Wednesday, September 14, 2011
15 Pages? REALLY?
So... my prof doesn't like our textbook but we are still being tested over it even though what he is lecturing about and the chapter we are supposed to be reading don't correlate AT ALL! Makes perfect sense, right? He gave us 4 pages of things that we needed to know out of the textbook chapters (essentially he could have just said "know everything" and saved a bunch of trees). I FINALLY finished today... this was the outcome.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
14 Hour Tuesdays
It has been 14 hours since I have been back in my dorm. This is ridiculous! And unfortunately it is going to become a typical thing for Tuesday's. Get this.
9:35-10:50: Geography
11-11:50: Study in Commons
11:50-12:30: Lunch with Kristen
12:45-2: Music
2:20-3:35: History
3:45-5:15: Meet with TEFB project group
5:40: Walk over to Rec
6:15-7:30 (Normally until 8:15): Water Polo Practice
7:45-8:15: Dinner with Shannon at the Rec
8:20: Walk over to Kyle Field and wait to get into Breakaway
9-10:30: BREAKAWAY
10:30-11: Walk back to dorm
11:07: Arrive at dorm and kerplop. Down a gatorade and a huge glass of water. Blog. Now to start studying...
As much as Tuesday's are going to be tiring for me, I LOVE that I get to end it (kinda) with Breakaway!!
9:35-10:50: Geography
11-11:50: Study in Commons
11:50-12:30: Lunch with Kristen
12:45-2: Music
2:20-3:35: History
3:45-5:15: Meet with TEFB project group
5:40: Walk over to Rec
6:15-7:30 (Normally until 8:15): Water Polo Practice
7:45-8:15: Dinner with Shannon at the Rec
8:20: Walk over to Kyle Field and wait to get into Breakaway
9-10:30: BREAKAWAY
10:30-11: Walk back to dorm
11:07: Arrive at dorm and kerplop. Down a gatorade and a huge glass of water. Blog. Now to start studying...
As much as Tuesday's are going to be tiring for me, I LOVE that I get to end it (kinda) with Breakaway!!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Collegiate Polo :)
It's official! I am a part of the Texas A&M Women's Water Polo Team! WHOOP!
2 years ago I never would've dreamed I'd be playing water polo in college. Ever. I was the littlest on my high school team, and was too scared of getting a foul called on me to ever be aggressive. Lookin' back on that, I laugh. This past season I was called for fouls ALL the time, and even got ejected once or twice (or several times...). Somewhere between then and now I became sightly more aggressive... hmm...
When I toured A&M in the spring of 2010, I watched the girls team play in a tournament. It was then that I realized the possibility of me playing polo in college. Look here for my blog from that time.
Now, I'm on the team! I am one of the fastest, and still one of the littlest (although there are 2 girls smaller than me!). It was so much fun getting to practice with the team today, even though we all quickly realized how out of shape we were. The group of girls seem really nice, and I'm excited to have the opportunity to play for Texas A&M!! YAHOO!!!
2 years ago I never would've dreamed I'd be playing water polo in college. Ever. I was the littlest on my high school team, and was too scared of getting a foul called on me to ever be aggressive. Lookin' back on that, I laugh. This past season I was called for fouls ALL the time, and even got ejected once or twice (or several times...). Somewhere between then and now I became sightly more aggressive... hmm...
When I toured A&M in the spring of 2010, I watched the girls team play in a tournament. It was then that I realized the possibility of me playing polo in college. Look here for my blog from that time.
Now, I'm on the team! I am one of the fastest, and still one of the littlest (although there are 2 girls smaller than me!). It was so much fun getting to practice with the team today, even though we all quickly realized how out of shape we were. The group of girls seem really nice, and I'm excited to have the opportunity to play for Texas A&M!! YAHOO!!!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Deposit Done!
I just mailed my deposit... It's official-I will be spending a week in HONDURAS on a mission trip with Camp Cho-Yeh in January!!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
One place on my mind
Honduras. So many little things have been revealed to me this past week, and I know that I'm supposed to be in Honduras. I'm planning on sending my deposit in this weekend to secure my spot! GAH! So exciting :)
Class. Bike. Study. Eat. Talk. Skype. Sleep.
