Awesome Weekend

Leah S.

April 26, 2009 - 12:42 PM

 

Well this weekend is coming to a close. It was very awesome and a great break from school. I kept so busy this weekend too that it is easy to believe that it is already over. I still am going shopping today; I need some summer clothes for Nebraska. I also have to pack. That won't take too long though since I don't have to bring much when I come home for a weekend. Yesterday I took my dog for a walk. That was fun. He is a bigger dog and a complete idiot when it comes to walking him (we made the mistake of not taking him enough as a puppy and now he can't walk without getting over excited). Sometimes you have to wonder who is walking whom.He has husky in him so he is a very strong dog. You have to be careful when walking him. He could easily take off, but somehow he knows he can't do that and is easy enough so that you don't struggle too much.It is a great arm workout for me. Sometimes it gets my legs too, when I have to stop him from chasing a cat or keeping him away from another dog. As he has gotten older he doesn't like other dogs as much, especially male dogs. He gets very protective and just doesn't seem to want to be bothered by another dog.

 

Overall though he is so sweet and mild tempered. He has always made me feel safe and he has always taken care of me when I was sick. How could I not love him? He smells so bad in his old age and is so argumentative, but when I look into his deep brown (now cloudy) eyes I see nothing but love. You just know that he loves you. He is always around and stays nearby me when I come home. He is never sure how long I'll be here. It's really quite sweet (although I trip over him sometimes because he is so close). He is the most spoiled dog too. He has always been a house dog, when we leave we get people to check in on him, he has ac in the summer, heat in the winter, plenty of food and water, and always our love. I think this dog is so spoiled by our love. All he has to do is look at us and almost always, without fail, one of us will go to him and give him a belly rub or scrub his ears. He just loves it. Well I need to keep this one kind of short. I'm in a little bit of a time crunch to finish a few things that are going to take at least an hour to do. So until next time...

 

 

 

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Ah! An Awesome Couple of Days

Leah S.

April 25, 2009 - 12:31 PM

Well last night was great. I decided to come home this weekend and the bus ride was horrible and long. They are usually pretty uneventful. I finished almost all of my studying before we even left Eugene. You see I get picked up on campus and then we head downtown for the rest of the people. We always wait downtown for so long. I decided to do some of my studying on the way home so I had less to do this weekend. Well, like I said, I finished most of it before leaving Eugene. Oh well. I read my book and listened to music the rest of the way. As much as I love doing both of those activities it is not so fun doing that for three hours. Well I have been stressing at school too. With all the homework, knee injury, being on crutches, and starting training for this internship I have been pretty stressed and had some very tight muscles. I went ahead and treated myself to a massage. That was so a slice of heaven for me. It was much needed. The place, Massage Envy, is a great place. I got an hour long massage. It's only thirty nine dollars for first timers. Talk about a well earned and much needed little vacation. I'm now less tense and not quite as stressed.

 

Today I went to the Saturday market in downtown Vancouver. I met up with an old teacher. The weather turned out to be horrible so I never got any pictures. Plus since the rain started falling I didn't want to bring out the camera and chance hurting it somehow. Esther Short Park is very pretty though and you can definitely take my word for it. I actually got my senior pictures done there. They are awesome. The park always has flowers and it has this cute fountain sort of thing and a glockenspiel. It's very kid friendly and adult friendly. The area around it is all industrial so it is kind of like a small paradise in the middle of that. Then, after the not so great weather, I went over to my dad's to hang out for a while. We wiied it up. It was fun. We played tennis, bowling, golf, and baseball. It was a fun activity and about the most activity I can do given my current knee problem (which is getting much better!!). Then of course there is alwaysI love her to death. Well I'm a dachshund fan. I want a mini when I'm able. She is very sweet and fun to be around. I just think she is adorable. Well I would love to continue telling you all about anything and everything, but it is getting late and I'm actually quite tired. So until next time...

 

 

 

 

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60-80 and Gimps

Leah S.

April 19, 2009 - 9:02 PM

So Friday night was pretty fun. I went to a themed little party and it was sixties and eighties. It's always to fun to see what all people do for dressing up. So much work goes into each and every outfit. I never used to take that much time in getting ready for anything. I'm the kind of girl that just doesn't care a whole lot whether or not people like how I dress. I wear what‘s comfortable to me. Being in college has changed that for me though. I mean I still don't care that much, but somehow I take more time on myself. For classes not so much, but when I'm hanging out with people I try a little harder. I don't know if I just have changed and become more of a girl or what. I really don't know. I find it fun to dress up and get all excited about other's dressing up. Maybe it's because I have a younger brother and no sister. I have my mom, but she grew up on a farm so she grew up a tomboy for the most part. She taught me how to wear girly clothes, but I have always been more inclined to wear jeans and a t-shirt or shorts and a t-shirt. Now I'm looking for a nicer tank top to match on a nice day. I even caught myself looking at dresses when I went shopping today. Wow, well to get back to the point is that this party was pretty fun. I had more stuff than I thought and I can't believe the stuff that other people have. It's so much fun. I like living in a hall full of girls. It is a lot of fun.

