It's getting to be that busy time of year again!!
10/04/2009
Ah- the weekend. I'm not sure if I have ever been as busy as this semester has been. Between work and school I almost don't have time to think. I haven't had much time to blog and get to know everyone who may be reading. I hope to soon have some blogs posted about some things I have been working on, budgeting for Christmas, and so forth. I am going to do a short interview of myself, as I would like to do some possible interviews of students around school who we see everyday but of course don't know and are afraid to say hi. If you would like to share I could interview you and your experience with IUE as well. For mine, here goes:
I'm one of the youngest looking and shortest student you will see on campus most commonly confused with a teacher's kid. I had been asked on several occasions if I was lost... a high school student taking college classes, and yes... once I have even been asked if I was a prodigy. Now I am none of those, I am short and I do look fairly young, but I'm not in high school nor do either of my parents work at IUE. I am a senior at IUE hard to believe, even for myself, yet after four years of being at this school- it has been one of the most gaining experience in my life and I still can't believe it. Learning new things, meeting new people, I feel like I belong at IUE, and want you to feel the same way but I am very eager to graduation except that is still two years away. I'm on campus on Tuesday's and Thursday's where I currently take two classes- unfortunately but luckily enough I got to take part time this semester to make room for my job at the YMCA because poor college students can't afford tuition even at IUE where the tuition is more than reasonable- I make minimum wage... what more would I expect? It would be nice to have someone to pay it all for me but then what else could build more character than to run around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to finish homework, make it to work, go to class, make it to all my Tupperware meetings (which I am eagerly trying to gain information to start fundraisers for local 4H clubs), and to top it off, I have to find time to blog- which you would think even I could figure out to find time for that but here I am on a Thursday night at midnight so everyone will have a blog to read in the morning. I personally like being busy not that I don't like getting to relax once in awhile but I always feel more accomplished this way- more fulfilled and not too guilty when I go out for pizza which by the way if you haven't tries the stuffed crust pan you definitely must- it's in on a special now- a LARGE, one-topping, pan for 10.99! It is a great deal and the pizza is delicious... plus it's on a sale && you might be able to get away with using your student discount.
One more think I want to share with you is why I decided to go to IUE. I decided to come to IUE to pursue nursing. Something I thought I had wanted since I was young, that and the pressure from my mom to find a school before it was too late to enroll and lucky for me IUE enrollment did not have any sort of deadline, as long as I was registered in time... and I am not even in the nursing program. It was a bummer to find out there was a super long waiting list which I had to apply into the nursing program after I was accepted into IUE- so I decided to just pick something on the spot and I chose Business because you really can't go wrong with a business degree, then I picked MIS because it is similar to what my brother does at Nationwide Insurance- I figured if I needed help with anything I could just call him. There wasn't much decision making when I decided that IUE was the right school for me- it just happened because I was in a rush. If I had to do it over again... the only thing I would do over is maybe take the time to fill out all those scholarships that my high school offered. At the time I didn't care and figured I would never qualify for anything- now I really regret thinking that I wouldn't qualify because honestly all I did was let the mean team win. All the teasing and childish mocking in high school got to me and I cracked under the pressure. I stopped caring what everyone thought about me and stopped caring about what I really cared about . I thought everyone was better than I was which now has definitely changed. I don't see myself better nor anyone else better than I am- we are all different people with different minds, feelings, wants, and likes. I regret not taking advantage of what our communities and schools have for us- hopefully you reading this can see that you deserve just as much as the next guy- don't sell yourself short. Thanks for reading! Have an awesome weekend everyone!
Amanda
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