My Weekend

I am so excited to be back in my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi this weekend. It's a blessing to be here with my mother. I miss her so much because I haven't seen her in like two weeks. What would I do if I went to school in Texas or somewhere far away where I couldn't come home every weekend? I would probably lose my mind. I'm glad i'm only an hour in a half away from home. If I need anything, I can just ask my mother and she will give it to me. Another reason why I am exicted to be home is because the Mississippi State Fair in town. I am so ready to go and eat up all of my favorites. I love to eat ice cream , chicken on a stick, fish, lemonade, and candy apples. I am also ready to have a good time with my best friend Ke-anna. When we get together, we always have fun. When we go to the fair, it's like a family reunion. You see all your old friends and everyone you know. That's why this is a event that everyone should attend every year.I also came home because I miss my church. I work in the nursery with the babies and I haven't been there in like three weeks. I know they miss my help and the kids miss me to too. My life just don't seem right because I haven't been going to church. When I do go, I feel so good inside. It just makes me so happy. Can't wait until Sunday to see my church family and get the word of the lord.

My Life Lately

During these past few weeks of school, I have had so much fun. Everyday has been a journey. So many differnt things to do. First I have to go to class. Then, I have fun with my friends and see what they are up too. There are also so many meetings that go on around campus involving differnt organizations. Finally, I try to fit a little time to study into my schedule.When I go to class, it feels like all of my energy is taking away from me. I am attentive and take notes but I just feel so tired sometimes. I don't really know what it is. Maybe it is because I don't get enough sleep at night. I need to learn how to get off the phone at night and take my butt to sleep. It's hard trying to wake up a six thirty to get ready for an eight o'clock class. Hopefully I will get use to it before the semester is over.When I'm with my friends, it's like I have no cares at all. I forget about all the homework and other things that give me headache. We just have so much fun and laugh about everything. Most of the time we just sit around and do nothing but talk to each other about our problems. I love hanging with my friends. Without them I would be a sad person.Half of my time goes to this organization called AASO. This organization helps you to get involved on campus and helps you meet new people that have already experienced what we are going through now. They have different branches of the organization such as community service, dance team, and gospel choir. My friends and I am apart of the gospel choir. We love to sing. When I get through doing all of these things, I try to find time for studying. I have to study to get through college, so i do what i have to do.

My Shopping Addiction

Shopping is a very bad habit that I have inherited from my mother. We both love to shop for everything you think of. This is a really hard habit to break.You go in the store and see all these beautiful things. It seems like they are calling your name. They want to come home with you. I buy everything that I can afford. Sometimes I buy thing that I know I sholudn't have. I just love expensive things. Even tho I don't have the budget to buy expensive things, I still manage to get what I want.My mother does the same exact thing. She will go in the store and buy whatever she wants. She claims that she don't have any clothes. My mother has two closets full of clothes and shoes. She has enough for each season, the whole year around. I'm the one that grows out of my clothes every year. So I need to get new clothes every year. My mother and I also love to shop for shoes. Shoes are like the most important thing to have. If you don't have shoes on your feet, you are screwed. I love to shop for flats, heels, and boots. I like to wear flats to shop and just around the city. I love to wear heels on special occasions such as weddings, parties, or just a night out on the town. My other addiction is purses. I love to wear and shop for them. When you have a nice purse on your arm, your outfit is complete. It also makes you feel good inside. Going to the mall and shopping just makes you feel good. That's why I love to shop.

Homework @ USM

The homework at the University of Southern Mississippi is so no difficult. It's just a lot to do at one time. You would think that it would be better since you only have five classes. No it is not like that. The homework just hit you like a bomb at the end of the week. You think that you are good for the whole week. Then, you get to classes and the teacher says that the assignment is due Friday. You are mad because you know you have other homework due for each of you other classes.I love doing my homework online. It's fun and so different from what i am use to. You think that the work will be easy for you to complete since the teacher went over it in class. That is not aways the case. When you get online, you realize that some of the work it new to you. The teacher did not go over it. You are worried how you are going to do this work. If you wanna pass the class, you know you have to do the work. While you are trying to complete your work, you get frustrated and upset because you have to figure out how to do it. You may try to put if off until the next day. In the back of your mind you know that the deadline is slowly approaching. You say that you will do it the night before it is due. When that night come, you get upset,tired, and start blaming yourself for waiting until the last minute to do homework. Finally you complete it a few minutes before it is due and is so relieved.This is the reason why you should always pay attention in class. Read your syllabus daily and make sure you study for test and quizzes. Also complete all assignment's that are due for the week. By doing these things, you should be able to get through your college years.

