Monday, January 26, 2009
Break, Infusion, and Wintry Weather.
Anyway, left Danville at about 10:45 this morning....got to Ashland almost 3 hours later. I was scared to get on the road because of the snow that fell last night. I was terrified the roads would be icy. They weren't icy, though, for which I was very thankful. Actually, the only ice I did hit was one tiny patch on New Circle. For the most part, I-64 was completely clear. Anyway, got home about a quarter til 2, and after texting Rog and Salome, and calling Nannie & GD and Aunt Neni, and mom calling dad, I sat down with mom and talked about a plethora of things. It was really hard to concentrate, actually because Kathryn kept playing things on the computer, and the TV was on. Anyway, Kat showed me a HILARIOUS video, which I will now post here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-yJBsjatW0
You should totally watch it. Gobama.
Rog came over and we just chilled for a bit....then Rog and I went to the mall. He got a really awesome argyle sweater (!!!!) from JCPenney, and I got jeans from Vanity. I need to return my jeans, though........just don't feel right, which is odd, because I tried them on in the store. Oh well, no matter. We ended up finding my receipt (actually I think dad did), so it should be no problem returning them. I also have all of the tags, so that's another plus.
Rog and I got home from the mall.
Dad got home from work.
We ate dinner.
We sat around waiting for House to start, and while we were waiting we were watching Andy Griffith. Now, I've always said that I don't like that show....but I'll have to admit, I think I'm starting to enjoy it. It almost made me cry at one point tonight, and it made me crack up at others. Just goes to show ya, your tastes change like the direction of the wind. Wow. Deep. I surprise myself. Hah.
Mom, Rog, and I watched House....Kat on computer....Dad went to Wal-Mart(s).
Oh yeah, Ashland had a snow day today. And now they are already called off for tomorrow. Lucky Ashland schoolers!!
I have my infusion tomorrow at 11am, though, which is AWESOME. Although....I am just hoping that we can make it off of our hill in the snow/ice. I have to get to my infusion........HAVE TO. Like, no exceptions. I am getting my Remicade, gosh darnit, and there's nothing anybody can do to stop me. I am hurting really badly right now....amazed, actually, that I can still type this blog. For real, though....I think that's my cue to take my meds and go to bed.
This has at least been therapy for me. =]]
Much Love,
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Funny!!!!
We're over at the I house again (I am here all the time, haha). ANYWAY, so Greg is getting ready to go to work at the hut, and he had to go get his shower. So we're sitting in Greg's room, and he went into the bathroom, and out of nowhere we hear him scream, "I'm a barbie girl!!"
Okay, that was pretty much it.
Oh wait, I forgot....
At dinner the other night (did I post this yesterday?? I don't remember....), Salome, Jonica, Alwyn, Claudette, Marc, Kinzena, and I were sitting at the table. We were just talking about something totally unrelated, and Claudette says, "Hey, we're like a dalmatian with only one spot." It was pretty funny, because she was calling me the spot because I was the only white girl amidst black girls and boys (in other words, everyone BUT me that was sitting there is black). Then Alwyn just looked at her and said, "Claudette, dalmatians are BORN WHITE!!" It was really funny. I feel as if I should put it on my quotes on facebook, but I think I'm almost out of room there. Time to pick and choose!!
Peace.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Long time, No talk. Or write, as the case may be.
ANYWAY..
I am a little over halfway through my sophomore year at Centre. Man, this year has already been totally AWESOME. Seriously, it really has. We're in CentreTerm right now, so I guess that's what I'll talk about first.
I'm taking an Introduction to Education class for this CentreTerm. That means that I'm either in class or observing at Boyle County High School for at least 6 hours a day. I'm really enjoying both the class AND the observing, and I'm finding I am getting more and more excited about my prospective teaching career with each passing day. The teacher I am observing is a high school English teacher, and she is teaching 11th grade AP English Language, 12th grade AP English Literature, and a regular level English IV class (senior English, that is). The classes are really quite entertaining, as is the teacher, so it makes for a good time!! Today was my first FULL day of observing. We sometimes do our observations in the AM, sometimes in the PM, and today (and the next 2 Fridays) we are out in the schools all day long. I got to grade students' quizzes on grammar today, which is a favorite pastime of mine. Actually, both grammar AND grading papers are things I enjoy, so that part of my day was very nice. :)
Yesterday, there was a kid who asked Mrs. Tiller, "Can I go brush my teeth?" in the middle of class. She let him....it was too funny an opportunity to pass up, imo. Today, and probably altogether so far, the funniest moment was when Mrs. Tiller started talking about how she was Indian wrestling over Christmas break. Now, THAT was funny enough....but then some kids had a question about what Indian wrestling IS and how you do it, so she got a student to volunteer and they both (the student and Mrs. Tiller) got down on the floor and had the beginnings of an Indian wrestling match. It was quite comical. Very, very entertaining.
