Goodbye..

Tonight I said goodbye to Facebook.  It was seriously not helping me get homework and other things done.  Also, everyone's negativity was really getting to me.  There is SO MUCH more to life then complaining and living like that.  It is just not meant to be anymore.  Maybe it will come back for the summer or something, but it's gone for now!

I should really be writing my final paper for my child development class..but as you can see that is not happening. I've got until Thursday at 11:59pm to turn it in..so maybe it will get done Thursday morning..if not sooner.

This whole looking for a job for the summer is so not working out well.  I've applied for so many..and I've gotten 3 calls.  One telling me that all of their positions were full, one wanting to set up an interview..but because I am still in Iowa they wouldn't do a phone interview, and one that told me that they would set an interview up for me if I called back the first week of May.  It is at the Palatine YMCA, so it's not totally close, but it would be a job working with kids, and that is exactly what I want.  So if offered..I will take it!

This weekend was good, I went home with Kaci..again.  I'm glad he family keeps letting me come back. Plus I love spending time with her and of course her family.

Other than that, this week is VEISHEA!  It's supposed to get super crazy and what not...so far it's been good.

Hunter Hayes is Saturday night! Getting super excited for that too!

I think that's it..maybe time to start writing my paper...more like finding other things to procrastinate with...

I was just reading this...in class (sorry mom!) and I thought that it was just worth reading! You are beautiful.  You are enough.  The world we live in is twisted and broken and for your entire life you will be subjected to all kinds of lies that tell you that you are not enough.  You are not thin enough.  You are not tan enough.  You are not smooth, soft, shiny, firm, tight, fit, silky, blonde, hairless enough.  Your teeth are not white enough.  Your legs are not long enough.  Your clothes are not stylish enough.  You are not educated enough.  You don’t have enough experience.  You are not creative enough. There is a beauty industry, a fashion industry, a television industry, (and most unfortunately) a pornography industry: and all of these have unique ways of communicating to bright young women: you are not beautiful, sexy, smart or valuable enough. You must have the clarity and common sense to know that none of that is true. None of it. You were created for a purpose, exactly so.  You have innate value.  You are loved more than you could ever comprehend; it is mind-boggling how much you are adored.  There has never been, and there will never be another you.  Therefore, you have unique thoughts to offer the world.  They are only yours, and we all lose out if you are too fearful to share them. You are beautiful.  You are valuable.  You are enough.  

I have not given up..

As my mom promptly reminded me this morning I have realized that I have no posted in a VERY long time.  School is busy, there are many things to do, homework is crazy..and somehow I still manage to sleep at night. Of course, if it wasn't for at least my one cup of black coffee, I don't think that I could manage getting through the day.  The black coffee definitely come from my mother..and everyone wonders how in the world I can drink coffee black..I couldn't even begin to tell you!


Nothing absolutely major has happened since the last time that I have updated.  Just a few things..I've changed my major..yet again.  I am still in Elementary Education, but I have dropped the English as Second Language specialization and picked up Learning Technologies instead.  I was in an ESL class this semester and I just didn't understand it.  I went in for help multiple times and that didn't help.  So I talked to my adviser and she suggested that if I didn't like it now and didn't understand it now that I would not enjoy teaching it to kids.  So here I am.  My major will now be, Elementary Education, with specializations in Social Studies and Reading, with a minor in Learning Technologies.  Learning Technologies is using technology in the classroom.  Using smart boards, iPads, iPods, Laptops, etc.  It will make me just as marketable for teaching as ESL would.  A lot of schools in Iowa are already on a 1:1 ratio.  Which means that students, even elementary, have one laptop or iPad per student.  Best thing about this is that it wont keep me in school longer..even though I feel like I am going to just make a career out of going to school..


Becky and I, and all of family and friends went wedding dress shopping for her...and..SHE FOUND HER DRESS! So exciting!  Of course I am not going to give away any kinds of details though! 


A couple times this last week Kaci, Katie, and I have gone to see Kaci's friend Tyler, who has no become a friend of all of ours.  Tyler is the friend that I have posted about on Facebook and asked everyone to pray for.  A few weeks ago now, Tyler was having chest pain and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.  He found out that he had a hole in his lung, about an inch big. Doctors hoped that it would heal in its own without any large procedures. About a week ago doctors told him that he hole has tripled in size and is now 4 inches big. After many X-rays and tests doctors still don't know what is wrong nor what caused the hole. They blame it on the fact that Tyler is tall and skinny.  Last Tuesday they inserted a chest tube and valve. When he got home he had taken a pain pill and shortly afterward he had passed out.  This was because he took the pill on an empty stomach.  Since then he has been at home resting and on bed rest. Saturday night Kaci and I went to go and see him again and brought him some movies.  Once we left his mom took him to the ER again.  He said that he was in the worst pain he had ever been in from this issue.  Doctors decided that it was best to take out the chest tube and is now back at home on bed rest again and on antibiotics to prevent pneumonia.  We are hoping that this is the last of this problem now and his lung will re inflate on it's own.  If not Tyler will have to have surgery later this week.  So for those of you that are praying, keep praying please!


Other than that, my spring break was good!  It was so nice to not work and just be able to spend some quality time with my friends and family.  

As of right now I am trying to find a summer job at a park district or the YMCA for a summer camp working with kids.  I have applied for 8 positions so far and I have only heard back from one saying that they had hired everyone they needed already.  If I can't find a job like that this summer I always have Hallmark to fall back on, but I would love to be working with kids!

So now I need to get ready for work and for class later on.  That's all that I can think of for now!

A lot has happened..

