Study study study today (comp apps and calc and psych) and pack up the car today. Then its test-time after work tomorrow (2 tests - comp apps and calc), then driving home for Betsey's Christmas concert. Then I drive back from the concert that night, get some sleep (minimal, but enough to function) and take a psych exam. Then it's back home I go! Yeah, I know, coming back for a psych exam is stupid, but my prof is like that. Great guy.
So my next three days are going to be killers...but Thursday evening is going to make it all worthwhile. Betsey is going to rock her solo, I'm going to be kicking it in a new outfit ;) and I am going to hear the PCS choir knock our socks off (I've never listened to them, I just sang with them). Plus I get to see all my old high school buddies. It's gonna be grand!! If you're reading this and you live within a ten-mile radius of PCS, a PCS student, or the location of the Christmas concert, COME SEE IT!!! It is free and SO worth your time!!
I love Christmas. On Saturday we are going tree shopping!! And regular shopping (probably Lighthouse Place). I'm psyched. I LOVE the smell of pine needles. You get one sniff of it and you swell with happiness...it's the joy of the season. Get out there and make the most of it! Visit with your family (the time you have with them is so short), go sledding with friends, throw a snowball, catch a snowflake, drink some cider, play some tackle football, LIVE IT UP!! You won't regret it, and it will get you through the next semester/quarter just with those memories.
I'm out like a fat kid in dodgeball.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
stick a fork in me...
Well folks, I just completed the worst academic day yet at Rose. This makes the third day I haven't gotten comp apps hmwrk done...although the other days I actually turned in something. Then I went on to fill my lunch hour madly trying to finish a calc assignment, only to find out that it was not due until the next day. Then I traversed on to fail (or nearly fail) a physics final because I spent all the time I could have been studying for it on comp apps and calc. So after that (and my psychology class) I finished a physics lab, ate dinner, played and lost a bball game, then decided to have some ME time.
No, that's not mechanical engineering time, that's quality, do-nothing-but-what-i-want-to-do-because-i-have-a-car-temporarily time. It rocked. I am in such a good mood now...yay!! I finished buying a Christmas gift for my roomie and spent some time at Starbucks with me, my laptop, and a peppermint mocha grande. Most enjoyable, however, was singing at the top of my lungs in the car, blasting my country tunes. Oh yeah! I didn't even cry once. That was a shocker in and of itself. It was just a good time.
Now I am back at Rose and I must go to bed because tomorrow is just as if not more busy as today was, and it starts super early as I get help on my comp apps. Wish me luck (I have 3 more tests this week)! Hopefully I can get everything done by Thursday and work moved up as well so I don't have to come back to Rose on Friday. We shall see. Good night everyone! Signing off.
No, that's not mechanical engineering time, that's quality, do-nothing-but-what-i-want-to-do-because-i-have-a-car-temporarily time. It rocked. I am in such a good mood now...yay!! I finished buying a Christmas gift for my roomie and spent some time at Starbucks with me, my laptop, and a peppermint mocha grande. Most enjoyable, however, was singing at the top of my lungs in the car, blasting my country tunes. Oh yeah! I didn't even cry once. That was a shocker in and of itself. It was just a good time.
Now I am back at Rose and I must go to bed because tomorrow is just as if not more busy as today was, and it starts super early as I get help on my comp apps. Wish me luck (I have 3 more tests this week)! Hopefully I can get everything done by Thursday and work moved up as well so I don't have to come back to Rose on Friday. We shall see. Good night everyone! Signing off.
Monday, December 13, 2004
Thursday, December 02, 2004
bored...yawn
Well, I am at work not working. I do have calculus I could do, but it's not really required and I am stuck on it, so here I am doing not a thing.
I am SO excited about tonight. It is SWE weekend, so there are a ton of girls coming to visit and lots of freshmen are hosting them. But six of those SWE girls are vball recruits as well. Katie and I are hosting Jackie...she is one of Katie's best friends from high school! So I have already met her and Katie knows her really well. It is going to be so much fun! We get to show her around, do some fun things with her, and all that good stuff.
It is free small coffee day at Starbucks!! Everyone go, you will finally get atonement for paying ridiculous prices every other day for their coffee. Yay! It is only between 6-8 PM and it is only for small coffees...but it is FREE. Go for it.
