so after conversation with my partner and my professor after Tests and Measurement today I have begun to consider how cool it would be to go to Europe, preferably England, and get a graduate education over there. See the thing is how they view psychology a bit differently and i think it would be super cool to experience that! yay for awesome professors who make you think!
that's all i've got. not going into detail, but yeah i want to go to England for grad school. I'm really tired right now but going crazy from caffeine I think. It's 2:30am..!
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
the daffodils are blooming.
ok so the daffodils have been blooming for over a week or two now, but I just haven't gotten around to writing about them until now.
Spring is finally here and it is LOVELY. I am enjoying the daffodils next to Valders Hall of science and the green grass. Just got back from Easter Break today and saw that the grass looked even greener and that more plants were starting to sprout. Plus the trees have green sprouting on them again too. Back at home the same things were happening. I was pretty excited to see that the Lilac bush outside my window was starting to bud. I hope that the lilacs are still there and smelling good in May when I go home again! (last time I'll have to move out!)
Well also because of the beautiful weather, I can now start wearing skirts! w00t! I love my three skirts that i own so I've been looking forward to the warm weather so that I can wear them. I wore one last week and got three comments on it by 10:30 am! how nice! definitely made my day. I love that skirt! It's funny cuz it's nothing special, it's from Target a store that everyone probably goes to! Anyway...
now that I'm back at school the next two weeks are going to be HELL! gross! Senior paper is due on the 28th and i have three exams this week! augh! But happily after this week no more exams til finals which will be nice and I don't have any crazy final projects to work on. I think I like it more when I just have exams to study for.
SO Easter weekend was nice. Very relaxing and was spent mostly with the family. Ate way too much food again on Sunday but it was good and I had fun helping make the food. It was also quite nice to be at home and not have to go to grandma's although that makes me feel bad that I didn't care much that i didn't see the rest of the family. Oh well... After dinner we watched the ball game on tv and spent the evening just being lazy. I probably should have gone for a walk but really... laziness was more in the cards. That was about it.
I am sure that I have more important or possibly meaningful things to say but I'll save them since I should be working on an assignment or sleeping. mmmm sleep! Oh how I love thee! That is all...
Spring is finally here and it is LOVELY. I am enjoying the daffodils next to Valders Hall of science and the green grass. Just got back from Easter Break today and saw that the grass looked even greener and that more plants were starting to sprout. Plus the trees have green sprouting on them again too. Back at home the same things were happening. I was pretty excited to see that the Lilac bush outside my window was starting to bud. I hope that the lilacs are still there and smelling good in May when I go home again! (last time I'll have to move out!)
Well also because of the beautiful weather, I can now start wearing skirts! w00t! I love my three skirts that i own so I've been looking forward to the warm weather so that I can wear them. I wore one last week and got three comments on it by 10:30 am! how nice! definitely made my day. I love that skirt! It's funny cuz it's nothing special, it's from Target a store that everyone probably goes to! Anyway...
now that I'm back at school the next two weeks are going to be HELL! gross! Senior paper is due on the 28th and i have three exams this week! augh! But happily after this week no more exams til finals which will be nice and I don't have any crazy final projects to work on. I think I like it more when I just have exams to study for.
SO Easter weekend was nice. Very relaxing and was spent mostly with the family. Ate way too much food again on Sunday but it was good and I had fun helping make the food. It was also quite nice to be at home and not have to go to grandma's although that makes me feel bad that I didn't care much that i didn't see the rest of the family. Oh well... After dinner we watched the ball game on tv and spent the evening just being lazy. I probably should have gone for a walk but really... laziness was more in the cards. That was about it.
I am sure that I have more important or possibly meaningful things to say but I'll save them since I should be working on an assignment or sleeping. mmmm sleep! Oh how I love thee! That is all...
Thursday, April 06, 2006
the rest of spring break and so on...
so after 11 hours of traveling home from st. louis i spent the rest of the week doing pretty much nothing... So it was quite the relaxing spring break. I drank a whole lot of coffee, tried to work on my senior paper a bit and hung out with friends. My favorite nights were seeing Lauren, Kim and Will, having coffee with them and getting a chance to catch up. I can't wait to be in Minneapolis again and have the chance to hang out with them more. They are great great people. The other great night was hanging out with my sister, colleen and mike and having a few beers. It was pretty simple, but it was pretty good. Kris spent the night on friday and we watched movies and Lauren came over to watch movies the next day, then it was back to Luther. Mom and Dad brought me down which was nice cuz dad was gone most of the week because of work. On top of all of that i watched some pretty ridiculous tv. enough said.
