Category Archives: School

May24

Friendly Reminder!

Posted on by
Standard
Friendly Reminder!

Helloo everyone and happy Memorial Day weekend! So you guys might have noticed that I’ve been writing a lot more than usual this past week or so because I’ve been on a nice little break before I start my summer classes at Tri-C. Well my classes start on Tuesday, so you might not be hearing from me as much as usual, because I’ll have a buttload of classwork each week to take care of for three different classes. And in case you forgot, I’ll be taking Intro to Sociology, Social Psychology, and another math course. The best thing about the math class that I’m taking is that I’ll be officially done with anything math related if I pass the class – so keep your fingers crossed for me! My summer semester lasts for ten weeks, as opposed to the usual fourteen to sixteen week semester, so I’ll have a lot of work to complete in a short period of time. I’m slightly nervous about it, but I think that I should be just fine. I’m taking all of my courses online this summer so I don’t have to drive back and forth to Cleveland, so I’m looking forward to being able to hang out at the Starbucks down the street from my house to complete all of my work. So not only is this post a friendly reminder of the possibility of me being MIA every once and a while, but it’s ALSO a friendly reminder to make sure you follow my page so you can keep up on the latest and greatest once I get around to posting it! I can promise you that I’ll be up to a lot of fun shenanigans this summer since I’ll be turning 21 at the beginning of June (holla!), so you don’t wanna miss out on any of that good stuff! And as always, if you have any suggestions, questions, or concerns – you all know where you can find me in the comment section of my blog or via email! 🙂 ❤

^^^ It’s shameful how much I like this song and I’m so hopelessly in love with A$AP Rocky – HUBBA HUBBA!!!

How is everyone’s weekend going so far? Do you have any exciting Memorial Day plans? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! And pretty please wish me luck on all of my upcoming summer classes! Much love. -Sarah

May24

Letter To Myself; A Reflection

Posted on by
Standard
Letter To Myself; A Reflection

Hey there everyone and happy Sunday! I hope all of you are having a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! I don’t know if you recall, but alllllllll the way back at the end of October, I wrote a post called “Letter To Myself”. The post contained the letter that we had to write ourselves in my very first college class at Tri-C. We had to address an envelope to ourselves, and our teacher told us that she would mail us our letters before the beginning of summer. I received my letter in the mail yesterday, and I thought it would be fun to put it on lifewithlilred one more time and reflect on it. So here is my letter to myself, which was written on October 28th, 2014:

Dear Future Sarah,

First of all, let me say how proud I am of you. You had a goal of going to college way back in September, and you achieved that. I trust that as you read this now you’re well on your way to earning your Associate of Arts degree. My wish for your entire future, from the time you read this now until the day you die – is that you continue to do things that make you happy. That can be anything: From theater, which you love so much, or blogging, or even pursuing a higher degree in school. As long as you’re doing something that you love, you’re succeeding. I hope that as the months go by you recognize all of the potential that people constantly tell you that you have. You are worthy of a beautiful life. I know in the past you had a hard time believing that, and I hope someday you can truly believe and embrace that yourself. I also would like to remind you of how far you’ve come in your life. It’s not a bad thing to remember your not so great past and celebrate the milestones that you have accomplished, even in your darkest times. You are beautiful inside and out – take pride in who you are because you matter. You are important. You are capable of greatness.

With all of my love,

Sarah

^^^ Isn’t that precious?

When I read this letter again for the first time in over half a year, I was so touched by everything that my past tense self said to me. The thing that stuck out the most was when I wrote that “as long as you’re doing something that you love, you’re succeeding.” I really think that my past tense self was on to something, because present day Sarah has never loved anything as much as being in school in a long time. For once in my life, I feel really good about myself and where I’m at. It makes me so happy to have my friends and family tell me how proud they are of me or how good I’m doing and for me to actually believe that. Before I would have just laughed them off with a “yeah right” but now I can actually look them in the eye and thank them, because I’m firm in the belief that I am doing awesome. Starting college was the best decision that I’ve made in a long time, and I’m so proud of myself for following through with all of my classes and having amazing grades to show for it. (Straight A’s for days!) I’m so excited to start my summer classes on Tuesday, and receiving my letter to myself was the extra push I needed to get my mind back in school mode! I’m ready to take on the world and I’m ready to kick major ass this summer! #ballin

^^^ Obsessed! I’ve been listening to The Used every day for the past two weeks and I’m so not mad about it!