Jamison and I had a meeting last night about NEDAW stuff. This is by far my favorite time of year, I think. I hate, absolutely HATE, the cold weather, but NEDAW is something I practically live to do. The meeting was actually for all of BALANCE, but I think some people are abroad, and others had other things going on, so it ended up just being Jamison and me at the meeting. It's whatever, though....because this year isn't going to be nearly as stressful as last year. Reason being, we know pretty much everything we're going to do, and we also have some materials left over from last year. XD Yay for being ahead of schedule compared to last year's planning. I think this year is going to be pretty good. I am a little apprehensive about the convo speaker, but everything I have seen about her (granted it's not much, but still) has been good. Hopefully she's a reliable narrator (sorry for using my English nerdiness there).
I'm chillin at the I house right now. Salome and I are in Greg's room, but he's not actually in here. I think he's downstairs somewhere....Marc is here, too. He's downstairs playing cards with a couple of other people. Also, Richard is around here somewhere (I think) and Alwyn is in his room getting ready after working out to Soulja Boy. Funny story!! At least, it is to me....probably not anyone who doesn't know these people, but whatever. ANYWAY, for those of you who don't know, Richard is Chinese. Well, after we finished watching an episode of House on DVD over here we turned on the TV and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was on. Obviously, it's set in Tokyo....which means Asians. Not Chinese....Japanese, duh. Oh wait, I messed up the story. WHILE we were watching House, one of the patients was Asian, and Marc says, "The Asian guy looks so funny when he does that. Hey, he looks like Richard!!" Which is funny to me, because that's just the stereotype that all Asians look alike, and since Richard is the Asian that lives here in the I house (and is consequently the one we see the most), all Asians we see anywhere MUST look like Richard. Okay, so going back to Tokyo Drift. After we had watched House (when Marc said that about Richard), like I said, we were watching Tokyo Drift. Hokay, so of course there are millions of Japanese people in the movie, so just for humor's sake, the first shot of lots of them we see (I think it was in the school) I said something like, "Hey look!! It's lots of Richards!!" Probably much funnier if you were here, but I still thought it was pretty hilarious. We all had a nice laugh about it.
We also went to the Centre basketball game(s) tonight. We played Rhodes. The guys won by like 37 points, and we left at halftime of the girl's game. TC weathered a nasty elbow shot to his nose....which proceeded to pour forth blood onto the floor. It took them forever (them being the people in charge of cleaning it up) to actually CLEAN it off the floor, because they just kept wiping it with only a towel, and not using any spray or water, so it was just smearing. I know that was a visual you really wanted to have, right?? So TC ended up coming back into the game and all was well.
Have I already mentioned that I have earaches from hell right now?? I use the plural because I have an earache in both ears. Since that is the case, I have ear drops and cotton in both ears. Makes it a little difficult to hear, but now whenever they fall out it sounds really, REALLY loud. Apparently I have fluid BEHIND both eardrums....something they didn't catch at Parson's yesterday afternoon, so I'm glad I ended up going back this morning....not that I had a choice in the matter.
All right, this is getting tediously long, so I'm wrapping it up for now.
Peace, Love, and Animal Rights.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Midterms and Miscellaneous.
Thankfully, my American History midterm is not until I get back from Spring Break. However, that means I actually will have to study for it OVER Spring Break....ahhh, such is life.
My religion teacher has also given us insane amounts of homework over Spring Break....loser.
ANYWAY, I will be home in three days. I am super stoked. I mean, I like school and all, but I love home so much more. Family, boyfriend, dogs....who could ask for anything better than all that in one place?? I submit that there is nothing better than that.
I am in the middle of doing religion reading (well, I was, but I decided to post on here, instead).
I was searching online devotions today, and came across one whose format I really liked. I will post it now.
The Word:
“Do not let your heart be troubled. You trust God. Now trust in Me.” John 14:1
Prayer:
Jesus, You call me to trust you. There are two issues that are really big here: pride and control.
#1Pride. I thought that having to ask for help and support would be a sign of weakness, a blow to my ego. I want to be like you, Jesus. But you never had to ask for help, did you? Then I’m reminded of Luke 23:26 where Simon followed you and carried your cross. To not ask for help is arrogance. To humble myself and ask is truly trusting you.
#2 Control. I know I’m supposed to leave the consequences up to you, God. I need to just trust and obey. But I feel I need to direct the outcome or else someone else will. Perhaps it will be the world or some ungodly person. But the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Help me let go of control! I need to see and trust you as a sovereign and good God who is in control.
Help me walk by trust, not by sight or my pride and control.
