So today, April 4, is Easter. I went home for Easter weekend and enjoyed a very relaxing day with my family and some friends were also home. I have to thank my parents first and foremost for once again driving down here to pick me up and bring me home for the weekend since I unfortunately have no car here at school. Yes it sucks. But i also will thank them for taking me to dinner and to a movie after having picked me up :)
Saturday was a productive day, if I do say so myself. I got my hair cut, my nails done, went to see the doctor for my sore throat, went and visited one of my friends who I have not seen for like two years, had ice cream with another friend that i have known since elementary school, got dinner and watched Greys Anatomy [which my parents taped] with my mom while my dad and brother went to a guy movie. So all in all...i got everything i needed to get done in that day and saw old friends. Pretty good day.
Today was all about family. Went to church with my parents and brother then proceeded to my grandma's apartment where all of my family [and i have a big family] came and we enjoyed a nice day outside thanks to the weather. My two cousins, who are transferring down here in the fall and living in an apartment with me down here, came and we enjoyed talking excitedly about decorating the apartment and having a "housewarming" party and it just made us that much more excited for the fall. As well as shopping in the summer. I also got to see my cousins who all[three in total] go to BSU, so their schedule is as busy as mine with school. After eating and having plenty of conversations, we decided to make a trip the Dollar General down the street and buy a cheap wiffle ball set. We convinced my dad and my uncle as well as more cousins to join in the game which became pretty hilarious. I dont know the last time we had a game like that, including the adults, but we had a really good time. Got all hot and sweaty and i personally had to look forward to driving back to school right after leaving there. But it was a really good day in the sun with the family. Can't complain about that.
So i hope everyone had a very good Easter because i know i did.
....hopping down the bunny trail.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Breaking Point
Everyone starts stressing at this point with midterms coming up and i feel as though i am not at that point like everyone else. While i had a calculus exam this last friday and i have a spanish exam this coming tuesday....im not totally stressing because their not called midterms. They are literally just exams like any other one we would take. I had one midterm and it was in february for bowling plus of course the one we had in X158 but those were stressful tests for me.
Don't get me wrong, calculus exams totally freak me out and i am just hoping that i did well enough on it. As for spanish, i get most of it so i know i can study and do pretty well. As long as i don't psych myself out like i normally do on tests, because i can't stand taking tests, then i actually think i will pull off good grades.
After saying this, even though i am saying that i am not freaking out because i have exams not midterms and i think ill do good....i am totally freaking out because i am afraid that i will overestimate how well i am doing and totally suck in the class and then my GPA at midterm grades goes down and probation just sucks everything out of my life.
While i am totally worrying about midterm grades, i am also worried about picking classes for the fall because that has to be determined around this time as well. The fact that i am changing my major so i have to know rearrange what classes need to be taken, my parents worry i am trying to take on too much at one time again and i could agree but i also don't want to back down from challenging myself just because i was put on probation and it seems like i can't handle it all.
In the end, my calculus test is over with and now i just wait for the results. I have today/tonight and tomorrow to finalize the studying for my spanish exam and i will talk with my advisor about classes and know that it will all get figured out. Because in the end, everything works itself out the way its meant to be.
Don't get me wrong, calculus exams totally freak me out and i am just hoping that i did well enough on it. As for spanish, i get most of it so i know i can study and do pretty well. As long as i don't psych myself out like i normally do on tests, because i can't stand taking tests, then i actually think i will pull off good grades.
After saying this, even though i am saying that i am not freaking out because i have exams not midterms and i think ill do good....i am totally freaking out because i am afraid that i will overestimate how well i am doing and totally suck in the class and then my GPA at midterm grades goes down and probation just sucks everything out of my life.
While i am totally worrying about midterm grades, i am also worried about picking classes for the fall because that has to be determined around this time as well. The fact that i am changing my major so i have to know rearrange what classes need to be taken, my parents worry i am trying to take on too much at one time again and i could agree but i also don't want to back down from challenging myself just because i was put on probation and it seems like i can't handle it all.
In the end, my calculus test is over with and now i just wait for the results. I have today/tonight and tomorrow to finalize the studying for my spanish exam and i will talk with my advisor about classes and know that it will all get figured out. Because in the end, everything works itself out the way its meant to be.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Brrrrrr
I officially hate snow.
I have always had a dislike for cold weather, i would rather be hot than cold. And i think Christmas/christmastime is always prettier and better with snow on the grounds but that is it. December and January should be the months with snow; no more after or before then.
I think college makes you hate snow more because you either have to walk in it or wait for the bus in it or drive in it. In my case, i have to walk and wait in it. Ironicially enough, one of the worst snow/cold times for me is having to walk from my calculus lecture in Swain East which ends at 2:15 to X158 in the Academic Center which starts at 2:30. Not pleasant in the slightest. Another reason i can not wait for warm weather and spring and all that comes with it.
