Midterm Week

Last week was a struggle to get all my work done, somehow I managed. I had a history paper due, a history test, and I had a psychology exam. These weren't just any exams, they were the midterm exams.My psychology exam was 48 essay questions. I've never felt so overwhelmed in my life. I ended up getting through it but not being able to go out with my friends, I also wasn't able to participate in many social activities which sucked but I figure I did pretty well on everything and used my time right so it got done. I'm just happy that this week I don't have anything to study for. However, next week I have two exams so it's back to the books. Maybe so it's not so stressful, I'll study for one test this week, and the other next week that way it's not such a struggle to get everything done in one week, because in my English class I also have a research paper due that I have to work on. I am so ready for next semester already!

Family

This coming weekend I am so excited because I get to go home and see all my family that I haven't seen in years! All of my family is from California and they're all coming down to surprise my mom for her birthday. I love visiting them there, and I really miss it. I wish we still lived there with everyone. I'm also somewhat excited to be back at home. I like being here at Ball State, but I also really like just going home to Carmel and sleeping in my own bed and being with all my family, and best of al having my car back. This weekend should be fun and very memorable and I'm very excited to see everybody finally! I'm ready to go back home.

Roomies B-day

This weekend is my roommate Amanda Tharp's birthday! :) We're so excited for this weekend!!! We have a bunch of friends coming up to hangout and we have a lot of stuff going on that will be fun. After tomorrow I'll be more ready for the weekend. I have to finish my tests and all my homework I have so that I can go out. Tomorrow is also my sister's birthday and Sunday is my brother's birthday. There's so many birthdays this weekend! I can't wait for this weekend!! I'm also excited for the Homecoming football game this Saturday! We'll for sure be tailgating and going to the game.

Happpy Birthday Amanda Tharp!!!

Wedding

This weekend my roommate and I are attending our best friend's sister's wedding. We have been so excited and counting down all week! Amanda is a bridesmaid in the wedding, a few of my other friends and I are invited to the reception and it's going to be a blast. I am also excited to go home and see my family again, I also can get more laundry done- finally! It's been years since I've been in/ to a wedding. I am so excited for my best friend's sister and I can't wait for the wedding!

Open Letter Statement

1. I was influenced to write an open letter to Michael Jackson because he is my favorite singer, and I feel very strongly about how much better he looked before he bleached his skin.

2. Michael Jackson was a phenomenal singer and dancer but believed he didn't fit in, I wanted to write him a letter to prove him wrong.

3. Michael Jackson, all though he is dead, I would have liked a response explaining as to why he believed he didn't fit in. He was truly a  stand-out in the music industry and was so great at what he did, I feel he should know that so my letter will be addressed to Michael Jackson giving advice, and explaining to him that he is so much better than he believed he was.

Being Sick

A lot of people I know have been getting sick lately, including myself stuck with strep. My roommate has been sick for about two weeks and now I am. Our friends across the hall have also been sick the past couple weeks, I guess I was just the last to get it. I feel like the out hall should do a much better job on keeping the halls and bathroom sanitary. The bathrooms could be much cleaner as well as the halls. The dorm room is you and your roommates job to clean up not the janitors. There is no such thing as maid service here. A good reason a lot of students are getting sick could be because of the dust collection in the rooms. It doesn't help when the fans are blowing the dust around either from room to room. Any way, I think we should do a better job of keeping out halls and bathroom clean to prevent from getting sick, and for just better sanitation.

Final Draft Responses

I wrote about Thanksgiving and the fall season that is coming up. I was called on to write because of the weather outside. There were leaves blowing, and the air was cool and crisp and I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. It was so nice not to be able to walk to class sweating because of the heat. I established my purpose in great detail about the fall season and whats to come during the seasons, ( the holidays and such). I wanted to have the readers to get an imagination of how they connect to their favorite memories and season, and past childhood. Everyone has a season and environment that relates them to a favorite memory of theirs. I discussed my ideas with my roommate and our friend across the hall and we reminisced about walking to class with a Star bucks cup in one hand, and our leggings and sweaters and boots. When the weather is cool and nice to walk to class to, and there's leaves everywhere. Just the atmosphere is what gets me excited.

The writing hardly took me long to think of at all. I came up with lots of ideas right away without hardly any hesitation. Once you get me started talking on something I love, I could go on forever in great detail without much brainstorming.

Before my rough draft, I made an outline discussing all the things I love about Fall and I made my rough draft off of that. It was pretty easy to follow, and simple to come up with the ideas and memories.

I received some feedback on to much random detail. I immediately fixed that and made my paper more organized and explained my entire day of Thanksgiving instead of jumping around with random Fall facts. I edited and proofread the final draft and was pleased with how much better my final draft sounded. It was so much more organized.