Soundtrack to My Life

So as I mentioned in my last post this was the first week of school for me. Well and most of Nevada. This semester I'm taking 4 classes & I just happen to end up with Ethnic Studies as one of my chosen courses. I've never taken an Ethnic Studies class so I was very unsure of what to think, but Corey assured me it would be okay. Plus his good friend is the professor. I feel like I mentioned that last week, but I'll mention it again. Today was the 2nd day of class & we've already gotten our first big project. We're suppose to do a soundtrack of life. You pick 5 different topics from a list and pick a song that you think relates to that topic & your own life. So here I am at 11 o'clock at night trying to figure out what topics to choose. Who knew I'd almost find a song for every topic on this sheet? I think my love for lyrics in songs has a little something to do with that :) Thank you blogging for helping me out with this school assignment! I've decided to share the topics with you guys & the songs that I picked. Maybe you all can help me pick my 5. Along with the song we have to write a little paragraph to explain to the class as to why we chose the topic & song.

Category A (minimum of 2 choices form this list)

• What’s a song in your library that reminds you of your family, or person in your family?  Don't Forget to Remember Me - Carrie Underwood
• What’s a song that reminds you of your childhood? Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye.
• What song makes you want to dance? 22- Taylor Swift.
• What song do you love to get ready to in the morning? Total Eclipse of The Heart- Glee Cast.
• What song makes you want to cry? For this one I picked Crazy by K-Ci and JoJo.
• What song chills you out?! Amber- 311

 
Category B (minimum of 2 choices from this list)

• What’s a song in your library that describes where you’d like the world to go? Hey World( Remote Control Version) - Michael Franti.
• What song describes your ideals regarding love? More Than Words- Extreme. If you know me well you know this is my future wedding song. So don't steal it!
•  What song do you associate with your dreams? Pursuit of Happiness- Kid Cudi.
• What’s a song that talks about an issue or problem in the world that you think we don’t talk about enough? Um this one I have no clue....

• What’s a song that offends you? This one either....
• What’s a song in your library that defines what your gender should be like? Destiny's Child - Survivor.
• What’s a song that makes you feel empowered? Eye of the Tiger- Survivor
• What’s a song that you feel, “keeps you going?” Treasure- Bruno Mars

Now if you guys could give me any feedback that would be great :) I think I already have my choices picked out in my head, but I want to see what you guys think as well! It's so funny to me to see how varied my taste in music is. & this is only a few songs. I have hundreds. Picking just a few was hard.

                                                            Xoxo, Syd

 Lola taking a second to smell the roses.

They're really not roses though...

First day of school :)

So Long Sweet Summer

Before I even begin writing anything new I just want to say that I'm probably the worst "blogger" out there. I've started 3 posts in the last few weeks, but I seem to never finish them. Terrible I know. Looking back on the last post I posted blows my mind. Since then a few things have changed, but not everything is meant to be ya know? My last post was back in June & since then I've had a birthday & also I've gone on vacation! 22 has been a good age for me so far, plus there's a catchy Taylor Swift song about being 22! For my birthday my mom & I ventured up to Colorado. Now everyone asks why I picked Colorado. Well I have this list that I made once upon a time & Colorado was on it. Also my mom, brother, grandma, cousins, & Corey have all been there this year which made me want to go even more. I got the opportunity to go to Denver & Glenwood Springs. I was so excited to go to Denver because my brother had told me about how much he loved Denver which is stranger. My brother & I are both in love with sweet ol' Henderson so I was surprised to hear that. One thing I can say that I didn't like about Colorado was their damn airport! Las Vegas & Reno both have simple airports & DIA made me nuts. The second I stepped off of the plane I was surrounded by cowboy hats & hippies. That sentence alone explains Colorado. The day after we got in we drove to downtown Denver & we got stuck in the worst traffic! I will never complain about the traffic on the strip again. I got to do a bit of shopping before we headed over to the Rockies baseball game. Thankfully I only bought a few little things. I even got to take my first pedi cab ride in downtown Denver. Now I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but I grew up around it thanks to my dad. My dad coached baseball & softball almost my entire life so I'm use to attending games. I don't have my own team, but I favor the Dodgers because of my family & the Yankees because of Corey. The weather was beautiful & the game was a lot of fun.  After the game was over we walked out & there was a horse waiting for me! My mom's best friend had arranged for a horse drawn carriage to pick us up. It was definitely fun to ride around downtown Denver with a horse leading the way. The next day we set out early en route to Glenwood Springs. Now this place was AMAZING! I had decided that I wanted to go rafting while I was in Colorado & Mike picked Glenwood Springs & I now know why. That place is so beautiful. The second we got there we went into the Hotel Colorado & signed in for our rafting group. While we waited we got to explore a little further. Apparently the Hotel Colorado is haunted! How amazing is that! This hotel is old & definitely beautiful. Plus Teddy Roosevelt use to stay there. How amazing is that? Glenwood Springs was definitely the highlight of my trip. My friends & I may even make a trip back up that way for Spring Break! Exciting :) Another update on my life is that I've been going to church again! Not the LDS church, but I've been going with my sweet co worker Skyler. I've already made a couple of new friends. One of them is my soul twin. We have so many things in common! She even use to live on my street! Monday I start school... Seriously where has this summer gone? I've got Corey checking in on me every day to make sure that I'm in all of my classes & one of his co workers is one of my professors. I will get away with nothing this semester. Wish me luck! In honor of this upcoming school semester I've dubbed this weekend my "turnt up" weekend. My co worker Mike is always telling me to go out & get crazy so that's what I fully intend to do. Starting tomorrow night! Might as well before I become a school zombie. As a matter of fact tonight I went on a gondola ride with this guy. It was 18 dollars a person & it only lasted about 10 minutes, but hey it had to be scratched off of my bucket list. Plus we met a very nice couple from Canada. Plus something hilarious happened right before our ride! We had finally found some parking & as soon as we got into the hotel this young guy stuck his arm out & tried to touch my face! It was one of the weirdest things to ever happen to me. Having that guy in Reno lick my hand is still #1 on my list. Speaking of Reno, I was there this time last year! That makes me kind of sad, but I know it all happened for a reason. Plus now I get to go up in October with some of my friends & watch the wolf pack kill the rebels yet again. It'll be my 4th year in a row at the rivalry game.  Reno in October is beautiful! They have a real Fall. & in case you didn't know, Fall is my FAVORITE season of the year :) Now I'm going to end my little update blog post because I'm going to try to wake up at 7 tomorrow morning. I've been trying to go running with my dog in the morning & since I'm no longer a morning person I need the extra sleep. I hope you all had an amazing summer! I know that I did :) It was full of amazing friends, good times, nights I don't remember, & memories that I won't ever forget. I know you will all have a fantastic first day back to school on Monday. I will for sure let you all know how mine goes :)
                           
                                                                        Xoxo,
                                                                                  Sydney :)

Got a tattoo with my mom :)

Las Vegas lightning! Amazing!

The Coffee Cup with my mom & brother :)

Stuck in traffic in BC

Gondola ride

Amazing view of the valley tonight

 

My brother always takes pictures with the Indian

at Disneyland. I had to do the same with the

Glenwood Springs Indian & send it to him.

Rockies game

My birthday :)

Downtown Denver

Glenwood Springs <3

My ride for the night

 

Songs I can't stop listening to:

This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding

Your Side Of The Bed- Little Big Town

Demons- Imagine Dragons

Holy Grail- Jay-Z

Every Night - Imagine Dragons

Summer Girl- Jessica Andrews