And Then It Was March!

Hello my little followers,

Sorry for not continuing my weekly updates. This past quarter really kicked my butt. Never did I imagine that my elective classes would have more homework then my actual major classes, by double! But anywho, enough complaining.. School itself has been going great. I worked out some plans with the F.A (financial aid) department and am now scheduled to make reasonable monthly payments. And, when I pay on time for six months straight, my school will pay my seventh payment! Wo0t! Not only that, but since my GPA is higher then a 3.0 I qualified for an AIS Grant! Yay! The amount of relief, joy and gratitude I felt when I realized without a doubt that I am actually going to graduate was indescribable. I still break out in a huge smile when I think about it! Can you feel it!? Cause I'm smiling right now! :-D

Now, onto other news. Since the quarter is coming to an end, and I did have two shooting classes this quarter, so I will be posting some, if not all (depends on if I deleted the files or not) on here for ya'll to see. I am super grateful to my teacher Ben Kerns because he is so awesome at teaching Photoshop that he made it seem easy. I have never felt so comfortable with that software until I took his class. Thanks Ben!

Well, it is off to work I go. Speaking of work! I know the last time I posted I was talking about how working at The Home Depot was "just a job" and "boring", but over the last six months I have come to really enjoy working there. The people are awesome, the customers for the most part are cool and since my sixth month is almost finished, I am planning on moving to a new department. Ready? Plumbing! Why? Because they really NEED help. I don't know very much about plumbing but thank god for all the training they put us through. Besides, I'm pretty sure my DSOD (department supervisor) will be able to teach me as I go. OK. Now it's off to work I go :-)

Take care my loveys, stay healthy and be cheerful!
~Bean

Thursday, Week 3

So today marks the end of week three here at The Art Institute of Seattle. An update from last time, I dropped my analytical writing class in favor of a much more exciting class, World Mythology! I know I posted about being so excited to get into another writing class, but after the first class I knew it wasn't the right class for me. So, instead of taking a writing class that I would potentially get a bad grade (C or less!) I switched to a more entertaining class. I have to say, it was most definitely the right choice. Not only will I be able to pass this class with flying colors, but now I will be able to get into Creative Writing next quarter, which is the class I wanted in the first place! *sigh* Man it feels great to be in school again! Oh...and LOVING it for...mmm... the first time EVER!

So, you may be wondering where all the pictures are. Well, I am currently typing this through my iPod, so no pictures. But, I have the next two days off work and school (oh ma Gawd, I don't know what I'm going to do with myself!) so I should be able to get something up within that time. Be patient, my loves; you all know how I operate ;-)

So without further adu, I bid you good night and a beautiful morning! Take care and stay healthy! Mucho love-o!

~Bean

Back In The Grind

Well, we are officially back at it! Today starts the first day of Winter 2013 quarter here at the Art Institute. My class today doesn't start until 5:45pm!! Ah, but it is going to be a fun class, I think. My schedule is as follows: Monday - Analytical Writing from 5:45 - 9:45 pm. Tuesday - Art History from 8a - 12pm, then Digital Illustration from 12:30 - 4:30pm. Lastly, Thursday I have Portraiture from 8a - 12pm. And for some reason I have a death wish ofDeath by Lack of Sleep because I told my work my schedule and allowed them to schedule me for almost 30+ hours a week. Aaaggghh...but..you gotta do whatcha gotta do! (Ps..I love that auto-correct recognizes "gotta" and "whatcha")

So, I know I said something in my last post about random pictures, but I haven't posted in over three weeks. So, here are some photos from Christmas at Allison's :-)

I should also let you know I'm posting from Jared and my new iPad that we got from his generous bosses as a Christmas gift :-) That being said, I'm not sure how the lay out of pictures and text is going to look. If I don't like the way things turn out I may just try and post using the digital dark-room computers instead. Or at least when pictures are involved. So, I hope this is a sufficient update. Again, I'm going to try to be more consistent with my posts and uploads of pictures throughout the quarter. I only have one shooting class, so I don't know how often I'll be posting pictures, but I'll let you know!

Take care for now and until the next time, stay healthy! Much love <3
~~Bean