So I'm a little confused right now. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be blogging on a specific topic, an open blog, or nothing at all. Well option three sounded a little too risky for me so I decided I would at least right something on here. I'm really not sure what I want to right about. There's really nothing going on right now except class and workouts...not very exciting! Game 1 of the World Series was tonght and I got to watch the beginning of it while I was at the gym; that's been the most exciting thing today.
I'm looking forward to the group presentations. I think my group is going to do very well, but I'm nervous about speaking. I know we have a great class to be infront of but I'm still nervous. I'm not a big fan of speaking infront of people. It just doesn't make sense. I can play ball infront of hundreds of people and be perfectly content, but you put me infront of a group of 10 and my stomach is in knots and I'm about ready to pass out from nerves. I'm ready to give the speach though, I think it'll be ok.
Well since I'm not sure about this blog or not I really have nothing more to say. I will end this blog with a verse that I heard in church this past Sunday. I thinks it's very good, especially for college students as we go through our daily lived and the temptations we endure.
"Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him." -James 1:12
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Fall Break and Flower Beds
Fall break couldn't have come any sooner for me. With all of the stress from school and softball I needed a break in the biggest way. For fall break I had the house to myself. My mom went to San Fransico for work and my dad and younger sister went to Plano, TX for a softball tournament leaving me and the two dogs to house sit.
Before my mom left for airport, she left me a list two weeks long of things she needed done around the house. Most of the things on her list were just little things that would only take a few minutes to complete. Her main task that she wanted me to do was pull up everything in the front flowerbeds and plant new fall flowers. That was fine with me because I like being outside and I like playing in the flower beds. I might not have a lick of artistic ability for art class, but when it comes to arranging flowers, I have a gift. I was able to con my boyfriend into coming over and and helping me plant the flowers. He wouldn't help me pull anything up, but at least he helped me plant.
When pulling up flowers we had this vine growing, that wasn't bad looking, I just didn't like it. Well when my mom told me she wanted me to do the flower beds she told me to do whatever I thought would look good and gave me free reign. Well as my dad and sister were leaving, my dad came over to see how progress was going and noticed I'd pulled up the ugly vine. He asked if my mom wanted the vine gone becasue for some reason she likes the thing. I told my dad two things. One, she told me I could do what I wanted with the flower beds and I didn't want it so it's gone. And two, it's too late if she wants it because it's in the trash.
Well, she's supposed to be coming home late tonight so I'll find out tomorrow morning if I'll ever be hired again or if I'm banned from the flower beds from now on. My thought on the whole situation is if she really wanted the ugly vine left then she should have told me. Oh well, it's gone now and I think the front looks much better now, if I must say.
Before my mom left for airport, she left me a list two weeks long of things she needed done around the house. Most of the things on her list were just little things that would only take a few minutes to complete. Her main task that she wanted me to do was pull up everything in the front flowerbeds and plant new fall flowers. That was fine with me because I like being outside and I like playing in the flower beds. I might not have a lick of artistic ability for art class, but when it comes to arranging flowers, I have a gift. I was able to con my boyfriend into coming over and and helping me plant the flowers. He wouldn't help me pull anything up, but at least he helped me plant.
When pulling up flowers we had this vine growing, that wasn't bad looking, I just didn't like it. Well when my mom told me she wanted me to do the flower beds she told me to do whatever I thought would look good and gave me free reign. Well as my dad and sister were leaving, my dad came over to see how progress was going and noticed I'd pulled up the ugly vine. He asked if my mom wanted the vine gone becasue for some reason she likes the thing. I told my dad two things. One, she told me I could do what I wanted with the flower beds and I didn't want it so it's gone. And two, it's too late if she wants it because it's in the trash.
Well, she's supposed to be coming home late tonight so I'll find out tomorrow morning if I'll ever be hired again or if I'm banned from the flower beds from now on. My thought on the whole situation is if she really wanted the ugly vine left then she should have told me. Oh well, it's gone now and I think the front looks much better now, if I must say.
Monday, October 15, 2007
MIScommunication
Today I learned how important communication is when it comes to grades. When I got to practice this morning my coach wanted to talk to me. When I went into her office she informed me that I was ineligble in one of my classes. As far as I had known I was in good standings with all of my classes, or getting back to good standings after being gone. When I learned of the class that I was ineligble for I was completely shocked. I had spoken to this professor last Thursday to make sure everything was ok with my grades and that I wasn't missing anything. After telling my coach what my professor and I had discussed the previous week she told me that I needed to go and talk to my professor and get things figured out.
