Almost done.......

Only a history final left......should be easy. Got Zoology out of the way on Monday. I calculated my score the night before the test......I was so close to an A. But after some further calculation, I figured that I would have to get a 98 or so on the final to bring it up those few percentage points. And I thought there was no way I was gonna make it. But oh joy! Yesterday I got my final grade for Zoology back.....and I got an A!! (barely, but that doesn't matter) I'm pretty sure there was only one other person in the class who got an A, too..... I'm not bragging, just saying that's how hard this class is.
Chemistry final yesterday....I should get an A in that class too, unless I did waaay worse on the final than I thought. It was a hard final though.... better knock on wood.
So here is a picture of me and Tara with Hugo (our Zoology prof, on the left, who as the last question on lab exams always has something along the lines of "True/False: Piggies are the cutest, most adorable pets in the world"; also, for our final exam the last question was "For 3 points extra credit, write a short poem expressing your hopes and joys for Christmas break") and Jim (our Chemistry prof, on the right, who we sometimes call Jimmy-Jim-JimmyJimJimJim in imitation of The Muppets Treasure Island when we want to get his attention, but I don't think he notices because he lives in his own little fantasy chemistry world). This was taken at Feast, which is like the Christmas banquet here. When we asked them if they would take a picture with us, they both said comments very indicative of their personalities. Hugo: "You two clean up well. I didn't recognize you." Jim: (while posing for the picture) "Two dimes between two pennies."

Finals are frying our brains

Tessa came into our room today to ask my roommate something:
Tessa: Laura, why did you write "I love Myra" on my whiteboard today?
Laura: *bursts out laughing* My RA! I love my RA! Not Myra!
Tessa: Oh.....that would make more sense.

The light at the end of the tunnel....

....grows brighter every day. Four finals and I am done with this semester!!!!

I'm so ready to be done with schoolwork, but I'm actually not looking forward to leaving. I'm going to miss everybody here so much! It will be great to see family and friends though.

Haven't posted in awhile.....not much to say I guess. It's just been endless homework assignments and tests.

We went bowling last week....I think I bowled a 90 or something. :)

My cousin Jenna came to visit me!! It was great to see her! I took her to Drubers to get donuts. I hope she didn't think my friends were too weird....then again, I think they're pretty weird myself...... :)

I LOVE my mod!

My mod (section of like 7 or so rooms) is awesome. 2CN is the place to be (2 for second floor, C for central wing of Erb, and N for north side). Here is a visual guide to 2CN.

This first picture is from earlier in the year. It was like 3:30 a.m. and we were all out in our mod lounge trying to study. We got distracted by Angela's computer, which has a webcam. And we took about a hundred photos, most of which are on Facebook. This one is us trying to show what time it was and failing (except for me and my roomie....we are smart people).


Our mod has "Bread Night" every Sunday. Last Sunday we had a special "Peanut Butter Night" in addition to Bread Night. We had all kinds of peanut butter desserts, Amish peanut butter, and peanut butter/oreo shakes. Then we decided we were all going to end up fat by the end of the year and renamed our mod 2ChowNow. Sounds like some kind of weird Chinese sorority to me. So these next two pictures are us on Peanut Butter Night. The first of the two is us with various food, and the second is us showing how fat we are going to be by the end of the year.




This last picture is some of us who ran in the Howard Hustle after the race. We're cracking up, I think because Tessa (our RA, she's awesome, I love her) was trying to pin her number on again but couldn't figure out how to do it.

Long Time No Post

Thanksgiving break was good: I got to see some of the people I graduated with (some of whom I hadn't seen since graduation). At Hesston, it is a big weekend with hundreds of prospectives and families coming, and consequently there are a lot of activities going on. So I stayed on campus for some of that: namely the talent show (hilarious!) and the Howard Hustle. The Howard Hustle is a two mile run for Hesston students and residents. I took it easy and basically jogged the whole thing, so my time was like 18-19 minutes. But my mod won free t-shirts for having the most people running in the fastest amount of time, so that was exciting! It was good to go home and see my family and friends as well.

My little sister (Hannah) called me tonight. My old basketball team (that she plays on now) had just played their first game, and won. And she scored 7 points!! My sister is a balla indeed! I'm excited because I get to go to their game in El Dorado on Thursday - but I know it will make me miss it soooo much.

