Ally Kay

ASU!!!!!!! I am an official Sun Devil!

2010-01-28T22:01:00.000-08:00

Ok so this post is a little late but I've been a little busy :)

I have been in school now for 2 weeks and I love it!! I have class everyday but I normally get out before noon so its ok.

Last week I auditioned for ASU's Women's Chorus and made it! I am a 2nd soprano in the Choir!! We perform a couple times a semester and I can take the class as many times as I want! yay

Also, work is going great I got trained in the concession stand on tuesday and am now officially Concession Trained.. :)

As of right now I have all A's in my classes :) Most of my homework is turned in online and we normally have a week to do most of it.

(I've just noticed that this post is a little ADD..lol Ohh well)

I am an official member of Hope Christian Church and am planning on becoming baptized soon!! I love it there, I have met so many new people and I am learning so much that I didn't know or fully understand. I feel like I am growing in my faith by leaps and bounds by the great leaders and ministers in my church.

This week we started Ultimate Frisbee for Hope.. Mondays at 7:00.. it was super fun!!

This is a picture of one of the teams in their "meeting".

This is my friend Niko, totally into the game as you can see..lol

We had such a great time!!

As you can tell this semester is starting off great!! I am involved in alot of things and it is really great to be around such great people!! I will definitely post pictures of any more events and especially BAPTISM!!

LOTS OF AWESOME STUFF TO CATCH UP ON

2010-01-12T22:40:00.000-08:00

Ok so tons of stuff to catch up on. I havent been updated as well as I should be.

First off, I AM OFFICAL AT ASU!!!! Wooo it only took them a month longer than it should've. I am registering for classes tomorrow, getting books on thursday, and apartment stuff on friday.

(speaking of apartments...)
Secondly, I am moving into the campus apartments called Vista del Sol. It is a beautiful facility and I will be staying with 3 other girls and sharing a room with only one. If you want to see pictures of the place go to vistadelsol.com you will be AMAZED!!

Third, I GOT A JOB!!! I am now an official "team member" at Harkins Theatres in the Tempe Marketplace. I will be working mostly nights and weekends and I start on saturday from 12p-9p, so its going to be a very long day. It will be fun though I'm sure!!

Hmm.. that might actually be all for now. 3 great things happened since my last post which is very exciting. I'll try to update soon with pictures of school and my new apartment!!!

NEW YEAR!! NEW START!! NEW FRIENDS!!

2010-01-01T12:52:00.000-08:00

For New Year's Eve I went to a party with some of the girls and guys I met at church this past sunday. They were so awesome and invited me and we had so much fun!!

The girls who hosted it had such a great spread of food for us!! We played games, had a fun little dance party thing.. lol and rung in the new year with some great sparkling cider :)

I met great people and had so much fun!! I can't wait until sunday at church to hang out with them again.

Speaking of church on sunday: This sunday is another "Open Mic" sunday and I will hear alot of great testimonies from amazing people, I am very excited!! Hope Christian is going to be so good for me in this new year!!

*Now all I need is to get a job and registered for school and I will be set :)*

HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH!!

2009-12-29T21:31:00.000-08:00

Sunday I decided to try Hope Christian Church right on the campus of ASU. When I got there everyone was so inviting and they have a wonderful band!! Sunday was "Open Mic" day where the students/alumni/attendants could say what God had done for them or helped the through in the past year; kinda like testimonials!! They were great!! I loved hearing about all the wonderful things that were happening in these peoples lives. It just shows how great God can be!! I have decided that this is the church for me and will be going there from now on :)

While I was at church I met some very awesome people who invited me to a new years eve party!! It was so nice of them to include me!! I am most likely going and we're going to have a blast hanging out and eating food thats probably bad for us and ringing in the new year :)

As for updates on my job: Nothing new really, I have been denied to some places only because they have no positions to offer me. Hopefully something will turn up soon so that I can have a job set before school starts (Jan 19th)

I'm Official in Arizona now!!!

2009-12-26T09:23:00.000-08:00

I am official as far as Arizona goes now!!! I have my license, new number, registration, new plates. All I have left to do now is to get accepted to ASU!!! This should be done in 2 weeks.!!

The next major thing on my list is to find a job near school and a church near school. For Christmas eve we went to CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, which was an awesome church but it would be kinda far from my school. Sunday I am going to visit HOPE CHRISTIAN right on the ASU campus. I am very excited about that.

I have been diligently applying to jobs near school. About 10 so far. My goal is to have interviews next week. So lets hope that I'm busy with interviews next week that way I can start after the first of the year.

I have a new number so if you need it just email me; I am ALWAYS by my phone.

UNPACKING, ERRANDS, ETC.

2009-12-23T21:45:00.000-08:00

Well instead of packing away my day I have been unpacking away my days. I have gotten through alot of boxes but I have lots of clothes to put away.
So far in 2 days I have gotten my new license, new checking account, new phone number (btw if you need it just email me: adamazio@kent.edu), and tomorrow I am getting my new plates and registration.

This week has been very productive so far!

Things to come:

I am searching for a job already just to see what I get offered before school starts. I'm assuming it won't be much yet because of the holidays but it doesn't hurt to look. I'll keep updates about that.

I think thats all for now... more updates to come and hopefully more pictures :)

I Said "See Ya Later" to My Car Today

2009-12-17T19:44:00.000-08:00

I am taking the major steps to get out to Arizona!!! My car got picked up at 5 today. No car all weekend but I should be ok.. I really need relaxation after crazy FINALS WEEK. My car should be in AZ by monday or tuesday!!

My room is so empty here but I know its going to be jam packed when I get out there.. craziness!!!

I've been doing alot of lasts lately (last speech practice, last band practice,etc) and its kinda bringing me down but I'm so excited to start over.

