Hello all,

I know what you guys are thinking: "They've abandoned us again!" I know it may seem like we have once again let our YouTube Channel die, but that's not the case! You see, like I mentioned in one of our more recent videos, I am in college about an hour and a half away from my sister. That spurt of videos came from one day over my Christmas break where we did nothing, but come up with ideas to vlog about and we REALLY wanted to keep it going while I was at college so we bought this nifty little program that recorded Skype chats and then my dumb ass broke my computer. How did I break my computer? Well, I rather not say. It was a pretty dumb move on my part. Regardless of how it broke, it is broken...and no more MacBook for me :(

Anyways since I come home every other weekend we figured we would just do videos then, but my sister works a LOT and she lives at our dad's house and I live at our mom's house which are about a half hour away from each other so it's really hard to work our scheduled to match and gas is now $3.99 over here so I like to use it as sparingly as possible. 

Basically, me being at college makes vlogging together nearly impossible so this is unable to get back into full swing until I get out of school in mid-May. Except now it seems as though it'll have to be pushed back a tad bit longer because I am getting surgery on my foot four days after I get home for the summer which will keep me on bed rest for a week, and on crutches for another six weeks. Yeah, my summer gets a pretty crappy kickoff. 

Why do I need foot surgery? Well, I have this horrible little thing called a Morton's Neuroma in between my middle toe and ring toe on my left foot. It's basically a nerve that has swelled up to the size of a little pebble and causes me a lot of pain. Imagine having a rock in your shoe 24/7 that you can't get out. Not very fun. The stupid little thing caused me to have to quit my job because I couldn't get through half of a shift without wanting to cry while I took orders. I wish I could've just gotten it all fixed soon, but because of the heavy drugs I'll be on after I get my surgery, I would have to miss too much school so I have to wait until AFTER I get home. 

I haven't been able to work since February and since the surgery takes 8 weeks to recover from, I won't be able to be up and moving until July at which point it'll be far too late to get a summer job. Therefore, I am broke until I go back to school, AND I have to buy a new MacBook at some point too...which will leave me out at least another $2,500. Luckily, I already have my CA (Community Assistant) job lined up and I'm hoping to have a few others too so I'll be able to start replenishing my bank account once I go back for my sophomore year, but until then it doesn't look like I'll be going out very often this summer, which I won't be able to do anyway since I won't be able to walk.

Yay...

-Karleigh

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I am back at Slippery Rock and today was the first day of classes. It's kind of hard getting back into the swing of things after being on break for over a month now, but it's starting to seem normal again. 

I'm not dissing on Slippery Rock University at all, it's just that I'm a homebody. In fact, I honestly love this school. I love the campus, I love my classes, it's not too big of a school, but it's not too small either, but I'm kind of a loser and I love being home more. I know I need to grow up and get some independence, but the heart wants what the heart wants.

Honestly, I don't really think it would be nearly as bad if I didn't work at McDonalds. It's just stressful having to put up with classes and then go to work. I'm not much of a people person either so I have no idea why I would even apply to work in food service. It was my last resort. Again, not dissing on McDonald's because I'm sure some people love their jobs there, but it's just not my thing. Of course, college costs a lot of money so I have to make some money somehow. It's just hard feeling like you should've earned more than $7.25 an hour. I'm sure many of you guys have jobs you're not too fond of, let me know some of your bad experiences and we can loathe them together!

Now I would like to lie to you in order to make myself look better and say that I like being home so I can see my family and friends, but I would feel guilty lying to you guys so I'm just going to come out and say that majority of my obsession with being home has to do with the fact that my boyfriend is there. I know that sounds so bad, but if you have ever been in love you should know how psycho it can make a person! My boyfriend and I have been together for two years now so this whole college thing is hard. I come home every other weekend, but I still find myself missing him on a daily basis. I would just like to know who said long distance relationships get easier as time goes on because they LIED! I feel like the longer we're apart the more I want to be together! How have you guys handled long distance relationships? Any advice for me?

I started new classes today and I cut back my hours at McDonald's so I'm hoping this will give me less stress at school. I'm open to hearing anything you guys have to say about your college experiences or advice! 

-Karleigh 

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