It's been a while...
Jamaica
Ok, so yeah I went on a cruise to Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island during the week of Thanksgiving. It was really great to hang out with members of my family...especially those in my extended family and close family friends. I got a little bit of a tan because we went to the beach on Grand Cayman Island. Jamaica's landscape was absolutely beautiful. I think I'm going to live there for a while after I get my professional degree. In Jamaica we saw some of Dunn's River Falls and we went shopping a little bit. We weren't there long. We definitely weren't there long enough and all I really wanted to do was go to a grocery store and get a mango and some tamarind balls. I got the latter of the two, but in a novelty shop where they cost more than they do in America. Oh well then. It was nice getting to see a small piece of where my sweetie's family is from. I tried to do work on our Carnival cruise ship, but that was just not going to happen. All I really did was eat A LOT and sleep. That was pretty fun. Carnival is definitely a party ship so there was something going on ALL the time on the ship, especially on days we spent the entire day at sea. Next time I go to Jamaica though, I think I would rather fly in and see more stuff. I'm not interested in being touristy.
Dead Week
So yeah, when I got back to school from Jamaica it was Dead Week and I had an 8 page research paper due and a website to do within that week. The paper date was extended to the following Monday THANK GOD, but completing the website required that I learn how to use Dreamweaver very quickly. It all worked out though. I was mad stressed during dead week and slept very little and I didn't get to study for my EAS final during the week at all or that weekend even because I had to get the stupid George Eliot paper done, which was probably the lamest paper I've ever written. I feel sorry for my teacher that she had to read it, but it's her fault for building a course around George Eliot. But yeah, I survived Dead Week and all I had to do along with having a cold and it being insisted that I speak during our I/O Psych group presentation. YAY. Finals week hmmm...yeah very interesting..
Finals Week
Ok, here's the run down for finals week: I had my major authors "george eliot" paper due on Monday at noon, I/O Psych final on Tuesday at 9:15am, major authors final on Tuesday at 2:20pm and my EAS final on Friday at 8am. Iight, so I finished the paper at 11:20am on Monday and turned that thing in, then I took a nap and started studying for my I/O Psych final because I figured I could probably save my grade in there...plus major authors was later the next day. Going into the I/O final I had a low B. Going in the major authors final I had a very low B and I had not read but 16 of the 530+ pages of the novel that the final covered. As a result I did well on the I/O final and probably awful on the major authors final, but I figured it would work out. Iight, so after Tuesday I could finally study for the EAS test. I chilled the rest of Tuesday and devoted all day Wednesday to EAS. I didn't have the heart to think I would do well on the final. I absolutely loathed the class and the way the instructor taught and I figured I had a higher chance of getting a C and not stressing myself out than to stress myself out aiming for a B and still get a C...soo, I studied and did my best and then Wednesday night I went to sleep at 3am only to spontaneously wake up at 9:30am Thursday morning and realize I was an hour and a half late to the final. Holy crap! I rolled outta bed, dressed and then my lazy butt caught the stinger. I mean, since it was already there I figured if I rode the stinger to class I would get there at exactly the same time I would have had I run to the ECE building...only I would not be sweaty and flustered, so the stinger was a bonus. So on the bus, I'm tripping about how retarded walking into a final 2 hrs late is and how I would appear to the rest of the class and I was kinda flipping out, but I pulled it together when I reminded that God is in control and knew what He was doing. There had to be some reason He allowed me to wake up with enough time to possibly take the Final. Iight, so I get to the lecture hall and I go all the way to the front and I'm like, I just got here I need a copy of the final so the TA pulled the teacher aside and was like, she just got here. He was like, oh no! but he gave me a copy of the final to take. Later that day when I was telling some of my friends about being late to the final I realized that it hadn't even occured to me that he could have refused to allow me to take the final. That just made evidence of God's hand in my life even more clear. I finished all I could do on the final. I figured I probably got a C or D in the stupid class, but I was glad to be soooo DONE and especially done with EAS. So, I went to buy Hui-san's Christmas present and to take my sweetie some food, well to smuggle McDonald's into the library. It was kinda fun. Man it was raining ultra hard though at one point. Hmmm..so now....
