schooling

My classes this term have taught me that I am blogging all wrong. Sorry my blog is not up to its full potential. As our professor said, my blog is about C worthy and that's is on a good day. New updates, changes, and posts will becoming soon!!!

BLOGS!!!

One of the requirements for my education degree is to take a class called Educational uses of technology....and basically it means that we the students are going to learn how to make blogs, wikis, web pages, and youtube videos so we can use them in our own classrooms. I just had to watch a video on the importance of blogs. While watching it, I got the urge to write a new post on my blog....so here it goes.

Blogs are important and should be read because they are simple filled with news. This news may not be important to you the reader, but it was important news to the blogger or else they would not be writing it. I have never really thought about a blog as a digital form of news, but it is. I am writing down what is important to me and what I think other people would be interested in. My passions or love are what I write about. Some people have certain themes to their blogs and that is their own news. A newspaper is not filled with just a sports section or a business section, but rather a combination of multiple sections. My blog may only be about my life, but if you take all the 73 million (it was in the video) blogs out in the world and put them together, you would have one giant digital newspaper. That is an interesting thought....

new term

So school started again today...and it was nice. In 45 more days I will have 43 credits and be about halfway done with college!! But as a new semester starts, I think back to my break and how amazing it was. When I went home for a week, I had a blast. I slept less on the break than I did during finals week--which is weird--but so worth it.

During my week home I did a lot of interesting things. Here is a nice list of what I did.

First, after being picked up from the airport, my dad took me to get a nice slurpee! It was so delicious and I definitely have missed them. After that we went to Amy and Ashley's dance competition. I love watching them dance!! It was so cool and both of them are so talented! Amy's prom was that night so I kinda helped her get ready (mostly watched) and took tons of pictures!! I then went back to the dance competition to watch Ashley dance some more and see the award show. Pretty much I went to bed around one a.m. on Sunday and had been up since seven a.m. on Friday!!! It was intense.

Sunday I mostly slept and hung out with my family!! It was so nice to be home and sleep in my own bed! My mom made a nice lovely home cooked meal of spaghetti (MY FAVORITE!!!) and I was in heaven. I got to hang out with my nephews, see my brother and his wife, and my dog which was fun!! The thing I was most surprised about when I went home was how quickly everyone is growing up. I was just home at Christmas and I feel like my sisters are so old and mature now!!!

On Monday morning I flew to Salt Lake and hung out with my sister Liz and her husband Dave for a couple of days!! They were very nice for letting me go see them for that time period. While I was there we played a lot of bowling (real bowling and wii bowling). I never really won a game which stunk because I used to be so good at wii bowling. Liz and Dave taught me how to really bowl and not just throw the ball down the lane. After some nice practice, I think I may be able to bowl normally from now on. Liz made some delicious dinners while I was there and that was really nice. I missed good food while I was in Hawaii. The caf is just not the same as a home cooked meal. While in Utah, I go to go to my cousin Brittney's birthday celebration. She was so excited to see me. Her whole family is so cool. Julie (Brittney's mom) may just be my favorite cousin and she keeps on trying to get me to move up to Salt Lake. I must say, I would have so much fun up there. Amanda kept saying how much she missed me and didn't want to leave my side while I was at their house and it was nice!! I loved hanging out with them. On Tuesday, Liz, Julie, Brittney and I all hung out and went to lunch and the temple!! It was tons of fun and I am glad I got to do that while I was home!!

When I flew back to Las Vegas I got to hang out with my sisters a lot!! I also drove a lot which is nice because I miss driving (and kinda have forgotten how to drive a bit). Amy and Ashley were a blast and always had new things to say to me. Ashley was so cute when we picked her up from dance. She was upset that she could not miss school on Friday to spend more time with me and was really trying to convince my mom to let her stay home. On Thursday I also went to a documentary movie with my brother Dave about the Foo Fighters. It was really neat and I got to watch them play their new album and it was pretty good.

Friday was a really fun day! I went and had a massage and facial with my mom which was so nice!! Every college kid should get a massage at the end of their semester!! I then went to Yogurtland with my mom and Ashley and had some really nice frozen yogurt. At the store there was a taro flavor which reminded me of Hawaii. Saturday was a nice, fun, and relaxing day. We got a lot done during the day, went swimming, and had a delicious bbq. I forgot how good grilled chicken and steak was while in Hawaii. It was a very nice way to end the vacation!!

i cant decide

I really like to change my mind a lot. I usually know what I want and just go with it, but lately I am having difficulties. I am not like this in all parts of my life....only school. There are some pretty big choices ahead of me and I just do not know what I want to do.  I know what I want to be when I am all done with college and I know what I am going to do after college, its just the getting there part that kind of stinks. Everyone around me has noticed how indecisive I am and always asks me what my latest plans are. If would be right if I even knew. Pretty much it comes down to this.....money and time. I can choose between two things....one is cheaper and will take less time and the other longer, more expensive, but has other benefits. If you do the money math, the first choice looks AMAZINGLY better (and I think I just made up that word). However, the time math is not the same. Why should I be in a rush to grow up?? It would be kind of cool to say I graduated college at age 21 and had my Master's before age 24, but where does that really get me in life? I don't know, hence the problem.....I can't decide. Distance is another issue.....the second possibility is such a better location (in my opinion). Isolation is not something I do good with. Now if I had more money, the second option would be perfect, however, if I had this money, the travel costs would not be a problem so option one wouldn't be that bad after all. And there is my problem....