Well, well, well. I feel like a lot has happened since the last time that I posted..but I know that is also not true. Just a lot in my mind and in my daily life.  Going to class, doing the homework and papers and tests.  Speaking of tests..I have 4 exams next week.. Talk about freak out mode and what it's like. Just ask me..I'm pretty much in it.

Since I posted last I have moved into my new room. LOVING IT! I am able to go to bed when I want to, watch TV and movies when I want to, and study and do my homework alone in my room.   I have slept through the nights and I am a happier person.  I'm sure most of my friends would attest to that.  I also have a feeling that my grades are going to be the most amazing things that anyone has ever seen, since I have no distractions except for myself. Keep your fingers crossed on that on!

I am almost done tutoring and mentoring for the night.  I cannot wait to go back to my room and have some dinner and relaxing time.  Then I will start with the homework!

I don't think that there is much else to say..the main thing is that I am a happy girl and there's a smile on my face! :)

Back to the grind..

Well, as you can see I have not been updating during winter break. I didn't really have time to think about anything other than work and spending time with family and friends.

During break I was a slave to Serta and Hallmark, working almost everyday. But that is what I do best! I had a few fun night thrown in the mix as well. Kelly and I went to a friends late birthday celebration and got to spend the night downtown. That was an experience and something we will definitely be doing that again!

I have been back at school for about a week now and it is always fun catching up with people after break and all being together again. Always good to get back into the routine of things. The first week of classes was kind if stressful. There were just so many things that needed to be done by the end of the week. I had to be fingerprinted and have a background check done in order to be able to work at the elementary school for the lab portion of my class. And it is no longer syllabus week, it is give a bunch homework and paperwork to fill out. Hopefully now that the week is over things will calm down. But it is going to be a fast semester! I can't believe a week has already passed by, 17 more to go!

Another good thing that has happened in the last 24 hours, I GOT A SINGLE ROOM! And I will be in the process of moving into it this weekend. I cannot explain to anyone how excited I am to go to bed when I want to, watch and lisTen to things when I want to, and sleep throughout the night. I will just be such a happier person and more enjoyable to be around. Bonus to this too, it is a newer building and I will only be sharing a bathroom with my "suite mate" as they call them. It will just be a much better situation for me. I won't have to worry about anyone but myself.

Well now that I am finally tired again after being woken up, I am going to take this opportunity to try and go to bed again. Hopefully I can update a little bit more frequently this semester!

I'm bad at this..

Nothing new here..but I haven't been on here in a while!  I will just start filling you in though!


I had an AMAZING time at home for Thanksgiving.  Loved seeing all of my friends and family!  Since then it has been a very busy week with finalizing projects and papers and getting everything turned in.  Tomorrow is the beginning of dead week which means that there is supposed to be nothing due in this next week before finals.  Luckily, I don't have anything to do this week except studying for finals that start in 1 week!  


I cannot believe how fast this semester has gone by.  It feels like just yesterday I was packing up the car and moving in.  And since then I have definitely had my fair share or ups and downs but I've gotten through them and I am here today.  


This weekend I went home with my friend Rebecca!  I had such a great time just hanging out and vegging all day, and meeting all of her friends and family back at home!  


I get to go home again in 10 days!  Guess who is excited!  Apparently my roommate is moving out as well..I haven't heard anything other than the information from my CA.  So we will see if she does.  I think having a new roommate..anyone but her is going to be fabulous!  


I think this is all that I had to update about!  If I forget something, maybe you'll hear from me again this week!

 

So..the countdown has really begun.  In exactly 7 days I WILL BE AT HOMEEEE! I am still excited, can't you tell?!

However in the amount of time that I have left before next Saturday morning, there is so much going on.  To name a few things, I have to come up with a lesson plan.  The first one that I have ever written.  The hard part: It has to incorporate technology in some way.  Eeeeek.  For elementary aged kids?!  I'm having trouble coming up with ideas.  If you have any, please feel free to let me know! I have a Math exam next Friday..let's not even get into that whole mess.  It's still stands for Mental Abuse To Humans...just sayin'.  I have an issues paper to do for Children's Literature, and I haven't even looked at what I am supposed to do for that paper..I guess I should get on that..ooops.  Bad student alert.  And finally, the football game on Friday night!  It's going to be a chilly one..it might even be time to break out the winter coat.  I am sure that there is much more to do, however I would get bored of reading about those things so I'll spare you the details.

Ames, Iowa got our first snow of the year!  At first it was just a mixture of rain and snow, and then it stopped.  However I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up the next morning and looked out the window to an accumulation! I love snow..it's pretty..but that just means that it is going to get colder still!  This winter is going to be an interesting one, especially walking around this huge campus.

What else can I update you all on?!  Oh, at semester I will finally be moving back up to the third floor! Another exciting thing to look forward to.  I can't wait to be able to sleep through the night and not have to deal with the pleathera (spelling?!) of random men in room.  Long story short, I will be a much happier person.  And that's all we're going to say on this subject.

Last weekend the girls and I went home to Kaci's house for a girls night!  On Friday night we went to her sister's play, The Sound of Music.  It was a very good show!  That night we also rented the movie Water for Elephants.  Excellent movie!  You should all rent it.  We woke up the next morning, Saturday, had breakfast and made our way back to Ames for the football game!  We won too!  They are back on track so let's hope they can do it again next Friday night!  Then had dinner and took naps..and had a chill Saturday night.  I love my friends! :)

I took a break from writing and called my Momma!  Can't wait to see her next week!  Well, I guess it's time to put some sweats on, brave the cold, and grab some brunch! I'm hungry! Oh, and I will leave you with some pictures of this week!