What kind of world would it be without you...I couldn't breathe without you

I like to choose a blog title from the song that is currently playing on my iTunes when I start to type my entry. I'm most always listening to music since it's what keeps me going...especially when things are like they currently are...pressures on! Most likely if you are reading this, then you already know me. If you are stumbling across this blog with no clue, then here we go. I'm Rachel, and I'm from wild, but not-so-wonderful West Virginia. :) I grew up in very rural WV, but always knew I am a city girl at heart. I chose to attend West Virginia University in Morgantown because it was the furthest I could get away from home while accepting a full-ride scholarship to any school in the state. Also my best friend at the time lived in Pittsburgh, and luckily my current best friend ended up living there too (although she has since moved to Cleveland)! I am complicated in a not-so-really-pseudo-drama kind of way, without meaning to be. My downfall is that I like to sometimes make things more dramatic than they are, but at other times do not worry about things that are worth worrying about as much as I should. I find people hard to trust, but once I do trust you, it's over. I love the celebrity 'feel' and I sometimes try to live that life...my double wonderful other life. I'm 25 years old and I feel like in May I will REALLY finally be starting my adult life at 26. I've never been more ready. I've been in college since 2002, this being my third major (Dental Hygiene). I'm just happy I finally found something that I love. As I always say, it's better to take time to find a major you like and be in school for a couple years longer than to graduate with a degree you hate and have to work in that field for 40 years. Hope that brief summary gives you a glimpse into me and what I'm like.

So, currently this blog is giving me a reason to put off studying for dental boards (thanks Mariah)! I will be graduating in May and I cannot WAIT! Boards are on the 21st (next Monday). I'm not feeling terribly confident; I'm experiencing one of those moments when I'm not worrying as much as I should. I feel like I'm even going to feel that way while taking the board, but you know what? It's not going to make a difference to worry myself to death about it anyway, so I might as well just do what I can do and sit back and see the results. I plan on graduating in May and moving to Chapel Hill, NC. If you have known me at any time since 8th grade, I have always wanted to attend UNC, live in CH, and go to college there, and I might actually now be making my dream come true! I applied there out of high school, and even though I was a great student (then), my gpa wasn't high enough to get accepted. Now that I'm graduating with my BS in DH, there is a Master's program there that I believe I will be able to be accepted into! First I'm going to concentrate on getting a job in that area (high salary AND mass job availability...hallelujah), and then we'll see about all that. I have no connections down there, so it's almost like starting anew. I'm so excited!! I think I'm pretty unique in the fact that I love doing things by myself; sometimes I even prefer to be alone. Some people have hookups about going to eat or to the movies alone, but I don't see the big deal.

Well, this is only scraping the surface of everything, but can we really tell all there is to know about us in one entry of a blog? I hope as this goes on, you're able to learn more about me, things you know and things you wouldn't have guessed. I love writing in journals, but sometimes I feel like I have TOO much to say to type it all out.