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!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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!
Friday, March 5, 2010
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!
Friday, February 19, 2010
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
wilde
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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.
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.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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.
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.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Sick of every last flake!!!!
Ok, so I don't know about all of you but I am sick and tired of the snow!!! Ya know, I use to love the snow and I still do, to a certain extent. Snow should be reserved for the month of December, given Christmas and all, but after that it needs to get the hell out of dodge! Thinking about it, yeah, it provides us with water, it makes things look pretty and clean, and it is fun to play in (or at least it use to be). But really is it worth all the trouble? Yeah, so I have to work in the snow often, hence my current attitude towards this miserable mess. Just to let ya know, I'm a tire guy while I'm finishing school, which means I get to go work along side the road, up in the mountains, down on the desert or any other god forsaken place where a tire blows out on a truck! Yesterday I was lucky enough to get called up to Nine Mile Canyon, at 3 in the morning in a snow storm! And guess what else, I had to go work on the snow plow which meant the roads had not been touched!!! GRRRRR! Needless to events like this increase my blood pressure as well as my animosity towards the snow! I'm sure that one day i will enjoy the winter and the snow again, but for the time being it just needs to GO AWAY!!!!
Friday, January 15, 2010
The swing of things.
Well, its that time of year again so we know that we have to get back into the swing of things. Like many of you I took some time away from everything and attempted to relax during the break. Well, it was somewhat relaxing and somewhat stressful, but so is life. You really don't get a break away from all of your stress. So now that I am a week into the semester, I faced the hard fact that it is time to get back to work. I kind of look at myself as a boulder sitting on the edge of a cliff. It his big, and lumpy, and stubborn as all hell, but once a forced is acted upon to tip it over the edge the ferocity is unstoppable until it reaches the end of it path. So.... this week i rested on the edge and the homework was the force that pushed me over the edge. It is now time to get things going, and get back into the swing of things full force. I wish all of you good luck with this semester! I know that I will need it!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Sleep Schedule!
Hey they folks! how goes it tonight? I have to say that things are getting better by the day for me. Although the last couple of days put me to the test. Yes, pun intended. Thus far I have two finals taken care and three to to go. The last one that i knocked down took its toll on me. Somehow I managed to pull a 41 hour day. Yeah, I spent the whole night writing a paper for my greek history class, then went to work, came home, showered, went to school, came home and finshed the paper i started the previous night, and submitted it. After the submission I really can't remember what happened, but my wife woke me after i passed out at my computer desk, which was around 9 oclock. So after that I went to bed and somehow managed to sleep through my alarm. It really is pretty easy to do when your shift starts at 4 in the morning, but to be honest those 5 and half hours of sleep was pure extacy! Anyway, i believe that I will have the rest of my finals taken care no later than wednesday! I think the thing that I am looking forward to is...... a regular sleep schedule. I still have to be to work at 4 but at least I won't have homework keeping me up all hours of night. Needless to say I am ready for a break, it's kind of sad when you consider working 8 hours a day a vactation, but I am really looking for to working and coming home to relax and catch up on some personal reading. Well folks, I'm ready for bed. So good luck during finals week! and enjoy your well deserved upcoming break!
Friday, November 20, 2009
The ups and downs in fantasy!
Ok, so I have had some great success in my fantasy football leagues this year! In fact, and I don't mean to brag, but I am sitting in first place in all three of my leagues, but I face other challenges as the league commissioner. For example, some of the owners have decided to take advantage of teams that are no longer competitors. Yeah, how lame is that?! They have preyed upon new players and have traded "crap" player for "superstars". So now their teams are stacked. So now I am forced to take action, and let it be known that my actions are swift and brutal! The penalty for "unfair" trades are: the reversal of the trade, and a docking of 10 points, and not just for one week but two! Any of you that have played fantasy football knows that 10 points can make or break a team! Man, people just do not understand integrity! Yeah, part of fantasy football is injuries! YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT! But you CANNOT take advantage of a weaker player! You cannot trade Tom Brady for Ryan Fitzpatrick!!!!!! Yeah, this isn't a big deal to many people, but it is to me! Therefore I must rule with an iron fist and punish those who prey on the weak!