It is all a matter of finally making up my mind...either choice is good and will greatly change my life. However, since it is finals week and my most important tests are in the next two days....it is not the greatest issue on my mind. However, since it is such a big decision I cannot seem to get it out of my mind at all so that I can study so I am writing about it.

When someone once told me college is a little crazy and stressful, they were not lying. School does get a tad stressful, but I love the challenge!!! I like the challenge most of the time. Now to get back to studying for statistics......did I mention I may become a math teacher????? Crazy, I know.....but I have to do everything to make sure I can get a job once I graduate and math is the subject they need the most teachers in.

last weekend of winter semester

As this semester comes to a close, I think of what I this weekend. It was filled with some crazy things and new adventures. Friday was filled with class, a run down to Foodland, laundry (which took forever) and a bridal shower. I have been a few bridal showers before, but never for one of my friends or someone my age. I felt really old and a bit out of place. But the shower was so pretty and tons of fun!!! After spending $4.50 on laundry, I can say that if I owned more jeans, I could go about six weeks without needing to do laundry.

Saturday was a very busy day. It was filled with homework and finishing my online class. I had to take a final for it and it was not that hard!! 2 classes down, 4 more to go!

Sunday was a very nice day, except for waking up at 6 a.m. With the time difference, I had to wake up super early to watch conference. It was very nice and well worth it!! After conference was all the way over, it was lunch time in the caf. The caf was serving its specialty of mystery meat with some sauce over it, so I went for the usual Raisin Bran with two pieces of toast (one covered in peanut butter and honey, and the other with cream cheese and sugar). It was delicious as always. While walking back from lunch, Hailey and I decided to do homework outside because it was a nice day. It seems as if the nice sunny days always happen on Sunday when I do not want to go to the beach. (sidenote: I really never want to go to the beach anyways). We quickly found we couldn't concentrate outside to where we moved inside. After candy, soda, and chocolate cake we finally sat down and cranked out homework for finals week.

Finals week will be crazy and stressful, but we will see how it goes. There is one final on Monday, then one on Wednesday, two on Thursday, one on Friday, and then.............I FLY HOME!!!!!!!

FRIDAY!!!!

So I am having a problem lately. I cannot sleep anymore because I keep thinking about things. Mostly it has to do with the upcoming school year and going home in a week from today. I keep making lists in my mind of what I want to do before I leave, what I am excited to leave behind, what I still need to do, and what I am taking home with me. Because the only way I can get these lists out of my brain is to share them, here is one....

Things I will not miss
1. BUGS- Hawaii has some of the craziest and largest bugs I have ever seen. I look forward to the day when I will wake up and not have a new mesquito bite on my leg, or walk into the bathroom covered in ants, see huge spiders in the corners, or have neighbors think they have a cane spider in their room.
2. Animal noise- Falling asleep to a gecko noise may sound nice, but it does get annoying after a while. The roosters on Saturday morning at 6 a.m. may be the noise I look forward to leaving behind most. But a very close second would be all the birds that are outside my window. When you are trying to study for finals their chirruping is not so pretty.
3. Rain and cloudy days/humidity-I love the sunshine and dry heat. The rain is nice when it comes once or twice a year. Everyday is a tad annoying after a while.
4. Caf food and sack lunches- Cereal, oatmeal, toast, and pineapple get boring after a while and I cannot wait till I get to cook my own food!!!!

Things I will miss (kinda)
1. Not doing my hair ever- I now have gone 25 days without blow drying, straightening, or curling my hair. I get to sleep in for so long because getting ready in the morning takes half the time. I really like that and will miss it (only a little).
2. Laid back-ness (only a little bit though) Do not get me wrong, Hawaii is an amazing place to vacation to. It is so calm and peaceful here. However, when you are a person who is always on time, likes to get things done early, and move at a faster pace, it starts to annoy you after a while.

These are just a sample of all the things going through my head. Because my brain is always on, I am getting a lot done though. Since I have so much to do this is super nice.

And I leave in one week for my fake spring break. I cannot wait to be back in Vegas for a week. I am counting down the hours literary. I will be leaving for the airport in 7 days 4 hours exactly. I am so excited!!!!! However, leaving requires packing and planning out what I will take home, so another list is also being created and revised in my head!!!