Volunteer Day

A pulled quadriceps muscle refrained me from participating in dance class this morning. As I was playing soccer yesterday in my class I strained my right quadriceps. I continued to play through the pain for the time being and may have made a bad decision. That, along with the intramural basketball game I had at six o'clock made for a painful Thursday. I arose for my dance class knowing that i would not be capable of participating pain free. I spoke with my professor and was allowed to be counted as present and lose no points as long as I watched everyone and took notes. I was very grateful I did not have to apply any pressure to the already tight muscle. After sitting and observing it was time to be trained. I headed for the Junior Achievement offices for my formal training. During the hour I was there I was informed of my duties as a volunteer with the program and what my expectations should be for my class. I will be teaching an eighth grade class at Allen Middle School on six different occasions. My goal is to better inform the students of business and entrepreneurship opportunities that await them after they receive theory education. I am very excited to begin my work with the students and form the bonds from the other side of the spectrum that i have formed with some of my past teachers. Speaking of which, Mrs. Agner, my digital media teacher in high school, brought her class up for the film festival on campus today and I was able to visit with her and some of my old friends from high school who I have not seen in quite some time. It was by far the highlight of my day. I also did some volunteering at the relay for life table again as well. After my busy morning I returned back to my room and spent some quality time with Mary-Neil playing some games on the Internet. It was almost embarrassing how much fun we were having playing a game where you are given six letters and asked to form certain words to obtain points. none the less it was a relaxing afternoon spent with someone I love to spend my time with. As 5:45 approached it was time to head to Urban Ministry for the night. At the beginning my volunteer experience there was wonderful, but it has progressively gone downhill. I am not very satisfied with the level of respect that a volunteer, like myself, is given by the employees of the industry. We are there on our own time and they do not seem to appreciate our effort the least bit. I do not let that stop me from enjoying my work with the homeless and I still love spending my Thursday nights at the shelter. I returned back to school from volunteering, met Kimberly's cousin, told Mary-Neil goodnight, and got a 100% on my online Nutrition quiz. It was quite a productive day even without a full schedule of classes. I will be heading back home tomorrow for another busy weekend of working and babysitting. I will see everyone then. God Bless!!

Fat Tuesday

Well it was not Spring Break but today was almost the equivalent. After a hectic Monday the alarm clock went off way to early for my liking this morning. That of course meant that I would fall back asleep and miss my dance class. I am allowed two absences so I am considering this one to be my pre-Spring Break absence, leaving me with one more for the home stretch of the semester. I did not go to my Nutrition class either. It was an entirely class free day. Since I did not go to Nutrition that means I will have an entire weeks break from that class since it was already canceled for Thursday. I was supposed to have a volunteer heavy schedule this week but that got off to a relatively slow start. I was scheduled to work at the Relay For Life table , but due to the fact we could not get the blankets that were being raffled off we had to postpone until tomorrow. I also was scheduled to work at Urban Ministry tonight but that did not bode well either. I was sent home after an hour of my services since there were too many volunteers there. That was wasted gas and I am not entirely happy about that. I do have plenty of volunteering left to do this week even though today was a bust. I was able to make a little bit of progress in my work load though. Along with all of the volunteering this week I am well loaded with academics as well. I completed my Freshman Seminar paper with some of my free time which i know will upset Tim. He refers to me as the master of BS and I take that title with great pride. I have a gift for sitting down and completing a paper in that sitting, this being a gift that Tim lacks. I also got a good bit of studying done for my two quizzes tomorrow in BCN 102 and CST 105. I have my busy day as usual tomorrow but no volunteering. It is beginning of lent and I will be giving up my deserts until Easter. No more Ice Cream, Cake, Cookies, or anything of that nature for me. I downed an entire large bag of skittles basically by myself today to ensure I have enough sugar in my system to last me throughout lent. I have my final Intramural Basketball game tomorrow and we are looking to finish the regular season undefeated. This semester is very busy and Wednesday night allows me to look forward to something I can enjoy every time, basketball. It makes it even better when the team consists of my good friends and we are winning on a regular basis. I have babysitting lined up for this weekend along with my refereeing so it is looking to be a very profitable weekend for me. I am looking forward to getting theses next few weeks out of the way and relaxing over Spring Break with my girlfriend and good friends. It is much like Thanksgiving break was last semester where everything is piling on right before the break. They are going to make sure you enjoy that break just a little bit more, but it also refrains you from looking ahead towards it. I will let everyone know how basketball goes tomorrow night as we go for the undefeated regular season and maybe a little insight on what a college class is like since I have no idea after my lackluster Tuesday.

