Just Another Day...

I'm not going to lie. I got a little homesick today. Mom always made Halloween so much fun. When I was a kid she always helped me get my costume together and sometimes she would even dress up to hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters. In recent years she really let her decorating skills go crazy and made our deck and sidewalk look phenomenal with cool decorations and such. Today didn't even feel like Halloween here. A couple of my professors gave us a bit of candy in class and I saw a couple people dressed up but that was it. I didn't know anybody having a costume party and we're kinda too old for trick-or-treating. They didn't allow kids to come through our dorms this year so I don't even get to see the little kiddies. It's kinda depressing. Definitely made me realize how much I liked being home for certain holidays. However, I'm trying to remain positive and remind myself that it's better to be away from home on a little holiday like Halloween than being away from home at Christmas!! (Yet another holiday that Mom makes exciting...well family in general makes it awesome). In other news...
-The management test on Monday was a breeze, the Law test today went pretty well I think, and Personal Finance is cancelled tomorrow so our project isn't due until Tuesday...score!
-The girls on Harding's volleyball team rocked it 3-0 last nite in the Gulf South West Championship game. What a great thing to watch! I forgot how good our v-ball team was...I haven't been to a game in a long time. It's kinda cool to see people you know playing in important games like that!
-Nikki and I had a roommate date Monday nite. Pool, air hockey, dinner and watching M*A*S*H. It was good to have some hang-out time...we don't get that as much these days with everyone's schedule being so crazy (and me trying to balance a boyfriend and friends...)
-This weekend is Homecoming. The musical this year is Wizard of Oz and I know a few people in it so I'm excited to go see that Friday nite. Matt's mom and bro are coming this weekend so I'll get to meet his bro for the first time.
Well that's all for tonite...I actually don't have that much homework tonite so I'm pretty excited...perhaps time for some more M*A*S*H? :)

When Somebody Loves You...

In case you were thinking that I in fact did not survive the crazyness of last week...you're wrong. I am alive and well and I survived just fine! It was a little intense but I made it...
-I spent 3 hours in the library working on my training manual but finally finished it. Grades were posted over the weekend and I made a 98!!
-Grades were also posted for that Bus. Comm test that was such a hassle to reschedule...the 94 makes the hassle a little less annoying!
-I finished that management paper about my leadership role model over my lunch break on Friday. I wrote about my mom :)
-I turned in one of those Personal Finance projects on Thursday and he didn't seem to mind that it was so late...score!
-After finishing my training manual and PF project Wednesday night I hung out with Matt for a bit. It's funny how the very first time you hear those 3 little words you just can't stop smiling :)

This weekend was a lot of fun. Scattergories in the student center, homework at Riverside Park, going out for dinner, playing a couple games of pool, watching movies in the dorm...sounds like a recipe for fun. I love being able to spend time with my friends and boyfriend again!

Here's to another busy week...2 tests, a quiz and a project due...sometimes I wonder when it's gonna end!

Scrabulous Isn't Working?!?!

For anyone who's wondering, Scrabulous is a new application on Facebook that Matt and I have been playing lately. The other nite we stayed up till 3:15 just to finish a game of online Scrabble. Kinda ridiculous, I know...but definitely a lot of fun! I tried to get on and play my next move just now and it's experiencing technical difficulties. Haha maybe the supposed "kinks in the application" are to be construed as a sign for me to quit messing around on the net and get to work on the mountain of homework that awaits me.
What's Done:
-4 Romans Applications (turned them in this morning)
-10 articles found for BC training manual
-Project #2 for Personal Finance started
What's Left to Do:
-Find a few more articles for BC training manual, do a table of contents and bibliography, organize it all together in the binder
-Finish PF Project #2
-Start and finish PF Project #3??
-Go to Staples and get new ink cartridge??

And that's just what's due tomorrow...by Friday I have to do a 1-2 page paper in Management, read a chapter in Law and read a chapter in the textbook for Romans (we have a quiz Fri morning).

Here's to not dying by the end of the nite...or the week...

Raining with a High of 53

I'm not going to lie. Arkansas weather sucks sometimes. This weekend was gorgeous with highs in the mid/high 70s and lots of sunshine. But yesterday it started raining again (we seem to go in spells here) and it's raining again today. Except today, in addition to the rain, it's only supposed to be a high of 53 degrees...even for a Canadian that's miserable weather! I came back to my room and made myself some hot chocolate...partially for warmth and partially because hot chocolate just tastes good on days like today :)
I got my binder for my Bus. Comm. training manual last nite and so far I've found 5 articles so I've got a good start. I hope to find some more tonite. I'm finished with all but one of my Romans applications so tomorrow's deadline isn't so scary anymore. Doing one of them tonite won't take long at all. I started one of my Personal Finance projects last nite so the goal is to finish it tonite and hopefully start my other one too. Then I have a little bit of reading to do for Comm. Law.
In other news, I'm starting to look forward to Thanksgiving Break. Matt invited me to come home to Michigan with him. I've already met his parents once but I've never met his brother and sister. I'm a little nervous but I'm pretty excited too. He came to visit me this summer and I got to show him "my little world" so I'm excited to learn about his. And I'm just looking forward to a week where neither of us have to worry about homework and he doesn't have to work. The span between the start of school and Thanksgiving gets sooo long so I think it'll be a much needed break. And speaking of breaks, since my 1:00 class was cancelled today, I think I'm going to take a nap (rainy days are perfect for those!) before I get started on my homework...

