Catch up

I apologize for not blogging for so long! I have been very busy traveling back and forth from Billings... helping out the grandparents, and it seems like everything always happens at once! Last week I turned in a 5 page proposal for a research scholarship and if I get it I will get a large chunk of money to help out with my trip to Europe this summer. I also turned in my application for Mortar Board which is a senior honors society. Mortar Board puts on blood drives and helps out with and attends all types of events... I already do all those things so I figured I would get recognized for it! Good Idea! Well, this upcoming month is going to be just as busy, if not busier, than the last! Good thing Spring Break is in there otherwise I might suffocate under all this work I have to do! I am sure some of you can relate! Well, exciting news for me... I quit my job at JoAnn Fabrics. It's not that I don't like working, it's that I only work there on Sundays, and I don't have a day that I am not committed to something. I need at least one day a week to sit down and get some stuff done, clean my room and do laundry, and geez I need to relax some time! I am really excited about my new plan for Sundays: I am going to go to a different coffee shop every Sunday morning, do my reading for the week without the pressure of "I have to be somewhere soon!"
Spring is starting to peek through the snow here which doesn't help me pay attention at all. I can't wait for summer and all of the outdoor activities that comes with it! Our last MSU Friday of the year is coming up this week as well. We plan on this one being our biggest yet! If you haven't signed up yet, you definitely should! I am especially excited about this one because my sister is coming from Minnesota to join in on the festivities. Also on this Friday, the ASMSU Rail jam is happening so if you come to visit, you will get to see a few of the best skiers and snowboarders show off on campus's own rails!

Giving Blood!

Every month, Red Cross comes to the MSU campus to put on a blood drive. Everytime I go in there to try to give blood, they are completely booked or I can't fit it in my schedule. But today finally got to give blood! I think it's a great and easy way to help somebody out:-) Even if you are afraid of needles... you can still give blood and just not watch, they are really good about hiding your arm from you if you don't want to see it. Funny thing: Every time I give blood, they tell me I have a different blood type. I don't know why, and I don't know what it actually is! I hope this time I find out for sure!

Valentine's Day

So I have never been a big Valentine's Day advocate, but for those of you that are... Happy late Valentine's Day! This Valentine's Day was just like any other day for me... long hours at school and lots of homework, left-overs for dinner and early to bed. The day after, my morning class was cancelled, so my boyfriend and I went out to breakfast at the Cateye Cafe before class:-) I made cookies for my roommates, but that's about it. No gift giving or special day all planned out... that's just fine with me:-)

MSU Friday!

I totally forgot to tell you about MSU Friday! Last Friday, we hosted the second MSU Friday of the year. Even though several people cancelled because of the weather, our final number was 642 prospective students! The last one of the year will be on March 4th, and it is supposed to be our biggest one yet!

If you haven't been to an MSU Friday, it is quite the experience! The day starts off with about 40 campus tours (5 leave every 5 minutes) followed by a welcoming ceremony and sample classes. Lunch is held in the ballrooms where tons of clubs, groups, fraternities and sororities, etc. set up little booths for you to see and get information. Then more sample classes and campus tours, residence hall tours, fitness center tours, greek house tours, and student and parent panels. Basically, it is a full day.

Why does this apply to me? Well, as an Advocat, part of what we do is help run the MSU Friday events. We get there at 7 in the morning to help decorate and greet, and stay all day until 5. The picture is my cousin Britta, Roommate Liz, and me at lunch representing our Advocats shirts and looking a little worn out!

It was a great turn out even with half of the airports in the country closed!

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So... I don't exactly have a theme to this entry, I just thought I should check in and say hi! :-) I was here at the library by 7:30 this morning... reading primary documents for my history class. I am really bad a history classes. I don't know why history doesn't click for me, it is kind of frustrating because in no other subject do I have that problem. Lots of reading, and putting things together, and making sense out of things I have only heard about... I guess everybody has there strong suits... and history is just not mine. I have been putting off this class since I started here at MSU... when you come here, take my advice, don't put your rough classes off, space them out evenly so you don't get all flustered, and when you do take those classes, try your best to keep up with the class and get to know your professors and TA (making yourself known will get you farther than anything else you can do!)
So anyway, I am in the library, procrastinating until I have to go to class. The library is a nice place in the early morning believe it or not. It is quiet and smells like coffee:-) plus, there is nothing else going on that can possibly distract you!
I guess that can be all for my random and rambling entry. I can't procrastinate too long because I actually have a lot of stuff to do. Homework and studying is never ending. My dad always said, "you have to work hard, so you can play hard." That's good advice, and it is so true!

The Dreamline

So today I decided that I would make use of the streamline bus since it is free for everyone to use, and a great way to get around when you are like me and don't have a car. Usually, I either walk or bike everywhere, but today, since it was a total blizzard outside (and still is) I decided that the streamline (or the dreamline as I like to call it) was a good idea. It was a little slow today because of the snow, but it gave me sometime to read and drink my tea:-)

BLIZZARD!!

Whoa! We are in the middle of a huge blizzard. Bozeman was lucky enough to miss last weeks blizzards that were in 38 states... I guess our luck ran out! Good thing I forgot my boots today! (insert sarcasm here). Well for those of you in Bozeman, I hope you are the kind that really like snow... it has been snowing in the mountains for way longer than in the valley so that means SKIING FRESH POWDER!! For those of you not in Bozeman... this is what you have to look forward to!

Cowgirl in Training

I have always had a thing for country boys/ cowboys (just like that song says "... girls like country boys...") I just recently started dating this boy, who grew up in the country with horses and such, and I simply can't get over how much I like that he wears cowboy boots everyday... I am a dork, I know. But for christmas he bought me my own cowboy boots! (yes, I feel like a fraud wearing them) but I love them! haha. This probably sounds really ridiculous to all you country folk out there but seriously, for a city girl like me, this is fabulous. So yes, I spent a whole blog entry telling you about my boots. Sorry that the picture is sideways... I couldn't figure out how to turn it and make it stay turned. All you cowboys out there... never change... Your boots and belt buckles are delicious eye candy:-)