14 days...exactly two weeks until I am home for Betsey's Christmas concert. Then it is only another day until I am home for Christmas break! Woohoo! I need to go Christmas shopping (not that it will be much, I am only a poor college kid). Well, I had better get a little more calculus done before class tomorrow. Bye, all.
I am SO excited about tonight. It is SWE weekend, so there are a ton of girls coming to visit and lots of freshmen are hosting them. But six of those SWE girls are vball recruits as well. Katie and I are hosting Jackie...she is one of Katie's best friends from high school! So I have already met her and Katie knows her really well. It is going to be so much fun! We get to show her around, do some fun things with her, and all that good stuff.
It is free small coffee day at Starbucks!! Everyone go, you will finally get atonement for paying ridiculous prices every other day for their coffee. Yay! It is only between 6-8 PM and it is only for small coffees...but it is FREE. Go for it.
14 days...exactly two weeks until I am home for Betsey's Christmas concert. Then it is only another day until I am home for Christmas break! Woohoo! I need to go Christmas shopping (not that it will be much, I am only a poor college kid). Well, I had better get a little more calculus done before class tomorrow. Bye, all.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
And life goes on...
Wow, how quickly things change. I remember in high school wondering how I would feel when this started happening, only nothing could have prepared me for it to start so soon.
My vball buddy Ashly is engaged. Whoa. Her ring is beautiful, and I was really excited for her, but tons of doubts and questions began rolling around in the back of my mind as soon as she told me. Does she have any idea what she is getting into? How can she be ready for such a big step already? I guess some people just are, but it still worries me. At least she did make the comment that they weren't going to get married for a long while yet. Good to hear. I really hope things work out for her.
My first day of classes for the second quarter is officially over! (and there are 25 days until Christmas!!) It was an interesting day. I was in a horrible mood most of the day, then at the end we had our first IM bball game and I was in a great mood after that. We lost pretty badly, but it was our all-girl team playing an all-boy team, and let's just say they had lots of height and a bit of talent on us. We played hard though (several girls had not played before and they did SO well) and the final score wasn't that far apart: fifty-something to twenty-something. We are going to switch to the co-ed league where we get a point handicap: for every field goal and three point shot made, we get three points. We also get three free-throw attempts for every shooting foul. It should help us out a bit.
Classes...they are alright. I know I am going to get into a debate with my psychology professor sometime. There is a bunch of evolution crap in the stuff he says and he puts down Christianity as well. Grrr. I like my calc prof, though, and physics I have the same prof in. That's not good except for the fact that he gives out only a little homework. My computer applications class should be interesting. The prof (my first female one) is a little weird, but the class seems fun, and we have a big project thing at the end of the quarter. Makes me somewhat nervous, but also excited.
One aMAzing thing about my comp apps class is that on the first exam, if I score a C or higher, I do not have to come to class for the next week. Woohoo! That week is used to catch up the students who really aren't understanding the course material. I am SO getting a good grade on that test!
Well, I had better get to work...granted, there is nothing to do, but I will try to entertain myself. Yay for Christmas break in three weeks!!
My vball buddy Ashly is engaged. Whoa. Her ring is beautiful, and I was really excited for her, but tons of doubts and questions began rolling around in the back of my mind as soon as she told me. Does she have any idea what she is getting into? How can she be ready for such a big step already? I guess some people just are, but it still worries me. At least she did make the comment that they weren't going to get married for a long while yet. Good to hear. I really hope things work out for her.
My first day of classes for the second quarter is officially over! (and there are 25 days until Christmas!!) It was an interesting day. I was in a horrible mood most of the day, then at the end we had our first IM bball game and I was in a great mood after that. We lost pretty badly, but it was our all-girl team playing an all-boy team, and let's just say they had lots of height and a bit of talent on us. We played hard though (several girls had not played before and they did SO well) and the final score wasn't that far apart: fifty-something to twenty-something. We are going to switch to the co-ed league where we get a point handicap: for every field goal and three point shot made, we get three points. We also get three free-throw attempts for every shooting foul. It should help us out a bit.
