Shannon

I Saw the Sun!

Hey!

    You'll never believe it, but I saw the sun today! Well, I guess it's not too hard to believe because I'm sure you may have seen it, too. Although it was only out for a little while, it sure was nice. Then it started snowing again... When will it start feeling like spring again?

    Today was pretty uneventful just like every other day so far this week. I guess it can't be exciting all the time. I worked this morning. It was kind of boring because all I did was proofing. I wouldn't mind some mailing in the near future (like tomorrow) to mix things up a bit. I've done the same thing all week.

    After that I tried to scrounge up some lunch before Dignitas. I tried one of those cups of ramen noodles, thinking it would be a more convenient form of the normal packages they come in. I thought wrong...it was horrible. By the time I made that, got grossed out, and cleaned it up it was time for class. Dignitas was pretty fun today. Sister Therese (I think that's her name) came and talked about the history of St. Scholastica and the Benedictine sisters. It was really interesting to hear the history from her perspective, because I've always heard it from tour guides and professors. Then she brought us on a tour of the monastery and chapel. Even though I've been to those places, it was interesting to hear what she had to say about them. Our last stop was in the monastery dining room, where we had a snack that she had prepared for us. She made little strawberry cheesecakes and brownie-like bars that were very delicious. It was so nice of her. She is such a kind and sweet lady. :)

    After that I went to bingo. It was entertaining, like usual, and pretty fun. :) Some of those old ladies make me laugh so hard. :) It's fun because I'm getting to know some of them. But I better get going know. I have a busy Friday coming my way. I hope you have a good one!

Out for now...

Shannon :)

Long Days and Icky Weather

Hello!

    Well, these past two days have been a lot better than Monday...thank goodness. The weather hasn't changed much, though. It's been cloudy, rainy/snowy, and chilly ALL WEEK! It's starting to get depressing because I haven't seen the sun in so long. :( When it wasn't raining today, it was snowing and now it's back to snowing.

    Yesterday was my usual Tuesday. I had biology lab early in the morning, which was difficult. I took NyQuil before I went to bed (at 9:00) and when I woke up at seven the next morning, it was so hard to get up...even though I slept extremely well. It felt like the cold medicine hadn't worn off yet. Biology lab was interesting, though, so that made things better. We're starting the section on animals, which I find much more interesting than plants. However, we're now learning about plants in lecture, so it's a little weird. I wish lab would have lined up with lecture better. We have Dr. Thoemke for lecture now and she made an eye-opening speech about the importance of plants, so I'm starting to appreciate learning about them. She explained that they're important and should be of interest to doctors, because plants are used for medicinal purposes. So I'm trying my best to keep an open mind. I worked after lab, then had my clarinet lesson, and that's about it.

    I wasn't able to blog last night because the internet wasn't working. That was pretty annoying. I think they're experiencing troubles with it or something, because I got an e-mail saying the internet was going to be down Sunday morning for updates and such. They're really good at taking care of the glitches. 

     I had my usual Wednesday classes today. They were fine. :) Mondays and Wednesdays are just so long... I kind of wish; actually, I really wish band was earlier in the day. It's from 3:30 until 5:00, but I suppose it's then so that it doesn't get in the way of other classes. But it just makes the day long. I better get used to it, though, because I'll most likely be taking it for another three years. I really enjoy band, so I shouldn't be complaining. :) It's lots of fun!

    Becca, Nikki, Alison, Britteny, and I had supper together again. Then we went to Storm's and got ice cream. I think it's turning into a tradition. :) It was a lot of fun. I can't wait until next year-when we're roommates.

    Speaking of next year...I have the classes I'm planning on taking figured out. I'm hoping to take Anatomy and Physiology, Organic Chemistry, The Philosophical Perspective (philosophy), Christian Faith Through Art (the Rome trip), and band. It's going to be quite a load, but I'm excited to finally be taking classes other than gen. ed. requirements. I'm going to be so busy, though... Sophomores get to register on April 1st, so I'll be up at midnight on March 31st. Haha. :) I remember it was kind of exciting last semester when my roommates and I were registering for spring semester classes.

