It's five am...why am I still awake?
I've been working on lots of random schoolwork, trying to finish this first draft before my conference tomorrow (later today...). It's proving to be extremely difficult--I think my brain is mush. I should really stop taking three hour naps at 8 pm. On the bright side, I actually got my final memoir presentation done pretty early! Wooo productivity. I guess I'll just drink a lot of coffee later to make up for not sleeping. I envy my roommate over there sleeping right now.
I'm not a fan of this recent cold weather. It makes our dorm room even colder than outside almost, and most of my warmer clothes are at home. I'm huddled up in blankets and sweats right now. It can go back to springtime any day...
I'm so glad that the semester is almost over. I am so burnt out and stressed out over school. I think I will sleep for a week when I get home. I did those teacher evaluation things the other day, and as I was doing them I realized that I had all really good teachers this semester. Compared to last semester, it was a ton better. I'm really thankful for that, because my last semester teachers were really discouraging.
Last blog post! Yay! Actually, I kind of enjoyed this blog. Last semester's English blog had to be about political stuff, which sucked. This one seems more like an actual blog. I might actually keep using it if I can figure out how the rest of the website works. Ha-ha. I'll probably forget though.
This has probably honestly been my favorite English class I've taken. I'm kind of sad to be done with it, but then again, it's good as well, because I don't really like English besides getting to read.
La la la, I guess that's all.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Uhhhh
I hate coming up with titles.
SO I went home again this weekend, and decided I had time on Monday morning to drive back instead of being sleepy and driving back late Sunday night. I left with what should have been enough time to carry all my stuff back in, get some breakfast, and get to English class. Unfortunately, the traffic and rain were not on my side. I hate missing class because I always feel like I miss everything important. Oh well, can't really do anything about it.
I got here at about 11:40, so I decided to plan out exactly how I wanted my schedule to be next semester since my registration time was at 1:00. I ended up getting registered in less than five minutes with all of my classes and times I wanted--a first for me here at UT. I was so amazed at how smoothly it went. I wish I could say the same for my roommate; she ended up working on her schedule for a lot longer than me because some classes she wanted were closed.
This week is kind of crazy with a lot of things being due, having extra credit things to go to, working, and having papers to write. Trying not to stress out.
Also, being a complete Harry Potter nerd, I was very excited for the public opening of the website Pottermore. It's basically like you're in Harry Potter world and you get a wand and placed in a house (I'm in Slytherin!) and you get to read extra information from J. K. Rowling. It's kind of exciting for me haha. So that's a highlight!
Now off to go work on my poster.........
SO I went home again this weekend, and decided I had time on Monday morning to drive back instead of being sleepy and driving back late Sunday night. I left with what should have been enough time to carry all my stuff back in, get some breakfast, and get to English class. Unfortunately, the traffic and rain were not on my side. I hate missing class because I always feel like I miss everything important. Oh well, can't really do anything about it.
I got here at about 11:40, so I decided to plan out exactly how I wanted my schedule to be next semester since my registration time was at 1:00. I ended up getting registered in less than five minutes with all of my classes and times I wanted--a first for me here at UT. I was so amazed at how smoothly it went. I wish I could say the same for my roommate; she ended up working on her schedule for a lot longer than me because some classes she wanted were closed.
This week is kind of crazy with a lot of things being due, having extra credit things to go to, working, and having papers to write. Trying not to stress out.
Also, being a complete Harry Potter nerd, I was very excited for the public opening of the website Pottermore. It's basically like you're in Harry Potter world and you get a wand and placed in a house (I'm in Slytherin!) and you get to read extra information from J. K. Rowling. It's kind of exciting for me haha. So that's a highlight!
Now off to go work on my poster.........
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Almost forgot...
I almost forgot to write my blog, ahh! I'm usually pretty on top of this blog thing. I had a speech due today in my public speaking class, and of course I didn't start writing it until this morning. (My class isn't until 6:30 at night so it wasn't too bad). Speeches always give me the worst anxiety, no matter how many I've done or how prepared I am. I felt unprepared today because I started writing it so late, but I think I ended up doing alright. We had to persuade our audience, which was a lot better than our informative speeches because it wasn't all facts facts facts. BORING. But yeah, I ended up doing my speech on why people should read more, and over half of the class decided to ditch today (most of the people there were only there because they had to present as well) so it wasn't as nerve racking as having to speak to the entire class. I don't know why, but every time after I give a speech, I get really shaky, even though it's over. It's kind of annoying. Oh well, at least that's over with.