Rodents and Critters

Rodents, critters and animals get on last nerves went i see them around campus. Every time i go to class i see a cat running around here. They are everywhere. It seem like they are running this school. I believe that people feed those cats. I see cat food and bowls all around campus. I personally can not stand cats. They give me a headache and seems as if they are always in the way. Some are black, orange and brown. They all are fat and very healthy so you know they are getting fed really good. Everytime i walk past them i feel like i am getting the evil eye or something. I feel like they are about to attack me with thosse ugly greens eyes. That makes me sick. Sometimes i just want to grab them and shake them by the neck so they can die. One night that my friends and i where walking, we saw this big fat fury looking thing. We did not know what it was. It looked like an big fat rat. That's what my friends and i thought it was. A girl that was behind us told us that it was a possuem. It looked so gross. That was the ugliest thing i ever seen in my life. I was running back to my dorm to get away from that thing. That was nasty. In my dorm, we have a problem with little bugs and roaches running around. One girl even found a mouse in her room. Thank God that i haven not found anything in my room. sometimes i see roaches lying on their backs in the hallways. This is a big problem that needs to be dealt with

Fresh Food Company

My experience in the fresh food sucks. They have the same food everyday. It does not feel good waking up in the morning knowing that they are going to have the same food in the cafe everyday. They aways have baked chicken and cheese toast. I love baked chicken but sometimes it just get old to me. I absolutely will not eat cheese toast for my dinner. I am not use to that. At home, I get a full meal prepared for me everyday. I really miss those days of being able to eat whenever and whatever you want to when you get ready. Now you have to eat was is being cooked everyday when it is n ot even that good. That really gets on my nerves. It like makes me want to go to the mall or somewhere off campus just to get a good meal. We deserve to get a great meal prepared for use everyday because of how much we pay for our meal plan. We should be eating steaks and everything else. Sometimes me and my friends go to Hillcrest to get something to eat. The food is so much better than the food in fresh food. The food is seasoned a whole lot better and taste more homemade. I could eat in there everyday. Everyone talks about the freshman fifteen. I know that i want gain those pounds because of the food that is not appetizing. The red beans and rice really makes me want to throw up. I will never eat that again. Now i am force to eat in there everyday or starve.

The 2008 Election

When the news announced that Barack Obama was the next president, i was so happy. I could not do anything but yell. It was a wonderful experience for a lot of people. Everyone in the quad was outside of there rooms yelling and cheering because of his victory. It was so exciting. Everyone was running around giving peple hugs and saying that we mad it. Some people were looking at us crazy because they wanted McCain to win. He was too old to be a president anyway. I did not think that he was qualify for the job. I believe that everyone should have voted for Obama. He is the one that can get the job done. He is a well qualified man that deserve this title. He has made a difference in so many peoples lives. A lot of people that i knew cried when he won. He is the first african american president. This is something that people thought they wiuld never see. We were always told that black people were no good and would never amount to nothing. Obama is a symbol of achievement for black people. This has been a dream that we never thought would happen. When we was younger and someone said that they wanted to be a president, we would say choose something else because you know that is not true. Today we can tell our children that that is a dream that can be accomplished.