What is everyone up to on their Memorial Day weekend? Have any of you written a letter to yourself before? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

May12

Ballin, Shot Callin

Posted on by
Standard
Ballin, Shot Callin

Helloooo everyone and happy Tuesday! So remember how I mentioned in an earlier post “Bye Bye Spring Semester!” that I had a really rough time taking my math exam? I was so confident that I didn’t do too hot during my first college final at Tri-C, but guess what? Final grades were posted last night and this bitch got a 93% on the final! This resulted in an overall grade for the entire semester of…..drum roll pleeeeease…..AN A+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT EVEN?!!! I seriously almost cried when I saw my amazing grade! I was up late last night and I happened to check my grades just in case my teacher decided to post them, even though they weren’t due until this morning. When I saw the notifications that the grades were up, my heart felt like it was going to fall out of my butt. I was so nervous to click on the “Check Grades” link, but I shut my eyes really tight, took a deep breath, and clicked it anyways to see my results. I counted to three, opened my eyes, and let out a squeal of delight when I saw that beautiful A+. I didn’t care that it was midnight, I ran to my parents’ room to tell them the good news! Even in the middle of the night, they were both still super excited for me!! I took my final this past Thursday and spent all weekend freaking out about my grades. I spent many hours calculating the lowest score I could possibly get for me to fail the class with a C or lower. I racked my brains to go through the possible grades that I could have got on previous assignments – but nothing seemed to ease the nervous tension of waiting for that final exam score. I’m so happy I passed with flying colors, because I wouldn’t be able to take the math course that I signed up for this summer if I failed the current class and that was a major concern of mine. Words can’t even begin to describe how proud I am of myself. Seriously, I haven’t felt this good about anything in a very long time and I have solely me, myself, and I to thank for it! I worked my ass off, studied hard, and completed every single assignment, quiz, test, and extra credit opportunity to the best of my ability and it beyond paid off in the end! Now that this anxious weight of playing the waiting game for my grades has been lifted off of my shoulders, I can finally sit back and enjoy my mini break until my summer classes start up on the 26th! I’m so excited to continue my educational journey at Tri-C and I’m ready for everything that my new courses have to throw at me! As a reminder, I’ll be taking Social Psychology, Introductory Sociology, and Survey of Mathematics for the summer semester. All of the classes will be completed within ten weeks, so it will be very fast paced. That would have worried me before, but now I’m floating on cloud nine of confidence so I know that I can handle it and have another semester of wonderful grades to show for it! YAY SARAH! #smartypants

^^^ HOLLER!

Well I must be off to get ready for an afternoon of fun with one of my lovely girlfriends, but I just had to let you guys know about my good news before I leave! I hope all of you have a fantastic day! Does anyone know of any good websites to sell textbooks at? If so, I wanna hear from you so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

May8

Thanks For The Coffee, Dad!

Posted on by
Standard
Thanks For The Coffee, Dad!

Hellooooo everyone and TGIF! How’s everyone’s day going? So far so good? Fabulous. So ever since I started school at Tri-C in mid October, my dad has done something every school morning that I’m insanely thankful for….Every single morning that I have to drive to Cleveland, my dad makes me my coffee for my to go cup like clockwork. (And of course my to go cup is red!!) I can’t think of one single day that he hasn’t made my caffeine for me and it seriously warms my heart to the extreme. The fact that he takes time out of his equally busy morning to make my go go juice makes me so happy. Every single time that my dad tells me that my coffee is ready I get the biggest, goofiest smile on my face. In fact, I’m wearing one right now just thinking about it. It may seem like a little thing to some, but I think that’s why I appreciate it so much – because it’s such a little thing that makes a huge difference. I’m such a daddy’s girl too, so getting that extra TLC from my favorite guy is always such a great way to start out my day. When I have my morning classes, it’s always a struggle to get myself out the door – rushing to the shower to make sure I get hot water, fighting with my sister over bathroom space while she gets ready for work, scrambling all of my books together, ect, ect, ect…So having one less thing to do before I face morning time traffic during my commute to Cleveland is like taking some excess weight off of my shoulders. By the time I get in the Little Red Love Machine it’s such a treat to be able to throw back my dad’s specially made for me coffee and relax. So this is me sending an extra special shout out to my daddy dearest. I love you so much and I thank you so much for always keeping your daughter caffeinated! Thank you for making my mornings a little bit easier and a lot a bit better! ❤

