Josh

Thankful

Hello all!

   Wow, it was so nice to have a little break from school over this past holiday. I must admit, that in comparison to last year, this vacation was actually a "break" from school work. I remember how last year I had brought a lot of work home with me that I ended up doing. I hate doing that because then I feel like I am wasting the time with my family so this year I made sure that was not going to happen! I got a ton of work done right before I left so that I would be able to have the long weekend off and just spend time with the family. Being that this was such a busy semester, I barely have been able to go home at all, so it was great to finally be home, be around my amazing family, and finally for the first time in the entire semester RELAX!!!

   Going home is always wonderful being able to see the family and catch up. For me, I am always quite excited about seeing the dogs. I am sure that most people would be thinking "wait, what who cares about the dogs?" But for me, those dogs are amazing and I have always had a dog at the house growing up. So when I went away to college it was weird to not have dogs around. I love taking then our for walks, playing with them, and just having them around. Dogs are great therapy and I am so thankful I have always had dogs around. I also like going home to spend time with my little nephew Nicholas, who is 6 and a half. He is at such a great age, wants to play all the time, and never gets tired. He is a good reminder of what I used to be with energy and how I no longer can play as long as he can without getting tired. He is just such a great kid and I love him to pieces. And because now that my brother and his wife are divorced, I do not see Nicholas as much so I was so grateful to go and see him.

   I also love being able to spend time with the parents. I have really grown to love and respect them even more (if that is possible) while being in college. They are just so great to be around and hanging out with them was really great. Unfortunately both of them had to work most of the time, working different shifts, so I did not really see them together, but got to see them. So I am so thankful that I got to spend time with them. It makes me very excited for the long break because I will be able to see them quite a bit with no guilt of not doing my homework or having to leave home early for a meeting or something. It is just so nice to have the long break so close and it is going to be incredible. I also loved seeing my friends from home.

   Being that most of us are going to schools in different states, VT, NH, MA, NY, VA, and another VT it is very difficult to see one another during the semesters, basically impossible. I would gladly go and visit someone, but then it is not fair if I go see one friend and not another. So we all basically just wait till the holiday breaks that all of us have and then get together and hang out as if nothing has changed. What is kind of nice, is that you really shift through your high school friends during college. You really find the ones you have always been good friends, very close to you, and thus call you still when they go home. I used to hang out with a group of around 12, but now it has shrunk down to 5. They I consider very close friends because we always know when each other are home to hang out and only two of them were in our hometown this weekend and on Saturday we were able to get together.

  To be honest, these two are my best friends, I really consider them a brother and sister. The three of us have been hanging out since we were 12 years old. The first summer we knew each other we hung out every single day in the summer, literally! It is nice now because even if we do not see each other very often we know we are still good friends and will be the rest of our lives. We are just so close that nothing will ever come between us. I love both of those guys! Hanging out with Chad and LeeAnn on Saturday was great. I had hung out with both of them separately before, but that day was the three of us just like the old days. We played a little Halo, talked about random things as we always do, and then played Jenga for a long time. We actually go all the way to 26 high, which if you are not a Jenga player, that is pretty impressive! (hahaha)

It was actually quite fun but the best part was the three of us together again. It is crazy to think that the three of us, and my other friends, we are all growing up fast. We are so close to graduating even from college and it is a scary thought. But I have so much to be thankful for in these best years of my life. Being at home in wonderful, being at home is wonderful, so where ever I am it is wonderful. I have some great friends at home and some amazing friends at school. So life is extremely good right now and I would not trade my life for anything!

                                    Joshua

Out of milk again...

Yello!

    Okay, so this may not seem like the most thrilling topic in the whole world but I am going to make a great connection to what our mothers, or at least mine has gone through, for years before I realized how annoying it was for her. Being that I did not purchase a meal plan this year I am buying groceries on my own and cooking a lot. This is actually pretty nice because I do enjoy cooking and it really makes me feel like an adult finally, as scary as that sounds. But little things that I have experienced while on my own cooking is something that my mother had gone through for such a long time when I was still living at home. (ohh I do not know 18 years maybe!)