Nothing Accomplished

Today was the first day in quite a while where I feel like I did not get anything done. I do not believe I had much I could have done but it made me feel very unproductive. I had my regular busy Monday with my five classes and then I had to extend my day to work on a group project for my communications class. We filmed a video about communication principles. We have all of the filming done it is just up to me now to make sure that the editing is completed by Monday. I was also assigned another four to five page paper in my Freshman Seminar to add another task to my already lengthy list of things to accomplish before spring break. Spring break cannot come quickly enough as everything is piling up here right before it begins. I also have a very busy week of volunteering ahead of me with my Urban Ministry work and training for Junior Achievement beginning. I am also working the relay for life booth on Tuesday and Thursday to raise money for our group. It is going to be a very busy week that will probably be stressful as well. I also just received an e-mail that my soccer game has been moved to Sunday night at five instead of Saturday at two so my arrival back at school will be nice and late leaving me no time to get any work done. We will just have to see how all of this works out. I seem to be in a venting mood tonight so I am going to leave it at that before people begin to worry about my well being. God Bless!!

Back On Track

The end of last week brought a busy schedule along with it so I have not been able to blog for the past few days. I volunteered Thursday night until 10 at Urban Ministry and Friday I returned home for the weekend. I picked Ashley up from school early on Friday and got to speak with Will Becci's mom for a little while in the office. She has had cancer but seems to be in good spirits and doing quite well. We then went back home and then my busy weekend began. I went to the bank and got my haircut. While I was out Spencer Metz gave me a call and wanted to play some basketball at the YMCA. I went back home, changed, and headed to the YMCA for a couple of hours to play some basketball and spend some time with Spencer. Afterwards I returned home and mom had dinner ready for me. It was the classic spaghetti that everyone here at school is in love with. I have a stash in my refrigerator and will share with everyone who likes it if they are nice. After dinner I went to bed extremely early to prepare myself for the following day. I fell asleep at 8:30 and woke up exactly twelve hours later. I felt rejuvenated and ready to face my busy day. It began with a ten o'clock soccer game which I had to referee. I had another game to referee at twelve and then my game was at two. My team did not play as well as we could have in the first half and it cost us. We lost 5-3 and should have easily won. It was good to be back on the field and I am positive we will have it together for next weekends game. After a day of soccer I went out to dinner with my family and my grandparents. When I got back I rode down to the Greenwald's house. I have been babysitting their three boys for the past four years and it is all coming to an end. They will be moving to Tennessee this week so I will obviously no longer be babysitting the boys. Telling them goodbye was very emotional for them and I was doing everything I could to hold it together in front of about twenty grown men and women. I am going to miss my boys greatly and hopefully I will be able to accept my invitation from the parents to go and visit them sometime. Today I arose early for church. I went to Sunday School and Sunday Service before going home to eat some lunch before heading to Concord to meet CJ. I left the mall and returned back to school this afternoon and have been getting work done ever since. I did not want to take anything home this weekend and even if I had there would not have been ample time to do anything with it. I will be heading back home next weekend where I have a couple of babysitting assignments lined up and some refereeing and a soccer game to play. It is looking to be another busy weekend again. The positive is it will be the last busy weekend as the next two will be during spring break. I will try and stay on top of the blog a little better this week for everyone. God Bless!!

