Green Tea Anyone?

Ah roommate drama. Last night marked the first official roommate meeting in my apartment. I didn't think those actually happened. Things have been a little tense, to say the least. I mentioned this a few days ago, but my one roommate went home and kind of left us with no internet for the weekend which kind of jumpstarted everything else. When she got back she sent one of my other roommates some angry message. Something about "I don't appreciate the attitude about the internet. I took the trouble to put wireless in our apartment and if you guys don't appreciate that then I can take it home and you guys can buy a new one for yourselves". But I'm just paraphrasing. Anyway, that started some argument about how Sunchase doesn't know we have a dog, and threatening to tell them so she would get in trouble, blah blah blah. There's been a bit of drama over the dog. My roommate left him home until next semester because she claimed my other roommate was abusive (dramatic). He was a stray and was obviously not raised very well, so training him has been a process. He's gotten better but hasn't completely gotten past chewing on things, or eating your food. Oh well, he is a dog i suppose. I'm the opposite of a confrontational person, so this yelling at each other face to face thing was a little uncomfortable to me. I put in my 2 cents but stayed out of it for the most part. I tried not to get involved, but it was still pretty annoying.

I think Thanksgiving is coming at a good time, we could all use a little break from each other. There has been this unspoken awkwardness for a little while now and I can only hope it gets better once we all get back from break.

On a side note, I woke up after my nap yesterday with a cold. Just in time for our presentation today! I'm desperately trying to get rid of it before it gets worse/before break so we'll see how it goes. Might have to stock up on dayquil and tissues. I'm drinking green tea right now. It's supposed to have antioxidants and all that good stuff that's good for you. It was on the list of top 10 things to eat/drink when you have a cold. Thank you google.

On a happier side not, today marks the end of my work for the week! When 4 o'clock rolls around this afternoon, I'm pretty much checking out. No more activities requiring brain power. See ya next week school.

Just Trying to Stay Alive

I'm glad you guys have good things to say about the Homestead! Apparently it's a pretty popular place around here so i'm excited to experience for myself.

Ashley, your comment perfectly describes my situation. Just hanging on, doing my best to get everything done. I enjoy doing this blog, but sometimes I can't help but find it to be an inconvenience. It's nice to be able to get stuff out there, but it's hard to keep up with when I have all these other assignments piling on top of it!

On a lighter note, this weekend was fun. It was filled with food. Sheetz, Chanellos and Panera in 2 days, that should be like a record or something. But I enjoyed every second of every bite. I let myself have fun without worrying about work, until now at least. I'm always afraid to check BlackBoard on Sundays, there always seems to be some new assignment or announcement about something. That's probably why I haven't looked at anything until now. I blame our apartment's lack of internet. My roommate,who went home for the weekend, has the router in her room and locked her door. Sometimes the internet goes out and we have to unplug it to reset it. But needless to say we couldn't do that this weekend. It's pretty annoying and it's happened before but I guess to look on the positive side of things, it kept me off Facebook for a while. At least until my other roommate found a cable to plug into the wall. I feel like we're addicts or something, itching for a little bit of facebook stalking, or texts from last night. I'm currently sitting on the floor of our living room writing this post because the cord won't reach into my room. Maybe I should look at the criteria for internet addiciton again.....

I lost my debit card like 2 weeks ago and called in for a new one to be sent here. I still haven't gotten it so I called back and turns out they never had the right address. I always get nervous sending anything to school, especially when Chase Court isn't a real street and Apt E sounds like D. So many things can go wrong! But they let me order a new one, this time to home, so crisis averted.

Now to look at the guidelines for our technology critique...the first offcial attempt at writing this thing...

1 Week Down, 1 To Go

The Homestead

One more Biopsych test complete! I'm sure a lot of you are sharing this victory. Those tests never get easier, no matter how much I study. But I can't say I wasn't warned.

I have never been more excited for Thanksgiving break. I love turkey. We're not doing our traditional dinner this year. Instead we're going to some fancy hotel called The Homestead where my brother proposed to his wife that hosts certain events like this. I'm excited, but I can't say I won't miss waking up in the morning to the smell of turkey, or helping my mom make the thousands of different sides. And when I say help I mean watching the parade and popping into the kitchen every once and a while to check up on things. I do what I can. But, nevertheless, I'm still excited for break. I looked this place up online and it's pretty gorgeous. It's in Virginia, but an hour or 2 south of JMU. I'm looking forward to some real southern Virginia cooking.

Now I've gotten myself all excited. I still have about a billion tests and papers to do before stuffing my face :(

There are some pictures of the hotel up top. There's a better one on the website but I couldn't get it to work.

Ah, What a Weekend

A little follow up on my last post...

Avery's party was so fun! I never thought I'd be so entertained by a playground and a bunch of 2 year olds, but here I am. She got so many presents, half of which I played with too and had so much fun. That little girl never ceases to amaze me. She's so smart, and says things you would never think a 2 year old could even imagine. I found myself just kind of sitting, listening to the things she had to say.

