The Finer Things

This semester I am in a floral design class. It is so much fun. The teacher is hilarious. And my sis is in the class. Basically we just provide side commentary for each other the entire time. Almost every week we have lab and get to make something with flowers. I am getting mad skillz. Here are my attempts so far:

basic arrangement

gift basket with small bud vase

boutinieres

fall flowers in cube vase

This is seriously one of my most favorite classes at BYU. I highly recommend it. If you have any floral needs contact me and I'll hook you up. I promise my skills are getting better!

Deep Breath

I'm about to go hand in an application for a "big girl" job. It would be really great if I got it. But, I heard that if there is even one thing filled out wrong on your application they throw it out. And I won't technically graduate until December. But it doesn't hurt to try. Here I goooo!

Given the chance, I'm gonna be somebody

Inspiring isn't it? Thank you Kings of Leon. So I took my big test and graduation looks oh so much nearer after taking it. I started working on my "professional" resume tonight, putting in my graduation date, credentials and internship info. Now I am starting to freak out about my future. For the immediate future all I really want is a job I can go to right after I graduate where I can get paid enough to live on and possibly get medical insurance. How do I make this happen? I've tried to better myself in any way so that I look more marketable, but the job situation is so hard right now. Plus my dad has already started "reminding me." As if I don't know. It's kind of scary, I could move to Alaska if I wanted. I joke about traveling, going to Harry Potter World, the 2010 Olympics, taking up karate, but one needs moulah for these things.

As for the long term plans, I could see myself going to grad school (for who knows what), but I haven't been working towards it so that option is a little further off. I think I have a lot of potential but it's all about the education and experience level. I have grandiose dreams but I'm not quite sure of how to make them happen let alone provide for my own day to day existence. Anyways, it's kind of hitting me right now and so I'm feeling a little stressed.

Related side story: I was on the phone with Jenn last night and she said it was weird that I didn't know what I was doing after graduation. I replied, "Yes, I know. I'm not married. People do it all the time." (That would be convenient. Not that I want to be right now.)

Just keep your ears open for me, pray that I can find a job, and motivate me. Thanks.

I totally called it

So one of my BBFs got engaged yesterday and I would just like to say that I called this way back in June. As proof of this I will type word for word a document that I have on my jump drive entitled "Prediction."

June 22, 2009

I, Meagan, predict that Marissa Roberts and Anthony Wadsworth will get married in the future. Marissa claims that she won't get married in the winter but I predict that they will become engaged sometime in the fall and then want to get married in the winter because they don't want to wait until April/May. Also, I predict they will get married in Utah because it will be a convenient place for all. Which will make Marissa getting married around the 18th/19th of December in Utah. I am writing this so I can say I called it. Thank you.

Meagan Carr

Marissa and Anthony will be getting married in the St. George temple on December 22, 2009! (Another one bites the dust.) I am really excited for both of them and they will be great for each other. Now I will enter my mourning period as I do for all of my besties because they are lost to me forever. But I will throw an amazing bachelorette party/be the wedding DJ and it will all be good. And we've all promised that when we're old we will be those old ladies who get together for Women's Conference at BYU for REUNION. I can't wait.

Me, Marissa and Anthony

Again, thank you.

PS. I love all my friends' husbands. They pick good ones.

Today during lunch

with one of my BFFs talking about exciting upcoming events, a butterfly landed on my backpack. It was orange with black spots (but not a monarch), I thought it was lovely and then it flew away. I felt like Meg Ryan in "You've Got Mail" when she tells Tom Hanks about a butterfly following her on the subway. It was a lovely afternoon moment in the warm sun.

Instead of studying...

I am surfing the internet and blogging. Waste of time? I think not. I'm supposed to be studying for my huge/important/hard/$265 that I paid for/up at the U/will help me in life exam. But sometimes it is so boring. And I'm fighting a cold right now so I am, as Meryl Streep said in Devil Wears Prada, an "incubus of viral plague."

While avoiding my studying I decided to pop in a DVD of The Office and watch an episode-great because they are only 20 minutes long and you don't waste a lot of time. I watched "Booze Cruise" from season 2 and it reminded me why we all love The Office so much. (Season 6 is not doing it for me). The best line was when Jim was asked if the boat were sinking who he would save-"I would save the receptionist." (girly sigh)

Now back to work.

Ps. Norah Jones is great music to study to.

Best of Summer

A tad late, I know. But here's to Summer and why I love it so much-2009 edition.

outdoor concerts-ice cream-slurpee runs-swimming-sandals-summer dresses-bare feet-fireworks-rodeos-lightning-rainier cherries-sunshine-Harry Potter-Moab-GNOs-camping-smores-reading-everybody's gettin' married-setting things on fire-cosmic catch-brownie batter blizzards-Truman-Museum of Art-grass-homemade pizza and grilled nectarines-not ever needing a coat or jacket-Eric Hutchinson-bubbles-hiking-sparklers-4th of July-BBQs-hot air balloons-Kings of Leon-ice blocking-pool games-flashlight tag in the wilderness-kyaking-the emptiness of Provo-people more relaxed-no homework-no snow on the mountains-ER episodes

Also, I did almost everything on my Summer To Do list, even go to see Eric Hutchinson which I never thought would happen. (Can you tell the cold is getting to me and that I am missing Summer?). Farewell Summer, you were good to me.