Thoughts of a Dumb Blonde

     Growing up a lot of kids at school were big fans of Harry Potter. I was never really drawn to Harry Potter. I didn’t know much about it, but I still wasn’t interested. Then when Universal got the World of Harry Potter, I rode all the rides. They were actually some of my favorite rides, but I still didn’t understand what would pull so many people in and make them so interested that they would walk around in robes carrying wands in the heat. Then a couple of years ago, my cousins found out that I’d never watched any of the movies; for Christmas they bought my mom and I the whole 8 movie set. My mom and I took time and watched one at a time together. When I finished them with her I watched them all again with my boyfriend. Not to mention all of the “Harry Potter Weekends” on Freeform. I got involved in Pottermore. I started reading the books (even though I haven’t had time to get far.) And then the best part, I got to go back to Universal. I was so amazed by how I could...

     Black Friday. If you don’t know what Black Friday is well then consider yourself lucky. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving where tons of people go to stores at the same time to get catch big sales. Black Friday has gotten so overly popular that most of the sales actually start on Thanksgiving Day! Instead of eating dinner with their families people go out and wait an outrageous amount of time in insanely long lines just to get into the stores fast. People speed in often not caring if they have to push people out of the way and there are often fights over this and over the products for sale. Now I will say not all stores are like this but that’s the average experience. Luckily I myself have never been taken out Black Friday shopping unless it’s 1:00 p.m Friday afternoon and the crowds have died down significantly. Even by waiting I still get good deals. I don’t understand why people would miss out on family traditions or wait in crappy conditions just to buy p...

     Thanksgiving break started today and Thanksgiving is tomorrow. What I'm really thankful for right now is a break from school because it seems like it never stops. Not that that's the only thing I'm thankful for. Obviously I'm thankful for my friends and family and the fact that I have the opportunity to even go to school. Well I guess maybe that's not so obvious since so many people these days don't seem to be thankful for anything; but I already covered the whole being thankful all year round and not just this week. I personally have three Thanksgivings. I just happen to have three grandmas who each have to have their own diner with different parts of my family. So I definitely get my fill of food; which if I'm being honest is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving. K hope everyone has great Thanksgivings and remembers to be thankful all, the time not just now.

     Thanksgiving is almost here and everyone is starting to share what they are thankful for. Thanksgiving is the time of year that everyone suddenly realizes that they should be thankful for a lot of things. In reality we should always be thankful. Personally I feel thankful for the opportunities that I have and the privilege of being able to live my life in the United States. I’m blessed with many things that other people could only dream of. Those of us that are lucky enough to live in safe places, have food to eat, clean water to drink should be thankful. Those of us that are lucky enough to live everyday not in fear should be thankful. I’m thankful for everyday that I am given on this beautiful earth. Our world may not be perfect but we are lucky to have it. We sometimes forget the privileges we have and the opportunities we are given. We shouldn’t just be thankful one week of the year. We should always be thankful for what we have been blessed with.

     So I still have absolutely no clue what I’m doing for college. Like I don’t even know what I want. I wanted to be far away, but now not so much. With all these babies on my family, I’ve decided 2.5-3 hours is probably my limit. But now I can’t decide what do do for my major. My future career doesn’t have just one set path so there’s literally a million different paths I can take. I could  try a Pre-Art Therapy program or double major in Art and Psychology. I could major in either Art or Psychology and minor in the opposite. Also if I would choose to go to Penn State I could major in Rehabilitation and Human Services with focuses in Art and Psychology. That would also give me the opportunity to take some Special Education courses. There are so many different paths and options that it’s all just overwhelming and I only have so long to figure it out. I guess my next step is to wait and get my PSAT score to get an idea of where I could go.