September Playlist

You know those Spotify emails that you get in your inbox and kind of despise because there isn't any music that you don't already listen to? Well, usually, I am the first to delete those, but this month wasn't that bad! It gave me new music like Pacific Air, Radical Something, and The Lighthouse and the Whaler. Then I had my tried and true Killers come back into my life. Also, the country music is back!

What are you listening to this month? 

101 in 1001 Update

As some may remember (namely Emily because she's the only one that reads this), I have a 101 in 1001list. Tiny refresher, I have a list of 101 things that I want to complete in 1001 days. It's not going too well right now, but, hey, it's only been nine months! There is so much time to complete everything. Anyway, the point of this post is to change a few of those numbers. Some of them are based off of what I could have done while I was still at UCF, but since I'm not there anymore and my collegiate career was cut a year short unannounced, I need to change some of the goals. I wasn't even given a fair shot at finishing them.

Without further ado, I give you my new goals.

I want to move to a new place. I'm ready for a new adventure. Should my school plans keep me in SWFL or Orlando, that's fine, but I am definitely keeping all of my options open. I want to live somewhere where it can be a constant adventure, but also somewhere where I can kick back, relax, and enjoy my home without feeling bad.

Obviously, I need a dog. Once I move to this new place and have this new job then I have finished at least half of my to do list of what I need to do before I get a dog! I can't wait for this little puppy to come into my life and fill it with love.

I have this weird want to join the Junior League. Maybe it's from watching so much Gilmore Girls and I really don't want to go through the motions to authenticate everything for the DAR despite definitely qualifying. Plus, Junior League is definitely more my age.

I love sports, and I need to get back to playing sports. It'll be the best time.

There's my update! Are any of my goals similar to yours? Let me know!

Welcome Back, Seana!

My internet has been out for the past week, and holy moly, it has been the worst. You would think I would get a ton done during this super fun week, right? Wrong. I was fairly unproductive for a good seven days of it. Then yesterday, I finally did things. I made all of the calls for my internship. I finally updated my 'Health' Excel sheets (Am I the only one who is obsessed with Excel?). I read a little, unpacked some, and watched a ton of Gilmore Girls. Oh, I also wrote a lot of blog posts, so I can stay updated with this ol' blog here.

So what's the point of this post? I don't know. Maybe I just want a space to say how much nothing I did over an eight day span.

I got a cold. I slept a lot. I coughed a lot. I called people for my internship. I read part of a book. I started unpacking. I quickly quit unpacking because I really don't have anywhere to put my stuff yet. I ate pumpkin bread. I learned how to make really bad frozen french fries taste good. I wrote a newsletter for my mother. I got replacement tires for my bike, so now I'm mobile! I made a schedule for my weeks, because I'll be damned if I keep waking up at two and not caring that I do. I FaceTimed with one of my best friends. I started learning German again. I was maybe not as bored out of my mind as I thought.

One of the biggest things I thought about while being basically computerless was, "How on earth did I survive without internet? What did I do with my free time?" I read. I played. I skipped. I jumped. I conquered. Or as this Table Talk suggests, I played with sticks. I did do the latter, but I would like to think it was 99% the former.

Now, what does this huge nothing post mean? I am way too tied to my technology. Seriously. After I ran out of unrestricted data, I literally spent thirty minutes waiting for a Snapchat to load. Really? What am I doing? So, now, I'm going to challenge myself. I want to do one technology free thing a week. (Really, only one thing? C'mon, it's hard.) I could go for a walk around my neighborhood on my own. I could go fishing. Since I now have a pair of wheels in my bike, I could even go visit my main boo, Dairy Queen.

I mainly want to be able to survive if my phone dies and be present when it's still alive. Is that too much to ask?

Anyway, I'm back to writing on this here thing. Get excited.

What I'm Watching This Fall

Last Thursday The Biggest Loser, one of my favorite shows, came back from hiatus, and boy, was I excited. I love TV. I love it probably a little more than I should, but I'm going to do what I'm gonna do. So, with the return of The Biggest Loser, I thought I would share what else I'm planning on watching this fall. Knowing me, I'll give up on half of these by the end of October, but I'm at least going to be giving the shows below a shot.

