Sometimes, I Feel Like Punching Some People In the Face

Wow. How immature can some people be? Like, really.

There are a couple of "trouble makers" on the first floor of my dorm. When I say trouble makers, they really aren't bad boys. The just have big egos, and like to be big teases. That was first semester. They still aren't THAT bad, but they have become obstinate, and don't listen anymore. There are three CA's in Smith Hall, and out of the three, they only kind of listen to one of us.

Now, these guys are on the soccer team. They are also from Brazil. Which means they can not only speak English, they also speak Portuguese(sometimes I wonder how much they talk about me).

Combining the above stated facts, they play soccer in the hallway and speak Portuguese. Quite loudly. I live on the third floor, and sometimes, even with my door closed, I can hear them and the soccer ball.

There are clearly stated rules in the handbook that say, "NO SPORTS IN THE HALLS. PERIOD." Something like that. The consequence for breaking the rules is being "written up", which is basically a CA writing an incident report about what happened.

Last semester I wasn't a CA and the sports in the hallway wasn't an issue because they were in season, so they played soccer at practice almost every day. There was no need for soccer in the hallway. Since it is their off season now, they feel the need to play inside.

Now, normally this is not an issue as long as they are respectful and stop when we ask. Recently, they have been extremely rude and mean to us whenever we ask them to stop. So, I told myself, if it happens again, Ill write them up.

The issue with this situation is this(and it really shouldn't be an issue if the other CAs weren't making it one) :

There are about 8 other guys that live in that hall that sometimes throw around a pretend football or respectfully kick a soccer ball back and forth. If we wrote the Brazilians up, we would have to start writing everyone else up even if they weren't really doing anything wrong.

At this moment, I have no problem writing them up, which I probably will end up doing. BUT, my constituents have serious issues with causing issues for the rest of the boys. They are great people, but both really want to be liked by everyone. One also happens to be one of my closest friends that I hang out with every day. So I feel like "I'm in a tight spot" haha.

 The way I look at it, oh well. If they are choosing to be disrespectful to the only authority they have to deal with, them fine. So be it. They will get written up by Becca T.

The simple solution: They stop. If they don't, everyone will be written up for two guys stupidity.

An Epiphany

Tonight, I had an epiphany.
It is this:
 I have known for quite some time that I am not a flirt, and I know I never will be. I am totally fine with that, and am actually glad of it.
The epiphany is that it bothers me when other people flirt in front of me. It is awkward and weird. And for someone like me, who doesn't flirt(ever), it just looks really stupid.
The other part of the epiphany is that I am surrounded by people who thrive on flirting.
The next part of the epiphany is that the reason I feel left out(when I do feel left out, which doesn't happen very often) is that everyone around me are being quite friendly with each other, but I continue to act the same way I always do.
This happened tonight, which is the cause of the epiphany. So, I am now in my room trying to get over my foul, emotional, lonely type mood. These are the nights that I remember how single I am. Sigh.

On a side note... I also realized that when guys do try to flirt with me, I don't really know how to react. It is so foreign to me that three fourth of the time I'm totally oblivious, and the other fourth I just pretend I dint notice. Thus the reason any guy really interested in me will have to try REALLY hard to get my real attention haha.

Sushi!

As we were departing from town, we noticed that the windshield wipers were very frozen due to all of the snow we have been getting. Hannah is trying to get the ice off at a stop light. :)

One of my friends/sushi experts! She quite enjoyed that last piece.

The last piece before it was gone. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of all of the sushi before we all dug in. There were probably 12 different rolls though!

The group minus me( all are CAs in the complex)

This dude was carving ice sculpture in like 10 degree weather! I guess it is the only time he could do it though... :)

A Brand New Experience

So this semester, I am riding Saddle Seat. I usually ride Western, and Saddle Seat is pretty much the exact opposite.

This little guy below is Caesar. He is a Morgan and I rode him on the first day of class. That was quite the interesting experience. :)

 This is Desi. He is a Friesian and I rode him today in class. I also pretty much want him to be mine. I loved him that much ! :)

 And, THIS is all of the snow we got last night! We were supposed to only get 4-6 inches, but we got more like a foot! It is so awesome!

Snow in Missouri!

This is last week's snow and the one below this is too. This is one of the oldest buildings(Dulany Auditorium) on campus, and it used to be connected to an orphanage, way back in the day when only women were allow here.

These two are of the snow thats falling right now! At this very moment! :)

My Poor Little Tummy :(

Since Ive come back to school, my poor little tummy will start acting up in the evenings sometimes. This is one of those evenings. I have yet to diagnose the issue here... whether its food, lack of sleep, or something totally different, I really need it to stop. I was sick this past week, and this is what my stomach felt like the night before. My junior year of high school I had mono, and I think that that sickness really weakened my immune system, because I never got sick before that happened. Since then though, Ive been sick at least a couple times, which is abnormal for me and my family in general. So what I have concluded from all of this is...

...Digestive enzymes here I come! :)

Tomorrow

Tomorrow starts day one of me exercising! Yay me!

My goal by the summertime: To have a "beach body".

Wish me luck! :)

Be Your True Self... All The Time

In my opinion, part of being a believer is not contradicting yourself. What I mean by this is not saying one thing and doing another. As most people know, using foul language has become commonplace in our society, especially in the high school and college aged people. One thing I believe strongly in is that as a Christian, people should notice a difference in the things we say and do. If we look and sound just like everyone else, then how are people to distinguish the difference?

There are a couple certain individual here at the Woods that made me notice this in the past couple days. Both of these people use awful language and say things that aren't exactly uplifting. What bothers me though is that both of these people attend the same church that I have been going to on and off.

So why do they do this? This is something I struggle with... being around people who act one way with some people, then turn around and clean up their mouths enough to get through a church service.

Seeing this in others has made me want to be constant, to be myself with whoever I am with. I know it doesn't happen all of the time, but this is something I am going to work on.