Hello there good people of blog-ville. It has been almost a full month of summer vacation and I thought I would update you fun people on some of the excellent summer activities that some of my friends and I have done.
To begin with, I and seven of my friends went on an adventure to a pleasant place called Williamsport to see very pleasing performance by an entertainer that goes by the name, Rodney Carrington. Mr. Rodney Carrington is a comedian that specializes in telling things from the male point of view. It was a blast watching Rodney up on stage with his cowboy hat and singing his crazy songs.
Some other things that I have been doing is that my friends and I have been going to the local basketball courts to play some basketball. We will bet anywhere from three to eight people to play an assortment of games. If we don’t have that many people we will play a game like “21” or “three point shootout”, other times we will get some intense pickup games. So, if you’re feeling like you want to challenge us, come on down, we’ll be more then happy to take you on.
And finally something that is very relaxing is that we sometimes have campfires. We’ll invite a few people over and just sit around the campfire for a few hours. This is fun and allows us to catch up with eachother after a fun-filled year away from eachother at college. Well, I hope you are having an awesome start to your summer as well. So, I guess this is good-bye for this week, I will surely anticipate our next meeting so that I can give you updates on how the summer is going...

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Aloha Blogging Buddies, what’s new with you? Really, that’s neat. Summer time is here and though I am not currently in the Haven, I will be back there in the fall. Now is just a time for me to relax and take a break from the constant grind of school.
I am not doing a lot right now just trying to make a nice and smooth transition back into living at home and being back in my hometown. I am currently trying to a place of employment for the summer and the hunt is going kind of slow but it is looking promising.
Other then that constant search, I am also catching up with friends that I have not seen in a little while because of us being off at college. It is good to see these old, yet still good friends and to see that we have not grown too far apart from each other. This is good to see because when we were graduating almost exactly a year ago, they told us that we wouldn’t see almost all of our graduation class again. But my friends and I made an effort not to let this happen to us, we made sure to stay in contact and to see each other whenever we could because we figured if we wanted to see each other we would make it happen.
A big adjustment for moving back into my house is that at first I almost felt like a guest in my own house. Don’t get me wrong, nothing really changed about my house, it is just that I was not used to staying for such a long stretch of time in my house. When I was home, it was only ever for about two and a half days. But now that I have been here for two weeks I am getting adjusted well to it.
Alright, I guess I better get back to doing what I do best, relaxing. Until next time, may the blog be with you, young jedi…

Posted by Joe Stender at 10:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wow, I almost totally forgot to give you guys and girls an update this week. Sorry about that guys and girls, it’s not that I don’t enjoy telling you all how awesome college life is; it’s just that I have been totally swamped this past week trying not to fail a bunch of finals.

But I guess I can spare a few precious minutes to tell all of my excellent blog-friends how the week is going. Well the finals season started this past Friday when all of the dorm buildings went on a mandatory 24 hour quiet hours. That means no loud music, yelling or carrying on in the hall or else you got some explaining to do Lucy.

Everyone was pretty much on study-mode the whole weekend. Then it came, the beginning of the finals week. It was scarey but you have to do it, well actually I guess you don’t but it’s in your best interest to take the finals. So, on Monday I had my Intermediate Algebra final bright and early at 8am (as you will see, 8am finals will be often for me). Then later that day at 6pm, I had my literature final. Both of these finals weren’t bad, not great but they didn’t kill me which is always good. Then luckily I had a review session from 8-9pm Monday night for our final in World History II.

Tuesday wasn’t such a bad day, I only had one final exam period. But of course, it was scheduled for 8am. I didn’t have a final in my Newswriting class but we were still expected to show up to do a little assignment. The rest of the day I spent studying for my history exam.

Then Wednesday came and once again, I woke up for a super-awesome 8am final. World History II came calling and I had to take the final which I actually feel really good about. That’s not a good sign, because if I feel good about it, I probably didn’t do too hot. Now, all I have to do is take a Leisure, Wellness and Personal Lifestyle final on Thursday (10am, it’s about time) and then I’m done for the year.

Yes, I will no longer be a freshman, but a sophomore. It’s hard to believe that my first year at the Haven will be done, but I could use a break. Alright cool people, I guess I should get back to studying… you know, I don’t want to fail. Until next time, I’ll see ya next time…

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Hello blog-friends, I want to sit down and talk to you about something that will be very important to your LHU and/or college experience, dorms. Your dorm room will become your home, away from home. And like it or not, it’s going to take some getting used to.
One big difference is the amount of people that you will be living with. Unless you are used to having over 30 people in your house, this will be a major change. Living in a country-like setting where there is barely any traffic or noise, it took a little getting used to all the people and comotion. But now at the end of the year, I go home and it seems weird and odd that it’s so quiet.
Another difference is the fact that you’re basically on your own. Now there are RA’s (Resident Assistants) that will help you and are there to make sure things don’t get out of hand, but there isn’t anyone there to make sure you eat right, to study or anything else. This experience really shows you how responsible of a person you are. At first it just hits you that you have to take care of everything, but once you take a breather, you’ll be fine.
And possibly the BIGGEST change about the living areas is the bathroom. I’ll tell you what, never before had I had to worry about being locked out of room while going to the bathroom but that was the situation I found myself my very first morning at the Haven. Imagine if you will, the morning comes and I need to go to the bathroom, BAD. So, I jump up and begin to run out my room, without my keys, and I’m about to shut the door when I realize that my door is locked. Then everything goes into that funky movie-like slow-motion. My eyes get big and I’m like “NOOOoooo…” and quickly put my foot in the door. My foot got a little sore but it was better then getting locked out of my room in shorts and my hair sticking up. Moral of the story, no matter how bad you have to go to the bathroom, make sure you have your keys.
There are a lot of differences that you’ll have to get used to when you come to college, but there’s adjustments you’ll have to make in everything you do. Alright, I’ll catch you excellent people when I decide to blog it up again…

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