Classes...they are alright. I know I am going to get into a debate with my psychology professor sometime. There is a bunch of evolution crap in the stuff he says and he puts down Christianity as well. Grrr. I like my calc prof, though, and physics I have the same prof in. That's not good except for the fact that he gives out only a little homework. My computer applications class should be interesting. The prof (my first female one) is a little weird, but the class seems fun, and we have a big project thing at the end of the quarter. Makes me somewhat nervous, but also excited.
One aMAzing thing about my comp apps class is that on the first exam, if I score a C or higher, I do not have to come to class for the next week. Woohoo! That week is used to catch up the students who really aren't understanding the course material. I am SO getting a good grade on that test!
Well, I had better get to work...granted, there is nothing to do, but I will try to entertain myself. Yay for Christmas break in three weeks!!
Saturday, November 27, 2004
for lacey bc i am slow
Why do I get so excited about stuff? I should know by now that showing any exterior signs of happiness calls down unwanted attention on yourself.
Story: I finish my final, the last one, and head to my room, totally psyched about hitting the road to go home - especially because I am headed immediately from my home to see my brand new niece, Grace Elizabeth. Woohoo!
I pack up and leave. I get home three LONG hours later to stop briefly by my house, say hi and bye to my dad, and drive on up two MORE hours to see Grace. That’s when things get a little messy. Fog starts creeping in. At first I am like, “Oo, that’s pretty, kinda fun…” Until I cannot see more than ten feet in front of me. FYI, stopping distance going from 70 mph to a dead stop takes longer than ten feet. At first I try to keep going, thinking I can tough it out. Then I realize I have never driven myself alone to my sister’s college…what if I pass it in the fog? So I see a rest stop and pull off there. I call my mom, who calls my sister, who calls her boyfriend, and what follows is me waiting an hour and a half as my sister drives sixty miles out of her way to the wrong exit, then finally finds me at the exit I am actually at.
Yeah, it was horrible. There was a guy that sat there about forty-five minutes next to me and kept staring at me…aahhh!! The silent fog at night was totally creepy as well. I was glad to get out of there, but by the time I did it was midnight and too late to go see the baby. So I went to Emily’s apartment and slept there.
But when I finally did see Grace…she is SO beautiful!! What a perfect baby. Boy can she cry, but mostly she slept or was pretty quiet. Currently she has dark hair and blue eyes, but I think her eyes are going to change to brown (both Luke and Lacey’s are). I guess she’s big for a newborn (9 lbs 12 oz, 23 in long), but she seems so tiny!! I can’t wait to see her again, and I technically have not even left yet. I hate the fact that I live so far away. She won’t even remember me next time I see her, and she’ll forget again after I leave.
Well folks, its time to start enjoying my vacation!! Yup, that means twelve hours of sleep per night, lots of good home cooked food, and tons of lounging around mixed in for good measure!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Story: I finish my final, the last one, and head to my room, totally psyched about hitting the road to go home - especially because I am headed immediately from my home to see my brand new niece, Grace Elizabeth. Woohoo!
I pack up and leave. I get home three LONG hours later to stop briefly by my house, say hi and bye to my dad, and drive on up two MORE hours to see Grace. That’s when things get a little messy. Fog starts creeping in. At first I am like, “Oo, that’s pretty, kinda fun…” Until I cannot see more than ten feet in front of me. FYI, stopping distance going from 70 mph to a dead stop takes longer than ten feet. At first I try to keep going, thinking I can tough it out. Then I realize I have never driven myself alone to my sister’s college…what if I pass it in the fog? So I see a rest stop and pull off there. I call my mom, who calls my sister, who calls her boyfriend, and what follows is me waiting an hour and a half as my sister drives sixty miles out of her way to the wrong exit, then finally finds me at the exit I am actually at.
Yeah, it was horrible. There was a guy that sat there about forty-five minutes next to me and kept staring at me…aahhh!! The silent fog at night was totally creepy as well. I was glad to get out of there, but by the time I did it was midnight and too late to go see the baby. So I went to Emily’s apartment and slept there.
