The Stressfullness of School...

It's hard to believe that there are only 2 weeks or so left of school. It seems like we just started yesterday. I guess it's the fencing that makes it go by fast when you have a competition 3 weeks in a row. This next weekend we travel to Notre Dame for the Midwest Championships....I'm getting a little bit nervous, but I think that we will do well.

All I did this past weekend/week was look for a apply for internships for this summer. I have three options as to where I can do my internships...I can either do my internship in pittsburgh, chicago, or columubs. So far I have applied at LimitedBrands, American Eagle, Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Dick's Sporting Goods. I want to apply at Macy's, but they don't have an internship available in the area that I'm looking for which is either product development or merchandising. The only internship that they have open is in managment. Dick's says that they have an internship porgram on the website, but when you click on it, it says that it's not available so I sent a letter to a person in marketing. When I was applying at Nordsrom, it seemed like I was just filling out a regular application and not an application for an internship. No where in the application did it have you attach your resume. So I'm trying to figure out who to send my resume to. I still my apply at Target, David's Bridal, and some other places....I'm still doing my research.

Other than that not much else has been going on. I had a quiz today in my TC 371. I'm kind of worried about the class because I have gotten D's or D+ on the first two quizes and got a D on the midterm. The sad thing is that I HAVE been studying for this class. And it's not just me that is getting D's....So far the two study group sessions that I have been to thoes 4 people are also getting D's, but when we had the 3 pop quizes that are extra credit we get like 3 or 4 points. I mean we also have our 10 point yarn identification and 30 point swatch identification, but I really need to do well on this quiz. I feel like I knew the stuff. There were only 6 questions of 37 that I was "iffy" about. The questions are worth 1.5 points a piece so there are a total of 57 points even though the quiz is only worth 55 points. So lets hope that I did good. I'm doing well in my other textile class and I got a B(88%) on my history midterm which I was quite happy with. I still have two more papers for my history class, one is the Major Problems paper and the other one is the book review which I still need to read the book for. I think I will get the Major Problem's paper done this week and then I will start to read Worriors Don't Cry on the bus trip to Notre Dame. I just know these last two weeks are going to fly by and things are going to start to bite me in the ass because things are going to be due before I know it and I'm not going to have things done.....But I will do my best to get the things done ahead of time.

Well I think that is about it. Not much else is going on. This probably was a very boring blog, but deal with it.....I'll post something for the Midwest Championships....that will give me something to rant about. So until next time...ttyl! :)

5 Hours Later...

(The first part is what I did yesterday and the second part is today)

So yesterday was a big cleaning day for my room. Micki and I decided that we were going to make friday cleaning day for my room because it really needed it. Micki went over to her parents house while I was at fencing practice and when I got home she was still over at her parents house so I started to clean my room. You would not believe how much stuff I threw out...ALOT.....First I got my floor cleaned, or rather I put the stuff away where it was supposed to be. Then I started with the all mighty closet. Micki got home while I was cleaning the closet so I had her organize her shoes and jeans on these two wooden racks that we got from target. Then I was the lucky one to tackle the top shelves of my closest. It's not so much that the shelves were full it's that everything was just spread out so it seamed liked the shelves were full. Micki just layed on the bed for the most of the time while I was cleaning the top shelf, but I did tell her that I would do the shelf because it's easier for me to reach. Once I got that done I took a small ten minute break and then Micki and I tackled my desk and got it all cleaned off. Micki cleaned the shelves in the closet that we have all our vitamins and meds. and after we were done with everything my room looked as clean if not cleaner than when I first moved in. I don't think that I have had my room this organized since I moved in. So hopefully, I am going to try my best and keep my room cleaned because Micki and I worked too hard to trash it. I'm hoping that I will get to cleaning the bathroom and the living room on sunday....so that's it for the cleaning part hence why I titled this blog 5 hours later...


