Spring Break Is So Close, Yet So Far Away!

As I had discussed in my last blog post my mid-term papers had been making me stress out. While I finally finished my second paper and I also turned in that one a week early so I could get it out of the way. After I had finished both of my mid-term papers I had to write an essay for my English class. I was having a very hard time finding a topic to write about because I wanted to write about something that was interesting to me but not very controversal. The topic I ended up writing about was caffeine and wether or not it is bad for you. I wrote it within three hours and I hope it is what my teacher is looking for. Other than writing an essay my mom came to visit me on Friday and it was a lot of fun. She brought food for my roommate and I and we all sat in my room and talked about the most random things. I cant wait until I go home next week for spring break because spending some time with my mom made me miss my home, my family, and my dogs that much more. I am happy I do not have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays because now my family can pick me up on Wednesday after my classes are done for the day since I have Thursday free and we all have Friday off. I hope I do not have a lot of work I need to get done over the break and I can just relax and spend time with my family and friends.

Thanks for reading my blog! What are your plans for Spring Break?

Jenah

Mid-terms!!

Last week I found out I have to write two mid-term papers for my two online classes. One Is due this upcoming Friday, March 23, and the other one is due March 30. I decided I would try and start them early, so I could get them down before the deadlines rolled around. Last weekend I started the paper that was due first and was able to find my topic pretty easily and was able to finish it by Tuesday afternoon. I had my mom proof read it and then had my sister proof, and then I read through one last time and turned it in on Saturday. I then wanted to start my next mid-term paper that is due on March 30, but I have not been having any luck. I had not been able to find a good topic to write about. Once I had found something to write about it is hard to find any information online about it, so I will have to look deeper on the internet for more information. So far, I have Two sentences written down and am hoping to get this paper down soon. I know I still have two weeks to write it, but I want to finish it early, so I can write yet another essay for my English class. I hope I can finish both of these essays pretty fast, so I do not have to stress about them for too much longer.

Thanks for reading my blog! Are any of you stressing over your mid-terms?

Jenah

Leadership Tryouts

Last week on Friday I went to leadership tryouts, so I could become a Peer Acedimic Leader (PAL). A PAL is basically someone who will help their floor of students with any trouble they might have throughout the school year wether it be personal or acedemic. I wanted to become a PAL because I am really good at my acedemics, I like to help people, and so I could be more involved in school life. At tryouts I was nervous at first because I absolutely hate speaking in front of people, it gives me anxiety. After hearing some of the presentation in the beginning I started to become more comfortable until we split into our groups. The first station my group went to was the cheer station where we had to come up with a cheer that had to incorporate all of our names into it. It was a little awkward at first because not many of us knew each other. We eventually got it down but then we found out we would have to do our cheer in front of everyone trying out. We went to the next room were we got into pairs where one of us was blindfolded and the other had to navigate them through a field of cups on the floor without hitting any of them. The next room was the scenario room where we had to go up one by one and act out a scenario that we would have to go through with the RAs and PALs of this year. I was also very nervous for this room because like I said I hate talking in front of people. The next room we split into two groups and had a list of things we had to get done and would get points for them and by that point we had all gotten used to each other so I believe we were talking and laughing a lot more. As we would go through the list and do the things the people hosting the room would walk up to us and come up with little scenarios as well and ask us what we would do in those situations. We were all a little confused at first but we eventually got it down. The next and final game room was a box of square where we all had to fit our feet into the squares as they consecutively got smaller and as the boxes got smaller we either could only say one word or could not even talk at all. At the last and smallest box though we were allowed to talk and we where able to fit inside the box. With four people as the base and three of us standing on top of their feet. We finally went back to the big room we started in and we had to do our cheers in front of everybody. Everyone was laughing and had a great time. The next step is to see in I get called in for an interveiw. I guess we will just have to wait and see if I get called back in.

Thanks for reading my blog! Have you ever wanted to be and RA or PAL or have you ever had crazy tryouts like this?

Jenah

Surprises In The Mail

For my biology class I need scantrons so I could take the exams. Last week I asked my mother to get me scantrons from amazon. She told me they would be here on Tuesday February 27 and I checked on the 28 and they were still not in so I texted my mother and told her. She called me later on that day and asked if I had checked again and I had to explain to her if they did not have it this afternoon then they would not have it later on that day. She said ok but said she was excited for me to get the package because she also got me a surprise. I told her I would check the next day and she said ok. So now it was Thursday March 1 and I went to go check the mail. I went to the mail box got the slip went into the housing office and signed for the package. After I looked up my eyes almost jumped out of my head because the package the lady gave me was huge. I walked back to my dorm and put it on my bed. My roommate asked me what I got and I told her I had no idea. I opened the huge box and right onto was an envelope that have the scantrons in them and I looked inside the box to see another large box inside it. I opened the box and it was full of snack foods such as chips, trail mix, crackers, and popcorn. I got really excited because now I have snack foods to eat. She called me and said she saw it and decided to get it for me because it was cheap and she just wanted to see how it would work out. All in all I am happy that I now have scantrons so I can take my exams and that I now have snacks I can eat while studying for said exams.

Thanks for reading my blog! Has a friend or family member ever sent you a surprise in the mail.

Jenah