Work-A-Holic

Wake up and work was the motto for the day. I had my first quiz and group dance in my dance class this morning. We started with the quiz and it was relatively easy. Once done with that we moved on to our group improvisation dances. We were given a score created by another group and given ten minutes to interpret it to the best of our abilities and perform it. Interesting is not even close to the word to describe what was on display in that studio. People, like myself, who have never danced were asked to look at something for ten minutes and put on a performance. I made the best of the opportunity and gave it my all. It actually turned out to be more interesting than anything. It is very hard for me to be embarrassed so that was not the issue. the problem was that all six of us in the group were making everything up as we went so we were constantly crossing paths. It was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to doing a choreographed dance later in the semester. After that I returned to my room to do work for the next three hours followed by a necessary nap before nutrition. I went to nutrition, took my notes, then came back to work some more before getting a bite to eat. It was then time to head over to Urban Ministry for my second volunteering experience. It was a success much like last time and I met a few new people who do not work on Thursdays. I will be going back on Thursday and then I will have completed ten of my required twenty-five hours. I had to rush back from volunteering in order to make it to my weekly Make A Difference Meeting. Afterwards i returned to my room and continued where I left off, working. I have also been doing a lot of studying and am heading into my BCN 100 quiz tomorrow with great confidence. We will see how it goes and I will of course let you know how I feel about it tomorrow. God Bless!!

Starting Line

Another Monday has come and gone and before I know it this week will be over, or so I hope. All of the weeks have been soaring by but I know that I have a soccer game this weekend and that can really slow things down. Today went by relatively quick and I am grateful for that. I look forward to the rest of this week continuing the steady pace. Soccer games also mean that I will be home for the weekend. This will be my first extended trip back home since Christmas break and I am looking forward to seeing the family (hopefully that is a mutual feeling). Today I was blessed with the cancellation of my Freshman Seminar as we had individual meetings for our Papers. I now have to put the finishing touches on my paper to turn in next Monday. I need to get this done this week so I do not have to worry about it over the weekend. I am very excited to get back on the playing field this weekend. I also would like to extend a congratulations to my sister and father who won the Matthews Invitational Tournament this weekend. Hate that I could not have been there. Today I also ran some errands with Tim and Justin. We took Justin by the Coast Guard Recruiting station but they were closed so we ran to the mall. I picked up Mary-Neil's birthday present and also made a very abrupt decision to get my ears pierced. I did not really put any thought into it and before I knew it I had done it. They look a lot better than I had anticipated and everyone can judge for themselves this weekend when they see them. After the mall we ran to Tim's Grandmothers house to change Cleo's litter box. That is the extent of my day. Besides getting my Nutrition project done I did not really do anything else. Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend and Happy Belated Birthday Debby. God Bless!!

Productive Weekend

Unlike most weekends, this one was one of great productivity. Friday after classes I came back and typed my take home essay for my Communications Exam. After the Dance Concert I came back to my room and started to make some note cards to use for studying for my BCN 100 quiz. I finished those up on Saturday afternoon and now have three days to prepare for the quiz so I am hoping I will make a relatively good grade. Today I sat down to begin my Concert Essay about the Friday concert and actually completed the entire assignment. That is not due until the 24th of January so I am very excited to have that out of the way. Beside that the weekend was mostly relaxing. I had an amazing valentines day with Mary-Neil. We went out to eat at Outback and then returned and Watched a movie together. It was great being able to spend, basically, the entire day together since we are both usually busy on the weekends with our own things. Today I have been relaxing and got some more work done like I said. The weekend has been very successful as I have gotten a lot of work done and I have been able to catch up on some much needed sleep. I also got the amazing news that I have my first soccer game next weekend and I am so pumped about that. It is going to be an awesome season and I have got to make it count since it unfortunately will be my last. I look forward to keeping you posted on the weeks events. God Bless!!