The Mindy Project: I love Mindy Kaling. The Mindy Project is easily one of my favorite shows. As a twenty year-old girl who will fall hopelessly in love with any attractive man who may walk by me, The Mindy Project truly speaks to me. Mindy has mastered the meet-cute, something that I'm still attempting to even try. I want to be best friends with Mindy Lahiri, and I want to date Danny Castellano. This show is obviously perfect for me.

Gotham: I'm usually not very into drama and suspenseful shows like Gotham is seeming to be, but there's something about the Batman and James Gordon backstory that is drawing me in. Ben Mckenzie also helps with my wanting to watch this.

Parenthood: I'm so, so sad that Parenthood is ending! This show makes me cry weekly, but I would not want it any other way. I'm going to miss it when it's gone, but I'm definitely going to enjoy it while it's still here. I hate that it's only a half season though.

A to Z: When the promos for A to Z first started airing I thought it was some kind of weird drama despite everybody saying that it was a comedy. Now new promos are out, and I am really excited about this show. It seems like it is going to be super cute. Is it just me or does it sound kind of like a weird sequel to How I Met Your Mother? Like, the boy has already found his girl. Now what are they going to do? Anyway, I am very excited to see how this pans out.

Bob's Burgers: I am Tina Belcher. That's it. That's why I watch this show.

Mulaney: I've been a fan of John Mulaney's for quite awhile, so it's pretty obvious that I would choose to watch Mulaney. I really have no idea what the show is about actually. I guess I'll find out on October 5th!

Marry Me: Marry Me is a show about a couple that is heading toward marriage, but the proposals just aren't going right. As much as I want this show to succeed, it seems like one of those NBC shows that is going to be cancelled mid-season. I'll be watching as long as I can though, because it does seem like it will be really funny!

So, that's what I'm watching this fall! There are a few shows (Parks and Rec) that are coming mid-season or don't have dates yet, so I'll definitely have an update when I know more about my obsession that is TV.

Saturday Seven

So, this is going to be the better late than never Saturday Seven. Let's see if I can pull it out before midnight, because I have a lot of cool things to share-- just not a lot of time to do it. Here we go!

1. I know I am nowhere near the only person excited about Gilmore Girls being added to Netflix in October. Lorelai Gilmore practically raised me. She was the mother I never had but really, really needed. Being the true Gilmore fan that I am, I of course have them all on DVD, but they're getting a little old and starting to break or skip, and just between us, I like how I'm not going to have to get up every four episodes to marathon my favorite mother and daughter.

2. Ever wish somebody made a playlist filled with your favorite songs from your favorite movies that you navigated those difficult teenage years with? Well, rorysgilmore has got you covered.

3. DAY MAN. FIGHTER OF THE NIGHT MAN. CHAMPION OF THE SUN.

4. I need to be Mindy Kaling when I grow up.

5. I can neither confirm nor deny that I am one of these creepy people when I like somebody.

6. The show Friends isn't just a show to one my friends and me. It's more like our lives. I'm Phoebe with a hint of Rachel on my boy crazy days. And he's 70/30 Chandler and Joey, respectively. Here are some of Joey's best lines ever. It's kind of hard to think that they narrowed it down to just 21!

7. I'm just going to end this post the way I started it. Here is some amazing, motherly advice from Lorelai Gilmore:

September Goals

August definitely was not the best month for me. I graduated from college but was separated from everything I hold near and dear to me. I had made Orlando my home. It had my friends and my life there, and I was nowhere near ready or wanting to leave it. My sadness isn't taking me back, though, so I'm setting a few goals for September.

1. Find as much information about readmission to UCF, financial aid for students pursuing a second bachelor's degree, and the athletic training program itself.
2. Read two books.
3. Lose five pounds.
4. Finally unpack even if I still don't have a room.
5. GET A JOB.

