Communication is the key...TO EVERYTHING!

I had a really good weekend until 10:00 P.M. Sunday night. I went home on Friday and went to the movies with all my friends to see Why Did I get Married Too which was really good! Better than the first! Then on Saturday me and a few of my cousins went to an adult Easter Egg Hunt in Deming Park. There were over 8,00 eggs throughout the park that had candy and other prizes inside of the eggs. Out of the four of us, we managed to get eight eggs...and it was from the guys not me and Erica. Then Sunday I went to church with all of my family. I always enjoy Easter service because that is when the most visitors come and people come from out of town that used to live in Terre Haute. After my father preached, we took a lot of pictures and all talked about where we were eating and other plans for the week. Then I returned back to bloomington and noticed I came back before my roommate. About 30 minutes later she walks in with her teenage brother and tells me that he is staying with us the whole week AND her boyfriend will be coming at 6 A.M. Wednesday morning after she picks him up. This is the part that made me mad for lack of communication. In the movie Why did I get married, many of the couples were having problems and it was simply from lack of communication. Watching this movie and looking at my own situation, I realize how lack of communication can really affect your feelings. It wouldn't have been so bad if she told me her brother was coming but she didnt. Not only was that rude but very inconsiderate because now I am uncomfortable in my own room. I guess this is just one of the many things I will experience as an adult and a student in college. I just wish we all had better communication skills since we are in college

Good Help Is Hard To Find

They say that good help is hard to find...I don't think this is true. After talking to my friend Mr. Taylor from our X158 Class who gave me the idea of this blog...The help is there and probably has been all along. The question is are you willing to accept the help? I have a cousin named Kala who is messing her life up. She acted out in such a way that got her kicked out of both Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South and was forced to go to McClean the alternative high school. Was this really better? No. While there she still continued to act up and not go to class or do her homework. She often let her homework pile up and then wanted someone to feel sorry for her and help her. Being her older cousin, I did feel sorry for her and helped her with her homework. While my friends wanted to hang with them, I was helping my cousin who couldn't wait to go hang with her friends. In the next few months, homework still piled up. Being in bloomington, I couldn't help her so my friend Kristina did. We all tried to tell her she wouldn't graduate if she didn't change her attitude. She couldn't even hang with the family one day because she had way too much homework. She recently found out that she will not be graduating high school. She still has not told her mom or dad yet. My aunt & uncle have 2 kids...Anthony & Kala. Anthony had 2 kids before he turned 21. My aunt has had a ton of meetings with different people about her daughter. Her kids have put her through it. After all her mom has been through, the least she can do is tell her she isn't graduating. Kristina threatened to tell on her if she doesn't tell her mom by Sunday. This made Kala mad. If anyone should be mad, its me and Kristina. We tried to help her but all she is worried about is her friends and not getting her phone taken away! She has a lot of growing up to do. She will feel it come May when her friends are walking across the stage and she isn't. She does a lot of other things I wont mention but will soon catch up with her. I realize that you can't save someone that doesn't want to be saved. I offered the help and that's all I can do...the rest is up to her. It just sucks that the people you love are the ones that can hurt you the most

So...Today is Valentine's Day!

Today is Valentine's Day! A day that people have spent a lot of time and money on. This is my first Valentine's Day away from home. I was just fine until I was on Facebook and seen my friend Philippa's status that she hates love and think it is overrated because she doesnt have a guy to call her valentine. This bothered me. Merriam-Webster dictionary said valentine is "a gift or greeting sent or given especially to a sweetheart on Valentine's Day. b. something expressing uncritical praise or affection" with that being said, it doesn't say anything about a significant other. What my friend failed to realize was that she does have many valentines! She still has her mom, dad, and plenty of cousins that love her. Sure we would all like to have a significant other but if we don't it is ok! Its not the end of the world! My friend Dorthia and her brother DJ lost there mother in 2008. They would love to spend Valentine's Day with her but they can't, but Philippa still can. The point of me telling about Dorthia and DJ is that there is always someone else who has it worst than you do. People always ask me why am I so happy and always smiling, including on Valentine's Day. I am blessed to have my parents, a house I can go home to and all of my wonderful family's support in whatever I do. My answer is because my life could be a whole lot worse but it's not and that's what makes me happy =)

What a WEEKEND!

I haven't been on here in a while but thought I would drop by...Friday I spent three hours working on a paper that I got nowhere with. The paper is a junior level class but I still took it so now im stuck there. The paper isnt due til class tomorrow 6 so I will get right to it...after the Super Bowl ( GO COLTS!) then friday night, my friend wanted to do something to my hair for the big stepshow on saturday so I let her. She only gave me twist while everyone else got a bunch of curls and looked really cute and she wanted me to pay...negative. Also the big snowstorm came which made it really hard to walk back to my room so I just stayed in my friends room...with 2 other friends. It ended up being nowhere to sleep so I just stayed up til 8:30 saturday morning. I slept til about 2 then I got up and went back to my dorm. My roommate is back home in fort wayne but had some friends who wanted to stay over because it was statewide weekend. This kinda made me mad...I had no idea who these girls were and they were going to be staying in the room with me while the roomie was gone...and thats also weird...why would you want to stay in your friends room and she isnt there? but I wasn't going to let that bother me so I got ready for the stepshow and got there early so we wouldnt miss anything and could have really good seats. We got good seats and waited for the show to start at 7. I guess I didnt get the memo because 8 must be the new 7. The show didnt start til 8. After the show was finally over about 11 there was an official after party. Of course after the stepshow we have to stand around and socialize which took another 40 minutes so we didnt get back to my friends room til after 12. After they changed and ate, we walked over to the SRSC to the party. They were charging 10 dollars to get in but luckily for me and my friend, its good to know people! We got in free while many others payed even if they couldnt afford it. To many peoples surprise, the party was over before 2! We weren't even there an hour. The true partiers were highly upset. I felt bad for my terre haute friends and all the ISU people who wasted gas and money for nothing. As we walked back, I went to the library just in time to catch the bus so I wouldnt have to walk at 2 in the morning by myself. There is a song called "the freaks come out at night" I think I witnessed this while on the bus. So many people were drunk and were falling all over the bus. Once I get off the bus, I see cops and the ambulance all around my dorm. I walk to my room where I see the EMS team carrying a girl who cant walk and is arguing with them. It sucks to be her. Im hoping the Colts win so that can be the perfect ending to this down time we always look forward to called the weekend.

Today Was A Good Day

Today was a good day. I don't have classes on Tuesday so I woke up around noon went and got dressed and headed over to wright to some my friend Paige. While I was in Wright I seen other people I knew and decided I wanted to get my hair down. My friend Quaniece did my hair while I watched 10 things I hate about you. (R.I.P. Heath) after I finished the movie I went to the library and did some studying for my AAADS class and Criminal Justice. The women next to me was talking in another language for a good hour but I kept studying. Around 8 o' clock I left the library and recieved a phone call from my sister Sumalayo. She caught me up on the latest with my 1 year old nephew and the baby that is keeping her up at night because she is ready to meet her aunt shay in three weeks =) after I was done talking to my sister I went to Neal Marshall where the Voices of Hope Gospel Choir holds practice at every week. I really like it the second semester because it is one big family. After practice I went to El Bistro with my friends like we do every tuesday night and laughed while I watched the Kentucky vs South Carolina game. After the game was over I waited outside listening to Trey while the A bus came and took me away. To many this may seem boring but I gotta agree with Ice Cube: today was a good day. =)