But when I finally did see Grace…she is SO beautiful!! What a perfect baby. Boy can she cry, but mostly she slept or was pretty quiet. Currently she has dark hair and blue eyes, but I think her eyes are going to change to brown (both Luke and Lacey’s are). I guess she’s big for a newborn (9 lbs 12 oz, 23 in long), but she seems so tiny!! I can’t wait to see her again, and I technically have not even left yet. I hate the fact that I live so far away. She won’t even remember me next time I see her, and she’ll forget again after I leave.
Well folks, its time to start enjoying my vacation!! Yup, that means twelve hours of sleep per night, lots of good home cooked food, and tons of lounging around mixed in for good measure!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
just hang in there...
Well folks, I finished 2 out of 3 finals. 1 more to go!! It's the big one too. Calculus. Uugh. (that was a shiver/moan of horror/disgust)
So I can't believe it...tomorrow I'm going home!!! That's craziness. It's so soon. That means my first quarter at college will be officially over then. It went so fast!
Next quarter I have computer applications. That means Luke is going to be getting a lot more calls from me...hehe. I hope it will be fun; it sounds interesting, at least. Someone told me it was really basic, as if warning me to get out of it if possible...yeah, right! That's exactly what I need... as basic as possible!!
to do list: out to eat w/KT (at 11 PM, welcome to college)
sleep
study calc w/Joe @ lunch
take calc final
pack
HOME!!!!!
So I can't believe it...tomorrow I'm going home!!! That's craziness. It's so soon. That means my first quarter at college will be officially over then. It went so fast!
Next quarter I have computer applications. That means Luke is going to be getting a lot more calls from me...hehe. I hope it will be fun; it sounds interesting, at least. Someone told me it was really basic, as if warning me to get out of it if possible...yeah, right! That's exactly what I need... as basic as possible!!
to do list: out to eat w/KT (at 11 PM, welcome to college)
sleep
study calc w/Joe @ lunch
take calc final
pack
HOME!!!!!
Monday, November 15, 2004
IT'S A GIRL!!!!
She's beautiful!!!! I think. Well, actually, I haven't SEEN her yet, because of STUPID FINALS! I will see her on Wednesday, though, and by then she will be out of the hospital and home. Her name is Grace Elizabeth. She was 9 lbs, possibly 8 oz (Em wasn't positive on that) and 23 inches long. Big baby!!! KT (my roomie) says Grace is gonna take after her dad height-wise.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER!!!!
Well, wish me luck on all my finals. I have physics today, graph comm tomorrow, and calculus the day after that. Then it's pack-time and heading on up to Michigan!! I'll be booked these three days, so if you wanna chat, catch me at home on Thursday. On to testing (yuk).
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER!!!!
Well, wish me luck on all my finals. I have physics today, graph comm tomorrow, and calculus the day after that. Then it's pack-time and heading on up to Michigan!! I'll be booked these three days, so if you wanna chat, catch me at home on Thursday. On to testing (yuk).
Friday, November 12, 2004
False Alarm
Sorry, folks, I know you're all on pins and needles, but you'll just have to be poked a while longer. No bambino as of now and the near future doesn't look very promising either. Lacey (the pregnant one) is going out to eat with friends, if that gives you a better look at the situation.
So I'm here, studying for finals... wait, no I'm not, BECAUSE STUPID PROFESSORS ASSIGN HOMEWORK AND QUIZZES RIGHT BEFORE FINALS!!! So I will be writing 2 annotations for rhetoric, doing a worksheet and 2 homework problems for physics, and studying for a calc quiz. Not to mention the portfolio due Monday before noon for rhetoric. Ah, I love my profs.
Keep it real, folks. And don't answer those foreign telemarketers.
So I'm here, studying for finals... wait, no I'm not, BECAUSE STUPID PROFESSORS ASSIGN HOMEWORK AND QUIZZES RIGHT BEFORE FINALS!!! So I will be writing 2 annotations for rhetoric, doing a worksheet and 2 homework problems for physics, and studying for a calc quiz. Not to mention the portfolio due Monday before noon for rhetoric. Ah, I love my profs.
Keep it real, folks. And don't answer those foreign telemarketers.
