The End of English Class/Christmas Break

Tonight was our last night of English 1050! I can't believe how fast it has gone by, along with all of my other classes.  I enjoyed this class and I was glad to meet everyone in the class.  It was enjoyable.

I am looking forward to Christmas break so much!  I cannot wait to be able to go home for a few days and take a break from things and enjoy time relaxing with friends and family.  It will be weird being here for basketball practice when the campus is dead because everyone else is at home for a month.  I can honestly say it's weird to have to be away from home all the time and miss the things that I've grown up my whole life doing.  Missing Thanksgiving was really tough for me so I know that missing things that I want to do over Christmas break will be even harder.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Project 4

For our final project, the group that I am in has decided to do the holocaust for our subject of history.  I think that it will be very interesting to research and write a narrative in the perspective of the people who tried to survive.  At first we had a semi-difficult time trying to come up with something that we all thought that we could write about, but then after we got more clarification on what exactly the instructions were for the project it made it a lot easier to come up with a topic.

It is so weird that the semester is almost over and only a couple classes left.  JJ and I will be traveling for a game on Tuesday so we won't be able to come to class.  That means that her and I only have one class left which will be Thursday.  It's crazy to think about.  This year has gone by pretty fast so far.

December

I can't believe that December is already almost here and pretty soon we will be having final exams, heading home for winter break, and changing classes for the second semester.  I feel that this year has gone by pretty fast so far and it's hard for me to believe that December is already here.  There's a lot to do in the next couple of weeks including projects for different classes and final exams.  It can get pretty stressful, especially with basketball and traveling, but I am going to do my best to stay ahead of schedule so I don't get more stressed out than I need to be.  Thankfully we get a few days off during break to head home and be with family, but we have a couple games over break so we will be here for most of the break practicing and traveling for our games.  I'm excited to be able to go home for a few days and spend time with my family, especially after being gone in Arizona for Thanksgiving.

Project 3 is stressing me out a little bit because of the fact that we were gone in Arizona for all of Thanksgiving break and I haven't had much time at all to work on it.  We are also traveling tomorrow night and have a game Wednesday night, so I will have to work on it on the bus on the way to and from Detroit, as well as Wednesday morning during our study time.

Going back to a high school basketball game

Saturday I had to go home to get my haircut because I am too nervous to get it cut anywhere else than where I have been getting it cut for my entire life.  Thankfully my home is only about an hour and ten minutes from here so going home for any doctors appointments or other appointments like a haircut or dentist appointment are pretty convenient for me when it fits in my schedule.  Anyways, after my haircut on Saturday I decided to stay the night at home and go to my former high school's basketball game. My sister is on the team now and I was so excited that I was able to watch her play!  It was so weird going back and watching my former teammates and close friends play and to not be out there but just watching in the stands.  I couldn't believe how different it would be actually watching and not being able to put on a uniform.  They beat our high school rival that night and it was really exciting to see!

I also got to see my only senior teammate from last year, who I have played basketball with since 7th grade.  It was so weird but so exciting because we haven't seen each other in such a long time and she was one of my closer friends as well.  It was so weird to be there with her and watch the team we played for together for the previous four years and not be able to put on a uniform.

It was so nice to see everyone and I'm hoping that I can go back for more of their games this season, especially to be able to support my sister!

Traveling

Tuesday night was our first night of traveling for basketball this season.  It was a whole new experience for me going from traveling the night of a game in high school to traveling a day before a game in college.  We traveled Tuesday night to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to play University of Wisconsin Milwaukee on Wednesday night.  We arrived at the hotel in downtown Milwaukee late Tuesday night and spent the night there.  Waking up on Wednesday morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then an hour of study time.  Following that we had a shoot around and we were able to come back to the hotel after to shower and have our pregame meal before leaving for the game.  It is definitely different to travel the night before and to miss classes on game day.  It really makes you have to plan ahead to meet with teachers and establish what you are going to miss and what will need to be done the day that you return to class.  So far it's been fun, but it can be overwhelming with the amount of homework that's given in my classes and the time that is put into basketball as well.  I guess time management is the key!

Mystery

I am planning on doing my third project on mystery short stories.  I think that this will be interesting because mystery stories always seem to hold anyone's attention because of the suspense and the elements that are used throughout the story.  I think that it is necessary for any mystery story to have surprise, suspense, unexpected events, and tension building throughout the story.  A couple of mystery short stories that I have read have been pretty interesting and both seem to have all of those elements that are necessary for a short story.  I am looking forward to this project and I think that it will be interesting to read more mystery short stories.  I might have a little bit of a hard time writing my own, but I think that it will be interesting and after some thought I'm sure that I will be able to come up with an idea.

Thanksgiving

I think it's crazy how Thanksgiving is two weeks away! And after that, Christmas is right around the corner. Our basketball team is going to be in Arizona for a tournament over Thanksgiving break, which will be a lot of fun and hopefully the weather will be nice!  Personally, I think it stinks that I won't get to go home for our traditional family Thanksgiving dinner with my cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandmas and grandpas.  It's a bummer and I know that I'm going to really miss it a lot.

My mom decided that since I won't be home over Thanksgiving break this year that I can go home this weekend after our game on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday we are going to have a Thanksgiving meal. I'm so excited and thankful!