Matilda

Tonight my roommate and I decided to have a movie night. We were flipping through the channels because we really don’t have any good movies in our room and guess what movie was on. Matilda was on. We were so excited because we have not watched that movie in forever. Matilda was one of my favorite movies when I was younger as well as my roommate’s. I remember watching it and thinking that if I got yelled at I would have powers too. So I was telling one of my guy friends that I was watching Matilda and he laughed and said, “I use to try and have powers; I use to try really hard.” I just laughed because now I know my friends from home and I were not the only ones who use to try and have powers when we were younger. If we really did have powers though, it would be so cool. I think Matilda was a really good movie for kids to watch because it made kids want to be like her and she was such a sweet girl. Even though she lived a hard family life, she never gave up on her own life. A lot of people in life take after their parents. If their parents live successful lives then a majority of the time their children live up to their parent’s standards and become successful. In Matilda though, Matilda comes from not such a successful family. However, since she is basically the smartest girl ever she decides not to move down south with her family and to stay with her teacher ms.honey. She loved ms.Honey and also wanted to be able to go to school because she eventually loved her school and loved all of her friends. I think Matilda is such a great movie and everyone should watch it if you never have!

missin my fam <33

This week was especially tough; my brother turned 15 years old. It was the first family birthday party that I missed in my entire life. I wanted to be there but being at college there was no way to go and make it back in time. Another reason is that since I don’t have my car here at college, it would have been difficult for my mom or dad to drive here to pick me up then drive and then have to drive me back the next morning. They could have had it over the weekend, but I had a sorority formal to go to, so I couldn’t make it. I did call and was able to speak to my brother briefly and I was able to say hi to my family on speaker phone. I wish I could have been there. My mom said she really missed me not being there and it was a dull ache that she couldn’t shake. She gets teary eyed very easily. She said I always sat next to my brother when he blew the candles out and this year it was just my cousins next to him. Besides from his birthday, my brother had a baseball game. He hit his first ever over the fence home run, I was sorry again that I couldn’t be there for it. He was so excited to hit it. My mom said the fans said they had never seen a home run there before and every time Nate got up to bat after that, they would yell out, “Back, Back – Here’s the home runner”.
In a few weeks, I’ll be going home, I can’t wait to see my family. I’m sure it won’t take too long to get used to being home.

summer plans

Summer is right around the corner and I am so excited. There is so much I want to do this summer I don’t know how I am going to fit it all in. Recently one of my best friends from home made the decision that she is going to be living in New Jersey for the summer with her sister. A few of my girlfriends are planning a road trip to go see her for a few days. That should be a lot of fun. I’m also going to be working a lot this summer so it is going to be difficult to fit in everything I want to do but I am going to do my best. I waitress at a restaurant called Green Acres. I also applied for an internship over the summer where I would be working with physical therapists. This would be perfect because physical therapy is what I am studying to hopefully become someday. Another plan for the summer I have is to visit some of my pledge class sisters in Long Island. A lot of people think it is crazy but since I am from upstate, I have never been to Long Island. I also have only been to New York City once. I’m really excited to go down because I know we will have a lot of fun, at least they talk like it’s a lot of fun. Between having two jobs I know it is going to be hard to fit in downtime but I know with the downtime that I have I am definitely going to be taking advantage of it and doing the things I want to do. Another thing I always do in the summer is get a gym membership. It looks like I am going to be getting up early to go to the gym or else I don’t see when else I will be able to go. Anyways, I hope everyone has a great summer!

busy busyy

Lately there has been so much going in my life. Between homework, friends, and everything with my sorority I have been so busy it seems like. Last week was senior pledging. For senior pledging the seniors get to relive some memories and have a lot of fun with it. That started last Sunday but I wasn’t involved in it until Tuesday. Since Tuesday night, I have been out every night having to go to all these different events and everything. Of course I have fun, but sometimes I feel like I am doing so much and I need a break but I don’t have time to take breaks. I also need to remember to keep my priorities set straight. It is difficult when there are so many fun things going on to and you have homework to do. Sometimes you have to pick and choose your plans but it is not always that easy. It’s especially hard because it is the end of the school year and everyone is ready to get out of here for the summer. I am excited to go home for the summer and see all of my friends and especially my family but I am definitely going to miss all of my friends here. I think that I have met some of my best friends here at college and it’s going to be sad to leave them but I know that even with time being apart and everything we will still be just as close when we come back next semester. On the other hand, I feel as if some of my friends from home and I have definitely grown apart. We all went off to college and met new friends. The ones who were my best friends will still always be considered my best friends though and I cannot wait to see them.

