To be quite frank this semester has me beat. As much as I love my university and the city, I will not be unhappy when the semester is over and summer arrives. God definitely has control though, I couldn't have asked for better friends at college to be silly with, keep me in check, and do homework with just about everyday. My parents have also been such a blessing as they always are in my life. I really wouldn't be able to make it week to week without them. I'm not sure that anyone but my mom truly understands my frustration with myself when I am not making perfect scores on tests and papers. My dad, being a professor, knows the stress of the college kid life and is always an asset when it comes to brainstorming for papers, especially about history which I am terrible at.
I received a call today from Texas Lions Camp, a camp for children with disabilities, informing me that once they receive my background check form that they will be sending me a contract to work for them this summer! I have a few other jobs that I am waiting to hear back from but this was great news to receive today.
For one of my honors classes I am working on a paper/project where I have to research an issue of social justice. The assignment provided ample freedom so of course I chose to focus on Africa. I have recently started a new blog about the project and the class. I love it and I think you may as well: This One's for Africa.
SOTD
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
March Maddness
I would have to say that out of all of the months of the year March makes my top three. There are a few reasons I especially like the month: spring break usually falls within the month, the NCAA basketball tournament, and of course spring is beginning.
For spring break my parents and I went to Reno, NV and then to Lake Tahoe. My dad was in Reno for an economics convention and mom and I had decided to go and I was going to spend some time snowboarding. We had a wonderful time, especially at Lake Tahoe; we skied at Heavenly Valley and it definitely lived up to its name.
We had a wonderful time and decided that Heavenly would definitely be a place we would all visit again.
March also brings a month of madness. I have for years filled out a bracket for the tournament with my family; this year I put it in an intramural pool at SEU. My bracket is not doing that well at the moment; however, my team is still winning so I am content. I have been a KU fan ever since I have been in Jr. High; I don't think I have ever had anyone else winning the tournament in my bracket. This NCAA tournament is especially exciting for me because my friends and I are going to watch Kansas play in the elite 8 game in San Antonio, ROCK CHALK!
I also love the coming of spring. In Austin it seems like it could already be summer, which I am perfectly fine with. The days seem to fly by and life is definitely busier than ever. However, summer is right around the corner and who knows what adventures that will bring. I am definitely anticipating the long days full of sunshine and summer.
SOTD
For spring break my parents and I went to Reno, NV and then to Lake Tahoe. My dad was in Reno for an economics convention and mom and I had decided to go and I was going to spend some time snowboarding. We had a wonderful time, especially at Lake Tahoe; we skied at Heavenly Valley and it definitely lived up to its name.
We had a wonderful time and decided that Heavenly would definitely be a place we would all visit again.
March also brings a month of madness. I have for years filled out a bracket for the tournament with my family; this year I put it in an intramural pool at SEU. My bracket is not doing that well at the moment; however, my team is still winning so I am content. I have been a KU fan ever since I have been in Jr. High; I don't think I have ever had anyone else winning the tournament in my bracket. This NCAA tournament is especially exciting for me because my friends and I are going to watch Kansas play in the elite 8 game in San Antonio, ROCK CHALK!
SOTD
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Fat Tuesday
I have never personally been the kid who gets excited about Lent. I often have found it to be annoying in sorts and something I never much cared for as far as being a practicing Catholic goes. However, I always have participated in the Lenten season and tried to simply "give up my suffering to Jesus" as my mom would say.
This year I am particularly excited about Lent! No, I am not giving something up for Lent, because honestly that isn't much of a challenge for me. I'm sure my dad could think of plenty of things that would challenge me but really I don't think I would benefit much if I gave something up; I already give things up on a regular basis just to see how it makes me feel. Instead of giving something up I plan to write a letter to a different person each day. I started trying to do this for Lent a few years back but never got very far into it; this year will be different.
This idea is inspired by my wonderful grandfather who I was having a lunch conversation with (my grandmother was contributing as well) about the beauty of correspondence through writing letters. With my schedule being as insanely crazy and hectic it is I hope that these Lenten letters let people in my life know that I care about them even if it seems like we haven't talked in ages.
Here is the SOTD
Love love love
LAW
This year I am particularly excited about Lent! No, I am not giving something up for Lent, because honestly that isn't much of a challenge for me. I'm sure my dad could think of plenty of things that would challenge me but really I don't think I would benefit much if I gave something up; I already give things up on a regular basis just to see how it makes me feel. Instead of giving something up I plan to write a letter to a different person each day. I started trying to do this for Lent a few years back but never got very far into it; this year will be different.
This idea is inspired by my wonderful grandfather who I was having a lunch conversation with (my grandmother was contributing as well) about the beauty of correspondence through writing letters. With my schedule being as insanely crazy and hectic it is I hope that these Lenten letters let people in my life know that I care about them even if it seems like we haven't talked in ages.
Here is the SOTD
Love love love
LAW
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