   It is the small phrase that I have woken up to so many glorious mornings, we are out of milk again. Now I say we are out of milk but Nick is lactose intolerant and Gary and Logan do not really use the milk, so I mean I am out of milk again. It was great when I was still in high school because I could blame my dad or brother for emptying the milk. Then the first thing that I would do is call my mother up on the phone, let her know that we were out, and then tell her that she should probably stop on her way home from work and do it. My excuse of course would be that I was in school all day and just did not want to go out to the store. Well Joshua, my mother had worked all day she had probably just gone to the store yesterday and would love a load off her back. Although that was true she would go to the store anyway, because she loved us, but I am learning how annoying that must have been for her now.

   It really is crazy how you see just how amazing your parents were when you were in high school .It is the little things like cleaning the house, buying the groceries, and anything else you might need. I know that for some people they were more dependent in high school but my mother bought all the groceries and even did my laundry up to the night that I left for college so I have learned so much since being on my own. It is just amazing that if I am out of tooth paste, used the last bottle of frebreze, or ran out of milk there is no one that I can call to get everything at the store. I have to be the one to run to the store and buy it all. I have also realized how expensive all those things are, especially groceries, so now I feel bad for always complaining in high school that my mother did not get the right brand or something. That is because she was trying to hit sales and save money whenever she could, she was an amazing mother.

   As I have been on my own I really have learned my parents were amazing. They always had everything in the house restocked, without needing to be told, and never needed any help doing so. Now when I go home, because I eat so specifically, I make sure that I bring food and do not make a burden on my mother. And if I need anything out at the store I will call her to make sure she has not already gotten it on her way to work and then go to the store and buy it myself. My mother really was amazing, she did so much for me in high school without me really even noticing it. We also have four dogs and she takes care of them as well, kudos to you mom bravo! I guess I appreciate and love my mom more and more each day even if she is a little over an hour away!

                                  Joshua

My students remind me of wanting to be a teacher...

Helllllo!

     Well, unfortunately today was the last day of my education placement. I know that for most people they might be thinking how wonderful it is and how they will now have extra time to do some homework, but I am really going to miss those students of mine. Being in that classroom was such an amazing experience every time I went in there. The students were wonderful, the teacher was wonderful, and the whole experience was wonderful. I am so glad how things worked out this semester because I could not believe I was actually receiving credit for something that I loved and had fun doing it.

    I am mostly sad that I am leaving because of all of the close relationships that I have made in that classroom. Those students are so much more than just students to me, they are like family to me now. The kids have just responded so well to me being in the classroom and they enjoy me being there and enjoy me teaching. Now I know that this is very idealistic and not every class that I ever have will be like this, but all the bad classes are worth it when you have the good ones. These student have taught me more than I could ever imagine and more than they actually know. I absolutely love those students and especially love my placement teacher Amy.

    She is a woman who has been teaching for 15 years now and knows the job very well. She also has a lot of experience in the classroom so that she knows how the students respond and how wonderful they are. She also knows her students extremely well, so well that she can adapt any activity or change any lesson plan on the spot to meet their needs. What she is capable of as a teacher is so incredible to be able to observe and learn from. She had been such a caring and loving teacher to these students and she is the same nature with me, and is more than just a colleague and mentor, but a friend. Her and I are so alike it is scary, but in such a good way. The two of us have grown such a wonderful relationship and she has offered for me to come back and student teach! I am so thrilled because I really wanted to work with a teacher I knew well and loved, and that is her! I can not wait to return to that classroom!

    Being that this was my last day for a couple of months, I wanted to do some goodbye stuff for the students and for Amy. For Amy I wrote her a nice letter and also bought her a jar that says Students' Pulled Teeth on it because when the students do not participate she always says she is pulling their teeth and in my opinion saying that is priceless because it is true. For the students I actually wrote a song and played guitar and sang it to the students today. I put a lot of effort into the song and wanted it to be perfect and all of the students loved it! That made me so excited because it was so good! A few of the students actually asked for my autograph and when I sang the song to my second block of students, the second class, a couple of the girls actually cried! I could not believe it but I was so touched that it meant that much to them! God bless them all!

    I really can not believe how amazing this whole placement has been and I am so excited about what is to come next semester. I know that there is so much more to come and I will dive into it full force. Whelp, campus is pretty dead and there is not much to do, but luckily Nick is still here so someone semi-cool will be here to keep me company! (count it!)

                                                  Joshua

When you just can not sleep...

Hello you!

