Intro

Well, I have never been into writing in my journal. Any journal. I have tried numerous times but for some reason I would always fall out of the habit. My mom being a religious journal-er sure was excited when I told her I was thinking about starting a blog. I thought about it simply because after reading all the young mommies blogs that I am friends with on Facebook, I wanted to live their life. Not really, but I loved how they updated their blogs regularly and posted pictures of their new houses or kiddos and such. Also, I'm going to college at BYU-I in September (5 months from now, seems like a lifetime away) and I know my mom is going to attempt to live vicariously through me while I'm there because she never had the opportunity to go when she was my age. Instead of taking her phone calls that will last hours every single day, I figured it would be easier for her (and me) to just read about what is going on while I'm there! Why am I starting 5 months early? Well, I need to get myself in the habit of "blogging" first, otherwise this is going to be a huge fail.

So my name is Andrea, and I am 18. I'm graduating in June and could not possibly be more excited (Senioritis is real). I just recently quit my job working at a Kids Club in a gym called Boom Fitness. I loved the kids, a lot, but not the partying/alcoholic employees. Before that I worked at Parsons Farms, which included lots of labor, dirt, and tasty veggies/fruits. Now, I'm planning on staying unemployed until I graduate (besides the occasional babysitting job of course!), and then hopefully I can work at Parsons again until I head off to college!

I'm really not that exciting of a person. I love art--specifically painting (but who doesn't when you live in Portland?) and am taking AP 2D Studio Art, my all time favorite class. I just had a showcase yesterday at the high school for my portfolio that included 12 paintings with a "marine life" theme. I'm kind of a painting hoarder, so I did not sell any of them, yet!

I also am attempting to workout more! When I'm done with this blog update I have nothing on my schedule except for working out (thank you Pinterest.com for giving me at-home workout routines!). I'm hoping to become less-flabby so that when I head off to college I might actually have a chance of dating the guys there.

Now, it is time to go sweat!