I got back last nite from a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. A whole week of no classes, no homework and no work...it was fantastic. Staying up late and sleeping in, getting to meet more of his family and friends and getting to just kick back and relax made for an excellent break. Pics are on facebook for your viewing pleasure. I loved getting to see "his world" since I got to share mine with him this summer. I got along well with his friends and family and I loved getting to hang out with him every day for a week. It was just the right mix of fun stuff and relaxation. We got the chance to joke around and to have deep conversations. Overall... Matt, if you're reading this...thanks for taking me home with you. I had a great time and I have lots of great memories of the trip! :)
Getting back to school was cool in the fact that I got to see my best friend again and catch up with everybody about their breaks. Going back to classes today sucked though. I'm definitely not in the routine. Nikki and I went to Outback again tonite and then drove around listening to music...oh the things we do in the name of spontaneity! Can't believe there's only 2 more weeks of classes and then finals!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
There's Light At The End of the Tunnel
3 Romans applications: CHECK
Register for next semester's classes, meal plan and chapel seat: CHECK
Bus. Comm. test: CHECK
Clean for Health & Safety Inspec: CHECK
Romans quiz: CHECK
Management test: CHECK
Bus. Comm. final copy of resume (taken by the career center for editing): CHECK
Personality test for Bus. Comm training session: CHECK
Personal Finance Quiz: CHECK
Management paper: IN PROGRESS (about a page away from being done!)
That's been my week. Yeah it's been AWESOME. Ha! I cannot wait for tomorrow afternoon and then a whole week of NO CLASSES and NO HOMEWORK.
Register for next semester's classes, meal plan and chapel seat: CHECK
Bus. Comm. test: CHECK
Clean for Health & Safety Inspec: CHECK
Romans quiz: CHECK
Management test: CHECK
Bus. Comm. final copy of resume (taken by the career center for editing): CHECK
Personality test for Bus. Comm training session: CHECK
Personal Finance Quiz: CHECK
Management paper: IN PROGRESS (about a page away from being done!)
That's been my week. Yeah it's been AWESOME. Ha! I cannot wait for tomorrow afternoon and then a whole week of NO CLASSES and NO HOMEWORK.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
That's the name of my latest photo album on Facebook. Feel free to check it out! Nik and I went shopping in Little Rock yesterday. Her dad recently got a promotion and with it a fairly substantial raise, so her parents told her (and me!) to go on a shopping spree in LR to celebrate. We got some excellent deals and had a lot of fun. (And I got part of Matt's xmas gift...I hope he likes it!) We finished the night off with dinner at Outback. I'd never actually eaten there so that was fun. We got back to campus and played Yahtzee in the SC with Matt and Greg. It was a good day. Hooray for great roomies! :)
Friday nite we read for PF and took the quiz so we wouldn't have to do it today (reading and taking the quiz is always the most depressing part of Sunday afternoons!) It's nice to have that out of the way and now I just have 1 one more application to finish and then I'll turn those in tomorrow morning. Tonight I re-read the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" so I can give it to Matt tomorrow. We have to write papers over it for MGT and they are due Friday.
I leave you with a joke told to me by my little bro (whom I got to talk to last nite on the phone...hooray!)....
"What do you get when you cross a policeman and a skunk?"
LAW & ODOR
:P
Friday nite we read for PF and took the quiz so we wouldn't have to do it today (reading and taking the quiz is always the most depressing part of Sunday afternoons!) It's nice to have that out of the way and now I just have 1 one more application to finish and then I'll turn those in tomorrow morning. Tonight I re-read the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" so I can give it to Matt tomorrow. We have to write papers over it for MGT and they are due Friday.
I leave you with a joke told to me by my little bro (whom I got to talk to last nite on the phone...hooray!)....
"What do you get when you cross a policeman and a skunk?"
LAW & ODOR
:P
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Coffee and Oatmeal and Other Food for Thought
Since my World of Bus. test only took me FIVE minutes this morning, I had time to come back to my dorm and eat breakfast. Now here I sit sipping my coffee and pondering the meaning of life...OR...I'm making yet another to-do list (it's kinda the same right? HA! I'm so Type A). I turned in a PF project on Tues, knocked out the Romans test yesterday and the WOB test today...my "everything that has to be done before Thanksgiving" list is coming along nicely. Nowhere near done, but getting there...
