During the beginning of this month, my mother, boyfriend, and I made a little trip up to my home state (MA) for my sister’s wedding and to also look for some apartments up there. While on the fun filled drive…I suppose I was “speeding” a little and just HAD to get stopped in the nice old state of New Jersey. Yes folks, my first ever speeding ticket, and not even in the state I live in!

I could have done like most others do when they get pulled over; try and come up with excuses, but I didn’t and was calm through the whole thing. I even laughed a little with my mother and boyfriend, who did warn me that one day I would get a speeding ticket for my “crazy” driving. (Thanks mom and Mike, you guys totally jinxed me) Anyways, the cop had a pretty calm attitude himself and told me he clocked me going 86 in a 65 zone. >_> (so maybe I was speeding a little, but you try driving all the way from FL to MA and not want to hurry up and get there!) I told him I was sorry and didn’t mean to, that I was trying to get to MA for my sister’s wedding. He just nodded his head and went back to his cop car. About 5 minutes later he came back with my pretty little ticket and told me that he had reduced the speed to 79 so I wouldn’t have to pay so much. (remember you are able to go at least 5 miles over the speed limit, so it was recorded as 9 miles over the speed limit)

Not sure if that was something cops usually do, or if he was being nice, since it was my first ticket EVER, but I was thankful and made sure to drive the speed limit while in NJ. So, I did learn my lesson; NEVER speed while in the North…haha, just kidding, but it did get me to be more aware of my speed and also to watch for cops hiding behind bridges…the bums.

On a random note, I just found out that “Rocsi” from 106 & Park’s real name is Raquel Roxanne Diaz. WTH? One, that’s an odd combination of names, and two that’s totally biting off my name (Roxanne Diaz). Well not really, but when I search my name now, all I get is news about her and crap…how lame. Oh well.

I’ve been slacking on my blogging, sorry about that. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. =)

So much has happened in the last month, counting between the end of June and till now, that its too much to write out. To explain it in a nutshell, I’m moving. Yup, no more Florida or Orlando. Well at least just for tiny bit longer as I fix some loose ends here and clean up shop…haha. I’ve decided to finally go to New York and attend The New York Film Academy that I’ve been looking at for a good year now.

If you’re a constant reader, you’ll know I talked about going to Full Sail here in Orlando and are probably wondering what happened to my idea of going there? Well, its called reality, the school is REALLY expensive for just two years and I’m too poor for it. Even if I applied for the Pell Grant and took out loans…after two years and 7 months, I’d have to be paying it all back. $75,000.00 USD is not easy to pay back no matter the “monthly installments”. I know that’s how college life is, but it makes more sense if it were spanned out to 4 years instead of 2, no?

Anywho, the NYFA is much cheaper and pretty much the same as Full Sail, probably only a little more old school and better yet, in the heart of New York City. I’m a sucker for the city! Well until I can officially move there, which will most likely be at the beginning of next year or ending of this one, I hope, I will be saving up like crazy. Now I just need to decide whether I save up in Tallahassee or back in my home state of Massachusetts? Hmmm….