Food log for two weeks ago... :)

Breakfast:
-Oatmeal
-Hi-C Strawberry Juice box

Lunch:
-Croissant with turkey, mozzarella cheese, lettuce, and tomato
-Rice and stir-fried vegetables
-Glass of water

Dinner:
-Container of Minestrone soup
-Cinnamon apple sauce
-Gatorade

Snack:
-so far just water...
-probably something later

Today, I didn't really eat anything home cooked. I guess you could consider the dining hall stuff that I ate for lunch home cooked, but in my opinion, it's not the same. I'm pretty sure that the vegetables in my soup were probably genetically modified. They would be taken from somewhere with the ability to grow mass quantities. There were red beans, chickpeas, celery, potatoes, and carrots in my soup. I'm sure something out of that list has been modified. I doubt that the broccoli and mushrooms I ate for lunch were organic because they also have to be bought in bulk. Food didn't really have to travel far for me today. Everything I ate was probably from the Midwest...maybe not. I ate fast food the entire day. Nothing took time to prepare, and I didn't get the pleasure of cooking the food myself.

Stubbornness can lead to a career?

The last blog of the week is always the hardest to write. It seems like there is nothing left to talk about, so you just ramble on about nothing and hope to make it to 200 words. It always seems like it is on my last blog that I randomly talk about all of my problems and what's going wrong in my life! I'm usually the type of person that keeps to themselves and doesn't like to let anyone in. That's pretty much me in a nutshell. I consider myself very outgoing but don't trust easily. I also am usually super quiet...I guess that's changed since I've been at school. I know that over these past almost 3 months, I have changed. I feel like I can take more on now and am much more stubborn than I was when I came down in August. Trust me, that was hard to beat. There is no way that I can change my major now. I refuse. I came in for engineering, and I vow to leave with a degree in some sort of engineering. I think all of the engineers received Co-Op postcards in the mail on Saturday. It finally helped me realize that I need to start working on getting an internship. I know there is almost no use in trying for a Co-Op because I don't want to do engineering. I want to work in a patent office. I decided that I would talk to Jim, my academic advisor, about trying for an internship at the U.S. Patent Office. I highly doubt they would want someone without any experience in law, but hey, maybe they will give me a chance!

Spoof Ad to Mortify...

In the foreground, you see a heart monitoring machine. It has two normal heart beats, then you see the "Golden Arches" before it flatlines. On the bottom of the machine, you see the words "Big Mac Attack!" In the background of the picture, you see three doctors working on the patient hooked up to the machine. They are trying to get his heart beating again. The ad is referencing Big Mac commercials and ads in which Big Macs are made to look appealing and appetizing. This spoof has on objective of showing you what can really come out of Big Macs, death. In my opinion, this spoof does a great job of showing truth. Part of our nation's obesity problem comes from eating foods like Big Macs. Seeing this ad would definitely make me think twice about putting that nasty thing into my digestive tract. Would you really want to be eating a Big Mac while looking at this ad. You would have to be thinking about how you could feel the cholesterol in your arteries slowly moving to your heart and stopping it. These foods are so unhealthy! Maybe I was already biased, and that was why I chose to talk about this ad. I haven't had a McDonalds burger in probably over 2 years. They are about the least appealing item to me.

Weekend

Went out Friday night.
Sleeping by 1 a.m.
Woke up at 10:30 a.m.
Messed around on the internet until the Purdue game started.
Quit watching at half.
Put in Meet the Robinsons.
Watched about 20 minutes then slept through the rest of the movie and the second time it played.
Woke up to credits.
Put in License to Wed.
Watched the entire thing and loved it.
Turned to Lifetime.
Watched a movie about a missing kid who was still alive 7 days later.
During all the times I was awake, I was working on math for the week.
Mike came over at 9:30 p.m.
We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Fell asleep by 12 a.m.
Woke up at 8 a.m. even though I thought it was 9 a.m.
Went to the mall with Mike for a couple of hours.
Came back and continued to do math homework.
Finished all math by 4 p.m.
Watched the Colts game with Billy, Torsten, and Carter.
Went over to Earhart to do Chem Lab write-up.
Came back to Owen did chem homework.
The rest of my week is dedicated to the research paper and studying for my engineering test on Wednesday and Thursday...Wish me luck and sorry if you actually read this whole thing!

Nervousness and Stress

As I was sitting in Engineering lecture today, I ran my hands through my hair, and like 5 strands fell out!!! It's so upsetting. I turned to the other girl on my team and just had this shocked look on my face as I was still holding the hair in my hand. I am so stressed that my hair is falling out. I mean, I always shed. It's normal, but never have I shed this much! I can't believe that I am already in my second round of tests. I had my second math test 2 weeks ago, but tonight I have my chemistry test. I'm really nervous about it. I feel the need to do well in that class because it is all stuff that I learned last year. The way my teacher gives us the information is not in the slightest bit interesting and completely confusing my thoughts from last year. So, to say the least, I'm pretty scared about this test tonight! Along with the test, I have to start on this wonderful research paper. I've never written a 10 page paper before. The longest has been 5 pages. College is something completely new to me. Sometimes I love it. Sometimes I hate it, and sometimes it's just crazy!

Continued Life

So my roommate and I are being civil. I think it's only because we both found other people to live with next semester! I went down to the lobby to get the forms to change roommates. The girl working the front desk told me that I was going to live on her floor. I probably gave her a really weird look, and she went on to say that one of the girls was graduating in December. This meant that her roommate needed someone. Annie and Lauren, RAs, told me to go introduce myself to the girl. She wasn't in her room so I just went to my room to work on homework. Like 20 minutes later, the girl comes up to my room and introduces herself. I told her what happened with my roommate, and she was disgusted, just like I had been. Her name is Laura, and she is an alumni of the same leadership conference as me. We are really excited, which is actually more than I can say for myself at the beginning of the year for the roommate I have now! Kind of odd, I'm more excited to live with someone I don't really know than someone I do. I guess experiences can change your mind some...

Life

Sometimes, you wish your friends would take sides until they choose the wrong one... I can't wait until next semester. There is so much drama in my life right now due to my roommate. I would rather dislike someone I didn't know before living with them than argue with and dislike someone that I've known for the last 15 years. I desperately wish that I could get a single room. With my classes right now, I don't need the stress of other people bringing drama. This weekend was so much fun. My roommate left for the weekend...and took the tv remote with her. Can we say immature? Friday night, I went out to dinner with a big group of people from my leadership conference. We are planning an event for this Saturday and needed to discuss it. I had a great time and was able to forget my problems. On Saturday, I went to the game with Torsten and Billy. Once again, loads of fun. After that, we went back to the dorms, watched tv for a little while and worked on our Postlab. Then, we went and tailgated with Mike's family. There was amazing food. It made me happy after thinking about dining hall food again. Last night, a big group of us went over to Farmhouse and watched a movie and tv for a little while. So overall, my almost stressless weekend was fabulous!