Things are going well.... at least for now.... Ha!

Well how goes it everyone? Here in Price, the town of my ancestry, things are going well. Wow, what a pitiful statement. I mean, Price as my town of ancestry..... lol.... to tell you the truth I am actually proud of that statement! Ya know, I grew up in this town, moved away from it, moved back, moved away from it, and moved back again; and by God, I love it. I'm sure there are people out there that despise this place, and I can't say I blame you, especially if you didn't grow up here. But the fact remains, this is my hometown, and I love it, even if it seams "backwards" to many. With that being said, I would like to express some of my thoughts. I am confindent that Price will benifit from the CEU-USU merger. There are still a lot of concerns that need to be discussed with this "merger". I really do think that it will benefit this community! After attending a meeting this week I feel more comfortable with some of the questions and concerns that I expressed last week. Even though the ideas we discussed are not "concrete" I still feel better, as we now have a time table and and agenda for the events that are approaching us. After all is said and done I really hope that USU-CEU Price will flourish and benefit the community and both schools involved. I don't know the fate of the involved parties, but I hope that the new Chancellor, whoever they may be, will consider act accordingly, and represent both schools in a manner that will benefit all students.
Aside from this, just remember that finals are quickly approaching, so plan accordingly. As of now things are going well, but I'm sure within the next couple of weeks things will be as hectic as ever! So plan accordingly! I hope that I will, but I'm sure the natural procrastinator in me will make things difficult! lol.... good luck everyone and keep your head up, the semester is almost over!

FRUSTRATION!!!!!

GRRRR...... AAHHHH!!!!! Ok, I need spring break to come again. I can't not emphasize how frustrated I am with the USU - CEU Merger! There is no information! Nobody knows anything! What did Utah Legislation discuss in the meetings!? All I know is that I have been told that very little will change for this next year as this merger will take time to work all the kinks out..... except that USU Price will not have an Ambassador, and there will be no Tuition Waivers available to upper division USU student unless current CEU scholarships are made available, which no one knows if they will be or NOT! In the mean time all CEU student government positions are being fill as I write this, if they have not already, and I will tell you this: There is not one USU student in a leadership position for the next academic year. The fact remains I know this will take time to work out all of the bugs, but in the mean time current students are being left out! Everyone has said that this was going to be a discredit to CEU students well I will tell you this, it is the USU students that are going to be left leaderless and scholarshipless after many of us have work extremely hard to qualify for scholarships and waivers. Maybe I'm jumping the gun on this, an I may be the only one who feels this way but man-o-man I'm Frustrated!

My sickly kitty!

Ok, for those of you who do not know I have a huge bleeding heart when it comes to animals. I had a hard time this week because I had to take my cat Enyo to the vet. Ya see, a week ago she got in a spat with a stray cat that has been hanging around, and needless to say she got a little beat up and got a cut in her ear. I tried my best to keep it clean and get it healed up, but it didn't get any better, so finally decided to skip class and take her to get checked out..... it was a painful experience for both of us, and i know this probably sounds stupid but I had a taste of what a father would feel when he takes his daughter to the doctor and has to have some painful procedure done. I held my little black cat, and it is probably weird to say but she clung to me like a child and tried to hide under my chin. I felt so bad because I know that she was scared and the vet was hurting her, but it needed to be done. Two days later I am happy to say that the infection has gone away and she is getting better by the moment. It still sucks because I still have to force pills and medicine down her throat and in her ear, but she is getting healthy again! and that is what counts! So needless to say, sometimes you have to hurt the ones you love in order to help them, Anyway... moving on. My cat is healing, she is happy and I am happy!

