ok i swore i'd update once this semester...
yeah so this semester has been dubbed "the semester of change" and as some of you know i was really worried/freaked out about it before i got to school and even sort of at the beginning of school when kelli and katharine were still here and the old group was still all hanging out together. that was great times...really. but this semester has been good. i have had sooo many random people tell me how much i have changed...in a good way. even this lady who works in food services. ha. i guess i am really obviously different. it's just really weird. i have always been this person so afraid of change and sooo nostalgic, which i guess i still am. i mean i still am very afraid of the future, of not knowing what to do with my life STILL in jr year. well i guess i should list some changes in case some of you are unaware:
-new roommate (her name's audrey and she's really cool. unlike me and yet like me. we're getting along and even sort of hanging out now)
-new advisor (hickman is my advisor now, kaufer left berry after i only had her for 1 semester. kind of sad, but i've known hickman longer. so it's ok.)
-an odd semester schedule and class-wise (i have spanish for the first time and my first science also, astronomy. i also have women's studies which is GREAT...the only class i like going to. my only gov related class is international relations which is required, horribly boring, and i sleep in there most days meaning i will never take a class from rafferty again because im sure she notices me sleeping. it's very bad. i'm working on it. but apparently i have gained the ability to sleep while chewing gum as well.)
-new work supervisor (well dave and michelle are still there but they hired this new lady, rhonda, as the aquatics coordinator. she's pretty nice and has some good ideas for new aquatic programs but she has not got any red cross certifications, only ymca, which is bad. also i have learned that i am THE ONLY person at berry who has my WSI certification to teach swimming...weird. so they're trying to certify more people so we can have a swim lesson program)
-i joined a club on campus (empower, which is a feminist group that is pretty cool. i went to my first meeting and was sort of appointed the sga representative so now i have empower meetings on monday nights and sga meetings on tuesdays...i remember why i used to not get involved in stuff. involvement is time consuming.
-ive been going to bsu lunch encounter (free food/smaller meal plan...enough said)
-i have not been doing all my homework and preparing for classes (which is freaking people out because apparently i have a pretty goody goody reputation...also related to my not drinking but ive got my reasons and i dont care what other people do)
-i went to my first club (it was in rome and there are stories the most famous of which is me asking a guy i used to have a crush on to dance...he said yes by the way but he was a horrible dancer so i left after 1 dance and went back to hang with the people i came with)
-i have become rather girly (caring aboout my hair, wearing makeup and jewelry more often, getting a fashion magazine, looking at wedding dresses and rings with people, etc. yeah it's been freaking people out)
well im sure there's other stuff but i cant think of it now. at the beginning of the semester after kelli and katharine left and the group stopped hanging out i was kind of sad, but i usually hang out with helen or audrey now. i used to see patrick all the time at the beginning of the semester but then something sort of happened...im not really sure but i think it was my fault...and we both are extremely busy so it's cool. we're still friends and talk occasionally. i just think he hung out with me at the beginning of the semester because he was kind of depressed about not being in australia. now i see helen like every day for every meal...she's my new best friend haha. plus i see ashley at work and weekends when she's here and i see julie sometimes at the gym or dinner or weekends when she's here. so im not totally alone. plus usually audrey will eat with me if im all alone or we'll go out with lisa and ashley from the hall. im pretty busy anyhow. i was really glad to go home for fall break even though stuff had happened before that and i thought it was going to be bad. it was good though. very good. i wanted to stay longer since katie and i were only in statesboro for like 2 1/2 days and i didnt even see ali or anyone. but it was good. i cant wait for the thanksgiving break hang. i guess that's pretty much it. recently i went to advising for next semesters classes and hickman was talking to me about what i want to do after berry...haha. we all know how that goes. it was bad as usual. there are literally too many options: law school, grad school, work, time off, etc. plus i have no idea if i really want to do something government related since this semester i realized i really just want to coach swimming. i mean the only thing is that i dont think of that as a real full time job, so i guess i always thought i could do it as a side thing. i dont know. anyway that's my usual problem=the future. gosh. haha. well i will soon go to do my undergrad degree plan which should be interesting. then i need to declare my minor even though baker has been pretty much a better advisor on that than my major advisors have been. today i told her that i wished she was in charge of the gov dept (she doesnt even teach for them) because she is so on top of things and they are sooo not. anyway...good times this semester besides possibly not so good grades due to my classes that arent social sciences. p.s. berry people that care: next semester i think i am gonna take tennis second 7, social science research methods, presidency and congress, women and drama, and intermediate spanish.
now that ive done none of my planned IR reading...im out.
this entry should suffice for this semester doncha think?
