Finals

It's that time again, finals week that is. Is there anything worse when it comes to school than finals? You have final projects, final papers, and my personal favorite... final exam. I am studying for a 3 hour exam over the different diseases and conditions of the human body which is due by the end of tomorrow night. Of course, I could have took the test already, but that's a pretty difficult test to get prepared for & feel prepared for. The bright side is that you actually get to sigh in relief and thank God that it is finally over, and hopefully get a few days off and be completely out of school. Then you get to start all over again with new classes, new classmates, and new teachers. Although I have to say that these last two classes have went by pretty quickly for the most part. This is a really good thing because the sooner I get through my classes, the sooner I will have reached my goal and earned my degree. To my classmates & teachers, I wish you all the best.

"March Madness"

First of all, I have to admit that I am a huge college basketball fan! So, naturally I look forward to the month of March, the NCAA tournament, and all the excitement that goes with it. I live in Frankfort, Kentucky & as far back as I can remember I have watched the Kentucky games religiously. Obviously, the Wildcats are in the South Eastern Conference, or the SEC, and the SEC tournament starts this Thursday. So, we wildcat fans will be cheering our team on and wishing them the best of luck throughout the SEC & NCAA tournaments. Since I have started blogging, I have tried to refrain from writing about my love for the Cats. The reason being is that I understand that we all are from different states, and that we all love and support our teams. This I'm sure we have in common. So no matter who wins, we will all enjoy watching all of these very talented teams play their hearts out & for that we must give them credit and respect.
The NCAA tournament gives 64 teams a chance to become the number one team in the nation. It allows the underdogs, smaller teams, and ranked teams to display their talent. It gives them the opportunity to be recognized, respected, and to receive the credit that they have earned and worked so hard for all season long. To me, that's what makes the NCAA Tournament such a great event and why it deserves the title “March Madness”. Best of luck to all the players, teams, and coaches!

American Idol

Okay, I know about everyone in the world watches American Idol. I mean come on, it's only been on how many seasons already? I'm not knocking it, but at the same time I've never been a big fan either. To be honest, I've only watched it twice before tonight and that was because my cousin was here and she watches it religiously. However, I was working on school tonight and it came on the television. Being busy with school, I didn't stop to change the channel. Then I heard this one boy singing and I reached to turn the volume up. Now, I've been trying to vote for this kid for like a half an hour, and there line is still busy! Since I first started trying to vote for this one boy, I seen several more sing and get criticized. I've come to realize that this show is pretty sad! Plus, you really like one person, but you feel sorry for another and then you don't know who to vote for. No wonder so many people watch this show, it's kind of addictive.
P.S. I'm still trying to cast my vote.

Playing Catch Up

Playing catch up is exactly what I am trying to do. I am so far behind on my classes this week because I've had some kind of awful 'bug' for several days. After what seemed like forever, I finally started feeling better only to find myself sinking in an ocean of school work. I had a paper (rough draft) due for this class and another revision of a paper on coronary artery disease for my other class. Then my discussion posts for both classes, and this blog to do on top of everything else. Which I can never think of anything to write about. I guess it doesn't take long at all to get behind in college. Now that I think about it, it definitely takes longer to get out of any kind of mess than it does to get it one. I will eventually get things back together though, or at least I hope so. At least I'm trying to anyways. It's just a time consuming process. I hope everyone has a blessed week. Take care.
Sincerely, Becky

Crazy Little Thing Called College

This a really busy school week. I have two papers due by Tuesday night. One is in my "College Composition II" class, and the subject for that paper is about inmates with mental illness in our prison system. The other class is "Diseases of the Human Body" and the subject of that paper is Coronary Artery Disease. Not to mention our regular discussion posts and other work that needs to be done for the week. I feel that the research is the most time consuming part of the writing process. For me, the the most difficult aspect of writing these papers is getting the paragraphs to have a consistent flow to them. Then, I have to go through my free writing and my other pre-writing techniques to decide which ideas I want to put in paper and which ideas to leave out.
The stress of having two papers due in the same week is insane. But, it is a process that I must endure to reach my goal of passing these courses, in order to graduate and receive my degree. In the end, the hard work and stress will definitely pay off.

Syberian Husky

The picture in my profile is a Siberian Husky. His name was Apache. Yes, I did say "was" unfortunately. He was 16 years old, and he was & still remains the best dog in the world! He's beautiful, don't ya think? I'm a little buyist since he was mine, but no matter he still is beautiful. He got sick sick (bad) and unfortunately had to put him down. We buried him on the family farm. So, we can always go visit him when we want. He was an almost too friendly of a dog. What I mean by this is someone could have broken in the house and Apache would have just loved on him, lol. That is the only flaw the dog had: that's if you consider that a flaw. He was awesome! He weighed around 120 pounds before he got sick. The mailman would always tease me as I would walk him. He would shout "who's walking who?" I love & miss you Apache.

Valentine's Day

February 14th aka "Valentine's Day" is celebrated every year by couples in love. It is a day that every girl looks forward to with anticipation. But, I have the same problem every year. I never know what to get my boyfriend. Of course, he's one of those people that you dread shopping for on Christmas. This is because of two particular reasons: First, he already has everything & Second, he's just hard to please in general. At least at Christmas, there's a much bigger variety of things to choose from. Eventually, you just pick out something and hope for the best.
But come February, you must pick from teddy bears, cologne, flowers or candy. Well, cologne would be great, except for the fact that he has several bottles and rarely uses any. I bought him a teddy bear a couple of years ago, but I may wind up buying him another one this year. The real issue is: what can you buy that's not SO "GIRLY"? If anyone reads this, and has any ideas I would LOVE to hear them. To the ladies: what do you buy your man? and to the men: what present would you like to get for Valentine' Day?

Snowing!

It's snowing here in Frankfort, Kentucky & I am loving it! For the last couple of days, we have been having snow showers, but no major accumulation ....YET. However, by the end of this coming weekend we are supposed to have anywhere between 8 inches to 1.5 feet. That would be the largest amount of snow here in a long time (years in fact). Now, that's a lot of snow. I love when it snows, and I usually hope for at least one decent snow each winter. It always seems to bring out the inner child in me. I love going sledding. making snow angels, and having snow ball fights. Then we'll come back inside to warm up by drinking a cup of hot cocoa. Yummy! Okay, so I'm a big kid a heart anyways. Afterwards, it such a mess, but it's totally worth it. Then I'll be completely satisfied until next winter. I'm especially looking forward to it this year, because we didn't have a "white Christmas", and that's the best! Take care & stay warm.
Sincerely, Becky