Well guys, I know that I already told you about my deep love for trees, but what I didn't do was actually introduce myself. So this is what this post is for--to tell all you readers about exactly who I am, what I want to do with myself in regards to the future, and basically anything else you'd want me to know about me. (This is me.) My name is Amanda.
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Image Information: Selfie after my most recent haircut; July 2015
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SO firstly, the most important thing to me is my family. I'm the eldest of three kids as well as part-time caregiver for my stressed mother and father. My siblings are my favorite people in the world and we are very close. I actually just flew my sister down to Florida to get her settled into her dorm for freshman year of college at Florida Atlantic University. Which was about as heart-wrenching as it could be; i'm pretty sure I cried more than my mom. My sister's name is Alex and she is 18. My brother, Avery, is 15. They are about as different as two people can be, but I like to thing that we all are cut of the same cloth. This is us at my sister's graduation from high school.
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| Image information: Picture taken by my Aunt Stephanie; Avery (left), Alex (middle), and me (right) being our cute selves; May 2015 |
Secondly, as much as I love my family the love of my life is not a human at all. I met my soulmate in the parking lot of a Hobby Lobby when I was a sophomore in high school. His name is Teddy Bear (Ted for short) and he is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me.
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| Image information: Photo taken by me of my baby at 5 months old; April 2010. |
Teddy is a Mastiff/Labrador mix and currently 120 pounds. Honestly, he is the sassiest, grumpiest, and laziest dog I have ever met. Not only does he hate running or playing with new toys, he barely plays with me for 5 minutes before he decides it would be cooler to just run to me and let me rub his back. What can I say, my babe is spoiled.
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| Image information: Photo taken by me; Ted chilling on his chair-and-a-half; Spring 2015 |
God, he is so freaking adorable.
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| Image information: Photo by me; Ted trying to nap on the couch; July 2015 |
I spend the majority of my time with Ted and I can honestly say he is my best friend. Not only is he great company (super easy for me to get along with) but he is also a great cuddlebear. We love getting and giving kisses. But on a more serious note, he really has helped me through the toughest periods of my life.
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| Image information: Selfie by me; Ted and me cuddling on the floor; July 2015. |
This year I am going to be a senior in college. I plan to graduate in the Spring with two degrees--Psychology and Women Gender Studies. My ultimate plan is to go to graduate school and pursue my Ph.d in Clinical Psychology. To me, it is very obvious that the world is not a perfect place and I want to do everything I can to make sure that no one has to go through their issues alone and/or without the information that they need to be safe, sane, and healthy.
I eventually want to end up working in a clinic that caters to eating disorders of all types, and then after a while possibly start a non-profit. Either that or go into research and find better ways to deal with and to treat eating disorders. There is still so much that we do not know about eating disorders or what it means for the brain and for the person, and I feel like it is one of the most overlooked issues in America today.
This is a cause very dear to me, and something that I absolutely love to talk about, so if there is anything that you want to know, or if you have any questions at all, please ask me! I'd be delighted to rant about my favorite topic.
On a lighter note, here are the basics of me. I am twenty years old, daughter of a super smart mom and a very military dad. I moved around a ridiculous amount of times as a kid and somehow we ended up sticking around Edmond for good. I was born in Jacksonville, Florida but consider myself raised here in Edmond, OK. I moved to Norman for freshman year, moved back home for sophomore, and then Ted and I settled into a quaint little house here in Norman where we plan to stay until graduation.
I am obsessed with Coca-Cola and I probably drink it way, way, way too much. But I love it. I collect notebooks because I always feel like I can't get enough even though I barely ever actually write in them. My favorite color is yellow, but I also like dark blue. I am a night owl through and through and absolutely hate waking up for early mornings. I currently work as a waitress at a bar/pub on Campus Corner here in Norman; but I have been serving for well over two years here and there in Edmond before this job.
I hope that this has been an enlightening look into who I am, but if there is something that I left out that you would like to know, just ask me! Thanks for reading.
