My week so far...

It has been a rough week this week. I had a group presentation to do for Macroeconomics, and I also had to do a lab report for biology. These were both a group effort, but sometimes that doesn’t happen. My lab group consists of four people, so it shouldn’t take too long to put together a lab report. Rachel and I gave parts to the other two members of our group, and we told them to have these parts done by Sunday so we could put it all together Monday before we had lab on Tuesday. Sunday rolled around, and nobody had any of their part done, not even Rachel. I just let it go, and we said that it needed to all be done by Monday. Monday came, and still, nobody was done. Rachel and I did most of it with a little help from Andrew who was working on his intro while we were putting it together. Rachel and I got back together after I was done with work on Monday night, and all we thought we had left was the discussion. We were looking over Andrew’s introductions, and it wasn’t done correctly. We were supposed to have four different sources, and he had three sources, but they all had the same URL. He was pretty much plagiarizing without knowing it. At this point, Rachel and I were furious because the intro and discussion are the biggest portions of the lab report. The last lab report we did all by ourselves without the help from our other two members because they didn’t offer to help. We gave them both a chance this time because otherwise we weren’t going to put their names on it, but they messed it up…once again! We had to go talk to Dr. McClung, and luckily, he let us have an extension so we could have it done the right way. I love how most professors here are so understanding. With my macroeconomics project, it was also a group project. We had to pick a topic and somehow relate it to economics. It ended up to be me doing everything. In the beginning, we had 3 other people, but all of a sudden, one of our group members disappeared. He just stopped coming to class and stopped contacting me. It was very weird! He was the other person in the group that actually did something! I was stuck doing it all, and the night before it was due, I opened the power point to finish my paper, and the computer told me that the file was corrupt. I tried to open it through my email, and that didn’t work either. I could’ve cried. I was doing all the work by myself, and then I had to redo it all. I wrote the paper, and I did the whole 40 slide power point. It was a rough night! I didn’t go to class the Wednesday before thanksgiving because I had a doctor’s appointment for my Crohns disease at Mayo. I got to biology Monday morning, and she gave us a quiz to punish the people that weren’t there. Then, I found out that we got points in IS for drawing a turkey. Class isn’t mandatory, so why would professors do things that would punish us. I didn’t have any other day to have a doctor’s appointment since I live two hours away. It’s just not right! I started my week off bad, but it just got worse. I thought that the whole doing group projects by yourself was over since I’m in college now, but apparently it’s not. We still have people that are lazy and don’t care. It’s just like what the heck! I thought we were here to learn, not slack. I try so hard to be optimistic, but after my econ crashed, it was so hard. I just wanted to break down, but I knew I couldn’t. The week is getting better, my econ project is over, and the semester is winding down. I have to keep telling myself just one more week of class left. It keeps my head up high. 

My Buddy Sarah-Her Birthday!

Today it was Sarah’s birthday. Last night, Emily, Kellie, and I decorated her door of course. As we were decorating in, we heard her giggling and talking in her room. We thought she’d be sleeping at this time because usually she goes to bed very early. The three of us were kind of running back and forth so make sure that she didn’t open the door and see what was going on. We got it all decorated, and the first thing she told us today was how she loved her door. She was so happy when she told us too; it was like we made her day! Right away this morning, we all had a rotary meeting at seven IN THE MORNING! We all said happy birthday to Sarah of course. Sarah and I also work in the Mensa at the same time. Right when we got there, I told everyone it was her birthday. It wasn’t something she could hide, she has to celebrate it! Later in the day after I went to Wal-Mart to get her a card and a gift, the three of us had to give her the gifts we got her. As Emily and I were walking to Clinton hall, we saw Sarah walking toward the student center. I turned to Emily and say, “that’s Sarah!, yell at her!”. Emily tried telling me it wasn’t her, but it was! We flagged her down, and she went back to her room. I had the bag of gifts, so I ran away from her. She asked Emily what the heck I was doing. I went to Kellie’s room to get her and her gifts, and then we went to Sarah’s room. She wasn’t shocked that we got her thing since we did the same thing for Emily. She was so happy though. She opened the card, and her reaction was just awesome. She hugged all of us as we were eating the donuts that Kellie bought for us to eat. I had to leave for a bio lab group, but she was still a happy girl! Tonight we’re having a wii party after I’m done with work. Emily and I bought her some cupcakes for tonight, but she doesn’t know that. It’ll be a fun day for her. I’m glad we can make her happy. Right before work, she posted of face book how she has the bestest friends a girl could have. She’s such a sweetheart. Tomorrow we have a plan to go out to eat somewhere with her after she’s done with work at 8. We’re going to drive into Cedar Falls and tell her to pick somewhere. We will also pay for her meal for her. It’s only the right thing to do! I’m so glad I’ve made some crazy awesome friends here at college. If it wasn’t for IS, I probably wouldn’t have met these people. They make my day happy, and I know I can count on any of them. They’re awesome! It’s really cool how the four of us just stick together. It’s going to be a good four years. The friends that I’ve made so far will be my friends for a lifetime; it’s those crazy friendships you always hear about that you make in college. It’s really cool! 

