Excited
Time for a quick update, I suppose.
I'm really looking forward to marching band. Band camp starts in about 1 week! At Georgia Tech, if you have never marched before, you are called a RAT. RAT stands for "Recruit at Tech" and hails back to Tech's military days. You have to wear a RAT cap and you get to pick someone to be your Vet and kinda show you how things are done. Of course most RATs are Freshmen, but I will probably be the lone senior RAT. :-) I can't wait to experience all of Tech's traditions. Everyone I've talked to has said that joining marching band was one of the best things they ever did at Tech. Everyone's said that yeah, it get hot, but your hanging out with a huge group of friends and playing your instrument, so you don't care how hot it is. Mom and Grandma have been really persistant about trying to discourage me from doing this. I wish they could show just a little bit of enthusiasm for me. I've been thinking about doing this for 3 years now. Don't think I haven't weighed the pros and cons. The pros: I get to play my instrument for an extra 10 or so hours a week, I get instant 150 or so extra friends, I get to experience all of Tech's great traditions, I get to go to all the football games, I might get to be on TV, I get paid for going on away games, I will probably get to do something cool in December for the bowl game, I might get a tan, I will get tons of good exercise to help me lose weight (this is a very important pro), I get to experience something that I've never done before and will never have the chance to do again. The cons: it will be hot, and then cold, and maybe rainy sometimes, and it will take a lot of time. So, yeah, I've decided to do it, and I'm really excited! :-)
I've also been thinking about what else I'm going to be doing this semester. I'm going to try to do three music ensembles. Symphonic band, marching band, and orchestra. Symphonic band is actually the most important of those to me. Marching band will take the most time and probably be the must fun. And orchestra is something that I've wanted to do for many, many years, and my opportunities to do it are getting fewer and fewer. I think I'm really going to love orchestra, and I will regret it if I don't try to do it this semester. I'm also going to be as involved as I can with the American Nuclear Society. I am the immediate past president, and I'm going to help out Jason, our new president as much as I can. I also want to do the Women in Engineering M&M Mentoring again. This was a very meaningful and fufilling experience last year, and I want to do it again. Of course I'm also going to be involved with Tau Beta Sigma, my band sorority. We have meetings every other week and various activities going on between them. I'm definitely going to do step team. I LOVE step! I love the rhythms and beats and the music. It's the greatest thing ever, and I'm going to do it! I'm also considering getting a little brother. I only have two semesters as an active sister, and I know I want a little sister. But the way it usually works is you have to have a little brother first. But it's another meeting I'm going to have to go to every week, and it costs some money and time. So, I'm thinking about it. Another thing I'm going to do is Weight Watchers. Tech has a group that meets once a week I think, and I really need to do this for my well-being. I need a weekly group meeting to keep me accountable and support and encourage me. I was looking at some pictures of me about three years ago, and I was hot! I had a nice curvy figure, and my hair looked better too. I want to get back to looking like that. And I think marching band and step are going to be integral parts of this weight loss boot camp that I think this semester is going to be. And I need a new hair style. Anyways, in addition to all these things I'll be doing this semester, I'll also be taking the two hardest classes of my life - nuclear reactor physics and reactor engineering. So, let me put all of that in list form so that I can see how crazy I really am:
1. Marching band
2. Symphonic band
3. Orchestra
4. ANS
5. M&M Mentoring
6. TBS
7. TBS -little brother
8. TBS -step team
9. Weight Watchers
10. Rx Physics
11. Rx Engineering
12. Other classes
13. Philip
14. Family
15. Dogs
16. Friends
17. Parties
18. Working for my dad
Whoa, I need to make sure my PDA has batteries. I'm going to have a lot to keep up with. And out of all of those, I have to say that the Rx Physics and Rx Engineering are going to be the most important and the most difficult to stay on top of. That's why I'm here. I'm really going to have to take advantage of the time I have in between my classes.
Oh yeah, and a note on #17 up there. That may have caught some of you by surprise. See, the marching band is known for its parties. However, I do not drink, so I'm a little skeptical about how much fun I'm going to have at these parties. People have told me that if I'm going to use marching band as a way to get to know people (which I should), then I have to go to the parties. So, I'm going to try a few and see how fun it is. Maybe at least I can improve upon my social skills and become more outgoing. And laugh at all the stupid people. It will be good times. Hopefully. If not, I won't do it anymore.
O.k., I need to get busy. I have lots of stuff I need to do today. Here's some other things I might update about later: new career goals, my summer, my new roommate, graduation, my OCDness.