Is it bad that I can essentially sum up my college life in 7 words?
Class: Luckily, they don't seem to bad! I mean, I have polisci which is destined to be a fun-sucker but other than that they are okay. My professor's are decent, some are even funny and enjoyable to listen to. I have also learned that I will never again be taking an 8AM class if I don't absolutely have to, nor will I have classes on Friday if I can avoid them. I don't know WHAT I was thinking when I put my lab on a Friday!!
Bike: Oh, I have several funny stories that include me and my bike. First of all, I LOVE having a bike on campus, I can essentially get anywhere in under 10 minutes now, and my farthest class is only a 7 minute bike ride. YES! First funny story... it's 7:45 and I'm riding my bike to my 8AM class. I'm exhausted to say the least. I'm trying to eat go-gurt while riding my bike, and kinda sorta ran into a stop sign. Not like a full on collision, more of just a side scrape. Luckily, nobody saw... phew! It was super windy and cold outside and when I walked into class, my professor stopped me at the door with this "2 things to ask you this morning: 1) what on Earth are you eating? 2) Why do you look like you just walked through a hurricane?" GREAT!!! Bike story number 2... I'm not the most coordinated person in the world, everybody knows that. You can probably think of several ways I could potentionally hurt myself. I have one that you didn't think of! An acorn fell on my head!!! Now, that doesn't seem like a huge deal. But, did you know that a typical acorn falls at 28 mph? And it has a force of 19.6 Newtons? Yeah, betcha didn't! IT HURT!! Geesh...
Study: That's about all I do. I read, and take notes, and read some more. Thank goodness this reading isn't too terrible right now, and I'm keeping caught up for the most part. I mean, I only study typically 6-8 hours a day. No biggie, right? Ha. I have no life. Luckily, nobody else has a life either :)
Eat: Oh food. I have actually semi-expanded my horizons. I eat a lot of turkey/ham/cheese sub sandwiches. And a lot of mac'n'cheese. And grilled cheese! Oh, I had a really good grilled chicken sandwich the other day. mmmmm :) I have taken a liking to burritos, and will have those along with wraps occasionally on campus. I even tried a Sbisa sandwich!! I know, you've never heard of it.. neither had I, which typically means I wouldn't even touch it with a 10 foot pole. Let me describe it to you... Warm and soft cookies make the bread, and ice-cream goes in the middle! DELISH! (yes, it's a menu item :D )
Talk: I seem to do that a lot lately. I spend a lot of time on the phone late at night with my camp friends. I spent 10 weeks with them, and I miss hearing about their days and what is going on in their lives. I also enjoy sitting on "my couch" (it's a couch in the hall of my dorm that literally nobody ever sits on. I study, talk on the phone, read, listen to music, do about anything there. It's awesome!) with some of my friends from Impact and just talking about life and what God is showing us through daily things. It's pretty great!
Skype: When phone conversations just aren't enough... Typically Carley and I skype 2 times a week, and I've skyped Renee once. It just makes me SO happy to see their faces! I miss them!
Sleep: When all of the previously listed things are done, I get to sleep! I normally get a nap on Monday/Wednesday's, which is awesome. I normally go to bed around 12:30-1, and am always up at either 7 or 8. I'm constantly tired, and rarely sleep through the night which is weird. I wake up and realize all these things I didn't do, or things I need to remember to get next time I'm at Walmart, or things that I forgot to tell somebody, or a text message that I never sent. It's SO frustrating!! Blah.
There's college for ya :)
Class: Luckily, they don't seem to bad! I mean, I have polisci which is destined to be a fun-sucker but other than that they are okay. My professor's are decent, some are even funny and enjoyable to listen to. I have also learned that I will never again be taking an 8AM class if I don't absolutely have to, nor will I have classes on Friday if I can avoid them. I don't know WHAT I was thinking when I put my lab on a Friday!!
