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Sometimes I wonder, what am I going to do with my life?  It’s true that I want to go to law school and/or get my MBA after I finish my undergraduate degree, but there are certainly times where I doubt my dreams.  Every once in awhile, I think about how great it would be to just get a head start in the working world and put some good use to my business minor.  When I was planning on graduating with a business degree, I dreamt of selling insurance for a particular company and dealing with term life insurance for younger people because especially if you’re young, married and have little children, you need to have sometime in place for your family in case something unfortunate happens to you or your spouse.

In reality, I’d love to combine a law degree and MBA and do business law.  In twenty years, hopefully I will have established a practice and be a very successful woman!

I need some ideas for acne cures.

Back in high school, I went through two rounds of Accutane and then was completely blemish-free for several years.  Every now and then I get little pimples, but I don’t mind them.  Lately, however, my face has broken out around my chin and mouth.  It’s cystic acne, too; the kind I had to get on Accutane for.

I’m currently taking an antibiotic that my dermotologist gave me about a year ago for such occasions; however, I’d like to take something more natural.  Do any of you use anything that works particularly well for you?  If so, what is it?  If you have any tips, share them, because I don’t want to have to do anything drastic because of acne!

I thought I was going to die of boredom these past couple weeks before fall semester started; I’m dead serious.  Besides laundry, housework, LSAT studying and taking care of Hunter, there wasn’t much else to do.  Of course I could go out to eat or for drinks with my friends, but I’m trying so hard not to be frivolous with my money right now because let’s face it, there isn’t much of it to spend!

Today is the third day of my first week of classes.  I’m taking Crime, Gender & Race, Private Securities, Criminal Law, and Business Finance.  Only three of those classes meet in person; Business Finance is online (except for the tests).  I don’t have class any earlier than 10:40am and no later than 2pm, which I love.  I’m exhausted though, because guess what?  I bought a bike!  I bike 2.4 miles to campus, and then 2.4 miles back.  My butt and legs are sore today and I didn’t know I could sweat as much as I did on the ride back yesterday, but it felt so good and I really loved doing it.

As much as I love being busy and everything, there are just some days that I wish I was five and could simply stay home and play with my dollhouses.  Life was a lot simpler back then.  I think I was more concerned about NOT wanting to take a nap than anything else, because I always thought I would miss something if I was napping.  I had an endless amount of energy and didn’t worry about anything because I knew “the adults” would take care of everything.

Then again, I love being an adult and being in charge of myself.  It’s so neat to think that I went from this little girl to a woman who supports herself entirely.  Hopefully I’ll still enjoy being an adult when my school load threatens to break my back!

This weekend, Tom and I are taking a trip to South Carolina for his cousin’s wedding.  We leave tomorrow afternoon and will be there until somtime on Sunday.  The deal is that we’ll take all back roads and stop and do whatever we want on our return home.  I’m sure we’ll see lots of cattle and cattle supplies (hay bales, troughs, cow dips, etc.) and I can’t wait.  I’ve always wanted to live where I could have my own horses and cows.  This trip will be nice to escape reality, if only for a few days.

Struck by the amazing accomplishments of Michael Phelps, I decided to drag out some of my swimming stuff from high school.  I came across some promotional pens that each swimmer would get at the beginning of the season.  Each time we used it, it was supposed to remind us of our commitment to do our best both in the pool and in the classroom.

I have this intense urge to get back into swimming right now.  I may take a look at the open swim hours on campus and fit that into my schedule during the day.  It sure would be nice to feel the water on my skin like I used to!

Among some other things I found were some of my times (not as good as Michael Phelps by any means, but they were improving throughout the four years I swam competitively), pictures, and my “Swimmer of the Week” cap.  I’ll never forget it - I got “Swimmer of the Week” the night of my very last swim meet during my senior year; literally the last swim meet I would ever swim in.  It was a really gratifying experience and a wonderful close to my high school swimming career.

I also started thinking back to the swim lessons we used to have in our pool when I was just a little girl.  A woman (who used to compete on the FSU swim team during her time at college) used to come to our pool once a week and work with my sister and I individually.  We used to spend hours upon hours of time in the pool during the summer; it seems like we could never get enough of it.

I definitely need to find a way to get back into swimming.  All these memories and the Olympics have me itching to swim now!