I'm sad to report that nothing unusual or exciting really happened today. Today was mostly an errand/homework day for me. I did see Nicole walking in to town on my way out of New Paltz and she decided to go to Walgreens and Stop and Shop with me. That was exciting. We listened to the Burlesque soundtrack and had great fun.
Other than that, all I really did today was go to the library and work on my massive amounts of homework. I have a workbook submission for one of my classes due on Tuesday so I wrote half the entries today and am hopefully going to do the other half tomorrow. Well I sort of need to. But my whole plan and doing all my homework for Monday and Tuesday on Sunday didn't really work because there is just too much due on Monday and Tuesday. Thankfully there is no HFS tomorrow, so I'm going to take the time from like 3pm-9pm to do all my homework. Six hours should be enough time to finish all my crap that is due on Tuesday. At least I hope so. Because tomorrow night is elections for CCC, which means it's another late RHSA meeting.
In other news, I applied for the National Residence Hall Honorary last week and the members were supposed to vote today, so hopefully I'll know if I made it by tomorrow. I really hope so...I'm just really anxious to see if I got it or not.
Sorry my day was so boring...every once in a while we just get those days. Tomorrow is sure to bring more excitement. So I will leave you with one request:
One of my favorite youtuber's, Michael Aranda, is stuck in Paris, France and has not been allowed to re-enter the U.K. so he has asked people to sign a petition to help get him back in. The petition explains the whole story, so I will not, but I'd really appreciate it if people could sign it and let all their friends know and ask them to sign it. Here's the link: http://bit.ly/hybeLE
Thanks :)
Thing that made life awesome today: Kelvin overruled Tim in the RHSA office and let me sit in the chair. He's nice :)
April 10, 2011
Relay for Life
I know I wasn't able to get a post up yesterday, but there's a very funny story behind that. So yesterday was Relay for Life on our campus. For those of you who don't know, Relay for Life is an event put on by the American Cancer Society to help stop the fight against cancer. It is a day to honor the survivors and remember those who have lost their battle.
I've always enjoyed Relay for Life, but this year it was particularly important to me because my dad passed away from cancer a year ago (today actually). The fact that Relay fell on the weekend of his one year was kind of strange in a way, but I think it was a good experience for me because although it's been hard, I got to have fun yesterday with my friends, which always makes it easier to cope. Unfortunately, due to my lack of sleep this past week, I fell asleep probably 3 or 4 times during Relay (oops), but I still had a wonderful day.
There were really cool events set up throughout the day like face painting and henna tattoos, which of course I got. They also had a cupcake decorating contest, although I don't remember them ever announcing the winners for that. Absolut Accapella came and performed which was amazing. That was actually the first time I've seen them because I missed the last performance that I was supposed to go to.
And of course, there was walking, the whole point of Relay. We walked around the gym...a lot. Now technically your supposed to have a member of your team walking the track the entire time, but everyone on my team left at four except for me and my friend Liz, who also happened to be on committee and didn't get to walk too much. So that left me walking alone for what was supposed to be six hours. Obviously this did not happen because I'm not that awesome.
The hardest part of the day was the Luminaria, a ceremony to remember the loved ones that we have lost. While it was something that I felt good about doing, the truth is that it still hurts. It hurts to lose anyone you love, whether it's from cancer or a car accident. But it's also ridiculously hard because watching someone you love suffer from this disease only to die is a painful experience. No one wants to go through that and the truth is it just isn't fair. After the ceremony, we did a lap around the gym in silence, which is actually when I started crying. I have to admit though that something that really touched me yesterday was after the lap of silence, a girl that I sort of know from RHSA came up to me and touched my shoulder. She had no idea who I'd lost to cancer but it was such a nice gesture and it honestly made me feel better. There are truly some amazing and kind people in this world and although she'll probably never know this, that one little gesture made a difference to me and gave me enough strength to get up and enjoy the rest of the night.
Thing that made life awesome yesterday: Besides what I just talked about, FINALLY GETTING TO GO TO SLEEP. Yay! :)
I've always enjoyed Relay for Life, but this year it was particularly important to me because my dad passed away from cancer a year ago (today actually). The fact that Relay fell on the weekend of his one year was kind of strange in a way, but I think it was a good experience for me because although it's been hard, I got to have fun yesterday with my friends, which always makes it easier to cope. Unfortunately, due to my lack of sleep this past week, I fell asleep probably 3 or 4 times during Relay (oops), but I still had a wonderful day.