Catching Up

So this week as a whole surpassed last week as the busiest one yet. I have not been able to slow down and gather myself once. It is now Friday and after the Dance Concert, which I will be attending in an hour and a half, I will finally have the opportunity to sleep in for the first time this semester tomorrow. I do enjoy the busy schedule for one reason though, it makes the week go by very quickly. It seems as though every time I turn around another week has come and gone. It is exactly three weeks from today when we will all pack it up and head towards the Outer Banks for a week. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and am already getting excited to go. Now to inform everyone on yesterdays events. I began, as usual, with the early dance class. My nutrition class was canceled so I decided I would turn my free day into a day of volunteering. Before that it was time to treat myself to a much needed massage. It was an hour long, full body massage, that really hit the spot. I woke up this morning and really felt a lot better than I had prior to the massage. I then proceeded to head to the atrium under the cafeteria and volunteer at the candy grams table for valentines gifts. After sitting there for a few hours, Mary-Neil, Tim, and I headed over to Tim's grandmothers house to grill the Bubba Burgers I had purchased. I used all of the wisdom I have gained from culinary expert Lat Williams over these years to make six delectable burgers. We ate the burgers and watched We Are Marshall, making it three times in the past two weeks I have seen that amazing film. After finishing our meal and a movie, we headed back to school. I made a quick change and headed off to volunteer. This is where the excitement of the day begins. I decided, since I had a convenient parking spot I would take the bus. I caught the bus with ease at the culdesac in front of the library. I have never taken the bus before so I hoped on the first one. The bus began heading in the direction I was in need of going but unfortunately it would not last long. He made one turn and all of the sudden we were at the bus depot in downtown Greensboro. I was closer to my destination but still not there. I began to run. I headed for Urban Ministry and got there right at 6:30, the time I had planned on arriving. Once there, it was so busy, my duties were needed until 10:30. I left at ten to try and catch the bus at 10:15. At 10:15 on the dot a homeless man came up to me and began speaking to me. He told me that the bus was never going to show up and that I should call a friend or go and stay with him at the same place I had been previously volunteering, Urban Ministry. Thankfully Kimberly, Marissa, and her boyfriend Joe were nice enough to come and pick me up since they had been out picking up Joe from the airport. I talked to the homeless man for a good thirty minutes and learned a lot about this unlucky man. He understood the situation he was in and accepted it. He had been on both ends of the spectrum and was a very intelligent individual. Kimberly finally pulled up and I was taken back to campus and went to my room for the first time since 7:45 that morning. I learned a lot about myself and really had my eyes opened to many different things from that experience last night. Not only speaking to the homeless man on the side of Lee Street, but my volunteering experience as well with many other homeless people from the Greensboro area. The thing that really made my day was the fact that the gentlemen I was speaking to on Lee Street asked me why I had volunteered at Urban Ministry. My answer was simple. I was grateful for what I had and wanted to do what I could to give back to those less fortunate. He was very grateful and it made my day when he told me how much he appreciated me helping out. It was definitely a day that will never be forgotten by me. Well onto today, it began with a communications exam and my two BCN classes. Afterwards I went and practiced a little soccer for a few minutes then came back and took a nap. I am now getting ready to head off to eat and go to the concert. God Bless!!

Short and Sweet

Today was the busiest day ever. I am physically exhausted and have to study for a Communications exam I have first thing in the morning. I had a lot of volunteering go on today and was in my room a total of 10 minutes from 7:45 this morning to 10:45 tonight. I am going to get back to my studying and I will try and explain my day better in tomorrows blog. I have a lot going on tomorrow as well so I may post early. God Bless!!