My September is going to go so, so much better than my August was. I spent my August doing some much needed moping and now I'm ready to go!

What are your goals for September? Any tips for how I should complete mine?

Four Things I Miss Most About School

As seen in yesterday's post, school is kind of a sticky subject for me right now, but I really do miss it. I miss being on a huge campus with all of my friends. I miss structured learning. For some reason I even miss the studying in the library. You know you're in deep when you miss that. As of today, it's been a month since I have graduated from UCF, and I cannot wait to get back. But for right now, I miss it, so I made a list of what I missed most to help ease my pain. Don't worry. This isn't going to be some sad list about how much I miss term papers (because I don't). It'll be about the fun things.

It's really hard not to dive head first into the school supply section the first (second, third, fourth, every) time I see it. I love new pencils, pens, folders, binders, and everything in between. It's all so colorful and beautiful and, honestly, I think this might be what heaven looks like, but somehow I manage to control myself. This past school supply season I was so bitter about not going back to school my mom bought my three Dr. Seuss folders to stop my moping. It worked.

Not gonna lie, this is a horrible picture of us, but I love them and miss them so, so much. I mean, I lived with one and practically lived with the other. Anyway, School brought me to them and so many other people. I miss being around people that are my age, doing the same things as me, and always knowing what's going on, because they're going through the same things too. Plus, who else am I going to walk across campus eating chicken nuggets with at two in the morning? Or go to UCF musicals with? Or have mock interviews in the middle of a Chipotle with? But most importantly, who am I going to have to deal with the aftermath of somebody breaking a toilet with? Nobody. I made the friends of a lifetime, and I want them back.

Not counting the chocolate milk, that entire table of stuff was secured in less than a half hour. This is what college is, kids. People throwing t-shirts, cups, and sunglasses at you in hopes that you'll live in their apartment complex, and I so, so miss it.

Don't get me wrong, I love college football, but for me, college baseball is where my heart really is. While this game is so frustrating, and at times boring, I wouldn't have spent my spring semester any other way. I made some cool friends and got to see some cute guys, but really I miss the dollar dogs most.

Somebody needs to get me back to UCF stat, because there is no way I'm going to be able to survive much longer without it.

What do you miss most about going to school, or what is your favorite thing about going to school now?

Major Life Crisis Ahead

Okay, it may not be a major life crisis, but I am struggling with a few things. It's been a few weeks, one day shy of a full on month actually, since I graduated, and I have gone nowhere. I have moved back home where I don't have any friends, a job, or anything to do. Really, my biggest accomplishment was maybe having a dogsitting job at the end of October. I think this is the definition of pathetic. Really, though. How horrible do I have to be to apply for fifty-ish jobs and not even be able to get an interview.

What am I supposed to do? I spent three years in college getting a degree in something that I didn't realize I absolutely hated until the semester before I graduated. But at that point it was way, way too late to change my major. Plus, there was this huge thing with financial aid that there absolutely is no time to get into. Now, I don't know what I am going to do.

When I was picking majors I was between Athletic Training and Social Work. I chose Social Work because that's what my mom advised me to do. I don't want to be my mom, though. I wonder what would have happened had I gone the other route. Throughout my time studying social change and the planned change process, I dreamt of standing on the sidelines. I spent pretty much every free moment either working in athletics, at a baseball or football game, or reading about sport business.

So, here's the thing. I will always be a social worker and of that I am proud. I know I complained a lot about it, but I started something and completed it. Plus, social workers do amazing things. It's just, I don't want that to be the main thing that defines me. I know there's this whole "the grass is greener on the otherside" thing going on, but I honestly, wholeheartedly, 100 percent think that I would be happier should I have gone the athletic training route. I mean, sports are my life, and I love helping people.

With all of this being said, I think I'm going back to school. I think I'm going to try to go become the person that I know I could be and the person that I should be. This change is going to be crazy for me, but I know it is something that I have to do. I'm not completely sure about how I'm going to make this happen, but here's to trying!

Change is inevitable. You might as well take control of what you can.