Thursday, March 14th

Luckily, tomorrow is the last day of classes before break.  I cannot wait to be able to relax.  I am not going anywhere warm for break, but I am okay with that.  On Friday, I am going to Boston for a couple of days and from there I am going to New York City.  It should be a lot of fun!  Up to this point, I am doing well in my classes.  In my human ecology class we got our progress reports and I could not believe the curve he gave us.  The class average is a 50.  My average is a 60, which is the equivalent to a A-.
Senior Seminar class is really testing my creativity!  At first, I was nervous because I do not think I am a very creative person, but I ended up enjoying it.  If you give me an idea then I can be much more creative than sitting there with no ideas.  Today, we had to come up with a haiku.  The first emotions that I felt were anger that it was so nice out a couple days ago and today I had to wear boots and my winter jacket.  So, I wrote about the weather.

When is Spring coming?
The cold weather has me running.
To Florida I go.

I am not really going to Florida, but I would like to!  It was challenging to come up with lines with 5 or 7 syllables.  Most of the statements I wanted to make were more than what I needed.  Once I made my first one, it was easier to come up with more.  I had to get in a open mode and let everything else go.  Once I did that, I was able to relax and come up with ideas.   

Thursday March 7th

Thank god next week is the last week before break.  I need a break!  Even though I am not going anywhere warm, I am ready for a week to relax and catch up with everything I have to do.  I did well on my History of Psychology test and paper, which made me happy because I have not been doing well in Human Ecology.  The average grade in Human Ecology is around a 50, which is unbelievable.  I really have to work hard, especially because I am not used to getting such low grades.  I enjoyed the exercise we did today in Senior Seminar.  At first, I got nervous because I had no idea what to draw!  Maybe that means I need to be in an open mode more often.  Once I relaxed and got in the right mind set, I seemed more creative than before.  I do not have a lot of talent when it comes to creativity, but I realized when I want to come up with creative ideas, I need to put myself in another mind set. 

Tuesday March 5th

Last week was such a hectic week!  Although I did not get my two tests back yet, I think I did well.  Hard work pays off!  I cannot believe next week is our last week before spring break and halfway through the semester.  It is  hard to believe graduation is in a couple of months.  I am in the process of writing a paper for my Juvenile Justice class that calls for me to try to use my creativity.  As I learn more in senior seminar, I realized how much I use my creativity.  I never thought I was very creative, but I learned that I am more creative than I thought.  After watching the video, I came to the conclusion that I need to be in open mode more than I am.  I am in closed mode a lot because I am getting too wrapped up with classes and work.  If I am in open mode more often, it will allow me to be more relaxed and maybe even get more accomplished.  
 In Boston, I saw all kinds of "different" people.  There were people dressed up in different costumes running up and down Massachusetts Ave.  They were very different and were making a scene.  I saw one group of them dressed up as aliens and five minutes later I saw a Scoobydoo group.  They had to have a lot of confidence to do that!  I would never have been able to dress up, run up and down one of the busiest streets in Boston while yelling!  Everyone was staring, but it was funny.  I wondered why they would do that, but maybe they made some kind of game out of it, I don't really know!