Dont forget to stop and smell the roses!

there is a lot of update in my life

I am officially done with my freshman year of college.  Saturday was my last 2 finals and they went good.  I ended up getting an A in 4 out of my 5 classes and a A- in English.  Unfortunately to get an A at SMU you have to make above a 93.  An A- is a 90-92 range.  So it was bound to happen.  But hey I can still say I got all A's.  But it brought my GPA down from a 4.0 to a 3.97 :).  But im still satisfied with that! I am done with English for the rest of my life and done with taking any science classes for the rest of my life.  All I have left now are a few cultural classes and the rest is my major!  After my finals on saturday it was move out time.  It didnt take much time at all.  Mom was packing stuff away in the room and Dad and I were carrying it to the cars.  Only on issue when we lost my ID card which got us into the building but it was solved in the end!  Then I came home and we went to Carrabas for dinner to celebrate mothers day.  I found a new favorite dish there.  The crusted trout. yum!  Then I went to bed super early because I was exhausted from late nights up in the library an an exausting saturday with two finals and moving out.

Sunday came bright and early as I got up at 6:45 to drive to my last practice with my team.  It was a 75 minute run at white rock late (where it all began in august last year :) Then I said goodbye to my big, jennie.

Then it was mother daughter Spa day.  We both got massages.  Then she got a facial and I got a MUCH needed peticure.  I felt bad for the lady doing my toes because they have many lovely blisters and calluses.  Then we did some shopping and mom got a new silverware set.  I had no Idea how much kitchen supplies cost!  Lets just hope I get that present for a wedding gift and dont have to worry about that.  Then after our shopping I made dinner for the family.  I learned how to make stuffed shells and made homemade brushetta for the first time and it turned out pretty good!

Then on Monday I went back up to SMU to run with Klara, go see the Dahli Lama speak at SMU, and go to a doctors appointment.  The Dahli Lama was sometimes hard to understand but still such a great opportunity to go see him, thats something most people cant say they have done!  Then Klara, Lovisa, and I went to Whole Foods.  I could spend days and a lot of money in that place just looking around and trying new things!  Then I had a doctors appointment and came home.  

Now on the Agenda for this week.  before I leave for Arkansas on Friday I need to finish unpacking and organizing my stuff from college.  My room and the gameroom is a disaster zone and it is stressing me out! So I will lock myself in my room for the next few hours and attempt to make a dent in the cleaning process.  Wish me luck :)

One down, 2 to go

I got my hardest final over with finally.  I have literally been studying non stop since last weekend!  Now I only have biology and Statistics left.  Statistics wont be too hard to study for and I have been preparing for Biology for weeks not so hopefully tonights studying will not be too bad.  But still stinks because I cant go have fun with friends because I have two finals tomorrow!

BUT then at about 1:00 tomorrow I will be completely done with my freshmen year of college!  After my last final I will start to pack up the dorm room and check out is at 4:00.  I will still stay one more night at SMU to hang out with friends before going home but I will stay in a friends room tomorrow night.

Then on sunday I will come home and enjoy a lovely spa day with my mom!
CANT WAIT! literally

I wish...I could use a nap right now.  Went to bed late and woke up early because I couldn't sleep.  

study.practice.sleep.eat

That is all I will be doing this week.
Today I had my last day of classes as a freshman ever!!! Started with a review in macroeconomics then we got out early so I had breakfast with some of my classmates.  They had oatmeal in the dining hall today! that when you know its a good day!  Then I had a final english party type thing.  Then biology review.  Then went to sell my books (made 134 dollars!) Then went to my last pointless electrical engineering class ever but ended that class with an A+ so I guess not too pointless helps the GPA.  Now i am in the library studying before dinner with my small group at ZOES KITCHEN

This is probably what I will order - the chicken Kabobs - usually I get the spinich rollups but I have always wanted to try this so tonight is the night for it.

