A Reprieve

It's well after midnight, which means that I'm not anywhere near the deadline that I've set for myself, but for this weekend I am offering myself a reprieve from those guidelines. We just got back from my cousins wedding, which was up in Grand Rapids.

It was a really lovely ceremony. It was great to get to see my family, and celebrate my cousins marriage.

We left for the wedding around one thirty or so, and since it didn't start until five we ended up getting up there an hour earlier than we necessarily needed to. Although, it was probably good that we left when we did just in case there was heavy traffic.

The drive home was a little slow going because it had been snowing for the majority of the time that we were at the wedding and the reception. As we were driving we alternated between driving through areas that had snow falling and areas that did not. Between Brooklyn and Tipton we saw a jeep that had rolled over on the side of the road. A police officer was in the middle of having it prepared to be towed away.

But we made it home safely, and now I can get some sleep before I go about unpacking later this morning.

Laundry Night

My final out of class story for JRN 200 is due on Thursday. I still need to get it written despite having had every intention to get it out of the way sooner. Intentions don't always translate the way that we'd like them to unfortunately.

I've managed to get it super organized and planned out while also getting laundry done. I'm hoping that the writing starts to flow better once I sit down with my computer. The plan for the moment is to at least have something written by the time I go to bed tonight.

It's not that the article is particuarily hard to write, it's just a matter of taking the time to sit down and focus on getting it done. That and there is a lot of information that I need to sift through and determine what goes and what stays.

It doesn't help that this is basically the last full week of the semester so I'm more focused on going home for break than school work.

Just one more week!

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Resources and Advantages

I definitely didn't realize how close I was cutting it to my deadline tonight. I guess being at home will do that to you. I delved into Mitch Albom's new book earlier today, and I think that I'm going to take tonight to finish reading it. It is a really good read, although in general Albom's books are so really it's not that surprising.

I got the chance to talk to the parents about doing Spring Break in Mexico, building houses. In general the response was the one that I was expecting. I asked Dad if he'd be opposed to the idea, and he said that I was old enough to do what I wanted.

Therefore, I'm planning on going to Mexico for spring break.

It's an excellent opportunity to use the resources and advantages that I have to help someone else who doesn't have those same resources and advantages. God put us here to help and love each other, and I think that 's something that we often forget, or choose to forget.

It's important to remember to be thankful for the things that we have, and prepared to help those in need. It's easy to complain about the things that we don't have and wish we did, it's more difficult to be aware of how fortunate we really are.

Break Time

I think I've managed to round up all of the information for my third out of class story in JRN 200. Now it is just a matter of sitting down to actually get the piece written for Tuesday.

I've got time. I'll get it taken care of.

Lit/Cultures was actually kind of interesting today. Mostly it was interesting because people actually participated in the conversation and there weren't as many awkward silences. Although there were a lot of people absent today, so the class being smaller probably had a lot to do with it.

Most likely that's the case. Thankfully though the semester is almost over. I'm really ready for this Thanksgiving break. I'm a little burnt out on school and continual deadlines. I finally managed to finish reading "Liar". Now I just need to get a review written and posted for the SpartanEdge. I'm going to make my quota of three post this week and that is exciting.

Lede Writing

My JRN 200 class seems to be going well. Today we went over the 'ledes' that we were assigned to write at the end of last class. He put up examples from what people in the class had written, with our names stripped from them. It was a really good way to get an idea of what to shoot for and what to avoid.

Although it was a little embarrassing that one of mine ended up on the screen, because I accidentally typed in lighting rather than lightning. Thank God it wasn't a graded assignment, because that mistake would have gotten me a zero.

At the end of class we did another writing exercises where we wrote more 'ledes'. I think that went well, but I suppose I'll find out next class. The really strange thing was, that I e-mailed my work in to Omar but it didn't register in his e-mailbox. Then the computer wouldn't let us go back and make sure that it was in my sent messages folder.

Once I got back to my room though, I was able to confirm that it was sent out. I guess other people were having a similar problem last class, and their e-mail ended up getting to him a half an hour after they had sent them. It's a little nerve-wrecking when you aren't sure an assignment has sent, and you're in a class with really strict deadlines.

Deadline Crunch

I am getting fairly good at this whole "wait until an hour from my deadline and then scramble to post" thing. I swear it's not intentional. At least not completely. I will admit that perhaps there is some part of me that puts this off in the hopes that SOMETHING will happen that will be worth writing about.

It's been a fairly standard day once again. I spent a portion of the early afternoon at my sisters house, assisting her with her computer and homework. The larger portion of the day was then spent lost in Shannon Hale's "Austenland". I have been completely absorbed in it all day, and will finish reading it before the night is through.

I finished reading "Moon Called" by Patricia Briggs early this morning, and I loved that book too. Now that I have been thoroughly boring, I will go finish watching "Confessions of a Shopaholic".

Deadline Fail

Quite obviously I missed Friday's deadline, since I didn't post anything before leaving the house and didn't make it back prior to midnight. (Entirely my own fault, but entirely worth it.) Therefore there will be two posts today.

Friday I got together with a group of friends from high school and we had a cookout, which was a nice way to spend the day and also the reason I missed my deadline. However, some things are worth missed deadlines. It was a day of good food, conversation and company which rounds out to an awesome use of time.

Saturday was its own compilation of adventures, which I will get into in my next post. ;D

Eh...

The good news is that I finished my essay before the deadline, the bad news… I didn’t post again yesterday. Of course this means that there will be four posts this weekend. Great, fantastic. Can this week please be over? Please?

I keep telling myself that everything will be fine, I just have to make it to the end of April. God, I wish the end of April were closer at hand. I enjoy school, but I’ve reached my limit between juggling work and classes and the insane amount of reading that I have to maintain this semester. I enjoy reading, but it’s gotten to the point that the only things that I read are class related.

I don’t want to read anymore Shakespeare and yet I’m obligated to read at least three more plays…

I’m whining, and I don’t like to whine but these are the things that are on my mind. They are consuming my brain, running in a continuous stream. That is the one thing to be said about going to work, it gives me a chance to forget about school everything that I have to do, at least when I’m busy…