Sweet Victory

First and foremost. HOW ABOUT THOSE TARHEELS!! I begin this blog with the conclusion of my day. And boy was it a satisfying one. Not only did we go into Cameron and lay a beating on the Blue Devils, but Hansbrough and Green never lost a game there, and we broke 100 points. It is almost to exciting to intake at one time. All of you who know me know that I am barely functioning I am so ecstatic right now. My mom definitely knows as she text me during the game just to ensure I was still breathing. It is the cap on what was a very busy and successful day. It began this morning with communications where we reviewed for our first test which is on Friday. It was then off to my back-to-back BCN classes where we took notes and I got my first quiz back for 102. I am still waiting on the 100 quiz to see how that one went. I feel pretty good about it but we will have to see. I took my hour break and then it was of to soccer. I was very pleased when coach told us we were going to be playing with regulation goals for the first time. I was able to take full advantage as we played our first full scrimmage and I was able to score two of my teams four goals. It was much fun and the class is great practice for club season which will be starting up on the weekend of the 21st(also Mary-Neil's birthday). Following soccer I went to Freshman Seminar where we viewed a film on communities. The day was dragging along due to my excitement for the Carolina game. Once class was over we all had to rush back to the Make A Difference Room for our first faculty talk of the semester. It was surprisingly interesting as we spoke about the differences between migration and immigration. When it finally ended I had to hustle to get ready for my intramural basketball game. I was unable to see most of the USA vs. Mexico game because of my basketball game. We got the victory and moved to 2-0 on the season and are sitting in first place as of now. After the game it was strictly Tarheel basketball. We all know what happened from there on out. It is pretty early in the morning and I have quite the busy day tomorrow. I have my eight o'clock dance class then a much needed massage. Then the day turns into a volunteer fest. I will work a booth in the EUC(Elliot University Center) selling candy grams for Valentines day. Then I have my lone break of the day because of the cancellation of our nutrition class. After that it is off to Urban Ministries to help out the homeless of Greensboro. it will be busy but should be fun and rewarding as well. I will leave you with that and get back to you tomorrow to let you know how it went. God Bless!!

One More Day

I went to class today. Granted I only have two and we had an Exam in one, I still got up at seven this morning and made it to class. First off it was dance where we were informed we will be beginning our improvisation projects in class on Thursday. This will be the first group dance we have done for the class of the semester and to be honest, I am surprisingly excited to give it a shot. I am not one to get nervous in front of people so I am excited to get up and perform. After dance Tim and I had the cram session of our lives for our Nutrition exam. We both thought the exam was difficult, but also felt that the studying is going to show on the test results. After the exam the day was over for me when it came to academics. I returned to my room and relaxed for a while. There was a knock on the suite door so I went to answer and there was an unknown man standing there. he informed me he had been told there was a vacancy in my room and was considering moving in. This was shocking and somewhat upsetting news. I have grown accustom to no roommate, and as selfish as it sounds, do not want to have to get to know and adapt to a new one. Tim offered his room and told him he would move in with me but he was not interested. I should be receiving constant updates on whether or not he is moving in or not and it should be done with by the 16th. I am going to try and make the best out of the situation whatever it may be. After taking a beating from Tim about my potential new roommate, Justin and I went to the rec. to shoot some hoops. We played for a while then went and had some dinner. When we got back I decided it was another beautiful evening and I was going to take another one of my runs around campus while this good weather was lasting. I got back, did some communications homework, then went to the Make A Difference Meeting. I now sit in my room with nothing to do but wait, and the time is moving as slow as ever as all I can anticipate is the arrival of the Duke vs. Carolina game tomorrow night. I will try and blog tomorrow night but it will all depend on what sort of mood I am in(whether Carolina wins or loses). Well for a final time I must wish my mother a Happy Birthday. Debby, you are next on the list of people to sprout a few more gray hairs. Take care everyone and I look forward to seeing you all next time I am home. God Bless!!

