I have just been going through the motions. I just work, school, work, school etc. I have also been sick so I have been late to work for the last couple of weeks. I feel bad but I am trying to get as much of the little sleep I am getting. I am so glad Thanksgiving break is coming because I feel that I really need it. This week is busy with sorority stuff since we are getting initiated on Saturday. I also have a couple of homework assignments that I need to finish.

I completely forgot that I had a group project. I didn’t forget I just read the due date wrong. I thought it was due on the 16th when it was due on the 14th. My partner called me at 9 at night and was wondering where I was. I called my professor and e-mailed him because I felt bad. Well he worked on the presentation. He sent me the presentation and I finished doing the rest. I typed up some notes and worked on the last couple of slides. I was up until 4:30 am. I was glad when it was done. The second part of the assignment was that we had to present it in front of the class. Of course right before I have to present, I go on a coughing spree. I didn’t finish giving my part of the presentation because I couldn’t stop coughing and also there was a guy in class that kept interrupting us. Our presentation was on motorcycle safety and he was the only person in the class that owns and rides a motorcycle.

Another homework assignment I have to do for psychology is that I have to break a norm. Good thing this is due on Dec. 1st but I have no clue what to do. We’ll see what I come up with when the date is closer.

I went out with my roommate, Cheese, on Tuesday. His friends from Best Buy are crazy. Instead I hung out with Adrien, who is also an AXiD new member. For the first time since I have been at Embry-Riddle, I felt a little bit more comfortable. Usually I walk into a place and I am pretty much glued to my roommate because I don’t know anyone else.

We had a sorority brunch today. We set up the whole room with decorations and we made the food for our bigs.

I also got ready to go to formal. I took my roommate with me as my date. It was at the Daytona Speedway. It was a nice time. Also some of the alumni came into town for this event. I had a great time. Afterwards we went to Mai Tai’s to meet Cheese’s friend.

This week we are entering Initiation week so I’ll be busy for the rest of the week. I am excited to officially become a sister. I have been working on a couple of projects for the sorority. I am also working on my Bigs present.

This week I have a test every day except for Thursday. I have to make sure I do well on all my classes and pass all my tests. I went to the Doctor on Monday and on Tuesday. He gave me prescription which cost me $75 to fill. I have been looking at insurance companies, but I have no idea what to get. I have to see which one is going to accept me first.

I have been trying to go to work, but since I am sick, it’s been hard showing up. I hardly get sleep because I spent half the night coughing my lungs out. I feel like a slacker since I have been missing everything.

My professor accidentally put in the wrong grade on blackboard. So when I checked it, all I saw was that I failed it. I was so devastated because I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was just trying not to freak out and was trying to figure out how I had failed the test. I knew I hadn’t studied that much the night before because I had been working on getting some couches for the apartment. I also had gone to Matt’s apartment around midnight to study for the test. Finally, I decided to go talk to the Professor but checked my information once again and it said that I had actually passed the test. My week ended on a good note.

I also had a sleep over with my big (MC), my twin (Ashell) and my lil niece (Isadora). It was so much fun playing a joke on MC’s boyfriend.

We flew to St. Louis on Thursday morning. We didn’t get into St. Louis until the evening. We were all tired of flying all day. We went to the hotel and went to the welcome reception. We met a couple of people from different chapters.

On Friday, we were at sessions all day. It was actually pretty exhausting, but interesting. The sessions covered many different areas such as membership, graduation, taking the ASP and CSP tests. They also talked about many different areas that you can do with a degree in Safety Science. The people in this organization are willing to help you out in anything you need.

On Saturday we had more session to go. We had an open forum and played a game which tested our knowledge. I am just in my introduction class so I didn’t know much. Some of the questions were specific to certain courses like fire protection etc. We managed to get contact information from other chapters because they heard that we just got our student section running again.

If any of you want to join ASSE or want to know more about it let me know. I would definitely recommend joining this organization.

I am still sick and I went to the health center. They gave me some meds to see if they make me feel better. I have two tests that I will be missing this week (Business Management and Meteorology). I have already talked to my professors about it and I will be making them up next week.

I took a Safety Science test on Tuesday. I passed.

The reason I am going to be missing my tests is because I am going to the ASSE Leadership Conference in St. Louis, MO.

Unfortunately I am finally sick. I have a very sore throat. Currently, my voice is gone. I have a presentation to give for the sorority and I have a speech presentation to give. I am thinking of going to the Dr. tomorrow and hopefully she gives me something that will work.

