My First College Finals

Finals Week(end) is approaching very quickly, and I have quite a lot to do before them. My only motivation is knowing that I can head back home for Winter Break when finals are over. I have 4 cumulative finals, those being Biology, Chemistry, Biology Lab, and French. I also have a presentation and essay final in Inquiry Studies. At this point I am most worried about my Biology final and my IS final. Either way, I need to stop complaining about my finals and start studying! I have always been better than average on finals, because I have a great memory when it comes to school work. The best thing I can do to prepare for the dreaded finals week is to study a lot, and just go with the flow.

The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire

Along with MANY other people, over Thanksgiving break I was able to see Catching Fire in theatres. I viewed the first Hunger Games movie in theatres when it came out, and I really enjoyed it. I have not read the books but I've heard that they are very good too. Since I liked the first movie so well, I decided to go with my cousin to the 2nd one, and it was GREAT! They were both so good it is impossible to decide which one I liked better! If I ever have any free time, which is highly unlikely, I hope to read at least one of the books. The third and final movie, "The Mocking Jay" will most likely be release around Thanksgiving of 2014. I have no doubt in my mind that I will see that movie opening night as well!

Thanksgiving

Yesterday my mom's side of my family celebrated Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is usually held at my aunt Leanne's house, but this year it was held at our house. Luckily I missed out on all of the cleaning since I worked at my job at home from 9:30am- 4pm. We celebrated a 5pm, so I just got off work and got ready for Thanksgiving. We ate the usual Thanksgiving meal, consisting of ham, turkey, green bean casserole, stuffing, baked beans, sweet potatoes, and an assortment of pies. After we ate, several of us went to play ping pong in my basement. After ping pong became boring, we played the game Scattegories, which is VERY fun! Everyone departed around 10 and then I went to bed. It was a very fun day, but unfortunately my grandparents were in Branson, Missouri with my great aunt and uncle, so they were not able to be there.

My Cousin's Surprise Party

Last Saturday, my extended family celebrated my cousin Colin's birthday, which was on November 21st. This was a surprise birthday party, and my aunt notified me that I should not tell him when I come back. The reason for this is because if he didn't know when I came home, it would be even more of a surprise. Luckily, I was able to keep it a secret but it was quite difficult, because the weekend before break, he came and stayed with me at Wartburg. Anyway, after our entire family surprised him in his own house, we had Casey's pizza, cake, and ice cream. My family enjoys playing board games, so we did that for a few hours before it was time to wrap it up and head back home. Overall, it was a good birthday party and I had a blast!

Intramural Basketball Game

Intramural basketball has officially started and our first game was last Tuesday. We have decided that we are just playing for fun, because I do not believe that there will be much winning. Unfortunately, there are only 3 people on  our 6 person team that played basketball in high school, and that is fairly obvious. Hopefully we will not get beat by an exponential amount of points every game, and I hope that it continues to be fun. In our first game we lost by quite a bit and it was not pretty! My goal is to try and stay competitive with more teams, and make this experience fun no matter what the outcome!

This Weekend

This week has felt like eternity and I just want it to end. The reason for this is because this weekend my cousin, Colin, is coming to stay the weekend with me at Wartburg! I am so excited and have been waiting quite some time for him to come and visit me. I have no plans arranged, but I believe we may go to the movie Thor 2 at the movie theatre in Cedar Falls, and go out to eat with a bunch of my Wartburg friends. Hopefully I can get all of my homework for the weekend done before he arrives on Friday, but the chances of that are slim. Either way I am looking forward to an exciting and eventful weekend!

Intermural Basketball

After participating in intermural sand volleyball, I decided that I wanted to continue my intermural career with intermural basketball. I enjoyed intermural sand volleyball so much, and my teammates became very close friends. Luckily, I have some friends that also enjoy basketball so we decided to start a team! Our first game is next Tuesday night at 10-11 pm. I do not like that this game is so late, but I am just excited that I am able to play basketball. On Tuesday I also have to work from 2:30pm-6:30pm, and find time for homework and studying for my biology test. Anyways, I am pumped that I get to play competitive basketball on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays for the next month, and I am even happier that I get to do that with my friends!