As excited as I am to be writing this blog...I do have to admit that my excitement does not come from my utter enjoyment in writing blogs. Rather, the fact that this is the final blog, meaning the semester is finally coming to an end! Although I am having a great time and I do love it here at IU..after two semesters (almost) I'm ready to get the heck outa here.
The rest of the semester shouldn't be that bad...the weather's great, little 5 is coming up, and none of my exams are cumulative.. meaning I still have to study..but not nearly as much as I would have to.
I'm not sure what my summer plans are..where I'll work, or what I'll do. I do know that I want to make a whole bunch of money somehow..we'll see how that goes. Every summer job I've ever had I have hated, so I have a good idea of what I don't want to do. I will probably end up working for my friends mom on their horse farm. I have worked there part time for the past couple of summers along with a few of my friends. We have a lot of fun working there and she's really felixible with hours and if things come up..so it's a pretty good job.
I have had an awesome time my first year at IU..first semester was a little rough grade wise but I had fun and have turned it around this second semester. I am very excited to take the summer off and come back next year, live in a house and stay on top of everything, with a "fresh start."
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Blog 3
Seems like just yesterday I was muddling my way through my first blog. Now here we are on blog 3 and just over a week away from spring break. This semester is going by very quickly. Unfortunately I won't be going anywhere exciting for spring break...which is actually ok with me. I won't mind at all sitting at home and relaxing for a week. More importantly than spring break coming though, is the warm weather! I couldn't be more tired of this cold weather.
We're almost half way through the semester and I'm happy about where I am in all of my classes. Things seem to be going well, and hopefully after this semseter I'll be done with this whole probation thing. I have a rough week ahead with 3 exams, but I think I'll do just fine.
It is also almost time to start scheduling for next semester classes...this is going to be difficult for me and I need to make a decision on what I am going to do. I haven't declared a major yet, and I'm still not sure what I want to do. I really think that I want to teach high school...but I want to make more money than I would being a teacher (quite the pickle). I've been doing a lot of thinking about it lately and hopefully something will click. (hopefully I can hit the lotery and then I can teach all I want and never have to worry about making money)..but we'll see how that goes.
We're almost half way through the semester and I'm happy about where I am in all of my classes. Things seem to be going well, and hopefully after this semseter I'll be done with this whole probation thing. I have a rough week ahead with 3 exams, but I think I'll do just fine.
It is also almost time to start scheduling for next semester classes...this is going to be difficult for me and I need to make a decision on what I am going to do. I haven't declared a major yet, and I'm still not sure what I want to do. I really think that I want to teach high school...but I want to make more money than I would being a teacher (quite the pickle). I've been doing a lot of thinking about it lately and hopefully something will click. (hopefully I can hit the lotery and then I can teach all I want and never have to worry about making money)..but we'll see how that goes.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
BLOG 2
Well...here's good ol blog number 2. I'm not exactly sure what this blog is supposed to be about, but I know it's due Monday, so I'm just going to tell you about how things are going.
Now that we are more deep into this semester than we were for the first blog, I feel the same for the most part. I am still enjoying my classes and I'm still excited to be in them. I've taken my first exam in all of my classes, and have gotten all of my scores back except one. I did well on all of them, and I'm doing much better in all of my classes than I did last semester. Which is good, and helps keep me motivated.
I am still in ROTC and I still like it. I think I am going to contract with the National Guard sometime soon....but we'll see. I recently signed a lease on a house to live in next year. It's a 4 bedroom house on the corner of 7th and Park St. The location is awesome, and I'm excited to live with the people I'm living with. I'm living with 4 others guys who all currently live on my floor. One is from Philly, on from New Jersey, on from Chicago, and one from Wisconsin. It's going to be very different, but I can't wait and I think it will be a good time.
Other than that, school is going much better, I have been practicing better habbits, and I feel good overall. ..CAN'T WAIT TILL SPRING BREAK!