There were really cool events set up throughout the day like face painting and henna tattoos, which of course I got. They also had a cupcake decorating contest, although I don't remember them ever announcing the winners for that. Absolut Accapella came and performed which was amazing. That was actually the first time I've seen them because I missed the last performance that I was supposed to go to.
And of course, there was walking, the whole point of Relay. We walked around the gym...a lot. Now technically your supposed to have a member of your team walking the track the entire time, but everyone on my team left at four except for me and my friend Liz, who also happened to be on committee and didn't get to walk too much. So that left me walking alone for what was supposed to be six hours. Obviously this did not happen because I'm not that awesome.
The hardest part of the day was the Luminaria, a ceremony to remember the loved ones that we have lost. While it was something that I felt good about doing, the truth is that it still hurts. It hurts to lose anyone you love, whether it's from cancer or a car accident. But it's also ridiculously hard because watching someone you love suffer from this disease only to die is a painful experience. No one wants to go through that and the truth is it just isn't fair. After the ceremony, we did a lap around the gym in silence, which is actually when I started crying. I have to admit though that something that really touched me yesterday was after the lap of silence, a girl that I sort of know from RHSA came up to me and touched my shoulder. She had no idea who I'd lost to cancer but it was such a nice gesture and it honestly made me feel better. There are truly some amazing and kind people in this world and although she'll probably never know this, that one little gesture made a difference to me and gave me enough strength to get up and enjoy the rest of the night.
Thing that made life awesome yesterday: Besides what I just talked about, FINALLY GETTING TO GO TO SLEEP. Yay! :)
April 8, 2011
BEDA Day #8: Really Really Quickly
Alright so once again I'm writing a really really short post because I needed to be in bed 2 hours ago because I'm tired and sick and tomorrow is Relay for Life so I have to be up at 8am! OMG.
Ya. So tomorrow is Relay for Life on my campus. We don't do the overnight one because no one would come because stupid people can't give up one night of partying to help raise awareness and money for the fight against cancer.
Relay is very close to my heart this year, which I will probably discuss more tomorrow, but will briefly discuss now. I've now been touched by cancer in my family when my dad was diagnosed last year. So for the first time ever I will be Relaying in honor of someone. Relay this year is especially close though because this weekend will be the one year anniversary of my dad losing his battle to cancer, so it's actually going to be a really tough weekend. But in a way, I'm glad Relay is the weekend of this date because what better way to remember my dad than to work hard to fight against the disease that killed him? It seems kind of right in a way. Plus I will be with my friends who have meant the world to me over the past year and have helped me so much.
So tomorrow, I will be walking for my dad in hopes that more children don't have to lose someone they love to this horrible disease. How about you?
Thing that made life awesome today: It's Friday. Enough said.
Ya. So tomorrow is Relay for Life on my campus. We don't do the overnight one because no one would come because stupid people can't give up one night of partying to help raise awareness and money for the fight against cancer.
Relay is very close to my heart this year, which I will probably discuss more tomorrow, but will briefly discuss now. I've now been touched by cancer in my family when my dad was diagnosed last year. So for the first time ever I will be Relaying in honor of someone. Relay this year is especially close though because this weekend will be the one year anniversary of my dad losing his battle to cancer, so it's actually going to be a really tough weekend. But in a way, I'm glad Relay is the weekend of this date because what better way to remember my dad than to work hard to fight against the disease that killed him? It seems kind of right in a way. Plus I will be with my friends who have meant the world to me over the past year and have helped me so much.
So tomorrow, I will be walking for my dad in hopes that more children don't have to lose someone they love to this horrible disease. How about you?
Thing that made life awesome today: It's Friday. Enough said.
April 4, 2011
BEDA Day #4: This will be the shortest post ever...
Hello all. So I know that it is past midnight which means that technically I didn't get a post up for Monday, HOWEVER I have two excuses that I believe are perfectly acceptable...you can choose which one you like best.
Excuse #1: I haven't gone to sleep yet so technically it's still Monday to me.
Excuse #2: On the West Coast it's only 10:19 so it's still Monday...and I'm from the west coast even though I'm currently residing on the east coast.
There you have it. I really don't have much to talk about in this post because it's one in the morning and I have class all day and a quiz tomorrow so I need to go to sleep. Plus my throat hurts which is just not a good thing at all. Basically, I need some sleep.
