Top of PageI went through some really tough tests yesterday. They really took the energy right out of me. I hated being at the hospital for over two hours. Within that two hours I was poked with a needle four times, and one time she missed the vein. Talk about painful! The test was not fun at all either. They gave me a 10 ounce coke to drink with 100 extra mg of sugar. It really turned me off from drinking soda again. I did not think I was going to be able to drink all of it especially on an empty stomach. I was really out of it about 45 minutes after drinking the soda. I could not talk right or think straight. Not a good experience overall. After the first 45 minutes she let me sleep through the rest of the test. Hopefully I will know more about what is wrong with me on Wednesday when I go home to find out the results. I just want to start feeling a little bit better.
It is amazing to me just how many times you have to ask a person to do one simple thing. I hate other people being on my butt when it is not me holding up the process. It is not like I do not ask for the thing every freaking day either!! It is really starting to get frustrating.
I have realized a common theme this year already. It seems as though I will make a really good friend and we will talk for about two to three weeks and then the friendship will disappear. There is a reason that the friendship began but it is obvious that it is not strong enough to continue. It is sad in a way when you really get to know someone and then they could care less about talking to you. I am sick of making the effort to get together and talk, so I am just letting what is left of the friendship fade. It is sad, but it is just another one of the things that sucks in life.
After wasting an hour of the two hours I had free, it is time to get some work done. The weekend is almost here!! Off I go....
Top of PageIt is finally the weekend and the end of the second week of Term III. In reality I only have 2 1/2 weeks left of classes. It is going by so quickly! I am loving my telescope class. The stars and planets have always been something that interested me and now I get to learn more about them and observe them at least once a week. It is so amazing to see what is actually out there in the universe. It is so amazing to be able to actually build the telescopes for viewing all of the planets and stars. Our mirrors for our large telescope are almost done and then we can construct those and use them. I am very excited to see what comes next!
This weekend is going to be spent relaxing and not doing much of anything. I only have one thing left to fix on the SIFE presentation and then it is complete for the year. The SIFE website has been updated with all of the new information for the year. I may spend some more time on that in the next few days. There is not too much to do for Finance Board yet and I finished what I needed to do for Senate this weekend. So things are falling into place finally and I do not feel as stressed. Next weekend is our big spring weekend and it will be the first time I will be on campus for the dance. I am excited to wear my butterfly dress and dance the night away with some really great friends. We leave for Kansas City on the 12th which is just a little over a week away. We are prepared quite nicely and I cannot wait to see how well we do. All of my hard work and stress is paying off now.
Not much news to mention. Still need to wait until Wednesday to find out the test results. Still not feeling 100%, but I am slowly feeling a little better than I was. I have not been in the best mood lately only because I have been so worried about what is wrong with me. It has tended to stress me out too much. I am trying not to worry too much and do what I can to make sure that I start feeling better.
Well I am going to go start my relaxing early. I am sure I will have lots of time to write this weekend, so keep checking back. Yay, it is Friday!!!
Top of PageSo I went home for the night last night for a doctor's appointment this morning. I spent some quality time with my puppy! : ) I got to see my parents and grandparents, which was very nice and relaxing. I really miss spending time with my grandparents. They took Nicole and me out for lunch today.
So the good news is that I can drive again finally. I do not have to feel trapped on campus anymore which is such great news. It was great to be able to drive back to school today. I forgot how relaxing driving can really be. It looks as though my sugar tests came back normal, but I am still supposed to eat 6 meals a day. They said if I have problems with my sugar it will be 2 1/2 hours after I eat, so as long as I have a meal every now and then I should be fine. I did come back with two new prescriptions. The doctor says that my headaches are musclar-skeletal in nature so there are certain things I need to do to relieve those. I am just hoping that lessens the number of them I have.
