some not so great news

This post is going to be a bit of a vent…and since the only people who seem to read my blog are spammers, I don’t feel too bad about it. However, in case a real person does happen to read this, I figure I should forewarn them.

This afternoon I went to go pick up my sister from her tennis lesson and her instructor is the same guy I had back when I did lessons. It’s been not even two years since I’ve seen him last and today I was sitting in the waiting/pro shop area off the indoor courts and he comes off the courts and looks right at me. I smile and open my mouth to say hi but he didn’t even say a word! I don’t think my looks have changed so drastically within the past two years that he wouldn’t recognize me. I also realize that he has taught a lot of people but he was my coach for like 4 years! It just made me a little sad…so I’m hoping next time he might recognize me and say hi.

Secondly, I got my grades for spring quarter. I lost my scholarship. I’m not too disappointed because it was only for $500…but, still, it’s kind of embarrassing. My parents aren’t disappointed like I thought they’d be. It’s been a year with a lot of ups and downs and they realize that. I didn’t fail any classes this year, and I didn’t get any D’s either. I got a few C’s though, and that really screwed me over. It just makes me want to work that much harder during the next 3 years so I can get a decent cumulative.

I saw Atonement for the first time tonight. I really liked it and it made me want to read the book. I have it, and I started to read it a few years ago but never finished it.

Okay, enough of this. I’m going to bed.

End of the year thoughts

Whenever I go to my dashboard, I love clicking the “Write” button to put up a new post. I don’t know why 🙂

This year has flown by. I’ve met so many great people and learned so much about journalism and myself, among other things. In high school, I was one of those students who didn’t really have to work very hard to make the honor roll. It was a nice thing at the time, but imagine my surprise when I came to college. My study habits were weak and there was an increased temptation not to go to class. In high school, I never skipped a class because I was stuck in the same building for the whole day, so it just made sense to go to all of them. Here, I had breaks and reveled in naps in-between (and sometimes straight through) classes. Needless to say, my fall quarter grades were less than perfect, and my parents weren’t very happy that their hard-earned money was being spent on me skipping class and partying every weekend.

Winter quarter, I shaped up. I went to class. I only skipped when I felt sick; I was recovering from a “rip-roaring case of mono”  (my doctor’s words) I had caught over winter break. My GPA improved by .4, and my parents loved me again…kidding. They’ve always loved me. I slowly developed better study habits and time management skills, which I am still honing and will continue to do so for the rest of my time here. This quarter, despite the gorgeous weather (and, this week, the raging monsoons and countless tornado watches/warnings), I have gone to class and kept up with everything. I’m not quite to Dean’s List status yet, but I’m getting closer and closer. I am seven classes and four finals away from completing my freshman year at Ohio University. My feelings are similar to my peers’: I want to be finished with finals, but I am not ready to leave Athens and all of my friends for the summer. It’s been a great year.

I’ll leave you with some of my favorite pictures of the year.

that’s not all of them…but you get the drift: my year was GREAT