I've said this before and I'll say it again; I'm pretty sure this is the only college, in this state at least, where students are actually happy summer is over.
Tomorrow is going to be a lovely, lazy day. I've got to go to physical therapy at 10, and get a couple hours of work in during the afternoon, but I'm going to sleep in, and Linetta and I are going to Silver Dollar City in the evening. Yay! And then Tuesday, I get to go home. I spend a couple days at home, and then we're driving to visit my grandmother. Seven hours, one way...woohoo. And the house stinks of cigarette smoke, and we never eat anything healthy...
I'm really getting into the healthy eating thing lately. The whole healthy lifestyle idea, really. I'm anxious to escape college so that I have complete control over my diet. I feel better if I'm not putting a bunch of junk food into my system and if I'm working out. The only problem is, right now I have shin splints, and it hurts to run. I think I'm going to go for a walk tonight though; I've got a couple wraps and I was going to wrap my legs before I went.
I decided to drop one of my classes today, bringing my total credit hours down to 19 (plus one class I'm auditing). Still going to be hard, but easier than it was. I can take that class with an easier teacher later...one who assigns less homework. Mwahaha!
I can't wait for classes to start. Can. Not. Wait. Animal Breeding is going to be fun, Bryan's teaching it and his classes are always fun. I had Ag Economics with him, didn't pay attention to anything, and still got one of the best grades in the class. Tech Writing will be super easy. Business and Professional Speaking should be really easy. Ag Risk Management will probably drive me insane. Accounting, I don't know, I've heard mixed things.
Just a week until classes start! One week....yay!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Best. Day. Ever.
Summer is over...I am SO glad. I'm pretty confident that this is the only school where students are thankful to get back to classes.
Today has been so stinkin' amazing. Have you ever had one of those days where everything goes right? I was at work, and some of the other students and I were complaining to each other about one of the girls who works with us. She wasn't there, thank goodness, because she's the witchiest little thing. Anyway, we were complaining about her, and Justin said, "Yeah, she sent me a text message saying how much she hated Kate and junk, and then she sent me one, 'Oh no, I didn't mean it,' but how can you not mean a text when you take the time to type it out?" I just rolled my eyes. I know she hates me. "What I don't get," I said, "is why she hates me. I've never done anything to her." "She hates you because she thinks you're better than her at everything," Justin informed me, "and she doesn't want anyone to be better than her."
So, I'm taking it as the backwards compliment that it is...ha! I think it's kind of cool that someone hates me for being better than they are. Yeah, I'm weird.
The day just kept getting better. I went to lunch, and wound up sitting with the guy I kind of like. And I'm pretty sure he likes me. He wound up coming over to the mill with me and talking to me for about an hour, and he brought me some M&Ms. And he said I was pretty! I've never had a guy say that I was pretty before! My sisters are the pretty ones, I've always been the plain one. And then we wound up making arrangements to go running later in the afternoon. Then I went over to the ag dome and sorted through the rest of the papers for the Equine Science class, and I'm getting SO excited about it. It's going to be amazing. And quite frankly, I'm going to leave my mark on it in the future, because I've got such awesome handouts and such that Donn will keep using them.
And then I checked my e-mail, and I've gotten a scholarship! I was awarded a $200 book scholarship. I've applied for it every semester and I've never gotten one until now.
So then I went to change for running, and I went by the post office and mailed off my laptop to be repaired (the power port broke the other day, I couldn't plug it in...=C ) and then went to meet the guy I sorta kinda like (hereafter abbreviated "the GISKL") to run. Unfortunately, my shin splints that developed last week aren't quite healed. So that kind of hurt. But I had a good time.
And then Linetta's mom came and we went to a show. It was a typical Branson show, pretty good though. And that was my day, so now I'm tired and my head aches and I'm incredibly happy.
Today has been so stinkin' amazing. Have you ever had one of those days where everything goes right? I was at work, and some of the other students and I were complaining to each other about one of the girls who works with us. She wasn't there, thank goodness, because she's the witchiest little thing. Anyway, we were complaining about her, and Justin said, "Yeah, she sent me a text message saying how much she hated Kate and junk, and then she sent me one, 'Oh no, I didn't mean it,' but how can you not mean a text when you take the time to type it out?" I just rolled my eyes. I know she hates me. "What I don't get," I said, "is why she hates me. I've never done anything to her." "She hates you because she thinks you're better than her at everything," Justin informed me, "and she doesn't want anyone to be better than her."