^^^ MARRY ME JACK WHITE!!! I swear there’s a White Stripes song for every occasion. And the very masculine Kate basically inhaling her coffee in the John & Kate Plus 8 spoof basically sums up my life.

Have a terrific rest of your day and I will talk to you all later!!! How many cups of coffee does it take you to get started in the morning? How do you drink your coffee? I for one only drink my coffee black LIKE A CHAMP!!! I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

May7

Bye Bye Spring Semester!

Posted on by
Standard
Bye Bye Spring Semester!

Heyyy everyone! I hope that you’re all having a fabulous Thursday night! Today was my last day of classes for the spring semester at Tri-C, and it went okay, I suppose. I’m not feeling too hot about my final exam for my math class. I’ve never taken a big college exam before and I seriously think that I had an anxiety attack during the test. I went into the classroom feeling fine, but as soon as that paper got in front of me…..no beuno. I started working feverishly ASAP, but my head got super foggy, I was sweating like no other (and I’m NOT a sweaty person), I was shaky, and I was drawing a complete blank on everything. We had two hours to complete the test, and by the time my head was thinking relatively clearly again a half hour had already flown by. When I saw that that much time had passed already, my ass got kicked into high gear and I started working like no other. Unfortunately the final hour and a half went by on double time, and I barely finished the test. I mean, I finished – but there were three or so problems that were only half way done at best. I walked out of the classroom feeling like shit, I seriously could have cried. My entire drive home my stomach was in knots and I was cold and clammy all over just from thinking about possibly failing the exam and my class. As soon as I got home I flopped onto my bed, because I felt completely drained…I had no idea that taking an exam could take that much out of me! After I rested a bit and my head defogged, I grabbed a sheet of notebook paper and made a list of all of the things that I know for a fact I did right and all of the things that I know I did wrong on the test. Luckily, the things that I aced nearly tripled the things that I felt uncertain about, so that made me feel a lot better. I won’t find out my final grade until Tuesday, so it’s safe to say that I’ll be freaking out until then. But here’s to hoping that I passed the class, which I will need a C or better to do. Fingers crossed! Despite the rocky math exam, this semester has been awesome! I learned a lot, I made some new friends, and I have some damn good grades to show for all of the hard work that I put into my classes. So here’s some quick pics of me giving the spring semester the boot, with a good old fashioned “BYE FELICIA!”

schoolschool2

^^^ Love that black and white filter! And believe it or not, that second picture isn’t filtered at all! That funky light bright lighting came out of nowhere while I was taking some shameless selfies, and I’m so not mad about it! As you can see, I’m totally rocking my new shirt from when I saw The Used in concert, I love it so much it hurts. (You can read all about my concert experience in one of my more recent posts “The Used Concert!!!!”)

Pretty please keep your fingers crossed for me that I managed to pull out a passing grade in my math class! And as always, keep the love coming with your likes, comments, follows, and shares! I’d especially appreciate it if you got the word out about my recent posts “Just So You Know” and “Look Like Lil Red” so I can make some extra closet space in my room! Thanks a million and have a beautiful night! Much love. -Sarah

^^^ That basically sums up my feelings on math right now. -____- MARRY ME JACK WHITE! ❤

May5

WHAT EVEN?!

Posted on by
Standard
WHAT EVEN?!