So anyway.... this is great because I am winning in all my leagues, and have maintained my integrity, and I expect everyone else to do the same! Granted 250 bucks is a good chunk of change, but you still have to earn it, without preying on the weak!! GRRRRR! Now I have to take the roll of "Asshole" and reject such trades.
Well, I am off to preserve intrety in fantasy football.... night all!
So anyway.... this is great because I am winning in all my leagues, and have maintained my integrity, and I expect everyone else to do the same! Granted 250 bucks is a good chunk of change, but you still have to earn it, without preying on the weak!! GRRRRR! Now I have to take the roll of "Asshole" and reject such trades.
Well, I am off to preserve intrety in fantasy football.... night all!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Gearing up for finals......
If there is one word that will strike fear and excitement into the heart of a student it is "Finals"! Yes indeed..... and everyone knows it's true. All semester long we fight through homework and papers and reading and no sleep and stress and .... and .... and.... every other god forsaken activity that we are put through as students. Then on top of it all, just when were ready for it all to end..... we have "FINALS"! That on word invokes joy and happiness and RELIEF from all the above that was previously stated, but then we realize how much more work and stress and sleepless nights and reading and every other god forsaken activity that we have to do in order to prepare for the dreaded "FINALS", and on top of all that... there is the added stress of knowing that this one FINAL, will make or brake you..... ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!
So yeah... that is my state of mind and being at this moment. It is still a little ways off, but this hideous creature known as "Finals" is lurking around the corner, waiting and watching. But Hey... drown it out and enjoy the events that take place before finals.... like homework, reading, sleepless nights..... oh crap.... what kind of life do we live? LOL. but just imagine that some thing as dreaded as finals still produces: pleasure, excitement, relief, and accomplishment!
Yeah that's right!!! It's all worth it in the end!!!!!
Late,
Wilde
So yeah... that is my state of mind and being at this moment. It is still a little ways off, but this hideous creature known as "Finals" is lurking around the corner, waiting and watching. But Hey... drown it out and enjoy the events that take place before finals.... like homework, reading, sleepless nights..... oh crap.... what kind of life do we live? LOL. but just imagine that some thing as dreaded as finals still produces: pleasure, excitement, relief, and accomplishment!
Yeah that's right!!! It's all worth it in the end!!!!!
Late,
Wilde
Friday, November 6, 2009
Country Music and the Black Death.... Huh? Sounds good to me!
Well hello there folks, How the hell are ya doin'? It's good to be in your local bar again...... LOL.... Yeah, so if ya can't tell I'm listening to some country music.... Hank III to be exact. If you want some music that crosses genres check him out... but I'll warn ya... It is not for the faint of heart!
Ok.... so onto this weeks activities...... Hmmmmm. Well, today we had our broadcast from Dr. Mueller! Man you want to talk about an amazing lecture! It really was awesome! The only thing that could have been better is if prospective students were there. Yeah, no one showed up other than myself and the USU Price staff that was working. I know Blanding was also hooked up to the feed but I don't know if they had anyone attend or not. Even though this event did not go as well as i planned there is some good that came from it, and I really believe that this will be a great recruitment strategy. The best thing about doing something like this, which has not been done before, you learn what should have be done differently. After talking with Brad we are going to work closely with the the CEU Professors, some of them mentioned that they would be willing to bring their entire class to a lecture like this, but it wasn't possible this time because I set the date and time before I spoke with them...... Yeah.. it was a stupid move on my part, but hind site is always 20/20.