One thing I've noticed about my classes this semester is that I'm starting to see that they have (or will have) actual application to my life. The gen eds that we had to take perhaps made me a "well-rounded" person with knowledge in science, the arts, etc.... and while some of them were interesting, I didn't see much application to my life or my career. But this semester I'm really starting to see application. It's pretty neat when you can be listening to a lecture or reading in your textbook and go "whoa, I never thought of it like that" or "that's really interesting, I can use that!" My management textbook last nite was talking about conflict resolution. It sparked a discussion with Nikki while we were doing homework in the library and it continued all the way back to our dorm room. It was one of the best conversations we've had in a long time. I'm not saying we talked about my management homework the whole time but it was interesting how that began the conversation to begin with. I guess I've really been feeling like I actually want to LEARN things now instead of simply absorbing the material and then regurgitating it on a test. I see some excellent qualities in some of my professors and I would love to be able to just talk to them and get advice from them both personally and professionally. I feel like there's this wealth of resources right at my fingertips...now the only problem is figuring out the best way to tap into it all...
One thing I've noticed about my classes this semester is that I'm starting to see that they have (or will have) actual application to my life. The gen eds that we had to take perhaps made me a "well-rounded" person with knowledge in science, the arts, etc.... and while some of them were interesting, I didn't see much application to my life or my career. But this semester I'm really starting to see application. It's pretty neat when you can be listening to a lecture or reading in your textbook and go "whoa, I never thought of it like that" or "that's really interesting, I can use that!" My management textbook last nite was talking about conflict resolution. It sparked a discussion with Nikki while we were doing homework in the library and it continued all the way back to our dorm room. It was one of the best conversations we've had in a long time. I'm not saying we talked about my management homework the whole time but it was interesting how that began the conversation to begin with. I guess I've really been feeling like I actually want to LEARN things now instead of simply absorbing the material and then regurgitating it on a test. I see some excellent qualities in some of my professors and I would love to be able to just talk to them and get advice from them both personally and professionally. I feel like there's this wealth of resources right at my fingertips...now the only problem is figuring out the best way to tap into it all...
Monday, November 5, 2007
6 Months Today :)
Yep that's right, it's already been 6 months since Matt asked me out. It's kinda hard to believe how time has flown. I don't know if Matt even reads this but if you do, I love you and thanks for 6 months of love, learning and laughter :)
Homecoming was this weekend. The musical (The Wizard of Oz) was great. I somehow made it through 20 years of my life w/o seeing the movie or the play so Friday was the first time I'd seen the show. Ridiculous I know! I knew a bunch of the songs, most the characters and even some of the lines but it was fun to piece it all together and see it in its entirety. Unfortunately they had some tech difficulties and the mics weren't working real great, esp. Dorothy's. I felt so bad for them...they work so hard at getting everything just right and then their mics give out on them. Oh well, it was still great. The Bison Bash (car bash, bonfire, guitar solo contest, and s'mores for those of you non-HU readers) was fun Friday nite too. The football game on Saturday was ridiculously long but HU won 62-55...woohoo! I got to go to a couple meals and spend some time with Matt and his mom and brother. I told Matt last nite that I'm a little nervous about Thanksgiving Break. He said I have nothing to be worried about...his mom apparently likes me and said she was looking forward to me coming to visit. *sigh* that's a relief :)
Speaking of Thanksgiving, I'm definitely gonna need the break. In the next 2 weeks I have 4 tests, 3 quizzes, 3 projects, and a 3-5 page paper due. And registering for spring semester classes next week. Yikes! On that note, I'm off to go meet with my advisor for my degree evaluation...ciao!
Homecoming was this weekend. The musical (The Wizard of Oz) was great. I somehow made it through 20 years of my life w/o seeing the movie or the play so Friday was the first time I'd seen the show. Ridiculous I know! I knew a bunch of the songs, most the characters and even some of the lines but it was fun to piece it all together and see it in its entirety. Unfortunately they had some tech difficulties and the mics weren't working real great, esp. Dorothy's. I felt so bad for them...they work so hard at getting everything just right and then their mics give out on them. Oh well, it was still great. The Bison Bash (car bash, bonfire, guitar solo contest, and s'mores for those of you non-HU readers) was fun Friday nite too. The football game on Saturday was ridiculously long but HU won 62-55...woohoo! I got to go to a couple meals and spend some time with Matt and his mom and brother. I told Matt last nite that I'm a little nervous about Thanksgiving Break. He said I have nothing to be worried about...his mom apparently likes me and said she was looking forward to me coming to visit. *sigh* that's a relief :)
Speaking of Thanksgiving, I'm definitely gonna need the break. In the next 2 weeks I have 4 tests, 3 quizzes, 3 projects, and a 3-5 page paper due. And registering for spring semester classes next week. Yikes! On that note, I'm off to go meet with my advisor for my degree evaluation...ciao!
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