Viva Las Vegas 9/9-9/12

I just had a weekend of fabulousness with Monica and Mikey. We stayed in the Aria Casino, which is pretty brand new. It's beautiful of course. Words can't do it justice. Click here to see! The beginning of my trip was a little deranged due to a nuclear power plant shut down, with Southern California, Arizona, and Northern Mexico power all lost.

 Of course, my flight was supposed to leave at 7AM but that wasn't possible since the power was out. All flights departing Friday morning were canceled. I ended up driving to Vegas. Good thing it is only a 4 1/2 hour drive! It ended up being a blessing in disguise because the drive is not that bad. You just go through the desert at 70 MPH (I went 80) and it's really doesn't have much traffic. Get up early and go and all is well! It takes the same amount of time if you were to go to the airport and depart. You get to the airport 2 hours early to check in, go through security, an hour flight, land, get luggage, shuttle to the airport. It's the same time. And we had a car, so we didn't have to waste money on renting one or cabs.

Aria has some fun clothing shops. I'll be back to do some damage. I found some SUPER cute and fun bath and soaps. They look like cupcakes, ice cream, cookies and lollipops. Click here for party favor ideas and gifts.

I had AMAZING cupcakes at the Cupcakery in the Aria. I took home a strawberry shortcake cupcake with strawberry buttercream frosting and a milk chocolate cupcake with dark chocolate ganache with a hint of mint in it. Split it with Ron when I got home and it was orgasmically tasteful.

The waterfall in front of the Aria we stayed in.

We hit up the club...

Got our drink on...

Love the Crystals at the new Cosmopolitan.

Room service for our day of recovery.

Fun water whirlpool in the mall...

Chocolate Flowers!

We had Fun, Fun, Fun!

And LOVED the Beatles show! A MUST GO SEE!!!

LOVE VEGAS <3 Will make this an annual trip with the ladies! 

College

I enrolled for my first online class! I am taking a comparative religion class which will be interesting. I love to learn about beliefs, myths, culture, philosophies. I've been doing a little research on my own to learn what I can about other religions because I think it's important to challenge your own beliefs constantly. And you can't do that unless you learn about other perspectives in the world and examine the reasoning for yourself. It strengthens your own beliefs and expands your way of thinking. It's a healthy thing for anyone to do. You can't really be 100% sure what you think is right until you've examined from every angle.

After this religion class, I will have covered 12 units in the social & behavior general education requirements for my undergrad. I never thought I would want to go to college until last year. I don't know what changed. I had such a negative connotation with school because it was hard for me growing up. There were so many personal distractions that kept me from doing well. I had other things on my mind back then. But I'm not going to cry over spilled milk anymore. I'm in a better place now so I feel like I should buckle down and start this journey. I want to accomplish something hard. I feel like I'll regret it if I don't try and do this. It's not even really about having a career that allows me to climb to the top of the corporate ladder. I just want to prove that I can do something hard.

I know that In-N-Out will take care of me and pay me well when I move up into management, but I don't want to regret not having another option. I have so many interests. I want to know that I can tap into something else if I want. When I do become a manager, I'll be able to pay off my school loans fast! Ron said something very important to me, "Don't let school define you." He's right. I can't go because our culture pressures us to. I can't go for anyone but myself. And I really do feel like I need to get this out of the way. After this quarter, I'm going to try booking 3 classes so I can get it over with... eek!

I can't decide on a major because all the majors that I feel would be useful and practical are insanely impacted. And so I'm thinking of majoring in philosophy or sociology so I don't have to fight for classes.  Liberal Arts degrees build strong writing and research skills and expands your mind to broader thinking. What employer can't find use for that? Internships and studying abroad are what make your resumes stand out I hear. I will follow that advice for sure then!

If there is any advice one would like to give me, I'm open to it!