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Unassigned Seats
Since the first week of school freshmen year, Michelle, Kristin, and I have been sitting in the same seats in the green center for lectures and in lab. For lectures we sit in row E, 7-10. I sit on the end because I am left handed and it is the only desk designed for a left handed person.Â
A lot of the bio majors sit in the same spot every time. It is just what we do. We are creatures of habit, but if someone decides that they want to spice things up and move, it is like a zoo. People get upset and give evil looks, nasty comments, and well, kick the persons chair so they want to move. It is almost like athletes, they have their rituals, and so do we in class. When things are off, we feel it throughout the whole class. We suddenly don’t know the chair and if it creeks, we have no knowledge of how to prevent it from doing it so that so we get annoyed. I know I get grouchy when someone sits in my seat. Michelle just makes a face and tells me to let it go, while Kristin shrugs it off. I think I would be scared if Kristin blew up on someone for sitting in her seat… I’m just saying, she would probably rip them a new one.
I like were we sit. Not to close, not to far. Plus its perfect for making eye contact with the professor, passing notes, asking Michelle questions about stuff that I just missed and right between the two exits so I can pick where I need to go depending on my needs that day.
Frankly, we are just creatures of habit.
Back online
I finally have my laptop back! I’m so happy. I’ve missed having it. My hand is killing me from writing out all my notes and stuff when I could have just as easily put a star next to something on my laptop on the slide. Laptops make college easier!
Broken Laptop
I haven’t gone missing, I just broke my laptop. I should be getting it back tomorrow or something like that. I have so much to blog about! International travel, crazy roommates, chillin with my favorite sorority sister, also finding out who my little is in Tri Sigma!
In other words, more to come. Even the craziness of being a bio major and the trouble we get into in labs! I’m pretty sure Professor Ahmed is happy that it is the end of the semester, he gets a few weeks off from over excited teenagers. What can I say? We love what we do! Being a bio major rocks!
The Replacements
The International way to deal with not being able to call mom or dad, call and aunt or uncle! lol.
Last night, I really wanted to talk to my mom, but I wasn’t going to wake her up in the middle of the night, so I called my aunt.
One of my roommates was nodding her head in agreement when I told my aunt that I was calling her because I missed my mommy. She just laughed at me and then she talked to me, plus she gave me medical advice on my knee which is really sore. I was in so much pain last night, I could hardly move.
Today, I can hardly walk, stairs are evil! Darn public speaking. I had to walk up the stairs because I was running late from walking so slowly to class. I was also on the phone with my mother as I was walking to class, which the whole time she was lecturing me to go see the nurse about my knee. Ugh, mothers! lol. I finally get her on the phone and all I got was a lecture!
I’m free!
I’m done, I’m free. I finally finished my anatomy project! The project I have been working on for weeks! It’s done!!!! I did my happy dance too. Oh gosh, it felt so good to press send. To know that it would go to my professor, time stamped and all, and I would be free! No more library, no more text books, no more websites, no more notes! FREE!!!! The hard part is over and now I can finally get some sleep! lol.
Stupid homework
Ugh, I am in Michelle’s room right now doing homework. So… hard…to… focus!!!!
The longest weekend
I just had the longest weekend. It is 2 am on Monday morning, and this is my first chance to slow down and blog. I blogged earlier while doing homework, but now I am free. (don’t worry, I don’t have class until 2 in the afternoon.)
So saturday morning, I went to the breast cancer walk that the school helps out at each year. All the clubs sign up to set up, some walk, and others clean up. I could only be there for a little while, but I loved seeing the support… at 5:30 in the morning.
It was really the morning. Some people had been there since 4:40 in the morning. I had only about 3 hours of sleep before I went to the breast cancer walk, then I left there early to go to work. I was at work from 8:15 to 12:30 pm.
Work! Coaching youth soccer is so much fun. I love my job, but the first day back, those kids wore me out! I forgot how hard it is to keep track of 5 and 6 year olds in large numbers. I am starting to see why people have kids, expensive entertainment. Those kids are the funniest things to listen to some times. I asked one how many gates he went through and he said 400, then the one next to him said 1/6th. I was near tears.
Since it was the first day, as my boss distracted the parents with papers, we coachs played games for the kids that taught them simple soccer skills without them even noticing. Red light, green light is still a big hit.
Then I rushed back to campus after grabbing food with Cristina to eat and take a shower. I left to run to the bus heading to Orlando for Halloween Horror Nights. I had so much fun!
First of all, I am a huge chicken. Michelle, my sister, asked me to go with her and I was like, you are crazy! There is no way I am going to pay some one to give me a heart attack! Well, finally I agreed and told her that it was her one sisterly wish of the year.