Woops a Daisys

Well the day began with the alarm clock sounding at its usual eight a.m. The only thing that differed from every other Monday is the fact that I did not get up with the alarm clock. I rolled back over in bed and missed my first two classes of the day. The weekend really took a tole on my body and there was no way I was going to be able to go to class that early. I had to wake up for my eleven o'clock class as we had our first quiz today. I went to class, took the quiz, then proceded to return right back to my room. I was able to muster up enough strength to go to socer class though, if that surprises you then you obviously do not know me very well, where we worked on defending and played a short scrimmage. Usually I would head of to my Freshman Seminar class after soccer but I was just not in the mood for class today for some reason. I went back to my room and relaxed for a while then went to the cafeteria with Justin to grab a bite to eat. The weather was absolutely gorgeous today and I could not pass up the opportunity to take a nice relaxing run in it. After dinner me and Tim returned and went on a two mile run around campus. It was amazing being able to run around, outside, without a shirt on in February. Many of you who know me well know that I am a lot like my aunt Debby and would be the happiest person on earth if sumer were all year round. Today, unfortunately, was enjoyable, but I realize it is just a teaser as winter is still in full bloom. I enjoyed the run and look forward to much more of the same weather. I can only pray that the weather is exactly like it was today the week of spring break. I cannot go through my blog today without wishing my lovely mother a Happy Birthday. I know she will be reading this one on her birthday so, Happy Birthday Mom, I love you and I will try and come home to see you sooner than later. God Bless!!

Weekend is Over

Well it went by fast just like all of the others. One second it is Friday afternoon and you are trying to figure out how you are going to spend the weekend then all of the sudden it is Sunday night and you realize you have class tomorrow. This weekend was particularly busy, and as of Friday night, it was looking as though it were going to be one of the more boring ones of the semester. Suddenly I found a 5k to run and was scheduled to play golf with Jay. It went from nothing to do to, how am I going to get all of this done. I spent all of Saturday in the Raleigh area and did not get back until late last night. Today was busy as well. I was fortunate enough to sleep in a good while this morning before heading off to Golf with Jay. We played 18 holes and anyone who knows golf knows that 18 holes can turn into an all day event pretty quickly. That was the bulk of my day as we were gone from twelve to six. i am very fortunate to be alive as Jay decided he was going to shoot while I was retrieving a ball and nearly shot the ball directly into me. it missed by a few inches and I was grateful that it did as that would have been no bueno. When we got back, Jay and I ran to the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat before coming back to my room and relaxing for a while. I was able to get some of my work done while he played around on my computer. He then had to head back to Virginia, as he is in the Navy and had duty tonight beginning at twelve. Overall the weekend was pretty fun but I am physically exhausted and my body hates me right now. I will most definitely be going to bed tomorrow night right after 24 is over and enjoying my sleep. God Bless!!

Lets See How Far We've Come

As I stood at the start line, I could only wonder if I was really about to do it again. I ran a 5k back in November and remembered the feeling I felt when I finished that race. Now I was about to run my second 5k and I was in shock that I was lined up to run. People who have known me for a while know that I wouldnt have been caught dead lining up for a 5k, not even a year ago. Now I was about to begin my second. I could not help but get a bit emotional thinking about how far I have come as an individual from the "larger" Patrick Gordon that I was not that long ago. I have achieved all of the goals that I set for myself when I began my trek to shed some weight. It is such a wonderful feeling, knowing that I am a healthy person and can go out and run for enjoyment instead of it being a struggle. I am very thankful for everyone who supported me while I was working out and running, who kept me going, so that I could accomplish my goal. I was able to finish this particular 5k 1st in my age group and eight overall out of 127 participants. It is a wonderful feeling to finish the race but an even better one to know that you are finishing high in the standings. After the race, I headed up Interstate 40 to NC State, to spend the rest of the day with Nate. We relaxed for a while then made a much needed Bojangles run. Somehow, after lunch, I was able to muster up enough energy to go to the recreational center and play some basketball. We hung out at the gym for a while then went back to the dorm and laid around until we went to get some dinner. That was the second time I had eaten at the cafeterias there and i never want to hear anyone complain about the food here at UNCG again. We have a five star dining service compared to State and I cant see how anyone could not enjoy the food they provide for us here. After we ate we, again, went back to the dorm and laid around until I left to come back to Greensboro. It was a long, rewarding, day that I have enjoyed thoroughly. Now I will retire from this day and see if I can drag myself out of the bed in the morning to go to Church before Jay and I hit the links at one. God Bless!!