Anyway.... tomorrow is our semester activity. So far it looks like this could be the best attended activity in Price in the last couple of years. As of noon today we had 30 students sign up for the USU Price Movie Night! Hopefully we will have a good turn out. I will be sure to let everyone know.... So the moral of this weeks blog is, work closely with professors, offer free movie tickets, and go check out HANK III!!!
Late,
Wilde
Ok.... so onto this weeks activities...... Hmmmmm. Well, today we had our broadcast from Dr. Mueller! Man you want to talk about an amazing lecture! It really was awesome! The only thing that could have been better is if prospective students were there. Yeah, no one showed up other than myself and the USU Price staff that was working. I know Blanding was also hooked up to the feed but I don't know if they had anyone attend or not. Even though this event did not go as well as i planned there is some good that came from it, and I really believe that this will be a great recruitment strategy. The best thing about doing something like this, which has not been done before, you learn what should have be done differently. After talking with Brad we are going to work closely with the the CEU Professors, some of them mentioned that they would be willing to bring their entire class to a lecture like this, but it wasn't possible this time because I set the date and time before I spoke with them...... Yeah.. it was a stupid move on my part, but hind site is always 20/20.
Anyway.... tomorrow is our semester activity. So far it looks like this could be the best attended activity in Price in the last couple of years. As of noon today we had 30 students sign up for the USU Price Movie Night! Hopefully we will have a good turn out. I will be sure to let everyone know.... So the moral of this weeks blog is, work closely with professors, offer free movie tickets, and go check out HANK III!!!
Late,
Wilde
Friday, October 30, 2009
Halloween has become just another day.....
Greetings all,
Well it is sad to say, but Halloween has become just another day to me..... This is majorly disappointing, because Halloween has been my favorite holiday forever. I guess a part of me has died as I am so busy to participate in the activities that correspond with this ghoulish and festive event. Yes, between work and school and student rep responsibilities I do not have the time to practice the horrific events of the weekend. So everybody.... take note... because you have witnessed the death of a part of my life that I have enjoyed since I could ever remember......
Onto other events. I had some major success and failures over the last two weeks... Last Wed. I had great success with recruitment at the Aggie Ice cream event... This weeks event did not prove to be so successful. Of course the weather resembled that of Christmas instead of Halloween, and many of the students that came for Ice Cream were "repeats" from the previous week. I would have like to photographed event but my camera went the way of the dinosaur and died, and at the moment I can not afford another one..... So, needless to say... I served a lot of ice cream, ice cream that was solid as rock, if you don't believe me check out my blisters some time.
But I'm taking a different approach this next month.... Starting with a broadcast from Dr. Mueller. If any of you have had an opportunity to take a class from him you will know how much work is involved in one of his classes, but you will also know how great of an instructor he is, so needless to say, I'm excited about his lecture for CEU's students... Hopefully some interested History majors will show up as he is lecturing about the Black Death!!!
Well I'll be sure to let you know how everything works this week... Enjoy Halloween, if you can, and try to survive the events of the semester!
Later,
Wilde
Well it is sad to say, but Halloween has become just another day to me..... This is majorly disappointing, because Halloween has been my favorite holiday forever. I guess a part of me has died as I am so busy to participate in the activities that correspond with this ghoulish and festive event. Yes, between work and school and student rep responsibilities I do not have the time to practice the horrific events of the weekend. So everybody.... take note... because you have witnessed the death of a part of my life that I have enjoyed since I could ever remember......
Onto other events. I had some major success and failures over the last two weeks... Last Wed. I had great success with recruitment at the Aggie Ice cream event... This weeks event did not prove to be so successful. Of course the weather resembled that of Christmas instead of Halloween, and many of the students that came for Ice Cream were "repeats" from the previous week. I would have like to photographed event but my camera went the way of the dinosaur and died, and at the moment I can not afford another one..... So, needless to say... I served a lot of ice cream, ice cream that was solid as rock, if you don't believe me check out my blisters some time.
