Blog 1: Introduction

Hello, My name is Katie Yale and I am a senior here at San Diego State majoring in communication. I have attended San Diego State for the past 3 years and I can't believe I will be graduating in the Spring (hopefully)! After graduating SDSU, I would like to pursue a career in the Education field.
I was born and raised in San Diego, so I have lived in the best place for 21 years :) When I started my freshmen year I moved to live on campus. I believe that living on campus has positively affected my experience at SDSU, by meeting new people and by helping me learn how to be a some what independent college student.

Here is a little bit about me: I like to be around people and I consider myself to be pretty outgoing. I like to go to the beach, hang out with friends, and go shopping. I am an Aquarius, which I think describes me 100%. Netflix is my guilty pleasure, and when I get into a TV show I binge watch until I finish the whole show. Some of my favorites are Mad Men, The Walking Dead, Scandal, Greys Anatomy, How to Get away with murder, House of Cards, and Gossip Girl.

My roommates and I at Stagecoach last April.

I have worked at a very busy restaurant in La Mesa called the Brigantine (which you've probably never heard of) since I was a senior in high school. It's a Seafood restaurant on the more expensive side of dining in East county, so most of the people that eat there are pretty old or wealthy. I started out as a hostess, just started serving and just found out today that I have been promoted to a cocktail waitress.. which at my job is where you make all the $$$!!! I also met my boyfriend at my job, and we actually were hired on the same day! During my freshmen year at SDSU, we finally started to date, and we have been happily together for 2 years. He goes to USD and is in a program that allows him to acquire his masters and teaching credential at the same time.

During my first semester at San Diego State I had a difficult time meeting people because a giant college campus was a huge adjustment to me from high school. I decided to go through recruitment and joined a sorority. It was one of the best decisions of my life! I met so many people and gained so many new friends that I know I will be friends with for the rest of my life. Unfortunately because I support myself financially, I had to make the tough decision to no longer be apart of my sorority. But through my sorority and San Diego State, I met some of my best friends that I have lived with for 3 years. We just moved to Pacific Beach and we are 3 blocks away from the beach! This is the closest I have ever lived to the ocean and it's so nice to be able to wake up and walk straight to the beach. We've been here for a week and it feels like I'm living in a vacation home with my best friends. 
About six months ago, I decided to get a puppy, which has been quite an experience! I got him from a lady in a parking lot, I saw him, fell in love, and had to take him home with me. He is a maltipoo and is the best thing that has happened to me! Potty training was rough, but after we got through that, he has been the sweetest dog and is so loving. I named him Toby and he's such a character. I feel like a old crazy dog lady that is stuck in a college girl's body.

Toby the day I adopted him.

I have not been in a RWS class since my first semester of freshmen year, and I am sort of excited to be in this class to become more of a creative writer. I feel like in my RWS 200 class I was expected to follow a prompt and write how my teacher expected, not how I actually wrote. I wish all of you luck this semester and I am looking forward to getting to know all of you better!