 

Now for the gimps part. As I mentioned before I hurt my knee and have been on crutches and everything. It has gotten a lot better. I still have physical therapy starting tomorrow to try and make things better. Anyway, there is a girl on the second floor of my hall that hurt her ankle. We went to dinner the other night and realized that we were both gimps. It was pretty funny actually. Between the two of us we had to limp a little bit when walking back from getting dinner. I mean it's sad that we both got hurt, but somehow being with someone else that also has to limp just makes things seem not as bad. It was awesome. She is an awesome person too. So full of energy and smiles.

 

Today was so beautiful (actually this entire weekend has been) so some of the guys on first floor got the idea of a barbeque. Someone had a grill so we had a nice picnic barbeque in the courtyard. That was a lot of fun. It was almost our entire hall out there enjoying the sunshine, food, and soccer. It really allowed us all to bond as a group. It has been a full and busy weekend. I can't wait to see what is in store for next weekend. So until next time...

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           

 

 

 

 

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Homework is no fun!

Leah S.

April 14, 2009 - 9:40 PM

Hey all!! So I'm totally writing this to avoid writing homework. Who really wants to do homework ever, but I find it even harder to concentrate after like seven or eight. I just shut down to anything and everything productive. I'm usually really good at getting my homework done by then, but today has not been the best. It's even harder when it's not due until Thursday and it's only Tuesday. It makes you even less inclined to do it. It's even worse when this really cool person is online and you just want to talk to them (cryptic sentence isn't it lol). My cousin is online as well and I enjoy talking with her. I mean, don't get me wrong I'm a good student (yes, I'm going to toot my own horn there). I always get homework done on time. I will this time too; I'll just be a little more stressed tomorrow than usual. Unless I actually buckle down and work on it tonight (which I'm thinking is doubtful and if I do get any started then it will be just a very minimal amount). For me it's hard too, because writing homework is very easy and boring. That is not a good combination. The paper I'm writing right now is the same topic as a big paper I researched and wrote in high school. I chose the topic because I'm passionate about it (elementary schools should teach foreign languages because children have a critical period after which it becomes more difficult to learn). I know that's a huge mouthful and probably makes little sense, but that's what I'm interested in. I love the German language a lot and really wish I could have learned it younger so I could have excellent proficiency. Even still, I am a lucky one and have studied in Germany which has definitely helped. Friday I am taking this huge test that if I pass it the European Union will recognize me as a proficient foreign speaker of the German language. It's pretty cool. I'm a little nervous, but not too much.

 

Oh my goodness!! I got this summer internship with southwestern. I'm really excited and nervous and scared and a whole lot else. I'll be gone all summer and I'm not sure where yet. This company sells educational software and books. It will be a great opportunity for me. I get paid; I get experience, and build skills that will definitely help me later in life with whatever career I finally choose. Well my friend and I are speaking German on Facebook and I figure since I'm not going to do much writing homework the least I can do is practice some German for the upcoming test. So until next time...

 

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Sunshine!!!!

Leah S.

April 6, 2009 - 8:05 PM

OH MY GOSH!!! It was sooooooo...... beautiful today!! Well yesterday was too, but because of my little knee problem I got stuck inside a little too much. However, today I decided to take it easy so I could enjoy the outdoors. Not to mention, my knee is only bothersome today, rather than in any real amount of pain. Anyhow, the sun was so beautiful today. It's way too hard to be down on a day like today. The sun was shining, I got out of my late Friday discussion class, and I hung out with friends.There is a picture of the sun (which I thought was quite awesome since it's not an easy thing to capture), then there is me, my roommate Signe behind me, and Catie behind her soaking up some rays (they actually did homework I just let mine sit in my backpack), and then there is the tree that is in our courtyard. It's been blooming for a few days now and with the sun and everything it was too awesome of a picture to pass up. I was good though. I didn't get burned, or at least to the point of being noticeable. My nose is a little sore if I scratch it, but like I said nothing noticeable. I wish there would be more days like this, but it is going downhill and fast this week. By Wednesday I think it is we are back to low to mid fifties. I guess that is pretty good though for Oregon (or rather the Great Northwest) in the spring. I can't really complain. We were just being teased the last few days. I'm ok with the cooler weather; I just don't like the freaking rain. I'm so tired of it. It's good for the landscape though. I heard from someone, or somewhere, that it didn't rain as much this year as it usually does.It didn't feel like it, but I have lived in the Great Northwest my whole life so I guess I'm just use to it. Well that's all I really have to say about the weather. It makes you not want to do homework so be warned. On the other hand, my knee is getting better. I love that. I am a very independent person so having to always have a meal buddy is a pain in my rear. I am getting to the point where I can limp pretty ok and take care of a few things when I have my brace on. I can accomplish a lot on my own in the dorms. Today was a heck of a day though. I had two classes and they were spread apart nicely. It still wore me out though. There is just something about crutches that take more energy, then with my brace on I was super hot in the beautiful weather, but I managed. It was tough, but I just keep thinking: What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Well I love watching the Monday show Heroes and it is on in forty minutes and I'm kind of digging a smoothie so I think I'm going to grab a buddy and run down there (or hobble I guess) before my show. So until next time...

 

 

 

 

 

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