I'm really looking forward to marching band. Band camp starts in about 1 week! At Georgia Tech, if you have never marched before, you are called a RAT. RAT stands for "Recruit at Tech" and hails back to Tech's military days. You have to wear a RAT cap and you get to pick someone to be your Vet and kinda show you how things are done. Of course most RATs are Freshmen, but I will probably be the lone senior RAT. :-) I can't wait to experience all of Tech's traditions. Everyone I've talked to has said that joining marching band was one of the best things they ever did at Tech. Everyone's said that yeah, it get hot, but your hanging out with a huge group of friends and playing your instrument, so you don't care how hot it is. Mom and Grandma have been really persistant about trying to discourage me from doing this. I wish they could show just a little bit of enthusiasm for me. I've been thinking about doing this for 3 years now. Don't think I haven't weighed the pros and cons. The pros: I get to play my instrument for an extra 10 or so hours a week, I get instant 150 or so extra friends, I get to experience all of Tech's great traditions, I get to go to all the football games, I might get to be on TV, I get paid for going on away games, I will probably get to do something cool in December for the bowl game, I might get a tan, I will get tons of good exercise to help me lose weight (this is a very important pro), I get to experience something that I've never done before and will never have the chance to do again. The cons: it will be hot, and then cold, and maybe rainy sometimes, and it will take a lot of time. So, yeah, I've decided to do it, and I'm really excited! :-)
I've also been thinking about what else I'm going to be doing this semester. I'm going to try to do three music ensembles. Symphonic band, marching band, and orchestra. Symphonic band is actually the most important of those to me. Marching band will take the most time and probably be the must fun. And orchestra is something that I've wanted to do for many, many years, and my opportunities to do it are getting fewer and fewer. I think I'm really going to love orchestra, and I will regret it if I don't try to do it this semester. I'm also going to be as involved as I can with the American Nuclear Society. I am the immediate past president, and I'm going to help out Jason, our new president as much as I can. I also want to do the Women in Engineering M&M Mentoring again. This was a very meaningful and fufilling experience last year, and I want to do it again. Of course I'm also going to be involved with Tau Beta Sigma, my band sorority. We have meetings every other week and various activities going on between them. I'm definitely going to do step team. I LOVE step! I love the rhythms and beats and the music. It's the greatest thing ever, and I'm going to do it! I'm also considering getting a little brother. I only have two semesters as an active sister, and I know I want a little sister. But the way it usually works is you have to have a little brother first. But it's another meeting I'm going to have to go to every week, and it costs some money and time. So, I'm thinking about it. Another thing I'm going to do is Weight Watchers. Tech has a group that meets once a week I think, and I really need to do this for my well-being. I need a weekly group meeting to keep me accountable and support and encourage me. I was looking at some pictures of me about three years ago, and I was hot! I had a nice curvy figure, and my hair looked better too. I want to get back to looking like that. And I think marching band and step are going to be integral parts of this weight loss boot camp that I think this semester is going to be. And I need a new hair style. Anyways, in addition to all these things I'll be doing this semester, I'll also be taking the two hardest classes of my life - nuclear reactor physics and reactor engineering. So, let me put all of that in list form so that I can see how crazy I really am:
1. Marching band
2. Symphonic band
3. Orchestra
4. ANS
5. M&M Mentoring
6. TBS
7. TBS -little brother
8. TBS -step team
9. Weight Watchers
10. Rx Physics
11. Rx Engineering
12. Other classes
13. Philip
14. Family
15. Dogs
16. Friends
17. Parties
18. Working for my dad
Whoa, I need to make sure my PDA has batteries. I'm going to have a lot to keep up with. And out of all of those, I have to say that the Rx Physics and Rx Engineering are going to be the most important and the most difficult to stay on top of. That's why I'm here. I'm really going to have to take advantage of the time I have in between my classes.
Oh yeah, and a note on #17 up there. That may have caught some of you by surprise. See, the marching band is known for its parties. However, I do not drink, so I'm a little skeptical about how much fun I'm going to have at these parties. People have told me that if I'm going to use marching band as a way to get to know people (which I should), then I have to go to the parties. So, I'm going to try a few and see how fun it is. Maybe at least I can improve upon my social skills and become more outgoing. And laugh at all the stupid people. It will be good times. Hopefully. If not, I won't do it anymore.
O.k., I need to get busy. I have lots of stuff I need to do today. Here's some other things I might update about later: new career goals, my summer, my new roommate, graduation, my OCDness.