    Well, I better get going now. I hope you're all having a terrific week even if it's cloudy and icky where you are. :)

Out for now...

Shannon :)

Un dia muy horrible...

Hey,

    Well, I think today has been one of my worst days ever up here. The weather is just nasty. It's been raining and cloudy all day and now it's foggy. There are big, slushy puddles everywhere. Beside the horrible weather, it's just been a horrible day for me. I came down with a cold this weekend and it reached its peak today...I hope. I felt sick and tired all day. The dreary weather didn't lift my spirits at all, either.

    Laura was sick with a cold the last two weeks, so she had plenty of cold medicine to give me. I'm going to take NyQuil at 9:00 and go to bed. It's no fun to be anywhere but home when you're sick...so I'm feeling really homesick right now. Today was so busy, too. I had biology, Spanish, calculus, band, and clarinet ensemble. My mouth still gets sore when I practice for more than 3o minutes, so it was a bit painful to play for an hour of band and then an hour of clarinet ensemble...

    Spanish is kind of frustrating right now...actually it's really frustrating. I'm hoping it will be better on Wednesday, since today was just bad in general. I really don't like starting a class halfway through the semester. Note to self: never do that again. Let's just hope things get better.

    I'm so exhausted and I just want to go to bed. I'm going to study spanish and biology until 9:00 and then I'm going to do just that (go to bed). I hope your day wasn't as horrible as mine.

Out for now...

Shannon :(

Bingo and Pizza

Hey!

    Today jus flew by. It wasn't too interesting or anything, though. I worked, went to Dignitas, and volunteered. That was the school-related part of my day. Volunteering (bingo) was really fun today, like always. I really love old people. They're all so nice and grateful for any help you give them. Some are so funny, too! There is one lady that is absolutely hilarious and she cracks me up every time! She's always so happy and excited to play bingo and her cheerful personality is kind of funny. :)

    Laura, Josh (her boyfriend), and I went out for pizza at Pizza Hut after I got done with bingo. We had a good time. Now I'm back at the suite. I really didn't have any homework or studying to do tonight, so that was nice. But I think I'll look over some Spanish before I go to bed.

    Laura and I are going home again tomorrow for the weekend. I'm excited, because I love home. :) We probably wouldn't be going, but Laura has to go dress shopping for a wedding that she's going to be in and this is the weekend the bride chose to do so. Haha. Well, I'm going to get ready for bed because I have another busy day ahead of me.

Out for now...

Shannon :)

Nice Weather and a New Class

Hello!

    I hope you are all having a wonderful week. The weather has been so nice all week and I love it so much!!! I hope it stays nice out for now on and doesn't snow anymore. That would be utterly disappointing. Becca and I are plannin on running outside again tomorrow, so it better be nice out. :)

    Today wasn't as busy as I had anticipated, so that was nice. I had the usual biology this morning and calculus this afternoon. But in between those two I had Spanish. It was definitely a little weird starting halfway into the semester. There are probably four or five other new students, but the majority of the class had taken the Spanish class that comes before this one the first half of the semester. It was a little confusing just because I didn't know what exactly was going on, since they seemed to pick right up where they had left off. I'm sure I'll adjust in no time, though. :) I really like Spanish...at least I did the four years I took it in high school. Hopefully I'll continue to like it here. :) 

    I finished my Dignitas paper tonight. It's just the rough draft that is due tomorrow, so it's not a big deal. Our finished product is supposed to be between five and seven pages. I had a really hard time writing five pages on my topic, but I did it and it feels good to be done. :) Becca, Nikki, Britteny, Alison, and I ate supper together again tonight. It was really fun, as usual. I'm really glad we're going to be roommates next year, well Alison isn't one of them, but the other three are. I think we get along really well. Hopefully it stays that way...

    I work tomorrow morning, then I have Dignitas, and I volunteer after that. I think I like Thursdays. They just seem a lot easier than Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays...especially since I have another class on those days. Becca and I are hopefully going to run after that, so I'm planning on nice weather! :) Have a happy Thursday!

