Community Service

Tomorrow I finally start my community service hours. I am supposed to go around taking down signs, flyers and posters down off of light posts, telephone poles, and other places that they aren't supposed to be all around downtown Iowa City. I need to do a total of 20 hours of community service by January 15th. I'm not exactly sure how many hours I will actually be able to do. Im hoping to get as many hours done as I can but considering the task and how cold it is outside I'm not sure if I will even get 10 hours done. Hopefully I will have enough done that I can easily finish my hours over Christmas break.

Thanksgiving Break is here!

Thanksgiving break starts after classes tomorrow! I have been struggling this whole week to keep going and keep up with school work and not just give up and slack off. Now it is only one day away and I won't have to worry as much about finishing homework assignments until break is coming to an end. I get to go home and relax, see my girlfriend, see my family and complete some, if not all, of my 20 community service hours that I need to do. Maybe I will be able to work some too. I can't wait to eat all of the delicious food, to not have classes, and to go Black Friday shopping for the second time ever.

Trying to Figure out What to Give and Get for Christmas

Christmas is around the corner and I have to attempt to think of things to tell my family that I want for Christmas. I have a pretty steep deadline too because once Thanksgiving comes I know everyone is going to be asking me what I want and if I don't know I'm going to be subjected to looking at ads half the time I'm at our Thanksgiving. I don't really need anything or have anything that I really want. The only thing I really need is money. So I can make that into a few items: money, Walmart gift cards, Casey's gas cards, and gift cards to other stores I like. I don't really feel like I really want anything either maybe a new North Face jacket, clothes, Uggs and I would probably enjoy an Ipod touch, but that isn't really many things for my family to try to choose from. I also am having the issue of thinking of what to make my friends for Christmas and what to get my family. I like to make things or get cool little useful things for my friends and it's hard to think of creative, fun and useful gifts to give that they all will like.

The Mensa Struggle

There is one ongoing internal battle that every college student here at Wartburg. Where to eat. A lot of times the Mensa just doesn't have anything that seems appetizing, or they just really want to go out to eat instead. The big dilemma we all have is whether or not to go to the Mensa to eat because it is part of a package with our tuition so there is no out of pocket cost, or go out to eat because it is much more delicious and you get to pick exactly what you want but you have to pay for it out of pocket. This is definitely an ongoing struggle in my life and the lives of some of my friends as well. The lure of going out to eat is just so tempting and sometimes its really hard to keep myself from going out and spending money. To help in this issue I have decided that I am not going to allow myself to go out to eat more than 3 times a month but make it a point to go out at least one time every month to treat myself.

Donating Blood Today

I am donating blood later today and I am pretty excited. This is my first time ever giving blood. This makes me a little nervous because I don't know what to expect or how I will react to the procedure. I know some people feel ill and dizzy, others have almost no side effects, and some people just straight up pass out. I don't think I am going to be someone who just passes out completely and I am not worried about needles or blood because those things don't bother me like they do with some people. I am however a little worried that I might be someone who feels ill and gets dizzy or feel faint because I'm almost too small to meet the weight requirement and because I have never given blood before. Whatever the case may be though I know I will continue to donate blood because blood can be so vital in saving someone's life in a medical emergency and if I can help save a person's life, even if I have to be inconvenienced or feel sick for a while in order to do so, I am more than happy to do it.

Thanksgiving is coming

Thanksgiving Break is just around the corner! There are 14 days left until break and yes, I am definitely counting down the days. In fact I have a countdown going on the the white board on my dorm room door. I am so excited for Thanksgiving Break because I could REALLY use a break from school right now. I just need time to let my brain relax. I am not exactly sure what I am doing for Thanksgiving break with the family dinners for both sides of my family and also Shelby's family. I also am unsure of whether or not I would be able to work over Thanksgiving Break and if I should even bother. So I guess these are also things that I need to figure out soon. Never the less though Thanksgiving Break is within sight and so all I have to do is survive until then and then hopefully I will have enough time to recuperate and get my sanity back.

Craziness!

I have so many things going on right now that it just feels ridiculous. I have Spanish homework that is due this Monday, this Friday and next Monday. I have to finish the Chemistry Smartwork assignment and prepare for the impending Chemistry test, as well as the impending Biology test. I have to read at least the next nine chapters for IS by Monday, finish a Service and Leadership assignment by Wednesday, do all the blogs for this week and next week, write the Convocational Review as soon as possible, write my second Cultural Review as soon as possible, and complete two hours of community service and write a Service Review by December 2nd. Those are all just the things I need to do for school. I also have a lot of things going on either in my life or in my head. I really need to clean my room, I need to do laundry and I need to do dishes really badly. On top of that tomorrow is my dad's birthday so I need to do something for that as well as get him a gift and I have to do twenty hours of community service at a legitimate organization for court by January 15th. I also need to figure a lot of things out. I'm having a hard time finding somewhere nearby that I can do my twenty hours of community service at, I am getting low on money so I need to figure out how to arrange my schedule over breaks to be able to fit in some work hours and still make it to my family events, I am also trying to figure out my schedule for next semester and if I should get an on campus job or not. So many things on my brain. I don't even know where to start. Hopefully I can hack through a lot of these things this weekend so I can relax a little next week!

Eight Months!

I'm officially in my longest relationship, I've made it to eight months and there is no sign of it stopping. I am really glad that I have finally found someone that I feel completely comfortable around and can tell anything to and to just have fun with. I can't wait to see where this takes me and how long it will continue to go. I'm so glad to have her in my life and I honestly don't know how I could mange to stay strong through all the things I have to overcome in my life without her. I couldn't ask for anything better and I can't wait til I can see her again.

Papers

I feel really bogged down with papers lately. I feel like right before I get one finished I always get another one, or more, to do. I don't feel like I have problems with writing things the problem is that I never know how to get started, and I always take such a long time to write a paper because I never feel like the way I word things are right or good enough and I am always worried I wont get a good grade on my paper. I could pull out a paper in a matter of a few hours but I cant just leave it like that. I am too OCD about it to just write without stopping and changing things and questioning things then rewording them. So no matter how desperately I need to get a paper done I can't just do it half-assed and call it good. I torture myself til the very last second trying to get it all taken care of and done to the unrealistic standard that i have in my head.