2 days of photoshop for this?

I have tried like everything I could figure out to do, every tutorial that I have found, but nothing seems to work with this picture! This, that is so simple to do, is the most I could come up with, that actually came out like something not that horrible!

As you might understand, my photography inspiration is not at the top at the time. I just have so much to do, with school and everything! But, soon I will take some time out for photography too. I promise. But Photoshop has been a big part of my days in this time. I think its maybe because I cam work in Photoshop both on school, at home or everywhere else, as long as I bring my computer with me...

I'm really sorry for not uploading or updating anything lately...