Mid terms

Well there folks I survived another week, but this was a big one: midterms! And oh my god am I glad that they are over! This accomplishment will soon be rewarded with.... none other than...... guess..... yes that right!..... SPRING BREAK!!!!! Yeah, I have no plans for spring break other than working and not going to school! So here is breakdown of midterms! 2 days of not sleeping for more than 28 hours, then sleeping for 3 hours.... writing papers.... one 6 page paper and one 12 page paper..... those were the killers, everything else just kind of fell in line, but those two papers due on the same day hurt! Also, just so everyone knows, i passed all the tests required for the STEPS program, and I am now eagerly awaiting to see if i got in! If I get in, i will be done with school in a year and a half! and boy that will be a major event in my life..... for the past 4 or 5 years the routine of working 8-10 hours a day then going to school is getting old and is wearing me out. But in order to achieve this goal that means summer school.... yes, i hang my head and wish it wasn't so, but it is..... i have to take 6 credit hours of school, so not fun! but the classes should be fun.... one of them has the final of watching the Shakespearean festival in ceder city, so that should be cool! Well that just about sums up this weeks blog, I'm looking forward to thing regaining it's normalcy, and looking more forward to spring break! Later!

Recruitment night!

Well folks another fun filled recruitment night has come to an end! Thank God! So let me give ya run down of what I did and how it turned out. So tonight there was a basketball game at CEU. Of course it was CEU and their opponent was Snow. We figured it would be a good night, because its a good rivalry. Anyway, CEU worked with us and we purchased 300 bags of popcorn to give to the fans! So I took contact cards and Brochures and attached these to the bags of popcorn..... yeah do have any idea how long it takes to staple 300 cards to popcorn bags.... well... its about 45 min per 100 bags! On top of that I had to fill these 300 bags! that took 4 of us 2.5 hours. yeah so I put in some time for this event... and its sad to say I had no success! I gave away all of the bags, but it's sad to say that people we only interested in the free popcorn. Yes, i wasn't able to have any type of conversation with anyone and no turn in a contact card.... well I guess I can say it was a learning experence! I have another event scheduled for next week, hopefully it goes a little better.... well it's been a long day, after all it started at midnight this morning... so in three hours I will be up for 24 hours straight... needless to say... it's time for bed! late
wilde

Looking for a Routine

Wanted: a schedule that has some type of route to it. This may include a regular sleep schedule, a diet consiting of non microwavable food, and a job that has you work during regular working hours, (the hours between 12 am and 4 am are reserved for sleeping, but feel free to add more if you like).

well if ya haven't noticed im growing weary of no routine. I admit that I am a beast of burnden, I will preform the same routine over and over and be perfectly happy. This semester has been nothing but routine thusfar, and it doesn't look to be improving any time soon..... so is it safe to say that my routine is not having a routine? MAN THAT SUCKS, but what can ya do.... Anyway, just a little advice to anyone who is applying for the STEPS program. The application deadline is March 10, so start working on it now, you only have about 8 tests to take and paper work that doesn't seem to have an end...... so good luck, i know i'll need it.

Poetry Writing.......

So I just have one thought tonight.... who in the hell would have thought that poetry writing would be so damn hard!!!! Yeah, I have to take poetry writing, so I figured I might as well take it and get it over with, and I have to say it is rough. Poetry never has been my forte', but I have to say I enjoy reading it, some of it, more than writing it. So I'm going to share my first poem of the semester that has some type of substance. Hope ya enjoy it, if ya don't sorry. As hard as it is it is a way for me to release some thoughts.... and i have to say i have new appreciation for poets.....


Meeting my Savior at a Coal Yard

His decent - left a billowing cloud of black dust
lingering in the air. I walked through it to
reach Him offering Him my greetings
with a scabbed and calloused hand.
His brown-grey brows crinkled into a V,
his piercing green eyes looking down on me.

Folding his arms tightly, He left my
Hand holding nothing but the air He allowed
me breathe. “I don’t think I know you,
but I’m sure you know Me”. Replying, i said,
“i’m Your servant, have been for years”.
You see, there’s too many of you,

I can’t get to know all of you”.
His radiant hand swept across the yard,
high lighting the coal trucks, each hauling
enough black gold to support man for a year.
“I have built up all you see, I have made man
and given him purpose in life”. I thought,

this Man is my savior. He who gives me all
I have with the thud of his check signing stamp”.
I was not edified. His words elevated himself
above all, and he ascended, just as he came:
in a cloud of billowing dust. It hung in the air

mingling with my blood, my sweat, and
the stolen breathe in my burning lungs.
Conversion came to my mind: My labor,
my blood and my pain has built his creation.
The sacrifice of my body and soul
Has given him all that he has.