            I have to write and talk about something that I sure most of you can relate to because you have been in this situation at least once before. Yesterday was one of the longest days for my because I have a lot of classes on Thursday and that is the day that I go into the Middle School. This means that I wake up around 6:30 to get to school by 7:45, then leave for class at 12:00, and continue with my classes until 5:30!!! That makes me have almost a twelve hour day non-stop. And then because I need to do so much lesson planning, I was doing homework until about 10:30, so I just pulled a 16 hour day.

            I then decided that it would be nice to go hang out for a bit and then go to bed. I went out and came back by midnight thinking that I should try to sleep quite a bit so I could wake up early and continue with my lesson planning. I finally got into bed about 12:45, I was exhausted all day, and then once I hit the pillow: nothing. I was all of a sudden, for no good reason, wide awake. Is this not the most ridiculous thing that you have ever heard? Does this even make sense, even a little bit? You are so tired all day and somehow make it through thinking that you will just go to bed early and then you can not sleep! All I keep thinking is that I was giving my body the opportunity to go to bed early and it just shoved it back in my face. I was terrible, but I am sure we have all been there.

            I guess that one reason could have been that I did have a red bull and a cup of coffee earlier in the night, but they normally do not affect me that much. I also had taken them around like 6, so they should not have been affecting me until 2 in the morning. It is just so interesting because how does it work that you are so tired all day and once you actually go to bed you can not fall to sleep. The weirdest thing was that once I did hit the pillow my eyes got heavy and felt as if I was drifting into dreamland. But then, out of no where, my eyes widened up, the mind started racing, and I was wide awake. I guess from the sounds of it maybe the red bull just had a delayed reaction or something and that is why my body hates me.

            This is not really all that surprising to me anyway because I am normally just not a very good sleeper. On my father’s side of the family is sleeping disorder after sleeping disorder. I am not sure if I have one because I have never been tested, but we are just not a family of sleepers. Thinking about it, I should probably go to the sleep center because even my 23 year old brother has a sleeping disorder as well. So I guess that would mean that most likely I have one as well. But I do not know that if I have a sleeping disorder if I would be able to complain too much because it would be inevitable. It is much better now to complain about it and get sympathy you know?! (I am kidding, I am not that pathetic.)

            What is really surprising in my mind is the fact that it is so close to thanksgiving which means that my father us turning 50! How crazy is that to think, my father is going to be a half a century old in about a week. That is just so nuts to think because he is exactly 30 years older than me. I guess it is pretty exciting and my father is actually looking forward to being that old. That is really good for him because he is happy, living like he is in his 30’s, and is in pretty good health. On his side as well my grandparents are very healthy, so that is looking good for me when I get old!

                   

                                                            Joshua

Zen of Sarcasm

Hey,

   This is a really amazing email that at the end of the summer us tour guides got from Miss Stephanie Noakes and it is so amazing, so I thought I would share it with all of you! (Finally!)

The Zen of Sarcasm


01. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of
me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty
much leave me the hell alone .

02. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and
leaky tire .

03. It's always darkest before dawn . So if you're going to steal your
neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

04. Don't be irreplaceable . If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

05. Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else .

06. Never test the depth of the water with both feet .

07. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of
car payments .

08. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their
shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you
have their shoes .

09. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is probably not for you.

10. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to
fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day .

11. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was
probably a wise investment.

12. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

13. Some days you're the bug; some days you're the windshield .

14. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them .

15. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and
put it back in your pocket .

16. A closed mouth gathers no foot .

17. Duct tape is like 'The Force'. It has a light side and a dark
side, and it holds the universe together .

18. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

19. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving .

20. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

21. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

22. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a
laxative on the same night .

My Love for Birthdays!

Hey ya’ll!

         Well, for one I would like this blog to be a shout out to one special person, Logan. Today is Logan’s 20^th birthday and it is nice to see that one of the youngest people in our class has finally turned 20 after all this time. It is actually quite funny because he looks like the oldest one out of the roommates, but he is actually the youngest. I am so excited that it is his birthday because I love birthdays! I have no idea why I love them so much, but I really do. I get so excited for anyone’s birthday, not necessarily my own, but so excited for everyone else’s! I just love birthdays!