My First Semester

This semester has been very good so far. I have had a lot of fun being around my friend and getting to know other people. Now that i have gotton use to the campus, i never want to leave. I love spending the weekend here with my USM family. They make me feel comfortable and welcomed. I never thought of college life being this fun. It actually turned out to better than i thought it would be. USM is my favorite place to be right now. I could not see myself at any other college. I know that God has led me in the right direction. This school just seem so perfect to me. All of my teachers are wonderful and have great values. I know that i will get the proper education that i need to succeed in live. USM is not too big or too small. It is just the right size for me. All of my classes are in walking distance and are not far from my dorm. My friends life by me and we get to meet for lunch and other things. It is so fun living on a college campus. When i first got here, i din't think that i would like it at all. My parents left me and i was here all alone. I was searching for my friends and i could not find them. When i finally found them, i was so excited. I was alone anymore with all of these strange people that i did not know. I will never forget my college experience. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Mardi Gras Break

This Mardi Gras break has been so boring. I really did not get a chance to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to. I never seem to. I glad that I got a chance to get away from school and come home to visit my family. I am so ready to go back to school now. When I got home, I thought I was going to be visiting all of my friends but it didin't go like that. Most of my friends have jobs and boyfriends. They are all wrapped up in that and I guess they don't have time for me but I understand. I know I get busy sometimes too. I'm glad that I got to see my family tho. I kinda wanted to go to mardi gras in new orleans but i was afraid the way everyone was talking about it. They say a lot of crime happens there late at night. If I wanted to go I would have went there in the day time not a night. That is when the crazy people come out. I would have been highly upset if someone would have tried to snatch my purse or pick by pocket. I remember when I when there like five years ago with a school group. We had a very nice time. We went to the aquarium, the mall, and burbon street to a parade. It was fun because we were catching all the beads, bags, cups, and everything else they were throwing out. It probably would have been more fun if I would have went this year since I am old enough to get in clubs and other things now. OH WELL!!!!!

Spring Time

I am sooooo happy the the spring time is finally arriving. The weather will be so nice and pleasant. The sun will be out all the time and you will be able to stay outside more. I can't wait to wear all the pretty spring colors. I am also ready to wear my shorts and flip flops again. I haven't wore them in like forever. The weather has been so crazy lately. I doesn't know what it want to do. I am so tired of it. One day it want to be cold then the next day it want to be hot. That makes me mad because I have to check the weather everyday before I go to class. At least in the summer time you know it's going to be hot everyday. In the spring time you know it is going to warm up in the middle of the day so you don't have to wear a lot of clothing. You can dress normal or anyway you like. I am just really tired of the cold weather. I have to walk all the way on the other side of campus just to get to class. It's already bad enough that it is early in the morning when I have to go to class and the cold just makes it worst. I have to remember to put on my socks, gloves, and hat just to go out in the cold. That is ridiculious. I love staying inside while it is cold outside but I hate going outside in it. That's why I am so ready for the spring time to really roll on in.

History Classs....Ugggghhhh

I like totally hate my history class. It is so freaking boring and I my teacher reads so fast. She expects for everyone to understand what she talks about and to remember everything just like that. I hate history and it is so boring to me. It just does not interest me but I have to take it for my major. I really don't know why. It has nothing to do with nursing. My teacher gives out homework all the time and we have quizzes like every other time we come in there. Most of the time the stuff that we talked about last time does not be on the quiz. I guess it be information that she is going to talk about next time. Her test are really long. It's 45 multiple choice questions that are worth one point each. That's stupid!!!!! We also have 15 short answer and a essay to right. OMG!!! I have never had a test like that. Someone should tell that lady that she is wrong!!! I really haven't got a grasp on that class yet. Hopefully I will tho. I have to make a good grade in there so I really don't have a choice but to study and pay atention to get a great grade. I just don't understand why people like history. My teacher act like it is so intersting to her. She just laugh and joke about it and the class just look at her like whatever. I can understand a man liking history but a woman, that is jsut wrong. It seems like a manly thing. It's soo boring and old. Who wants to know about people and ancient things. Ugggghhhhhh

Sunday Nights

On Sunday nights, I seem to get very hungry. For some strange reason the cafe close early and so does every other place. I really do not know why quizznos changed their freaking times. That is so stupid to me. They should know that college kids are always hungry and are looking for things to eat. They should at least keep something open at night or 24 hours. They would really make a lot of money. I am not the type of person to keep at lot of food in my room. I keep a few items in there in case I get hungry. I just do not like to keep a lot of junk in there because most of the time I do not eat it or get old. I like real food so I basically eat out or go to the cafe everyday. Most of the time I don't get hungry. It's just Sunday nights that I really get like this. Maybe it's because I don't eat a lot of food during the day. I really don't know. What I do know is that i am going to start keeping more food in my room so that I won't be starving at night. I need to buy more frozen dinners or something of that sort to statisfy my hunger. When I get hungry like that, I feel like such a homeless child. That is when I get really homesick. I hate feeling like that. When I was at home, I never went hungry. My mother always made sure I had something to eat. Those were the days. Now that I'm grown, she expects me to find my own food but that's another story...ttyl.

