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| DANGER: Lots of Changes to Come.
There's a lot of changes occurring in my life. I just graduated undergrad and now am about to make a commitment to go for my PhD in Psychology. That's GREs, applications, stress, and 6 more years of wonderful school. I've also decided to move back home for a year before graduate school to save money. After living away from my family for 4 years, going back is going to be tough.
To top it all off, Bryan, Heidi, and Leah will all be leaving. Bryan for only a year (if even that) to work in Korea, Heidi to go to school in Korea, and Leah for the Air Force. That's many years without 3 of the most influential people in my life. I guess I'm going to have to bury myself in my internship, research lab, and work for now to keep myself sane. But I do have a lot to do and many wonderful friends still here. Crossing my fingers for wonderful and FAST year! So I can see them all again. I will miss you all ..
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| Good Times Just Keep Rolling By.
These last couple months have been a couple of the most eventful in my life. I'm extremely lucky because the goo d times just keep rolling by!
Heidi, Eunice, and I went to Japan and Korea for 3 weeks. It was the best, worst, funniest, random, and crazy trip ever. Too many good times and silly moments. Thanks girls for the best time possible. "B-b-b-budah!
Japan!!
Korea!!
As soon as we returned, I graduated from UCI! I hate graduation ceremonies, but it was nice having my 5 seconds of fame. I'm done with my undergraduate career and now off to my graduate career for another 5-6 years. YEA!
To top it all off, Sarah flew down from San Jose to come see all the roommates graduate! It was so nice having her back, just like the good old days 
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| Lucky Me.
Not that I haven't realized it before, but I am truly lucky.
I have a stable family now, great friends who I can never replace, and a boyfriend I adore.
I have big dreams for my future with travels, graduate school, and career.
And I finally found that perfect balance with being perfectly content with my life, but still aspiring for more. I was always either too comfortable with where I was or angry with where I was not.
In no way do I deserve so much, but I am thankful everyday for everything in my life, even the pains. I think this is the happiest I've been in a long time.
NYE 2009.
Vegas for my 22nd birthday.
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Children See. Children Do.
I saw this commercial a year or two ago in class and it never left my mind. It really sums up so much in the simplest way. Trust, watch it. I think we all can take away a lot from it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHi2dxSf9hw
On another note, I started my internship at Alternative Sentencing with Nancy Clark & Associates. It's pretty much a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center to go to instead of being incarcerated. It's pretty chill, I just do whatever extra work they need done. It's more of a watch-and-learn place. Everyone's really nice and most of the clients are really cooperative and nice too. I also get to work at the Recovery Center which is a sober-living housing unit for ex-convicts and parolees. It's crazy just to talk to them and hear everyone's stories.
I finish school in March. It's definitely bittersweet. I'm excited to relax from school life for a bit before grad school, but worried about finding a full-time job. No more part-time retail bullshit job .. hopefully =)
(Just because I think it's cute -- yes that's my doggie)
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| All Work And No Play Makes Diana ...
This summer has been the most eventful and exciting summer of my life, so far. I toured around Europe for a month with my lovely roommates and an unforgettable tour group. I won't get into the details because by now everyone is sick and tired of hearing me talk about it, but nonetheless, it was truly amazing. Then, I returned back to my normal life of work until I even surprised myself and booked a trip to Hawaii on a moment's notice. As soon as I heard Christina and Christine were going, I booked my flight and was off to paradise. It was an amazing week, but again I won't get into it for the same reasons. Although I ended summer broker than ever, it was worth EVERY penny.
I decided to graduate early, so I will be done by March 2009! For now, I'm planning on graduating early, taking about a year or less off, then off to graduate school! During my break, I want to travel, intern, work, everything! After finally having a taste of traveling somewhere new, meeting new people, seeing different cultures, I am fascinated and ready to explore. Hopefully all my plans work out, depending heavily on finances.
Buut, since these are my last 2 quarters, I have to work harder than I ever have before to raise my gpa before applying to graduate school. I've always decently worked hard in school, but never hard enough so my gpa is struggling and in dire need of upgrade in order to even attend a decent graduate school. Since school started, I have not gone out on weekends, partied, spent time with my friends, barely seen my family, shopped, or even had time for myself .. AT ALL. I've only read, studied, did papers and assignments, and worked. At first, I wasn't too phased by it. I really did to check my life and get back on track anyway. But, now I've completely unbalanced my social life with my school life. Weekends don't mean time to party anymore, it means time to study. School life has really taken over and I haven't done anything fun in quite a while and it's really starting to take a toll on me. I almost feel socially retarded. I see all the fun times my friends are having and I am utterly jealous. I really wish I could be there. I've missed dinners, parties, events, and even birthdays.
On the bright side, I am doing pretty well in my classes and as long as I keep up the good work, I should reach my goals. But at what cost? I haven't seen my friends in forever and I miss them. I haven't had any time to myself to relax and breathe. I guess this is the price I have to pay. Until winter break where I'll probably go crazy just because I'm free and it'll be my birthday too! I'm counting down. 6 more weeks. Sigh.
in Paris, France.
snorkeling in beautiful Hanauma Bay, Hawaii.
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