Out for now...

Shannon :)

Back to Business (busy-ness)

Hey everyone!

    I'm back on campus as of Sunday night. It felt a little weird to be back, like usual, but it didn't take long to get back into the swing of things again. My spring break was very relaxing and I enjoyed it very much. My wisdom teeth removal surgery went very well. I think I'm mostly healed now, but I still have some soreness. I'm not able to play my clarinet yet. I tried on Monday and it hurt excrutiatingly. I tried again today, as well, and it wasn't any better. It feels like my holes are expanding and I'm pretty sure it made them start bleeding a little when I tried playing on Monday, which didn't make me very happy. So I basically recovered the whole time last week. It was nice, though, not having to do anything. My mom and I spent a lot of time together, because she had the week off, too. We had so much fun! 

    I actually forgot to blog yesterday...it must have been because I haven't done it for over a week. Oops! Oh well, yesterday wasn't too interesting. I only had biology and calculus since I couldn't go to band. Laura was really sick yesterday. I felt so bad for her, so I walked over to her apartment after biology and brought her some Sierra Mist and crackers. She's all better today! It must have been because of me...haha...just kidding! I'm glad she's better, though, because it's no fun to be sick.

    Today wasn't so bad, either, because I couldn't have my clarinet lesson. I just had biology lab this morning. We watched a movie on ocean creatures. It was really interesting...but it's not the best idea to watch a movie at 8:00 in the morning when your'e tired. Turning the light off doesn't help, either. Let's just say it's a good thing it wasn't any longer than it was, because toward the end I could feel my eyes slowly closing.

    Laura and I had lunch after I got done working, then we went grocery shopping. When I got back here, Becca and I went for a run outside. It was so nice out and perfect running weather. We probably ran a little over four miles. Then we ate supper with Nikki and Alison and afterward they came over to our suite and we wathced the Princess Bride. I had never seen it. It was pretty funny.

    I've been working on my Dignitas paper ever since the movie got done. I think I'm experiencing writer's block, because I just can't think of anything more to write. I have three and a half pages and I need five. Yikes!

    Well, I need to get to bed now. I'm pretty exhausted. Tomorrow is going to be pretty busy. I start my Spanish class. I have it right before calculus, so that's going to be a rush. Talk to you later.

Out for now...

Shannon :)

BREAK!!!

Hey!

    Break is finally here! I'm done with all of my classes for the week! Calculus got done early, so that was super nice. We got a homework assignment, which isn't so nice. It shouldn't be too bad, though.

    Other than that, I really don't have much homework to do over break. I need to work on putting together a rough draft for my Dignitas paper that is due the week we come back. It's the first of two high stakes writing assignments that all of the Dignitas classes have to do. We can basically write about anything we're passionate about and tie dignity into it, I think. I'm writing about socialized medicine and the negative impact it has on the quality of health care and doctors. I'm using evidence from countries that currently have the socialized medicine system to make my point. Then I'm talking about how it negatively affects the dignity of doctors because it takes away their incentive to do well. I'm kind of excited about this paper... :)

    I'm just sort of killing time until Laura gets done with her internship, then we can go home. I just want to go home now, though! I still need to finish packing and I need to do my cleaning job for the week. I have to clean the toilet and shower...eew. I actually prefer that job over cleaning the floors. That one's the worst. Well, I think I'll go and take care of those things. After that, I might work on some homework for a while and then it will probably be time to go! I can't wait! Have a terrific week and I'll talk to you when I get back! :)

Out for now...

Shannon :)

One More Day!

Hello!

    One more day until spring break!!! I can't wait! Tomorrow should be a pretty easy day, too, because I only have biology and calculus.

    Today was a good day, too. :) I worked from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. I spent an hour doing the same mailing stuff as yesterday and then the other hour doing corrections. I had lunch and got ready for Dignitas after that. Dignitas got done about 40 minutes early today, so that was nice. I had spare time before it was time to head to the BHC for bingo.

