over organization can also be a problem

so im into my second week of College.  I had my first lesson on the bounciest western horse in the barn and all i can say besides him being a sweetheart is that my inner thigh muscles are still in agony.  

Over Organization can be a problem.  Right now the only reason im typing this blog is because i have nothing better to do.  Ive done most of my homework and i have a two hour break before my next class which i think is this equivalent of a basic high school English class but its required so ill stop ranting.  

I also found that because i am trying out for the western team all members on equestrian team must volunteer once a week at the therapeutic horse barn.  So i was kinda shoved into the training class which wasn't to big of a deal since i worked a summer at High Hopes Therapeutic Equine Center in Old Lyme, Ct and learned all this stuff when i volunteered there.  But anyways my schedule has gotten very busy.

On top of volunteering at the TH barn and my lessons twice a week i got a work study job in the PE department as a assistant to the Physical Therapist as well as working at men's soccer games on the weekends(trainer said they are more likely to get injured)  OS now im discovering all those years of sore muscles and how to stretch properly to help with strains and aches will pay off... plus im CPR and FIrst Aid Trained.  

So now my weekends and days are pretty much packed maybe I won't fell like i have nothing to do.   

The Trials and Tribulations of College

Last Sunday a girl had a break down.  All the freshman had been away from our parents for one night.  This one girl in the suite next to me had a break down.  Her roommate told us she was crying all night and the next morning left with all her clothes without saying anything.  On monday the RD came up and said that the girl was not coming back and that a new roommate would be assigned.  Talk about not being independent.  

I haven't started riding yet.  We get our lesson schedules on friday and lessons start on monday.  I am going slightly insane since this is the longest ive gone in a long time without seeing a horse on a daily basis. I have this urge deep within me to see a horse.  

We had a barn orientation last saturday and we were shown how to polo wrap a horse.  Though i already knew how to do this i did it any ways and after i was done started giving the horse "woody" a face massage.  He was so content that when i tried going off to do something else he got mad, and shook his head saying more, more.  That horse was in horsey heaven.   

Im sure once i start going to the barn on a regular basis just driving past 130 horses on the way to my lesson will kill any tenseness im having right now.  My biggest worry is that because i have been riding on a regular basis for so long that my legs will be sore which hasn't happened to me in years.  

oh well..... I love college.

A new beginning

Tomorrow starts and epic adventure. A new beginning, a new start.... Tomorrow i leave for college.  

Over the past few weeks i have been getting mixed feelings about what to expect.  Though i am very excited i feel that there is a part of me that is scared.  Here i am leaving home for a long period of time.  I will be able to make my own decisions with out the watchful eye soaring over you.  

I will definitely have a rough first few weeks and i no ill miss my horses but i am excited for my new beginning.  Ive been told many times that college is what you make of it.  Most people who hated college didn't get involved in campus activities and secluded themselves to their dorms.  The goal is to become involved in something.   My college is in a very rural area so staying involved is key.  Ive been told the student activities union does a very good job providing students with things to do.  

I leave tomorrow and embark on a 12 hour trek to NC.....

Pet Peeves

Today while getting coffee i discovered a pet peeve of mine.  Often times people will use sounds to show there discomfort or pleasure.  a deep breath can be a sign of relaxation, etc...  When i went to get my coffee you have to walk up to the station and pour it yourself. To do this you must walk through a line to get the register.  When i approached the station there was a few people i had to walk between and one man was on the end of the station.  From the looks of it he had already gotten his coffee because he was pouring sugar into his cup.  

So i went to pour my coffee and the man next to my,  the one putting sugar in his cup, starting clearing his throat.  I try to ignore these subtle signs of impatience and would prefer if they just spoke up and said, " excuse me but  i was here first."    I would think that is not as rude as going,  " (clear throat),  angry stare, ( clear throat)."

From this incident i discovered that i have a pet peeve for people who subtly show their discomfort or pleasure.  If your gonna do it do it to my face!

Songs and movies

have you ever had a song or movie touch you so deeply that every time you see or here the song/movie you get this feeling in your stomach, kinda like "de ja vu"  but very touching.  Well that happened to me when i watched P.S I love you.  Now that is kinda a chick flick movie but after watching that movie and shedding many tears i felt so moved by it that i had to watch it again.  Just before writing this i found the P.S I love you soundtrack on itunes and started to cry.  I don't no what it is about that movie but i have this strange de ja vu.  maybe something similar to that will happen to me in the future.  Hopefully it wont be the death of my husband part but maybe the true love or the hills of Ireland.  I don't know but i felt like writing about my deep connection with this movie.  I swear i normally stop crying after seeing the movie once but ive probably seen this movie 5 times and i still cry.

2 weeks

Over the summer i have been asked many times if im excited or scared for college.  Hopefully you are excited i mean thats a given but scared, well that can go both ways.  I leave in 20 days for college.  I have begun packing and yes, i am excited.  

Im excited to finally have my own independence.  To not have to be told to do this and that but to be able to do this and that on my own.  Im excited for the saturday night parties and the college sports team games.  i am also excited for the equestrian aspect.  Yes, i will study, yes i will go to class but i still want to have fun doing it.  

I am scared because im going  into something im not familiar with.  Yes i will have independence but i won't have someone their looking over my shoulder to tell me what to do which is a good and bad thing.  I also realized that i had experienced my last NEw England winter my senior year of high school.  Since i will only be home for winter break and spring break i won' t be getting the full winter that im use to.  

It is all scary and exciting at the same time.  WHat can i say im full of mixed emotions.  

COLLEGE

college- an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.

Urban Dictionary Definition(s)- 1. A magical place where it is rumored that learning takes place, although to those who enter it is often described differently afterward, as a beatiful land in which beer flows in amber currents next to a golden pasture, where virgins lie naked with gentle smiles upon their calm, inviting faces; but more precisely, a Shangri-La rite of passage into adulthood which involves rampant consumption of alcoholic beverages, flagrant and promiscuous sexual behavior, and a general and fundamental disregard for any form of responsibility by its habitants.

2. the place where you enter inexorbitant amounts of debt to "learn" things you will never apply once to your actual occupation. Basically, an expensive 4-year waiting period for a paper called "degree".

3. an expensive daycare center

4. a place to get drunk, have sex, and then start all over again. Oh by the way it's a place to get an edukacion...i mean edukation... shit education, there we go

5. An alternative to buying a Ferrari (they cost about the same).

So yesterday i discovered the trials and tribulations of shopping for college.  we bought a microwave and fridge but once home discovered that I didn't need a microwave becasue their was one in the common room.  Then the fridge was 3.9 Cu Ft and you only can have one 2.7 cu or less.  So after returning those appliances we got a 2.5 Cu fridge from best buy.  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9215075&type=product&id=1218060230472

As we shopped at Target we discovered how much fun and stress was involved in shopping for college.  Accompanying me was my mom, who hates shopping in superstores; and my 22 year old sister who just graduated from college so was an expert in the field of college/ dorm shopping.  

the one good thing about having a older sister who went through college is that she already bought most of the basic stuff you use for college.  Like lamps and fans.  She already owned a multi stemmed lamp and a large standing fan.   She also had a mini ironing board and some storage containers for clothes, etc.  

The things i did miss were laundry detergent,  bath soap, shaving cream, and an umbrella.  I am buying most of my school supplies separately.  So tomorrow im going clothing shopping which is always fun.