardless of whether or not the wedding happens, I'm still looking forward to a weekend with my incredible boyfriend. This is the longest we've gone without seeing each other since we started dating.....and it's killing me :( I miss him so much. Thank God for Skype!

So that's basically all that's going on in the life of Rachel right now. So....yay update :P

Sitting in Starbucks Blogging & Listening to Jazz....Hooray for Fitting Stereotypes!

I had to come up to Indy today to see a dentist about my stupid jaw/wisdom teeth. Why all the way in Indy? I figured you'd ask that. My mom wanted me to go to someone that we knew, and my high school guidance counselor's son has a dental practice off of 86th street in Indy.....so I went there. I mean, it's working out ok. I'm sitting in Starbucks, finished some homework, now blogging and then I'm gonna do some shopping......I had to brave the dentist this morning so I deserve to shop a little bit :)

Then I'm headed to Zionsville for the night.....I mean, since I'm up here I might as well ;)

It's really strange how different the people are in this Starbucks than the ones in Bloomington. The majority of the people sitting around on computers, reading newspapers, waiting for clients, etc are well dressed businessmen....one who commented on my Sperrys....he's totes frat. Aside from the businessmen, there are 2 ladies chatting (loudly) in the corner comfy chairs and one random lady playing Angry Birds....because of that fact, we could totally be bffs.

Bloomington Starbucks are almost segregated it seems.....the IMU is predominantly people in between classes and holding office hours, but most coffee drinkers just grab a latte in between classes and head out. The Indiana Ave. Sbux .....

Hold up...random thought.....good lord this guy has huge teeth....like....seriously....ok, have y'all ever seen the episode of Family Guy with Nigel Pinchley the Brit who moves in and takes over the Clam?.....here's his picture

No shiz, this guy looks EXACTLY like him. it's eerie......I'm not creepy enough to take a picture to put side-by-side for a comparison....did I think about it? Yeah....briefly......bahahahaha :)

Anyway, back to my Starbucks rant. The Indiana Avenue one is mostly grad/law school students and I'm super mad they're not open 24 hours anymore....just an fyi-sies......

The one on the bypass never has anywhere to sit and has been nicknamed "The Asian Starbucks" by my roommate.....because that's all you ever see there.

Hmmm......I certainly hope they don't have a limit as to how long you can chillax at the Sbux......because I'm A) unbelievably comfy in this overstuffed leather chair and B) feel if I started shopping 3 hours before heading to Patrick's I could get myself in trouble.....especially because stop numero uno is a shoe outlet.....HELLOOOOOOOOO Lovies :)

I'll get up.....eventually.......I mean, I DID spend the first 30 minutes I was here doing calculus homework and I'm currently doing research for my violin lessons this summer so.....I'm being productive? Yes....

OMG the guy that just sat down across from me looks SO much like my grandpa.....I may cry.....legitimately I may cry......not ok not ok not ok not ok.........he's even wearing black velcro shoes.....I feel the need to hug him just to feel like I'm hugging my grandpa again, but that seems ungodly creepy.

Ok so since I'm on the verge of a potential sobfest I should probably wrap this rambling blog up and head to the shoe store.....which right now seems like the lesser of 2 evils lol

Until tomorrow....

Finally Getting the Time to Blog....Sweeeet

So it's been since Christmas since my last post.....and I realized since then that I want this blog to have more of a whimsical air about it than philosophical/sappy.....and no, this does not include the posts about my grandpa....those were totally called for.

Anyway, updates in the amazing life of this Alpha Delt. Things this semester have been INCREDIBLE! (Minus calculus) Let me lay it out for you bulleted-list style:

• We recently initiated 71 amazing new sisters into the Beta Alpha chapter. I love every single one of them and can't be more proud to say that I had a hand in recruiting these incredible young ladies into our sisterhood!
• This past Sunday (March 27) I competed in the Miss Indiana University pageant. No crown, but it took them almost a half hour to tabulate the scores which shows how close we all were!
• I have found an incredible group of new friends in the past couple months that I would seriously die without. They're the best group of guys and have gotten me through some really tough times in the past few weeks; I love them to pieces
• Through these friends, I was introduced to the most incredible guy I've ever met. He's a gentleman, talented, and wise beyond his years. We have the best conversations and I enjoy spending time with him. I haven't felt like this in a long time; he makes me smile even when I'm having a horrible day.....literally, he's made me grin ear to ear when I was a crying mess. I really hope he's around for a while.....I kinda like him :)

So basically that's what's going on in my life right now....happy as a clam, minus the fact that I have to venture to Indy tomorrow to see a dentist because my jaw is all messed up.....fail sauce. Oh well.....I'm still #winning....therefore, I am awesome :)

Peace Out, Girlscouts ;)