23 Years OLD

Really Random and Quick Post. Only because I haven't posted in ages.

I am now 23! yay..

I really wanted to do like a list of 23 lessons I've learned in these years. But I've learned sooooo many things this year alone it would pretty darn difficult to pick out just a few. So I'm gonna post the lessons that have been difficult for me to learn, and still have to keep myself in check and work on. I have more than the two I'm gonna list today. But these are the ones at the top of my mind right now.

a.) Sometimes good shit happens (and, yes i might have gotten this concept from a TV show). You can take life two different ways. "Boo-Hoo bad stuff keeps happening poor me", Or "damn that sucks, but I'm going to move on". This is by far the hardest lesson. 2009 Was/err I guess still a rough year. Been in some tough situations, did things that I may or may not regret, might have even gotten my heart broken just a little bit. But sometimes I just have wince at all of the time I literally wasted feeling sorry for myself. SERIOUSLY?! seriously. So anytime I catch myself falling back into the pattern of doing it again, I have to remind myself that good shit happens too. And I'd better get my attitude straight so I can properly enjoy the good shit coming my way. (does that make since?)

b.) When it comes to men, always put yourself first. It's actually a really difficult thing to do, because as females I swear we have this nurturing gene in us, but it totally helps to fight it off. (Especially since men are simply AMAZING at putting themselves first) And believe me, even if its the guy you've been quite obsessed with for months calling you texting and wanting you to do something tonight -- right now!, it's always good to say NO sometimes, even if you don't want to, even if it kills you a little bit inside to do so. Because there's nothing like the feeling of control over yourself you get when you do so.

More to come at a later date..told you it was gonna be short.

15 Weeks...

In so many ways this has been one of the most emotionally draining summers I've ever had. And I'm not going to lie when I say I'm glad that its over. Granted, I am kind of shitty that I wasted a lot of my time pining over things that looking back seem totally stupid (well, most things)



At first I went through a 'pity party' because a great deal of my friends just graduated and I didn't not. I'm graduating a semester behind, now that i look at it..Big Deal. But I guess my reasoning was most of my friends are gone. I would say the greatest number of them graduated in '08.. so in '09 i felt like the rest of them are gone. I have sorority sisters left, which is GREAT :) , but guess I need to kinda sorta make new friends too. Some scary stuff cuz i'm not the most friendliest person to new people. Not on purpose, but I need to feel them out.



I'm actually kind of grateful for the about situation, because in some some ways it helped me work harder for my DAT. For some reason, I seem to work harder when I'm fustrated about something, so the graduation situation plus a few other personal things totally helped me out. Espcially that last week..wow..how did I survive? haha..



So applications are IN and the wait begins. I was really worried and stressed out about writing my personal statement, mainly because the reasons why I want to be a dentist are really personal and close to my heart. But I think It came out great, I don't know what my reccomendations say, we have the option to look, opted out. I can't imagine them being too terrible...right



Oh so here is where I applied. In no order:

1.) Indiana

2.) U. Michigan

3.) U Southern Cal

4.) Texas - San Antonio

5.) UMDNJ

6.) Colmubia (No way in hell id get, but I wanted an even number, lol)

I'm Back

Short Trip --but very fun!! Awesome to see people I only get to see a once or twice a year!!

I'll upload pics on a site that does not let strangers see ;)

Blogging at Airport -- Dental School

I'm opening up my blog. yep you probably didn't know I had one. Oh well.

I've been absent in updates. I have had DAT drama (which i did amazingly on) and other life drama :( going on.


I like blogging. When I get back from my trip I wanna blog about books, news and politics. I'm so excited. :)


Looking into Dental Schools, I can't stop thinking about prices. IU continues to look mighty good as far as cost goes, and I'm so afraid of loans, I don't want to live my adult life in debt, I would rather enjoy myself and travel. My only fear is that if I stay here for dental school, I might find a reason to stay in Indiana after I graduate.



Did you know USC is more expensive than Harvard? At least according to http://www.predents.com/. I would never go to Harvard, but that has me thinking even though i'm love with USC's program, maybe I should reconsider my options?? I want to eventually look into Columbia too..

Having a Baby

I'm sitting here watching "16 and Pregnant" sorry if the answer is apparent, then please forgive my ignorance: What's so freaking great about sex at 16, please man honestly? Sex at twenty-something has enough roller coaster emotions and screwy feelings connected to it already. What kind of masochistic teenage girl wants to go through that? Anyways I'm glad I knew I wasn't mature enough for sex in HS.. I don't know if I could’ve handled any consequences that would spur from it, I can’t today. My freshman year there was a girl who found out she was going to have a baby, and committed suicide. How horrible. Anyways, back to the show it’s so sad seeing how drastic these girls’ lives change. I really commend MTV on how they show some girls going though all this with the father in the picture, and some without, both of which I can’t imagine to be easy at all.

And what's up with the "Secret Life of the American Teenager" on ABC Family? Let me repeat ABCFAMILY. All this show talks about is sex!! On a family channel, what!? See, I blame the media for warping young girls minds. Warping them to think that as a 15 year old girl if you do get pregnant, it’s okay because you'll meet somebody who's not even the baby's father while you're carrying a baby and he’ll be so in love with you that he doesn’t care that the baby's not his and treat the baby like it’s his. Common, this rarely happens to adults, much less high school freshmen. Honestly I’m sure that most teenagers have enough since not to believe this, but there’s always that few…

britol palin..don't even get me started. I shall rant about the GOP later, lol

Again I continue to be impressed by somebody.

But like all things i'm walking on ice, there's always my luck or something that says. "Uh-oh, Traycee's about to be happy, let's stop this!"

I'm crossing my fingers though.

My 'Christmas' is in July

I don't like Christmas one bit, in fact that's the one day out of the year I allow myself to be a total Grinch. One day if/when I have a family, I hope there isn't a big emphasis on the holiday, I mean I don't see the harm in buying a few presents or whatever, and educating them why Christmas (along with other December holidays like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa) are celebrated. But if I have kids, in no way shape or form are they going to believe that stupid idiotic lie about the fat guy in the red. I came out fine..I mean sure some kids probably hated me in elementary school when I told them that Santa didn't exist. But I have a strong inkling that didn’t ruin their lives. If I did, then they have much bigger issues at hand.I'm not quite sure where my dislike for the Holiday lies, one think I can't stand about it is that its too commercial. And I really don't like Christmas muisc (except the sad ones "Little Christmas Tree"- Jackson 5, and "My Christmas Tree" - Diana Ross). I think the only good part about the day is seeing family members and eating good food. Um, I think that's why I think Thanksgiving rocks, all of the food, none that dreadful music.

My first and foremost favorite holiday shall be and always will be 4th of July. I LOVE fireworks. The sounds, colors, even the smell.. Even though its pretty equivalent to taking a dollar bill and lighting it on fire. Too bad this year I'll be in England. Maybe I'll stand outside of Buckingham Palace and scream the Start Spangled Banner, and yell at the guards (who really can't do anything) "HA HA PUNKS, 203 years of being free from you guys!!". The only problem I seen in that is that I'm not quite sure that being arrested internationally will look to good on my resume to dental schools. Definitely a total consideration though.