I've decided since I haven't posted in a while (what's new?) so I decided to post a Molly-esque list style post. Hhaha

Three Things I've Been Listening To Lately:

1. Jenny & Tyler

2. Nickel Creek

3. Regina Spektor

Three Things I've Been Watching Lately:

1. iCarly

2. Wizards of Waverly Place

3. Hannah Montana

The Last Three Books I've Purchased:

1. The Notebook (by Nicholas Sparks)

2. A Walk to Remember (by Nicholas Sparks)

3. The Choice (by... you guessed it... Nicholas Sparks)

Three Things That Are Taking Up Most of My Time:

1. Work (Nanny)

2. Piano

3. Packing/Cleaning

Three Things I Currently Want To Buy:

1. A keyboard (or if anybody has an extra they can let me borrow for a year to keep in my dorm room that would be great! haha)

2. Rain Boots

3. Nice Clothes 

Three Things I'm Looking Forward To:

1. Living in Norman

2. Working Out at The Huff

3. Piano Lessons

Three Things I Love:

1. Tea

2. Piano

3. Disney Movies

That's all for now!

I move in 8 days!

San Francisco

Now an update for San Francisco (This will most likely NOT consist of coherent, flowing sentences) - 

I was there for three days: Wed, Thurs, Fri.

W and TH had AMAZING weather. It was clear and sunny! No humidity! Not usual for SF.

Friday was San Fran weather again. But definitely not as humid as Houston!

So Wednesday, we got there in the early afternoon. Went to the Exploratorium museum. It's a hands-on science museum. It was really cool. I was really enjoying the  Physics, Audio, and Visual part of the museum. Not so much the Biology part. I discovered I can't hear above about 15000 hz, and I have zero heat in my nose and fingertips. Went to dinner on Pier 39 - ate at Bubba Gump's!! I really want to watch Forrest Gump now.

Thursday: Went to China town, "Where it's all about China and Chinese people" according to a tour guide on a passing duck tour. Molly would've loved it - asians everywhere! Ate at a really nice restaurant. Tried dim sum -YUMMY! Waiter was funny - wouldn't let Morgan order what she wanted because "she would no like." Hahahahaha! Then took a "Mr. Toad Tour" around San Fran for 90 minutes. It was really nice! The driver was HILARIOUS. Saw Meg Ryan's house, Nicholas Cage's house, The Mrs. Doubtfire house, and the Tanner house (from Full House). And some other houses where movies I can't remember because I didn't watch them were filmed. Also saw the Golden Gate up close and personal,  and the bay had about 100 windsurfers I think they were called. Had dinner at a really good italian restaurant. bought a new rain jacket that's offwhite. I LOVE IT!

Friday: Went to the aquarium. Pet a shark, a skate, a starfish, and a sea cucumber. Saw baby octopi (they were ADORABLE!) Went on an hour long cruise tour. Saw Alcatraz and went under the Golden Gate. REALLY windy and cold. Checked out of hotel (btw, we stayed at the Marriot!!! Nicest hotel I've ever stayed in - valet, bellboy, and everything!) Drove to Golden Gate Park, went to the De Young Museum and saw the King Tut exhibit - interesting but disappointing. I wanted to see his coffin. But it wasn't there. But I did see some stuff that was on his body when he was buried, like necklaces, daggers, etc. Went back to Reno.

So that was San Fran in a nutshell! I also knitted a scarf. It's really pretty! Crimson, of course!

Currently listening to: Jenny & Tyler

Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... surprised?

(funny tidbit - when i was typing up "Potter," I accidentally typed "Potty.")

That Post I Promised

Okay, so remember the post that I said I wrote but the internet freaked out? Here it is. Pretend this was written about a week ago.

I know it's been about thirty years since my last post, but I just haven't had the motivation. I figure nobody really reads this, and those who do already know what's going on. 

But I'll enlighten you with a little update I guess. Don't get too excited and think this is going to become something I do frequently. ;)

Right now, and for the past week and a half, I've been roaming around Nevada/California. 