But I'm taking a different approach this next month.... Starting with a broadcast from Dr. Mueller. If any of you have had an opportunity to take a class from him you will know how much work is involved in one of his classes, but you will also know how great of an instructor he is, so needless to say, I'm excited about his lecture for CEU's students... Hopefully some interested History majors will show up as he is lecturing about the Black Death!!!
Well I'll be sure to let you know how everything works this week... Enjoy Halloween, if you can, and try to survive the events of the semester!
Later,
Wilde
Friday, October 23, 2009
FREE AGGIE ICE CREAM!!!
It is absolutely amazing what happens on a schools campus when you put up flyer for FREE AGGIE ICE CREAM!!!!!
So on Wednesday I set up shop on the CEU campus with Free Aggie Ice Cream! I could not believe the turn out! I had students backed up for what seemed like forever! But of course there was a catch! If the students wanted ice cream they had to answer one question for me. That question was "what are you studying"? This turned out to be a great recruitment activity! I served over 250 students ice cream, but out of those 25o students 15 showed genuine interest in USU Price! So the effort was totally worth it! But it came at a price, of course. The price was my hands! Yes after scooping ice cream for 3 straight hours (that is not an exaggeration) I got some major blisters!!!! But I should have expected that... after all my parents own a Baskin Robbins for the majority of my life.... working there during High school I had blisters all the time. I guess i was out of shape because I haven't scoop that much ice cream since 1999. At that time my hands were calloused so it didn't affect me..... but 10 years off my hands took a beating!!! But it was well worth it!
I will be on campus next Wednesday as well... USU Price will grow!!!! I promise you that!
Well in other news... I am doing really good in Fantasy football. My rankings are 1st, 1st and 3rd!
The problem is I'm in third in the money league!!! But as long as I make the play offs i have a chance to win!
So..... I hope to have a camera for next weeks ice cream event... then i can post some pics of the CHAOS that comes with free ice cream.......
Well, I'm out for the week!
See ya later,
Wilde
So on Wednesday I set up shop on the CEU campus with Free Aggie Ice Cream! I could not believe the turn out! I had students backed up for what seemed like forever! But of course there was a catch! If the students wanted ice cream they had to answer one question for me. That question was "what are you studying"? This turned out to be a great recruitment activity! I served over 250 students ice cream, but out of those 25o students 15 showed genuine interest in USU Price! So the effort was totally worth it! But it came at a price, of course. The price was my hands! Yes after scooping ice cream for 3 straight hours (that is not an exaggeration) I got some major blisters!!!! But I should have expected that... after all my parents own a Baskin Robbins for the majority of my life.... working there during High school I had blisters all the time. I guess i was out of shape because I haven't scoop that much ice cream since 1999. At that time my hands were calloused so it didn't affect me..... but 10 years off my hands took a beating!!! But it was well worth it!
I will be on campus next Wednesday as well... USU Price will grow!!!! I promise you that!
Well in other news... I am doing really good in Fantasy football. My rankings are 1st, 1st and 3rd!
The problem is I'm in third in the money league!!! But as long as I make the play offs i have a chance to win!
So..... I hope to have a camera for next weeks ice cream event... then i can post some pics of the CHAOS that comes with free ice cream.......
Well, I'm out for the week!
See ya later,
Wilde
Friday, October 16, 2009
I have been awake for over 48 hours straight!
