Thursday

Finally, it is almost over. A week of incredible stress is finally at its low pooint for me. I have had three tests, including ones for Macroeconomics and Accounting. I spent a ton of time studying and it has really just drained my time this week. When I am free it seems like the only thing that I want, or should, do is sleep or study. But I am busy now so that means soon things will start to slow down and I can continue to try and stay on top of things. The thing that makes it so much harder is basketball because we have been working our butts off lately. We are all really sore and also kind of tired of running around to different activities all the time. I am think that we might be less busy during the actually season. I'm not including the travel for games and such but it is still very time consuming. Its alright though, I did very well on my test from what I can tell. I haven't got any of them back yet but I woudn't be suprised if they were all A's. Maybe even one prefect! But thats why I spent all that time studying I guess. Better get ready to do it again next week!

About 3 Weeks Down

Its been about 3 weeks of school so far. It seems like 3 monthes but maybe I'm just kidding myself. My first tests are this week and I am really nervous. I have been studying hard for my Econ test because I think that it will be my hardest class. I have an accounting test as well but I feel like I have a good grip on the material right now. It's a lot like what I did in high school. I was in high school accounting for two years so I have some pretty good expirence coming in. I am definatly stressing out right now trying to balance my school work with basketball activities. Sometimes I just think it would be easy to focus on school and do my 100% best. Then I would still have some more free time to do things that I enjoy. But I guess I do love basketball and I have so much fun playing it. I want to play this year and see what it will be like and I'll figure out how hard I will have to work to achieve my goals

My Car

                I have had a lot of issues with my car since I got it early in high school. I was rear ended one day after school my sophomore year. It wasn’t that bad but it wasn’t that fun. We also have a pretty tough garage to pull into at my house and I scraped the side of it. It also wasn’t that bad but that garage is really hard to pull into. I’m not trying to make excuses for myself however a teenager should not have to get into a garage like that every day. Lately my driving was a lot better and I avoided any major incidents. Late in the summer however I was pulling out of a parking lot and heading toward a stoplight. Suddenly, a large pick-up truck struck the right side of my car, knocking me into the left side of my car. His truck of course was fine and my car was not. The trunk was dented and the two doors on the right side were smashed. My side mirror was across the street. I got the guys insurance and went home to tell my parents. I called the insurance company and found out he gave me the wrong insurance card. It was not a great start to getting my car fixed. I went through an interview with the insurance investigators and ended up getting all the money that I deserved for the accident. The great thing about it was that the side of my car that got hit was the side that was already damaged so I got it all fixed. It’s like I Have a brand new car!

Jurassic Park

We have been watching the movie Jurassic Park in class and I think it is pretty awesome beacause I used to love the movie! When I was little I am pretty sure that I wanted to be a dinosaur so this movie was right up my alley. Anyways, after not seeing this movie for awhile I found it very interesting. There are a lot of science that even applies to issues that we are still dealing with today. It became clear to me that the movie and book were both ahead of their times. Topics such as cloning and genetic engineering apply to a lot of moral issues in today's society. Morality is another issue that caught my eye when I saw the film more recently. Whats right and what is wrong can be discussed through out the whole movie. Are we supposed to play God and recreate a spieces simply because we can? As Jeff Goldbulm's character said in the movie "... scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should".

My Saturday

I had a pretty disappointing Saturday last weekend. It started off with work early at 5:30 and of course that means Friday is going to be an early night. I was ok with that because Iowa played Iowa State on Saturday and I was very excited about that! I am a diehard Iowa fan and I have had season tickets with my dad for four years now. So I work on some homework on Friday and prepare for what I think will be a glorious Saturday afternoon and night. First I had to get through work. I went to bed fairly early for a Friday night so I was ready as the sun came up. I put my W polo, a hooded sweatshirt, and khaki shorts on and headed out. I put my hood up because it was surprisingly cold and soon I realized that the doors to the W were locked. Fifteen minutes later campus security showed up and unlocked the doors. That just proved to me that you should try not to be too early, just early enough.

I worked from 12:30 and with kick off of the game being at 11:00 I was very frustrated. But I had it all planned out. DVR is a blessing for situations like this. I planned on watching the game at about 1:00 with some friends. I told my co-workers that I didn't want to know any news about the game and I'll admit that I probably wasn't very fun to work with near the end of my shift. Soon, however it was 12:30 and I was out of there! I had avoided talking to a lot of people for fear of them telling me the score. I turned my phone off to stay away from texts and internet. I stayed away from all televisions. I'm speed walking to my car. Almost time! "Hey Ryan! Games still tied 10-10. You can catch the second half!" said my boss. And Iowa ended up losing... great day.

The First Day

Today was basically my first day of college. I don’t feel as overwhelmed with the new thing as I thought I would be. My Macroeconomics 117 class is the one class that has me worried. It appears to be a very difficult class based on the subject, content of the class, and the professor. Professor Nota was very funny and seemed to keep the class very interesting. Either way it made me nervous to the point where I needed to hit the books right after class. I missed what the reading assignment was but I felt like if I read the first chapter and took good notes that I would be fine. I just think I am a bit behind because I didn't know a lot of the terms that were used in class today. Overall the classes went very well. I was extremely disappointed after work however when my new headphones broke. I think that they are fixable but I work hard for them and it honestly just made me angry. I guess that I'll get over at some point. I have Principals of Accounting tomorrow and a lecture for my Lifetime Wellness class. Also, I have a basketball meeting tomorrow. Everything is getting busier but that also means things are becoming more exciting! Right now I think I have a feeling of good nervousness!