            

          I guess that I have loved birthdays since the dawn of my existence. I was always that one kid that if I found out it was someone’s birthday in school I would quickly tell the teacher so that we could all sing happy birthday to that person immediately. I am always the one that at parties I would start the birthday song and make sure that everyone is singing along. I actually just love holidays altogether and birthdays are the one day that it is all about that one person and that day should be celebrated well. I actually get very annoyed if no one does something or a birthday because it is just not right. I always make sure the person has a good day and gets a present of some sort to celebrate their day.

          

         I always remember that as a kid I would think really hard about what a birthday meant. It was actually celebrating the fact that you were born, that you are a person. It always hit me of how nice of a feeling that is. People are saying “Happy birthday, I am so glad you are alive and I know you!” I know that I may be reading into this a little more than the average person, but everyone should read into birthdays like this. This day is the one day a year that it is all about you and no body else. This is the day where you should be able to do whatever you want with no complaints at all. It is your time to shine and everyone should respect that! (Especially mine too because Lord knows I follow these same rules for my birthday!)

            

         I am also one of those people that want something done for my birthday as well, and last summer I remember being so worried because I was not home. I was thinking that my birthday was going to be lame, but my friends at school made it awesome. We all went out to dinner and then hung out that night. It was honestly the best birthday of my life because I got to hang out with good friends all night long and just celebrate my birthday, the way I wanted to. For me it is never about the gifts or anything, it is all about the recognition and hanging out. That is my ultimate birthday wish!

          

        Well, I am so excited that it is Logan’s birthday because we are going to celebrate it up. It was funny because I was writing on his white board this morning Happy Birthday and he opened the door. I of course told him to get back inside his room and pretend he never saw it. Then once I was done he did come out of his room and was so surprised that I had written on his door! (Lame I know, but I wanted it to be a surprise.) I also plan on making a small cake and getting him a nice gift, all just to show that this is his one day. I feel terrible because I can really only hang out for a little bit tonight because of all the homework that I have, but at least it will be for a little while!

                       HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!!!

                                            Joshua 

Thank God the admissions counselors are back!

Hey!

  Well, the semester has really seemed to have flown by since I feel like I just went through the first weeks of classes but we are not approaching our twelve!!! It is very crazy but then again I have had a good amount of work and look forward to a relaxing period in between the semesters. I am also quite excited because that means that two of my good friends from studying abroad will be back and the next semester will be a blast! I honestly can not wait for next semester but then again it frightens me because that moves me closer and closer to be a senior, yikes! But what I really want to talk about today is that the admissions counselors are finally coming back and thank God they are!

  Working in the admissions office this summer was great because of the people that I met. I can honestly say that the job itself was not that thrilling because I do not like office work, but giving the tours was wonderful. I have to say that all of the admissions staff are just absolutely incredible to work this. It is also quite nice because the ladies that work there have been there for such a long time and have so much knowledge about the school to teach us. Also most of the admissions counselors are amazing and are grads, so they have a lot to teach as well. I just got to know so many amazing people that work at the admissions office and they are so wonderful, but let me tell you about them all!

The first that must be mentioned i the front desk woman Miss Stefanie Noakes. She is amazing because of all that she knows about SMC. I know that I can go to her for anything because she will know any answer you need to know and if she for some odd reason does not know it, she can lead you in the right direction. She really is an amazing resource in the office.

  There is then the upstairs ladies Carol and Sue. These are two ladies that I grew to love from practically the first day of working there. They were honestly both like my surrogate mothers when I was working there. When I hurt my ankle over the summer they were both there to make sure I was taking care and myself and making sure that I was okay. They checked up on my every single day and still check up on me today to make sure I am okay. They both also are good friends since they have worked there for 30 years. They have been there through it all and know the office and the school so well. They are also women that love to stay busy and do all the dirty work with us. Also, if you have ever called the admissions office and thought, wow that was the nicest lady in the world! That was most likely Carol or Sue, they are both so kind on the phone and I would love to have called and talked to one of them. I still miss those ladies!

   There are then the big wigs of the admissions office as well, Jacki and Jerri. I must admit that I did not get to know Jacki well enough but she is just as amazing as the rest. She also knows so much about the office and relations with prospective students. I know that I have learned so much from her. There is then Mr. Jerri Flanagan! He really is the "big deal" around the office but he is also the man! I love having conversations with him because of how great he is. He is a good guy and loves to talk with people. He is always up for a fun conversation and I felt so comfortable with him from the moment that I met the guy! I am so glad that I met him because I feel like a big deal just knowing the Vice-President of Admissions.

