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!