    Bingo was really fun today. I helped the same lady that I've helped the three previous weeks. I get a kick out of her because she's so funny! I almost didn't get to sit by her today because when I got to the bingo room today, she wasn't there yet. She's usually there before I get there, so I just go and sit by her. So I went and sat at the same table we usually sit at and then someone wheeled her in and put her at a different table. I went over there and asked if she could come sit by me, though, so she did. I think she was happy to see me again. :) It was fun.

    I went over to Laura's again for supper. We had spaghetti and garlic bread. It was very delicious! We watched some more episodes of 7th Heaven, too. Then I did my calculus homework and came back to the suite. So now I'm here and I'll probably go to bed soon. I haven't been sleeping well all week, so I'm sort of exhausted. I don't know why, but it's been so hard to fall asleep and then once I finally fall asleep I wake up a lot. It's horrible! I hope I can get a good night's sleep tonight.

Out for now...

Shannon :)

7th Heaven and Junk Food!

Hello everyone!

    Today felt like a Thursday. That's never good when it's only Wednesday. I'm so excited to be done with my biology test, though!!! :) :) :) The rest of my week should be easy. I don't really have anything going on besides my usual classes. I don't have anything due, either. :) I can't wait for spring break!

    Today was pretty fun. I worked for two hours after the biology test. It was a mailing day and we had to put stickers on little cards/orientation brochures. It was easier than the usual folding of letters and stuffing them into envelopes. It went a lot faster, too, and I didn't get any paper cuts. I had lunch with Laura after that, which is always fun. :) I'm going over to her apartment once her evening class is done and we're going to start watching the newest season of 7th Heaven that just came out on DVD. I'm excited!

    Becca and I went for a run after calculus. It felt so good. We ran 4 miles on the upper track and let me tell you, 26 laps gets a little boring. I just want to go running outside. It was pretty nice out today, so it would have been good for running, but Becca didn't really want to. I definitely don't plan on running any more than 4 miles on the track, though, so it better stay nice out. 

    Becca and I went and ate with Nikki, Allison, and Britteny at the Greenview tonight. We've been eating supper together quite a bit and it's really fun. They're really funny. Nikki and Britteny are going to be our roommates next year. It should be fun. 

    I'm so excited to go and watch 7th Heaven! I bought us some treats. Laura wanted chocolate, so I got her a Snickers bar, then I got a Hershey's cookies n' cream bar (because they're really good), and tropical starbursts. Then... after supper Becca wanted to go to Storm's and get ice cream, so I went with and got Laura and I some, too. Haha. We're going to eat a lot of junk tonight. Good thing I ran. :) Well, she's almost done with class, so I better get going.

Out for now...

Shannon :)

Biology, Biology, Biology

Hey!

    Today wasn't as busy as I had anticipated, which was good. It started off pretty well. For biology lab, we were supposed to go snowshoeing around campus to identify different trees. Well, our professor couldn't get the snowshoes before our lab, so we ended up walking around identifying trees. I was glad to be wearing boots. Although we didn't have snowshoes, it was really fun. It was kind of funny because our professor didn't know her way around, so she had to rely on us. Haha. :)

    Instead of working today, I decided to study biology. I took a little nap first, though. I love having a flexible job. :) I will make up my hours tomorrow after my biology test. I'm  a little nervous! I hope it goes as well as the last one.

    I played my solo, called Gymnopedie, at the Lenten Vesper service today. It went really well. :) The sisters sang a song in chant. It was neat to listen to. For one of our band pieces, we have to chant for a small section. So it was interesting to hear what chant is supposed to sound like. The service was about half an hour and it got me in the mood for lent.  

    I'm just so excited for spring break! The rest of my week should be pretty easy after my biology test tomorrow. I just hope it goes fast. I guess I really don't have much to say. The majority of my day was spent studying...and the majority of my night has been and will continue to be spent studying. It's not much fun now, but hopefully it will be fun when I get my exam back...meaning I did well. :) Have a great day tomorrow!

Out for now...

Shannon :)