   There is then my boss that I must talk about because she is incredible as well. She was the one that hired me and got me interested in the job and was an amazing boss and friend. I always felt as if I could talk to her about anything, she was so open to talk, and was also always up for a good time. I know that I had countless funny conversations with her and love her! I also remember the little joke of when she came around the corner I said "Bow chicka bow bow" and she was so shocked and I was embarrassed. But now it is just funny and I do it to her often, ohhh the good times!

  There are then the admission counselors were are all so incredible. There is Diana who is one of the funniest people that I have ever met in my life. She has an accent and sometimes it is hard to understand her but she is so funny. I swear to God there is nothing but comedy out of her! There is of course Kimoi who is great too. He is one of those guys that I always want to talk to because I feel like I can get a rise out of him but he gives it right back. He is pretty sarcastic but has some very good comments back at you, priceless I would say. There is Kathleen as well that will always have a place in my heart because she chose my picture for the Application cover! Well she narrowed it done and then we chose mine, but I owe her mad props for that one! She also is such a nice person that always comes up with the nicest smile and we have great conversation together.

  There are now three more counselors that are amazing, Drew, Allison, and Ellie. I want to talk about Ellie first because she is the nicest and kindest person I know. She is also so gentle although she is pretty tall, but I love her nonetheless. She is just so much fun and also being able to scare her is great. But she is a nibbler, so watch out! She is just always up for a good laugh and loves dorky things like Harry Potter and we share so many good dorky traits. There is then Drew, oh man there is Drew! He is such a funny and sarcastic guy that I love it. Although he did yell at me once I still like him. I have just had some of the most amazing conversations with him and each one of them leaves me in shock of amazement or so much laughter, he could potentially be one of the best, just gonna throw that out there. The last one is Allison and GOD she is amazing. She is also my adviser but so incredible. She is just so down to Earth, has a cool dog, and is just cool all around. She also sends some of the funniest emails and I always love talking to her. I also get some good advice from her and love annoying the crap out of her because of how easy it is. I have loved getting to know her and being around her! 

  I hope that you have gotten from this how amazing the admissions staff was over the summer. There are even some that I have missed, but there is just too much goodness to talk about in one blog. For one, I have not even talked about the work study students yet and thus I am far from finished. I must admit that the summer was so much fun in the office since there was always food, good entertainment, and so much fun all around! I am already missing it! But it is great to finally have the staff back and I can not wait to start bothering them all again! Huahhhh!

                                          Joshua

Jury Duty

Hello you!

   Well, I have one amazing topic to talk about this time as I am sure you figured out from the title of this here blog. At first I was really not upset to have been summoned because I thought it would be a really great experience. I know that for most people they dread the idea of having to be a juror and go through the whole process of being a juror, but I thought it could be fun. I have never really seen a case before minus Law and Order, so I thought this could be cool. I would get to know some legal terms and feel like a good law abiding helpful citizen paying my debts to society. However, the whole experience was ridiculous and I was not thrilled once I was there.

   First of all, you have to get there by 8:30 in the morning and check in. Being that we are a small county in Vermont, we do not have a very big county hall. So there was only one metal detector and so it took forever just to get into the building itself. The cop checking us also had the weirdest attitude, he would be happy and lucky but then mean. It was honestly the strangest thing I have ever witnessed. To be honest with you, he was very nice to the older folks and then touchy with those of us that looked younger. I am not trying to say anything about cops but he had a bad attitude towards me for no reason, I was very nice and approachable to him.

   Finally when he got through that he had to wait around until 9:45 just to get up to the court room and start our orientation. Well, the orientation was more like a question and answer session and was quite pointless. At this point I tried to get out of it because I was a full time student and could be doing lots of homework instead of wasting my time, but apparently getting an education is no reason to miss out on this when I have the rest of my life to do this, whatever. Then three people were excused because they looked to be over 70 and could not hear anything. We finally saw the judge, he made a very long speech much to do about nothing, and then we got a 10 minute recess. Again pointless and we should have just kept going.