So, I went over and talked to my professor. Different dialects can make communicating so hard. My professor speaks very choppy English and it made telling him what my situation was and what needed to be done about it extremely difficult. After a long conversation and much misunderstanding, mainly on his part about eligibility, my grade situation was gonna be fixed.
I learned several things and was reminded of several things today during this ordeal. The first is that you can't always rely on what someone tells you until you see the results. I.E. I was told my grade was just fine, but when it showed up in the computer for eligibility everyting wasn't fine. Secondly, I was reminded just how hard it is to communicate with people when you don't speak the same language or if one person speaks a limited amount of a language you're trying to communicate in. I.E. When I talked to my professor it was hard for both of us to communicate becuase I was trying to explain my situation and he wasn't fully understanding my problem and when he would ask a question or give a solution I had trouble understanding what he was saying and it made it diffucult for both of us. But, we didn't get fusterated with the situation, instead we understood each other's diffuculties and made the best of the situation. And lastly, I learned that when mistakes are made, instead of getting mad or frustrated, the best thing to do is stay calm and go and talk to the person, or professor in my case, that you're having conflict with. We were able to get the problem taken care of and I'm no longer on the ineligible list!!! Woo Hoo! All it took was some calming down and simple communication and the problem was fixed.
So, I went over and talked to my professor. Different dialects can make communicating so hard. My professor speaks very choppy English and it made telling him what my situation was and what needed to be done about it extremely difficult. After a long conversation and much misunderstanding, mainly on his part about eligibility, my grade situation was gonna be fixed.
I learned several things and was reminded of several things today during this ordeal. The first is that you can't always rely on what someone tells you until you see the results. I.E. I was told my grade was just fine, but when it showed up in the computer for eligibility everyting wasn't fine. Secondly, I was reminded just how hard it is to communicate with people when you don't speak the same language or if one person speaks a limited amount of a language you're trying to communicate in. I.E. When I talked to my professor it was hard for both of us to communicate becuase I was trying to explain my situation and he wasn't fully understanding my problem and when he would ask a question or give a solution I had trouble understanding what he was saying and it made it diffucult for both of us. But, we didn't get fusterated with the situation, instead we understood each other's diffuculties and made the best of the situation. And lastly, I learned that when mistakes are made, instead of getting mad or frustrated, the best thing to do is stay calm and go and talk to the person, or professor in my case, that you're having conflict with. We were able to get the problem taken care of and I'm no longer on the ineligible list!!! Woo Hoo! All it took was some calming down and simple communication and the problem was fixed.
Monday, October 8, 2007
My weekend
This past weekend I went with my boyfriend back to see his family in Blair, Ok (it's near Altus, but don't blink you might miss it). We got there late friday night and from the minute we walked in the door, his mother was making a list of chores for us to do that needed to be done. We usually don't mind bacause she's a widow and needs help keeping all the land they have out there. We were up early Saturday morning to start on the chores because we wanted to watch the OU/Texas game. Well we ended up having to do chores through the game but it wasn't a big deal at first because we were DVRing the game so we could watch it later. The only proble with that was when his mom was mowing the yard she hit the satillite and knocked it out of place cause none of the game to be recorded. You talk about a blow up. Shawn (the boyfriend) was furious with his mom and they had a heated battle about her carelessness and man was he grouchy the rest of the afternoon. I learned quick to stay out of his way when he started snipping at me for no reason. He cooled off though which led to an amazing evening.
He planned a surprise for me Saturday night for my birthday present. While I was drying my hair he came in and blind-folded me and carried me out to his truck. He drove around for what seemed like forever and when we parked and he unblind-folded me we were out at the lake we had been to earlier in the summer. He knows that I love seeing the stars but growing up in the city I never really got to see them. He made a pallet out of blankets and we sat and looked at the stars while the waves of the water crashed up onto the beach and there was a light breeze in the air. He further surprised me by pulling out a bottle of wine. It was an amazing night; sweet and romantic.
Sunday, it was back to chores and then back home to the city and then to Shawnee.
