Paperwork

Wouldn't it be great if all the colleges in the United States had a shared database of everyones' transcripts? Then you wouldn't have to worry about sending them or requesting them from different colleges. I seem to have the worst luck when it comes to transcripts. The college that always gets me is Cowley College. All the other colleges I went to they get my transcript request form but for some odd reason Cowley never does. It was definitely a good thing I called them today and found out they never got the information. So tomorrow hopefully they will get my request and I can be accepted at my future college.
I have at least one audition perhaps even two next week in Winfield for Southwestern College. One of them is for music while the other is for newspaper. Guess I'll see if I have what it takes to make it in the big leagues. I am hoping I can finish out all my paperwork on that day as well. Then I can be accepted and just count down the days to move in (which is August 17th)
As for the summer TV shows I like the new show "Combat Hospital" most of all. I have started watching "Rookie Blue" as well. They are both good shows and it is definitely a good thing I have them recorded. As for "The Bachelorette" I have not been keeping up like I should be. All I know it is down to the final two men and the last two episodes as well.
Anyway time to catch some sleep. I have an eye appointment tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. Blegh.

Bro Day

Yesterday was definitely one of the better days this week. I hanged out all day with my friend Shawn. I am pretty sure we put over 200 miles on my truck but it was worth it. We drove down to Ark City to see Stevi and Chade. Unfortunately we were only able to hangout for a couple of hours so Shawn asked to see his sister in Winfield. We decided to head up there and we were stumped on what to do. He looked up All Star Sports out in west Wichita. We decided to end our day with that. We climbed the rock wall then did go-karts. My go-kart was the slowest one out there so I ended up in last place. We then played miniature golf. Shawn got a hole in one the first hole but it was down hill from there. I managed to beat him but it was not by much. I also fished a golf ball out of the small pond there and kept it for a souvenir. In all it was a great day =)

Much Needed Updates

Well first I would like to thank Megan for getting me to write this. Out of the blue she sends me a text saying "Update your blog!" So dear Megan here is my update :-P

I went and saw the new Harry Potter movie on Sunday with my friend Ashton. It was not a date but it may appear to have been that way. We just went as friends and it was a blast. It has been a while since I saw a movie and I thought why not go and see Harry Potter since I was watching a marathon of movies beforehand. It was definitely a good thing I saw part one before I saw the last one. 

On the subject of Ashton it is surreal how much we have in common and how things are going for us right now. It is really fun just hanging out and talking for once. It seems that as we hangout more and more that we get a better picture of who each of us is. 

College is such a pain and trying to figure out what you want to do and where you want to go is even worse. I have finally decided to go to Southwestern to finish out in business. Hopefully I can finish out in a year and a half but we shall see. I may just go and take summer classes at Wichita State if I need to. As for getting a masters degree that is still up in the air. My dad like the quote I made about bachelor degrees. "Today's bachelor degrees are like high school degrees back in the day." Now I know I am forgetting some of the words but you should get the general idea. I am hoping all my paperwork and transcripts are finished this week so I can start enrolling for next week. I am also going to be doing Newspaper and hopefully just one music class as well. Holding down one perhaps two part time jobs is also in the mix as well.

I am currently reading nine books from my public library but I am going to send six of them back since time does not want to work for me. It seems like with this weather that I really need to start cracking down on time management. I need to start practicing my instruments and get back into doing homework/searching for scholarships. With my dad retiring it does help since our income will be greatly reduced but we shall see what SC can do for me. I am really looking forward into getting back into shape as well. I just wish this heat wave/drought just disappears. That way I can get back into working outside.

Well that about covers it for now. I have a tennis meeting on Thursday night and a sub dinner Friday or Saturday night. Then perhaps hangout with Ashton before the weekend is up. I plan on going to a UMC church just down the street from my house and see how it is.

Thanks for reading

~Richard 

Fourth of July

For this year things changed for Independence Day. As a family we celebrated a day earlier which turned out to be the best decision. Then on Independence Day I headed down to Winfield to hangout with some friends. Little did I know that I would be hanging out and talking with a girl till 1:30 the next morning =P
I talked just about everything with this girl and played pool as well. Turns out we have quite a bit in common and she is a country girl as well. We are suppose to hangout before she heads to the lake but we shall see how life goes. Overall I can't really stop thinking about how we met and just talked the entire time we were there. If I didn't ask her to head home when I did we probably would have been talking till the sun rose up. LOL.
Anyway job market is still a pain to get into but I am hopefully going to strike it rich before classes start. Otherwise who knows. I will have to think about what I should do if that happens.

Peace
~R

Jobs

Well the job that I wanted to work at didn't come through. It is understandable how they wouldn't want to train me only to have me leave six weeks later. But on the same token I need to find a job and make some money to pay for college. Otherwise I am going to be in real trouble since I wouldn't have a way to pay for college. I even applied at Pizza Hut but they told me "Thanks for your interest in a position with Pizza Hut!  Unfortunately we do not currently have a position open that matches your qualifications." Well what exactly does that even mean? Am I overqualified or underqualified?
Anyway I guess I will have to keep on trudging looking for work. I guess I could apply up in Salina and tell them I can start working at such and such date. But time will only tell. I still have a month to till classes start so I am sure something better will show up.
Other than that I tried getting my tan on but it started raining of all things even when the sun was shining and it was really hot outside. Oh well there will be other times since I don't really have much else to do.
I am so looking forward to classes starting though! I should be counting down the days but oh well.

Peace
~R