Hellooo everyone and Happy Cinco de Mayo! Guyyyyys I’m freaking out! Guess who has two thumbs and got over a 100% on my last math quiz AND test?! THIS BITCH!!! I got my most recent math test back at school today and almost had a heart attack when I saw my 105% score. Never have I ever had a math teacher tell me that they were proud of me before, and that changed today. I legitimately could have cried. Check it out:

smarty

^^^ WHAT EVEN??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I felt pretty confident about both the test and the quiz that are pictured above – but getting over 100% on both of them? Me? The girl who used to fucking suck at math? The girl whose high school teachers had to hella curve her grade to make sure she didn’t fail? Not that girl. Impossible. WELL GUESS WHAT?! IT IS POSSIBLE!!!! I’m seriously on cloud nine right now. These perfect scores have shown me just how much hard work pays off and I’m so proud of myself I white girl can’t even. Not only does my teacher have so much confidence and faith in me, but so do my classmates. They’re always commenting on how smart I am and how well I do and you guys have no idea how good that makes me feel. What an amazing transformation from the high school failure to the college smartypants – sweet jesus!!

Alright! I must be off, but I really wanted to let the world know about my school success! TRI-C REPRESENT!!! I hope all of you guys are having a fabulous day! Drink lots and lots of margaritas for Cinco de Mayo – HOLLA! What are you guys doing to celebrate? Are you getting wasteypants???! I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Apr30

Can’t Resist Killin Shit

Posted on by
Standard
Can’t Resist Killin Shit

Hey guys and happy Thursday! So I hate to brag about myself, but I’m feeling AWESOME about school right now. Homegirl has been killin it so hard at Tri-C, so I need to take a post to commend myself for being a little smarty pants. I’ve been doing shockingly amazing in math at the moment and I seriously can’t believe it. I just got a quiz back today that I got a 105% on, I absolutely annihilated the test we took, and when I was getting tutoring after class it was me who corrected the tutor! Who would have thunked that Lil Red is secretly a math whiz?! Not only is math going swimmingly, but my comp and psychology class are going great too. Straight A’s for days. This is the first time in years that I’ve felt confident about my ability to succeed in school. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a very smart girl – but I never applied myself in high school. Did I do homework? No. Did I study for tests? As if. Did I participate? Fat chance. Did I give one single fuck? Absolutely not. But college is completely different – my teachers are rad, I adore my classmates, and for once in my life I want to learn. I forgot how good it felt to gain new knowledge every day and to get rewarded for everything I’m learning with awesome grades. I’ve been working so hard and saying that it’s been paying off is an understatement. And on top of doing exceedingly well in all of my classes I actually have friends in my school setting for once too! On Tuesday during my math class I was telling some of my friends how worried I was for the final exam next week and literally all of them (teacher included!) immediately told me that I was an amazing student and had nothing to worry about….I’m pretty sure that was the first time I’ve ever been told that in my life. It was such an awesome confidence boost that left me feeling so good for the entire day. So my spring classes end next Thursday and then I have a two week break before I start my summer classes. All I have to say is – bring it on. After such a successful semester I feel like I can take on the world. Before I started college, the only thing I prided myself on was being an above average retail worker – and that was okay with me for the time being. But now that I’m well on my way to getting my Associates degree in 2016, I take great joy in priding myself on saying that I’m a college student. I haven’t been this happy and proud of myself in a very long time, and I just had to share it with the world and type it out so I can have this awesome memory for forever. Can’t resist killin shit.

killin

^^^ If you haven’t listened to AWOLNATION’s newest album Run, then I recommend you get on it immediately! It’s been my soundtrack for the entire week!

So there you have it, my smarty pants post! I hope all of you are having a fabulous day and wish me luck on my exams next week! What is your favorite subject in school? What college or high school are you representing right now? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Apr13