Christmas Break
Ok, so now it's Christmas break. I just got home a few hours ago. I spent all weekend with my sweetie. On Saturday we helped his little sister build a gingerbread house. Please believe we hot glued that mug together (it was a kit). I figured waiting for the icing to set would take entirely too long. Later that day we had a Catalyst @GT iMovieFest meeting and then a Catalyst Christmas party. The food at the party was REALLY REALLY good. It was from Smokey Bones. I don't know if you've ever been there or not, but you should check it out. Those were the best ribs I have had in forever and I'm not even really a ribs person. On Sunday we were ultra late for church, but we made it there in time enough to at least get the gist of the message Brian was giving and we had wonderful praise music. Then, my sweetie stayed to practice for the Christmas show. I decided to go flat iron my hair in the bathroom because it was kinda poofy from being air-dryed a few days before after I had washed it. After his practice, we went to the mall and looked at stuff and then we went to a surprise get-together for Peta-Gaye. Congratulations girl! That was madd fun. The pizza and cake were good and even though I don't play games, I had fun playing taboo with everybody. I hate that we left early, but it was my fault for being anti-social. I am so used to going to events and half-staying that now when I'm in the company of people that I know I can trust to not do anything foolish, I tend to leave early anyway...just because. I need to stop that. I am becoming one of those weird introverted people that I never ever wanted to be when I used to be the kinda person that stayed until the very end of whatever it was and had to be sent home. All of that is going to change though. I guess I have been kinda getting re-acquainted with people in general and figuring out my personality-in-Christ, like what that's supposed be like. Still figuring out who this new Crystal chick is developing into. It's kind of fun though. I think I have just been slow to let people into my bubble lately. In order for me to form meaningful relationships and bonds with other Christians I have to be willing to let my guard down you know? I have to hang around a little bit and put myself out there. I have to get back to where I am more trusting of people. Everything that is supposed to happen will happen in due time so I'm not going to worry about it. I'm just glad that I have been given the chance to understand how I have been acting and what improvements and changes there are that need to be made on my social life's behalf. But anyways, I spent all of today with Sean and came home. I stayed a little bit longer so that we could watch the conclusion of Trading Spouses together; I think it worked out well even though it got a little ugly at times and the black lady cussed a lot. I checked my grades before I left my dorm room. I got two surprise A's so that was a blessing because had I gotten what I had expected my gpa would have dropped substansially. I know what I have to do to get it back where I want it to be so God and I are going to work on that and I have to cut out some of my time commitments and rearrange priorities, which won't be a bad thing at all. I'm excited about a fresh new start actually. I think I'm going to go sleep in my bed now. I have to wake up early tomorrow morning to go see my favorite doctor, the dentist. I was being sarcastic. I HATE going to the dentist. Anyways, Merry Christmas and all that tra la la even though I'm sure I'll be writing a journal on that date.
Jamaica
Ok, so yeah I went on a cruise to Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island during the week of Thanksgiving. It was really great to hang out with members of my family...especially those in my extended family and close family friends. I got a little bit of a tan because we went to the beach on Grand Cayman Island. Jamaica's landscape was absolutely beautiful. I think I'm going to live there for a while after I get my professional degree. In Jamaica we saw some of Dunn's River Falls and we went shopping a little bit. We weren't there long. We definitely weren't there long enough and all I really wanted to do was go to a grocery store and get a mango and some tamarind balls. I got the latter of the two, but in a novelty shop where they cost more than they do in America. Oh well then. It was nice getting to see a small piece of where my sweetie's family is from. I tried to do work on our Carnival cruise ship, but that was just not going to happen. All I really did was eat A LOT and sleep. That was pretty fun. Carnival is definitely a party ship so there was something going on ALL the time on the ship, especially on days we spent the entire day at sea. Next time I go to Jamaica though, I think I would rather fly in and see more stuff. I'm not interested in being touristy.
Dead Week
So yeah, when I got back to school from Jamaica it was Dead Week and I had an 8 page research paper due and a website to do within that week. The paper date was extended to the following Monday THANK GOD, but completing the website required that I learn how to use Dreamweaver very quickly. It all worked out though. I was mad stressed during dead week and slept very little and I didn't get to study for my EAS final during the week at all or that weekend even because I had to get the stupid George Eliot paper done, which was probably the lamest paper I've ever written. I feel sorry for my teacher that she had to read it, but it's her fault for building a course around George Eliot. But yeah, I survived Dead Week and all I had to do along with having a cold and it being insisted that I speak during our I/O Psych group presentation. YAY. Finals week hmmm...yeah very interesting..
