My Senior project ( minius the 35 page part :) )

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Like Mother Like Daughter

For those of you who know my mom you can understand I jump at the oportunity to be compared to her. She a force to be reckoned with and is amazingly caring and spiritual. Her strength and determination has always been something I have looked up to. One thing you may not know about my mom is that regardless of her parents not attending a church she always felt the need to pray. As a little girl my mom memorized the Lords prayer, motivated by my very religious Great Grandma Helen, and to this day when she gets stressed out she recites it to herself over and over again. Apparently I have adopted some of this stress relief strategy. I don't use the Lords prayer, but instead find myself turning all of my thoughts into little prayers. For example when I would normally think "I'll head to the library and work on this assignment first" it now starts with a Dear Heavenly Father and ends with an Amen. I think there is something calming in feeling like you're continually talking to the Lord and even a comfort or affirmation that I'll be able to do what I need to. My mom, I believe, gets this same sense of security in those stressed out moments and thinking that I'm like my mom in this respect just makes me feel all the more capable!

All I want is a room somewhere...

For those of you who don't pay attention to my life I am an RA, its a generally pleasing job. You make great friends, learn a lot about yourself and others and while at times it feels like "being a camp counselor at a prison" (to quote some of my witty staff members) it has enhanced my college career and I don't know what i would have done without it!

However, there are some draw backs the one that is currently bothering me is my lack of kitchen!!!!!!
I love to cook and bake and being kitchenless can be utterly painful. I dream of being able to walk into a room with a normal sized fridge, cabinets, food that I actually want to eat and to be able to control what goes into it! This things while so normal have been absent of my last three and a half years of campus dining and I'm running out of things on the meal plan I'll actually eat! there is a distant light in the future in about 5 and a half months i will graduate! until then I'll just keep dreaming of ovens and blenders!

12 days of finals week

Its finals here and i am counting down till I get home its only 6 days but it feels like a lot more so here is my list of my "twelve" days of finals week (i have no time so i list products only you can add the whole little song if you like)
on the 12th day of finals week my anxiety gave to me
12- candy bars
11- sound warnings for residents
10- hot showers
9-forms of procrastination
8- cereal meals
7- check lists
6- sleepless nights
5-BREAK DOWNS!!!!
4- trips to the gym
3-study break events
2- final papers
and
1-project presentation

hopefully i will get through them elegantly and see you on the other side!!!

Thanksgiving

I'm HOME!!!!!!! I love being home I love the feeling of plopping down on my couch next to my mom and chatting while watching the hills and other trashy TV shows. There is nothing better after a stressful 8 and a half weeks at school! I basically haven't sat still since the quarter started! Between figuring out where to apply for grad schools, studying for the cset, and trying to make it through my most challenging quarter of college yet life has just been a blur... fortunately I now get to spend some much needed time with family and friends, eating tons of food, and prepping for the Christmas frenzy!! I'm so excited !!!!!

Chocoholic

What my dreams are made of

When I'm in back to back classes what do i do ...eat chocolate
when I have a late night at work ...eat chocolate
when I feel stressed out... eat chocolate
when I have a girls day/ night
when I work on grad school applications
when it rains outside
when I need sleep
when I feel bored
when I'm sick
When I'm healthy
when I'm sad
or celebrating
Basically any excuse I can possibly come up with to have chocolate
I'm a full blown addict and eating on campus just makes it worse. chocolate is so available at every meal there it is taunting me with its sweet melty goodness. So much mouth watering goodness how could I be expected to resist! I seriously consider replacing all of my food with chocolate! ( do you think i could get away with that if the chocolate looked like other foods like those chocolate oranges instead of real fruit?) I'm trying to be strong and keep a handle on my chocolate fixing and currently limiting my intake ( to the best my weak will can handle) and making time for the gym when possible! heres hopping I dont end up turning into a chocolate bunny before easter!

Back to it

So this past week was the beginning of my senior year and probably the craziest start I have had in these past four. My schedule got completely rearranged and I scrambled to get my internship settled and still have a few details to work out but the end point is aside from a senior project and post grad plans to figure out I'm on my way to graduating in June with a relatively easy course load ahead! Its going to be a busy year but its all in the details and fortunately I think I might finally have those down!

Other than the classes I have been getting to know my residents and got to go home this weekend. It was Katie's families annual bacci ball party and it was a blast. Yes, my team did get out in the first round but I totally dominated in a later game! and besides i got to spend time with my wonderful family (sans Aubrey :( ) and see my fake family (ie. lenore, mimi and jude) so all in all it was a great week!