8. Coming To An End

This semester is almost over and I am one to say I'm glad. It hasn't been easy but we've made it through. Some of us my not be getting the grades we hoped for but that's okay. Don't give up the first semester is always the hardest. Now you know what to expect so things should be a lot smoother. It as been even harder on me trying to balance school and work but i did it and I know in my heart you can to.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy your holiday.

7. GOOD DEED

Saturday had to have been the most exhausting but rewarding day of my life. A couple of my classmates and myself decided we wanted to lend a helping hand to Habitat for Humanities and help them build a home for a needy family. I don't believe we realized what we were getting ourselves into until it was to late.

I thought all they were going to have us do was remove debris and just keep the work area clean since we were a group of girls. Boy was I wrong. They had us working just like everyone else. There was one guy that wouldn't have any pity on us at all. He had myself and a student from Holmes Community College carrying eight feet long pieces of plywood from one place to another. At first it was real easy but after doing it for so long the wood started to get heavier and heavier. After we did that he had us putting the floor broads in.

It was so hot out there I thought I was going to drop dead. At one point the wind started blowing and it got real cloudy. I've never prayed that hard for rain but it never came. I think we were being teased.

My entire body is soar from all the hard work that we did and the heavy lifting. My mom asked me would I do it again. The answer is yes. It may have been hot and exhausting but it was all worth it because in the end a wonderful family will have a lovely home to call their own. And I can say I helped build it.

6. GAME DAY

This Saturday I attended the game with a group of my fellow students and eight kids from a local apartment complex. I have never seen kids so jumpy before in my life. They were running all over the place and yelling at everything. All I could wonder was were they like this with their mothers. One little girl stayed with the entire time we were there. With all the excitement we had a nice time. We got face paintings, including some of the teachers. Ate good food and even filled the kids with more sugar then they could handle and enjoyed a football game. I was exhausted by the time I got home but I will never forget that day.

5.MY FRIEND

I have a friend who is always talking about he needs love but every time he gets a girlfriend he cheats on her. He say that he doesn't feel whole with that person that she's not giving him everything he feel he deserves. He is very spoil, he's worst than a child. He whines like a baby when he can't get his way. I told him he's worst then a woman. I love him to death but sometimes he gets on my nerves. I told him that maybe he really don't know what he wants out of a relationship. I've known him for eight years and through those years he's had many girlfriends. When they break up he always use the same excuse for the reason why, "He didn't feel complete." I told him before he can love someone else he need to learn to love himself.

I hope and pray that one day he will find someone the right one to love him the way he deserves to be loved.

4.TO THE STUDENT BODY

Doctor Miller is right. We have reached apart in the semester where it has finally hit home. This isn't high school. The teachers are not push overs here. This is college you have to work for grades. If you're given an assignment you have to do it. No matter if its a boring reading assignment that no one understands but the teacher. The work load is totally different then high school. Most of you are just getting out of high school so you're used to things being easy. No one ever expected it to be so tough. This is a huge transition for many of you. But I believe in us all, I know if we just stay focused we can do it.

The hardest thing about being in college is trying to find time to study. Some of you have jobs, wanting to spend time with your friends but knowing you can't because you have to study is the worst. I can say that I always wait until the day before the test before I study. That may not work for everyone but it works for me.

I would just like to say one thing to everyone whose beginning to feel stressed and overwhelmed. Hang in there, soon all this will be over and you want have to worry about boring reading assignments anymore. Ha! Ha!

3. MY JOB

Working at the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital you will see a lot of things. I've worked with kids with diabetes, cancer, and many other diseases. I love what I do. I feel children are a gift from God. It's hard seeing some of these kids everyday knowing that one day they want be here. There is one little boy we can all take a lesson from. He's five years old and when he was getting out of school and going home he was hit by a school bus. I spoke with him and asked him what happen, he said in such a cheerful and playful voice,"I was hit by a bus, it was a big bus." If that had been an adult we would be crying and carrying on like it's the end of the world. Children have such strong spirits. Adults complain about simple things, like bills, relationships, am I going to pass my test. But here's a child hit by a bus and all he complained about is his mom not bringing his toy airplane to the hospital. We can all take a lesson.

2. MY DAY

The people i work with have been so supportive. Everyone has praised me for going back to school. Sometimes I ask myself "want were you thinking, you can't do this and work full-time to." Everyday is a new experience and a challenge for me. I find myself everyday wanting to be in class more and more. I'm enjoying this so much I can just burst.

I have always enjoyed being in school. I consider myself and over achiever. That can be a good thing and sometimes bad. You find yourself more and more trying to always be on top. I think i made a good chose in educational institutions.

Tuesday was the worst day ever for me. I got up that morning at six a.m. to get my kids ready for school. I had class from nine that morning until nine that night. After class I had to be at work from eleven p.m. to seven a.m., Wednesday morning, and be in class at nine a.m. There will be many of days when I lose a little sleep. It will be worth it in the end. Sacrifices have to be made if you want to get anything out of life.

Mississippi College will help me to achieve the goals I have been striving for for so long. And with God by my side I know I can do it.