I will however briefly explain why I'm writing my post at 1:20am. Monday nights are always really busy for me. Sometimes I go to Historical Film Society at 6pm and then I usually run straight to RHSA meetings after. Tonight was one of those nights. See, until about an hour ago, I hadn't been back in my building since 4pm this afternoon, when I left to go to the library to do homework. I didn't really think about BEDA because it's a Monday night and all I was thinking was "great I can't start my homework until 11pm"
So here's the other thing. RHSA meetings usually run from 9pm-11pm, however we are doing elections. Tonight was the elections for PR, so elections ran until 12:20am tonight. Which means I didn't get back to my dorm until 12:30am...an hour ago. Hence the late blog post. But it's here and it's probably crappy because I'm exhausted and haven't slept in 2 days, so with that I'm going to go to sleep.
Goodnight. :)
Thing that made me happy today: I got an 80% on my Macro exam...meaning I passed and will not be failing economics this semester! YIPPIE!
Excuse #1: I haven't gone to sleep yet so technically it's still Monday to me.
Excuse #2: On the West Coast it's only 10:19 so it's still Monday...and I'm from the west coast even though I'm currently residing on the east coast.
There you have it. I really don't have much to talk about in this post because it's one in the morning and I have class all day and a quiz tomorrow so I need to go to sleep. Plus my throat hurts which is just not a good thing at all. Basically, I need some sleep.
I will however briefly explain why I'm writing my post at 1:20am. Monday nights are always really busy for me. Sometimes I go to Historical Film Society at 6pm and then I usually run straight to RHSA meetings after. Tonight was one of those nights. See, until about an hour ago, I hadn't been back in my building since 4pm this afternoon, when I left to go to the library to do homework. I didn't really think about BEDA because it's a Monday night and all I was thinking was "great I can't start my homework until 11pm"
So here's the other thing. RHSA meetings usually run from 9pm-11pm, however we are doing elections. Tonight was the elections for PR, so elections ran until 12:20am tonight. Which means I didn't get back to my dorm until 12:30am...an hour ago. Hence the late blog post. But it's here and it's probably crappy because I'm exhausted and haven't slept in 2 days, so with that I'm going to go to sleep.
Goodnight. :)
Thing that made me happy today: I got an 80% on my Macro exam...meaning I passed and will not be failing economics this semester! YIPPIE!
April 3, 2011
BEDA Day #3: So Brittany and I were sitting in the middle of a crime scene...
Yes. That is my life.
Today has probably been one of the most interesting days of my life. It's definitely ranked in the Top 5. And you get to hear about it!
As as I mentioned in my previous post, today was the STARS conference, a leadership conference held on campus for all the hall governments. The conference ended up being a ton of fun. Every hall performed a lip sync/roll call to start it off and this ended with a bunch of cheers and a round of Ride that Pony. Some of the lip syncs were fantastic and everyone did a really great job.
Next, we had a keynote speaker come in and talk to us about leadership. Now personally, my favorite part of leadership conferences are the keynote speakers because they always have some amazing things to say and I always walk away with new insights into leadership. We did some really interesting activities that I've never done before, which made it even more exciting. One activity (which was my favorite) was that we were all in a giant circle and someone could step in and say what kind of leader they were. Anyone else who was the type of leader then stepped into the circle. It was neat to see all the different dynamics of leadership. My favorite was Meghan's, who said "I'm a leader that motivates other people." I like thinking of Hall Gov as the leaders that motivate the residents in our halls.
The other neat activity that we did was to lead around our partner who had to close their eyes. So the first round I led my partner around while his eyes were closed. Then he did the same for me. And then we switched it up and the person who's eyes were closed led while the "guide" protected them from running into other groups. It was interesting to see why certain people preferred the different scenarios.
Thankfully after the keynote we got to eat lunch, which was a very good thing because we were STARVING. Then we started our programming sessions. The first program I went to was called Empower-Mint and it was a self-exploration program where we wrote down a goal for ourselves and then thought of the things that were stopping us from achieving those goals. But it wasn't a simple goal. It was something that we were having a hard time overcoming. During the second session, my hall gov presented, which didn't really go too great. But we still ended up having a good time.
