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Life in general

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:26:22 GMT

Things that are new:
-I didn't get the RA job. I was kinda bummed at first but since i've been at college it seems that when something doesn't go the way I want it to something else does so i'm moving on and waiting for the next best thing!
- I have had this burst of concentration on school work lately so i've been taking advantage of that and hoping it stays till the semester is over in 29 days.
-I am loving the weather. It makes me think of summer and the beach and riding in a car with the top down and blaring insane music like the spice girls or something.
-I can't wait for the summer. I am interning at the Red Cross doing PR for their biggest blood drive of the year. I am wicked excited. However, I still have to work at McDonalds... for the 4th summer in a row! (I'm doing everything I possibly can to avoid that thought)
-I dropped my spanish major to a minor and added a business administration minor. It means more work but it should be fun.
-I am hoping to find my love of journalism again! I seemed to have misplaced it this semester. I wonder if that has anything to do with Newswriting?
-I've been reading a lot more lately. I seem to buying a new book everyday from Amazon. Any suggestions on the next one?
-I am going to have to adjust to waking up early next semester. I have 8:30 class every day. It's so weird to me because I woke up at 6 a.m. 7 days a week for basically 3 years and it was no big deal. Now I can't seem to wake up for an 8:30 class to save my life. Time to get back to the high school routine I guess. :-)
-I kinda forgot about my one year anniversary with the boyfriend. He called me and asked me if I knew what the day was and I said April 6!! It was not one of my finer moments. (My excuse: I was too busy trying to remember stats formulas)
-I'm looking forward to the rest of the semester.

Life

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:30:56 GMT

So I am learning very quickly that friends just come and go. I said something to one of my friends and she took it the wrong way and now shes not talking to me. I try to be honest with my friends and tell them how I feel and it just flies back up and smacks me in the face. I just wish I could find friends that understand that I don't tell them what they want to hear... I tell them what they need to hear. It is how I was raised and I think I will always be like that. I am not going to change just to be friends with someone...

In other news: I am applying to be an RA and an Orientation Team Leader. The RA process is going well but the O-Team process has been rough. I find out if I got the O-Team position next week. I am a little nervous. I find out tomorrow or the next day if I made it to the next RA step. Having 4 interviews in two weeks has been pretty rough but I am pretty sure it will help me ace some interviews for internships I have next week. If I get the O-Team position I am going to try to find an internship that will allow me to take the month of July off. If I don't get it I will just work an internship and part time at McDonalds. So summer should be nothing but relaxing. :-P Just the way I like it.

I've been really missing the boyfriend lately. The one year anniversary is coming up and I havent decided if im going to mention it. I like the way things are between us. No pressure. We just do our own thing and we talk when we have something to say not because we have to. I am just worried that mentioning it to him will make the pressure increase. Who knows? Ill figure it out somehow.

I decided to buy all 4 seasons of One Tree Hill and some books I have been dying to read. Its a great feeling to be able to buy something for myself for once. I have also come down with some crazy illness that combines a head cold, a chest cold, a sinus infection and some stomach flu. It totally wiped me out today.

So I plan on going to class tomorrow, and reading this weekend. Hopefully it will be relaxing.

Update on life

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:57:07 GMT

So life has been super crazy lately. This past week I was in a car accident. Jill and I went home for the weekend and on the way back we went off the road near Friendship. It was pretty scary but we are both ok and her car is ok. I have decided to apply to be an RA and to be an orientation team leader. Hopefully things with that will work out. This semester has been pretty crazy. The first couple of weeks my life was consumed with the Sweethearts dance and everything that came with that. Now that the dance is over I have been crazy busy with work. All this week we have been working till 1 or 2am. It definitely has caused a lot of stress as well as many hours of lost sleep. This coming week looks really crazy with work but it will all be over on Friday. I will definitely be spending my midterm break sleeping and relaxing, and filling out applications, finding an internship, writing a resume, doing my taxes, and other random things. :-)

Transferring update

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:58:11 GMT

So in case anyone is wondering I have decided not to transfer. Some great professors have shown me my options at Bonas and clearly there is no reason for me to leave. I am going to do a concentration in PR and I am thinking about possibly doing the IMC program. Who knows though. I have some time to figure it out. Maybe more posts later.

Transferring

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:25:28 GMT

So I finally told my parents and friends about my thought of transferring to a different school. Don't get me wrong I LOVE Bonas but for some reason I just don't feel like I am getting the education I need to do what I want to do in life. I am sooo nervous about this and cant fully explain to anyone why I feel this way. I have loved the majority of my classes as well the professors. Bonas has such a great support system but there is just an unsettling feeling I have felt since the middle of last semester.

Over break I looked into different schools and I have a great interest in Marist College. I sent in the application today and am planning on visiting the school over Feb. break. I am not known to just rush into things and even though I have thought about this for MONTHS I still feel like I am rushing it. I guess we will see what happens.

But for now I am going to watch RENT. That always seems to make me feel better.

Goals

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:55:03 GMT

All my life I have had HUGE! dreams. The biggest being going to Africa to do missionary work with the poor as well as those suffering from HIV/AIDS. I have also wanted to write a book about the situations in Africa. However, this goal has to wait. First I need to finish college and get a wonderful job in NYC. (also other goals) As I was day dreaming in my Latin and Greek Etymology class I decided I needed to make goals/a to do list for this semester. So here goes

-Get at least a 3.5 GPA

-Get an A in Dr. Wilkins News writing class

-Join/stay in the following clubs to build my resume:

-BV

-CAB

-SGA

-Student Ambassadors

-Writing Group

-SIFE

-Network

-Random other things that I can’t remember.