I go knock on Michelle’s door and we head to the bus. We couldn’t find a seat together, but ones next to each other, with the isle between us. We were both sitting next to guys we didn’t know and trying to stay awake so we didn’t fall asleep on them by acident. Well the guy I sat next to was very nice. I forgot his name the moment I fell asleep though. *frowns* He was really nice. At least I slept most of the way which I was happy about. I was so tired!
Once we got there, we of course ran to the first scary house we could find. I don’t think I have ever screamed so much! I was so scared, I grabbed Michelle’s backpack and screamed “Run!” which she more than happily replied, “I’m trying, let go of me!” lol.
Well, we shopped as well, which we then ended up very broke by the time we left. I got a few shirts and of course I had to stop at the Men In Black store. Oh and don’t forget the Simspons store. I now own a Bart Simpson shirt.
We tried a bunch of rides, The Mummy, the Simspsons, the M.I.B, and a few more. Then the scare houses! I think we went to 3 of them. I was more than happy to scream. I had a poster in my hand when we went through the third one and I screamed at one, “touch me and die!” Yes, I was going take him down with a poster. lol. Hey, I was scared. Then another one came out of know where and was screaming for me to hit him, I nicely grabbed Michelle’s arm and turned to the nice scary man and said, “No thank you.” and ran for my life! I don’t mess with people who asked to be hit, they have nothing to lose it seems.
At 2 am, we were back on the bus, heading back to Lynn. I listened to my Ipod all the way back. Once back, it looked like 50 zombies were walking back to their rooms. 5 somthing in the morning is not a good look for most people. Michelle and I hardly said anything to each other, it was just the heavy foot march back to our rooms. I crawled into bed, very sore, very tired, and heavily in pain all over, expecially in my feet.
Well, I woke up late afternoon sunday, ate, when to my Sigma meeting and then headed back to my room to do homework. I spent a good portion of my time sending emails, getting some Tri Sigma things done and chatting. Then came the homework! Ugh, at least it is all finished! And I did really well on my midterms so I am happy!
Well, good night everyone! I have reason to party for next weekend, awesome grades! Yes! lol. I wonder if I can get money out of my family for my midterm grades? Hmmm?
Mid what?
How are some professors giving mid term grades this weekend???? HOW??? Didn’t I just get back to school?Â
I had a lot of homework this weekend but I got it all finished in time. Wonderful. Now I am so tired. I fell asleep in Chem today, not good. Thank goodness it was a review day so it wasn’t new information.
Today was the first meeting for Science Club. Wait, before you run for your life, it’s not like high school! We get to turn the lab upside down, create our own labs and well, maybe we can talk Professor Villaverde into letting us blow up pumpkins! How cool would that be?
Time is flying by right now. I can’t wait for this weekend, and yet, I don’t want it to come! I have so much to do this weekend that I am going to sleep all monday next week. Halloween horror nights, breast cancer walk, work. So much to do! And don’t forget my favorite part, HOMEWORK!
Well, at least Michelle and I might go to the beach on friday to relax before a very busy weekend.
Now it’s nap time. I was up till 4 am doing homework and then had to get up early this morning, so it is nap time for me! Good night!
Blackboard
I have no clue what is going on with Blackboard at school but it seems to always be down. How is it that the students can never seem to access it when they need it? My roommates and friends are always yelling at their laptops because they can not turn in homework and sometimes it takes hours for us to be able to get to the page! What is going on?
I am going to have to hunt down an IT guy to explain this all to me. I don’t understand how we had only a few problems last year with the website and now this year, it seems that almost every day it is down for hours and hours at a time so I can never turn in my homework! Its like a horrible guessing game that I am losing at… badly.
I’m tired, its been a long weekend. JUST WORK PLEASE! I just want to send my homework in so I can go to bed. What is the point of working for hours on something and not being able to turn it in when you try to on time? Not cool Blackboard. Not cool.
First few days back
I must say, its been crazy meeting all these new freshmen who read my blog. It is really strange to walk around and have random strangers come up to me and be like, you write the blog? Ya, I read that!
I’ve been asked if its hard to write about myself to the world. It was at first. I was also asked if I make it extra juicy. Lol, no, I do not. I do tame it down sometimes and leave out names so no one gets harmed… except me! lol.
Alright, so what have I been up to these past few days? I’ve been unpacking, going to class, and sleeping like crazy because I of course got sick soon as I landed in Florida. Don’t forget the partying with my sisters! There was a Greek party on Sunday to welcome all new students. I had so much fun. I got to see a lot of my sisters and chill with my friends… and of course, take lots of pictures! Check them out.