The last program I went to was definitely my favorite. We had to have a 5 minute conversation with someone we didn't really know and then pick three characteristics (from a chart) and make a bracelet for them with different colored beads and each bead represented a different characteristic. It's funny because it was a very simple program but I really enjoyed it and funny enough I really love the bracelet that my partner (and new friend) made me. He said I as calm (which I think is crazy since I feel like my life is a giant chaotic mess), that I'm truthful, and that I have love and compassion for all the activities I'm involved with. Needless to say, I walked out of that program having learned something about myself, which is the entire point after all.
After the programs, we got a break and I had to go to a Community Service opportunity for an organization that I'm applying for called NRHH. We decorated the covers of cards for child cancer patients to send to their friends and family. It was actually really fun and I talked to some people that I never would have expected to have a conversation with. I also got to see my RA from last year, which was great. Then it was back to my dorm to quickly change and go to the STARS Banquet....and guess what!
MY HALL WON 1ST PLACE FOR ROLL CALL:
Woot Woot!
And now, on to the funny story...the one that involves the title of today's entry.
So earlier when I was on the break from the conference I came back to my room to shower and take a little nap. Well there were some kids outside my building being loud and playing music. I ended up leaving not long after that. Apparently they were standing outside drinking (yes at 3:00 in the afternoon on a SUNDAY) and the cops came and told them off (or something like that). When I got back from my community service, they were all in the lounge on my floor, playing beer pong and basically having a party in the dorm lounge. I found this rather odd because I'm pretty sure that's way against the rules of our building, especially because I'm sure most of them were under 21.
Anyway, when we got back from the banquet tonight, my friend Brittany and I decided to do work in the main lounge. We actually ended up taking pictures with her webcam and right as one of the RA's walked by the fire alarm went off (for the second time this week btw). When we came back inside we just went back to our work. So far, mostly normal. Then at around 8:45pm one of the RA's came in and told us he was having a meeting there at 9 so he asked us to leave. So we did and went up to the 2nd floor lounge where the party had taken place earlier that day. There were still beer cans all over the place and it was actually kind of ridiculous and annoying. But whatever. I left to get some ice cream from my room and when I came back I realized one of the doors to the lounge was locked, so when my friend let me back inside we unlocked the door. Whatever...no big deal right?
Haha. Wrong. A few minutes later my RA came in and was like "Hey, wasn't this door locked?" and we were like "Ya, so we unlocked it" and she goes "Uhh...guys...this is a crime scene...that's why the door was locked."
Oops. Apparently the kids that were having the party in the lounge set off the alarm (we don't know how) and the cop was the one who locked the door so that he come back and get evidence later. And we were just sitting in the middle of a crime scene eating ice cream and writing papers. Whoops.
In all honesty, it was probably the most hilarious thing that has happened to me in a really long time. We just starting laughing and we decided it just definitely wasn't our night. But really it was quite funny. And crazy. Basically tonight was crazy. But it was fun.
And that's the way college is supposed to be. It's those great and MEMORABLE experiences...like eating ice cream in the middle of a crime scene...that makes all the work and studying and paper writing worth it. Because while we're doing all of that, we're also having fun. And being silly. And that's the best part of college...in fact it's the best part about growing up.
the end
Actually...here's a few pictures from STARS:
Today has probably been one of the most interesting days of my life. It's definitely ranked in the Top 5. And you get to hear about it!
As as I mentioned in my previous post, today was the STARS conference, a leadership conference held on campus for all the hall governments. The conference ended up being a ton of fun. Every hall performed a lip sync/roll call to start it off and this ended with a bunch of cheers and a round of Ride that Pony. Some of the lip syncs were fantastic and everyone did a really great job.
Next, we had a keynote speaker come in and talk to us about leadership. Now personally, my favorite part of leadership conferences are the keynote speakers because they always have some amazing things to say and I always walk away with new insights into leadership. We did some really interesting activities that I've never done before, which made it even more exciting. One activity (which was my favorite) was that we were all in a giant circle and someone could step in and say what kind of leader they were. Anyone else who was the type of leader then stepped into the circle. It was neat to see all the different dynamics of leadership. My favorite was Meghan's, who said "I'm a leader that motivates other people." I like thinking of Hall Gov as the leaders that motivate the residents in our halls.
The other neat activity that we did was to lead around our partner who had to close their eyes. So the first round I led my partner around while his eyes were closed. Then he did the same for me. And then we switched it up and the person who's eyes were closed led while the "guide" protected them from running into other groups. It was interesting to see why certain people preferred the different scenarios.
