I fail really hard at updating this.

Anyway. :]

Wow, my life has really taken off. I'm sitting here halfway through my last semester as a Junior in college, looking at being a year away from the 'real' world, and for the first time, I'm not scared, or panicked. I feel like I'm going to really truly be ready. I'm looking at graduate schools. I know that I want to design with my life, and possibly do a little acting and directing in there sometimes. It would be awesome to take my design for the theatre and possibly merge it with the fashion industry, maybe with a fashion magazine position. I thought, originally, that I was crazy double majoring, but you know what -it's hard as hell, but it's going to be so worth it. My 21 hour schedule, two jobs, demanding family life, friends, and non-profit work may make things a little hectic, but by God, I'd be lying if I said I didn't love every minute of it.

So I suppose the biggest update in my life would be the fact that Eric and I got engaged on Christmas Eve. It involved candles, one knee, the whole shebang, and it was wonderful and probably on the top ten list of the best moments of my life. I cried, lol, so cliche but I did. The date is October 10, 2010, and I've already started planning in the interest of my sanity in the long run. It's so exciting and surreal at the same time! I'm glad we're having a long engagement because I want to enjoy every step of my life with Eric. Our one year anniversary is next month, and our kitten turns a year old next month, too. We are total dorks over our cat, he really is like our child since we can't have one yet.

Last semester I had little to no time with my friends, so I've started spending more time with them this semester. It's really helped me learn to multi-task and schedule. I'm grateful for them, too, being so understanding with everything. Last semester was just difficult in general due to the extenuating circumstances at the beginning of it, but I learned a lot. I'm taking what I've learned and using it, oohh yea. The one thing I do hate is that when I am on the computer, I'm either working for my non-profit job or homeworking, and my friends who live far away from me, whom I love dearly, aren't getting as much of my attention as I would like to give. Jenna, I love you and I'm sorry I'm so damn absent right now. I promise that it has not effected my affection for you in the slightest and I look forward to an extended conversation with you. :]

I had TWO costume designs go up this semester, which was incredibly exciting. The first one was for the Theta Alpha Phi (theatre honors fraternity) Murder Mystery Dinner, and it was all 80's. The director and I razed Goodwill for hours to find the perfect things and it was so much fun! I may post pictures later but they're definitely on Facebook. My next one goes up this weekend, and I finished it all on Friday - a modern dance piece design. I can't really explain how proud I am to have it and I'll post picture when I get them. It's so amazing to see something in your head come to life like that. I'm applying to do a design as my senior seminar next year, and I'm super excited now that I've really been through the process!

I didn't make it into the musical, and I wasn't upset about that, mostly just that I (and many others) felt that the process of auditions was inappropriately carried out, and a stuck up twit who is a bitch to everyone got the lead female role. I'm just going to make it clear that we have only a professional relationship, as I am an assistant stage manager, if she tries to talk to me, and leave it at that. I don't like people who act like spoiled brats in college. That's all high school stuff, you know? There are other factors, too, but they're not important. My directed scene, called Fugue, is going to go up in a few months -auditions for that are on Monday! Look it up on 10-Minute-Plays.com under dramas. It's so beautiful and I was really inspired when I read it. I'm excited to get started!!

Also, about my non-profit. I was recently invited to participate with a group of my online writing buddies in a website described as 'the every girl chic blogzine-lifecast-social network'. It's called Fabyuhluhs, and can be found at [link]. We do articles daily, sometimes more than one, that include advice, worthy volunteer causes, submit our own writing, make playlists from you-tube, offer thoughts in general, and invite everyone to win something cool and free on Wednesday and sound off to a question on Saturday. We all are required as contributors to blog daily, and you can find mine at [link] We're also on twitter - [link] The idea is to share our lives as real women of different ages with girls around the world. We hail from California to the UK ourselves and are from all different backgrounds. It's truly been a rewarding experience for me thus far and I can't wait to see where it takes me and everyone involved! I encourage you to check it out and join our social network, The Slambook Society, and our mailing list so that you can stay up with all of the cool things going on. The Win Big Wednesdays are particularly awesome for our readers. This week we're offering a hand-knitted iPod cozy!

I've been a busy girl, with homework, fabyuhluhs, and my jobs at the costume shop and the italian restaurant at home, wedding planning, etc. I feel like I'm growing into a real woman all of a sudden (hell, I can't hardly even sleep in anymore! It's like a damn internal clock!) and I'm so excited to see where life takes me. I'll keep updating with poetry and pictures and drawings of my designs. Thanks to everyone who takes a peek and keep being awesome, possum! (odeargodkentuckyroots. XD)

xoxo
Kayla