The next couple weeks

These next couple weeks are really going to be rough for me. I have a couple projects that are due, and I also have to start studying for finals. All the finals that I have are all cumulative. I have to know everything that we previously learned along with the new stuff that we’re learning now. That just seems crazy to me. I’ve never had to study like that before. All my finals but AP Bio were just chapter tests. Our AP bio test was cumulative, and it was over the whole year. I know I didn’t too terribly bad on that one, but it wasn’t what I wanted. I do poorly on tests anyway, and when everything throughout the whole semester is added, it’s just that much harder. I have to give a presentation on Macroeconomics on Wednesday, and I’m with a group. This whole group thing turned bad right off the bat when one of our groupies just decided not to contact us, and it just all of a sudden didn’t come to class anymore. It was just like alright then, we no longer have him. The other two people in my group don’t do much. It’s just like high school where one person does it all. I couldn’t believe this! I thought I was done with this; this is college. It was amazed me. I finally got some work out of one of the boys, but the other boy still hasn’t done anything. It might be a rough presentation. We have all the information we need to get an A, but I don’t think we’ll present well since the two people in my group won’t know what’s going on. It’s just terrible. We have our IS project to start working on and thinking about. I know this project will be good though because all four of us want a good grade. I know that all of us will contribute, so it wont be like my econ project. I’m really scared for our biology exam because biology is my major, and I feel like I have to do well. I’ve done well on all the exams, but I just have a feeling that the final will be so much harder. We only have two and a half more weeks until we’re off for three weeks, but it’s going to seem like forever. I have so much to do in so little time. I have to do well on these finals since our grades are all weighted, and it just so happens that the final is weighted the most. I’m stressing our already, but I just have to keep telling myself that everything is going to be okay. It’s getting really hard, but I know I’ll do well. I’ve done well up to this point, so it can’t be much different. I just have to hang in there and get my stuff done one thing at a time.

Thanksgiving

This last break was simply amazing. I got to spend all my time with my family the whole weekend. The first day I got my hair done and just relaxed. I had time to just lie around and have time to myself, and it was the best thing ever! I haven’t had that since I can remember. Wednesday I simply spent with my brother and mom. We baked and went bowling, and it was really fun! I won the first game of bowling, but then I went downhill from there. I was just there to have fun though. Thursday my mom made food all day as we watched the packer game. The packers kicked butt! I got to spend time with my dad and brother as the packers played. It’s our special bonding time. We played games after we ate, and we had a good time. Friday I did NOT go black Friday shopping. That just scares me; there are too many people in one place. There are some crazy people that go crazy for that day that push people out of their way, and I definitely couldn’t handle that! My mom works at Fleet Farm which is a retail store, and she tells me scary stories about crazy people that want specific things. The weekend I went hunting with my brother, and I played golf on playstaion 3. I was addicted to that game over winter since there’s nothing to do outside, so we started to play again. I was terrible! We was overall a great weekend! I spent some quality time with the family without working. It was a good break away from everything. I did miss my roommate though; I never would’ve thought I would until poof! She was gone. We texted a lot which made things better, but it was weird not seeing her every day. College really does make you begin friendships that will last your lifetime. It’s cool to finally see that. I miss my parents a lot, and I thought before I left that I didn’t care about them. I love them with all my heart, and I don’t know what I’d do without them. I love going home; they make me so happy. My brother is my best friend, so we always have a good time too. I have an amazing home life, and I also have an amazing friendship with my roommate. Things happen to become more visible when you leave. It’s really cool!