Thankfully after the keynote we got to eat lunch, which was a very good thing because we were STARVING. Then we started our programming sessions. The first program I went to was called Empower-Mint and it was a self-exploration program where we wrote down a goal for ourselves and then thought of the things that were stopping us from achieving those goals. But it wasn't a simple goal. It was something that we were having a hard time overcoming. During the second session, my hall gov presented, which didn't really go too great. But we still ended up having a good time.
The last program I went to was definitely my favorite. We had to have a 5 minute conversation with someone we didn't really know and then pick three characteristics (from a chart) and make a bracelet for them with different colored beads and each bead represented a different characteristic. It's funny because it was a very simple program but I really enjoyed it and funny enough I really love the bracelet that my partner (and new friend) made me. He said I as calm (which I think is crazy since I feel like my life is a giant chaotic mess), that I'm truthful, and that I have love and compassion for all the activities I'm involved with. Needless to say, I walked out of that program having learned something about myself, which is the entire point after all.
After the programs, we got a break and I had to go to a Community Service opportunity for an organization that I'm applying for called NRHH. We decorated the covers of cards for child cancer patients to send to their friends and family. It was actually really fun and I talked to some people that I never would have expected to have a conversation with. I also got to see my RA from last year, which was great. Then it was back to my dorm to quickly change and go to the STARS Banquet....and guess what!
MY HALL WON 1ST PLACE FOR ROLL CALL:
Woot Woot!
And now, on to the funny story...the one that involves the title of today's entry.
So earlier when I was on the break from the conference I came back to my room to shower and take a little nap. Well there were some kids outside my building being loud and playing music. I ended up leaving not long after that. Apparently they were standing outside drinking (yes at 3:00 in the afternoon on a SUNDAY) and the cops came and told them off (or something like that). When I got back from my community service, they were all in the lounge on my floor, playing beer pong and basically having a party in the dorm lounge. I found this rather odd because I'm pretty sure that's way against the rules of our building, especially because I'm sure most of them were under 21.
Anyway, when we got back from the banquet tonight, my friend Brittany and I decided to do work in the main lounge. We actually ended up taking pictures with her webcam and right as one of the RA's walked by the fire alarm went off (for the second time this week btw). When we came back inside we just went back to our work. So far, mostly normal. Then at around 8:45pm one of the RA's came in and told us he was having a meeting there at 9 so he asked us to leave. So we did and went up to the 2nd floor lounge where the party had taken place earlier that day. There were still beer cans all over the place and it was actually kind of ridiculous and annoying. But whatever. I left to get some ice cream from my room and when I came back I realized one of the doors to the lounge was locked, so when my friend let me back inside we unlocked the door. Whatever...no big deal right?
Haha. Wrong. A few minutes later my RA came in and was like "Hey, wasn't this door locked?" and we were like "Ya, so we unlocked it" and she goes "Uhh...guys...this is a crime scene...that's why the door was locked."
Oops. Apparently the kids that were having the party in the lounge set off the alarm (we don't know how) and the cop was the one who locked the door so that he come back and get evidence later. And we were just sitting in the middle of a crime scene eating ice cream and writing papers. Whoops.
In all honesty, it was probably the most hilarious thing that has happened to me in a really long time. We just starting laughing and we decided it just definitely wasn't our night. But really it was quite funny. And crazy. Basically tonight was crazy. But it was fun.
And that's the way college is supposed to be. It's those great and MEMORABLE experiences...like eating ice cream in the middle of a crime scene...that makes all the work and studying and paper writing worth it. Because while we're doing all of that, we're also having fun. And being silly. And that's the best part of college...in fact it's the best part about growing up.
the end
Actually...here's a few pictures from STARS:
April 2, 2011
BEDA Day #2: The Great Part of Dorm Life is annoying people who blast music all night long...
Oh wait. That's not right.
Hello there and welcome to BEDA Day #2. I think we can guess what today's blog is going to be about ^^^^.
I love living in a dorm. Especially my dorm. I have an awesome Resident Director, an awesome RA and I work with an amazing Hall Government. What I don't like is my room. Or rather the location of it. Well actually I just hate the people who live next to me. And they sort of hate me too. It's definitely a hate/hate relationship. See my neighbors like to turn on their annoyingly loud rap music at about 10pm every single Friday/Saturday night. Sometimes it goes off at 11:30pm. Sometimes it goes off at 1:00am. I'm hoping tonight is earlier rather than later. Because I have to wake up at 8:00am tomorrow for STARS (more on this later) and if I don't get to sleep it's going to be a very hard, long day. Mostly because it's an all day event. And I need my freaking sleep!