I've seen my family a lot in the past month, and it's been really nice. I've always been grateful that I get along with my family. After coming to college I've learned that a solid family relationship is really important. I'm always happy I can go home whenever I want to and know my parents will always be excited to see me. In fact, coming back to school this afternoon was a bit of a struggle. Maybe it's the upcoming holidays that have me feeling a little nostalgic? Either way, I would have been completely content sitting at home with my mom, finding something to watch on tv.

I'm waiting for party pictures to go up on Facebook and when they do they'll be up here ASAP!

A Few More...

Birthdays Galore!

Tomorrow marks my niece Avery's 2nd birthday and I'm so excited to celebrate with her! Just last weekend was her mom's, my sister in laws birthday on halloween. Needless to say, their house was decorated like you wouldn't believe.

Next up, Avery's pink-themed party. Pink candy, pink presents, pink decorations, pink everything. I think she's getting her first bike, pink of course, and I can only imagine her excitement when she gets it. This girl has more toys than you could imagine. Whenever we've gone over to babysit, I could entertain myself for hours with all her stuff laying around.

Now for the hard part, the presents. Who ever thought shopping for a 2 year old would be this hard? But if you have everything what else do you need. I guess a little JMU gear could never hurt.

On a Side Note....

This whole no more limewire thing is gonna take some getting used to. What else am I supposed to do when I'm not working on things I should be?

Ah Registration

So the time has come again, registration. You'd think after 8 semesters of this I'd be used to it be now, but it never seems to disappoint in making me frustrated. We're seniors and all now, and we get first pick, so how is it still so impossible to get the classes you need? I had a nice little plan for myself, but those stupid little blue squares next to every class put it alllll to pieces. This makes me sound a little more bitter than I really am, because like I said, I'm used to it by now.

I only need ONE more class to finish up the psyc degree! Wooo! Now just to find 14 other credits of something to fill my semester. If anyone can relate, do you have any suggestions? There have to be some classes out there just made for seniors trying to do this.

Next step, does someone want to find me a job? I would love if you did!

ok i'm concentrating....

i think kelly mentioned this last class, and i think it's totally true. everyone is a little ADD. i can't seem to focus on one thing for a long period of time, no matter how important it is. i find myself trying to read our assigned articles and end up watching some movie on TV i've seen 5 times before. 7 pounds i think was the choice tonight. i guess if it was really a problem i wouldn't have passed as many classes as i have so i'm not too worried, but it's kind of annoying. it seems so simple, concentrate and do it. easier said than done. in fact, i'm pretty sure this post is some form of a distraction. now back to my movie..

Senioritis Isn't Allowed This Year...

So, as I'm sure a lot of you feel, senior year is finally starting to kick in. Lots of work, on top of more work. It's kind of nice having this class for a chance to express myself outside the classroom environment.

I can't tell you how many days of this school year so far I've been asked "So, do you plan on going to grad school?" I've been asked by parents, teachers, classmates, friends, you name it. My answer..."I have no idea." I've been told, and am slowly becoming convinced, that a psyc degree isn't very useful without at least a Master's. That being said, who ever said you had to get one RIGHT away? At least that's my opinion. So, as of now, I've changed my answer to "I'm not sure, but if I do I'll probably take some time off before I go back to school" which seems to buy me a little bit more time between questions. I'm pretty sure I don't have 2 more years of school in my system right away, not after finishing a grand total of 16.

I wish senior year of high school wasn't such a tease. Who knew that you'd actually have to do more work in college as you got older and not the other way around? I'm not sure I agree with this system....

The Close of the Weekend

So I'm still getting used to a blog, mostly just remembering to keep up with it. I'm slowly getting better.

Another weekend comes to a close, and what better way to end it than in the library....I've decided there's always at least one week every semester when every single class decides to make something due every day of the week. It doesn't sound as bad as it really is. This is that week. I'm trying to be productive and actually start things early, which is not how I usually operate and sort of adds to the stress of everything else. But, I seem to be managing so far.

On a lighter note, the weekend was fun. The family didn't come down, but I know I'll see them soon enough. Finally got to experience the new park on Neff. That place is way more than a park. I wish it was socially acceptable for college students to take part in such activities, something my friend and I both agree upon.

The weather was nice, but I'm officially starting to notice the beginning of fall. I'm still hoping for one more 95 degree pool day though. It could happen...

One More Thing...

forgive the title for now, it's a favorite song of mine but realize it might be a little long for a blog. time to brainstorm!

Let the Blogging Begin

So, here it is. Post #1. I'll admit that looking through everyone else's blog was a little intimidating. Who knew that titles, background colors, profile pictures and font sizes could be so stressful? Anyway, I seem to be figuring things out, slowly but surely. I've never really gotten into the blog thing before, but have always been a litte intrigued about the whole thing. I guess my new psychology class came in good timing. I never thought my day-to-day happenings were interesting enough to write about, let alone for the public to read. But, I'll do my best to make this blog worthy of your time! I've started reading the blogs I could find, and am pretty impressed and interested. So far mine is a big work in progress, but I can only hope the little twists and turns I encounter are enough to reel in some followers. More to come!