Winter "Interim"- Home in Hawaii

WELL! School has been out for about a week and a weekend, yup technical terms there shhh I'm on break!. I have to take an Interim Course (Oceanography) because I did a grad check the Tuesday of Finals Week and found out that -,- I need 5 more credits of "Non-Business" Electives in order to graduate...LAME! So I decided a 3 Credit class over the Interim will be easy enough, better get it done! SO I am in Hawaii with my Family sitting on my computer doing Oceanography work HAHA, I figured if I just keep my internal clock on Colorado time then I can just wake up early and do it then! Smart plan? I think so! Except now when my friends want to go out I have to force myself through the tired droopy sleep eyes, but its all gooood :D

Here are some pictures from the Break so far...

Had to get used to the local attractions...as in buggies...and small amphibians...This frog was in my shower...it was about the size of my thumbnail, freaked me out! And as I took this picture it had the nerve to jump at me!



Here is some Oreo Mochi I found :D YUM!



AND here is a little Gingerbread cookie I made modeled after me :D hehe Hawaiian Gingerbread



My Dad got some Taro, you know, the stuff you make Poi out of! SO we are going to attempt to make some. I will be taking pictures to share! Also Obama is flying in to Hawaii TODAY so there is a lot of action in the air around here...kinda takes away from Paradise -.- Stupid Jets -.-

End of Semester Madness, finally really the end...

All of my finals went really well which is super exciting and a good feeling to have while flying away for vacation :D This whole week was pretty insane though...we had more snow and more COLD than anyone could really want...it was freezing! I was just happy that I didn't have to walk out to my car for an early final at 7:30am when it was like -10 outside!! SO here is a rundown of the weeks events...BESIDES just the finals haha

Monday: I had one SUPER awesome final in my E-Marketing class. It was amazing, the Professor made it enjoyable, I definitely appreciated that! After the final however was the fun part...The Boyfriend has this group for his Database Management class, they are really cool people...anywho we went to Old Chicagos to celebrate, everyone got a calzone except me haha I like them Chicken Strips!! After we stuffed our faces in celebration one of Brian's (that would be the Boyfriend...) friends Sterling thought it would be fun to utilize the empty neighboring K-Mart parking lot for snow time fun! SO we did and it was awesome...I have a video...We are in the Mini Cooper and his friend is in the old Ford truck...and yes the one laughing with pure glee is me :D



Tuesday: Nada
Wednesday: Sat on the couch looking at my books with sadness...
Thursday: Worst day of the week! 2 tests and one party type period. The party was for my Advertising Class. It was cool just had to bring my own coffee which was cool except it was so cold that by the time I parked at Kepner my coffee was no longer hot :( Then I had a 126 question final that I thought would never end, then I had a meeting for my Ad Campaigns class next semester (I am super excited about it!!). After all that fun, which ran late by the way, I had to rush over to a shop to get Nitrogen in my tires so that they wouldn't lose pressure in the cold because that was really freakin me out! Lastly I had a online final which wasn't too bad but I think all in all Thursday definitely gave me some stress! I am so glad its over!

Now its Friday. Tonight I fly to Ohio which is going to be a fun little weekend with my Boyfriend's older brother and sister. I also have to get started on my Interim session class, Oceanography, which should be fun. I will definitely be letting you know about that one :D

<3 Shyla

End of Semester Madness part 1.2

GoldFire did it!! We got second place and scored $1300 for our group from Wells Fargo!! We are so excited!! This project was such a cool experience. I definitely am glad I chose to be a Marketing Major :D next semester I have an Ad Campaigns class which should be really fun as well. Can't wait! Until then I have 2 more projects to do and then its just finals and done. Sooooo excited to be close to finished with this semester.

<3 Shyla

End of Semester Madness pt. 1

Well guys Thanksgiving break just ended and since I wasn't staying where I thought I was I had no internet connection...which means my blog didn't get done till now :( bummer...ANYWAY heres the lowdown on my situation at the moment...

1. Played 2 rounds of golf over break in AZ. Wasn't so bad considering I haven't played in a year or maybe even more. First round scored a 117 HAHA better than a 135 which was my last tournament score from High School (I got stung by a bee...I'm sticking with that story :D and the Golf Course was REALLY hard...). The good news is that the second round I scored a 109 :D YAY 8 stroke improvement!! AND I got on the green in 1 for one of the holes haha AMAZING...Here is a picture

2. Had a super powered golf cart...it was just cool...had too much fun...yeah...and it had its own garage hahah :D here's a pic of its cute little house

3. Got some In-N-Out...yum...had a double double animal style and animal fries. Of course I could eat the whole thing when I built up an appetite knocking doors BUT when you get In-N-Out just because you can...well lets just say you can only eat a disappointingly small amount of food...got through about 3/4 of the burger before I needed to stop...had like 3 fries...it was so sad...but it looked pretty so I got a picture of it :D

So that was it for the break...but now is the week before finals, which means EVERYTHING is due pretty much. Monday, Goldfire Marketing Group (hehe) found out that we got a pretty AWESOME grade on our marketing plan for Wells Fargo...Tomorrow is the big day when we find out who wins the scholarships!!! We are super excited!! Wish me luck!

<3 Shyla