So, I'm taking it as the backwards compliment that it is...ha! I think it's kind of cool that someone hates me for being better than they are. Yeah, I'm weird.
The day just kept getting better. I went to lunch, and wound up sitting with the guy I kind of like. And I'm pretty sure he likes me. He wound up coming over to the mill with me and talking to me for about an hour, and he brought me some M&Ms. And he said I was pretty! I've never had a guy say that I was pretty before! My sisters are the pretty ones, I've always been the plain one. And then we wound up making arrangements to go running later in the afternoon. Then I went over to the ag dome and sorted through the rest of the papers for the Equine Science class, and I'm getting SO excited about it. It's going to be amazing. And quite frankly, I'm going to leave my mark on it in the future, because I've got such awesome handouts and such that Donn will keep using them.
And then I checked my e-mail, and I've gotten a scholarship! I was awarded a $200 book scholarship. I've applied for it every semester and I've never gotten one until now.
So then I went to change for running, and I went by the post office and mailed off my laptop to be repaired (the power port broke the other day, I couldn't plug it in...=C ) and then went to meet the guy I sorta kinda like (hereafter abbreviated "the GISKL") to run. Unfortunately, my shin splints that developed last week aren't quite healed. So that kind of hurt. But I had a good time.
And then Linetta's mom came and we went to a show. It was a typical Branson show, pretty good though. And that was my day, so now I'm tired and my head aches and I'm incredibly happy.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
...after all this has passed...
So my sister came to visit me today. I was glad to see her, and not just because she brought some CDs and my MP3 player. We went out to eat at the Mexican restaurant near the school, and she told me about some of the junk that's going on at home. I'm not going to mention it, because it's too personal. But let's just say, it makes me want to scream, and cry, and cuss, and give someone a good shaking. It's something that has rocked my world. But instead, we came back to my room, put a movie on, watched it, I told her goodbye, and that was it.
I'm probably going to write it in my journal, because I need to get it out. But honestly, there's just so much in my head right now. One thing that keeps popping up is I wonder sometimes if I'm ever going to find someone who's willing to marry me. I'm so screwed up. I don't trust people. I've had virtually everyone I love and trust betray me. Whenever I think maybe it's safe to forgive those past problems, wham, they slam the knife into my soul again. When is it going to end?! I have only eighteen months left. Eighteen months and I move to Kentucky, and I'm free. My life will be my own. Kentucky has come to mean so much to me. It's not just the job I want, or the area I want. Kentucky is the light at the end of the tunnel.
My current theme song is "Beauty From Pain" by Superchick.
The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night.
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive but I feel like I've died.
And all that's left is to accept that's it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I've made.
I try to keep warm, but I just grow colder.
I feel like I'm slipping away.
(chorus)
After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain.
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And you'll bring beauty from pain.
You will bring beauty from this pain.
There's more to it, but I can't type it in now.
I'm probably going to write it in my journal, because I need to get it out. But honestly, there's just so much in my head right now. One thing that keeps popping up is I wonder sometimes if I'm ever going to find someone who's willing to marry me. I'm so screwed up. I don't trust people. I've had virtually everyone I love and trust betray me. Whenever I think maybe it's safe to forgive those past problems, wham, they slam the knife into my soul again. When is it going to end?! I have only eighteen months left. Eighteen months and I move to Kentucky, and I'm free. My life will be my own. Kentucky has come to mean so much to me. It's not just the job I want, or the area I want. Kentucky is the light at the end of the tunnel.
My current theme song is "Beauty From Pain" by Superchick.
The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night.
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive but I feel like I've died.
And all that's left is to accept that's it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I've made.
I try to keep warm, but I just grow colder.
I feel like I'm slipping away.
(chorus)
After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain.
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And you'll bring beauty from pain.
You will bring beauty from this pain.
There's more to it, but I can't type it in now.
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