IU East Blogs

1Apr/13

GOODBYE IUE!

Hello everyone!!  I am deeply saddened to admit that this will be my last blog for IU East. I have recently decided to take a break from school and focus on my acting career. Just last week, after a long audition process in Columbus, OH,  I was offered a small recurring role on the longest running daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless!! Right now my part isn't fully written so I am unable to divulge any details but I hope you can tune in weekdays on CBS. It has been a pleasure sharing my thoughts and experiences with you, especially while abroad, and no matter where I am, be it England, California, or Richmond, IN- I will always be a Red Wolf.

 <3 Kels

16Mar/13

Let The Madness Begin!

Spring break couldn't come at a better time for me. I've decided to take the year off of going away on vacation during break and chose to stay home, catch up on all my school work, and finally get some decent hours at work. Exciting, I know! lol So instead of the beach I'm going to be watching as much college basketball as humanly possible. With conference tournaments starting to wind down, we are just a few days away from the BIG ONE. I've been having dreams of filling out brackets already, and of course graduation and all my school stuff as well

4Mar/13

Live Performance, I NEED YOUR HELP!

For my Theatre Appreciation class, we have to go to a live performance. I honestly, have absolutely NO IDEA where to even begin looking. Or what to look for? Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

My sister gave me the idea of Legally Blonde! A couple of years ago for Christmas, my grandmother got her tickets to see it and she immediately fell in love. She bought the sound track and made us all listen to it every morning before school. I'm not going to lie...it grew on me. I now know all of the songs, but never been to see the live performance.

Here is a sneak peak!!

What am I to do? Please comment if you have suggestions!!

4Mar/13

My stress reliever

Everyone has their hobbies to help ease their mind and get away from the worries of school, work, or just everyday life. For me, as you can tell by many of my posts, is sports, and it is almost my favorite time of the year for sports. It is the greatest tournament in the sports world and has a name that sums it all up. MARCH MADNESS. I can't even begin to count how many brackets I fill out every year or the amount of time I spend either watching the games or high lights of the games. I know that I am in Hoosier country so I have to be a LITTLE happy that IU is doing so well and might enter the tourney with the number 1 overall seed, but watch out for my Dukies as they make their little run here at the end of the year and maybe sneak passed IU for a championship. And what makes it even better is that the NBA playoffs and championship will be coming up here before too long as well. This is about the only time that every game matters in the NBA so that makes it so much better to watch.

If this wasn't enough to satisfy your sports needs don't forget spring training has started too

16Feb/13

Say CHEESE!

Talk about running on E. This week between class, clinicals, and playing catch up with hours at work, I think  I've spend more time inside of a hospital then out. I can't even begin to explain how valuable all of this experience is though. I have done more these last few months then I have over the last few years! Like I've said before, it is all going to pay off here very shortly.

I got a big reminder of this when I had to go in for my graduation pictures. It felt so weird getting the pin put on me and wearing my official scrub top for the picture. I can't count how many times I've walked through the halls on the upper floor of Hayes and looked at all the previous classes that graduation before me. I would always think to myself that it was so far away and how awesome it will be to finally have my picture up there with them as well. I get cold chills every time I think about walking across the stage and getting my own nursing school pin and diploma from the dean. I haven't decided if I'm going to cry, give her a hug, scream, or just pass out LOL. Every week there is a reminder of how much closer myself, and my classmates, are to graduation.

And for a little comic relief and for anyone looking for a little pat on the back for realizing that you would never do this, check out this picture of a parking job outside of this hospital that I saw as we were taking down the major's fair set up over in Reid. The best part was the guy driving the truck (who has a car in front of him as well in a correct spot and is parked in) saw this from a room in the hospital and thought it was halarious. Him and his family saw the car parked incorrectly from a window in the waiting room and said it would suck to be the guy parked in, and then realized it was his truck in the middle LOL. I'm not sure how the issue got resovled but at least the guy was in a good mood about it and was just happy he got out there in time to take a picture before the person moved their car.

8Feb/13

Meet the new guy, Yogi

Since I'm so close to graduation, and really before I realized how crazy this last semester was going to be, I decided that it was time to reward myself with a little present. What better then man's best friend, a little puppy. I say little now but in the month Ive had him, I feel like he has tripled in size! I honestly have a whole new respect for all parents and especially single parents because this little dude keeps me on my toes 24/7. I especially appreciate what parents who come to school have to deal with.

I'm just glad I'll be graduating soon so I will make enough money to feed this piggy before he makes me broke LOL!