So I love going to bed early every night but I feel like I am missing out on time I should be spending with my friends. There are a lot of people that I will not see again after June 2nd. It is sad to think about and I try not to dwell on it, but it is reality. I want to spend more time with those that are special to me. There are some things that I would like to say to people and I hope that I can find the right words. I also hope that I have the opportunity. I do not want to say goodbye to anyone!! Who knew that college would go so fast and be an even sadder goodbye than high school. So all of those who know they are special to me, please make an effort to find time to spend with me. I used to be a night owl and can go back to that if it means that I can spend more time with those I care about. Other than that, I have class everyday from 12:30 to 3:50. I usually go to work anytime from 8:00 to 12:30. If something better comes up, I can call into work for the day. So please, please do not leave without saying goodbye.
Top of PageSo here I am in the airport in Chicago after a long three days of traveling and competition. Needless to say I am exhausted but happy that I had the opportunity to return to Kansas City again this year. I am very proud of our team this year as well. We did an excellent job considering the teams we competed against. Most of the SIFE directors have commented that our sensational sixteen league was pretty much like the Final Four. They thought that we were the four best teams there, and it was unfortunate that we all had to meet in the round that we did. So basically we came in 2nd runner up in our league, but we lost to this year’s National Champion, La Sierra University, and last year’s International Champion, Drury College. We can be proud of where we have placed, and we have all come back with some great ideas for next year. We have raised the standard again this year, and more people look forward to seeing good things come from Elmira College SIFE in the near future.
So on top of being named 2nd runner up in our league, we also placed third in two special competitions. We were third in the AT&T Best Use of an Educational Internet Site, K-12, and third in the Best in Depth Educational Project. The nice thing is that the Internet site is my baby, and I am finally getting some recognition for it. I cannot wait to do some more work on it over the summer. There are so many new things I want to put up! Putting everything together, we did better than any of our teams in the past 6 years. Now next year we are looking to be in the Final Four.
Before we left for Kansas City, we celebrated May Days at Elmira College. The dance was pretty much a disaster with many things going wrong. I guess I have not been missing much the last two years. I had a decent time at the carnival on Saturday except I took a nap through most of it. I had volunteered to take duty Friday night after the dance because there were only 3 people on rather than 4. So I was up pretty late dealing with different things around the dorm.
So I only have 6 classes left for the term. It has gone by so quickly, and soon I will be saying good-bye to friends. I cannot wait for the summer and all of the relaxation because this year has had its ups and downs. I cannot believe that I am going to be a senior in a couple of weeks. That is such a scary thought! I do not want to be out in the world on my own yet especially since I have no clue what I really want to do. I am hoping that something will just suddenly come up in the next year so that I do not have to be stressed come this time next year. No need to worry too much about it right now. I have a busy weekend coming up this weekend. I am on duty both Friday and Saturday night. Ellen’s wedding shower is on Saturday and I am invited to a picnic at Dean Baumann’s house on Sunday. I am sure there is more going on, but those are the main things. It is also pretty much my last weekend with everyone at school. The following weekend I am going home for my cousin’s wedding shower and to visit with my family. It is just amazing how time passes us by!
I cannot think of anything new. We met some really awesome people the last couple of days at competition. There are many that we will keep in contact with in order to do projects with them in the future. We now have contacts in Brazil, Australia, and places around the US. Again I am very excited about the coming year for our SIFE team, and cannot wait to plan some new projects.
Well this plane ride is taking forever because we sat on the runway in Chicago for well over a half an hour. There were too many planes waiting to take off. So now we are going to arrive in Rochester later than planned so that means I will be even later to my SA executive meeting. Oh well, I hope they get over it because it is not my fault! So now I want to take a nap because I have a headache. Write again soon, so be waiting!
Top of PageSo it is Tuesday night of the last week of classes for Term III. Only two more classes to go and then it is officially summer. Although it does not feel like summer because of the weather and the temperature being in the fifties. I am just glad that class is nearly over because it takes up too much time in my day.
I survived the weekend of being on two nights in a row. That was not fun being up until 5:00 AM both nights. Why can't the weekends just be calm around here?? I am still on duty 4 more times before the end of the year. Four times too many, that is for sure. I am going to be a summer RA this year and I am on the same floor as Jay. It should be a good time and I am thankful that I am not on the 8th floor for the summer. I will be in the middle of the tower on the 4th floor. It is not even a full floor which makes it even better.