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Story time:
I am sleeping oh-so-peacefully after attending my eight o'clock class (whose idea was that, anyways? who's awake then?) when my phone starts ringing. Of course, I am up in my eight-foot high loft and am wedged neatly between mattress and ceiling, so I cannot get to the phone fast enough (unless I roll off the side in a not-so-graceful, slightly-painful move). I shimmy down as quickly as possible, however, and check my messages. My mom has left a message saying, "Erin, CALL HOME ASAP THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM..." ok, maybe I'm reading into it a little, but "call home when you can" has that ring to it, ya know?
So I call home.
And the moral of this story is.....
MY NIECE OR NEPHEW IS BEING BORN AS WE SPEAK!!!!!!!
WAHOO!!!!!!
Therefore, I will not be around for a while, but contrary to my last post, not because I died, but because someone else is LIVING!!!! Yay! Take care, folks, but don't try to find me because I will be WAY up in Michigan or Northwest Indiana. Alright!!!!
I am sleeping oh-so-peacefully after attending my eight o'clock class (whose idea was that, anyways? who's awake then?) when my phone starts ringing. Of course, I am up in my eight-foot high loft and am wedged neatly between mattress and ceiling, so I cannot get to the phone fast enough (unless I roll off the side in a not-so-graceful, slightly-painful move). I shimmy down as quickly as possible, however, and check my messages. My mom has left a message saying, "Erin, CALL HOME ASAP THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM..." ok, maybe I'm reading into it a little, but "call home when you can" has that ring to it, ya know?
So I call home.
And the moral of this story is.....
MY NIECE OR NEPHEW IS BEING BORN AS WE SPEAK!!!!!!!
WAHOO!!!!!!
Therefore, I will not be around for a while, but contrary to my last post, not because I died, but because someone else is LIVING!!!! Yay! Take care, folks, but don't try to find me because I will be WAY up in Michigan or Northwest Indiana. Alright!!!!
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
ahhh!!!
Somebody help, I'm gonna die before I'm twenty! I just tried to set my room on fire...who knew matches stayed hot so long???? Don't worry, the trash can contained the flames nicely.
Also, my identity could have been stolen today. Some foreign chick with a really heavy accent tried to interview me. She got to the part where she wanted my social security number. I told her no. She ARGUED with me!! The only reason I stayed on that long was because I couldn't understand her...I thought she was from my bank and she was important. Oh no, she was some crazy psycho that wanted to send me some credit card or something. I told her to call me back ;)
So if I don't put up a blog for a few days....it's because I was abducted or burned to death in my own room. Peace out!
Also, my identity could have been stolen today. Some foreign chick with a really heavy accent tried to interview me. She got to the part where she wanted my social security number. I told her no. She ARGUED with me!! The only reason I stayed on that long was because I couldn't understand her...I thought she was from my bank and she was important. Oh no, she was some crazy psycho that wanted to send me some credit card or something. I told her to call me back ;)
So if I don't put up a blog for a few days....it's because I was abducted or burned to death in my own room. Peace out!
Oh my I'm bored
It's a long day of classes today, folks. 6-9 hours. Woohoo. My physics prof puts me to sleep. That slow British accent just does it to me. Can't help it. Poor guy. I wonder if he realizes why all Americans look bored when he's talking to them. I wonder how many people have fallen over asleep mid-conversation. He should be a hypnotist.
My buddies are making fun of me because of the way I type. I can't help it. I am left-hand retarded.
Well, class has started. I guess I will pay attention now.
My buddies are making fun of me because of the way I type. I can't help it. I am left-hand retarded.
Well, class has started. I guess I will pay attention now.
Monday, November 08, 2004
test run
So I finally decided to start writing in this thing. I'm not sure exactly what good it will do, but it's a place to put my thoughts other than my head (which has about reached capacity, I believe).
Do you ever wonder if you made the wrong decision about something? Not just a small thing, but a life-impacting one. Yeah, that's where I am at right now.
So here I am, in the middle of inevitability bcause of my own choices. I have the tiger by the tail, so to speak. I can't let go now; the only option is to see this through to the end, wherever that may be.
Where do I go from here?
Do you ever wonder if you made the wrong decision about something? Not just a small thing, but a life-impacting one. Yeah, that's where I am at right now.
So here I am, in the middle of inevitability bcause of my own choices. I have the tiger by the tail, so to speak. I can't let go now; the only option is to see this through to the end, wherever that may be.
Where do I go from here?
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