Anything new happens I'll let you know if not.. my next post will be from ARIZONA!!!

PACKING, PACKING, and MORE PACKING!!!

2009-12-15T19:40:00.000-08:00

5 days to go and I still have tons of packing to do!! Alot of it is stuff that I am still using, but this weekend is going to be crazy getting everything packed and ready to go.

My car is leaving either friday or saturday (they will call and let us know). I should have it after Christmas which is good because I am definitely going to need it!! I have so many things to do when I get out there! I have a big TO DO List going.

I have a final tomorrow in math and 2 on thursday then I am DONE with school!!! I am so ready to be done; I am so sick of Kent Trumbull.
Saturday is my last speech tournament :( It is going to be very sad because I have ALOT of friends that I am going to miss so much!!
Sunday is my last time at Windham Bible Church for a very long time and my last band performance for the year!!
Monday is the day of my BIG MOVE!!! very exciting!!

This move is creeping up on me but I am getting so excited and anxious and i dont even know but its all good stuff :D

I will keep updating as I know anymore info :)

STRESS...kinda???

2009-12-08T17:10:00.000-08:00

December 8th:
Yay I am getting closer and closer to ARIZONA!!! I am so excited/anxious/scared all at the same time. ASU still has given me no response but its ok; I'm trusting that everything will go smoothly once I get out there.

The weird title of this post is because I do have some stress but I also have other awesome things coming up that is kinda canceling out the bad stress.. if that makes any sense at all.. haha
Tomorrow is band practice as usual then Friday the Youngens and I are ringing the bell outside of Sparkle for the Salvation Army. (yes! in the cold... ugh! but the cause outweighs the cold)
Saturday is Kennedy's speech tournament at Poland High School. That will end around 4 then my DUO team is coming with me to a play at Ursuline High School, West Side Story, to see some good friends of mine.
Sunday is the second to last day at WBC :( I'm going to miss my church family sooo much!!!
Next week is FINALS WEEK!! ahhh (thats where the stress comes in)

Well I guess thats all for now. I'll let you know how the kids do at the tournament and how the rest of my week goes :)

Speech and Debate!!!

2009-11-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

I have decided to help out my old high school in speech/debate. I am going to have so much fun helping these kids and watching them succeed!!
I am going to be at pretty much all of their practices and all of their tournaments until I leave for arizona. When I go to their tournaments I get to judge the other categories which will also be very fun!!
I am so glad that Teri is letting me help out it is gonna be great!

Taco Bell Dog!!!

2009-10-24T10:12:00.000-07:00

I told Tate that I would take a picture of this Taco Bell dog everywhere I went here in Ohio. I totally didn't start right away because of crazy stuff that happened in the past 2 months. However, I was looking through things and found it and had to start the picture taking.

This picture was taken right outside of my house. He wanted to play in the leaves :)

TRIP TO CLEVELAND!

2009-10-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

Last saturday I took a great trip to Cleveland with my friend Lorenzo!! We went to the Botanical Gardens and the Art Institute's Museum. It was a BLAST!!! We had soo much fun!

The Botanical Gardens were beautiful!! Inside was the Glasshouse with all different kinds of plantlife and tons and tons of butterflies!! Everyday at 2pm they release the newly hatched butterflies into the Glasshouse and it was so cool to see! Outside was considered the gardens and there were so many different kinds from the rose garden to their themed gardens and even a herb garden! It was an amazing display of absolutely beautiful landscape.

This is a picture of the Rose Garden!! My favorite!

This is a picture of the inside of the Glasshouse! This is where they released the butterflies.

After our fun at the Botanical Gardens we walked across the street to the Art Museum. It definitely wasn't as fun as The Gardens but it is always neat to see different forms of art from different time periods.

To end our day we went to BD's Mongolian BBQ for lunch and it was amazing!!! All in all the day was wonderful! I am so glad I got to spend it with a great friend!! Next time we are planning on going to the Museum of Natural History and the Music Center at Case Western Reserve. So excited!!!

ARIZONA: Update!

2009-10-10T20:03:00.000-07:00

Ok so I FINALLY have everything into ASU for them to process my application. I should have an answer in 2 weeks or so. I am getting so anxious about this move!! The more I think about moving the more excited I get!!
The hardest part so far about even thinking about moving is leaving my church family behind. They have been so great to me in this past year and I don't know how to repay them. All of them are there for me in whatever I need, whenever I need it. I am going to miss them ALL so much!! I am going to keep up with this blog IF I move so that we never lose touch!

ARIZONA!!!

2009-10-03T19:37:00.000-07:00

In these past few weeks I have been thinking about alot of things that have been going on in my life. Such as my boyfriend breaking up with me, family issues, and school. I have decided to move to Arizona with my Dad and all of my wonderful family out there. I have never really had the chance to be able to see them whenever I feel like it. This decision of course rests on my acceptance into Arizona State University. ASU is a wonderful school and I strongly believe that I will like it alot more than Kent State. I am very nervous about getting accepted because I really want this change to happen in my life.

If I do get accepted I will be moving sometime in December!!! so wish me luck!!

(I will keep everyone updated as to the status of my application)

Lakeside!!

2009-08-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

From July 19th- July 25 I went to a church camp called

Lakeside Institute.

I had so much fun and met so many new people!!! This was a great experience for me and a great getaway from the "real world". :) We had small groups and activities all week. We even got to go swimming in the lake.

The theme for the week was water and the bible verse

John 4:14- Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst.

I can't wait to go again next year and see all my friends again and have all new experiences.

Here are a few pictures:

This was my small group.. we were called DRIFTWOOD

This was an activity we did and we called it synchronized walking :)

This was us playing a game called "HAHA". You couldn't help but laugh.