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!

Meme

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Busy Busy Busy

Our basketball season has officially started!  This means that things are going to get very very busy for the next few months.  I'm just getting used to this whole college thing, being away from home and having a strict schedule of things day by day.  Practice, working out, eating, study table minutes, class, homework, sleeping, all of it!  It seems crazy busy.  Now that our season has officially started and we have started games it's only going to get even more busy with all of the traveling and team requirements. I'll definitely be prepared to take all of my studying on the bus for our away games.

I know that I am going to miss home a lot because I won't be able to go back as much as I want too.  I think that that is going to be one of the hardest parts for me.

Thursday's Class/Peer Editing

On Thursday's class we strictly peer edited our rough drafts of our analysis papers.  Personally, I like peer editing because it gives you at least two different opinions and outlooks from your classmates and one from Prof. Mickey on your paper before it is turned in for your final grade.  I think that it really helps me get my thoughts together and be able to think more about my paper after reading a couple of my classmate's papers as well. Personally, I am not a big fan of reading them out loud only because I like to read it on paper more so that I can refer back to something if I don't quite understand what the writer was trying to say and if it didn't make sense to me.

I was also happy that once we were done editing two people's papers we were allowed to leave.  I was a little disappointed about having to miss the men's basketball exhibition game, which started at 7pm on Thursday night, but because we were allowed to leave once we were done editing I was able to make it to the majority of the game, just a little bit late.