Relieved

During the past semester, I have thought about one thing and one thing only about my sociology test. That one thing is my research project journal. It is worth more then half of our grades. I had to do well on that to get the grade that I wanted in the class. I really wanted an A so I could keep my spot on the Dean's list. Well, I have been stressing about this paper for a couple months now and it was finally due on April 10. This project consisted of us doing at least eight volunteer hours at a nonprofit organization. I did mine at the YMCA. After we did our eight hours. we then had to write a paper telling about hour experiences and connecting them with the sociological perspective. My paper ended up being thirteen pages. That is a huge paper to me and I'm not used to writing that much. I was pretty nervous how tough she would grade but I was pretty sure that I would get a decent grade. In my opinion, I thought it was pretty well written. Well today, I went into my sociology class to see that is was canceled but she got me and told me to wait. I ended up getting my paper today. I looked down to see 110 out of 105. I was ecstatic. I got the highest grade in the class. I got all my points plus five. This is a huge relief, especially since I already have a A in the class by doing well on the tests. In her class there is no homework, just tests and this huge assignment. I can now start to calm down and relax in her class. All I need to do now is keep doing what I'm doing and study for her tests and I will be alright. Today is a good day.

The Future

The future is one thing I don't especially like thinking about. I have enough stress as it is so I don't feel the need to add another stresser on my shoulders. I wish I could just live day by day instead of worrying about what is to come next. I don't know what I would do if I wasn't organized. The main subject that stresses me out about the future is what I want to do as an occupation when I graduate. Right now my major is education. I want to be an elementary teacher. I bounce around with what age I want to teach and the pro's and con's of each. I then think I would also like to do something with business because I was always the top in my marketing classes in high school. But then I bounce off more ideas. My favorite subjects in school are sociology and psychology. I just don't know what occupations I could do that I would like doing for the rest of my life. I don't want to switch occupations. I want to pick one and keep one. I want to do it so I can retire early with good money. I would love to be a secretary at a high school because I actually love busy work like doing attendance and things like that. I think they don't make as much money though. I am planning on moving back to Waynesville, where I grew up. I loved growing up there and I think it is a great area to start a family. I also use that as the basis of my occupation. There is not a huge variety of choices in Waynesville. There is teaching, owning a business, being an engineer on the army base, or getting a minimum wage job. The last option is not a choice really. I think teaching would be ideal but I have no experience with children so I am nervous about that. I also think it would be the funnest to teach. I wouldn't mind being a speech therapist or reading therapist because I know waynesville school's are always needing those but my speech isn't the best. I was thinking about being a nutritionist because I am very interested in nutrition. I don't know. I should be able to figure something out in the next three years of my life.

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You ever wake up in the morning and just have that blank feeling? I did today. I woke up feeling emotionless. I just knew I had things to do. I woke up at eight this morning and threw on some close and went to Ernie's gym and got our work out. It was boxing. I'm not a big fan of boxing but that is probably just because I am not very good at it. It's really hard from me and I hate the fact of wearing some one's old gloves and wrist wraps. I can still smell that horrible stench. I then have to go back to my apartment. I was exhausted and had all the plans of getting some of the huge homework assignments that I have due on Monday. That didn't work out as planned. I got back and instead lied down thinking I might just get a quick twenty minute power nap. Well, that power nap turned into a couple hours. I woke up and was already stressed. Why didn't I get anything done? I still needed to take my boyfriend back to the dorms before I left for my eight hour shift. I am about burnt out from working. Working full time is not my thing. I'm into the whole twenty-four hours thing. I hope they hire another cashier and it can be like that because all of the cashiers agree that we want less hours. The cashiers at my work are all full time students. After work, the new plan is to do the homework that I was supposed to do earlier. I was planning on starting my english paper or my public speaking outline but instead I have to do a different english assignment that I put off that is due tomorrow. I am so ready for summer. Even though my summer will probably be really busy, It will still be nice to not have to drive to campus and just take two online classes. Plus, summer is just an awesome and happy time. I'm mostly ready for our vacation to Florida so I can completely relax with nothing in my way.

Eggheads vs. Smarties

I definately chose the wrong side of the arguement. Hershey's honestly doesn't have much benificial about their chocolate besides the fact that the chocolate is tasty. They use palm oil. Palm oil is bad for hour enviroment. There is nothing nutritional coming out of the Hershey's milk chocolate egg's. If it was atleast dark chocolate, we could find some possitives, such as antioxidants. The chocolate can melt. It does nothing good for your body. Who would have thought that eating a certain candy from the teacher's basket would have put me in this delima. I have looked over about ten different websites and have found no advantages to eating milk chocolate then smarties. Smarties is also not good for you in any way. Pretty much all candy is not going to benifit your health. I guess if we were going to try to get points, we could talk about how there is three grams of protien per serving and eight percent of calcium in each serving. I can honestly say I have never thought about this issue nor have I ever thought about writing about this issue. I kind of like it. It's random. Oh, I found something else. The egg's are made twelve percent with milk. Your body needs dairy. We have a little more variety in ingredients while smarties are basically just compressed sugar with UNnatural flovorings. There has been research that eating chocolate before a test will actually improve test grades. I think that is the same with any candy but since I can't find any supporting information, I am going to use that for my arguement. Chocolate is supposed to improve memory. Chocolate makes better gift's. There is a reason why people don't give out Smarties heart's for valentines day. The eggs also contain carbs which can be broken down into energy. Even though none of these facts are a reliable reason why one candy is better then the other, i would chose the egg. It is just simply better. The end.