The New Celebration

A few months ago, I found out that my uncle and his fiance were having twins. I was so excited and overwhemled with joy. I am so happy that we are finally getting some babies in our family. Not just one but to. To me if feels like I am going to be an aunt because my uncle is like a big brother to me. He is only 3 years older than me. Since I am the only child I will never have any nieces or nephews. I know it sucks but I will be good with my first cousins. They will be the only cousins that are first to me. I know they will look at me like an aunt when they get older because I am going to be there with them every step of the way. My entire family is very excited about this. This will be the first set of twins in our family so this is a big thing to us. They will not be anything but spoiled and loved. I know my uncle is going to ask me to babysit all the time. I will because I love to be around babies, especially newborns. They don't do anything but look cute, eat, and sleep. My mother is happy that she is becoming an aunt. I don't think she wanted it to happen this fast but o well. She's ready for them to come because she loves babies just like me. It seems like my uncle is growing up so fast. I remember like yesterday when we were in elementary together. Now he is about to get married and have babies...OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

The Inaguration

The inaguration was a beautiful historic event that happened. I was so glad that finally a change is here. Bush is not in office anymore and will no longer make dumb decisions. Obama Barack is there and hopefully he will change our country for the good. I was so happy to see Barack on the television getting sworn in. It took a long time for a black president to get in office. This is something that black people thought would never happen. When I was younger and people said that they wanted to be the president, the entire class would be like "be for real". You are black and you can't be the president. Now Barack has actually made this an reality. He has touched a lot of peoples heart, including mines.
My step grandmother recently pasted away. I wish that she was here to see history in the making. I know that it would really make her proud. My grandfather told me all of the things that he expericenced as a young child growing up in the Mississippi delta. He never thought that this would ever happen. He told me that he even got a little teary eyed.
The first family is so beautiful and seems perfect. Michelle and Barack are good parents to there daughters Malia and Sasha. They always look good together and talk great pictures. When Beyonce' sang "At Last" at the ball, i almost cried. It was so beautiful and the words to the song was so true. Barack and Michelle were looking each other in the eyes. Everything was amazing!!!

My Second Semester

This semester has been great so far. I love all of my classes that I am taking. They seem to be pretty easy and I can not see myself failing anyone of them. I love the fact that my mondays, wednesdays, and fridays are only two classes. These classes are at eight o'clock and nine o'clock a.m. I like having early morning classes so I can have the rest of the day to myself. I can get all my work done and take a good nap after that. I can also go to lunch at whatever time I feel like going. On tuesdays and thursdays, i have a eight o'clock and a one o'clock. This schedule has a big gap in the middle. This is just enough time for me to go and eat lunch. Then, go back to my room and take a nap. I have to set my alarm clock to wake up for my one o'clock. That is no fun at all. On this day, both of my classes are in the LAB building that is about six minutes in walking distance from my dorm. It seems like i'm walking back and forth from my dorm to this building all day. The best part about this schedule is that I have a break between classes and I do not have any after two. I kinda like this schedule but I like my other one better. It just feel so good to be done for the entire day. On wednesdays, I have my biology lab. This class is from eleven o'clock to one fifty. I have never been in a lab class before. This is going to be be my first time. I just hope that I can stay alert the entire time. If the class is long and boring, I will quickly start drifting off. I do not want that to come upon me because it won't do anything but give me a headache. I will never go to sleep in a class; it's just the fact of trying to stay awake that makes me sick. Hopefully I will have all A's and B's this semester. It would really make me exicted and my family expectional proud of me.