There's More To Life Than What's In The Book

The above quote is from my somewhat crazy but yet strangely likeable Personal Finance professor. I'm not going to lie, at the beginning of the semester I wasn't his biggest fan but I've grown to like him as the semester has gone on and particularly because of last class where I got to see more of his character (which consequently we talked about aliens and ghosts but that's a whole other story...) Anyways, I thought his quote was great. He was saying that there is more to life than what's in our textbook and that's why he's okay with discussing other stuff in class (even if it is aliens and ghosts). I thought that the quote really fit well with my life as of late...all this homework that I've been catching up on...but there's more to life than homework...so I've been trying to take time to be with the people I care about in amongst everything else. Friday nite Matt took me out to dinner and then we went bowling with a group of our friends. Saturday was sleep in, some homework, and then a corn maze with a bunch of friends. Sunday was homework, church, and hanging out with friends (and Matt for a bit). Now it's time for another week...and it's gonna be another busy one...
-Personal Finance is cancelled for Tuesday so my goal is to have my 2 [really late] projects done by Thursday. He hasn't said anything about them lately so I don't think he's too worried but I want them out of my way.
-Romans applications (four 1.5-2 page write-ups) are due Wednesday...but I already have 1 done! Oh and there's a little reading quiz on Friday but those are pretty routine so I'm not too worried.
-Bus. Comm. training manual is due Thursday...that's gonna be a lot of work. I already have my outline, now I just need to find a ton of material...and go to Walmart to get a binder to put it all in!
On a good note however, I don't have any tests this week!! I officially finished all my tests on Friday afternoon. It was supposed to be Thursday nite at 6:00 but due to a series of ridiculous and slightly frustrating events I wasn't able to take it until Friday at 4:00 pm. Ugh...but that's a whole other story in itself...I should get to bed!

Takin' Care of Business

Well I'm slowly but surely getting caught up. Having mono (w/ an ear infection to boot!) and being gone from class for a week and a half definitely throws a kink in your schedule. I've now been back to classes for a week and a half but I'm still not completely caught up. I didn't really miss A TON of stuff when I was sick but it's trying to keep up with what's going on now AND catching up on the stuff I missed that is difficult. It doesn't help that I came back in the middle of midterms! My profs are being great about rescheduling tests and pushing back deadlines. However, I'm not normally a student that's behind in her classes so I feel like I'm in foreign territory playin' this catch-up game. What's weird is that I feel a lot better now (except that my energy still isn't back 100%) so I feel like I should be able to keep up. But mono is killer on the immune system and zaps you of your energy and over-doing it can cause you to relapse. So I'm just doing the best I can. However, in the name of celebration...I only have one test left and I'm all caught up in the testing area. I had tests in Principles of Management and Supervision and Commercial Law last week and tests in World of Bus. and Romans so far this week. I have a Bus. Communications test Thurs nite @ 6:00 and then I'm done. I finished a couple little assignments that were due and just tonite I finished my resume assignment for Bus. Comm. Except for keeping up with current stuff, I only have 2 more projects to do and then I'm done with everything I missed while I was sick. I'm feeling like I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel now. I've definitely had some freak out sessions along the way though...it gets soo overwhelming!! Luckily my profs have been so cooperative. Not to mention that I have great friends and a great boyfriend who are being understanding of my situation and doing anything they can to help. While I was really sick they took me to the nurse/doctor, took me to get my prescriptions, sat with me while I was throwing up, put cool washcloths on my head when I was feverish, let me copy notes that I missed in class, got me soup/crackers/gatorade/vitamin water/anything else that I needed, etc. Since being back to classes they've quizzed me over stuff to help me study for tests and helped me with other homework. Seriously, you guys are awesome!!! :)

I'm out for now, but more updates to come soon...it's been awhile since I could do this whole blogging thing...I'm excited :)

Back to blogging!

So I was getting really tired of Harding blocking my xanga account and me not being able to blog... so I made a blogger account. Hopefully they won't go and block this site anytime soon. Things here have been a little crazy but more of that later...Oh hey and be patient with me, this site is new to me so it may take me awhile to work out all the kinks. Hope your having a good one!