Away From School

"Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to work we go" - the Seven Dwarves- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Today was the first day of my last undergraduate spring break. What did I do? I had a road trip back home with one of my sisters, cuddled with one of my nephews, went to work (WORK IS A MAGICAL PLACE WHERE YOU SING DISNEY SONGS ALL DAY) and now I'm home.

I already love spring break even though all I've done is work so far. While at work I made three people ridiculously happy and I got some awesome news that involves a one year pin and becoming a "regular" EEEKKKKKK THIS IS SO AWESOME !! In your best Rapunzel Voice: "THIS JA SO MUCH FUNNNNN!!! BEST DAY EVER!"

Starting My Project

Even though it is a component of one of the most ridiculous assignments/classes I have ever had the displeasure of partaking in, today was the first day of my project at my internship. I decided that I wanted to work on self-control with these kids by having them participate in goal oriented and positive reinforcement exercises in hopes that by working on their self-control in small, contained doses then the students will be able to apply some of the methods of self-control to real world problems they might experience. I know that it is a long shot but I was honestly at a loss for what to do.

Today I replicated a classic psychology experiment where you place a marshmallow in front of a child and tell them that they can either eat it now or if they wait five minutes they can have another one plus the one already in front of them. I did this to get an idea of where my students' levels of self-control were. They all stated that they could control themselves in everyday situations but when it came to them being angry they had no self-control. The exercise with the marshmallow reinforced what the students said about themselves so next week I will need to give them more challenging activities.

On another note, SPRING BREAK STARTS TOMORROW WOOOOOOOOOOO

Time to Dance

Again.

Brandi and I are back to dancing as we have just signed up to audition for a new talent show where we can show off the dance that we will be finishing sometime this month. Hallelujah! Praise Gandalf! We are hoping to be accepted into the show for April 9th!

I Made Dinner!

If you've been following this for a while then you might remember that one of my goals is learning how to cook. I want to be able to make my own food all the time but I'm just too lazy to do that. I have been making my lunch each day this past week and spending less money and time eating at restaurants or fast food. 

Tonight I took my shot at making dinner and decided to make steak and potatoes. It took two different mediums to cook the steak and the potatoes/green beans were a steam fresh bag (it's not cheating!!) but I made dinner! Go me! Now to turn it in to something you would see at Emrils.

Teen Wolf Feels

"A trickster that feeds off chaos, strife and pain. The nogitsune." Various Teen Wolf episodes.

I love Teen Wolf. I didn't think I would when I heard that MTV was remaking the classic and turning it into a teen drama. This movie was Michael J. Fox at his most ridiculous. The poor kid played basketball as a wolf for goodness sake. I was so worried that the show was going to be this dumb, horrible remake. 

I was wrong.

After watching season one of Teen Wolf, I was hooked. Season two was amazing. Season three is breaking my heart. I hate you so much Jeff Davis.

Teen Wolf is honestly the best part of my busy Mondays. I go from class to work to class to chapter and then all I want to do is sleep. But Teen Wolf is worth the extra effort. 

ALSO!!! BRANDI AND I MAY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLACE TO DO OUR DANCE FOR THE TALENT SHOW!!! AHHHHHH

Two Steps Forward

I worked toward a few of my goals today by completing assignment after assignment after assignment for my practicum class. I have one more that I have to start working on in order to be completely finished but I'm sure it will be easy. I also booked my test date for the G.R.E. EEEKKKK!!

 This upcoming week will consist of catching up from two weeks ago and then going home to see my nephews! I can't wait to see them and also be able to go back to work at the store while I'm home.

Third Month In

60 days!!! Wooooo!! It definitely doesn't feel like I've been doing this for two months but numbers don't lie right? Anyway, I promised that I would revisit my goals for today so here we go! 

1. Stop drinking soda.

    No soda for 60 days. I think I can check this one off. Any thoughts? 

2. Visit with the nutritionist on campus to start eating better.

    Still haven't done this. I actually kind of went backwards on this and started eating junk food again :( 

3. Make time to go to the gym, I want to feel better about my self. 

    I have been going to physical therapy and I have been putting in some hours at the gym. The last ten days my workouts consisted of training for the talent show which, if I may say so my self, felt like I was losing all the weight in my body. I wasn't obviously.

4. Put effort into my appearance 3/4 days out of the week.

    This has all but stopped completely. I'm lucky if I even put a bow in my hair because now it is long enough to be tied back. Hair cut time? 

5.USE MY PLANNER AND REVISIT MY TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS

     My planner is my phone and my time management skills have been slipping. I'm hoping this week will be better

6. Stay positive.

    On going battle.

7. Take the GRE.

    My GRE group kind of fizzled out and now I'm back on my own. I need to ind a companion or I know I won't study for this test. Something else I should is actually book a GRE date.

8. Drink more water.

    I got this yo.

9. Make straight A's my final semester.

    So far so good!! I have a 95 in stress and resilience and a 92 in psychology of personality. The practicum is tricky.

10. Be happy with myself and the choices I make.

     This hasn't really even crossed my mind since I wrote down the second time. I try to be happy and I try to keep my long term feelings about something in mind when I decided to do it. I'm impulsive so it's hard. 

11.Look into internships.

     I did this!! I looked in to three or four things. Unfortunately, the due dates had either already passed, were too soon, or the application needed letters of recommendation that I am really bad at getting.

12.Learn how to cook.

     I'm a failure. But the kitchen I have to work with isn't that great either. 

13.Work on my relationships.

     I'm not even sure what I meant by this originally. I should probably reflect.

14. Make better choices with my finances.

      Again, I suck at this. I'm so impulsive and I need to work on my self control. I know that I could do this easily but I just haven't.