Just kidding, I haven't been roaming, but I have been in good ole' Nevada and Cali. I have family up here, and we're staying with them. 

Last week, we all went to Graeagle, California and went camping! It was so much fun. We came back today. I got really tan (for me anyways) but i think it's going peeling. So sad. Anyways, it was very relaxing. We had about five hammocks set up. And I read a total of four books while I was there. The Giver, At First Sight, The Glass Castle, and Stargirl. All very good. If I had to put them in order, I would probably say At First Sight was my favorite. And then I can't decide between The Giver and The Glass Castle. And then Stargirl was good, just not as good as the others. Thanks Erin and Zach for letting me borrow those! I've been a reading machine the past two weeks; I'll be asking for more when I get home! Haha.

Anyways, there was a beautiful little creek down by the campsite. So we spent quite a bit of time down there. One of the days we took a three hour hike flowing the creek upstream to a set of waterfalls up the mountain! It was absolutely breath-taking. Oh, and, the water was FREEZING! it's snow melted, so I couldn't feel my feet by the end of it (we had to walk through the water most of the time). So it took about 2 hours to get to the waterfall (we did stop for a little lunch/snack). And then we had three choices: go further up the mountain to MORE waterfalls, go back the way we came through the freezing water, or climb up this really steep hill through the forest until we got to a road that we could walk on to get to camp. My cousin, Bobby (he's about 30), Garrett, Morgan, and the "neighbor" kid Cameron decided to continue up the mountain. So I was stuck with the others and had to do what they wanted to do. So Aunt Julie, Mom, Bre (Bobby's fiance), my cousins Brooke and Molly, and "neighbor" girl Rachel, and I decided to brave it through the forest and find the road. Basically, it was so steep in some spots that we had to be on all fours. And then other times it was really flat and we had to walk through weeds and fallen trees. And then Mom, Bre, and I got separated from the rest of the group. They continued straight while we decided to take a little path. Eventually, we saw the road. But it was at about an 80-85 degree incline about maybe 30 yards up. And not only that, but it was all rocks. So we climbed up it. I rock-climbed in the wilderness! No harness, nothing. If I put any weight on the little rocks, they would tumble down. So I had to STREEETTTCCCHHH to get to the big rocks. If the adrenaline wasn't pumping so hard, I probably would've broken down crying saying "I just can't do it!" like I did when I fell at the very top of the mountain skiing in April. It was probably the most exciting thing I've ever done. While I was balancing on the rocks waiting for Mom to climb up so I had room to move, I was thinking "If I fall and tumble down this hill thing filled with sharp rocks and bushes, will my body immediately black out so that I'm not awake when I feel the pain? Or will I stay conscious and be able to remember it - if I live?" Well, I didn't get to find out. Hahahah

That was the most exciting thing that happened all week.

Oh, and the fireworks show. The fireworks were so big and close to us that when they popped off, the BOOM rattled your bones. It was amazing.

YAY ROOMMATE!

I KNOW WHO MY ROOMMATE IS!!!

And I'm really excited. I found out her name a few weeks ago, and I sent her this freakishly long email about myself. Well she didn't respond until yesterday or so. So for a few weeks, I was getting really anxious thinking she didn't exist. But she finally emailed me back with information about herself and I am so excited to live with her!

Her name is Amy, she lives in the Dallas area. She's a Christian, she's wanted to go to OU pretty much her whole life, she's organized but not always tidy, her grandparents live really close to campus and we can eat there if we want, she's athletic and likes to work out to a program called "Turbo Jams." I think we're going to get along really well! She seems extremely nice. I'm so excited!!! OH and she's an Industrial Engineering major.

And she might be coming down to Kingwood at some point, so we might be able to meet then! Otherwise, I guess we'll wait until she moves in! (I move in three days before her).

I'm so excited. I'm not expecting to become bestest of friends with her, but I hope we at least get along. Which I think we will.

I'm so excited! I know I've said that a billion times already, but I am!!

