did that really just happen?!
May 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm | In BlogPosts, Ghana, Graduation | Leave a Commentit’s over!
I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology!
I know that I have not posted–literally all semester–so some life updates:
**I AM GOING TO GHANA!!! 41 days until we leave. We will be having literacy workshops for teachers –I am SO excited!
**GRAD SCHOOL! In the fall–A Master’s of Science in Education, with a Literacy Specialization in just one year–cannot wait!
**NEW COMPUTER? I really need one–am thinking about a MAC. Thoughts? Suggestions?
**DID I MENTION…that I graduated?!?
And really, just loving life! 
Some Life Updates
January 25, 2009 at 2:51 pm | In 100 days, half marathon, inauguration, volunteering | Leave a Commentoops. haha here goes the quickest update ever. again, i’ll try to update more regularly
a new semester! has involved some pretty exciting classes and a lot of work. so much for a slacking second semester senior year…(check that alliteration!)
some new goals! include running a half marathon. on may 31st. let’s discuss. 13.1 miles. i just laugh sometimes when i think about it. i think it’s a reachable goal though!
last weekend was insane. i met my family and went skiing, and when i got back on monday around 3 my (slightly insane) roommate decided that she wanted to go to dc for the inauguration. let’s just discuss the multiple e-mails that we had received prior telling us not to leave the area due to traffic. well, we did anyway. and had a super time witnessing history–but were back by 3am to go to an 8am class!
some pictures…
beautiful
soledad o'brien--the roomie's fave
i’ve been volunteering at a crisis pregnancy home for unwed mothers. it has been a real eye-opening experience and i really enjoy being there spending time with the mommas and babies
100 days until graduation whaaaaaaaaaat?! we have a big party on friday to celebrate the beginning of the countdown to the end. there will be a paperlink countdown chain in our apartment. pictures sure to come.
the end for now!
a dream is a wish your heart makes?
December 5, 2008 at 12:55 am | In BlogPosts, dream, dream analysis, sister, wedding, wish | 2 Commentsi just got an im from my sister that she had a dream about me last night…
a strange dream, that i thought was worthy of sharing–since apparently nothing else in my life has been worth sharing lately….
anyway, i was getting married. that in itself could be a dream…!
but it gets better. she wasn’t the maid of honor. or even a bridesmaid. my sister! she had the esteemed job of driving everyone to the church, supposedly looking awful.
logically, she decided to go home and shower quickly…but by the time she made it back, everything was over.
she missed my wedding. and has no clue who the (un?)lucky guy was….
dream analysis anyone? my psychology major brain is having a tough time with this one
over a month?
November 9, 2008 at 8:43 pm | In Election, Experiment, Ghana, Teach for America, classes | 1 Commentoops. so much for updating this thing regularly!
some life updates…in no particular order:
-Teach for America: I’m thinking yes. Seriously. Chicago? Phoenix? Those are my two top choices at the moment. Total opposites, I know. It wouldn’t be until after my Master’s year though–so I have a little while to decide.
-Ghana: Also thinking yes. This summer. To teach literacy. To children and teachers. Amazing? I just have to find the money. That is the issue. I applied for a scholarship today. Hopefully it works.
-Classes: We did our experiment last week! We are testing the effect of flashcards/writing on learning a new language. Basically we had four groups–one studied a list of words, one wrote a list, one studied premade flashcards, and one wrote their own flashcards. I’m basically fluent in Zulu. As in, I know the animals. We haven’t run our data yet, but I’ll keep you updated! Maybe.
-Training for a Half Marathon: HA! The goal is May. 13.1 miles! Funny, I know. We’ll see.
-Election: No matter who I voted for, I am proud of our country and the democracy that it is. I think this video is amazing.
-Life: is pretty much amazing
Light the Night
September 23, 2008 at 12:43 pm | In Light the Night | 1 Comment
As most of you know, my great-grandma died from leukemia almost three years ago, and that my grandma has been fighting leukemia for the past three years. Last year around this time, I participated in Light the Night, a walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I walked with friends in honor of Grandmamom and a friend’s friend, and it was a very inspiring night. I was even featured in their newsletter!
