I will be an official college graduate in four short months. awesome!! I apologize that it has been FOREVER since I have blogged. I have had a crazy month. I am going to have to break this up into sections, aren't I?
Swim Lessons/Lifeguarding:
It was good experience. I am glad guarding is over. That is all I am going to say because my last blog was a long rant about it. Swim lessons were really fun. I was kind of scared at first... What if the parents yell at me after class because their kid sucks at swimming? uh oh. luckily, no one did that... haha! But I still feel ridiculously guilty for not passing some of the kids to the next level. It seems that their self confidence depends on making it to the next level of swim lessons... uhhhh. Well the only defense I have is that they would feel ridiculous if they couldn't keep up with the higher level kids. ugh, it is a good thing I decided whether they passed or not beforehand, because I almost caved in on most of them. O man, there are some cute kids out there! Some days, it is a fantastic job. And other days....... let's just say that teaching lessons to rowdy kids is amazing at killing any desire to have children. phew. Sometimes I feel like my only job is to give the poor mothers a forty minute break from their devil children. (how can they be so stressful and dang cute at the same time?)
Classes
I just finished my first hackin week of classes. I have run into Nat Lovell and E Brown and Dan Tisdale... Welcome to SUU... yep. that is all of the enthusiasm that I can muster while living in Cedar City. Okay anyways, I just love upper level classes. I am finally out of the stupid theory classes, and in the application classes. yes!!
Let us start with my only lower level class...General Biology. Luckily I have a ton of friends in that class. phew. The first day of that class the only thing that went through my head was, "I am so done with these dumb classes" That is right everyone. Janessa has a mild case of senioritis... on the FIRST day of class. crap.
Abnormal Psychology: I only took this as a prerequisite for grad school. But I think that it is going to be really interesting... minus the part that we have to do a service learning project and hang out at a mental hospital for ten hours... and then write a fifteen page paper. Way to take the fun out of hanging out with crazy people. The creepiest thing is that one wall of the classroom is a big two sided window! ah. I feel like people are watching our class secretly behind the glass. Personally, I think the entire psych building is creepy. O ya, and I have one more thing to whine about. You know those little desks that give you room to put one small notebook on and the desk surface itself just favors the right side? There is even a little ledge where you can rest your right elbow while taking notes on this tiny desk... I HATE these desks, and so does the rest of the lefthanded population!! seriously?! There are no left handed desks in this huge classroom. In chemistry, I always came fifteen minutes early just to get one of the few left handed desks. ugh!! I have to twist in my seat and I still can barely reach my left arm all the way across my body just to take notes on my right side. Left handed people aren't that rare, are we? (hmm that was a nice emotional outburst)
Exercise Testing and Prescription: This class helps me look at a person and then test them on their fitness levels. I would then make a tailored exercise plan for them. I am so excited!! This is the class that I have been waiting for.
Methods of Sports Conditioning: This class is for training athletes. We go into the gym every friday and learn all of the different lifts, drills, plyometrics, stretching, and any exercises you can think of that would need to teach another person. I am so happy to be in this class, because I honestly don't know how to do a dead lift or anything like that. (and I am an exercise science major)
Research Methods and Statistics: This class teaches me how to tell which articles are legit and which ones are totally bogus.
Mission
I don't think I have put this down in here, but I have officially turned in my mission papers. I will hopefully be leaving in early Feburary. I could have left in January, but my dad wanted to do a huge family cruise with the entire family. I am so excited!! It is going to be awesome. And I won't miss any school for it this time. Anyways, my papers can't go to church headquarters until the end of September. So the next blog will probably be about my call and marathon. yes!
Marathon
Thats right.. I am totally going to run the Layton Marathon... and then die. jk. maybe.... So I have been training forever. I honestly think that the training is harder than the marathon itself. It costs me hours and hours of running per week to build up my mileage. I believe that it will take me a few years to forget how much this sucks, before I foolishly decide to run another race. O ya and Shawn totally bailed on me. His ankle was pretty messed up after playing tackle basketball. It is okay though. I don't need a running buddy, if fact, I prefer to run alone. All I need is someone to stand by me and talk at the starting line before the race starts. That is the most awkward time... ugh I hate thinking about it. This is going to happen in a month. I am so excited for it to be over. I have to wake up at five every saturday morning, just so I can go for my long run while it is still dark outside. O ya and it was so dark at five thirty that I almost stepped on a sleeping bum. I am pretty sure I peed my pants a little. In my defense it was totally dark and I didnt have my contacts in... (I am proud that I didn't scream either)
Singles Ward
My ward starts at 9 am. wow. so naturally, NO ONE comes. It is really empty. ugh. They seem so desperate to get our records in the ward. (but I can't yet because of my mission papers) Everyone seems super nice. I think that it is going to be okay. (as long as I am not singled out as the ward pariah like last year) I had to pray in sacrament meeting and relief society: Janessa's New Goal: Become more eloquent while praying. I am not one of those people that always gives amazing prayers... crap.
Apartment
I didn't know anything about where I was living until I got to Cedar because I got scholarship housing. I went into the apartment and walked into my new room.... and found that there was NO funiture at all. No bed especially... hackin!! I slept on the ground for a few days. It wasn't that bad. Luckily, my Aunt Kathy has a brother in Cedar city. He is sucha nice guy. The second he found out, he dropped everything and came to help. He borrowed a bed from a neighbor and brought it over. O man, he is awesome. I want to be like that, willing to help others immediately. It is a spacious place. Except it is totally the must unsecure place I have ever lived. The basement door is unlocked a lot. The front door can be opened with a credit card and all of the windows are always open because the roomies hate turning on the a/c. Anyone could just waltz in and steal everything and kidnap me... just sayin. O YA! and this place does not have hackin internet! unbelievable. I have to go all the way to campus (ten minute drive) to check my email... kill me now.
Roommates:
Nicole, Alicia, and Kristen. They are all cool. I spent a few hours talking last sunday with LeLe (alicia) She is a fellow lifeguard. This Sunday, Nicole and I had a Bones marathon/nap for a few hours. And talked about our childhoods. Which by the way, Nicole and I grew up in the same ward!! We went to Joy school, Pre school, elementary, and jr. high together. What are the hackin chances that we are college roommates?? They are all awesome girls. So no worries in this department.
I am totally sick of writing so this is all that you are going to get out of me tonight. later.
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