andrea's thoughts

    The end of the month, similar to the end of the semester, creeped up on us so quick! To follow up from my last blog, my birthday weekend was so fun. I'm grateful for my friends and family for taking time to make me feel special. I am so grateful for having a big family because Thanksgiving day was so much fun. Literally all my cousins and aunts and uncles were in town this year and we were together all day. It's really the little moments that you should cherish and remember forever. This mini break was well needed to just take time to relax and catch up on sleep. I also helped my mom put up the Christmas tree and decorate outside. I love Christmas and we literally did it the day after Thanksgiving.      Unfortunately, I didn't take advantage of the break school-wise. I came into break saying to myself, "You're gonna get so much work done and study to be ahead!" and I didn't really do a thing regarding school work. That being said, I'm going to bing...

    I have been realizing my blog is more like a diary. I do a lot of reflective posts along with a little bit of venting. But that's okay, right? I'm still communicating with you guys so let's continue...       My birthday is Monday, the 22nd! I'm going to be 20 years old. I'm happy we don't have class as an extra treat for Thanksgiving break, I wish my other classes did that. In honor of my birthday, I'm going to be celebrating it this weekend, since it falls on a Monday. My best friend and I are getting dressed up (which we love to do) and going to Chicago to meet my cousins who live there, for dinner. The girls we are meeting are my favorite cousins ever. I don't have any sisters, but they basically are mine. I love them so much, I always get the best life advice, support, and homework help from them. They are new homeowners in Chicago too! I'm proud of them and can't wait to visit. My best friend and I are gonna stay the night, then go to th...

     Week 12!! The end of the semester is so close, I can't wait. I had a pretty busy week, and it's not over yet. After working some more shifts this past weekend, I had two big exams to study for, which were back-to-back: chemistry and anatomy. I was so tired, but after getting my naps in, I was fine. I managed to study and get my other schoolwork done to not be behind and stay on top of things. With the last few weeks coming up, it's easy to get side tracked and less motivated, but for me it's the opposite. I'm just trying to get everything done as soon as I can but also as best as I can.      In English-Comp class, we were introduced with the last project prompt which is a rational argument. I have a couple of ideas in mind when this prompt came up, but I'm not quite sure what I want to continue with and actually write/learn more about. One option is something related to reality TV shows. I don't watch a lot of TV, but when I do it is reality TV. I love...

      While doing the experimental design project, I learned a lot about writing, and about myself as a writer. I usually don't use statistics and data based evidence or diction in my writing, it's mostly analysis and more pathos based. For this project I got to do both though. My group chose to recruit volunteers for Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center organization. While looking on the website, there was a lot of data and logistics, so I had to first understand what everything meant in order to analyze it. But, this topic of providing help and support to people who have been sexually assaulted, is very emotion and feeling based, which is how I like to write and topics I like to write about.      My role in the group was to do the annotated bibliography, which is what I wanted to do because I wanted to find and read different articles that could support our organization to get a better understanding of the whole thing and to help for the project. I think I ...