The Start of Summer

So I am officially in my first week of summer.  Wahoo!!!  There are a lot of things that I would like to fit into this summer, but as we all know, we never have enough time to do everything.  So in short(not really), here are my plans:

• Deep-clean the Apartment.
• For those who know me, you know that I am a bit of a neat freak.  And since I started living with Vinny, I have had to back off a bit when it comes to keeping my place tidy because Vinny and I have two completely different definitions of what clean is.  So needless to say I can't wait to get him out for a while so that our place won't have that faint odor of ass.
• Start obtaining new furniture and redecorating.
• Almost everything in that apartment was given to us, or a left over from the house that Vinny used to live at.  Being that Vinny used to live in a house of all guys, you can imagine how everything isn't exactly in the greatest condition.  But being as it was my first real place, I could not complain or really cared at the time about the condition of things.  I have maintained this residence for just over a year and I would like to make it more homey and comfortable.  This will require moving things, purchasing new things, taking down things that never should have been put up in the first place, etc.
• Getting a car.
• I will be traveling home in the next few weeks and I intend on purchasing a vehicle.  A Honda CR-V to be exact.  I'm entering my senior year of college and its about time I be able to get around on my own.  This will hopefully also fix some of my relationship issues because since I moved off campus, I have not been able to spend hardly any time with my friends and I have missed some rather great moments.  I love having my place and I would like to be mobile now.
• Study for and take the GRE.
• In order to apply to grad schooling I have to take the GRE and get the highest score I can.  I will start putting study materials together at the end of this week.  My plan is to take the exam in the beginning of July.  I will also be studying for the GRE subject exam, but I won't be taking that test until November.
• Study for senior comps exams.
• In order to graduate from CUA, I need to pass the senior comprehensive exams for English Lit majors.  Basically it is a test on everything I have learned while at CUA.  To prevent cheating and duplications of exams, every year a subject or genre is chosen to narrow down the spectrum of the exam.  My senior comps will be based on Poetry.  We were given a list of the texts in which the exams will be be based, which makes this a lot easier.  I will finish collecting the texts I don't have and start reading the lengthier text in order to have finished reading everything by the end of the summer.  I will take in depth notes while reading the texts and then will probably be discussing them here to keep my mind fresh on the topics.
• Redo the wardrobe.
• This is one of the items from my list of things to do this year.  I have to admit that I have made no progress in this area, mostly because I haven't had time to shop.  I plan on making a trip this weekend to Filene's Basement in order to get some summer basics and a few comfortable professional items.
• Get Ready for the Army 10 miler.
• A few of my friends have run in this marathon before.  We, me and my lot of friends, are doing this as a bonding experience and something extremely memorable for our senior year.  We will most likely be doing a run in the spring as well.  I loved running in high school and I staid pritty fit my freshman year of college.  It is these last two years, with moving to a desk job and away from the free gym, that I have really slowed down and not been any where near as active.  My friend Gabriel and I planned on training together this summer, but she rolled her ankle two days ago so now I am without a running partner.  I think I will run in the evenings or early mornings to stay away from the heat, plus I think running is a great way to either start or end your day.
• Reading for pleasure.
• I love reading, so studying for those tests will not bother me at all, but I have to read for the pleasure of reading too.  In between all those studies, I will also read books that I am interested in and stuff from authors that I love.  I am currently reading Nora Roberts Irish Born series.  I finished the first book yesterday and am nearly half way done with the second book.  When I have finished this series, I will read Dan Brown's latest novel The Lost Symbol, which is supposed to be a continuation of the adventures of his symbolist character Robert Langdon.  I greatly enjoyed both  The Davinci Code and Angels and Demons, so this continuation should not be disappointing at all.

 Now that I have worked that out, I'm going back to working at my full time job, which I will also be doing this summer.  For the obvious reasons of being able to pay for everything, plus I love my job.
Till later on.... Have a Nice Day!!!