My first entry of 2009. I've been super busy and haven't been able to keep up with journaling at all in the last few months. However, today is the last day of Spring Break and I did allow myself to sit around most of the time and chill. I watched TV, read a book, hung out with Austin almost every night and even saw a movie with Lindsey, whom I haven't seen in like three months. It was a successful, though uneventful week. I gotta say I'm not ready to happy to go back to the office tomorrow. After the whole Mary Lou debacle, I haven't wanted to see Perkins, Andy or Linda. Andy, especially. He always tries to be a hardass and try to give it to people the way it is, but he and the rest of them completely dropped the ball on this situation and I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass. She's offensive, irrational and not someone we should have to work with. We're students and therefore are still entitled to some discretionary power when it comes to working with racists. I just hope that she says another thing that's going to offend Rei'sha or Angie or Horace and they will find a way to get her fired. Becuz when I, Jack or Sara say anything... nothing gets done. It just goes to show that even if you do something in the right way, the right procedure... you still get nothing in the end. Becuz CRAZIES always win out. Enough about that. Sooooo, I got an internship at the San Antonio Express News for the summer! I'm not completely sure about what I'm going to be doing but I know it's unpaid and that San An is the 7th biggest city in the U.S. and has a top 15 newspaper. This is big news for me. A chance to get out and show the world what I have to offer. And for once, being from the Golden Triangle has paid off. The guy in charge of interns said that they were more inclined to take people from the Beaumont area becuz he's from China and some other people are from here. That's pretty awesome, I'd say. I'm nervous about moving but at the same time I know this is what I'm supposed to be doing at the juncture in my life and in my career. After this May, I'll have one year left to beef up my portfolio and kick ass in school then hopefully I can get an internship at the Austin American Statesman and then who knows what's going to happen after that. I have, however, decided that I would like to marry Austin in June 2011. Between June 10 and June 22, because we'll both be 23. It's corny but I like the thought of us both being the same age when we get married. I hope it works out. I hope Austin graduates that May. I don't want a big wedding. I just want a nice, personally designed dress and a beautiful cake from Ace of Cakes. loll Things are falling into place... for once and I'm not entirely sure how to react. I'm happy but apprehensive. What if it all comes crashing down around me? What if I don't have the mental chops to write in a big city? What if being away from Austin spurs him to cheat or (more than likely) me to cheat? I want to be with him now more than ever and I need to keep it together. In my head, in my heart, in my soul. It's do-able, I think. In other non-Julie related news, Sara and Chris broke up again and she fucked Taylor (which I'm assuming she means Taylor Smith) last night. I haven't said anything to her yet becuz she said she didn't want to talk about it and it honestly makes me a little nauseated. Courtney and Whitney moved down here but there's always drama around her. She tried to kill herself again last week. There's not much else to report. Tyler's still at Rao's and still without a driver's license. He hasn't quit drinking entirely, but I think he's way better off than he was when he got a DUI. Kelsie and Ryan broke up... no news there. She's been acting really weird too and it's making me mad. I joined a soccer league with her even though I've never played soccer before and she totally ditched me on the first game. I didn't know who to talk to or who my coach was and I just had to leave the field. I told her I would give it another try but I don't think I want to. I'm going to have to look for a weekend job anyway becuz I'm going to San An and need money... to uh... live off of. Soccer just wasn't in the cards for me, I guess. Other than that, 2009 is appearing to be quite surprising. I just hope they continue to be good surprises. Only 9 more days til Austin and my 4 year anniversary! Beware the 4th year!