-new roommate (her name's audrey and she's really cool. unlike me and yet like me. we're getting along and even sort of hanging out now)
-new advisor (hickman is my advisor now, kaufer left berry after i only had her for 1 semester. kind of sad, but i've known hickman longer. so it's ok.)
-an odd semester schedule and class-wise (i have spanish for the first time and my first science also, astronomy. i also have women's studies which is GREAT...the only class i like going to. my only gov related class is international relations which is required, horribly boring, and i sleep in there most days meaning i will never take a class from rafferty again because im sure she notices me sleeping. it's very bad. i'm working on it. but apparently i have gained the ability to sleep while chewing gum as well.)
-new work supervisor (well dave and michelle are still there but they hired this new lady, rhonda, as the aquatics coordinator. she's pretty nice and has some good ideas for new aquatic programs but she has not got any red cross certifications, only ymca, which is bad. also i have learned that i am THE ONLY person at berry who has my WSI certification to teach swimming...weird. so they're trying to certify more people so we can have a swim lesson program)
-i joined a club on campus (empower, which is a feminist group that is pretty cool. i went to my first meeting and was sort of appointed the sga representative so now i have empower meetings on monday nights and sga meetings on tuesdays...i remember why i used to not get involved in stuff. involvement is time consuming.
-ive been going to bsu lunch encounter (free food/smaller meal plan...enough said)
-i have not been doing all my homework and preparing for classes (which is freaking people out because apparently i have a pretty goody goody reputation...also related to my not drinking but ive got my reasons and i dont care what other people do)
-i went to my first club (it was in rome and there are stories the most famous of which is me asking a guy i used to have a crush on to dance...he said yes by the way but he was a horrible dancer so i left after 1 dance and went back to hang with the people i came with)
-i have become rather girly (caring aboout my hair, wearing makeup and jewelry more often, getting a fashion magazine, looking at wedding dresses and rings with people, etc. yeah it's been freaking people out)
well im sure there's other stuff but i cant think of it now. at the beginning of the semester after kelli and katharine left and the group stopped hanging out i was kind of sad, but i usually hang out with helen or audrey now. i used to see patrick all the time at the beginning of the semester but then something sort of happened...im not really sure but i think it was my fault...and we both are extremely busy so it's cool. we're still friends and talk occasionally. i just think he hung out with me at the beginning of the semester because he was kind of depressed about not being in australia. now i see helen like every day for every meal...she's my new best friend haha. plus i see ashley at work and weekends when she's here and i see julie sometimes at the gym or dinner or weekends when she's here. so im not totally alone. plus usually audrey will eat with me if im all alone or we'll go out with lisa and ashley from the hall. im pretty busy anyhow. i was really glad to go home for fall break even though stuff had happened before that and i thought it was going to be bad. it was good though. very good. i wanted to stay longer since katie and i were only in statesboro for like 2 1/2 days and i didnt even see ali or anyone. but it was good. i cant wait for the thanksgiving break hang. i guess that's pretty much it. recently i went to advising for next semesters classes and hickman was talking to me about what i want to do after berry...haha. we all know how that goes. it was bad as usual. there are literally too many options: law school, grad school, work, time off, etc. plus i have no idea if i really want to do something government related since this semester i realized i really just want to coach swimming. i mean the only thing is that i dont think of that as a real full time job, so i guess i always thought i could do it as a side thing. i dont know. anyway that's my usual problem=the future. gosh. haha. well i will soon go to do my undergrad degree plan which should be interesting. then i need to declare my minor even though baker has been pretty much a better advisor on that than my major advisors have been. today i told her that i wished she was in charge of the gov dept (she doesnt even teach for them) because she is so on top of things and they are sooo not. anyway...good times this semester besides possibly not so good grades due to my classes that arent social sciences. p.s. berry people that care: next semester i think i am gonna take tennis second 7, social science research methods, presidency and congress, women and drama, and intermediate spanish.
now that ive done none of my planned IR reading...im out.
this entry should suffice for this semester doncha think?