Finals Week
Ok, here's the run down for finals week: I had my major authors "george eliot" paper due on Monday at noon, I/O Psych final on Tuesday at 9:15am, major authors final on Tuesday at 2:20pm and my EAS final on Friday at 8am. Iight, so I finished the paper at 11:20am on Monday and turned that thing in, then I took a nap and started studying for my I/O Psych final because I figured I could probably save my grade in there...plus major authors was later the next day. Going into the I/O final I had a low B. Going in the major authors final I had a very low B and I had not read but 16 of the 530+ pages of the novel that the final covered. As a result I did well on the I/O final and probably awful on the major authors final, but I figured it would work out. Iight, so after Tuesday I could finally study for the EAS test. I chilled the rest of Tuesday and devoted all day Wednesday to EAS. I didn't have the heart to think I would do well on the final. I absolutely loathed the class and the way the instructor taught and I figured I had a higher chance of getting a C and not stressing myself out than to stress myself out aiming for a B and still get a C...soo, I studied and did my best and then Wednesday night I went to sleep at 3am only to spontaneously wake up at 9:30am Thursday morning and realize I was an hour and a half late to the final. Holy crap! I rolled outta bed, dressed and then my lazy butt caught the stinger. I mean, since it was already there I figured if I rode the stinger to class I would get there at exactly the same time I would have had I run to the ECE building...only I would not be sweaty and flustered, so the stinger was a bonus. So on the bus, I'm tripping about how retarded walking into a final 2 hrs late is and how I would appear to the rest of the class and I was kinda flipping out, but I pulled it together when I reminded that God is in control and knew what He was doing. There had to be some reason He allowed me to wake up with enough time to possibly take the Final. Iight, so I get to the lecture hall and I go all the way to the front and I'm like, I just got here I need a copy of the final so the TA pulled the teacher aside and was like, she just got here. He was like, oh no! but he gave me a copy of the final to take. Later that day when I was telling some of my friends about being late to the final I realized that it hadn't even occured to me that he could have refused to allow me to take the final. That just made evidence of God's hand in my life even more clear. I finished all I could do on the final. I figured I probably got a C or D in the stupid class, but I was glad to be soooo DONE and especially done with EAS. So, I went to buy Hui-san's Christmas present and to take my sweetie some food, well to smuggle McDonald's into the library. It was kinda fun. Man it was raining ultra hard though at one point. Hmmm..so now....
Christmas Break
Ok, so now it's Christmas break. I just got home a few hours ago. I spent all weekend with my sweetie. On Saturday we helped his little sister build a gingerbread house. Please believe we hot glued that mug together (it was a kit). I figured waiting for the icing to set would take entirely too long. Later that day we had a Catalyst @GT iMovieFest meeting and then a Catalyst Christmas party. The food at the party was REALLY REALLY good. It was from Smokey Bones. I don't know if you've ever been there or not, but you should check it out. Those were the best ribs I have had in forever and I'm not even really a ribs person. On Sunday we were ultra late for church, but we made it there in time enough to at least get the gist of the message Brian was giving and we had wonderful praise music. Then, my sweetie stayed to practice for the Christmas show. I decided to go flat iron my hair in the bathroom because it was kinda poofy from being air-dryed a few days before after I had washed it. After his practice, we went to the mall and looked at stuff and then we went to a surprise get-together for Peta-Gaye. Congratulations girl! That was madd fun. The pizza and cake were good and even though I don't play games, I had fun playing taboo with everybody. I hate that we left early, but it was my fault for being anti-social. I am so used to going to events and half-staying that now when I'm in the company of people that I know I can trust to not do anything foolish, I tend to leave early anyway...just because. I need to stop that. I am becoming one of those weird introverted people that I never ever wanted to be when I used to be the kinda person that stayed until the very end of whatever it was and had to be sent home. All of that is going to change though. I guess I have been kinda getting re-acquainted with people in general and figuring out my personality-in-Christ, like what that's supposed be like. Still figuring out who this new Crystal chick is developing into. It's kind of fun though. I think I have just been slow to let people into my bubble lately. In order for me to form meaningful relationships and bonds with other Christians I have to be willing to let my guard down you know? I have to hang around a little bit and put myself out there. I have to get back to where I am more trusting of people. Everything that is supposed to happen will happen in due time so I'm not going to worry about it. I'm just glad that I have been given the chance to understand how I have been acting and what improvements and changes there are that need to be made on my social life's behalf. But anyways, I spent all of today with Sean and came home. I stayed a little bit longer so that we could watch the conclusion of Trading Spouses together; I think it worked out well even though it got a little ugly at times and the black lady cussed a lot. I checked my grades before I left my dorm room. I got two surprise A's so that was a blessing because had I gotten what I had expected my gpa would have dropped substansially. I know what I have to do to get it back where I want it to be so God and I are going to work on that and I have to cut out some of my time commitments and rearrange priorities, which won't be a bad thing at all. I'm excited about a fresh new start actually. I think I'm going to go sleep in my bed now. I have to wake up early tomorrow morning to go see my favorite doctor, the dentist. I was being sarcastic. I HATE going to the dentist. Anyways, Merry Christmas and all that tra la la even though I'm sure I'll be writing a journal on that date.
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