What is the biggest thing in your life right now that you need to trust God with? What will it take for you to give it up to Him?
So there is my devotion for today. I think it's rather apropos, don't you??
Live, Laugh, Love, Vote Clinton.
Much Love,
<3 Becca
Monday, March 10, 2008
Musings.
1.) I hate rain. Rain = pain. I can't type a lot right now because I took one of my muscle relaxers and am still a little bit out of it.
2.) I abso-freakin-lutely can't wait until my midterms are over Friday and I get to go home for spring break.
3.) I really like Ernest Hemingway.
4.) I have the best damn boyfriend on the face of the planet, and then some. Hands down.
That is all.
Peace, Love, and Tofu.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Procrastination and Fields of Gold.
All....yeah....that's a riot....there are only like, two people who read this anyway....maybe only one.
ANYWAY
So I should totally be doing homework right now....ahh well, it happens. (Or doesn't happen).
I have been listening to Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold" on repeat for about an hour, give or take 10 minutes. It brings back a lot of good memories. As at least one of you knows (mom), I have an emotional attachment to this song, because Michelle Kwan skated to it at the 2002 Olympic exhibitions. Wow....I can't believe that was over 6 years ago....time has gone so fast. I remember one night, in particular, as soon as the 2002 Olympics were ending, and I was getting my shower ready, I thought to myself, "I will be 17 the next time the Winter Olympics come around." Seriously, I remember thinking that to myself, perfectly clear as if it were just yesterday. I thought to myself also, "Michelle will DEFINITELY win in 2006." Well....two years have come and gone since the 06 Olympics in Turino, Italy. I was 17, and Michelle did not win. She did not even get to compete due to a stupid injury. She is now a student at the University of Colorado at Denver, and will probably not be in the competitive scene for figure skating anymore. Listening to the aforementioned song today has brought up the memories of her competitive skating days....in particular when I saw her skate at the Champions on Ice tour show at Rupp Arena in Lexington on May 24, 2002. That was also the night I got to meet her, which I still say is one of the happiest nights of my life up to this point. I am sure happier times are to some, and have come, but that is right up there toward the top.
I have grown so much since then. I'm 6 years older and 20 years wiser, it seems. A lot has happened since then, none of which I would take back for anything, and some of which I want to preserve forever. Mainly, though, I just miss being as carefree as I was back then. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change my life right now for anything, but I just wish I had the same happy-go-lucky attitude as I had wayyyy back in 02.
Wow....I started out writing this blog just thinking I was just going to briefly mention that I was listening to Fields of Gold and then move on. Oh well....so much for that. Life is full of unexpected twists and turns, and although the subject of this blog is seemingly insignificant, it is one of them, indeed.
That is all I have for now.
Much Love,
<3 Becca
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Today is the first day of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week....I am soooooo stoked!!!!
A little stressed out, but stoked all the same. Tonight we are kicking off the week with a vigil at 10:30 to honor those who have lost their lives to or who are struggling/have struggled with an eating disorder. Julie, Jamison, and I are all going to give a 5ish minute talk. I think I'm going to open and close mine with a Bible verse. We shall see. I'm getting ready to write it now, actually....wish me luck!!
We spent an hour and a half today hanging up posters and putting all the fliers on all the tables, etc. We got the table tents put up in Cowan (thanks to Tammy), and our tables with fliers and brochures are totally kickass. We are just kickass girls. Seriously, we are so incredibly awesome. We don't care what anybody has to say about it, and we don't care if anybody ELSE recognizes our awesomeness, because WE realize it, and we have worked our butts off to get all this together. It is going to be an AMAZING week. Filled with stress, yes, but it is still going to be amazing. Like really, uh-mazing.
And the convo on Tuesday, well, it's goin got be pretty awesome, too. It's going to be given by a dietician, Tina Thompson, and afterward we are going to have a student panel (consisting of Julie, Jamison, and me) to answer audience members' questions. Should be verrrrrry interesting.
Okay, that's all I've got time to write for now....I have to get to work on my vigil speech and homework....so much to do so little time!!!!
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Late Night, Short Post, More Tomorrow.
Another short note: We had Jesus with sprinkles tonight....fun was had by all.
Another Another short note: I am getting to go eat dinner with my cousin tomorrow night (I guess technically tonight), and I am totally stoked.
Another Another Another short note: I CAN'T WAIT for Saturday.
Another Another An-------- A complaint: I don't see why my religion professor clearly makes his disdain for Christians a topic so frequently discussed in class. We are here to LEARN FACTS, not listen to your opinions of how stupid and uneducated we Christians are. Bro. Harold Cathey could totally take you....bring it on.
I spent a grand total of 8-9 hours studying today....someone shoot me, now, please.
Night, All.
Much Love,
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