On to Easter weekend! My roommate and I left for our 3 hour road trip back home on Thursday afternoon after we picked up our checks from work--the weekend was already starting out well :) Haha. We had a fun trip singing loudly and talking and all that jazz. Then she dropped me off and I got to hang out with my family. We went to the Red Box and got Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which my dad complained about but then ended up actually liking a lot, and we got some lame movie that no one liked and I honestly can't even remember the title or what it was about. The next day, one of my best friends, Kellen, picked me up and we had planned to go to Opry Mills Mall since it was FINALLY open, but it was so packed that we ended up going to the yucky Rivergate Mall instead. I got some shorts and earrings from American Eagle and she got a ton of other stuff because she has a better paying job than me. Haha. We went to eat at Chick Fil A and I ended up seeing some people I knew, so it was nice to catch up with them for a few minutes. After that, I went home and watched my brother play xbox for a few hours and talked to him about his friends and crazy things that 14 year old boys do. Saturday I did some laundry and helped clean around the house, and my cousin Brittany picked me up that evening to stay the night. We did some gallivanting around Nashville and met up with my cousin Andrew (her brother) after he got off of work. Then, Sunday morning, she curled my hair and made it all pretty. We were planning on going to church but our ride was sick, so we just ended up staying with our family at their house instead. My mom and aunt cooked us some yummy food and we had a grand ole time painting eggs and watching the younger kids hunt for Easter eggs. Then, Ivy and I began our ride back to Knoxville, and that's about it.
I feel like all of my blogs are about my weekends...hmmm. Oh well. Here are some pictures just because.
On to Easter weekend! My roommate and I left for our 3 hour road trip back home on Thursday afternoon after we picked up our checks from work--the weekend was already starting out well :) Haha. We had a fun trip singing loudly and talking and all that jazz. Then she dropped me off and I got to hang out with my family. We went to the Red Box and got Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which my dad complained about but then ended up actually liking a lot, and we got some lame movie that no one liked and I honestly can't even remember the title or what it was about. The next day, one of my best friends, Kellen, picked me up and we had planned to go to Opry Mills Mall since it was FINALLY open, but it was so packed that we ended up going to the yucky Rivergate Mall instead. I got some shorts and earrings from American Eagle and she got a ton of other stuff because she has a better paying job than me. Haha. We went to eat at Chick Fil A and I ended up seeing some people I knew, so it was nice to catch up with them for a few minutes. After that, I went home and watched my brother play xbox for a few hours and talked to him about his friends and crazy things that 14 year old boys do. Saturday I did some laundry and helped clean around the house, and my cousin Brittany picked me up that evening to stay the night. We did some gallivanting around Nashville and met up with my cousin Andrew (her brother) after he got off of work. Then, Sunday morning, she curled my hair and made it all pretty. We were planning on going to church but our ride was sick, so we just ended up staying with our family at their house instead. My mom and aunt cooked us some yummy food and we had a grand ole time painting eggs and watching the younger kids hunt for Easter eggs. Then, Ivy and I began our ride back to Knoxville, and that's about it.
I feel like all of my blogs are about my weekends...hmmm. Oh well. Here are some pictures just because.
My cousin, Andrew
My cousin Keyra and my uncle Mark--painting Easter eggs :)
Kellen!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Accounting and apartments
So I dropped my accounting class yesterday. I've gone to most every class, paid attention, done my homework, studied, and I was STILL doing completely awful in that class. It was incredibly frustrating for me, because I'm not used to doing badly in classes--even ones I hardly study for! I don't know what it is, but I just can't grasp the material I guess. I felt an incredible weight lifted off of my shoulders after dropping the class, though. I had been stressing about this class since early February probably, and the knowledge that I no longer had to worry about it is just so relaxing. Also I get to sleep in more on Mondays and Fridays, which is always a plus.
On the brighter side of this weekend, my roommate and I signed our leases for apartments next year! It seemed like such an adult thing to do, it kind of scared me. I was mostly excited though; living in these dorms is no picnic. Since the other two girls we thought we would most likely share our apartment with kind of backed out, we had to end up letting them pick random roommates for us, so fingers crossed that we don't get any crazies. Anyway, we went on the tour of the apartments and signed a million papers and it was done! It felt so weird doing something so huge without my parents being there to say "Yes, this is what you do..." Even though I'm nineteen years old, I still feel like I need my parents' approval for these sorts of things. My roommate and I are completely excited to decorate our apartment and actually have our own rooms, because even though we get along great, sharing this teeny tiny dorm room just isn't a good situation for anyone no matter how good of friends you are.
On the brighter side of this weekend, my roommate and I signed our leases for apartments next year! It seemed like such an adult thing to do, it kind of scared me. I was mostly excited though; living in these dorms is no picnic. Since the other two girls we thought we would most likely share our apartment with kind of backed out, we had to end up letting them pick random roommates for us, so fingers crossed that we don't get any crazies. Anyway, we went on the tour of the apartments and signed a million papers and it was done! It felt so weird doing something so huge without my parents being there to say "Yes, this is what you do..." Even though I'm nineteen years old, I still feel like I need my parents' approval for these sorts of things. My roommate and I are completely excited to decorate our apartment and actually have our own rooms, because even though we get along great, sharing this teeny tiny dorm room just isn't a good situation for anyone no matter how good of friends you are.
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