Finally Friday

It is Friday so you will hear no complaining from me, but seriously, could it have been anymore monotonous. It started with my communications class, which was the most interesting part of the day due to the fact the teacher is the weirdest human being on the face of this planet. He takes non-verbal communication to an entirely new echelon. The man is incapable of speaking without thrusting his body either forwards or backwards. The day he stumbles over his chair is approaching fast and, as bad as it sounds, the entire class is waiting for it to occur so we can all laugh hysterically. You really have to be there to understand the antics of this professor. Anyways, aside from that slight tangent, following my communications class I went to Intro to media Studies(class for my major) where I took my first quiz of the semester. Realistically it was more like a test due to the length but it was called a quiz, so a quiz it shall be. I feel pretty satisfied with it and now have to prepare for my next quiz in the following class for my major, which is on Monday. After the quiz the day was pretty much over. I laid around, watched We Are Marshall for, Lord knows what number time, ran to the bank and mall to spend some time with CJ, and watched the Bobcats game. CJ decided, since I will be running in the Hit and Run 5k tomorrow, that he would go ahead and return home tonight. He left approximately 3o minutes ago but it was great having him up here for a couple of days and being able to catch up with him. He was undoubtedly excited to be back on campus and says he will be a frequent visitor. It is only eleven but I will be arising pretty early tomorrow to head towards Cary for the race so I am going to go rest up. I will of course inform everyone tomorrow of the results of the race, that is granted I can move later on tomorrow night. I will be spending some time with my friend Nate at NC State tomorrow after the race then I will head back to school. He is going to be a wonderful sport and watch the Carolina game with me even after the massacre of last weekend. It should be interesting to say the least. Take care everyone. God Bless!!

Coming and Going

Today had an early start to it, as stated in my last blog that it would. Dance went well and we worked on our timing and went over our assignments. It is quite the interesting experience waking up twice a week to go and do something I have never done before. Anyone who knows me the slightest bit knows I am willing to give something new a shot no matter what the circumstances. I am finding it to be very enjoyable and it is relatively easy to force myself out of bed early in the morning hours to go to a class that interests me like it does. After dance I came back to the room and fell back to sleep. I was awoken once when the locksmith came to change our locks for a second time this year and then awoken again to the grand entrance of CJ, my old roommate who came up to visit for a few days. I knew of the idea he might be arriving sometime today but I was not exact on when it would be. Regardless, he woke me up as he came in and now he is here for the weekend. I went to my Nutrition class, where for some reason, I felt the need to not pay a lick of attention. Afterwards I came back to the room and spent some time with Jay. He has not been down in a few weeks and we are planning on going golfing sometime this weekend to spend some time together. The Davidson game was approaching quickly, and I was not prepared to go to the game with all of the work I have on my plate right now. We went to the game and watched the first half. We do not have a very respectable basketball program here at UNCG but I thought I would go and see what Stephen Curry had to offer. Unfortunately he was not on as usual so the game was not interesting at all. We left and came back to school where I am now sitting preparing for my Intro to Media Studies Quiz tomorrow. I am looking forward to a much needed weekend so I can relax a little and take a break from all of this work. This has just been one of those weeks where everything was due in every class at the same time. Enjoy your days and I will be back tomorrow. God Bless!!!