Now let me update you on my training.  Saturday I ran a 5k in a track meet.  Sunday was a long run (90 minutes about 11.5-12 miles on average)  This run was quite hard.  It was at 8:15 in the morning after gettting back from the track meet at about midnight.  It was rainy a bit but I survived.  Then on Monday - dont even remind me.  So it had been raining all day, literally all day and then we get to practice and its just a light rain but still...its raining.  Monday is usually a cross train day sometimes so I planned on the fact that coach would tell me to eliptical.  BUT I was wrong.  45 minute run.  It started off cold and just a  light mist.  Then after about 20 minutes it started to POURRR!  After we got back I looked at myself in the mirror and the whole front of my sweatshirt was SOAKING wet, but the back was completely dry.  You would think we would have realized we ran into the rain the whole time but we were too miserable to realize.  Then after we had strides.  Let me tell you a bit about strides.  I love track but BOY do I hateeee strides with a passion.  I dont know why but they are so hard for me.  I can run miles and miles but I cant a 100 meter buildup without dying! doesnt make sense! but anyways then today I had to get up at 6:30am to run and do weights to make it back for class at 8am.  Thank goodness Kristine (my teammate) got up early with me to run! Its going to SUCK not having my teammates to run with, motivate me, push me, etc all summer!  Then for our second practice I was just not in the mood to run.  Its finals week and my body and mind are shot.  So we she told me I was doing 7 800's I wasnt too upset because thats not the hardest workout option she could have given me...but thats one of the toughest.  But I ran the first one and I thought I was just going kinda slow just relaxing but I ended up running 4 seconds faster on average than the last time I did 800's!! guess Im just in shape because I seriously didnt feel like I was working hard at all!

OHH and another thing guess who is now practicing on our track...JEREMY WARNER!

He is the gold medalist in the last olympics for the 400m.  He was at our practice today.  He ran 450's and he came around his 400m in 51 seconds...during practice...when he still had more to go...thats RIDICULOUSLY FAST!  And it looked like he was literally jogging the whole time.  Wow so cool to watch.  Hopefully next time I get up the courage to talk to him, and remember to bring my camera!!! 

Okay back to studying I have one more biology lecture to listen to online.  My professor puts all his lectures online.  super nice!

Back to studying

No, I did not fall off the face of the planet

I actually forgot I had a blog until my friend melissa reminded me on facebook! So this is for you melissa and all my other blogg fans!

Hmm so much has happened since the last time I was here.  I am still super busy with school, Chi O stuff, and track.  Basically that is my life as a college student.  Wake up go to school, then practice, then eat, then chi o stuff or study one of the two and thats basically all I do!

So last month I had formal which was fun and it was at the W hotel in Dallas
I had many track meets and races
I had my car break down twice - that was fun thank goodness I have a cousin that lives 1 minute from SMU

This past weekend on thursday Ke$ha came to SMU so I went to that then out after, then on friday I went to a carnival at SMU, then home to spend time with my mom while my roommate had friends staying in our room, then saturday had a track meet, sunday had two banquets one for my honors program thing and the other for athletes.  The athletes banquet was super nice and there was a standing ovation for my teammate Monika.  If you have not read or heard her story you should she is such an strong girl and such an inspiration!

This leads me to the fact that the school year is closing and I am going to miss all my friends!  My teammates especially because two of them are not coming back to SMU next year and are moving back to sweden

 Klara - the one in the middle will be going home and in the bottom picture lovisa will be going home.  How can you not get close to girls you run every day 6 days a week with, run 90 minutes with every sunday!  I have spent so much time with them and learned so much from them that I am going to miss them so much! Butttt this only gives me an excuse to visit SWEDEN!

On a more positive note those are my only two friends at SMU that I wont see next year the rest will be here!  On and after school gets out my teammates will still be in Dallas till like the middle of june (when our season ends) so I will get plenty of time to see them before they leave yayyy!

So I will probably blog again on sunday after finals!
Tomorrow I have my LAST DAY  OF CLASSES and two practices
Wednesday - nothing but studying of course
Thursday - two practices and studying of course
Friday - Macroeconomics final at 3:00
Saturday: Biology final at 9:00 and Statistics final at 11:30
then....MOVE OUT AT 5pm! cant wait to never again live in a dorm!
Chi O house here I come.