Well how goes it my three followers? I have to say that the last couple of days have been hell, probally do to the fact that I have had no sleep! This all began at my usual wake up time of 3:00 am wednesday morning. I was supposed to work four hours that day, 4:00 to 8:00 a.m. That way I figured I could come home and get some reading done for my Greek History Class, the I could write my paper on thrusday and have it submitted by 8:00 pm. Well that change because I got called up Nine Mile Canyon to go work on a truck. The bad thing about this? Well, it takes a good 3 and a half hours one way to get to the location! So that blew my idea of only working 4 hours away. So working an 11 hour shift I was completly behind schedule. So I went to class wednesday night and got home from class around 8:00 pm. (total time awake = 17 hours)
So getting home I had to finish my reading so I could have some substance for my paper. Which was due at midnight on thursday. The reading took me 5 hours, the time on the clock is now 1:00 am. So im now faced with the question. Is 2 and half hours of sleep really worth it? I decided: no. Boy what a mistake! So instead of sleeping I start getting some other homework done for British Lit, and then head off to work, thinking that I can put in my 8 hours and get home to start my paper. This actually happened, but it was boarish 8 hours. I got to the shop and was informed that a truck was waiting for in Moab! Lucky me. Not that big of problem, other than the fact that it has now been 24 hours without any sleep! So I get back from moab at 10:30, and have another truck waiting for a set of drives. So I bust ass and get them done so I can get off in time. After all, I have a six page paper due that night at 11:59. The problem is that my wife, a CEU student, is on spring break! Sounds good huh!? No, since i began college I have developed strange writing rituals. One of these rituals is that I can be the only one in the house! Plus, I have a meeting with Brad at 2:00. So I try starting on my paper, which failed miserably, so I give up for the time being and head off to my meeting with Brad. After the meeting, now 3:00 pm (total time without sleep = 35 hours). I come home, knowing that I have a max of 9 hours to get my paper done. I tell my wife that she is forbidden to enter my office and make the least amount of noise possible, and I get to work! By this point in time I have drank 6 Rock Stars to keep going. Needless to say, I got the paper hacked out and submitted at 11:47 pm. Yeah i got it done! But now im faced with the fact that I have to be back to work in 4 hours. That is enough time right? Wrong, Im so wired from energy drinks and coffee that I can't sleep. so once again I start homework for other class. I found that reading was useless, even thought I was wide awake, but my brain was tired that it retained nothing. So I took a couple quizes for Young Adult Lit. Then I played on the net until it was time for work. Arriving at work (48 hours without sleep now!) I find that I have nothing to do! The truck I was supposed to work on got sent out of state. Sounds good right? Wrong! When you have gone 48 hours with sleep you need things to keep you going, otherwise you want to pass out! So Friday, today, I got off work at noon, came home and went shopping with my wife, by the way, WALMART SUCKS AT 1:00 PM AND YOURE TIRED AS HELL! anyway I survive that mini adventure, come home unload Groceries, and get ready to take my parents out to dinner for my dads birthday. 5:00 pm (57 hours now) we drive to East Carbon for dinner, eat and come home. If you ever find yourself in East Carbon stop and eat at the Pik-N-Shovel. Absolulty amazing! So that brings us to now. Me typeing my blog! 8:22. 60 hours have passed, and im fading fast. And the only thing I have to think about is I have to be back to work at 4:00 tomorrow morning. So 6 hours 6 or so hours is what i get if I go to bed now. Which im doing. Im not spell checking this, or proof reading it. hopefully it makes sense, I don't know if my math adds up, and at this point i don't care. So later. excuse my bluntness......
