Sorry for taking a while to write again!! These past couple weeks have been sooooo hectic. It’s getting towards the end of the year, so everything seems to be piling up. Things have calmed down since a few assignments were due last week, but I still have a lot of work to do.

We have about two weeks of classes left (the rest of this week and all of next week) and then a week of what we 3Years call Integrating. The program is set up so that we take finals a week before the regular 4-year students and the time we have left in school is fully dedicated to a weeklong project. It sounds really intense, and in some ways it is, but we work in groups and present our project at the end of the week (May 8th this semester). We don’t find out our presentation topic until May 1st and it’s kept really top secret. Our professors like to tease us because they’re the ones who chose the topic, so they know it and we don’t. But the gist of this whole huge project is to incorporate EVERYTHING that we have learned over the past semester and apply it to the case we’re given. I like this a whole lot better than taking six tests that are usually all essay form. I tend to do better with projects than tests, and with presenting you can say whatever you need to in order to get your point across rather than hoping you pick the right letter on a multiple choice, and your hand doesn’t hurt from writing. I gave presentations like this in high school DECA (a marketing club – sounds kind of boring I know but it’s really not) so I fell really comfortable when this time comes.

Last semester’s Integrating Experience was really good and I think I lucked out with it being my first time ever doing one. My group was awesome and we worked really, really well together. We split up everything equally and we just really meshed well together. Our topic was finding a new market for a fictional yogurt company. The case they handed us had everything we needed and I feel like it wasn’t too, too hard, but really time consuming considering it did take a week to complete.

So we find out our topic next Friday and I’m kind of dorkishly excited =]. I have to write my history paper now – until next time!

-Kristin

“Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give love, the fastest way to lose love is to hold on to tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.”
-Nancye Sims

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So sorry for not posting in a while - I had probably the most stressful week ever.
Let's start with Monday, when my friend and I got in a car accident =[. We are both okay and not hurt too badly, even though we both did get transported to the hospital. I know that sounds horrible, but we both had minor injuries and were released that night. It just stinks now that I don’t have a car on campus to just come and go as I please. I feel bad relying on others to bring me where I need to go, even though I know they don’t mind.

Because I was feeling extremely sore the next day I missed classes - which is something I hate doing. I know it sounds dorky, but I always feel so behind if I do miss class, so I try not to do it if I don't have to. Luckily, I only have two classes on Tuesdays so I didn't miss too many things.

Since I only have one class on Wednesdays, I usually do as much work as I can. Since I had a lot of assignments with due dates coming closer, I legitimately spent the ENTIRE day working on homework and assignments.

That continued into Thursday where I had until 4:45 then dance until 8:30 and then spent the rest of the night doing more homework.

Finally Friday came and I finished as much as I could during so that I wouldn’t have much to do over the weekend.

In total, I had a debate for English, a case study for Management, and a paper and presentation for Media/PR. That may not sound a lot of work, but when you take all research and preparation into consideration, it’s a lot of work to do in just a couple of days – not to mention other commitments I am obligated to. This week seems to be pretty slow with only a reflection paper due on Thursday, which shouldn’t take long at all.

Now that I feel better after venting, I’m going to go look for a new car =]. Thanks for listening – talk to you soon!!!

-Kristin

"And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy. Maybe, it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is just moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this: knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope."
-He’s Just Not That Into You

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