I plan on walking again this year, but I need your help! I need people both to sponsor me, and to walk with me! Please consider supporting me in this extremely important cause!!
If you want to walk with me (October 4th approx 6pm):
1. Go to www.lightthenight.org
2. Click Register (up at the top)
3. Click Join Team
4. Search for me or my team (Guardian Angels in Fredericksburg!) and join my team!
If you want to donate:
1. Go to www.lightthenight.org
2. Click Search for a Participant (on the left)
3. Search for my team (Guardian Angels in Fredericksburg!) and donate to my team!
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND I KNOW GRANDMAMOM DOES TOO!
Open to Suggestions?
September 22, 2008 at 10:02 am | In BlogPosts | Leave a CommentMy newest thought is…
Teach for America.
Ideas?
this is beautiful
September 21, 2008 at 10:37 pm | In BlogPosts | Leave a Commentseriously, made my day.
slacker.
September 18, 2008 at 10:57 pm | In babysitting, classes, life, overwhelmed, summer camp | Leave a Commentwow, i have been such a slacker!
let me just tell you, the water day that we planned for summer camp in my last post–not so smooth as we hoped. it turns out that the pipes need caps on the bottoms of them, or the water just leaks out the bottom. sweet. would have been helpful to know earlier. thanks. next year.
so summer camp ended august 8th. and i moved into school august 10th. and really haven’t stopped to slow down since. with my job as an ra, secretary of sea, campus pals coordinator, babysitting, and education department student rep, i feel like i don’t have a life! or maybe i have too much of a life? good question.
classes are going well, we get to do a real psychology experiment this semester, which should be quite interesting. my roommate and i are also in a history of psychology class, and our apartment has essentially been turned into a timeline of psychology to assist the learning process of that.
that is about it for now. i will definitely (try my best to) keep this thing updated way more often, for your (whoever “you” are–i know you’re out there, i see the stats!) reading pleasure!
sometimes i wonder how i live…
July 23, 2008 at 10:05 pm | In freak of nature, home depot, pvc pipes, summer camp, water day | 2 Commentsi’d like you to take a moment and imagine this scene in your head.
it’s about 4 o’clock on monday. tuesday is supposed to be “water day” at camp. i have this brilliant idea for a relay race that involves pvc pipes (the relay race is a whole totally different story!), so i take a little trip to home depot to purchase said pipes.
i wander around the store for awhile, and finally find what i am looking for. i pick up the 8 foot pipes, one under each arm, and try to make my way to the front of the store, meanwhile knocking people over left and right. i finally reach the register, where i am totally mocked by the guy at the check out. i pay for the pipes and head out to my car….
where i realize that my car is not 8 feet long, and thus there is no way these pipes are going to fit inside. i must have looked like such a fool trying to get them in every which way, but really no matter what i did they would not fit!
so i picked them back up and headed back into the store, praying i wouldn’t knock anymore innocent bystanders over. i walk to the customer service desk and told them that the pipes wouldn’t fit in my car and asked if they could saw them in half for me. they kindly told me to go to plumbing, where someone could help me.
except when i explained my dilemma to the sweethearts in plumbing, they told me they could not saw them for me, but that they could give me a saw.
and so they did.
they handed me a saw. in the middle of an aisle in home depot. and i began sawing. in the middle of an aisle in home depot. and nobody helped me. and i looked like the biggest freak of nature on this planet.
ALL FOR THOSE KIDS AND THEIR WATER DAY!
The Mind Reader…
July 8, 2008 at 9:10 pm | In aerodynamic, magic, mind reading, summer camp, swings | Leave a CommentSo I learned a magic trick. Called mind reading. And have the kids at camp COMPLETELY convinced that I can read their minds. I really think they are terrified of me. They keep asking me silly questions like, “what does it look like when you read minds?” and “when did you realize you could read minds?”
So of course I’m playing along with it. And every time I see a kid I tell them “I know what you’re thinking!” Pretty hilarious, really. We’ll see how long it lasts!!
And the quote of the day…
While pushing an 8 year old kid on the swing:
“How’s this for aerodynamic?!”
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