Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Cru Christmas Party/ Its A Wonderful Life/Dogs!/ Slumber Party/ New Dorm (December 2nd-8th)

Tuesday:  Tuesday was the first day that the therapy dogs were there.  I got there right when the dogs showed up.  They were there from Tuesday-Thursday to help out the week before Finals.  It was so great to see them, and they just made my stress go away.  After visiting with dogs I had to go do a presentation for Media about car advertisements.  I think we did pretty well although our videos didn't load properly.  One of the guys in our group was Korean, and he told us he had never had to do a speech before.  We asked him how he felt before doing our speech, his response was hungry.  Ha ha what?  I next went to Walmart and took Kezanna along,  I went to get candy for the little boxes I had for Christmas candy for friends.  Also as an extra gift for the people in Cru who I didn't decorate plates for.  Kezanna and I got McDonalds for lunch, then met up with Pepin in the basement where we played on different aps on our phones together, then Pepin taught us how to play Farkle.  I was pretty bad my first time.  That night was the Cru party, which was so much fun.  Too decorate the room, Pepin and Laurette took the Christmas tree in the hallway. ha ha :p  Everyone seem to enjoy their plates, and Jeremy got me a pretty great present.  Twenty-One Pilots: Regional at Best CD. Its a very rare CD that isn't sold anymore.  I was very excited to get that.  I played Farkle again for the second time that night, and this time I only rolled good things, so I was winning for a long time.  For the White Elephant present, I ended up getting some CDs,  Ashley got the stuffed penguin I bought.  I ended up winning the Ugly Christmas Sweater Costume.  Pepin, Laurette, and I also played with a green balloon in the hallway for the longest time until Pepin popped it.  After the Cru party was over I went to the library to have a study session with Laurette.  There is a super cool part of the library with huge couches and chairs.  It was awesome.  On the walk to the dorms I had one of the green balloons but it ended up blowing out of my box across campus.  Pretty entertaining scene from an onlooker to be honest.  It was a really great day.
Wednesday: Wednesday it pretty much a blur, I only got 4 hours of sleep Tuesday night.  4 hours of sleep causes me to almost lose everything, and I'm surprised my friend Laurette could deal with me to be honest :D Went to the library again to do homework.  I visited the dogs in the library again.

Thursday:  Today was another great day.  I got to meet one of Laurette's track friends at dinner( Sarah), and she is super cool and funny.  After dinner we all visited the therapy dogs, then Laurette and I went and saw "Its a Wonderful Life" as performed by my friend Mikey and Quinn.  They were able to act as many different characters throughout the play.  It was so cool.  :D  I'm so proud to know them.  That night had a slumber party in Sarah's sweet, where I laughed until I cried, and we all watched The Fault in our Stars.  We whispered okay to each other until we all fell asleep.
Friday:  My English professor basically told us about past stories about his life instead of teaching us today which was pretty awesome.  Apparently a dog was jumping on the building he was in during a hangover and barking.  He couldn't handle the barking so he opened the window and threw up all over the dog because he was mad at it?  Took my friend Ashley to the Emergency Room because she had severe chest pains.  We thought she might have pnuemonia but it turned out to be bronchitis which is a little better.  The day before they had misdiagnosed it as a sinus infection.

Saturday:  Went out to dinner with Laurette, Kezanna, and her friend Aly.  We all went to Bdubs :D So good. :)

Sunday:  Laurette and I made chalk mugs :D Pretty cool.

Monday:  Had my final classes of the semester.  It was mostly review.  After that was over began piling my things into pile for moving into my new dorm with Chloe.  That turned into a disaster because almost immediately at the beginning of moving I dropped my key into the disaster of piles that were in my room,  It took an hour to find and I was super frustrated to say the least.  Laurette, and Robert and Jeremy from Cru helped me move in, except Jeremy got distracted almost immediately and talked to the 3rd floor people.  His job was to protect one of my combat boots.The boot was taken from him when we were finished.  I told him to give the boot back to the poor boy ha ha.  10 minutes after I was moved in Jeremy texted me saying he was sorry and asked if I needed anymore help.  I told him I would call him later to yell at him.  He didn't believe me.  Before I called him though I had to see a performance of half the Messiah in the concert hall. The song was like a 100 pages long. o.o  It was kind of really boring.  For Finals week there was also a brunch with the Chancellor for free.  It was fantastic.  Went to the library after that with Laurette where I called Jeremy and told him I was mad and it was a pretty hilarious conversation because we were both laughing the whole time.  But it was seriously strange that Robert was more helpful then he was ha ha.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

White Christmas,Saving Pedro, Engagement Party, and The First Snowfall November 8th-16th

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go back to my high school and see my musical family perform "White Christmas."  I was already in the Christmas spirit before seeing the show so that just propelled my excitedness for Christmas.  It was so well done that I cried after the show was over from the proudness of all these kids.  After you don't see these people for so long you forget how truly amazing their talent is.  I'm so glad I got to see it not once but twice.  The first time being with my friend Christian from high school.  The cast party also filled me with joy after seeing what each student was awarded after the show, and hearing stories of situations that had happened during the musical this year.  I think college has made me a more excitable and emotional person. :)
Monday was pretty boring but I found out that I got an 86% on my biggest project so far this year which was a 5 year Development Plan for Japan.  So I was pretty happy about that, since she pretty much explained it as impossible.

Tuesday was a pretty good day.  Before Cru there was an event in the Den where you could make 3D snowflakes and got free hot chocolate.  I didn't even bother to try to figure out how to make the snowflakes and just enjoyed the free hot chocolate, as Laurette and her friend Chloe made them.  Later that night was Cru, where we learned about the kidnapping of Pedro.  Pedro is a plastic penguin that goes on retreats with the Cru Family.  Pedro can only be saved if enough people go to TCX, which is a retreat that takes place in Minneapolis.  I signed up last week.  :) I really hope Pedro can be saved.

Wednesday:  Today was a boring day as well.  For the first time in a long time I didn't have homework so I didn't have to do much after classes.  I still went with my friend Nicole to the library and watched YouTube and listened to a few Podcasts Tyler Oakley had done.  Once I left the library, I ran into some of the Cru kids and talked with them for a bit.

Thursday:  I met with my advisor to discuss my Spring Schedule and classes I should taking.  Its so exciting picking new classes, but I'm definitely going to miss my English professor a lot.  Hes been like a relative to me, and just seems like he cares a lot about me, and his jokes and words of wisdom are always something I look forward to.:)  I watched TV for the 1st time in my dorm.  ha ha took me long enough.  That night went to a session all about quiet times and learning how to listen for answers from God.  It was very inspirational to me, and I definitely plan to do a daily quiet time now.

Friday:  I literally didn't do anything after classes.  I ate, did homework, and watched Family Guy...yea perfect Friday night right there.

Saturday:  I got a new computer because my other one stopped working, and my parents came to visit.  We drove over to my brother's girlfriend's apartment for an engagement party.  I was satisfied with the amount of food there.  I even got to have a rootbeer float and pet/hold some cute kitties.  After that was the 1st  big snowfall of the year.  It decided to come when my friends Nicole, Hannah, and Jared decided to go to the movie theatre.  Jared got us there safely and back safely.  We stopped at Culvers first then saw the movie Beyond the Lights.  It was okay but I wouldn't recommend it.  It seemed very unrealistic to me.  But I still had a great time.  There were a lot of laughs shared on the car ride there and back.


Sunday:  Slept a lot.  Went to the den with Laurette.  Not much else.  Listened to a lot of music.