Applications

It's almost March! That means us freshman planning to get into the Athletic Training Education Program are putting the final touches on our applications. This includes two letters of recommendation, a physical, immunization records, and at least 80 hours of observation. Thankfully, we don't have to have those 80 hours until May. After turning in this application we have to do an interview. I'm not sure who's interviewing everyone though. I'm not sure how well that part will go. Of all the interviews I've done, only one went well in my eyes. Even my job interview didn't go the best (even though it was for Wendy's). I'm beginning to get very nervous about this. Everything is due on the first, minus the hours and interview. I'm hoping things go well enough that they won't have to be very strict in evaluating us, since there are only nine of us in the class and the application reads that they won't take more than ten per class. In case you can't tell, I'm a bit nervous. Checking off on modules makes me a little less nervous though and one of the upperclassmen just said that my ankle taping looked really good! Yay!

Taco Bell

I'm sure every college student just loves those late night runs to Taco Bell, Wendy's, McDonald's, pretty much any fast food restaurant. Last night was one of the more interesting ones I've had. I got some hours in for athletic training during the men's basketball game against Bluffton, but I didn't eat dinner before I went. Starving by the time I got back at almost 10:00 pm, I decided it was a good night for a Taco Bell run. Without even bothering to change out of my dress clothes, we hop in Austin's car and make the trip to Taco Bell (and Wendy's because Camille didn't want heartburn). Regretfully, I make the decision to listen in to a very loud and apparently funny conversation from across the room. Because of this, I think my IQ dropped quite a few points. There was a group of about five guys, all in their mid twenties, with one girl, who I genuinely pity. Apparently these guys decided to spend their evening quoting lines from movies: Stepbrothers, Billy Madison, other random Will Ferrell movies. At first I thought this would be entertaining. I thought that maybe I could hear the rest of the jokes and see where the lines came in to play. My fault for thinking they would actually put the lines in context. As the lone female of the group played with her hair and failed to laugh, they continued to do entire scenes and lines from these movies. Soon I noticed that I wasn't the only one listening to their "conversation". Finally, I had some other people to help me make fun of them. These guys continued for an hour. One solid hour of movie quotes that had absolutely nothing to do with anything. For the first time in my life, I wanted to be deaf. And I thought my friends were bad.

Internet

Not much has been going on here in Defiance, but luckily I've found something to write, and complain, about. A few months ago I was so excited to get my computer. I would be able to lay in bed and watch movies. I could even check my Facebook from the other side of my room at home. At home, this is possible. Now that I'm back here, it seems the connection isn't as strong. It has been taking me forever to connect. When it finally does connect, it won't open the pages or it takes even longer to load. It gets really inconvenient when I'm trying to check my email or do research from the comfort of my own dorm room. Granted, it's not that long of a walk from McReynolds to Dana, the Library, or even Hubbard. However, it's much more convenient to sit down at my desk and find what I need to.

"Spring" Cleaning

I know it's not exactly time for "Spring Cleaning", but lately I've been in the cleaning mood. This is very strange for me considering my room at home was always a disaster. I would pick everything up every once in a while, but thats a rare occurrence. My mom would tell me to clean, it wouldn't happen, then eventually she would get aggravated and clean my room for me (I always loved how that ended). Of course the downside is I wouldn't know where anything was. Now that I have to clean my own room, well our room, I've become a "neat freak" by my standards. I've been sweeping, taking out the trash all the time, making my bed, even dusting. I've even helped my boyfriend and his roommate clean their room a few times. I never thought I would care this much, but I really do. It's not even a burden anymore. It's become something to do when everybody is busy and I'm sitting in my room, alone. I don't even mind doing laundry anymore (minus the fact that I'm paying at least two dollars per load on a college budget).

A Great Weekend

Growing up, I had always been really close with my family. The time I got to spend with them was always very valuable to me. As you can imagine, it was pretty hard leaving home to go to college three hours away. I know it's not far, but it was a big step for me. So, of course, I love the small weekend trips back home that I can take every once in a while. Lately I had been feeling like I needed to get out of the dorms, and out of Defiance, so I took a trip home this past weekend. It was great to see everyone again, even though I had seen some of them just a couple of weeks ago. I timed this trip perfectly, too. I got to watch the Super Bowl (Go Steelers!), I got to watch Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in the Australian Open final (Go Rafa!), and I got to see my cousin and her family. They made a last minute decision to drive up from Georgia friday night. It was great to see Laura and Matt again, and I was amazed to see how much their two daughters had grown! It seems like the world has changed so much around me, and I haven't even noticed. I guess I need to make time between school and my social life to pay attention to the world and what is going on in it.