In my attempts at continued procrastination and celebration of rocking my presentación ultimo de español, I decided to make a few photo/story collage images giving a [very] brief overview of this year in two main parts: friends and crew.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The End is Near
Wow, what a busy past few weeks (and months)!
Last weekend wrapped up my freshman crew season with PCRCs and PAC-10s. The team finished second and received a bid for NCAAs. The 1V won, the 2V got 2nd, and the V4 got 5th, so a very solid performance across the board. The NCAA group leaves this weekend to train and compete and I wish them all the best of luck! I love those girls all as sisters now.
With the end of the crew season comes the end of the quarter, meaning papers and projects galore. I'm working on a research project on Peter Pan for my writing class, as well as an argumentative piece and presentation on siestas for my Spanish class!
Draw results will be posted in a few days, but my group got special pre-assignment (meaning we found out where we will be living weeks ago) and three of my best friends and I will be living in Mirrielees! Mirrielees House is apartment-style housing on campus, so Mik and I will essentially be sharing a two-bedroom apartment with full kitchen and bath next year! Only downside: she can't cook to save her soul! Actually, it's not that bad, but she has more learning ahead of her than I do.
There are officially two weeks of class left of Spring Quarter 2009. After that comes finals week, and I only have one sit-down final on Saturday. Once I'm done with that, it's all packing and cleaning before heading home!
Last weekend wrapped up my freshman crew season with PCRCs and PAC-10s. The team finished second and received a bid for NCAAs. The 1V won, the 2V got 2nd, and the V4 got 5th, so a very solid performance across the board. The NCAA group leaves this weekend to train and compete and I wish them all the best of luck! I love those girls all as sisters now.
With the end of the crew season comes the end of the quarter, meaning papers and projects galore. I'm working on a research project on Peter Pan for my writing class, as well as an argumentative piece and presentation on siestas for my Spanish class!
Draw results will be posted in a few days, but my group got special pre-assignment (meaning we found out where we will be living weeks ago) and three of my best friends and I will be living in Mirrielees! Mirrielees House is apartment-style housing on campus, so Mik and I will essentially be sharing a two-bedroom apartment with full kitchen and bath next year! Only downside: she can't cook to save her soul! Actually, it's not that bad, but she has more learning ahead of her than I do.
There are officially two weeks of class left of Spring Quarter 2009. After that comes finals week, and I only have one sit-down final on Saturday. Once I'm done with that, it's all packing and cleaning before heading home!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter :(
If I have ever felt anything close to being "homesick" it was today.
Easter has always been a family day for me, and this was my first holiday without any family around.
My team was great today, though. We all met this morning at the gym and split up into our sides to hide eggs for the massive team Easter egg hunt. It was a really fun way to just relax after a long week with people who had gone through the same stressful week as I had.
Laura and I laid in my bed reading Shakespeare (for IHUM) and doing some other miscellaneous homework for most of the afternoon. Then we went to Mass together, another Easter oddity for me.
The two of us grabbed some supper and I got to talk to most of the family on the phone; I was passed from person to person around the house. Now we are at the stacks of homework in my room and will be until we both go to bed.
It was a day spent with friends. I definitely can't complain about that, it just would have been better to be with family as well. Maybe next time?
Easter has always been a family day for me, and this was my first holiday without any family around.
My team was great today, though. We all met this morning at the gym and split up into our sides to hide eggs for the massive team Easter egg hunt. It was a really fun way to just relax after a long week with people who had gone through the same stressful week as I had.
Laura and I laid in my bed reading Shakespeare (for IHUM) and doing some other miscellaneous homework for most of the afternoon. Then we went to Mass together, another Easter oddity for me.
The two of us grabbed some supper and I got to talk to most of the family on the phone; I was passed from person to person around the house. Now we are at the stacks of homework in my room and will be until we both go to bed.
It was a day spent with friends. I definitely can't complain about that, it just would have been better to be with family as well. Maybe next time?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wow! Someone is coming to SoDak to see me!
Sorry to make this so short, but I really need to get some sleep . . . practice in the morning :S
Spring Break went by uneventfully . . . all I did was row, and row, and row, and sleep, and row some more. I also had the first 2K races of my collegiate career!
The new quarter is under way. I am taking a lighter load this quarter, with only Modern Quests, the Rhetoric of Dreams, Spanish 2A, and a lecture series on Race & Faith.
The exciting news, and main reason for this hasty post, is that Mikayla (my roomie) bought tickets tonight to come visit me at the end of summer break, stay with me for more than a week, and then we are flying back to school together! I can't wait for everyone to meet her back home!
Spring Break went by uneventfully . . . all I did was row, and row, and row, and sleep, and row some more. I also had the first 2K races of my collegiate career!
The new quarter is under way. I am taking a lighter load this quarter, with only Modern Quests, the Rhetoric of Dreams, Spanish 2A, and a lecture series on Race & Faith.
The exciting news, and main reason for this hasty post, is that Mikayla (my roomie) bought tickets tonight to come visit me at the end of summer break, stay with me for more than a week, and then we are flying back to school together! I can't wait for everyone to meet her back home!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
South Dakota Summer!
I just found out yesterday that I'm coming home for the summer! I'm so excited to get to spend this summer back in South Dakota.
I need to figure out work for the summer, but hopefully that won't be too difficult.
I hope it will be a summer filled with old and new friends, fun in the SoDakota sun, showing at the fairs, and enjoying time with family. Not to mention, it will be my only time off from rowing. I know I'll miss my team and will be looking for a way to row at home, but it will be nice to be on my own for workouts for a little while.