Now that we are more deep into this semester than we were for the first blog, I feel the same for the most part. I am still enjoying my classes and I'm still excited to be in them. I've taken my first exam in all of my classes, and have gotten all of my scores back except one. I did well on all of them, and I'm doing much better in all of my classes than I did last semester. Which is good, and helps keep me motivated.
I am still in ROTC and I still like it. I think I am going to contract with the National Guard sometime soon....but we'll see. I recently signed a lease on a house to live in next year. It's a 4 bedroom house on the corner of 7th and Park St. The location is awesome, and I'm excited to live with the people I'm living with. I'm living with 4 others guys who all currently live on my floor. One is from Philly, on from New Jersey, on from Chicago, and one from Wisconsin. It's going to be very different, but I can't wait and I think it will be a good time.
Other than that, school is going much better, I have been practicing better habbits, and I feel good overall. ..CAN'T WAIT TILL SPRING BREAK!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Blog 1
Here I am, writing this blog for the good ole X158. What a blast....Although I'd much rather being playing basketball, eating, partying, or even sleeping, I guess it's a lot better than writing a paper or reading Shakespeare. Why am I writing this anyway? Well I guess because my first semester at IU was a lot of fun..obviously too much. A mixture of too much socializing, not enough studying, and aweful attendence have landed me right here on blogger.com.
What to do now? Well this semester is completely different in a number of ways, many of which I believe to be for the better. I'm not new to this whole college thing. I know where everything is, and how everything (well..most things) works. I'm enrolled in an entirely different set of classes. Classes that I am actually interested in and excited to take. Hopefully that in itself will make a huge difference. On top of that I now know what type of schedule not to set up i.e. one with 8 a.m. classes. With my earliest class being at 11:15 I'm sure to be awake. I've made another huge change this semester. I joined the Army ROTC program. Which at first may not seem like a good idea. Why, when I had trouble handling just my class last semester, would I add all of that commitment and responsibility on top?? Great question..but I think I have the answer. I think (and so far I have been correct) that joining the ROTC program will motivate me to do well and force me to stay on the right track. I HAVE to get up at 5 a.m. three days a week to do PT, which sounds miserable to most. However I've come to realize that because I have wake up at 5 a.m. I am also able to force myself to go to bed at a reasonable hour so I can get plenty of sleep. Once I've woken and been to PT, it's 7 o'clock and I have plenty of time to eat a good breakfast and get all kinds of work done before my classes even start. Although I don't necissarily enjoy when my alarm rings at 5 a.m., after I'm up and going it's nice to have the entire day ahead of me and plenty of time to get done all of the things I need to do. That way, I don't feel stressed and rushed...I've come to find out that there is a lot more time in one day than I realized.
What to do now? Well this semester is completely different in a number of ways, many of which I believe to be for the better. I'm not new to this whole college thing. I know where everything is, and how everything (well..most things) works. I'm enrolled in an entirely different set of classes. Classes that I am actually interested in and excited to take. Hopefully that in itself will make a huge difference. On top of that I now know what type of schedule not to set up i.e. one with 8 a.m. classes. With my earliest class being at 11:15 I'm sure to be awake. I've made another huge change this semester. I joined the Army ROTC program. Which at first may not seem like a good idea. Why, when I had trouble handling just my class last semester, would I add all of that commitment and responsibility on top?? Great question..but I think I have the answer. I think (and so far I have been correct) that joining the ROTC program will motivate me to do well and force me to stay on the right track. I HAVE to get up at 5 a.m. three days a week to do PT, which sounds miserable to most. However I've come to realize that because I have wake up at 5 a.m. I am also able to force myself to go to bed at a reasonable hour so I can get plenty of sleep. Once I've woken and been to PT, it's 7 o'clock and I have plenty of time to eat a good breakfast and get all kinds of work done before my classes even start. Although I don't necissarily enjoy when my alarm rings at 5 a.m., after I'm up and going it's nice to have the entire day ahead of me and plenty of time to get done all of the things I need to do. That way, I don't feel stressed and rushed...I've come to find out that there is a lot more time in one day than I realized.
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