Bike: Oh, I have several funny stories that include me and my bike. First of all, I LOVE having a bike on campus, I can essentially get anywhere in under 10 minutes now, and my farthest class is only a 7 minute bike ride. YES! First funny story... it's 7:45 and I'm riding my bike to my 8AM class. I'm exhausted to say the least. I'm trying to eat go-gurt while riding my bike, and kinda sorta ran into a stop sign. Not like a full on collision, more of just a side scrape. Luckily, nobody saw... phew! It was super windy and cold outside and when I walked into class, my professor stopped me at the door with this "2 things to ask you this morning: 1) what on Earth are you eating? 2) Why do you look like you just walked through a hurricane?" GREAT!!! Bike story number 2... I'm not the most coordinated person in the world, everybody knows that. You can probably think of several ways I could potentionally hurt myself. I have one that you didn't think of! An acorn fell on my head!!! Now, that doesn't seem like a huge deal. But, did you know that a typical acorn falls at 28 mph? And it has a force of 19.6 Newtons? Yeah, betcha didn't! IT HURT!! Geesh...
Study: That's about all I do. I read, and take notes, and read some more. Thank goodness this reading isn't too terrible right now, and I'm keeping caught up for the most part. I mean, I only study typically 6-8 hours a day. No biggie, right? Ha. I have no life. Luckily, nobody else has a life either :)
Eat: Oh food. I have actually semi-expanded my horizons. I eat a lot of turkey/ham/cheese sub sandwiches. And a lot of mac'n'cheese. And grilled cheese! Oh, I had a really good grilled chicken sandwich the other day. mmmmm :) I have taken a liking to burritos, and will have those along with wraps occasionally on campus. I even tried a Sbisa sandwich!! I know, you've never heard of it.. neither had I, which typically means I wouldn't even touch it with a 10 foot pole. Let me describe it to you... Warm and soft cookies make the bread, and ice-cream goes in the middle! DELISH! (yes, it's a menu item :D )
Talk: I seem to do that a lot lately. I spend a lot of time on the phone late at night with my camp friends. I spent 10 weeks with them, and I miss hearing about their days and what is going on in their lives. I also enjoy sitting on "my couch" (it's a couch in the hall of my dorm that literally nobody ever sits on. I study, talk on the phone, read, listen to music, do about anything there. It's awesome!) with some of my friends from Impact and just talking about life and what God is showing us through daily things. It's pretty great!
Skype: When phone conversations just aren't enough... Typically Carley and I skype 2 times a week, and I've skyped Renee once. It just makes me SO happy to see their faces! I miss them!
Sleep: When all of the previously listed things are done, I get to sleep! I normally get a nap on Monday/Wednesday's, which is awesome. I normally go to bed around 12:30-1, and am always up at either 7 or 8. I'm constantly tired, and rarely sleep through the night which is weird. I wake up and realize all these things I didn't do, or things I need to remember to get next time I'm at Walmart, or things that I forgot to tell somebody, or a text message that I never sent. It's SO frustrating!! Blah.
There's college for ya :)
Friday, September 2, 2011
Honduras?
I absolutely love to serve. It is something I am really passionate about and enjoy getting to volunteer and minister to others.
So... when I found out about 30 minutes ago that Cho-Yeh Staff was going on a mission trip, I got really excited. I've only been able to go on one actual mission trip with my church (not counting little mission projects), and I've always been bummed when the dates conflicted with vacations or summer camp. Serving + camp = destined to be AMAZING!
The trip is a week in January to HONDURAS! We would spend the morning building 2-3 houses, and then run a day camp in the afternoons/evenings for children in Honduras. That's what Cho-Yeh does best, ministering to kids.
It's definitely going to be something that I'm going to be praying about, but I really want to go!
So... when I found out about 30 minutes ago that Cho-Yeh Staff was going on a mission trip, I got really excited. I've only been able to go on one actual mission trip with my church (not counting little mission projects), and I've always been bummed when the dates conflicted with vacations or summer camp. Serving + camp = destined to be AMAZING!
The trip is a week in January to HONDURAS! We would spend the morning building 2-3 houses, and then run a day camp in the afternoons/evenings for children in Honduras. That's what Cho-Yeh does best, ministering to kids.
It's definitely going to be something that I'm going to be praying about, but I really want to go!
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