The Last Day of 2012

So I've decided that my last post for 2012 is going to be a retrospective post that will end with details of the last few weeks. I guess it will be best to go month-by-month. :)

January
- Uncle Dave died 1/2/12 and we went to Tennessee for his funeral. It was hard on all of us because it was unexpected, but he's not suffering anymore. (The year didn't start off that great...)
- started what would end up being my last semester at Nicholls State, and minus the roommate issues, it was a pretty decent semester
- became a guard in ΔΖ :)
- applied to Columbia College for film

February
- applied to Roosevelt University for psychology
- Ashley went to Chicago and came back with pictures. When I saw said pictures, my mind was made up. I was going to Chicago. The only question, then, was what school and major...
- Valentine's Day was spent with a friend who had been dumped the night before.
- Also on Valentine's Day, I choked on a test for the first time in my collegiate career, which resulted in my dropping the class.
- Aside from the 15th being a certain person's birthday, it is also the day that I lost my best friend and my Big Sis in ΔΖ. We were roommates and we fought, which eventually lead to us not really ever speaking again.
- 2nd SKFCR live stream and added them on Facebook (SKFCR = StarKid Fans Charity Rockout. Starkid is a musical theatre troupe who met in college at UMich)

March
- My Big spoke to me for the last time (until her birthday, but I'll get to that). That conversation resulted in her removing all of the toilet paper from our shared bathroom because she bought it, and since we weren't friends anymore, I couldn't use it.
- ΔΖ Region Weekend at LSU. Spent a weekend with sisters from all over LA, MS, AR, and OK. Participated as a guard in an Initiation (well, I took the handshake...).
- Officially found out that I was accepted to both Columbia College for film and Roosevelt University for psychology.

April
- Officially decided that I was going to Roosevelt in August. :)
- had to figure out a way to break ^that news to my friends and sisters...

May
- finished my sophomore year of college...halfway to a bachelor's degree
- ΔΖ Seniors and Transfers ceremony (might have been last week in April, but whatever...close enough)
- 3.75 gpa for the semester, I believe, making a 3.61 cumulative
- Ashley and I met Starkid members in Downtown New Orleans 5/14
- Ashley graduated from NOCCA 5/14

June
- MY BABY SISTER'S 18th BIRTHDAY
- Ashley and Rachel (and a few others) graduated high school!!!
- talked to Anna (from SKFCR) on Facebook and congratulated her on getting into school in Chicago. From that we began talking about possibly getting an apartment together
- did nothing but work and sit around on Facebook, Twitter, and other forms of social media
- oh and apartment hunted online, which is not easy...

July
- more working and sitting around on social media...
- worked my last shift at Lane Bryant in LA
- trip to Chicago for orientation!
- signed a lease so I had a place to live in Chicago!

August
- 2nd trip to Chicago in two weeks, but for good for me this time
- officially moved in in Chicago 8/10
- Charlene Kaye concert at Beat Kitchen 8/12
- met an Aussie named Rob and two Canadians, Chantal and Jocelyn
- met Starkids on the streets of Chicago (gotta love Halstead)
- started work at Lane Bryant in Chicago 8/17
- started my first semester at Roosevelt 8/24
- met Justine, Reva, and Erica (they become pretty important)
- also met Alison somewhere in there...

September
- Hurricane Isaac threatened my family
- I missed my sisters during sorority recruitment 2012 at Nicholls
- MY 20th BIRTHDAY
- went to 2 comedy shows, was out until after midnight, and met and chatted with 2 Starkids
- JUSTINE'S 21st BIRTHDAY

October
- Roosevelt's love of group projects really began to annoy me.
- I briefly thought about taken a class that included a trip to Sweden and Finland with Justine and Reva (none of us are taking it now)...
- Nina (my aunt Tina) came to see me in Chicago for a weekend

November
- RACHEL'S 18th BIRTHDAY
- Messaged my Big on Facebook, for the first time since we stopped talking, to wish her a happy birthday. Much to my surprise, she messaged me back and said, and I quote, "thanks. that means alot."
- spent my first Thanksgiving away from family, but luckily Reva let me borrow her family. :)

December
- finished my first semester at Roosevelt with 3 As and 2 A-s for a 3.86 gpa for the semester
- one of my best friends, Erica, graduated. -sniffle- I'm so proud!!
- I flew back to NOLA for the first time in nearly 5 months.
- arrived on Christmas Day after being delayed at O'Hare for an hour and a half because my plane had mechanical issues that were eventually resolved. The airport staff weren't very pleasant or helpful. We flew through the tornado warned storms, specifically the one that spawned the water spout over Lake Pontchartrain.
- 12/26 spent over 6 hours at the movie theater; saw The Hobbit and Les Miserables with Heather
- 12/27 Happy 23rd Anniversary to my parents; spent the day in Houma with my best friends Jacie and Emily
- 12/28 visited my old store manager at Lane Bryant, hung out with my family and played games all day
- 12/29 went downtown to the French Market and did a little late Christmas shopping
- 12/30 hung around at home and started packing; found out my work schedule and decided to skip my plane and stay a few more days

And here we are to today, as I am sitting with my dad and sister watching BBC's Sherlock. :) I hope that the last few hours of 2012 are pleasant and good to you, and I look forward to another year of blogging in 2013.

<3 Amber Marie

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

I am back in New Orleans after some minor difficulties that I will explain in detail in another post. I just wanted to say Merry Christmas (from my new iPad mini) and I am so happy to be home!

<3 Amber Marie

It's December! Crazy, right?

Multiple meanings for this title.

First, it's like 60-something degrees out. This not how I imagined Chicago in December. I'm not even wearing a jacket! Lol. What is this craziness!?

Second, this semester is almost over! I have two class days left with three classes total. Then next week is finals. And then I will be done with my first semester at Roosevelt. And, as of right now, I have five "A"s out of five classes. That is craziness! Lol.

And finally, I have been in Chicago for almost four whole months now. That means I haven't seen anyone from Louisiana in person in at least four months, and it's been longer for some. I cannot believe how fast these four months have flown by! That is crazy!

Anyway, I am still alive and making it through everything! :)

Until next time,
Amber Marie <3