fact

Recently my exboyfriend’s sister had a baby and so during her pregnancy we were all looking up things for her to be aware of when she becomes a mom. I came across some interesting information when I was looking online one day about pregnancies. Apparently, new research has shown that depending on what the mother eats at the time of conception, it is associated with the child’s sex. A study was done with 740 mothers who were giving birth for the first time. Within the 740 women, they were split into three different groups. The groups were split up according to the number of calories that the women consumed per day around the time of consumption. The results showed that 56 percent of the women who consumed the most calories gave birth to boys whereas only 45 percent of the group who consumed the lowest energy intake. Another factor was that as well as consuming more calories, the women who had sons were also more likely to have eaten a higher quantity and more diverse nutrients. They consumed more things such as potassium, calcium, various vitamins, and much more. The reason for all of this is that by skipping breakfast your glucose level decreases. Research also shows that higher levels of glucose promotes the growth and development of male embryos and decreases the chances of the development of female embryos. I think that all of this information is very interesting and if someday you are hoping your child is a boy then you should consume more calories and nutrients. On the other hand, if you want a girl then you should decrease your consumption of calories and nutrients. Of course this doesn’t work 100 percent of the time but if the chances increase, why not try it?

Formal in Albany

Last weekend was our formal in Albany. My whole sorority bought a bunch of rooms at the holiday inn express, where our formal was held. Originally we were staying two people in a room at a time. We all got thinking about it though and thought that we should just all pile into a room. Sooo, there was eight of us in one room and it we all had so much fun. It was seven girls and one guy, he loved it. Of course getting ready was a little bit hectic though. Everyone was trying to hog the mirrors and we all had to do our hair and our makeup in about an hour and a half so we were rushing like crazy. The formal started at 7:00 but we ended up being about a half hour late. Dinner was from eight until nine and the food was really good. There was chicken, potatoes, vegetables, ziti, rolls, salad, and a lot more. Dessert was by far the best though. For dessert they had out canolis. Where I am from, canolis are rare so when we come across them it’s so great. Our formal ended at 11 and then we all found ourselves downtown partying until four in the morning. Everyone had such a good time. I always thought that Cortland was a lot of fun and that downtown Cortland was fun too but Albany definitely has Cortland beat. That was my first time partying in Albany and it was definitely a good experience. My friends and I already made plans to go back. Overall, formal was a lot of fun and was definitely worth the money spent. I’m hoping that next year we have formal in Albany again so we can do the same thing all over again!

So, lately my aim has not been working and it has been bothering me so much. Every time I go to sign on it says “connection lost.” I don’t know why it keeps saying that because my internet is working fine. I never realized how addicted to aim I am. I remember being younger and all my friends would get online together and we’d all talk for hours upon hours. It’s different now though because I just like to have an away message up. I hardly ever come back from away. So what is it about aim that we all like so much? Obviously it’s a very convenient way of communicating with people, but half the time we have away messages up and aren’t instant messaging. It’s also a good way to talk to friends that you haven’t talked to in a while. Everyone says that facebook is a way of stalking people but if you think about it, so is aim. With today’s updated version of aim you can look at people’s away messages from days and days ago. Aim and its features have improved so much since the first time I ever used it. Today, you can have your “eye” open or closed. When it’s open people know you’re on, and when it’s closed people don’t know you’re on. Sort of creepy if you think about it. You can also change the colors of your buddy list which is pretty cool. Since my aim wasn’t working I decided to uninstall it and download the newest version. This one is cool because along with aim itself, I downloaded aim tunes. With aim tunes you can listen to music and share music with other people. I think aim was a great invention. So many people have it and use it on a regular basis, it’s ridiculous.