So getting home I had to finish my reading so I could have some substance for my paper. Which was due at midnight on thursday. The reading took me 5 hours, the time on the clock is now 1:00 am. So im now faced with the question. Is 2 and half hours of sleep really worth it? I decided: no. Boy what a mistake! So instead of sleeping I start getting some other homework done for British Lit, and then head off to work, thinking that I can put in my 8 hours and get home to start my paper. This actually happened, but it was boarish 8 hours. I got to the shop and was informed that a truck was waiting for in Moab! Lucky me. Not that big of problem, other than the fact that it has now been 24 hours without any sleep! So I get back from moab at 10:30, and have another truck waiting for a set of drives. So I bust ass and get them done so I can get off in time. After all, I have a six page paper due that night at 11:59. The problem is that my wife, a CEU student, is on spring break! Sounds good huh!? No, since i began college I have developed strange writing rituals. One of these rituals is that I can be the only one in the house! Plus, I have a meeting with Brad at 2:00. So I try starting on my paper, which failed miserably, so I give up for the time being and head off to my meeting with Brad. After the meeting, now 3:00 pm (total time without sleep = 35 hours). I come home, knowing that I have a max of 9 hours to get my paper done. I tell my wife that she is forbidden to enter my office and make the least amount of noise possible, and I get to work! By this point in time I have drank 6 Rock Stars to keep going. Needless to say, I got the paper hacked out and submitted at 11:47 pm. Yeah i got it done! But now im faced with the fact that I have to be back to work in 4 hours. That is enough time right? Wrong, Im so wired from energy drinks and coffee that I can't sleep. so once again I start homework for other class. I found that reading was useless, even thought I was wide awake, but my brain was tired that it retained nothing. So I took a couple quizes for Young Adult Lit. Then I played on the net until it was time for work. Arriving at work (48 hours without sleep now!) I find that I have nothing to do! The truck I was supposed to work on got sent out of state. Sounds good right? Wrong! When you have gone 48 hours with sleep you need things to keep you going, otherwise you want to pass out! So Friday, today, I got off work at noon, came home and went shopping with my wife, by the way, WALMART SUCKS AT 1:00 PM AND YOURE TIRED AS HELL! anyway I survive that mini adventure, come home unload Groceries, and get ready to take my parents out to dinner for my dads birthday. 5:00 pm (57 hours now) we drive to East Carbon for dinner, eat and come home. If you ever find yourself in East Carbon stop and eat at the Pik-N-Shovel. Absolulty amazing! So that brings us to now. Me typeing my blog! 8:22. 60 hours have passed, and im fading fast. And the only thing I have to think about is I have to be back to work at 4:00 tomorrow morning. So 6 hours 6 or so hours is what i get if I go to bed now. Which im doing. Im not spell checking this, or proof reading it. hopefully it makes sense, I don't know if my math adds up, and at this point i don't care. So later. excuse my bluntness......
Friday, October 9, 2009
Fall is in the air, and so is recruitment!
Hey how goes it everyone? Not to shabby here, I'm just really enjoying the fall weather, and getting ready for fall break! Yeah, i survived my first mid-terms and I'm glad they are over. Now I have to gear up for another set assessments and papers along with some recruitment at CEU! After fall break I will be attending some of the CEU activities for non-traditional students as a USU Representative. Of course I will be promoting USU Price to the students but I will also be providing Aggie Ice Cream! Oh yeah! That alone is enough to persuade anyone to come to USU Price! After that I too will be setting up shop in the JLCS where students can come and learn more about the opportunities they have at USU Price! I will also be setting up a student activity, hopefully a movie night! That will be taking place in late October early November! Well it is time to hit the grind stone again! Later everyone.
Wilde
Wilde
Friday, October 2, 2009
Be cautious!
I know that this is becoming a clique, but this has been another week for the books! What a week. For myself it was a short week, but a one that wasn't very pleasurable. One of the guys at work was diagnosed with the swine flu, or H1N1 or what ever it is called, and guess what!!!! Yeah that is right! I didn't get it.... Yet. But I did get sick. With the outbreak at work I was extremely worried, but I was glad to know that I came down with strep throat instead of the swine flu. Needless to say I was extremely worried so I skip a couple of classes and meetings to avoid getting anyone sick! I am feeling much better so far, so I'm gearing up for a regular week of work and school. Waking up at 4 am on a Saturday to go to work is hardly regular, but I'm sure I will get by, especially because this is the third week in a row of doing it, so it is almost routine.
