November 19, 2009

H1N1 scare

A couple of days ago, I got terribly sick. It hit me quickly. I was lying in bed around 12:30 on Monday night and ran to the bathroom. It wasnt pretty once I got there. I was awake for the following eight hours in pain; it  was the worst. The first thing I did Tuesday morning was see the nurse. As I walked to her office, I noticed how sore I was. I had a mild cough. When Nurse Lamb took my temperature, it was 101 degrees. She told me to come back in a couple of hours to see the doctor. As I walked back to Beta, I was almost sure I had H1N1. 

The thought of getting H1N1 this week distressed me. I've been preparing my grad school applications, and I need to get them out by Friday. I did not want an illness to knock me on my back for 4 or 5 days. However, on Tuesday morning, it was nothing I could really do. I turned on some Bugs Bunny cartoons and fell asleep until it was time to see the doctor.

When I went back to the doctor's office, he told me I did not have H1N1 (thank God). He told me I did have the flu though. He gave it some fancy name, but essentially it was the stomach flu. He gave me some medicine and told me to get some rest for the next couple of days.

I'm glad to say I'm feeling better, but the thought of getting H1N1 really frightened me. I'm just glad I didn't have to go through with it.

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November 14, 2009

The Bell's Home!

WE WON THE GAME! WE WON THE GAME! WE WON THE GAME!

You can practically feel the electricity on campus right... everyone's excited. There is a special ringing of the bell ceremony in Chapel right now. Its cool because everyone on campus can come and ring the Bell if they want. This ceremony is especially appropiate because it underlines that the Bell belongs to the entire Wabash community: students, faculty, staff, and their families.
Last Thursday, we had our traditional Bell Chapel. Matt Hudson, the quarterback, promised that the Bell was coming home this weekend. And he delivered.... its going to be a great night.

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November 08, 2009

Bell Week

Sorry for the delay of this post. I've been intending to write, but this may be the worst month of my life. All my grad school applications are due less than a month away, and I want to be done with each of them before Thanksgiving Break. So, that pretty gives me this week and next week to get everything done. Most of the components of my application are finally here. I got my official GRE scores and my personal statement is in a form I'm proud of. In regards to my personal statement, I am so thankful that it's finally done. I've been writing it since last June. Dr. Horton, one of the psychology professors, has been working with me on it, and he has been especially patient with me. I cant count the hours I've spent in his office discussing that essay, but I'm so thankful he kept working with me.

In other news, this week is the Bell! It's weird to think that its the last one I will have as an undergrad. Where did all the time go? After two years, I'm praying that the Bell will come home next Saturday. That would be a great memory to add to this senior year. If we win, I feel like the celebration on campus that night would be legendary.... Everyone's so excited and ready to win. You can just feel the electricity.

 

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November 01, 2009

Halloween Weekend

This year, my Halloween wasn't spent in costume. I didn't go to a fraternity party or go trick-or-treating. I spent my Halloween at a wedding. A classmate of mine, James Brazill, got married yesterday. He asked me if I would attend and play the piano during cocktail hour. Of course I agreed. I've been practicing all week. I needed to warm up some songs I havent played for a while. I performed several classical tunes I learned years ago. It was really to perform again. Honestly, I miss the piano program from high school. I spent hours practicing and performing, but it was all worth it in the end. At the end of the day, I guess I'm a musician at heart. I love music, and I love to listen to others perform even more. I love to sit behind the piano and play until I'm sleepy. I miss that about high school.

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October 27, 2009

Halloween 2009

The Betas decided to celebrate Halloween a week early this year. We put on our costumes and had a pretty good night. Every character imaginable was at our party, including Shrek, Mario & Luigi, Lady Gaga, Steve Urkel, Michael Vick, Bob Marley, all five Power Rangers, etc. It was a pretty exciting night... check out the

pictures

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October 25, 2009

My Last Fall Break

So, this year I had the pleasure of traveling to NYC and Boston with two friends of mine, Matt and Drew. We left Crawfordsville at 1:00 pm and we had a very long 16-hour drive. When we first hit the road, I studied for the GRE for a couple of hours. Then, I was lucky enough to learn that Matt had an electric outlet in his car. I was able to watch a couple of movies and one of my favorite TV shows, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Having a laptop on the road really helped pass the time quite nicely.

At about, 3:30 in the morning we arrived in Queens, NYC. We stayed the night at my sister's apartment. That day, my sister and I just hung out and caught up on old times. I was able to babysit my youngest nephew, Jaylen, while my sister could just chill and relax. Later in the evening, my sister and went into Manhattan and had dinner at a BBQ restaurant. It was pretty good. Then, after dinner, we went to the Ripley Believe It or Not museum. We got some pretty funny pictures too.

The following afternoon, I took a bus to Boston to see my friend Ashlee. We ended up having dinner at a really nice Japanese restaurant; I was able to try sake for the first time. To be honest, that may have been my last time drinking sake too. After dinner, we both put on costumes and we went to a Halloween party. This party was a little different for me. All the attendees were either in graduate school or professionals; I'm pretty sure I was the youngest person there. This was a problem for me... it was just a first.

On the last day, we left Boston at 7 am. I had the first shift in the drive.. it wasn't too bad. For the remainder of the time, I dozed off in the back seat. We got back to Crawfordsville about 1 am in the morning.

I'm pretty happy with this fall break.

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October 23, 2009

GRE

So, I finally took my GRE, and it feels great to be done! To be honest, I'm not as pleased with my scores as I would like to be, but I'm glad that its over. Now, I can move to the second phase of the grad school application process. I've already passed out my reccomendation forms. Now, the next big step is to complete my personal statements. Its such an important step, and I have been writing my statement for months. Once I'm done, the rest of the application is pretty easy. 

Although I'm done with a major portion of the application process, I've still got so far to go!

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