Right now the thoughts of the summer are carrying me through Dead Week and finals more than the idea of Spring Break. That is probably due to the fact that my Spring Break will actually be Spring Training Camp with the team, getting ready for our first weekend of races at the end of break. My entire break will be nothing but rowing and sleeping. At least I'm in California, so I should be able to enjoy a little bit of sunshine both on and off the water, and maybe take a dip in a fountain!
I need to figure out work for the summer, but hopefully that won't be too difficult.
I hope it will be a summer filled with old and new friends, fun in the SoDakota sun, showing at the fairs, and enjoying time with family. Not to mention, it will be my only time off from rowing. I know I'll miss my team and will be looking for a way to row at home, but it will be nice to be on my own for workouts for a little while.
Right now the thoughts of the summer are carrying me through Dead Week and finals more than the idea of Spring Break. That is probably due to the fact that my Spring Break will actually be Spring Training Camp with the team, getting ready for our first weekend of races at the end of break. My entire break will be nothing but rowing and sleeping. At least I'm in California, so I should be able to enjoy a little bit of sunshine both on and off the water, and maybe take a dip in a fountain!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
This quarter needs to end!
I can't wait for this quarter to end in a couple weeks.
It's not just because of the video presentation, three paper revisions, oral presentation, play, oral exam, project, and finals I have in the next week and a half.
This quarter has been amazing, but my [genetic] clutziness has really shown through. I got in a fight with a spin bike, and lost, leaving gashes and bumps on my leg still.
Then last week I got what some of my friends call a "flesh-eating virus." I had a hypersensitivity reaction to - my doctors think - the tape remover they used on me in the training room. It took a couple different creams not working to decide that this was going to take something pretty strong to clear up. They finally gave me some pills that seem to be taking care of it!
At practice this morning I was walking the boat down the ramp to the docks, it was raining, the dock was slick, and I actually bit it on the dock. I managed to keep one hand high enough in the air that I kept the boat from hitting the ground, but the quick motion tweeked my knee a little bit. Nothing major, it's just outrageous that I fell walking down the dock . . . and fought with a stationary bike . . . and had a rash take over my leg when they were trying to make it better.
It's not just because of the video presentation, three paper revisions, oral presentation, play, oral exam, project, and finals I have in the next week and a half.
This quarter has been amazing, but my [genetic] clutziness has really shown through. I got in a fight with a spin bike, and lost, leaving gashes and bumps on my leg still.
Then last week I got what some of my friends call a "flesh-eating virus." I had a hypersensitivity reaction to - my doctors think - the tape remover they used on me in the training room. It took a couple different creams not working to decide that this was going to take something pretty strong to clear up. They finally gave me some pills that seem to be taking care of it!
At practice this morning I was walking the boat down the ramp to the docks, it was raining, the dock was slick, and I actually bit it on the dock. I managed to keep one hand high enough in the air that I kept the boat from hitting the ground, but the quick motion tweeked my knee a little bit. Nothing major, it's just outrageous that I fell walking down the dock . . . and fought with a stationary bike . . . and had a rash take over my leg when they were trying to make it better.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Busy time
Right now, I feel like my body has never been so physically exhausted in my entire life. We pulled an 8k this morning, and then had weights! Right now I'm chilling in Meyer, killing a little time before Spanish, having already finished my ODA (Oral Diagnostic Assessment).
The quarter is wrapping up, and all the papers and project proposals are coming due. I'm actually getting really excited for my final paper in my intro sem/drama class. Another student and I are going to attempt to rewrite Antigone, whether together or separate we're not yet sure. I'm thinking of doing a "hick" version, which would definitely be different from any of the other versions we've read in this class. My IHUM paper is a different story entirely. It's due next Monday and I barely have ideas. I feel like I can't get enough thoughts on one topic of Dante's Inferno together to fill five pages, but I guess that's why I'm meeting with Davy this afternoon . . .
Practice is still insane, obviously after this morning, and I'm one of our slowest ergs, but I'm still enjoying it and am looking forward to racing in a month!
Parents Weekend is next weekend and John's parents are coming back, so I'm pretty excited to see them again. It's a funny situation since everyone calls me John's "mom" here, so it's great when his actual mother is in town and we can gang up on him.
Tonight my PAE group is having our alumni dinner, I don't know where, but I'm really excited! I don't even know the names of all the people in the group, but they are so much fun, I love my group.
Okay, time to get ready for class I guess . . .
The quarter is wrapping up, and all the papers and project proposals are coming due. I'm actually getting really excited for my final paper in my intro sem/drama class. Another student and I are going to attempt to rewrite Antigone, whether together or separate we're not yet sure. I'm thinking of doing a "hick" version, which would definitely be different from any of the other versions we've read in this class. My IHUM paper is a different story entirely. It's due next Monday and I barely have ideas. I feel like I can't get enough thoughts on one topic of Dante's Inferno together to fill five pages, but I guess that's why I'm meeting with Davy this afternoon . . .
Practice is still insane, obviously after this morning, and I'm one of our slowest ergs, but I'm still enjoying it and am looking forward to racing in a month!
Parents Weekend is next weekend and John's parents are coming back, so I'm pretty excited to see them again. It's a funny situation since everyone calls me John's "mom" here, so it's great when his actual mother is in town and we can gang up on him.
Tonight my PAE group is having our alumni dinner, I don't know where, but I'm really excited! I don't even know the names of all the people in the group, but they are so much fun, I love my group.
Okay, time to get ready for class I guess . . .
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