The more I think about it, the more my desire to teach grows. I literally cannot see myself choosing any other career and being happy. I don't even care what I teach! I can teach lessons, or a elementary music class, or an elementary math class, or even elementary english! I will be happy teaching whatever is available to me and it will bring me so much joy watching the children in my classroom grow.

Also, I've become addicted to Kit Kat bars. I used to love them as a child, but for the past five or so years I never touched them. Well, I've rediscovered them. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE them!

I also love the Disney channel. It's unending cheesiness and cleanliness is just so refreshing. I'll take Disney over Teen Mom anyday!

And, I still love my nose piercing! It is a little boring having to sit with my nose in warm salt water for ten minutes twice a day, but it really helps! It really draws out all the pus and gunk that's inside my skin and makes it feel less painful! But, I've been heating up the water too much lately, so I have to sit with a cotton ball that's soaked in salt water on my nose for about ten minutes before I can put my nose in the water. Otherwise, I burn myself and my nose is bright red for a good thirty minutes! But I'd rather have to wait to use hot, sterilized water than possible soak my nose in water that's not hot enough to be effective.

That is all. I will post more, loves. I promise.

Surprised?

So yesterday I did something many people would not expect me to do.

I GOT MY NOSE PIERCED!

It hurt really badly, but it looks so cute! I love it!

But this morning when I woke up, it was sticking out of my nose and I was worried something bad was going down, but I called the place where I got it pierced and they told me to just push it back in! Haha :) I'm going to take really really good care of it so that the scar tissue doesn't build up and I don't get hypertrophic scarring or a keloid. That would be horrible! It's the only thing I'm worried about.

And my parents weren't too thrilled when I told them. They freaked out, but at the same time they were also understanding. My mom's response (this was before I got it pierced and I told her I was going to) was a lot of whining and saying stuff like "Why would you do this? I never thought one of my kids would want that! Why are you doing this to yourself? I would tell you no, but you're an adult now and I can't!" and then my dad's response (this was after I got it pierced and I told him I did it) was "This is all a joke right? You're just kidding with me right?" and then once I convinced him I actually did it he was like  "Were you drunk? Were you on drugs?" and once I convinced him I was completely sober he finally said "Well I guess everybody needs something to show off their individuality and make them unique."

But it's really not that bad. It's not super noticeable, and the good thing is if I decide I don't like it, I just take it out, the hole closes up, and I go on like nothing happened. But I don't think I'll be doing that any time soon. ;)

Well here's some pictures of each stage of the process :) Enjoy

 Pre-piercing nerves

Piercing! It was SO painful!

If you look closely, you can see the needle that just went through my nose in front of his left index finger.

Pierced Nose!

Thoughts?

Orange.

I feel like I don't fit in anywhere.

I don't fit in with my high school friends anymore, because we're just all off in different directions and lost contact.
I don't fit in with my "church" friends, because I went the to the school that was farthest away so I never see any of them so I don't understand inside jokes or updates about life.
I don't fit in in at OU because everyone who's anyone is in a Sorority or Frat. I have no desire.
I don't fit in at any of the churches in Norman because they've all already made their cliques and circles and I feel like an intruder.
I don't fit in with Jon and his friends because they're all petroleum engineers, and I'm just a mere music education major.
I don't fit in with Jon because he doesn't really have the time for me, since getting a degree in PE is so time consuming.
I don't fit in with my family because my siblings are still young and immature and don't really want to spend time with me.

I'm just left out everywhere I go.

I feel like an orange trying to take up residence in an apple tree.

I Love My Job!

I worked on Saturday and Sunday, and each day I love my job more and more!

Saturday I had to work inside all day, so it was kind of boring. But Jon and Ethan came to see me! They hit some balls on the driving range and hung out inside with me a little bit. But then they left and I was back to playing Sudoku on my phone. But I made a lot of money!