Monday Update: Doing Good Feeling Great Edition

Posted on by
Standard
Monday Update: Doing Good Feeling Great Edition

Whatsup guys and Happy Monday! I don’t know about you, but I’m having a really awesome day so far! I’m doing good AND feeling great! I’m feeling completely healthy, which is cool because my stint with the flu left me with a bit of a cold that’s finally no longer. My weekend was fantastic, so I’m still in a good mood from that. AND school is going swimmingly…homegirl has straight A’s for days in all of my classes! Hurrah! Something that I’m feeling particularly happy about is an email that I got from my College Composition II professor today. I’m taking that class online and have never met my professor in real life. We’re nearing the end of our semester and we have an option to either meet up with her on campus or email her some questions for our conference on our final research paper. I wanted to meet up with her in person to discuss a few things, but unfortunately our times on campus never intercept with each other. I emailed her to let her know I’d be emailing her my conference questions and she replied back that was disappointed because she was really looking forward to meeting me in person. I was so flattered by this! I don’t know this woman from anyone, and the fact that our online interactions were positive enough for her to feel sad that we wouldn’t get to meet up in real life really means a lot to me. Our usual interactions are limited to her comments on my essays and homework and the occasional emails back and forth, so the fact that she finds my writing impressive and our little chit chats enjoyable makes me feel so good. I know that it’s a little thing, but it’s amazing how something so small can set such a positive tone for the rest of the day. Now that I know that my professor was looking forward to meeting Lil Red in all of my real life glory I plan on sticking around on campus on the day that we miss each other by an hour so I can see her. Call me a kiss ass or whatever, but if waiting around at school for an hour is what it takes for us to have a brief meeting, then I’m more than happy to do so! Yay school!

^^^My current blogging soundtrack! Enjoy! 😉

So I watched The Theory Of Everything last night as I mentioned in my Lil Red Pro Tips post and it was phenomenal…just as I expected. 😉 And in case you were wondering, my lava cake dessert that I was baking as I was blogging yesterday was SO delicious! It was a hit with my entire family, and it’s almost all gone already! We served it with our chosen combination of strawberries, whipped cream, and ice cream and it was nothing short of orgasmic….hey, every girl needs a good chocolate fix!

I hope all of you are having a great day! I’m off to finish some homework really quick before I get my haircut. Mama is getting super shaggy and I am so not okay with it! Where are my fans of The Following at? How excited are you for tonight’s new episode?! BTW – did you catch that they used Akron, Ohio (AKA Lil Red’s hometown #represent) as a reference point in last week’s episode?! So cool. Any questions? Concerns? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Mar16

Monday Update: Back To School -__-

Posted on by
Standard
Monday Update: Back To School -__-

Hello one and all and Happy Monday! I had a beautiful spring break last week, but all good things must come to an end, and now I’m back to the usual Tri-C grind. -___- Honestly, this semester has been wicked annoying because I hate all of my classes. As a reminder, I’m taking Beginning Algebra I, College Composition II, and General Psychology. You all should know by now that I hate math, but I shockingly have an A in the class, so snaps for me! I actually dislike my College Comp class the most out of everything I’m taking – which is weird because one would think that it would be my favorite. But alas, I completely hate that class. Yes, it’s writing, but it’s very proper writing and super research based which really isn’t my thing. I’m all about creative writing and just letting things flow, so when my creativity is hindered by guidelines and right and wrong I instantly become super uninterested. It’s not like I’m doing poorly in the class or anything, I have an A, but it just bores me to no end. Writing is something that I don’t try very hard in and the class doesn’t really challenge me, so I suppose that’s why I’m genuinely more interested in my math class. At least in my math course I’m actually thinking really hard and I feel like I’m learning something. I have a sense of accomplishment when I do well in math, therefore I actually like doing the homework. In Comp, it’s more of a do the work and get the grade type of feel, which I’m not really into. My General Psychology course is pretty easy, I’m taking it online, so I basically just read the book, take the tests, and call it a day. And surprise! I have an A in that class too! Killin it!! I’m definitely pleased with my triple A grades, but I’m sooo ready for this semester to be over! The spring semester ends on May fourth, so it won’t be too long!! Then I’ll have an almost three week vacation before I start my summer courses, so that should be fabulous. I changed up my class lineup a bit for the summer, because I actually want to enjoy my break! So I dropped the history class that I originally planned on taking and will now just be doing Beginning Algebra II, Intro to Sociology, and Social Psychology. I’m not particularly thrilled about summer classes, but it will be good to get them out of the way now so I don’t have to worry about it later. And only taking three fast paced classes will still give me plenty of time for adventures and hangouts with my friends! AND as an extra special bonus, it FINALLY feels like spring in good ol’ Akron, Ohio! Hurray!!! The temperature has been in the forties and fifties and it’s been glorious. All of the snow that was heavily blanketing the city has melted away revealing green grass – a luxury that we haven’t seen in months! The mild weather has allowed me to break out my lighter jackets, maxi dresses and skirts, and (this is the best part) A PAIR OF SHORTS! I never thought my pasty pale legs would live to see the day outside of my skinny jeans after this awful winter – but lo and behold, I was able to break out a pair of sunflower printed shorts this past weekend and it was absolutely beautiful! Of course with the warmer weather coming on strong, this means I’ll have to shave my legs more often. -___- But I guess that’s just a small price to pay for some sunshine!

