graduation?!

I'm back ...

I know it's been awhile, and I don't really have a good excuse as to why I haven't written - but I feel like now would be a good time to write about some feelings I've been having lately.

First off, I started a new blog for my marketing ideas and thoughts - demsdailys.blogspot.com

Secondly, I've been waking up in the morning just plain scared about where the future is going to take me. I graduate in less than 2 months, and the thought of being out in the real world scares me a lot. The fear is real, and trying to balance homework, softball, friends, and life in general has been rough. I want to see all my friends all the time, because I know that time is limited. I also want to eliminate homework and presentations from my life just so that I can hang with my friends, but then I feel like once I graduate, I'll be wishing I had homework again!

I definitely have to be more proactive about jobs and things for when I graduate. It has been helpful to talk to different people about their experiences, and to know that I'm not alone in my job search, and overall panic. It's always hard when you move on from one major part of your life to the next. I even have to start paying off my loans in December! Oh goodness.

Finally, I have to say that I am definitely overall enjoying my last semester on the hilltop, and softball has been bringing me a lot of joy. We unfortunately had to put my puppy down last week (<3 Domino) and that was really tough on me, but my girls on the team really helped me out that weekend and we pulled out a couple of key W's against UCONN.

I look forward to updating this more often in the following years. I think it's important to remember the times that got you where you are today. I hope everyone has a great Easter break with your families!

4 more days 'till I can have soda and ice cream again :)

Opening Weekend

I'll be back with more later.. but we opened in Elon, NC this past weekend .. Played Rider and Elon each twice .. went 2-2, losing both to Elon ..

It was a fun weekend, and I'm so so happy to be back on the field, but I do think we could have come out of the weekend with 4 wins.

Excited for next weekend .. Maybe we'll come out 7-2 ;)

#7

It's been awhile ...

So I know I haven't written in a long while (sorry Mac!), but I figure since I have some free time, I'll catch up a bit. I'm not even sure when I wrote last!!

First off .. CJ COMES IN TWO DAYS! I'm so excited to see the lil bro .. He's my fav person in the whole world <3.

Currently sitting in Leo's, waiting for Francesca to get here. Otherwise, life has been pretty much on auto-pilot. Softball every other day for individuals .. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday .. plus lifting plus conditioning. Then Thursday nights are my fav, cuz all the girls come over to watch Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice! Went to the grocery store Monday with Melissa and Kara and we got a bottle of Arbor Mist (Strawberry) for during Grey's this week (well, they used me to buy the alcohol, basically haha). Should be a really chill night .. looking forward to it!!

I'm trying to get all of my work done before CJ gets here, because I am doing ZERO work while he is here, and spending every possible second with him. I wish he lived up here with me .. that would be the best EVER. This Saturday I'm making pancakes for a bunch of close friends at my place .. my (famous) chocolate chip/banana pancakes. (Ask Mac .. they're fabulicious!) teheh. PLUS, I get to take CJ sightseeing with the girls!! AND Christina, her sis, and their friends are coming too! Should be an amaz-za-zing weekend :)

Classes are going pretty well .. I bombed (literally) my Strategic Management midterm. Oh well. I should probs talk to my professor about it .. the funny part is that I rocked the essay and the multiple choice killed me. At least I know what I'm doing and can explain myself. I'm looking forward to my Sports Marketing class next semester! Just started my pre-registration for next semester .. EWWWW .. almost half way done with the year .. WHAT?!?!? Please slow down time?! I'm not ready to say good bye .. and I certainly don't know how I'll live without certain people here .. :-/ ..

Anywho, tonight we have KK, and we're presenting our Scavenger Hunt pictures .. I'm excited to see each team's pics! :) Also, my professor canceled the one final that I had, which means I have zero .. so I'll be working on 5 group projects and presentations instead lol. I should probably get on that with my groups ... lol jk jk ...

I'm way excited to see my friend Justine play this Sunday against our vball team .. she's on the Louisville team .. a senior like me! Best friends since High School :). PLUS Jenna comes next Tuesday! Man, the next week and a half is gonna be bomb! Plus, Mac, Melissa, and I may be going to NYC the weekend after! I love my friends <3. I'm totally just going on tangents here .. Francesca just got here for breakfast but I'll update more on the past month, soon!!

<3

Gonna write more soon .. but wanted to make Mackensey smile ;) .. posting just for you ..

Mac .. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! .. feel better soon!!! :( love youu!