And yesterday was THE BOMB! I worked inside for four hours and was smart enough to bring something to do. I'm currently reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks so I can see the movie, but I have a feeling the movie isn't going to be worth seeing. I'm not really a fan of Amanda Seyfried or whatever. Anyways, then I went on the cart for four hours! I didn't make quite as much tips as I would have liked, but I still made forty bucks! AND two guys gave me FIVE DOLLAR TIPS! The first one was because I was driving along in my golf cart (Starting at the hole and working my way to the tee) and saw someone about to hit the ball towards the hole so I stopped off to the side. He hits it, yells FORE!, and next thing I know a golf ball hits my wind screen. It was hilarious! So we drive to meet eachother and I crack a few jokes and ask if he wants anything, and he gets a drink and gives me five dollars because it's the "least he could do since he scared me so bad." AWESOME!! And then (I have to backtrack a bit) while I was working inside, this asian guy who's probably in his late twenties came in and got a 6 pack of Bud Light and introduced himself to me. His name is Shaun. Anyways, he was upset there wouldn't be a cart girl because I told unless somebody else comes to work inside, I'm stuck inside. But Cathy came, and I got to go out on the cart! So I see them and they're yelling "TAYLOR! TAYLOR!" and I'm like "Hey Shaun! Hey guys! Can I get y'all anything to drink or eat? More Bud Light?" and they were like yeah! So I filled them up and went on my way. Then on my second round, I see them again. They're on one side of a pond about to hit their ball and I'm on the other side. One guy hits the ball and it looks like it went in the water, and then all the sudden there's a ball bouncing and rolling next to me. So they drive over and I said "Did you make that ball skip across teh water?!" and he said "Yeah, wasn't that awesome! You need to follow us around! You're my good luck charm!" And I refilled their 6 pack and went on my way. THEN I saw them one more time and they got ANOTHER 6 pack! And that's the time they gave me a 5 dollar tip.

So what I've found about my job is if I act really open and friendly, maybe flirt a bit, be really outgoing, I get more tips. :) And it doesn't hurt that I'm not ugly. Haha

Also, I love the people I work with. I mean, I'm the only Cart Girl, but there are a lot of guys who do other things on the golf course. Maintenance things. And they're all the age of my dad. And they act really fatherly towards me and joke around with me. They all remind me of my dad and his buddies. And actually one guy, Tom, who is the most fatherly and looks out for me while still cracking jokes at me, has a son, Kyle, who looks EXACTLY like Garrett (except darker skin and dark hair) and acts exactly like him, too! AND I think they're about the same age! I was hanging out with him inside and it was just uncanny. I can't get over it.

Anyways, sorry this is such a long post. I just really love my job!

Busy Bee!

The last few weeks have been insane!

Unfortunately, I can only remember the last few days. When I get stressed out, I tend to forget things that have happened. Haha. These are small examples, but for instance, when I audition for something, I can't remember how I played five minutes after I'm done. I just go on auto-pilot. So the last few weeks I have just been on auto-pilot the whole time.

But here are some quick updates:

• I am ROCKING my classes! I mean, it's not as good as last semester when I had a 100 in Spanish and basically a high A in everything else. I'm afraid some of my grades will be borderline A, but I'm sure I can pull it off. ) BTW, I got a 98 on my Music in Cultures test. BOOM ROASTED!
• I've been advised and planned out my schedule for next semester! 18 hours! I feel like that's a lot, but when I remember that right now I'm taking 17 hours, it puts me at ease. Oh and the best part about next semester is I won't have any class earlier than 8:30! I know 8:30 seems early to some, but this semester and last I've had 8:00 classes. No matter what you say, I believe that 30 minutes really makes a difference in how I sleep!
• I really like the pieces I'm learning in piano right now. They're really pretty. My favorite is The Little Girls' Dance by Niels Gade. I've found all of my favorite pieces so far have been Romantic.
• My roommate, Amy, is obsessed with the show Sex and The City. So of course, I am now hooked, too. I started watching halfway through the last season, then went back to the beginning, and now I'm watching the entire series from the beginning. This seems to be how I start watching all TV shows. That's how it happened with LOST, The Office, Gilmore Girls, etc. I always start watching at the end.
• I feel like this seems dumb to be posting about, but things have been going REALLY WELL with Jon lately. It was tough at the beginning of last semester and this semester because we saw each other SO MUCH. It seemed like we were always fighting. But the last few weeks have been really great. I feel how I did when we first started dating, which is what I've been asking for all year. 

And finally, (and most importantly), I GOT A JOB!!! It's not super consistent, and it's not really convenient (in a way), but I LOVE IT. Jon's aunt (Cathy), who lives in Moore, called me last Friday and asked if I could start working at two of the golf courses where she works!  So I started the next day.

 

What is my job, you ask? Well let me tell you.

I'm the "Cart Girl." Basically, I drive the golf cart around and sell beer to old men. Ironic? I think so. I've never touched so much beer in my life. BUT the tips are AWESOME!!! And all the people that work there are really nice and feel like family already! It's weird, because I'm the youngest person who works there by about at least twenty years, but I feel like I fit in. 

So I won't be coming home as early as I thought for Spring Break because I'm working this weekend, but that's okay. I desperately need the money! I'm so excited about it!