Previous post: Freshman year Picking up from where I left off, I started the summer after my Freshman year feverishly applying to as many jobs as I could once I got home to my parent’s house. After a few weeks, I ended up being offered two jobs: a cashier at Jewel for $6.55/hour and a… Read more

Previous post: Freshman year ::Tangent:: Sunday Morning is hands down one of my favorite No Doubt songs. It’s off their Tragic Kingdom album, and it helped me through many break ups. This song applies to where I am in my story: it helped me move on from many guys that I liked and/or loved and… Read more

As school starts up again, and I receive more and more emails regarding ACT test prep, I can’t help but think about more important things other than ACT. Don’t get me wrong, ACT is important. You have to take the test in order to get into college. Depending on what school you want to go… Read more

Previous post: High School I left off the story at the end of my Senior Prom. After Prom, I graduated from high school and had a graduation party. At this party, most of my friends and family celebrated with me. Right around this time, one of my guy friends flirted with me and confessed that… Read more

::Tangent:: Previous post: Highschool Growing up, I wasn’t your typical teenager. My dad was and still is a huge IT nerd. He always gave me the latest and greatest in the world of technology. I remember I was in 8th grade when he gave me my first laptop computer. My world changed once my friend… Read more

Previous post: My childhood It was right around the end of middle school/beginning of high school when I discovered a band named No Doubt. It was a few years after Tragic Kingdom came out, but one day I heard “Don’t Speak” on the radio, and I instantly fell in love. At this time, I also… Read more

Full Disclaimer: This blog is changing, as all things in life change. I’m going back to my roots in this series. This is my story. My childhood was a wonderful one. I grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I was born to the very definition of a white American working class family; my… Read more

Does this ever happen to you? Just when you feel like things are going your way, and everything is looking up and cheerful, you get a punch to the gut that takes you back to square one.This happened to me. And it keeps happening. I’m stuck in what seems to be a never-ending cycle, one… Read more

What does it mean to be a strong woman these days? Independent woman? Does that mean ditch the boyfriend/fiance/husband and do your own thing? Or just not depend on the significant other as much for things such as your happiness, your sense of worth, and your lifestyle/life goals?For me, I try every day to work… Read more

I’m sure you’ve heard the news. How many black lives have been lost to police? How many lives in general have been lost to police? But this post isn’t about other races, it is about the very real and terrible racism that some people have. And when those some people are also police officers, murder… Read more