Missing You

I never figured out why God decided to give me such awesome friends. I haven't donated to charity or done any good for society (yet). Maybe it is an advancement for the good I will do in the future. Donating to charity maybe be doable, but good for society may not be in the realm of my expertise. Where as this fellow in the picture with me, may become a famous future scientist someday. I cannot celebrate his special day with him because this smart "BUM" is down in Virginia doing his internship at NASA. So I will say it from my blog.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARAN!

I made this layout about half a year ago when Sindhu and I decided to have a scrapbooking day. This picture was taken only a few days after we met each other. We were being silly on the carousel. But I really feel the quote applies to us: Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make everyday a holiday and celebrate just living. Whenever Karan and I hang out, it is always fun and  adventurous ( and stressful, and annoying and everything in between). I added a swirly clear thing, and I of course did not want to use glue because it would ruin the layout. Instead, I used brads to attach them. I punched holes with my Big Bite II and inserted the brass colored brads to the layout. 

Message to the Birthday Boy: 

I miss you very much and I hope you are doing well in VA. I will call you later today to scream Happy Birthday to you. But I wanted you to know, I will always be here for you , the same way you have always been there for me. I love you and I hope you come home soon. 

Not Ready for Life

Not one of my favorite layouts, I think I made this in a rush. Why did I make it in a rush? I have no idea. But it is still 'okay' to look at.  Sorry Ken, didn't mean to make it so random. However, it displays the feeling I am currently having: anxiety. I think the layout is full of anxiety. It is so disorganized and random. I had dinner with Ken Tuesday night, and we went to my favorite New Brunswick restaurant: Due Mari. We finally caught up on life; we have a meal together once every two years. After I graduated High School, I remember telling him that we would graduate college together. He entered the six year Pharmacy Program and I did the four year Engineering Program. Four years later we are graduates and unemployed. 

My anxiety will be kicking in at approximately 11:30 am. I am having lunch today with future classmates. People that I don't know are probably going to sit next to me and probably not talk to me. For the Myers Briggs, I have been determined to be more of an Introvert than an Extrovert. I am always too shy to say anything to anyone. This bad habit of mine needs to change in the next three months. Hopefully I would learn to be out going and have better topics of discussion (these are clearly not a Mandy trait). 

I was experimenting with colors. I think I got away with the light blue and pink, the yellow may have been pushing it. When I made this layout, I had recently gotten a tagger. It is the perfect tool for all those tags that have tin holes in them. Some people just glue them down. Mine can actually swing!

T Minus 3 Days

Haven't been able to get my self to sleep longer. My internal clock wakes me up around 8 every morning, regardless of the time I go to bed. This may be good practice for when my internship starts and I will have to get up earlier than 8 am. But in 3 days, I will be able to walk around the city as much as I like, as late as I like. Maybe I will be able to go see more Broadway shows. I will soon have another layout on the latest show that I watched "Promises Promises". As for Phantom of the Opera, the music was amazing as always.I didn't really know the plot line, so I kind of went in blind. This layout was the one I made for Ariel's Birthday back in March. I don't have much to comment about my layout, I just laid it out until I liked it. 

Materials:

Paper- Me & My Big Ideas

Flowers- Prima

Buttons- Making Memories 

Ribbon- Bobbin Ribbon & Celebrate it

Mat stacks- Making Memories

Journaling- Narratives by Karen Russell