It's hard to believe there are only two weeks until summer break starts for the last time for me. Thankfully a couple of job opportunities have come up, so I'm not option-less for the summer anymore. I'm really excited for summer. I'm really starting to get home sick. Usually I get to go home at least once a month, but this semester has been so busy that I was lucky to get to go home once. The only downside to this semester ending is that a large majority of my friends here are graduating. Next semester is going to be a great opportunity for me to meet new people I guess. Really happy with the friends I made while I've been here so far. Thank you everybody.

I almost forgot to post in here.

This week ACBU brought in the Band Perry to Bradley University. I'm not a big fan of country, but they did put on a good show. Being apart of ACBU allowed me to meet them and talk with them for a bit. They were really nice people. I was very impressed. Despite a few personnel issues, the concert went on smoothly and was overall a success.

Today, however, was a pretty bad day. I woke up an hour late because my alarm is on my phone, and my phone decided to stop working at some point overnight. So I ended up missing my first class on accident. Luckily I woke up in time for my presentation at 9 a.m. Following the presentation, I had an interview. It was okay I guess. Just felt a little off the entire time I was there. Came back to my apartment for about two minutes before I get called into work. Ended up working most of my night instead of getting much needed rest. Worst part of the night was when I came back to my apartment tonight, I learned that my apartment has flooded. 3rd time this school year. Not very happy with the apartment complex I'm in right now. Currently, I'm sitting on my bed along with everything that was on my floor to keep it out of the water. Hopefully this problem gets fixed AGAIN in the morning so it can be one less thing to worry about.

The little things

So last week was really hard on me. I ended up having to go home for the week, and I don't really want to go into detail about what all happened on here. But what surprised me is what I came back to when I got in back in Peoria. One of the organizations I'm in made me a handwritten card with personal notes saying they are they for me. By far the nicest thing anyone has done for me since I started coming to Bradley. It's the little things like that that truly make the most impact.

That's all I really wanted to share this week. Because it made my week.

Summer is coming up quick...

It's getting close to being summer break! The weather might not show it, but it's coming! So far I have some fun stuff planned, so I have stuff to look forward to! I have bought my Daniel Tosh stand-up tickets, my Bon Jovi tickets, as well as some Brewers vs. Dodgers tickets up in Milwaukee. Now all I need is a job to come up where I can afford to keep doing all of these things. With all the stress that comes from school, I'm really looking forward to an extended break from school where I can sleep in at least once a week! Summer weather, come soon!

I found myself starting to worry about life after college. It's starting to become a scary thought. My biggest worry is not being able to find work. Now I know what all my friends have been going through. One more semester for me, then time to start a career. I find myself not knowing what specific job to look for, or what company I would want to work for. Is that normal to not really have much of a preference? It seems like most people have a company in mind where they are striving for. It makes me feel a few steps behind. Hopefully over the next few months I can figure most of this stuff out. We will see.

When is this cold weather going to disappear and let spring start? I feel like the weather keeps on teasing us with these periodic 40-50 degree weather for a couple days, then snow. Traveling back to school Sunday was just awful due to the snow storm that hit. As I was carefully driving 30 miles per hour on a 65 miles per hour highways, I managed to count 26 cars that spun off on the road. 26!!! That is a crazy number for a 2 and a half hour drive. Illinois St. was closed the following day along with the University of Illinois, but good old Bradley was still open for learning. As I left my apartment that Monday morning, the sidewalks were covered still with ice making my walk to campus that much more difficult. It didn't help also that the roads were still covered with ice and snow. I went sliding when walking on the sidewalk about 6 times, balancing myself out to avoid falling. Sometimes, I really get frustrated with this school when it comes to student safety coming and going to class. Anyways, there's my rant on that.

With only about six weeks left before summer break, I still find myself without an internship and desperately sending out resumes daily to new open positions. I'm not sure why I never hear back from the majority of places I apply to, but this is becoming very stressful. Thankfully I still have one more semester to go before having to go and find real work, but finding that internship this summer could be key in helping me secure that job once I graduate. If I just had graphic design knowledge, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be in this situation. I guess that gives me something to do this summer if none of these internship are available.

It's half way through my spring break, and I really haven't done anything noteworthy. Today I worked the men's basketball game in the first round of the CBI tournament. Bradley somehow pulled away at the end to steal a win. I wasn't too thrilled to be there since I had to drive for 5 hours round trip. But, now I'm home and can sleep away the rest of my spring break and maybe catch a game or two of march madness before I have to head back to school. Nothing else really to note. Just wishing spring break was a bit longer... oh well.

-Kenny