The Life of a College Student

First of all, yay for it being March!

Ok so life's been pretty crazy lately and I don't mean the boy situation this time. I mean exams exams and more exams. They never end! Neither do the assignments! I can barely keep my eyes open. Also, I think it's affecting my health considering I had another one of my dizzy spells in chemistry today except this time I blacked out for a bit. So ya, I'm falling apart. But after these next two weeks I only have six or seven midterms left before finals. That is a cause for celebration!

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How Quickly Time Passes

So I just sent my little brother off with his preference date and I'm feeling a little nostalgic. Not too long ago that was me, and I really mean not too long ago. The crazy thing is, I feel like I'm a completely different person. I know I've said this a million times before, but this is not the easiest age for a mormon girl. I've had to make some pretty hard choices in the last little while, while dealing with loneliness from all of my friends being gone. But this is also a great time in life. It's great to have the freedom to just go crazy some nights... like last night...

So my new friend came over to my apartment last night and we threw some ideas around of things we could do. The list included: hot chocolate, dance party, ice skating, doughnuts, movie. So we decided to get hot chocolate at 7 eleven. From there we went straight to the ice skating rink in hopes that our other friends would meet us there (I was waiting for Karli to text me back). Well when we got there some old lady handed us a ticket to get our skates. It turns out that there was a stake party going on and so everything was free: the ice skating, the food, the dancing, and the hot chocolate and doughnuts. We hit the lottery! And to make matters even better, Karli was randomly there too. So that was fun.

After that activity we went back to my friend's apartment where we watched part of the Blind Side until his roommates kicked me out for curfew. So we ended up doing everything we wanted to do.

So after a fun night (I went to the men's volleyball game before that with my grandma) I went back to my apartment and I couldn't sleep. So I decided to play solitaire and listen to music. And this is the song I'm choosing to post from this week. Have a good saturday night!

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Train of thought

So that kid I was telling you about, the player, ya well he's kind of great. We've become friends now. Nothing's awkward anymore and the more I get to know him, the more I realize why he is the way he is. I love talking to him about the things that go on in our ward. Sometimes I feel bad because it usually involves making fun of someone else, but let's be honest, I have always enjoyed gossiping. It's one of my downfalls and I know that. Anyway he was in my apartment tonight past curfew! Gasp! That's two offenses now! I think I should be kicked out of BYU for breaking the honor code! But really, he's super easy to talk to and I lose track of time, which is a really good thing for me right now.

But it's 3 am and I should probably get some sleep now. Happy three day weekend!

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Another Post

Yes, I'm writing another post within only a few hours but I feel like I need to. I had a horrible realization today while I was driving back to my apartment. I was singing along to a certain song and it hit me and I became horribly depressed. Sorry, I can't go into detail with this one because there are people that read this blog that shouldn't know what this realization was. Not that it would be awful to tell you, it's just not the right time. It won't be the right time for a long time. So, to try and keep my mind off things, I did chemistry and then went to my friend Daniel's apartment to watch Runaway Bride. It was a nice ending to a roller coaster day.

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Happy Valentines Day!

Hey I got a rose in floral design today! It was awesome! Also, all the boys in the class got ties and they had to stand in front of all the girls and introduce themselves and tell us whether they were married or not. Pretty funny but unfortunate for them!

I also got my annual gift from my dad, except this year instead of the usual mint heart shaped truffle that I usually get, it was peanut butter. Hey! I'm not complaining! Chocolate is chocolate. I'm so grateful to be surrounded by people I love. So I don't have a boy, again, I'm not complaining. Valentines day is not necessarily about couples, it's about showing those you love how much you love them. It's a great day!

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Channing Tatum Month

First, the update on my week:

So I survived most of my tests. I still have my econ test to take, but I think I'm going to take it tomorrow. So after tomorrow I will be free! For like two weeks...

Now this month has really been Channing Tatum month. And I don't mean the month of February, but the past four weeks. Me and Karli have watched She's the Man, Step Up, and Dear John before we went to the midnight showing last night of The Vow. In case you live in a cave and don't know who Channing Tatum is, let's just say that any awful movie can become amazing when his face appears. So, The Vow was indeed great. Plus, the atmosphere was fantastic. Something about a theater full of giddy girls makes things interesting, especially when you went with a boy. You become more aware of things that seem natural when a bunch of girls get together. Overall, it was a success.

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Test Reviews

One major skill I've picked up in college is knowing when to go to a test review and when not to. This upcoming week I have five tests (technically one is a quiz, but since I still have to study for it, I'm counting it). Everyone of those classes has reviews going on and since I only have limited space in my free time, I have to pick and choose which test reviews I want to go to. How do I decide? Here's a few pointers:

1. It has to work with your class schedule. This one's an obvious one, but you'd be surprised how many people miss one class to review for another. Bad idea.

2. It's best if the TA has been TA'ing the class for more than one semester.

3. Know before hand how much experience the TA has with the subject. Meaning, how many classes beyond your class they have taken, dealing with the subject.

4. Cute boy TA's are always a plus.

5. If you have Dr. Macedone, always go to Jordan's reviews and ignore rule 1. He's the best.

6. This is my final recommendation. Never ever ever go to a freshman TA review. You think they know the material well? You think they have the authority to grade your papers and lecture you because they took the class last semester? They don't. They are the worst and I honestly don't see why professor's hire them. And... they put reviews at 9 on a saturday morning, which is normal I guess, but it would be better at 10.

So how many reviews did I go to in preparation of these tests? One. Jordan's for chemistry. And you know what? I'm going to rock these tests. My econ professor is constantly telling us that if we don't go into the TA lab and take on extra practice problems, then we're not going to be the top of the class, and so we're not going to get an A. False. Everyone knows best what they have to do to do well. Forget about what all the professor's tell you and study how you need to study, whether that's on your own, in a study group, at test reviews, doing a million practice problems, I don't know. But if you're in college and you don't know this about yourself, you're in trouble.

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