Waiting for the buses in the cold, wind, and snow is annoying and freezing but i have learned to pay attention to when the buses arrive, at least the times it comes around to the dorm, so i know that if i can time it right enough i wont have to wait for very long which is always appreciative. But then i always came to realize that in the mornings, the first bus that comes around is already 85% full so if you do not get on that one, you have to wait another 5-10 minutes for the next bus and then you're hurrying to get to class which just so happens to mean walking fast in the snow and worst of all slush. Slush is gross and messy and annoying.
Today was a day to hate snow. The boots i wore are apparently not very durable or thick because all the snow and slush and water that got onto them and didnt get knocked off when i walked, melted onto the shoe which just so happen to melt through the shoe and soak my socks and make my feet and toes frozen and numb.
Glorious day for snow.
I blame the groundhog.
I have always had a dislike for cold weather, i would rather be hot than cold. And i think Christmas/christmastime is always prettier and better with snow on the grounds but that is it. December and January should be the months with snow; no more after or before then.
I think college makes you hate snow more because you either have to walk in it or wait for the bus in it or drive in it. In my case, i have to walk and wait in it. Ironicially enough, one of the worst snow/cold times for me is having to walk from my calculus lecture in Swain East which ends at 2:15 to X158 in the Academic Center which starts at 2:30. Not pleasant in the slightest. Another reason i can not wait for warm weather and spring and all that comes with it.
Waiting for the buses in the cold, wind, and snow is annoying and freezing but i have learned to pay attention to when the buses arrive, at least the times it comes around to the dorm, so i know that if i can time it right enough i wont have to wait for very long which is always appreciative. But then i always came to realize that in the mornings, the first bus that comes around is already 85% full so if you do not get on that one, you have to wait another 5-10 minutes for the next bus and then you're hurrying to get to class which just so happens to mean walking fast in the snow and worst of all slush. Slush is gross and messy and annoying.
Today was a day to hate snow. The boots i wore are apparently not very durable or thick because all the snow and slush and water that got onto them and didnt get knocked off when i walked, melted onto the shoe which just so happen to melt through the shoe and soak my socks and make my feet and toes frozen and numb.
Glorious day for snow.
I blame the groundhog.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Ch-Ch-Changes
This is literally the first blog ever written in all of my 18 years but it is required for class and considering I am taking this class because I am on probation, I feel the need that its not a subject to be forgotten about.
This blog is dedicated to my on-going decisions being made this past week. Ironically enough these decisions are about school and my major. Currently, my major is biochemistry which is so stressful and hectic but I'm premed so for me its natural to have a science major. But certain circumstances from first semester are making me re-think my major decision. During freshman orientation, me and my parents were sitting in a classroom listening to a law teacher talk about law school and med school and the fact that was really interesting was that he told us that the top majors students had when accepted into medical school weren't even science based, they were history or psychology.
So this week I really put effort into thinking about switching majors. While biochemistry holds a lot of promise into medical school, the idea of switching, personally, to psychology really peeks my interest. Psychology is in all honesty a little less work but still gives the advantage for medical school. While deciding on my major, I have also been deciding that if I switch to psych that i might pick up a minor in physics or chemistry too. I know I just said having biochem as a major was a lot of work and now I'm talking about switching majors and picking up a minor but I really have looked into it all and there are certain classes required to take for psych or their an option as electives for a BS in psych that will fulfill half of my duties for a minor.
So while I still have many decisions to make about all of this, I am really thinking switching might be in my interest. Of course, if someone is currently a psych major tells me its not so easy I will be open to hearing what they have to say.
Thanks for reading.....I know it probably wasn't very exciting :)
This blog is dedicated to my on-going decisions being made this past week. Ironically enough these decisions are about school and my major. Currently, my major is biochemistry which is so stressful and hectic but I'm premed so for me its natural to have a science major. But certain circumstances from first semester are making me re-think my major decision. During freshman orientation, me and my parents were sitting in a classroom listening to a law teacher talk about law school and med school and the fact that was really interesting was that he told us that the top majors students had when accepted into medical school weren't even science based, they were history or psychology.
So this week I really put effort into thinking about switching majors. While biochemistry holds a lot of promise into medical school, the idea of switching, personally, to psychology really peeks my interest. Psychology is in all honesty a little less work but still gives the advantage for medical school. While deciding on my major, I have also been deciding that if I switch to psych that i might pick up a minor in physics or chemistry too. I know I just said having biochem as a major was a lot of work and now I'm talking about switching majors and picking up a minor but I really have looked into it all and there are certain classes required to take for psych or their an option as electives for a BS in psych that will fulfill half of my duties for a minor.
So while I still have many decisions to make about all of this, I am really thinking switching might be in my interest. Of course, if someone is currently a psych major tells me its not so easy I will be open to hearing what they have to say.
Thanks for reading.....I know it probably wasn't very exciting :)
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