Baby Got Blog » College Life http://www.babygotblog.com Bits and Pieces of this thing called my life Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 College Graduation: This is getting real http://www.babygotblog.com/college-graduation-this-is-getting-real/ http://www.babygotblog.com/college-graduation-this-is-getting-real/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:54:37 +0000 Trisha http://www.babygotblog.com/?p=308 I am working on essays after being ill and I know that this thing is in my closet.  It is just a tad unnerving.

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That is just a product of the way that I best process material

You may think your own thoughts.

I do want to share two quotes from the book with you, though.

1. “Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” Dumbledore, Chapter 17, page 298

This is so true, think of things that we don’t like to name…Death, Cancer, there are many…

2. “Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign. . . to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your very skin. Quirrell, full of hatred, greed and ambition, sharing his soul with Voldemort, could not touch you for this reason. It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.” Headmaster Dumbledore, Chapter 17, page 299

Think about the marks that those that have loved you deeply have left on you….think about how the memory of that person helps and protects you in its own way

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But the things that I am really excited about?

I bought the graduation gifts for Jon and Zack and I think they are going to like them a LOT

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We also talked about how the giant ball pit would be a super fundraiser for, and attraction at Ferrum’s RELAY FOR LIFE event.

SO…
After dinner, my friend went to a movie and I came to my room and jumped on Google. After a few minutes on the internet, there were two or three things that surprised me.

  1. The largest ball pit I could find is about the size of a Queen Size bed, and costs about $3,200.  This is just not big enough for college students.
  2. Ball pits are incredibly theraputic, and help with various kinds of sensory disorders (don’t believe me??  READ HERE)
  3. Those balls, are probably the most expensive pieces of plastic I have ever seen!
  4. If we want to do a ball pit just the right size for college students … we might just have to build it ourselves
  5. Some guy has created a ball pit ball calculator so that you can determine how many balls you need to cover an area to any given depth so that you can create your own ball pit (SEE HERE)

Item #2 on that list was probably the most interesting to me.  I had no idea that it could be so beneficial to spend time in one of my favorite attractions at Chuck E. Cheese…even if my Aunt Lisa did have to dive in and get me one time because of the bigger kids…apparently it has a very calming effect (or at least it can…the staff at Chuck E. Cheese might argue the point and have video to back them up)

We are still thinking this out we will keep you all posted…

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  • Get Disability Services Paperwork for my online class at Indiana University
  • Mail that paperwork
  • Create Custom Planner for Kourtney
  • Create Custom Planner for Jon
  • Create my own custom planner
  • Send all planners to printers
  • Obtain syllabi for: PSC 203, PSC 384, PSC 435, PSC 304, and ENG 428
  • Verify that all books have arrived at Academic Resource Center
  • Provide Academic Resource Center with the Syllabus for each class
  • Create Audio files for all of these classes :  POLS 309, PSC 203, PSC 384, PSC 435, PSC 304, and ENG 428
  • Load all files on MP3 player in playlist per class.
  • Update weekly schedule in Thunderbird to accommodate reading times and/or watching times
  • Meet with Dr. Hally, Dr. Torimiro, and Dr. Lambert about class substitutions if needed (Tuesday morning and afternoon)
    • ]]>     http://www.babygotblog.com/my-to-do-list-to-get-ready-for-the-spring-semester/feed/ 0     Can I please just hide and make this whole year start over http://www.babygotblog.com/can-i-please-just-hide-and-make-this-whole-year-start-over/ http://www.babygotblog.com/can-i-please-just-hide-and-make-this-whole-year-start-over/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:37:33 +0000 Trisha http://www.babygotblog.com/?p=69 I am not sure where a lot of things sit at the moment and I just want to hit the rewind button to the first of the semester…I know I can’t but I really want to…does anyone happen to have a magic remote?

    ]]>     http://www.babygotblog.com/can-i-please-just-hide-and-make-this-whole-year-start-over/feed/ 0     Trying to get things wrapped up http://www.babygotblog.com/trying-to-get-things-wrapped-up/ http://www.babygotblog.com/trying-to-get-things-wrapped-up/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:38:41 +0000 Trisha http://www.babygotblog.com/?p=61 I am working on wrapping things up here in Kentucky and getting ready to head back to Virginia. I really do not want school to start but I need to see my friends…

    ]]>     http://www.babygotblog.com/trying-to-get-things-wrapped-up/feed/ 0     Class Prep Begins http://www.babygotblog.com/class-prep-begins/ http://www.babygotblog.com/class-prep-begins/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:01:30 +0000 Trisha http://www.babygotblog.com/?p=59 Class preparations have begun here at my place…

    in addition to getting ready to pack up a car and make the 7 to 8 hour drive, I have sent in my books to the ARC (as mentioned here) and they have already sent me one of the books in PDF form from the publisher…so, today I am taking the PDFs and copying the parts I need to Word files and then after I finish doing that for 627 pages I will put them through this software and get all of the MP3 files made for the readings in this class

    ]]>     http://www.babygotblog.com/class-prep-begins/feed/ 0     Some of the technology that I use at school http://www.babygotblog.com/some-of-the-technology-that-i-use-at-school/ http://www.babygotblog.com/some-of-the-technology-that-i-use-at-school/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:24:53 +0000 Trisha http://www.babygotblog.com/?p=8 I have a lot of reading to do as a college student…but I am an auditory learner and I read really slowly. Thanks to the Academic Resources Center I have a little help…they scan my books during the first few weeks of school and then I take the text files and put them through TextAloud and they come out as MP3 or WAV files that I listen to at what I call “chipmunk speed” while I am resting or cleaning or doing whatever I need to do in my room.

    ]]>     http://www.babygotblog.com/some-of-the-technology-that-i-use-at-school/feed/ 3     3 weeks to go… http://www.babygotblog.com/3-weeks-to-go/ http://www.babygotblog.com/3-weeks-to-go/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:19:23 +0000 Trisha http://www.babygotblog.com/?p=5 In a way it makes me sad and in a way I am jumping up and down with excitement…three weeks from tonight I will be kicking back and putting my feet up in my dorm room and while I will miss the relaxed summer and my darling kitty babies (yes that means you my Dottie Girl), I will finally get to see my buddies again. It will be our Senior year, and we have to make every moment count…I know we will do just that.

    So, leave me a comment and tell me…
    If you are headed back to classes, what is it you are really looking forward to most?
    If you have already graduated, what did you most look forward to when headed back for another year?

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