Evolution of a College Freshman in Dining Services

First Week:
"Oh my gosh, look at all the food! Pizza all the time, soft serve ice cream, waffle makers...yogurt, english muffins, sandwich lines, ethnic food, juice,  comfort food...how am I ever going to eat all this?  I'm never going to get sick of eating at DS!"

Next Week:
"Why are all the upperclassmen eating cereal? For dinner?  Don't they realize that there are better foods to eat than that?  I mean, look at this treasure trove!"

After the first month:
"Oh, look!  I remember that dish!  Guess they're starting to repeat themselves.  Oh well, I liked it."

Sometime:
"Why do they put all the good desserts out on the same day!?!?  Don't they know that I'm trying to avoid the freshman fifteen?  How am I supposed to pick?!?"

The Next Day:
"And now they have no good dessert...curse you DS!"

After the second month:
"I just want food that isn't gross...and that I'm not sick of.  This food is boring."  *googles college cafeteria hacks*

Inevitably, you get sick:
"I CAN'T EAT ANYTHING BECAUSE MY STOMACH WILL REJECT IT!  Bananas, toast...oh good, they have applesauce today..."

After the third month:
*eating mozzarella sticks, nibbling on a piece of chicken, eating an ice cream cone and a bowl of granola, rice crispies, life, and capt'n crunch constitutes dinner* "Get me home!"

Luckily, Thanksgiving break is only three days away!

My Blues Book

Blue.  I've slowly discovered that my new favorite color is blue.  A deep royal blue.  As I sit here, I can see my new royal blue sweatshirt on the ground next to me, my turquoise blue bath towel, my blue glass coffee mug, (fun fact: my future kitchen shall be decorated in blue glass and white ceramic) and I can see my black and blue ribbon board, with my blue Jack Frost bow, my blue "Kiss the Girl" mini bow, the blue on my Flounder mini, my blue plastic bowl, fork and spoon I used to eat ramen for lunch today, my blue pen, my blue plaid headband..you get the idea.

But not only that, but I've been feeling kind of blue the last few days.

So a few weeks ago, I received a compliment that really made my day.  Then I got to thinking...what about all those days that I really need a pick-me-up and don't get one?  What can I do to pull myself out of the doldrums on those hard days?

Since coming to college, things have gotten insane.  Papers are due, applications to fill out, the freshman fifteen to avoid...and there are days I just want my mommy to hug me. College is hard.  It's a good hard, but there are still times I feel like giving up.

That's when I came up with the idea for a blues book.  You know these little things?

They're kind of useless, but you still buy them because they're frickin' adorable. Well, I bought a set.  I used one for my packing list (literally almost used up the whole book, but that was because after the 14 pages I used for the actually list, I used several more, writing one letter on each page that spelled out "I HATE PACKING!" so that I could use it as a flip book...yeah).  I started a food diary in another, but quickly gave up on it.  The third was pink, and my sister wanted it, so I gave it to her.
Anyway, I ripped the two pages of food diary in the first one out and gave this little notebook a makeover:

 

I just covered an old notebook with blue duct tape, even made a little blue duct tape bow for decoration.  But what is this cute little book for?

The title page will tell you (my hand is covering the "Property of: My Name" part)

"For use in case of depression, the blues, the doldrums, ect."
A Collection of Pick-Me-Ups and Compliments

       

Some examples of the first entries into my Blues Book. My hope is that the next time I'm feeling down and like no one in the world cares about me, I'll have something to prove me wrong.  I hope to fill it up with nice things people have said about me.

I also hope that this will catch on.  It doesn't have to be a little notebook like this.  You could buy a little journal or even use a regular sized notebook.  However, the little notebooks will fill up faster, so it'll appear like you have more.

Anyhow, that's it for now.  Keep writing and don't be blue. :)

College, NaNoWriMo, and Sleep...in other words, I have no time...

Okay...
I'm well into my freshman/junior year at college.  Thanks to all my PSEO credits, I have junior status, but I'm still in a freshman dorm and many freshman classes.
My major? Music Theory and Composition. I got a scholarship after sending in these three pieces: Changes: The Promise: and a medley of stuff from my musical: Twice Upon a Time Medley:


This past week has been hell week, and not just because I'm in a class called Satan in Literature.

At any rate, I had about three big books to read before Wednesday (I only got two read) and an outline to write for a huge paper I'm writing for Satan in Literature.  It's my inquiry course-a class all freshman take at my school to introduce them to college and stuff. I had a rough draft of an essay for that class due Friday (4-5 pages), a rough draft of a religion paper due Thursday (7-9 pages...was only able to outline) and a presentation and video to make for it by Thursday. Did I mention I was so sick I could barely eat and my stomach hated caffeine?

Yeah. Last week sucked.

But this weekend, I had a Harry Potter movie/scene it night with my Quidditch team last night, slept in until freaking 4:30pm today, which was simultaneously weird and wonderful...and why I'm still going strong at 3:17am...did laundry, ate dinner (normal food! feeling much better.) Went to practice in the lounge and ran into my friend throwing a surprise birthday party for her friend and was invited.  Played Apples to Apples, caught up on my TV shows... and I'm ready to conquer the world, edit my novel...oh wait...it's 3 am.  My roommate's asleep after being in rehearsal all day...

NaNoWriMo is also upon us. Before Hell Week hit, I convinced myself to edit When the Stars Fall.  So I need to get on that.  There are so many people interested in buying it and reading it, I owe it to them to get it to them. Granted, most are family members and close friends, but still.  It's something.  It may not pay off my student loans, but it'll at least give me a little spending money. 

so yeah...need to figure out what time I need to wake up for church tomorrow morning. 10? Yeah...seven hours of sleep...if I go to bed right now...I should do that.  But maybe I'll edit one more chapter...