2 wins + Banquet + Parents

GW 3 .. HOYAS 4 .. haha. you lose, colonials.
Mt. St. Mary's 2 .. HOYAS 3 .. haha. took 2

Playing two games on Saturday .. what a rush. I was so into the GW game that I took a second to breathe it in, and I just smiled. Looking around at my teammates .. I knew that was where I was supposed to be .. and where I should always be. Something/Someone placed me there .. it was meant to be. Cheering them on and having fun. Softball keeps me grounded .. always will.

Breakfast (my mom made her famous egg casserole) with my parents, mac & parents, jordan, meliss, jill, kara, francesca, regina, lauren = amazing. It was so much fun to have such a dynamic & energy in the house. I love them all and I wouldn't have wished for a better time. The banquet was really nice .. Christina's speech was beautiful, and made me cry like crazy. Slideshow of pictures was awesome .. named captains (Suria, Sam, and Kelsie).

Overall, was a great weekend. Looking forward to practice tomorrow night (and games this weekend).. I love being with my team. We push hard together and we get through it together. Love you guys <3.

#7.

Libs .. again

Currently trying to get work done .. well aside from typing this, lol. I know I haven't written in awhile, and what a better time then while I'm supposed to be doing work? True story: I'm hooked on Miley Cyrus' song "Party in the USA" (sorry Mackensey!). Jamming to it now. Badass.

So the past week has definitely been better than the first couple weeks here. Much less stressful, and I've been getting back some awesome grades on papers that I've written (doesn't usually happen, haha). No but really, I've been getting a lot of work done, so I'm pretty proud of that. My classes are pretty freakin' sweet too. I'm ACTUALLY paying attention in all of them, and I've been on top of it all. Luckily, I only have one final (and mid-term I think?), and the rest are group projects. Call me a lucky duck, I guess? I'm sure the group projects will still be a pain in the butt simply because .. they are group projects :).

SOOOO my parents come this weekend! woot! Very excited to see them, and show them my room! Really really excited to play GW and Mt. St. Mary's this Saturday. I mean practicing is cool and all, but playing is where it's at! PLUS Coach Pat said that we can get the same bats that we had my sophomore year (which I balled up with .. yeah, probably all mental, but oh well) .. so me, Mac, and Jordy went and gave Coach E the orders we wanted for our new (sweet) bats. We're all gonna rock this year .. I CAN FEEL IT!!!

Otherwise, I've been mostly hanging out and staying up late getting work done. Powered through an "almost" all-nighter on Tuesday. Stayed in the libs till 4am writing a paper (which I do not suggest, ever!). Hopefully it turns out to be a decent paper, because I really feel like I expressed my views well throughout the whole thing. I have a group project for SRB (Social Responsibility of Business) due Saturday by noon (random day and time? i think so), and it has to do with discrimination throughout the workplace. The first case has to do with an African American man wanting to work in a predominantly racist area of Georgia - do I let him work there, or do I pull the plug? The second case has me deciding whether hiring a homosexual man will hurt my company, and have me losing clients. My heart is telling me one thing, but my head is pulling me a little in the opposite direction. Immediately I say "HIRE HIM!" .. since he is extremely qualified. But my professor reminded us that we have to think like a manager here, and we have to put our personal feelings aside. Anyway, I shared the information with my mom (since I value her opinion) and she forwarded it to my dad, my friend Corey's dad (who gave me Corey's opinion as well) .. and so now I have many opinions of what I should do. I have to admit, it's pretty cool to see what everyone thinks!! Gay or straight - being qualified is key, was the main consensus that I received. I'm sorry if the clients can't handle his sexuality, but this is the 21st century .. let's go people .. (sorry, I know I'm rambling!)

I think I just typed all that without even blinking an eye. I love going through the cases for my classes .. I'm definitely a business student at heart. :) (just gotta help Mackensey decide now :-P) .. Lift was rough today . . the weight is so ridiculously heavy and everyone is hurting their backs from it. I didn't jump up in weight too much, but I'm already feeling tight .. After lift, a bunch of us ate at Leo's and then Mackensey made brownies at my place (they were awesome) .. and didn't burn the place down!! :: golf clap :: ;) .. Then some girls came over to watch Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice .. AMAZING SHOWS. 9-11pm Thursdays, I will always be out of commission, haha. I'm also behind on The Biggest Loser, since I couldn't watch it this week .. but I think my fav. guy got kicked off (someone leaked it to me), so that makes me sad. I'll still watch it when I can though.

BANQUET ON SUNDAY! WOOT! I love the banquet .. makes me uber happy. This is probably wayyy long enough of a post. Night Night.