So hopefully I will be off to Africa in no time! :-)

2nd Semester

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:25:46 GMT

As the last week of break came around I could not wait to go back to school. I missed everything about Bonas. I came back on Saturday afternoon to go to the basketball game. It was a well played game but we lost. I spent Sunday being lazy and preparing for class. I was all ready for classes to start today as it would give me something to do.

So I went to History at 10:30 and it was everything I expected. I had the same professor last semester so I know what to expect. I had Comp and Critical Thinking II at 1:30 and I am very nervous about the class. The professor seems great but it made me nervous about the class. Comp and Crit I was fun and challenging at the same time. So we will see how that goes. Afterwards I went to Statistics and it was awful. I have always been bad at math. That is why I want to be a writer. However, I need to pass this stats class in order to graduate. I have a feeling I will be spending a lot of time in the math lab.

Tomorrow I have Latin and Greek Etymology which hopefully will be an easy 8:30am class. I have Spanish at 1pm with the same professor from last semester. I loved my Spanish class last semester so much I made it my second major. So I am looking forward to Spanish. At 4pm I have Newswriting and Reporting with Dr. Wilkins. I have incredibly mixed emotions about this class. I know that you have to earn respect from Dr. Wilkins and I am so afraid of this simple fact. I have a great respect for him and am hoping he will at least give me a chance to prove I have what it takes.

In October I was elected class secretary and we are in the process of planning a sweethearts dance. I have meetings all week with various people throughout campus so we can put this thing together. Its very exciting because I love putting things together. It should be a wonderful event when we pull it off.

This semester will definitely have me busy but I greet it with open arms.

Christmas Break and life in general

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:32:15 GMT

So life is a little weird at home. Ok maybe more than a little weird.

My mom (who has been MIA in my life for 16 years) decided not to continue living in NY anymore so she is going back to Texas. However, this time shes taking my brother, my sister, my nephew, my soon to be neice or nephew, my brother in law and my boyfriend!!!! Awesome! So 1/2 the people that i come home to see on breaks will be half way across the country. They were supposed to leave in March but my sister decided to wait until the baby is born before she leaves. So maybe June or later. Either way at one point i need to prepare for that.

Dave and i decided to make things official... FINALLY! we have only been fighting this since APRIL! i havent told my grandparents about him yet because i am afraid of what they will say. I know its weird. I tell my grandparents everything but i cant seem to tell them about Dave. He isnt exactly the most accomplished person and my grandpa is really judgemental and i could just image what he would say. I know my grandma would act like she was happy for me but it would bother her. Its hard to explain to someone that you see things in a person most people dont take the time to see. so who knows... maybe i will tell them in time.

Christmas was alright. I have all these fond, vivid memories of christmas morning but it just doesnt feel the same anymore. i am getting older so my grandparents dont really see why i still need presents. i also had to work 8 hrs at the hell hole on christmas. my family doesnt do much for christmas either so its not a great big festive feast for me.

With the arrival of a month off of school i decided to go back to work at mcdonalds. as much as i hate that place i really need the money. i know everyone has a complaint about their town but i forgot how stupid some of the people in my town are. they have no work ethic and give everyone attitude. it makes work so much harder. however, i just do my job and deal with the "stupid" people.

So break has been pretty interesting so far. I cant wait to go back to school. i have found to really enjoy my major and everything that i have to do. homework is fun for me at school. its not like high school where i felt everything was busy work. i am actually learning things! my friends also make school really enjoyable. not to say that my friends from home arent fun but my friends at school are just... better. i cant really explain it because i dont really know what the deal is.

Hope everyone has a great new years!

Writing

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:25:30 GMT

It's times like this when i really start to doubt my major. It is so easy to write a live journal entry or just free writing but when i get an assignment it takes me forever to write it. It's not even the topic of the essay that freezes me up. It's just the idea that someone else is going to read it, judge it, and grade it. It is obviously something i need to get over if i ever plan on being successful in my major. So here goes back to finish writing this essay.

General Courtesy

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:59:40 GMT

With finals less than 24 hours away there is nothing more annoying than rude people. I have come to the conclusion that many people missed the "general courtesy" lesson of life. Is it really necessary to yell down the hallway? Must you trash the bathroom? Do you really have to blare Mariah Carey? Must you be loud at midnight? I have tolerated it the rest of the semester but when I am trying to study it is by far worse than not knowing what to study for this test i have at 8am.

College

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:09:07 GMT

So I decided to create this blog in order to keep up with everything that is going on. College is flying by and I feel like I haven't really done anything successful. I've been sick a lot which I guess is all just getting used to the whole college lifestyle. I live on a floor with about 40 girls. We shower in the same showers, use the same sinks, door handles and its all one big germ fest. I've stocked up on vitamins and antibacterial wipes. Midterm break has come and gone and its now winding down to finals week. Ive spent all week making study guides, writing essays, reading, etc. No big complaints about college except the loudness and rudeness of the girls on my floor. They have no consideration for the other people that live there. I'm looking forward to going home. It will be nice to spend time with my family. I'm especially looking forward to hanging out with my niece and nephews.