Hump Day = Busy Day

Today marks the halfway point of the week, but it also marks the busiest day of my schedule. CJ was supposed to arrive today but it is looking like he will be coming up tomorrow for the Davidson game. I am really excited to go to the game and see how the school spirit is as we take on our rival who has won 46 consecutive conference games. So the day started out with my lovely trio of classes that ran from nine in the morning until twelve in the afternoon. The one good thing that came out of it today was my BCN 102 class was canceled for Friday because, according to professor Donaldson, we have already covered all of the information needed for the quiz on Monday. This is of course wonderful because it adds another hour to my weekend that I know will be taken advantage of. After the morning rush I had a nice break until my two o'clock soccer class where today, due to cold temperatures, we played indoor soccer. It has been a while since I have played indoors and the rust was showing. None the less it was exciting to get to play the sport I love. After soccer it was off to my Freshman Seminar with the rest of The Make A Difference Crew to do some peer editing on our first essay of the semester. The hectic part of my day was over but now it was time to rest up for my intramural season opener basketball game. It was a success as we won by 16 points and started the season off on the right foot. It was awesome getting to hang out with TC, David, Matt, and Billy. They are all from back home and it is good to be around some people who are from the same area. I am looking forward to getting to spend some more time with them this weekend. I know it will be good to get out a little more and hang out with other people than the regulars. Not to say the regulars are not fun, but it is always good to change it up on occasion. It is getting pretty late so I will end it their for now. I have to start tomorrow off with my eight o'clock dance class so I will need my sleep. Happy reading and I will see everyone tomorrow.

Volunteering and Kickboxing

Well coming back to school was much more difficult than I had anticipated. My roommate situation was very rough from the start as he had to return back home for the rest of the semester due to some personal obstacles. My girlfriend has told me from the first day we began our relationship that "Everything happens for a reason" and I am hoping that some good will come out of his return home. I am also a strong believer, because of her, that everything does happen for a reason. It is still very uncomfortable without him being here but he is coming back for a few days tomorrow afternoon so I am greatly anticipating his arrival. While all of the drama with the roommate was going on, my mother also informed me that they discovered an Aorta Aneurysm in my grandfather and that has been on my mind a lot as of late. I know everything will turn out okay but not being able to see him as regularly as I have in the past really bothers me. Besides all of that things have been relatively smooth as I transitioned back into the swing of things at school after Christmas Break.
Today was an interesting day to say the least. It began when I awoke to snow covered grounds and the wonderful realization that I had no eight a.m. class. I was able to get a much needed extra hour of sleep. I began my day by going to Greensboro Urban Ministries to receive my orientation to begin my volunteer work there. The purpose of Urban Ministries is to provide numerous services to the homeless and poverty stricken citizens of Greensboro. They can come to the shelter during the day and receive food, clothing, and financial support. My ex-roommate, who is greatly missed, volunteered there frequently last semester and told me it was a wonderful experience so I look forward to beginning my services there in the next couple of weeks. Once I got back to campus I was able to get some work done before resuming my regular schedule by going to Nutrition and expanding my knowledge of carbohydrates. Five o'clock marked the beginning of Kick boxing 45. This was a compelling activity to say the least. I found it to be a great form of exercise but some of the movements required of me were not so easy. Having the legs of a soccer player takes away from some of my flexibility so the different kicks and movements were a struggle at times. I know Madison was getting a lot of entertainment watching me suffer through the class. After it was done, I was very relieved, but also excited that I had went into something new, blind, and given it a shot. I am now interested in seeing what other activities our rec. center on campus offers. Kick boxing was the peak of the day and after that I returned to my regular activities with my Tarheels destroying Maryland and my regular Tuesday night Make A Difference House meetings. I will check back in tomorrow. Hope everyone has enjoyed my first couple of blogs and I look forward to consistently updating it.

Getting Started

Well I have blogged before but never quite in a way like this. I have always blogged on soccer websites just communicating back and forth about a common interest. I am now taking a step out of my comfort zone and going to begin blogging about my college experiences as they take place. This is also a good way for the folks back home to keep up with everything that I have going on in a more convenient manner. I try and stay in touch with everyone that I can possibly think of but it becomes strenuous at times and I cannot always remember to communicate with everyone. Hopefully this is a much easier way for everyone to keep up with me. This is just an introduction but I will also be posting a blog after this in my first attempt to let everyone know how today went. Hope it is enjoyable for all, whether we know one another or not.