So the sickness pretty much controlled my week this week. We had a tail gate party scheduled for the game this past week, but no one showed up, and with me being sick I called it, and went home and slept. But I am gearing up for some recruiting events combine with CEU. Hopefully I will have some success. All i Have to say is "another week has passed and i Survived, and it is now time to go to bed.
later
Wilde
So the sickness pretty much controlled my week this week. We had a tail gate party scheduled for the game this past week, but no one showed up, and with me being sick I called it, and went home and slept. But I am gearing up for some recruiting events combine with CEU. Hopefully I will have some success. All i Have to say is "another week has passed and i Survived, and it is now time to go to bed.
later
Wilde
Friday, September 25, 2009
A sickening week!
Ok so this week has been a beast! Have you noticed the trend! I have! Everyweek is a beast, busy, out of control, or what ever phase you would like to use! Oh well so is life. So I had a short week as far as school goes. A bunch of guys at work got sick this week and took time off work, so guess what happened to me! Come on Guess! yeah that is right! I got sick too! Unfortunately for me I could not take time of work, so I had to take time away from school. Yeah it sucks, but part of the responsibility of being a husband is putting food on the table. So work or school had to be removed from the equation. So I figured that I might as well return the favor and pass my "bug" onto someone at work, seams how they gave the bug to me. Anyway I am feeling much better, the last two days were brutal, but I survived, even though i didn't want too.
Well I the bad thing about working full time and going to school full time is the extreme lack of sleep. I think after going 36 hours without sleep somewhat contributed to my immune system weakening, and the whole idea of being up since 3:00 and having to be up at 3:00 to go back to work on a Saturday is weakening my thought process, so I'm going to bed!
Later,
Wilde
Well I the bad thing about working full time and going to school full time is the extreme lack of sleep. I think after going 36 hours without sleep somewhat contributed to my immune system weakening, and the whole idea of being up since 3:00 and having to be up at 3:00 to go back to work on a Saturday is weakening my thought process, so I'm going to bed!
Later,
Wilde
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Another Week!
Wow, what a week! I have to say that I survived another week fighting in the undergraduate trenches, and the only thing I have to look forward to is another one. I almost feel like I am standing in the ranks of the 300 Spartan soldiers fighting off the hordes of Persians.
Anyway, the NFL started as well! that is a good thing, because that means Fantasy Football has began as well! So far I'm doing well! I won two out of three games, the bad thing is the ONE GAME I LOST was the ONLY one that I'm MAJORLY concerned ABOUT!!!!! There is only 250 bucks for the winner in that league! The other thing is, I out score every other team in the league except the team I played!!!! ARRGGGGHHH.
Anyway, enough of that! So i participated in the college tour this week. It went very well. We had several students come and talk to us about USU Price. Of course a lot of these students were concerned about what is going to happen with the CEU and USU increased affiliation. And of course, we had no answers for them. The good thing is is that I have seen a big change around the CEU campus. It is no longer considered to be a bad thing, I'm sure there is still some people that are not comfortable, but I'm sure that will all change in time.
Ok, so I have a crap load of homework to get done so I'm signing off for now. Maybe next time I'll be a little more creative!
Laters,
Wilde
Anyway, the NFL started as well! that is a good thing, because that means Fantasy Football has began as well! So far I'm doing well! I won two out of three games, the bad thing is the ONE GAME I LOST was the ONLY one that I'm MAJORLY concerned ABOUT!!!!! There is only 250 bucks for the winner in that league! The other thing is, I out score every other team in the league except the team I played!!!! ARRGGGGHHH.
Anyway, enough of that! So i participated in the college tour this week. It went very well. We had several students come and talk to us about USU Price. Of course a lot of these students were concerned about what is going to happen with the CEU and USU increased affiliation. And of course, we had no answers for them. The good thing is is that I have seen a big change around the CEU campus. It is no longer considered to be a bad thing, I'm sure there is still some people that are not comfortable, but I'm sure that will all change in time.
Ok, so I have a crap load of homework to get done so I'm signing off for now. Maybe next time I'll be a little more creative!
Laters,
Wilde
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