One more week… one more week of classes, it is just mind boggling that my Freshman year is coming to a screeching halt.

I have known for weeks that classes were coming to an end but it is just overwhelming how fast everything has happened. Even though I am sad that I will not be able to see a lot of the friends that I have made this school year, I am really thankful that I have been able to make friends and that I got a chance to go on the many journeys that college took me on. Even though all of these journeys were not good I am still thankful that I experienced them because life is just a learning process and I can truly say that I have learned from every single journey that I have went on here at the mount. And I can not wait until next year to experience so much more and to learn more through life and education.

At the  beginning of the school year people would ask me if I was happy with my decision of choosing the Mount as my college and  I couldn’t give an answer because there was so many things going on in my life. But, now I came tell them that I am happy with my decision and I do feel like the Mount is my second home and I am just really grateful that I got a chance let everyone know what was going on in my life at the Mount this semester.

This past weekend we had spring formal and it was the most fun that I have ever had at any dance that I have ever been to! The food was great, we had Caesar salad, mashed potatoes, turkey and some type of casserole; that I wasn’t to found of but everything else was really good. Dessert was even better; there was such a big variety cheesecake, pie, and so much more. The dj was awesome; I loved all the songs that he played. But, the real thing that made my night feel special was that I was with my friends. I was so happy that the Mount had our spring formal because I had an extra prom dress from last year and I was so upset that I would never be able to wear; so of course I was extra, extra excited to wear my hot pink dress to Spring Formal.         

This week has been ok besides the fact that I got pink eye. I got pink eye from rubbing make-up in my eyes. Since I never wear make up I forgot it was on and all night, at the Spring Formal, I rubbed my eyes. So that’s my unfortunate case of getting pink eye. But if I had to do it all over again I definitely would because I had so much fun. Here are my two favorite pictures of the night. They are my favorite because one shows my dress that I just adore and the other one has my closest friends.

Spring is definitely in the air, the weather has been so good I sat outside in the quad with my friends to do homework. Now that the semester is coming to an end I am just trying to finish up all of my papers and speeches. Even though I don’t have that much work to do, I am still freaking out that the semester is almost over. But, I am really excited for the summer because I am taking two classes at the mount and hello, its summer.

I just love everything about summer, going on trips to the beach, going out of town, sleeping in, I could go on, and on, and on. The only thing that I am going to hate about summer is that I wont be able to see some of my friends from the mount, as much as I want, because a lot of them live really far away. Hopefully we can figure out a way for all of us to get together in the summer. Maybe we could plan a couple of trips or sleepovers at someone’s house, I know for sure that would help us all keep in touch because sometimes I don’t have the best communication skills, if you know what I mean.

I also visited my family this week! We had a huge cook out and a lot of my family came over for March Madness. The thing I hated was that I couldn’t stay long because I had to get back to school to do some homework and to study, but I did get to take some food back to campus which made me really happy!

Being sick can really suck, especially when you’re sick because of food poison. Lately I have been trying to eat healthier and not going out to restaurants. This little plan was working for a while until this week, when I ate one of my Lean Cuisine dinners. I woke up about six o’ clock in the morning sick to my stomach not know what was going on. I tried my hardest to get out of my bed but I had no energy. After I waited a while I, somehow, got enough energy to walk to my best friends room and they called their RA for help. I was so happy that they called their RA because she got in touch with campus police and I got a chance to take a long, nice ride in an ambulance to the hospital. I was there for a while because we had no idea what was wrong with me. Once the doctors found out what was wrong they gave me a bunch of medicine and I felt so much better.

I am just so happy that I had my friends by my side because sometimes I just don’t know what I would ever do without them. I was also happy that their RA was there to help because she was so calm and took care of my situation really fast.

This week wasn’t filled with just bad news; I also helped out with the school musical, Oklahoma. I was really excited because I got a chance to help out with make-up and Ushering. I was thrilled that I could actually be, well some what, apart of the process of the show because the show was awesome! Even though I was sick for some of the week I ended up having a great week!

This has been a really good week! I am getting caught up in almost all of my classes and I feel so much better! The only problem was on Wednesday night I stayed up until 7:30 in the morning, trying to finish up a power point and go to work later that day. I guess I let procrastination get to me. The only reason I stayed up so late was because I had an orientation at the reds stadium, for the rest of the semester and in the summer I am volunteering at the stadium to help my mom’s new business out. Her new business is called Tapp House and it is for women how are just getting out of prison and it helps them get back on there feet. I think it is a really good cause so I am always happy to help my mom out when it comes to Tapp House! But it felt like I hadn’t slept in years, I walk around like a zombie all day. The thing that made Thursday bad was that I had to make a speech about what Clinton and Obama’s views were on College funding.

Some how I pulled myself together and gave a pretty good speech! On Friday I saw that one of the campus organizations were selling walking taco’s, which are my favorite, so I got some of my friends together and we had tasty walking taco’s for lunch. As you can see I had a busy week but I treated myself to a mini shopping spree which doesn’t happen that often but it felt absolutely great!

My spring break was great, I got plenty of rest and I hate to say it but I kind of missed being at school. I got a chance to be with some of my closest friends and with my family. I finally got a chance to talk to my mother and let out all of these feelings, that I kept bottled up. I am so happy that I got a chance to, have a sort of bonding time with my mother. No, I didn’t get a chance to go on an extravagant trip or anything but I did have fun!

The first part of my spring break I went to Kentucky to visit one of my closest friends. Then I work a lot, one of the busiest days that I worked my store had to do inventory and I had to be at work at 5:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. I was so tired but managed to have enough energy to go out dancing with my friends from cincy that night. Then the next day I was back in Kentucky shopping with one of my other closest friends. Most of my spring break was spent either in my car or at work but I did get a lot of time to be with my friends and family, which made me a really happy person!

Breaking up is never easy because you were, obviously, with this person for some reason. Break ups are one of the main reasons that I am so reluctant to start new relationships because you try to work things out and become friends but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. This past week I had a horrible break up and I just had to face the facts and know that we could not be friends. It was so heart wrenching to know that I would never see this person that I had spent so much of my time with but I had to do this because not only did I have to work on myself he had to do so also. On the other hand I also think relationships make you so much stronger than you were in the beginning and it is also a great learning experience because you learn so much about your self, your likes, dislikes and so much more.

But, the initial break up gives you time to think and it was very coincidental that my relationship ended when it did because now I am on spring break and I have so much time to think about any and everything, and to have sometime to myself. I just can not wait until spring break is here so I can visit my friends and family because even though I have seen my family and some of my friends last week I still miss them. Right now all I want is to be around the people that I love.

When living on campus there are so many traps that students can fall into, one of the biggest traps is procrastination. Procrastination has been my sworn enemy since I have been in school because there are so many distractions. Distractions like friends, floor activities, television, sports, and cell phones. All of my friends know that I can get distracted very easily. I had to find a way to steer clear of procrastination and one way that I found that was helpful for me was to turn off all electronic devices because when ever I would receive a call or text message I almost break my leg just to get my cell phone, since I’d rather not do that I just turn my cell phone.          The Mount has many lobbies were you can go to get some peace and quiet to study and to get homework done. The lobbies are so helpful and can be used to hang out in also. I have used the lobbies for study groups, movie nights, pizza parties, and many other things too. I also love going to the scholar center, which is one of the computer labs here at the Mount! The scholar center is always so quiet and I can always get a lot of homework done in there! 

"Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried."

Author Unknown

I absolutely love this quote and will try to keep my opportunity form getting buried from now on!