So we are making plans for a road trip to Maine for Ellen's wedding in June. I am excited to spend some time with Lisa, Jeanne, and Kimmer. It will be our last real trip together since they are graduating. I will go out to visit them in Albany often though.
So I am now the Tour Chair for Reunion 2002. I just thought I needed one more thing to keep me busy. It should be a wonderful time because the committee is full of fun people. It will be a lot of work, but also a lot of fun.
So I am looking forward to the wedding shower this weekend because I have not seen my cousin in years. I have also never met her fiance. Since I am unable to make it to the wedding, this will be our time to celebrate with her. I also miss my family at home. It is strange to say that, but it does get very lonely out here at times.
So I had the worst gut feeling on Sunday night and then 5 minutes later I found out that Katie and Robin had been in a car accident. I just knew something had went wrong, and sure enough the bad news was given to me. Both of them are a little bruised and sore, but they are both going to be fine. Now the car and the deer are a different story; both are in rough shape. I am just glad that everything turned out ok and that nothing happened to Katie and Robin. It happened two exits before my house, so they just stayed with my parents for the night. They are both back but still moving a bit slow.
We were supposed to be in Ithaca camping tonight as a staff, but Patty decided that not enough people wanted to stay overnight. Needless to say I was very disappointed because I really wanted to go camping and spend some quality time with the staff. We ended up going out to dinner instead and we really did not get a chance to talk too much. No one stayed around long enough. We also lost another RA this weekend. Chris had to go home on emergency medical leave. It just has not been a great year in Residence Life.
Tomorrow is Wednesday and that means no class. I will spend the day working and looking for presents. Other than that I am counting down the days until the weekend. Off to bed for the night, so I will write again soon.
Top of PageWONDERFUL WONDERFUL NIGHT!!! :) :) :) :)
Top of PageSo there is a "Shrek" look a like on campus. I did a double take one day and could not believe it. I had to make sure that it was not really him walking around here, but then again why would he. The only other thing that came to my head when I noticed the similarity in their looks was, "What was I thinking?" People asked me that a long time ago, but now I understand what they were talking about. So to all of you out there, just remember "Shrek" and laugh because now it is funny.
My class ended on Friday and I am now officially a Senior. Where did the time go?? What the hell am I going to be doing one year from now?? All of those things are just too scary to think about right now. So for now I will enjoy the summer here and worry about life after school starting next year.
I am slowly easing my way into working 8 hours a day. I was able to sit still yesterday for all of 5 hours. After that I was ready to go crazy!! I hope that I can get used to sitting such long hours and staring at a computer screen.
So just when you think that you have hit rock bottom, something always comes along to lift you up. I am in a much better mood than I was on Sunday night. Someone came around and showed me that things are not so bad. Someone seems to come around just at the time that you really need them. I had a wonderful night last night with this person. We talked for hours and it was just a wonderful conversation. I could not stop smiling the entire night. What a great feeling!! Now I am so worried that I am going to mess things up. I am very nervous. Good things like this do not normally happen to me. Please let this work out!!!
So I am super sick with a cold as well as allergies. I have been sneezing my head off all day. Time for rounds.
Top of PageIt just really hit me yesterday that everyone is leaving today. I have been so worried about having to say good-bye to the Seniors that I forgot the rest of my friends are leaving as well. I am looking forward to the summer, but I just wish there were more people I knew that are staying. I am sure I will make new friends, but they are not the same as the old friends.
I have been able to get about 8 hours of sleep in the last three days. I am not even tired right now, but this cold is sure kicking my butt. I cannot sleep with all of the nightmares and tossing and turning. It is impossible to make it through the day though. I cannot win!
Had another wonderful night last night besides being on duty. I went out with a few of the girls for dinner then a friend dropped by later in the night.
I am bored this morning, but I do not want to go into work yet. I will hang around here and see what I can get done. Not looking forward to moving all of my stuff next Tuesday.