On Friday, I was tired because my roommate, Dave (Cheese) and his friends were being obnoxiously noisy. I was going to say something but of course one of his friends convinced me to go to Denny’s. Even though I wasn’t hungry, I ordered a meal and his friend paid for me. Since I was still mad, I decided to join Amy (my other roommate) and some of the APO brothers at that Teeter Totterthon. Alpha Phi Omega and Tri Sigmas do it as a fundraiser to give money to help children. It was good to see Amy, since we have opposite schedules we don’t get to see each other often. I caught up with her for a bit and caught up with the other APO brothers that were awake at 4 am.

After talking to Cheese, we made a deal to hang out that night. I left the house and got ready for the parade. Our float theme was firefighters. We teamed up with the EMS club. It was fun. We did a dance and threw candy at people. I think we won something, but I am not sure what.

I hung out at the Tailgate Party and they had tons of food. They were giving out corn dogs, chicken kabobs, corn on the cob, and fries. They also had games such as rock climbing and bungee jumping except you jump on a trampoline and do flips.

Afterwards, Isadora and I went to the Basketball game. We, of course, won. The Homecoming King was Izzy. The Homecoming Queen was Kerri. She is a nontraditional student like me. I personally think that’s awesome.

I hung out with my roommate at one of his friend’s place. The next night, we went dancing at Aqua. Vick needs to turn 18 so he can get into the clubs. I was really looking forward to hanging out with him.

Now I have to study for my tests that are coming up. I have Safety Science on Tuesday, Speech presentation on Wednesday, Meteorology on Thurs, and Business Management on Friday. I’ll be in St. Louis on Thurs and Friday for the ASSE conference. (ASSE = American Society of Safety Engineers) I guess I have to make up the tests either on Wed or next week. As of right now, I don’t feel ready for any of the tests. I just want to sleep and hope I feel better.

Hopefully, none of you are getting sick. If you are, get well soon. Have a great two weeks and get lots of candy.

School has kept me busy. Most of my tests are coming up within the next two weeks. I was supposed to give a presentation but we ran out of time. So I don’t give my presentation until Nov 1st. I just hope I remember what I was going to say.

I went to the job fair for a bit. I need someone to look at my resume. I missed the Career Center’s resume critique times because I was either in class or working. One of the Boeing interns critiqued my resume and said it was more like business instead of engineering. Her comment made me think about what field of safety science I want to work in. I am still exploring and trying to figure it out.

We also did the sorority sleepover and got a lot of the work done. The only thing I would like more than anything in the world is sleep. I have been sleeping four hours each night and I am pretty tired. I would like to be able to sleep more than that. There’s a lot going on this weekend, but I might just sleep. I don’t want to get sick because I have been pushing myself.

I went to the Chapter Retreat and I had a great time. I found out who my Big sis was. My Big Sis is MC. I have been curious this whole time who my Big sister was.

I went to the Phi Delta Theta Camping trip. This time I slept in a tent with Isadora. We got the tent from the ICI center. It was exciting to meet a whole new set of people. Isadora had never had a smore so one of the boys made her one. She liked it.

This week is the week I have been waiting for since it is the week I get to find out who my Big sister is. Each day this week, I’ll be getting presents and clues from my Big sis in the sorority. I am excited to get my clues.

My Big sis gave me so many exciting presents on the first day. I got chocolate candy, a picture frame, a disposable camera, and a photo album. Of course I didn’t know who I had at first. I think I am going to figure it out though. Isadora told me whose handwriting it was. The Bigs are sneaky and they have other people write the notes for them. Other presents I got were flowers, more candy, a CD, a candle, t-shirt, Channel Chance perfume, and a blanket.

I went to MC’s house to watch the ending of Project Runway. While I was at the house I was looking around her apartment for clues to see if she was my Big sis. I just wasn’t sure.

It’s weird but I also never get flowers and this week I got flowers twice. One set of flowers came from my Big sis. The other set came from a girl named, Joy. She was thanking me for finding her ID card and credit card.

I drove with Adrianna to the annual SAE’s camping trip at Ginnie Springs. I had a great time. I met a couple of new people. We went floating down the river which is something I had always wanted to know and never got a chance to do.

Adrianna had told me that she had gotten a two person tent and she said that I didn’t need to bring a tent. Well when Peter helped us build the tent (actually I think we were useless), the tent was very small. It could barely fit one person. It was a 5×6 Junior Tent. It was funny to see the tent because it was surrounded by huge tents around it. Of course people were making fun of it because of its size.

I ended sleeping in Izzy’s truck because there was no way I could have fit in the tent with her. I am glad I did because it got really cold at night and I wasn’t that prepared.

I would recommend this trip to anyone that comes next year. I met so many people in this trip. Also Big/Lil week is this week which means I start getting presents from my Big tomorrow. I am excited to find out who it is.

Oh yeah if you have e-mailed me I will apologize if I have not responded to you. I am currently trying to find the answers to your questions. Have a great night and if you have any questions feel free to e-mail.