SO BUSY!

This week has just started, and is already extremely chaotic! Today alone, I've spent 8 solid hours doing homework due for the next two days, and last night I spent 6 hours alone reading. OVERLOADED! However, I will see it as a learning experience :) Because I arranged my schedule to have no classes on Friday, I realize that I should take advantage of this free day to actually get some work done. I cannot have it build up on me like this or I will crash! And that would not be good for anyone, especially me! But I can finally wipe my brow, because I'm DONE for the week! Why is that?

Ohhh, well it's because I now have a 4-day weekend rather than my usual 3-day weekends. President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden will be at the university Thursday afternoon to hold a town hall meeting, which is open to the public. I know that some people are excited, others not so much, but think of it this way--if you are excited, then attend! if you're not particularly thrilled, then enjoy a day free of classes! Either way you put it, it's a win-win situation :)

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FRIDAY yayyy!

I'll just start by saying that one of my classes is going to be absolutely dreadful. I have never enjoyed English, and I've just been reminded of why.. But I'm not going to go into detail. My second hardest class will be College Algebra, call me a sucker, but I also have a major love/hate relationship with math. The rest of my classes will be just fine though :) I'm looking forward to Global Issues, Gateways (who isn't?), and Criminal Justice. They should be fun.

It's been really dark all week. Not so much cold or even rainy, just windy and dark, which I LOVEEEE! People always ask me why I came to *sunny Florida* if I love dark and stormy weather...but they'll understand come summertime when it's super stormy each afternoon ;)

I no longer have classes on Friday, which is ABSOLUTELY a dream come true. The main reason I didn't want classes on Friday is because I wouldn't get any sleep Thursday night because everyone wants to go out and party, except for myself, and then I would get awoken. I have a hard time falling asleep if I'm awoken in the middle of the night, so I changed things around to better suite the floor's schedule. Tonight I'll see if it was worth while (even though I already know it was), because everyone is going to The Kennedy to see this Situation guy or whatever...I don't care about that at all!

My buddy Tyler drove his car down from Connecticut, so now I have a ride and company to go to the zoo! I know that he's excited to take me, RIGHT Tyler? He probably won't read this, but that's alright, I know the zoo will be fun regardless :)

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE! And stay safe please!

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Welcome back!

Ahh, break is FINALLY over! It has been really amazing for me, but honestly I was ready a while ago to come back and start classes (yeah I know, I'm a nerd.) Classes start tomorrow, beginning with one of my busiest days.   Last semester, I didn't take any math or english, so this semester I have to take those basic freshman classes. The only class I'm taking this semester out of choice is my Criminal Justice class, and the topic of global climate change for Global Issues. But it's alright...next year I'll have a little more freedom :)

I haven't published my schedule yet, so here it is:


Spring 2010 (click picture for full schedule)

I hope everyone is happy with their schedule for this semester and that things aren't too crazy. And if you think your schedule is wicked, don't worry. It'll probably feel weird for the first few weeks, but then you'll slip into it and things will be much easier :) Have fun!

Back in Florida!

   I just want to give a quick update since it's been a while, but there's not much to discuss since it's the middle of winter break.

   Sunday meant it was sadly time to say goodbye to Indiana and my love - but I had to. I returned to Florida, which is surprisingly...cold! The past 2 nights it was actually dipped below 30 in Arcadia for several hours, which means that I woke up to frosted cow pastures! It was almost like looking at snow, so of course I thought it was really cool. 

   Last night, a calf was born in the freezing temperatures. That poor thing.. :( My grandma decided to name him Tough because that's what he had to be in order to survive the night, which he did! We went and visited the calves this morning where I learned that they love tangerines and oranges. Whoooo would have thought? They absolutely love them. Sooooo here are some more cow pictures! :)

Ding Ding - Grades are in!

I'm one of those people that worry like crazy over my grades because I actually have to work for them. I wish I was one of those people that just zoomed through classes with consistent As after no trying, but I'm not. There's been a few classes this semester that were especially difficult for me, so things got quite stressful at times. In the end, I pulled out a 3.23. Considering how hard I worked and how difficult my classes were, I'm pretty happy with my current GPA :) All I really have to worry about is keeping it above a 2.8 to keep my scholarship (that's something I need to do because I couldn't afford going to UT if I didn't get a scholarship from them). 

Next semester, my classes overall don't seem like they'll be that difficult. I'll be taking the regular freshman-type classes that I didn't have an opportunity to take for the Fall 2009 semester: MAT 160, ENG 101, GTW 102, GIS 101, and CRM 102 (17 credit hours total, 1 more than my previous semester). 

I came into UT as a psychology major, but that's going to change soon. I was always interested in psychology, but only a very small portion of it. But I've always been interested in criminology and forensics as a whole. So I've decided that I will change my major to Criminology :)

I hope that everyone is enjoying their winter break!

My first snow!

I love it :) so here are some pictures!

Finals - The last day!

Yesterday was very hectic for me. I got to sleep in thanks to a day free of finals, but then did some studying for my exam (which is in like 2 hours), and ended up taking a car ride to and from Daytona with my suitemates. We took a pit-stop in Orlando for some much needed shopping in the outlets, and made it home safely :)

On the agenda today is to take my Criminology final, start packing, print my boarding pass (yay!), check the mailroom one last time, and return allergy medicine to Walgreens. Seriously, I almost opened the allergy medicine too, but I was like "wait, let me check," and YUP just my luck...it had expired in October. Alright, I have a question... WHY is the US allowed to keep expired medication on the shelves?! Back home, a store would get fined each day past the expiration date if expired medication was found. It just doesn't make senseeeeee. Oh well, guess that means I should pay more attention to the expiration dates now.

Tomorrow, I'm off to Indiana for my very first snow experience, and I couldn't be more excited!         

Seasons Greeting, and Happy Holidays everyone!