So what's STARS? Well it's this leadership conference that is held on my campus every year. It's for all the Hall Governments on campus. We do fun things like cheers and lip syncs (something our school is FAMOUS for). Then we get to present and attend programs that different hall governments put on in their halls throughout the year. I unfortunately did not get to attend last year so I'm super excited! I'll have a full report late tomorrow night and hopefully some pictures to go with it.
I'm keeping this post short tonight because I'm in the middle of watching Country Strong and I want to finish it before I go to sleep tonight.
Thing that made life awesome today:
1)I'm listening to Charlie McDonnell's newest CD to block out the loud rap coming through my wall.
2)I got a parking spot in the parking lot of my dorm today. This never happens. It made my day :D
the end
Hello there and welcome to BEDA Day #2. I think we can guess what today's blog is going to be about ^^^^.
I love living in a dorm. Especially my dorm. I have an awesome Resident Director, an awesome RA and I work with an amazing Hall Government. What I don't like is my room. Or rather the location of it. Well actually I just hate the people who live next to me. And they sort of hate me too. It's definitely a hate/hate relationship. See my neighbors like to turn on their annoyingly loud rap music at about 10pm every single Friday/Saturday night. Sometimes it goes off at 11:30pm. Sometimes it goes off at 1:00am. I'm hoping tonight is earlier rather than later. Because I have to wake up at 8:00am tomorrow for STARS (more on this later) and if I don't get to sleep it's going to be a very hard, long day. Mostly because it's an all day event. And I need my freaking sleep!
So what's STARS? Well it's this leadership conference that is held on my campus every year. It's for all the Hall Governments on campus. We do fun things like cheers and lip syncs (something our school is FAMOUS for). Then we get to present and attend programs that different hall governments put on in their halls throughout the year. I unfortunately did not get to attend last year so I'm super excited! I'll have a full report late tomorrow night and hopefully some pictures to go with it.
I'm keeping this post short tonight because I'm in the middle of watching Country Strong and I want to finish it before I go to sleep tonight.
Thing that made life awesome today:
1)I'm listening to Charlie McDonnell's newest CD to block out the loud rap coming through my wall.
2)I got a parking spot in the parking lot of my dorm today. This never happens. It made my day :D
the end
April 1, 2011
BEDA
Well hello there. Happy April! So as some of you may know, this month is BEDA/VEDA month. In case you don't know what that means, let me inform you :)
BEDA: Blog Every Day in April
VEDA: Vlog Every Day in April
You're now informed. I've decided to take part in the BEDA challenge this year. I thought about trying to vlog every day and actually put something meaningful on my youtube channel, but I'm still having a lot of trouble learning to use iMovie (I know I'm stupid) and besides that, I honestly don't think I have the time. I mean, I'm not even sure I have the time to sit down and make sure I write a blog post every single day for an entire month. So as they say, I'm taking baby steps. I have decided however that I am going to work on my video making and video editing skills this summer, so maybe my channel will be watchable come Fall. We'll see.
Today is a pretty exciting day for me. Not only am I taking on this challenge, but it's also my first official weekend off from work. Well I guess I'm not really off. Instead, I'm officially a jobless college student. YIPPIE! Long story short, I was working at a restaurant in the town next to where I go to school and I absolutely hated it. I worked all weekend every weekend and it was starting to affect my schoolwork so right before Spring Break I quit.
So today was the first Friday that I didn't have to rush off to work right after class. So you know what I did with my day? Well first I went back to my room and called my mom to see how my sister is doing (she's been very sick this week), then I went over to the Student Union to hang out with some friends. Now, unfortunately, it's raining today, so I couldn't really just sit outside and enjoy life, so instead I came back to my room and sat down and finished my book. Which was very good by the way.
I then decided that I should probably go grab some dinner, so I stopped over at the dining hall to grab some food and then came back to my room to watch some Doctor Who and youtube videos.
