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Marathons and movie scenes

I don’t have class this morning–not until 4:10 this afternoon, in fact–but here I am, at 8:33, wide awake and feeling like I slept in.

I got a job this past week that completely feels like a scene out of a movie. It’s at the Rudder-Jessup house, which is exactly 8 walking minutes from my dorm room. It’s actually faster to walk there than to get my car and drive… It’s in the historic district (something I had no clue that CS even had) so the trees are big and line the street, but not so thick that the sun doesn’t peek through them. It’s a little bit like You’ve Got Mail meets Maid in Manhatten, especially on Sunday with a skirt on. (more…)

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Scotland! Wee-ooo!

Hello friendly blog-readers. I have some very exciting news: . . . I…Erika Schmidt, and moving to Scotland!!! Yes, that’s right. I am leaving my Texas roots behind and hopping across the pond! Ever since I was in middle school, I have wanted to visit this amazing place; in high school, I starting exploring the idea of studying for a summer or semester in Edinburgh. Well, it has been far too long between the dreaming and the doing! I will be spending all of next year at (hopefully) the University of Edinburgh, flying back for graduation at A&M, then flying back to live! Hooray! (more…)

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Busy And Happy About It

It’s been really nice this week. I have had no tests, no presentations, not too much reading, and less group work than usual. It’s interesting to me that although school had lightened up, I still had my schedule just about filled up. This phenomenon that happens to me every time gives me the impression that as a person, I keep my schedule filled because I like it that way. Quite a few of my friends and classmates are always complaining about how busy they are and about how they never have any time to relax. I propose that these people complain, but secretly love it this way. (more…)

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Emily’s feeling… “blah”

So sometimes I overuse the word terrified. And I definitely overuse fabulous and emoticon smiley faces.

I’m trying to think of better words for what’s on my mind today.

I am having one of those days where I just feel “too much”. (more…)

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Aggie Football, Part 3

After returning to their room later that evening, Karen began questioning her roommate.

“So, uh, what did you think of that Eddie guy?”

“He was nice! Thanks a lot for calling him!”

“You think there’s anything there?”

“Naw, not really. He’s a blast to hang out with, but I don’t think I’d date him.”

Whew! Karen thought to herself. But what now? (more…)

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Aggie Football, Part 2

Karen, who had recently started to casually date a good dancing Corps boy named Ralph, was un-amused with Eddie. She responded to his pleading “You can take of yourself… What do you need me for?”

As the trip continued, so did Eddie’s advances, as well as Karen’s lack of interest. Upon returning to College Station, Ralph had come to pick Karen up, however, this had not fazed Eddie one bit. Steadfast and assured, he told Karen “Whenever you’re done dating ol’ Fred, you just give me a call.” Amused and half scoffing, Karen agreed. (more…)

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Putting the pedal to the metal

Well, I had my first non-orientation meeting with my advisor today. Talk about getting remotivated!

I’ve been getting the start-of-fall-not-summer-anymore blues, so I’m frantically trying to remind myself of my goals to keep the cold, dreary, wet weather from rubbing off on my life outlook. (I’m noticing now that it does tend to do that…)

I’m having to step back from my grades to remember that what I learn and how I apply it is ultimately what matters here. I get stressed out about making it from test to test, but, important as those are in some regards, they are not the bottom line.
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Friends

All through my life I have known that my friends were very special to me. Coming from a very small family with a divorced mom and a younger brother, there weren’t too many people related to me I could go to. The friends that I met growing up have been incredibly important to my happiness and to my success, but the friends I have met here at Texas A&M have been crucial to everything that I am.

In the last couple of weeks things have been so busy I could not take care of all the responsibilities facing me. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve had friends come through for me and help me out. (more…)

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There’s no place like home…

Mothers. What it is about them? No matter how bad things seems, moms just make things a little easier. When I was a freshman and super excited about leaving home, I thought I would only want to go home for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and that would be enough family time for me. Somehow, at some point, that changed over the past two years.

Going home this weekend was so wonderful! Not only did I get to see my family, but I cam back to College Station with probably 5 pounds of home cooked food. Mmm yum! No joke, my mother baked me brownies from scratch. As much as I loved going home, I probably will be five pounds heavier by the time I finish all the delicious things she sent with me. (more…)

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Graduate Blues

It’s getting to be that time for me. That time when you realize you are almost out of school and B’s become acceptable and C’s tolerable. It’s that time when all the job offers are coming in and one starts to put a lot of focus on post-graduation life versus class. I’m afraid that time has come too early as I have begun to mentally slack off concerning school two semesters before graduating.

I remember when this happened in high school and it was really tough to regain the momentum that got me to this point. But, I’m going to have to. My grades on the first round of tests were less than desirable and my attitude has become very lax. It doesn’t help that everyone I am around during the day is going through the same thing and we all feed off of each other. (more…)

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