He planned a surprise for me Saturday night for my birthday present. While I was drying my hair he came in and blind-folded me and carried me out to his truck. He drove around for what seemed like forever and when we parked and he unblind-folded me we were out at the lake we had been to earlier in the summer. He knows that I love seeing the stars but growing up in the city I never really got to see them. He made a pallet out of blankets and we sat and looked at the stars while the waves of the water crashed up onto the beach and there was a light breeze in the air. He further surprised me by pulling out a bottle of wine. It was an amazing night; sweet and romantic.
Sunday, it was back to chores and then back home to the city and then to Shawnee.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Ugh...Stress
In my life there are many things that stress me out. School, softball, family, boyfriend, younger sister just to start naming a few that immediately come to mind. If I had to choose the two biggest stressors in my life right now I would say, not being able to play right now because of my head and family issues. Softball is a very big stressor right now because that is not only what I do but a large part of who I am and not being able to play or workout is like telling someone they can't be who they are. Family, family is a huge stressor. I don't want to discuss family issues right now, they're improving, but it is an on going stressor.
In order to deal with my stress firstly I need to realize that in life there are just things that happen that I have no control over and no matter how much I want to change situations I can't. In softball I need to just relax and take this time to get ahead in my school work and know that no matter what I can't do anything yet. Secondly, for stress in the family I have to quit worrying about it because some of the issues aren't as big as they origionally seem. When stress does arise though, I need to relax and know that everything will work out for the best. I can take a jog or work out, also I can find someone to talk to or simply write my thoughts down.
In order to deal with my stress firstly I need to realize that in life there are just things that happen that I have no control over and no matter how much I want to change situations I can't. In softball I need to just relax and take this time to get ahead in my school work and know that no matter what I can't do anything yet. Secondly, for stress in the family I have to quit worrying about it because some of the issues aren't as big as they origionally seem. When stress does arise though, I need to relax and know that everything will work out for the best. I can take a jog or work out, also I can find someone to talk to or simply write my thoughts down.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Happy Birthday
Today was my birthday, and what a great day it's been! The girls in my dorm are simply amazing. When I got up this morning I found a card from my RA, which was a great start to the day knowing that someone here cared that it was my birthday. When I went to my first class one of the guys I'm friends with also had a card for me and Professor Peters sang "happy birthday" to me, she's a very good singer by the way. Throughout the day all of the girls on my hall have written messages for me on my dry erase board telling me happy birthday and anytime I've seen them they have been so enthusiastic about it being my birthday. Not only have the girls on my hall been enthusiastic about it being my birthday, so have all my friends on campus and my teammates!
My mom and her assistant came out here and took me out to lunch at Billy Boys, which is really good. Lunch was amazing I can't remember the last time I've laughed that much or that hard. After lunch I went over to softball and the team made me laugh so much. Let's put it this way as good as they are at softball, they're that bad at singing. When I got back to the dorm several of the girls were out in the hall and they started singing rendom songs to me. The singing led to a couple of us putting off doing homework to sit and chat. Those girls are crazy and made me laugh so much.
To sum up my day so far is simply to say it's been amazing and it's only going to get better. Shawn, my boyfriend, is taking me out to dinner. He's keeping it a surprise where we're going so that has me very excited. I'm very curious to know what we're doing tonight. I'm usually not very big on surprises but for some reason I like that he's kept it a secret from me even though I've begged to know. Wow this is one very great birthday! And, it only seems to be getting better as the day goes.
My mom and her assistant came out here and took me out to lunch at Billy Boys, which is really good. Lunch was amazing I can't remember the last time I've laughed that much or that hard. After lunch I went over to softball and the team made me laugh so much. Let's put it this way as good as they are at softball, they're that bad at singing. When I got back to the dorm several of the girls were out in the hall and they started singing rendom songs to me. The singing led to a couple of us putting off doing homework to sit and chat. Those girls are crazy and made me laugh so much.
To sum up my day so far is simply to say it's been amazing and it's only going to get better. Shawn, my boyfriend, is taking me out to dinner. He's keeping it a surprise where we're going so that has me very excited. I'm very curious to know what we're doing tonight. I'm usually not very big on surprises but for some reason I like that he's kept it a secret from me even though I've begged to know. Wow this is one very great birthday! And, it only seems to be getting better as the day goes.
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