Christmas time is coming!! We put decorations up in our mod! Exciting, exciting!

We just have to get through the next two weeks.....that won't be fun.

Thanksgiving Break!!!

Looking forward to getting away, getting some sleep, and getting reconnected with some friends.

I managed to break my phone yesterday. Talented, huh?

Proper Safety Procedures in the Chemistry Laboratory (a visual documentary by three bored and over-scienced college students)

Thank goodness they have an emergency eye wash station for those of us who forget to wear goggles.



But the eye protection does no good if you try to be cool and just wear them on your forehead, Jayme.....



Tara, however, followed proper safety procedures.

Speaking of birthdays.........the way to celebrate a birthday at Hesston College

Yesterday was Tara’s birthday, and it was a long, super fun, and interesting day. At 12:01 a.m. November 20, I was in Tara’s room talking. It was officially her birthday now, so the celebration could begin!! Tara, Tyler Birky, Tyler Derochowski, Peter, and I went to McDonalds at about 1 a.m. to get some food. Then we all went to bed (kind of an early night for us, I mean, we don’t do stuff every night but when we do, we stay up pretty late). The actual day was pretty much business as usual. We – Tara, Jayme, and I - went on a Zoology field trip to a buffalo ranch (Tara was sure excited about freezing outside while dodging buffalo on her birthday - not). But it was fun just because of the company. We had Tara’s camera and we made all these stupid videos that I’m sure will end up on Facebook sometime soon. Then we relinquished Tara to her family because they wanted to take her out to eat. When she got back, we went to Newells and all ate cheese fries. After driving back to the campus, we went down to the Pit (basement of Erb, the building where I live) and played Soul Caliber and Guitar Hero for several hours. Tara wanted to have a “sleepover”, so everybody claimed a couch over by one TV and we started The Prince of Egypt. Everybody fell asleep. I was good with the whole sleepover idea because my roomie and I are hosting two prospectives this weekend and I was letting one of them use my bed. So it was either the floor in my room or a couch in the Pit. We all woke up gradually this morning and declared Tara’s birthday officially celebrated. And I’m glad that nobody else in our group has a birthday until February (mine) because we will all need some time to recover from this last one.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TARA!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Today a wonderful woman was born.......my Mom!!!
Happy Birthday Mom...I hope you have a good birthday and thank you for being such a great mom to me. I know you miss me when I'm off at college but you prepared me well for this. Thanks for being understanding when I decide to stay here on weekends; I know you'd rather just have me home. I love you!!!!

Pictures

Well, the first picture is me, Tara, and Jayme taking dorky pictures in chem lab.... more of those coming later.
The next three pictures are at Newells - a truck stop in Newton. Home of the BEST (and most disgusting) cheese fries EVER! *as Tyler is showing in that second picture.* The next one is of me and Peter, and the next is me, Tyler, and Evan.
The last picture is of a midnight trip to Wally World. These seem to happen quite frequently.

College Kids

Someone please save us/Us college kids/........We're poor, we're starving, we're flat broke, we've got no cash to spend/.......Oh no, not for me, not for me, Call it torture, call it university/ Arts and Crafts is all I need/ I'll take calligraphy and then I'll make a fake degree

(sorry, it's been awhile since I've quoted Relient K - had to get it out, haha)
So I'm going to try to put some pictures on here.......what poor college students do for fun......

Speaking of having a bad day......

One of my good friends here was just told some life-shattering news......please pray for him and his family.

Did you know........

Just so you know, today is officially "Have A Bad Day" Day. So if you were worried because you are having a bad day and were afraid you weren't allowed to have a bad day, don't worry! Have a bad a day as you like! In fact, if you are having a good day you better do something about it really fast.....

A friend's Facebook note

This should probably be taped
to your bathroom mirror
where one could read it every day.
You may not realize it,
but it's 100% true.
1. There are at least two people in this world
that you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world
love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you
is because they want to
be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone,
even if they don't
like you.
5. Every night,
SOMEONE thinks about you
before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
8.. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever,
something good comes from it.
10. When you think the world has
turned its back on you, take another look.
11. Always remember the compliments you received..
Forget about the rude remarks.

Star-tipping

Last night, I and a couple friends were really bored, so we grabbed a flashlight and headed out to the dark soccer field to do a little star-tipping.