Just so those of you who are still checking my blog in hopes of an update know, yesterday I typed up this really long update on my vacation that I've been on (Nevada and California) on my MacBook. I wasn't even done yet. And then the internet went out. But luckily, I copied and pasted it to a Word (actually it was TextEdit) document and saved it. But UNluckily, I'm on a different computer right now. So I don't have it. And there is no way I'm typing it all up again. So you're in for a treat until I decide to get on my laptop: A list of little updates!

• I graduated Summa Cum Laude on June 6, 2009!
• I've had three "Graduation Celebrations." I feel spoiled : One with friends, one with family (and those I consider family) in Houston, and one with family in Nevada. Lots of cake, lots of fun, and best of all, lots of money ;) Haha just kidding. Not really
• I started my nanny job. Best paying job I've ever had. And very relaxing. I read three somewhat thick books in a week : My Sister's Keepers, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Thr3e. All very good.
• I'm still cow-ing at Chick-Fil-A. I'll miss that job when I move. And since I'm on vacation until Saturday, I'm missing "Cow Appreciation Day" !!! I'm so sad :(
• Jon's living in Minden, Louisiana for the summer. So although I thought the long distance part of the relationship would come to a close come summer, we're still a good 4 to 5 hours apart. But that's okay. He's come home about five weekends since he got out of school.
• I found out my roommate for college next year! Her name is Amy Leonard. And I know nothing about her except for her name and her ou.edu email address. I sent her a very long email about a week ago, and she still hasn't responded. I wonder if she's even going to OU. Jon had a roommate and everything at A&M even after he told them multiple times he's not attending A&M. I bet I have a roommate at LSU, because they keep sending me junk saying "We're so excited you're going to be a Tiger!" And I've told them MULTIPLE times I'm not attending there. Oh well. Maybe I'll have a room to myself?
• About two weeks ago I left for vacation with my family to Reno, Nevada. I have family here. We hung out for the first week, and the second week we went camping in Graeagle, California. It was amazing. I'll give more details on that when I get on my MacBook, since it's already typed up and all.
• Tomorrow we leave for San Francisco for three days. I'm excited!
• I registered to "audition" for the Pride of Oklahoma (the marching band) on Synthesizer. I'm getting pretty nervous about being the synth player. I feel like I'm going to let everyone down and I'm starting to feel the weight of the burden that's been placed on my shoulders. I hope I don't break down.
• I got a Twitter account. twitter.com/taylorconcialdi I'm not sure how often I'll use it. It's seems pretty stupid. But I'm sure I though facebook was stupid at first, too. Send a request to follow me :) (The only reason I put it on private was within a few days some creepos started following me and I had to block them. I figured I'd just put it on private.)

I think that's about all.

You're Welcome. :)

God Is So Good

WARNING: this post might seem like I'm trying to show off or "toot my own horn" (bahahahha that phrase always cracks me up!), but it is not. 

As many of you know, one of the top things I've been praying about is scholarships for school at OU next year. It's basically been part of my prayer requests since well.. the beginning of this school year. And I just want to keep ya'll updated on how God has been answering my prayers.

• When I got accepted to OU, I received an automatic $14,000 scholarship that's divided among four years. So that's $3,500 a year, or $1,750 a semester.
  
• In the middle of March, I received $28,000 from the School of Music to be divided among four years. $7,000 a year, or $3,500 a semester.
• Earlier this week (I think it was Tuesday?) I received  from Alpha State, Mu Phi Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (what a name, right?)  a one-time $750 scholarship for next fall. 
• And today, I was notified that I will be receiving $16,000 divided over four years from Houston Endowment Inc. for the Jesse Jones scholarship. So that's $4,000 a year, or $2,000 a semester.

So, next semester, as of now, I will NOT have to pay $8,000 of the total! :D

Or, if you want to look at per year, I will have $15,250 in scholarship money!

God is so good.

An Important Announcement

As of March 25, 2009 at 10:31 pm

I am officially going to the University of Oklahoma!!!

My parents have told me that we can afford OU (as long as I keep getting scholarships) and that I can now consider myself a Sooner!!! I'm so excited!!

Norman, Oklahoma here I come!!