A much needed break

So this week I have been on Spring Break and it really is a much needed break. School has been stressing me out. Its like every week I have a test and another paper due. Even this week I have to work on two papers and a power point presentation. To add to it my group is still having trouble getting together and the first part of our project is due tuesday.

Today I went with my grandparents to buy a car. I had to wake up at 9am which is really early for me. I didn't even bother to take a shower so my hair was kinda yucky. We got to the place at about 10:30 and spent 3 hours there. I hate car dealerships. The workers are annoying and pushy. But my grandparents did end up getting a good deal on the car they bought.

Crazy week

Most of the week was spent studying for tests. I have a psychology test on tuesday and i had to read 4 chapters and do 4 chapter reviews. I am still not done but I will finish them tomorrow.

On thursday on my way home from class some dumb girl almost crashed into me. I was in the second left lane and she was in the lane to my right. When we were maybe two hundred feet from the red light she decides to cross over to the far left lane. She came within inches of hitting me. I don't even think she realized she almost hit me, she was too busy talking to her friends. There were seven people in a tiny 5 person car.

I have been pretty damn stressed out the last few weeks. It seems like I have nothing but essays and tests to do. I have another paper due this week and a bunch of other assignments like a powerpoint. Thankfully spring break is coming up. But even my spring break is going to be busy. I have to prepare for two presentations that I have the week after spring break.

4 hours of sleep

Yesterday I woke up at 7am. I went to bed at 3am so I only got about 4 hours of sleep. I didn't do much, just cleaned the bathroom, washed the dishes and looked through the news paper because I needed to find an article to discuss in my critical thinking class. By the time I left to go to class I was exhausted. Driving to school was horrible, I felt like I was going to fall asleep any second. When I got to school I got my second wind so to speak.
The topic of the day was stats. Yuck. We didn't spend too much time on it so it wasn't too bad. After that we discussed some of the articles people brought in. They varied from female officers raping juvenile inmates, to putting warning labels on food.
On my way home I decided to take the streets. When I passed over the bridge by my house I was so glad I took the streets because the freeway was backed up for miles. There were helicopters everywhere and when I got home I turned on the news to see a big rig had crashed. I was planning on going to bed early but I stayed up till 2am watching YouTube videos and talking to someone on livewire. Yea it was a pretty boring day.

Yesterday I took the long way home

On the way home from my philosophy class yesterday I decided to take the long way home. I wasn’t really tired and I was enjoying singing to myself with my radio blasting. I went through some of the quiet streets that have little to no traffic at 10pm. When I was about 2 mins away from home I stopped to let three guys cross the street. They were walking so slow and kept staring at me or something behind me. I was getting kind of nervous because these were three gangster looking guys who were all much taller and bigger than me. The kind of people my brother used to hang out with, during the time when he used to get in trouble. All of a sudden they stop and start yelling, I look over my shoulder and there are 4 other guys running towards them. Next thing I know the guys who were walking in front of me started running and one guy from each group started getting in the others face and started pushing each other. One of the guys ran and the whole group followed. I seriously was freaked out. As I went over the bridge from that city to my own I saw several cops speeding towards the area I was just in. I don’t know what happened but I do hope nobody got hurt.

Frustrated with School

I was just informed by my abnormal psych professor that this summer my school will not be offering classes for the first part of summer. The second part of summer will have a limited amount of classes available. There will only be 4 psychology classes offered but there are 18 classes for flag football. I think this is ridiculous. It seems like all the classes that people actually need are over looked by classes that only a select amount of students are interested in.
It’s hard enough to get the classes you want during the normal semesters, but now that they are cutting summer classes I doubt I will be able to get any of the classes I wanted. I am a football fan but I don’t see why they need 18 classes for it! They are also offering 26 music appreciation classes but only 8 math classes. My professor encouraged us all to go to the office of the school President and make complaints. They don’t listen to Professors so hopefully they will listen to the students since we are the ones taking the classes.
I also found out today that they are increasing the price of parking permits once again. I am not sure how much it’s going to be but last semester the cost was $20 and this semester was $25 so I am guessing it will be like $30. I think that schools need to get their acts together.