working that nine to five

As you can probably tell from my title, I worked a nine to five shift at Mama Jean's today. That is my absolute favorite shift. It forces me to get up earlier and still have the day ahead of me. I actually have a chance to catch up on life when I get off work at five. Today after work, I came straight home and talked to my room mate, Kayla. We decided we wanted to go to the YMCA to work out and swim so we changed and got our bathing suits together and such. Before we worked out, we ran by Staples and got her money. Long story short, Staples screwed her over by over charging for a computer repair and not fixing it in the first place. After we got her money, we ran by Rue 21 because I really wanted this yellow shirt that I have been looking at. I never get a chance to shop because I am so busy with work and school. I got the shirt and then we were on the way to the gym. I mostly ran on the track at the gym. After I was tired of running, I started doing ab work outs. We decided after that we would insanely sweat in the steam room and go to the pool. We left the gym at about nine. Now, I'm doing what I do best-procrastinating. I need to get this homework done though because I have to go to sleep early. I'm already exhausted but I also have to wake up at seven in the morning because of Ernie's work out. I haven't woken up that early since high school. I am not looking forward to it because it's with a different work out group. After I work out, I immediately have to get ready for school. I get done with school at about two then I go straight to work a half hour later. I will then have to close at work. I have a busy life this week. Let's just say that I am totally ready for summer. Only a couple more weeks of this craziness.

What are you passionate about?

What am I passionate about? I am not passionate about anything of the sort of music or fashion. I am passionate about happiness and seeing people smile and laugh. I am passionate about making my family happy. I am passionate about making my boyfriend and very close friends happy. Oh, I almost forgot. One concrete term that I am passionate about is food. I am in love with food. It's actually pretty ridiculous how obsessed with food I am. It's kind of sad. It's honestly the first thing I think about when I wake up. What am I going to eat today? I am only going to eat 1500 calories. What should I have for breakfast. I can only eat on break at work and not on the register. For example, I have already realized that I won't have a chance to eat before work because I get out of class at two and have to be at work thirty minutes later. That is good for me though because if I have the chance to go home in between time, I will eat about 300 calories worth. I love all kinds of food. I love fruits, bread, certain vegetables, soups, yogurt, and basically anything you can imagine. Since I started working at Mama Jean's, I have tried so many different types of foods that I would never have tried before. I didn't even know about certain vegetables that I rang up. That was pretty embarrassing. We have an awesome cook at my work so that is the reason for me trying different things. I would probably be pretty skinny if I wasn't so passionate about food. I work out a lot. I also eat a lot. If I didn't work out, I would probably be the woman that is so obese that she can't even roll out of bed. It's ridiculous how difficult it is for me to cut down on calories. It's one of those things that I constantly have to think about. If I had an amazing metabolism I would eat so much and would be so happy. My happiness and food obsession pretty much go hand in hand. Those are the two things that I am passionate about.

What is a place?

We were told to run some ideas through our head about places that had a significant importance in our life. I thought for a good half an hour. Once I started thinking, idea's started popping up but it took a while for the brain to start flowing with ideas. My first idea was to write about my grandma's house. I loved spending time there but the main reason was because of Christmas. We would have our whole family down and the food was just amazing. Good times, good times. I then thought about the river. My parents, brother, and I would always go to the Big Piney River by my house in Devils Elbow. We would basically spend our whole summer down there. We would bring our dog, make lunch, float down the river, lay out, relax, and just have a good time. The next option I thought about was Vacations. The first one that came to my head was last summer when we went to Gulf Shores, Alabama. It was the second time that I have been there and it was my favorite vacation. We stayed at a nice house on the beach. Then I thought about when we went to Tacoma, Washington. It was about twenty minutes from Seattle and we went to a lot of historical places and awesome aquariums. Another vacation that I thought about was Chicago. That was the funnest to look at. There was so much going on. It was fast paced and beautiful at night. I then thought about where most of our family vacations were at, Pomme De Terre. It's a river where my aunt's both have a home there and we spend a lot of our time at during the summer. We have annual float trips every July where about thirty of us in the family float and hang out on the river. It's a major trip in our family. We float for about two day's straight and camp out while the adults drink at night. After thinking about my choices, I decided my favorite place with the most memories was Christmas at my grandparent's house in Waynesville, Missouri. After thinking, I decided the most significant year was probably when I was 15 year's old. That is the place I wanted to write about.