Lattes and Journals

I have successfully completed all nine February Matchbook girl attributes. I ventured out and tried a latte today during break. I certainly cannot say it is my favorite drink. I'm not much of a coffee person and I drink cold drinks mixed with chocolate and other sweet stuff when I do drink coffee. It never hurts to try something new though. :D

During my fun hour (after class and before dinner), I started/developed a project I found on Pinterest. The pin I saw was a calendar journal (see here), and it was something I was sort of doing myself, though not in great detail. I purchased a day planner when I was in London this past October, but was then given one by my future mother-in-law for Christmas. The one she got me is more organized, and definitely more professional, but I loved the other one so much that I decided to record awesome happenings in it. They were just little phrases, like "Tusculum is officially Greek!" and "Didn't bomb the GRE," but they are fun ways to remember things that are important to me. Today I went back and wrote actual entries for each one of those phrases so that I could remember them. In the days that don't have anything, I plan to glue pictures, tickets, or trinkets from the events I enter. And when I actually have some time to really get into it, I will have colored pencil designs going across the pages.

I've really missed journaling, but I haven't had time to do it. This is smaller scale, but still fun, and a great way to use the planner I got. I felt so much better after that hour was up. Maybe now I'll be a little more inclined to work on my journal essay for class. :P

Grad School

I have officially applied for grad school. I requested a copy of my GRE scores over a week ago and Drexel has already confirmed that they received my transcript. This morning I submitted the online portion of the application and registered my recommendation writers before running back to the room to fight with my printer for a hard copy resume, cover sheet, and credit-work experience form.

Why won't Word print the border they let you design? I had it set to the innermost settings and they were still outside the printing range. The worst part was that three sides printed, but the fourth didn't. What the heck is that?

Anyway, I scrapped the border and printed my not-nearly-as-cute-but-acceptable sheet to preface my coordinating resume and sealed them in the envelope with the form. When I went to check my email to confirm the address, I had a new email that included an email address for my resume. *Sigh* They really need to update their online application. After all that work, I was not about to not mail it, so I stuck two stamps on the front of the envelope to make sure it didn't bounce back due to insufficient postage. That would simply be the cherry on top.

So now it's done. I got back from class and found that one of my letter writers had already submitted her recommendation. That would be my boss. I then sent an email to the professor writing my recommendation letter with attached copies of two essays I had written for his class. I'm really hoping he was a good choice. All of the English professors were really swamped when I needed writers for UT and he made sense because he also teaches at UT. Now that I'm not applying to UT, I'm having doubts. I'm sure he'll write an awesome letter, but I'm not sure it will be as awesome as it could have been.

Maybe I'm just freaking out because it's out of my hands now. I have this tendency of putting all of my eggs in one basket. I only applied to one school for undergrad and now I'm only applying to one grad school. I have two other schools with late application dates, just in case, but I'm really not interested in attending them.

I have borrowed a line from Legally Blonde as my mantra for today. "I don't need backups, I'm going to [Drexel]."

January/February Matchbook

I saw this on another Matchbook Girl's blog and thought it was fun. If you don't know what Matchbook Magazine is, check it out here. To briefly summarize, each issue includes a list at the beginning of what a Matchbook Girl is. Obviously Matchbook Girls are a lot of things, so it's all in good fun. I will be going through and checking off what I accomplished and what I didn't.

The January Matchbook Girl:

Toasted the New Year with vintage champagne coupes. Um, no. My mother was in the hospital on New Year's Eve, so I drank the sparkling grape juice in the fridge and watched Jenny McCarthy try to eat a police officer's face.

Knows a neon pink manicure brings mid-winter cheer. I absolutely know this. I also absolutely know that I haven't had time to paint my nails.

Donates old favorites to charity- in with the new! I do donate old favorites to charity. I've been marking clothes hangers this season as I wear something so that I can donate the things I don't wear.

Hangs an Audrey painting for good luck. I'm honestly not even sure what this is. A painting of Audrey Hepburn? Unless it can be hung with ticky-tack or command strips, it's not on my walls.

Thinks a new year calls for new sequined flats. Or not.

Hosts a soiree for her closest friends. Does coordinating the pledge ritual for my sorority sisters count?

Daydreams of a trip to India. Yes.

Is optimistic of things to come. Yes!

The February Matchbook Girl:

Is a year older and a year wiser. Happy first birthday, Matchbook!

Considers sugar cookies her specialty. I love sugar cookies. That's the only cookie I've made so far this school year and I drove an hour to do it.

Daydreams about living at Downton Abbey. I looked this up. I haven't seen the show, but the pictures look beautiful. I fell in love with England and I would not mind living there.

Plans to reinstate the ritual of afternoon tea. I love the actual ritual of tea, but I am not a tea drinker. I am working on this, though, so yes.

Has painted her rental three times. I've wished I could paint my dorm room about three thousand times, so yes.

Rereads her favorite novel every year. If a play counts, then yes. I read A Midsummer Night's Dream every year on midsummer.

Crafts homemade Valentines for her friends. This year I crafted strings of rose petals, mod podge & mason jar candle holders, cucumber finger sandwiches, and cherry Sprite cubes for the Valentine's social, so yes.

Prefers her latte with a heart design. I like pictures of them, but I don't really drink lattes. Number one, the only Starbucks here is the Perk on campus, and that's a questionable representation of Starbucks. Number two, I'm not much of a coffee person. If I drink it, it has to be cold.

Thinks this celebration calls for cake! I have eaten cake! Hooray!

January: 5/8 February: 8/9

I rocked February, mostly on technicality. Maybe I will find a latte somewhere in the next four days. Try new things and what not. I'm sure Matchbook Girls like to try new things. :D