Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Family ties and summer skies

Hey Everyone!!!!

So I know I've totally been slacking with my blog. So sorry y'all, but I just wanted to give you all an update regarding my cousins visit and my summer in general. So.... as I previously mentioned my cousins Sasha and Lara came to visit from the US. We had THE MOST AMAZING TIME OF OUR LIVES!!! That is totally not an exaggeration either, at least not for me. It was amazing seeing them after 6 long years!!! We got along like we saw each other everyday. My family is such a blast to hang out with. Every single one of them is incredibly beautiful on the inside and gorgeous on the outside! We did so much fun stuff from visiting Harbourfront, to the distillery district to Unionville to Port Perry to Canada's Wonderland (not to mention the clubs we hit up at night mostly thanks to Georgie... we love you lil brother... who is now bigger than us and taking care of all his sisters... who could ask for any better?) I could go on and on about how awesome my family members are, how loving, caring and funny but I think most people would think I'm exaggerating or being insincere but my cousins, aunts, uncles, siblings, friends, boyfriend and grandma are honestly the light of my life, they make me who I am today and all the good things about me come from them. Thank God Almighty for such a rich blessing! I'm so fortunate.



Now the other good news... less than a month away from my first Euro trip!!! I can't believe it. I think I won't really believe it till I'm on the plane or even in Italy. This is so amazing.

More news... I recently got accepted to two Universities in the US to do my graduate studies in Forensic Psychology. Firstly I was accepted to the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (LA campus) to their PsyD program in Clinical Forensic Psychology. I was super excited about this until.... I saw how much tuition would cost.... 30k a year!!! for 4 years!!! who has that kind of money??? Honestly! Well I tried to look at my options but even so it was still waaay too steep for me :( The second school I was accepted to was John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of the City University of New York) for their MA in Forensic Psychology. Now this one is much more to my liking! Tuition is about $10600 a year and it's only 2 years since it's an MA program. So I decided to defer my start and use this year to save like mad lol. I'm even scheduled to take some courses to get my bar tending license so I can get a job bar tending part time to make some extra cash. I'm really excited about the prospect of doing my MA and especially doing it in NEW YORK CITY!!! sooo close to Broadway!!! woo hoo... maybe I'll do some auditions while I'm there as well lol why not?


Well that's all for now my lovelies...

Maureen