since break... I spent sunday evening and monday morning freaking out about school and trying to catch up on assignments and readings. Happily I got them done and since Monday things have been good. I feel at ease about school again. My work is getting done and i don't feel too busy. Wednesday was a great great day because it was SO nice out! it felt like a friday not only because of the weather but so many people were just outside hanging out, having fun and there was a bbq for the seniors at the commons just up the hill from us. I love living in Baker Village here on campus and i love the atmosphere of friends! :-) Part of me can not wait to graduate and yet there is still a part of me that longs for the community of Luther College.
speaking of graduating... i've picked up my cap and gown, along with my tickets...it's getting weirder and weirder...so many things to do and so many responsibilities! :-P eek! But it's also a good feeling, kind of. It makes me feel older and the responsibility factor makes me feel good sometimes, like I'm actually doing something, and getting things done! I had a career center meeting again today and it went really well. Thank god I had them look at my cover letter! My wording was terrible! Anyway, so things are progressing along there and i keep looking for jobs but boy does my resume need some tweeking!
On kind of a sadder, more downer note... Although i feel like I am playing my heart out and that I'm in some of the best shape that i have been for frisbee, the start of the spring season has been really hard. People aren't showing up to practices so we can't get our act together! ugh! Today was our last practice before sectionals which are this coming weekend. Let's just say some of us are scared that we may not make it to regionals and well personally i REALLY want to keep playing because of the fact that if eel like I am playing so well... is that just selfish? i dunno i just really wish more people were showing up and taking the game more seriously but also having fun. ANother downer is the relationship between the men's and women's teams. The men seem to think we are a joke. Today the two men's teams and our team were all trying to play on the pool lawn and then of course not that many women showed up so the guys weren't too happy with us taking field space and then while standing between our sidelines they were making fun of us i guess. None of it I heard but one of our captains sure did. It's just frustrating to have them not be supportive and not respect us and overall that there isn't a good relationship between us and them. Some of the girls were really hurt, especially a few who are really good friends with a couple of them men. Sigh...At least later at dinner we (the women) were able to laugh about it a little. It just makes me sad and makes me look at some of the men that i consider friends a bit differently. There was a time when the men's and women's teams sat together after practices, and when we shared cars on the way to tournaments and both cheered for eachother during games. Instead of dwelling on it too long I try to keep a positive attitude and just remind myself that i was busting my ass during our practice today. even if i couldn't throw.
well now I'm going to go do my homework with Britta, in the commons, and have a beer. i *heart* beer.
since break... I spent sunday evening and monday morning freaking out about school and trying to catch up on assignments and readings. Happily I got them done and since Monday things have been good. I feel at ease about school again. My work is getting done and i don't feel too busy. Wednesday was a great great day because it was SO nice out! it felt like a friday not only because of the weather but so many people were just outside hanging out, having fun and there was a bbq for the seniors at the commons just up the hill from us. I love living in Baker Village here on campus and i love the atmosphere of friends! :-) Part of me can not wait to graduate and yet there is still a part of me that longs for the community of Luther College.
speaking of graduating... i've picked up my cap and gown, along with my tickets...it's getting weirder and weirder...so many things to do and so many responsibilities! :-P eek! But it's also a good feeling, kind of. It makes me feel older and the responsibility factor makes me feel good sometimes, like I'm actually doing something, and getting things done! I had a career center meeting again today and it went really well. Thank god I had them look at my cover letter! My wording was terrible! Anyway, so things are progressing along there and i keep looking for jobs but boy does my resume need some tweeking!
On kind of a sadder, more downer note... Although i feel like I am playing my heart out and that I'm in some of the best shape that i have been for frisbee, the start of the spring season has been really hard. People aren't showing up to practices so we can't get our act together! ugh! Today was our last practice before sectionals which are this coming weekend. Let's just say some of us are scared that we may not make it to regionals and well personally i REALLY want to keep playing because of the fact that if eel like I am playing so well... is that just selfish? i dunno i just really wish more people were showing up and taking the game more seriously but also having fun. ANother downer is the relationship between the men's and women's teams. The men seem to think we are a joke. Today the two men's teams and our team were all trying to play on the pool lawn and then of course not that many women showed up so the guys weren't too happy with us taking field space and then while standing between our sidelines they were making fun of us i guess. None of it I heard but one of our captains sure did. It's just frustrating to have them not be supportive and not respect us and overall that there isn't a good relationship between us and them. Some of the girls were really hurt, especially a few who are really good friends with a couple of them men. Sigh...At least later at dinner we (the women) were able to laugh about it a little. It just makes me sad and makes me look at some of the men that i consider friends a bit differently. There was a time when the men's and women's teams sat together after practices, and when we shared cars on the way to tournaments and both cheered for eachother during games. Instead of dwelling on it too long I try to keep a positive attitude and just remind myself that i was busting my ass during our practice today. even if i couldn't throw.
well now I'm going to go do my homework with Britta, in the commons, and have a beer. i *heart* beer.
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