#7

Libs = Soul Sucker

Yes, I am currently sitting in the library with Jordan and I have definitely done zero work. Good thing I didn't really have much to do in the first place :). She has been pretty successful so far, so that's good! And yes, the libs is a soul sucker. It's just no fun, but if you have to buckle down and finish up work, I guess it's the place to be? (ehhh)

Practice tonight was pretty good. Most of us are feeling pretty beat up, or as Mackensey said "i feel like my joints are being beaten by softball bats" .. or something to that extent :). Probs didn't help that I had the worst stomach cramps EVER, but new subject ...

Tomorrow, both of my classes were cancelled, which is pretty awesome. My group and I have to "mime" in Red Square for 2 minutes tomorrow, at 10:15. We have to "freeze mime" anything that we want, and then write a reflection on how people reacted to us. Pretty awesome class, not gonna lie .. then after I will probably head down to CVS before practice. After practice is weights, and then dinner and The Biggest Loser! I watched the first episode with Meliss, and I'm officially hooked. :)

Pretty excited for this weekend! Christina comes, Nats vs. Braves game on Friday night (with all my girls!), and Homecoming weekend + no practice Thursday, Friday, Saturday OR Sunday. Wow. Did we get lucky or what? Anywho, it's getting late. Night Night. :)

#7

You ever just want to help someone, but you feel like you're only making it worse?

PASSED MY 300 YARD SHUTTLES. TAKE THAT RUN TEST. 70, 71, 70
~Had a celebratory "Hoya Blue" shot, on Sarah. (Thanks Sarah) :)

Positives:
1) I finally look like the team.
2) Classes are pretty decent (minus Strategic Management .. let's be real .. the title gives that away)
3) Jammin' to some sweet tunes, currently

Negatives:
1) Sore as hell
2) Stressed
3) Parents?

Supposed to rain the rest of the week. BLEH. I wanna play on Saturday .. Please rain Gods, no rain Saturday? Push to Sunday? Por favor?

#7

(picture is of Riggs library. it's beautiful)

Georgetown

Yep, been here for a full two weeks, and still have the run test looming over my head. Awesome.. ?

Anyway, it feels so great to be back in DC. Oh how I missed it so. First week was basically spent unpacking and worrying about the run test ONLY to have a 101.4 fever the morning of, and have to miss the test. Couldn't even cheer on the team. OH YEAH. was a friggin' awesome day to say the least. The good part was Christina came down for the weekend, as a surprise to everyone but me :) Was awesome to see her .. it felt like she was meant to be here, you know? Didn't feel like she was on vacation .. but now that she's not here anymore I can feel it. I have a lot more free time now that she isn't here .. I wonder if that is a bad thing? My grades will appreciate the effort I now have to bump them up, lol.

Living with (directly) Melissa is fabulous. I love reading her (trashy) magazines .. In Touch and People. Makes me smile. Kara and Jill are great as well. Kara aka "Momma K" aka "Kare Bear" is amazing. She takes care of us, and then some. It's been really great getting to know her better, as well. Of course I've been spending a lot of my time with Mackensey .. one of my best good friends (Forrest Gump reference ;) ) .. Also been hanging out with Kristina Mitchell, Jordan Hansen, and others more. Feels really great to have such a core group of amazing people in my life. Really helps to have people that you can count on and talk to.

So, out of 4 possible practices this week .. 2 were rained out. SUCKAGE. Ok ok, yes it was nice to have the days off, but we play in a week!?! My body appreciates the rain though .. sore like whoa. On a better note, SENIOR DISORIENTATION started last night. It was pretty awesome. I love my friends. Hung out with different groups at the Glowstick/Keg Party on the Leavey Esplanade, and then ended up at Tombs with Sammie + her friends! I got a Low Country Tea drink, and Sammie got a Coke + Rum. Then this older guy bought the "pretty ladies" each a shot .. it was a Woo Woo. Pretty awesome :). Crashed around 1:30 cuz I was dead tired!

Woke up today and ate lunch with Sammie, Jordan, Kristina, and Kathleen. Was splendid. Saw the end of the volleyball game (we won!) .. Just did my laundry and headed to the football game around 6pm, or whenever I get there, lol. Jilly is making soup and it smells fabulous! Mackensey is on her way over soon :). After that, Kristina is having a pre-game to the Adams Morgan trip tonight, so I'll head over there around 9pm. Can't wait :). Wootttt Mac is here .. Peace out.

#7.