truee

Welp, I’m off to go get some more school work done, #fml. I hope you all have a fabulous rest of your day! Where are all of my fans of The Following at? How excited are you for tonight’s new episode? How do you feel about season three so far? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Mar9

Monday Update: Spring Break Edition!!!

Posted on by
Standard
Monday Update: Spring Break Edition!!!

Whatupppp. First and foremost, Happy Monday. Secondly, welcome to my week of spring break/killin the game! I have been getting SO much homework done, and it’s been so fulfilling! I never thought I would live to see the day that I would be saying that! In my College Composition II course we have a big final research paper that’s due at the end of the semester. I thought that my spring break would be the perfect time to get a leg up on all of the work so that I’m not scrambling around like a chicken without its head on during the final days before the paper is due. For the paper we had to pick a problem in the good ol’ USA and what we suggest should be done to solve it. I chose to write about why there should be stricter policies for bullying in schools. I’ll tell you what guys, I’ve read some very sick shit these past few days of finding resources. It’s definitely put a damper on my day already…for godsakes it’s only 1:30 in the afternoon and I feel like I need a drink! Despite how upsetting the topic is, it has proven to be very interesting. I’m just happy that I’m getting a lot done so I can relax a bit around the end of the semester, because I sold my soul to summer classes and god knows I’ll need a little R&R before those start. I registered last night to take Beginning Algebra II, Social Psychology, Intro to Sociology, and a history course. I’m not gonna lie, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed just thinking about it. The summer classes are going to move quickly, and I’m taking thirteen credit hours. I decided to take the next math course in my college journey since I’m already taking the first one now so everything will still be fresh in my noggin. I then opted for another psych class because I’m slaying my General Psychology course this semester. The Sociology course seems easy enough, so I feel like that one should be pretty stress free. And I enjoy history a lot so I shouldn’t have too much of a problem there. All of these courses other than math seem easy enough, so I figured I might as well get them out of the way now. The fact that the summer classes do move at a faster pace is intimidating, but because three out of the four classes I’m taking are things that I enjoy, I think that I should be fine. Fingers crossed anyways! And if I genuinely feel like I can’t handle it (which I doubt), I can always drop a class. It’s just kind of a bummer that the summer of my twenty-first birthday will be spent doing a butt load of school work. -__- But that’s okay, because my education is more important than getting white girl wasted will ever be…..I can’t believe I just said that. Hello, adulthood. Anyways, I’m not up to too much on my break, but that’s totally fine by me. It’s been so nice to stay up as late as I want, wake up whenever I want, not put on makeup, and spend all day watching Netflix. It’s honestly been a dream come true! I’ll definitely be up to some fun stuff this break though! The weather is warming up in good ol’ Akron, Ohio so leaving the house won’t be a complete pain in the ass. 😉 I have many coffee dates, hang outs, and a trip to the zoo planned so it should all be simply delightful. I also need to get some shopping done this break, because I have three birthdays coming up that I need to buy gifts for: both of my parents and my sister. I LOVE present shopping so it should be a good time! 😀

^^ I’ve been on a big Clay Your Hands Say Yeah kick as of late, so enjoy!

Well, this procrastination post has been fun, but I have a few more things to finish up before I can call it quits on school work for the day! Where are my fans of The Following at? How excited are you for the new episode tonight?! I for one can’t wait! What’s everyone up to today? Do you have a wild spring break story you can share with me? I’d love to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Have a great day! -Sarah