Digital Cable

I got a TV for college thinking that I could relax and watch some shows when I don’t have anything else to do. We received an e-mail a couple weeks ago that Wartburg is switching over to all digital. My TV does have digital channels, but the only ones that Wartburg allows us to have are the hundred channels. We were told that we needed to get a cable box, so we walked over the knight’s village to get one, and nobody was there the first time. We got one a couple days ago, and we hooked it all up. We called to activate it, but it was already activated, so it should’ve been working. The guy tried to fix it over the phone, but he couldn’t. Now there’s a cable guy that has to come to our room to try to fix it. These boxes are new; you’d think that they’ work. We’re attending a forty thousand dollar school, so to me, I think we have the right to have channels and not have to put up with someone having to come out here to try to fix it. We’re paying enough just to be here, why should we have to pay someone to fix something that’s not even our fault? It’s irritating to have to go through something like this. Why’d we have to switch to digital when there are all these problems with these new digital boxes? It just doesn’t make any sense to me! It’s driving me crazy!

Packer games

Almost everybody knows that I love the Green Bay Packers. My whole basement is decorated in all packer stuff. It’s the coolest thing ever! I have a packers lanyard and everybody yells at me when they see it. I’m from Wisconsin originally though, so it totally makes sense. Ever since I was a little girl, my parents have dressed me in packer clothes. I’ve been to 3 games in my lifetime, and it was the best experience of my life. Seeing the team that I grew up loving and grew up knowing all the players was really cool. I moved to Minnesota seven years ago, and one of the main reasons why our family didn’t want to move was because it was “Viking country”. The good old Packer-Viking rivalry just shivered down our bodies. This past Monday when they beat the Vikings 45 to 7 was awesome! I had to work, so I couldn’t watch the game. My dad kept me updated though. Not only am I a die hard packer fan, but what am I really getting at? Watching the Packers play every weekend was a time for me to bond with my dad and brother. We watched the game every weekend, and it was just weird last year when my brother left for college and wasn’t there. I still watched the games with my dad, and it was a good time. We talked about the game and just life in general. It game me that father-daughter time that every daughter needs. My dad and I have always been really close, so having this time together was really meaningful. We had moments where we’d be screaming at the TV, but it was okay! Last year, I went all out for Christmas, and I bought my dad and brother tickets to go to a game. It was the game against the Giants that they HAD to win in order to move on to the playoffs. The packers ended up winning in a good game, so since the Packers won the super bowl, I told my dad and brother that it was all because I paid for their tickets to go to that special game. It may seem like something that means nothing as I watch the games with my dad and brother, but it meant a lot to me. Now that I’m at college and don’t have that luxury, I miss them a lot. I still watch the games, but it just makes me realize how I loved having that bonding time with my dad.

weekend of NO WORK!

I had just an awesome Friday and Saturday. I hung out with some great people. Friday I hung out with Sarah and Emily, and we went to Cedar falls to have a full night. We first went to pick up our shirts from the haunted house; the lady wasn’t very nice! We then went out to eat at Old Chicago which was the best pizza I have ever had. It was just perfect and absolutely satisfying. After we ate and took some pictures of course, we got cookies at the cookie place in the mall. I got a cookie sandwich thing that had two cookies with frosting in the middle. It probably wasn’t very good for me, but it tasted really yummy at the time. After we ate, we went to a movie. We couldn’t decide on one because none of us are decisive, so Sarah and I played rock, paper, scissors. By doing that, we ended up going to Puss in Boots 3D. It was so cute! We came back and watched a movie in my room with a bunch of other people. Overall, it was a really good Friday night. Today, I went to the Luther game. Everyone knows that my brother plays football there, so it’s hard for me to pick and choose who to cheer for. I did decide to wear Wartburg apparel and wear my brother button. I thought that was just perfect! I had to make Kellie come with because she was going to work on homework all day. She’s done that every Saturday since we’ve been here, and I had to make her live a little. Emily came with also. We had a great time! After the game, I met up with my brother and his roommate. I ran to him and hugged him even though he told me not to because of what I was wearing. He’ll live though. I also hugged his roommate; he’s like my second brother. Last year, he came to our house for all the breaks because he’s from Arizona. We talk like we’ve known each other forever! I met my brother’s new girlfriend, and then we went out to eat at Mabe’s. It’s the best pizza place ever! We shared a barbecue pizza which I’ve never had before, it was a good first experience. We then went back to Wartburg after I gave my hugs and said goodbye. This weekend was a terrific weekend, I stayed out of trouble like always, and I didn’t have to work. This is one of the only weekends that I haven’t had to work at all. I don’t really know what that’s like. I’ve learned today that it’s good to get out and do fun stuff with your friends. It’s good to take a weekend off once in awhile and just live your life like you want to. It’s crazy how much you miss with working all the time, but it’s like a necessity if I want to do things that cost money. I have to have money to do the things I want to do, and I need money to pay my college off. It’s just the way it is. Working is good, but I think too much isn’t the best either. I need to find a happy medium.