Today on the other hand was not that great of a day. Micki is sick and I am taking care of her. She was supposed to work today from 12pm-9pm, but she was too sick so she called off. She was also supposed to work this past wednesday, but the roads were too bad for her to drive to work and her dad told her not to drive. So I think around 10 or so I got up to go to Kroger to get Micki some tylenol(sp) to reduce her fever and to get me some day quil because I'm getting a little bit sick. When I got back she had already called off and she took the meds. After that we both slept until like 3 or so. I did make her some chicken noodle soup which hit the spot. Once we got up we just kind of layed around in bed. Around 6 I went to the Buy Back store to sell some of my old xbox games. I got $30 bucks which was not too bad. When I got home I was going to make some mashed potatoes, but once I started I realized that we didn't have any milk. So I did another run to Kroger to get milk and sour cream. When I got back Micki had started the potatoes so we sat on the couch watching tv. I also made rice a roni: chicken and rice. That did not turn out too well at all, so I didn't eat too much of that. Once csi was over Micki went back to bed and I cleaned up the kitchen. Micki didn't know her work schedule so I told her that I would drive over to Giant Eagle and get it after I was done cleaning up dinner. So on my third trip to the store I asked her if she wanted anything and this time she said pepmobismal(sp)....so I got that too and some more vitamin C. Once I got home I took a shower and now I'm sitting on my was on the computer. I might watch a dvd on my laptop in bed because I'm not all that tired because I slept for most of the day. Tomorrow on the other had, I will sleep in for a bit, but then I need to do some more cleaning of the apartment and alot of homework. I'm sure that by now you are getting tired of reading my boring weekend. One last thing I have to say is that I enjoyed the two days last week that school got cancled. So until next time....ttyl

I Feel Like Crap...

So yesterday was the OSU duels...I did ok. I went 17-2. The two that I lost I shouldn't have lost but the problem was that I didn't really care that I lost them because they were just club bouts and they don't cout towards our overall record. What was kind of funny was that fact that women's epee was always the first one done when normally it's saber that is done first. I think we did more waiting around to fence than actual fencing. By the end of the day I was sooooo tired, but I went out to dinner with my parents and Lori (one of my mom's friends that I have baby sat for) at the Blackwell. We had a good dinner. Then after dinner me, Eileen and Micki went over to Shura's house to drink after a long day. Eileen was already tired from traveling all day, and I was tired from fencing. Micki didn't drink because she was the DD. I think Eileen only had one beer. I had four beers at Shura's and then I had my fifth one when I got home. I know that I shouldn't of had the fifth beer, but I haven't gotten drunk since like the begining of the school year. It's not like I'm going to be drinking agian anytime soon. I had alot of fun last night, but I did not enjoy this morning. When Micki left for work I woke up with a bad headache so I took some excedrin, but it didn't go fully away so I took a third excedrin a little bit later. I knew that I was going to end up with a hang over of some sort, but it was worth it. I have a midterm in my other textiles class tomorrow. I have been trying to study, I'm even at younkin, but I'm just not movtivated to study at all. Maybe while the grammy's are on I will study. Before I came to younkin Eileen and I went to the RPAC to sit in the jacquize(sp) and then in the sauna...Let me tell you, it felt good to do that. I felt refreshed after that. This week I have to turn in a form for a scholarship through Human Ecology. I hope I get something from Human Ecology. I really could use the scholarship, but it's partly based on your financial need. So when they look at that they probably will say no...but oh well, my moto is "always ask, it never hurts to". Other than that not much else is going on. Hopefully this week I will find some time to start to look at and apply for internships for this summer. I have three options, I can either get an internship in Columbus, Pittsburgh, or Chicago because I have places to stay......if anthing changes I'll be sure to post it. So until next time.....ttyl!

Time to freak out!!

This is going to be a short blog, but I decided that since I haven't posted in awhile I will do a quick one. So I have my textiles and clothing midterm at 1:30. I have studied for it and I made flash cards, but I still getting nervous. Tomorrow I have my history midterm which will be interesting. My professor gave us the 10 terms to know and HE will pick five for us to define and the 3 essay questions and HE will pick one for us to write about. After my midterm is over today I'm coming back to younkin to study and Aly is going to tutor me. So hopefully I will do well. I wish that we could have all of of the stuff done ahead of time and just bring it to the exam, I guess what I'm trying to say is that it would be nice to have a cheat sheet, but that is not aloud. I probably won't get much sleep tonight. I will be up late trying to remember everything that I have written and then I will get up early to study since the midterm is at 10am. After that I will have practice and then I can relax from studying for a little bit. We have to set up the fencing strips on friday for the duel meet on saturday. I'm guessing I won't be going out on friday because I will be studying. My parents are coming out, but I don't know how late they are getting here on friday if I am going to do dinner with them or not. I think for sure we are doing dinner on saturday night. Then sunday will be another big study day for me because I have my other textiles and clothing midterm at 8:30am. So sunday night will be another night with not much sleep. I can't wait for midterms to be over, or rather I can't wait for the quarter to be over!!! I have an interesting story about the snow storm that came through last night, but I don't have the time to write about it right now. For right now the long story short is that I had Eileen's car because it needed to be driven and it snowed and I was afarid to drive, but I did make it home in one piece and Eileen's car is in one piece too.....Well I should probably look over whatever I can again before I leave to go to ODS, so until next time...ttyl!