In short, I relaxed. I got to do absolutely nothing and I loved it. I know it seems odd that I wanted to spend my first night off alone, but sometimes it's just necessary to get that alone time. It's really hard to constantly be running around and never have time for yourself, so even though my night may have been more eventful if I was hanging out with friends, it wouldn't have been the relaxation that I needed. I have to say it's been a pretty successful day.
Now honestly, if I do blog every day, it's probably not going to be all that exciting all the time. But there are some exciting things happening this month that I will make sure to write about. Sunday is this thing called STARS conference, which is a conference held on my campus for all the Hall Governments and it's going to be a ton of fun. I might even switch it up and post some pictures on here of the conference. Next weekend is Relay for Life...another exciting event. And the weekend after that I'll be visiting my family in Pennsylvania for a few days and hopefully we'll get to do some sight-seeing (which was supposed to happen last year) and I definitely need to take pictures of that. And then, if I'm lucky, at the end of the month Katherine and I (and maybe some of my other chapter members) will be going down to Brooklyn to help set up a library that The HPA is helping to build.
All in all, it should be a very exciting and eventful month. I hope that I'll be able to document it with words and pictures and maybe actually have something interesting on here. We'll see. :)
As a side note, I finished two books for the DAC, but I haven't written the reviews yet. Those two reviews are probably going to go up as part of this BEDA challenge, so I won't just be ranting about something random every day. I'll try and get those posted over the next few days.
Wish me luck and if your participating in either challenge this month then good luck! May the force be with you!
:)
BEDA: Blog Every Day in April
VEDA: Vlog Every Day in April
You're now informed. I've decided to take part in the BEDA challenge this year. I thought about trying to vlog every day and actually put something meaningful on my youtube channel, but I'm still having a lot of trouble learning to use iMovie (I know I'm stupid) and besides that, I honestly don't think I have the time. I mean, I'm not even sure I have the time to sit down and make sure I write a blog post every single day for an entire month. So as they say, I'm taking baby steps. I have decided however that I am going to work on my video making and video editing skills this summer, so maybe my channel will be watchable come Fall. We'll see.
Today is a pretty exciting day for me. Not only am I taking on this challenge, but it's also my first official weekend off from work. Well I guess I'm not really off. Instead, I'm officially a jobless college student. YIPPIE! Long story short, I was working at a restaurant in the town next to where I go to school and I absolutely hated it. I worked all weekend every weekend and it was starting to affect my schoolwork so right before Spring Break I quit.
So today was the first Friday that I didn't have to rush off to work right after class. So you know what I did with my day? Well first I went back to my room and called my mom to see how my sister is doing (she's been very sick this week), then I went over to the Student Union to hang out with some friends. Now, unfortunately, it's raining today, so I couldn't really just sit outside and enjoy life, so instead I came back to my room and sat down and finished my book. Which was very good by the way.
I then decided that I should probably go grab some dinner, so I stopped over at the dining hall to grab some food and then came back to my room to watch some Doctor Who and youtube videos.
In short, I relaxed. I got to do absolutely nothing and I loved it. I know it seems odd that I wanted to spend my first night off alone, but sometimes it's just necessary to get that alone time. It's really hard to constantly be running around and never have time for yourself, so even though my night may have been more eventful if I was hanging out with friends, it wouldn't have been the relaxation that I needed. I have to say it's been a pretty successful day.
Now honestly, if I do blog every day, it's probably not going to be all that exciting all the time. But there are some exciting things happening this month that I will make sure to write about. Sunday is this thing called STARS conference, which is a conference held on my campus for all the Hall Governments and it's going to be a ton of fun. I might even switch it up and post some pictures on here of the conference. Next weekend is Relay for Life...another exciting event. And the weekend after that I'll be visiting my family in Pennsylvania for a few days and hopefully we'll get to do some sight-seeing (which was supposed to happen last year) and I definitely need to take pictures of that. And then, if I'm lucky, at the end of the month Katherine and I (and maybe some of my other chapter members) will be going down to Brooklyn to help set up a library that The HPA is helping to build.
All in all, it should be a very exciting and eventful month. I hope that I'll be able to document it with words and pictures and maybe actually have something interesting on here. We'll see. :)
As a side note, I finished two books for the DAC, but I haven't written the reviews yet. Those two reviews are probably going to go up as part of this BEDA challenge, so I won't just be ranting about something random every day. I'll try and get those posted over the next few days.
Wish me luck and if your participating in either challenge this month then good luck! May the force be with you!
:)
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