For all those who are interested, I will try to keep this section updated with the happenings of my life from month to month: February 2004 2/6/04 12:25am - I've gotten this website up and running, although just functionally. I will do my best to add content as spare time arises... and work to finish the Sigma Alpha website, and work on the Collegiate 4H/FFA website, and stay on top of school, and...oh yeah, sleep, that was the other thing, I forget about that sometimes. January 2004 I made it back to school safely after Christmas break and my life has resumed its usual routine. Stay up late, wake up early to go to class (at either 7:30 or 8:00am every day of the week), go to work at noon, go to Newman's (and Edwards' and Daniel-san's (same apartment)) in my spare time (since my computer lives there). On the weekends....oh, where do those weekends go? I actually have some classes this semester that may force me to *shudder* study, however, I will avoid this at all possible costs. I am taking: Issues in Agriculture, Principles of Horticulture (and the lab), Organic-Physiological Chemistry (and the lab), Agri Structures, and Survey of Exceptionalities (an education class) for a measly total of 16 hrs. I'm also working at the residence hall desks, as usual. I'm busy, busy, busy with school and work and Sigma Alpha National Visit coming up at the end of this month...maybe things will slow down soon. Fall Semester 2003 Fall semester went along as usual. I plodded through my classes: Fundamentals of Chemistry (and the lab), World Lit and US History (both online through Crowder College), Animal Reproductive Physiology, Composition 2, and Methods in Teaching Agriculture (and the lab). A whopping 20 hours! I also worked at the desks at the residence halls (still). I spent a lot of my semester at my friends’ apartment (Newman, Edwards, and Daniel-san) and a large part of the rest of it in the dorms, although I don’t even live there. Sigma Alpha was busy. With Collegiate 4H, along with the LSU (geaux tigers!) & MSU Collegiate 4H’s, we hosted the Southern Regional Collegiate 4-H conference down in Baton Rouge (what a blast!!!!). As I try to think of any other things of major consequence that occurred in my life, I draw a blank (how sad is that!). Summer 2003 This summer I worked for the Upward Bound/Upward Bound Math & Science program at Crowder College. I had been in this program (the Math & Science one) in high school, and this job was certainly a refreshing change of pace. It was truly an experience I will never forget and I met many people who changed my life. I hated to leave and I miss a lot of people terribly! My patience was occasionally tested, but in exchange I learned a lot and it really touched my heart. I learned a lot about a lot of people, and most importantly, learned a lot about myself. I would not have given it up for the world!