Group work

Yesterday I had my first mid-term of the semester. It was for my abnormal psych class. I spent the day studying and at 4:30pm I left for class. It was raining the whole way to school but once I pulled into the parking lot it started to pour. It takes me like 5 mins to get from my car to the building my class is in and by the time I got there I was pretty soaked. But it could have been worse, it’s a good thing I had my rain boots and umbrella. Class started at 5:30 and we had till 7pm to finish our test, most people finished in about 40 mins so we had to wait till 7pm to go back to class to meet with our groups.
The group I am in consists of 5 girls and our topic is stress. I have the task of keeping in contact with everyone and updating everyone on times to meet up. My group members are pretty unique. I am the youngest at 19 and the second youngest is 21. One of the girls in my group is 38 but she seriously looks 28, and she has a son. Another group member who I believe is in her late 30s used to be severely depressed but she had Electric shock treatment or ECT and is now a lot better. She seems really happy all the time. My last group member is 26 and she has two kids. One is 6 the other is 2 or 3. This girl has gone through a lot. She hasn’t seen her family in 10+ yrs has lived on the streets and has used every drug under the sun almost. She really has turned her life around. She is taking care of her kids, has an apartment and is in school. One thing I like about my group is that everyone seems willing to put in the effort to do a good job. Our first out of class meeting is on Friday and 5:30pm. We are only meeting for like 30 mins just to touch base.
Today I have my speech class and I haven’t done my homework so that’s up next.

Study, study, study, blah!

I didn’t do much yesterday. I took pictures of some birds and I had to do four study guides for my abnormal psych class and study for my midterm today. I am pretty nervous about this midterm because it counts for a big chunk of our grade. I have always found it weird that our first midterm is only a month into school, especially since a lot of people have just got their schedules fixed a week ago. The study guides took me pretty much all day. When I was finished I started working on an art project for my best friend. This certain project is a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be. It’s messy and takes a very long time to do. If it goes well hopefully I can start making them to sell on ETSY.
Oh yea, and for the last two days my brothers girlfriend has been spending the night at our house. I don’t really like this girl very much because she is pretty crazy. She has a bad temper, is the jealous type, and is nothing but drama. Even yesterday when my brother was cooking breakfast she started harping on him about something stupid. When she is at our house all she does is stay in his room and doesn’t even bother to say hello to me. I find this pretty rude, if you are going to spend so much time at my family’s home than you should at least acknowledge us. I once told me brother I didn’t think she liked me much and he said “I don’t think she likes me much either”. I honestly have no clue why he is still with her.

Philosophy and a Drive

So today I had my philosophy class, I didn’t really want to go because I was so sleepy. I usually wake up at 10am but today I woke up at 6am so it kind of threw me off. I missed class last week because I wasn’t feeling too good so I had to make up a quiz. I have to say it was pretty easy. Of course most quizzes are easy when you get to use notes! Today we learned about several different philosophers including Socrates. So far I am really enjoying this class. It is a lot different than I thought it would be. My professor is a little boring at times, probably because it is a 7-10pm class and he had been teaching the whole day. It is amazing how much this man knows. He goes on and on about all kinds of stuff and never has to look at his notes. He is in his 60s and he really enjoys telling us about his childhood and how he used to play with tinker toys. You can tell his students really enjoy his class because although he keeps us till 10pm (usually they let us out 30mins early) only one or two students ever leave early. This is one of the few classes that actually make me think and question what I thought I have always known.
I got in my car at about 10:10pm and as I was waiting for my windows to clear up I noticed a few rows away that a guy couldn’t start his car. Immediately several people came to help him. It really makes me feel good to know that there are still people who are willing to help someone in need.
Five minutes into my drive home I got stopped at a railroad crossing, this happens to me like once every few months. Most people wait a minute then make a u-turn because they hate waiting, I on the other hand don’t mind. After the train passed I drove another 10 minutes and two of the three lanes were closed for construction work. This resulted in another 10 minute wait, but I got to see some hot guys getting down and dirty, so I can’t complain. Once I was passed that it was pretty much smooth sailing the rest of the way home accept I saw two fire trucks and an ambulance at a building which caused a few people to be rubber necks. I got home and was shocked to see that my brother was actually home for once. Usually he is out till the wee hours of the morning. As soon as I walked in I heard my dad’s dog pounding on the door to let her in, so I did. Man did she stick today. Now I am just here typing and eating some leftover Greek food. YUMMY!

A little about me!

I am 19 years old, almost 20
I live in Los Angeles, Ca
I have an older brother who is 22
My parents are recently separated
My neighbors are my grandparents
I have 3 dogs, 1 tarantula, and 1 turtle
I go to a community college
I am a psychology major
I drive a 2001 Mustang
I am a DIYer
I love love love to travel!!!

And…..

I have had the same best friend for almost 16 years!