  We walked back in with the attorney's ready to pick a jury. By random 18 of the 55 of us were put on the bench to ask questions for the attorney's to decide what jurors they wanted. Asking questions took over an hour for the two of them to go, 10 minutes to deliberate, and then we had to pick new jurors to put in the stand. 6 more were picked, not me at all, and then the questioning began again. This time it was worse because one potential juror did not get it. He was saying how he knew all the witnesses and the attorney asked him if he would be bias. The juror said he was not sure and this back and forth bull crap went on for about 10 minutes. Eventually the man said he would be bias, which he should have just said ten minutes earlier, and we finally moved on. Then the jury was selected and we got to leave.

  So after 5 hours of waiting around and almost falling asleep I got to leave and go home. It was so annoying because I could not read my book because I had to listen to the jurors being questioned. That way if I was randomly selected by computer to be put up there, I would be able to answer the questions. So it was a huge waste of time and I missed going to Middle School and a class. I was not thrilled at all and quite mad that I had to miss it all. It was so obnoxious and I would like to serve but this was awful. The worst thing was that if I was picked I would go to a three day trial from the 28- the 30th of Nov which would be impossible for me. So thank God I was not picked! God that was annoying!

                            That is it, the venting done!

                                             Joshua

A LEAP Retreat...

Hello All!

   Well, I was gone this weekend on a retreat for school that is absolutely amazing and everyone should know about it. It is actually a retreat that is secretive to those who have not been on it. It is actually very hard to get on because people want to know what the secret is and once you have gone on the weekend you fall in love with it. There are those who have mixed feelings about the events that happen on the weekend, but most people enjoy the experience very much. I know that for me, the experience basically changed my life and I was so excited to have gone on it last school year.

   Being that there is this secret, there is not that much that I can say about it as to not give away a lot of details. What I can tell you is that it is a time where candidates hear talks and make some close relationships. It is held by the campus ministry, but it more of a spiritual weekend than it is full on religious. But the whole idea is to open up and connect with those who are around you. It is a great opportunity to get to know new people very quickly and make some amazing friends. Because of the events that happen you can not help but to get to know and love those people on the weekend. I actually gave a talk on the weekend and I feel so connected to those candidates after they heard my talk, so I had such an amazing experience as well.

   As a candidate, you find out that you are loved. That is the whole idea of the weekend and you walk away all happy inside. It is just such a great experience. There are those who feel that the weekend is a little creepy and they are skeptical about going, but there are four retreats a year with about 40 people on it every time, and they all love it. So all I have to say to that is that if you want to find out the truths and see if the weekend is worth it, you will have to go on it to find out! It is just such a great experience and I honestly wish I was still there now. The feeling on the weekend are just incredible and I feel everyone should go on it before they graduate.

  It is also amazing because each LEAP weekend is different. There are similar events that happen, but because there are different students running the show or giving talks with different candidates, each weekend has its own experience. This past weekend was the first time that I was on team and it was great to witness this experience a second time because it was not the same as my first time. It was similar, but also different. So I got another amazing experience but different, and that is what was absolutely amazing about this retreat. I know that I have made some amazing friends yet again, and I am so glad to be able to witness all those feelings once again.

   This really is a retreat that is unique to SMC and I encourage all people to participate in this retreat. One of my roommates and I were both a part of the weekend, and even though we were not candidates, we both got so much out of the weekend that we will never forget it. My other two roommates also have been on team before and are applying for the next one. We all love it and want to be apart of it to help give back to those candidates the amazing experience that we had received. I know that I wished I had gone on LEAP earlier because it is such a great time in my life and I would not give it up for anything. Live the fourth baby!

                                                    Joshua

This one is to Brigette...

Well Hello!

   I hope that all of you who are reading this are doing well and thoroughly enjoying my blogs. I do know that I have one huge fan that makes me keep on writing. (Thanks Jodie!) For the rest of you I hope you find the live of a college student quite exciting, but of course you can not always have that exciting of a life, although I try! Well, this is going to be a shout out to Brigette Comeau, who is one girl that I figured I could write about. I must say that I feel she is borderline amazing! She really is one of those people that seems to brighten my day whenever I see her!

   The funny thing about this girl is that she never really seems to be unhappy. This is one amazing trait that I absolutely love about her. I actually really enjoy asking her how she is doing because she always responds to me on the same way and in a cute little voice saying "Fabulous". I honestly just like asking her that question because I love her response and it was quite awkward that the other day i asked how she was doing and she said "good", weird I know! But she really is such an amazing person and it seems as if nothing can let her down, what an inspiration.

   For some reason, if I am having a bad day I can run into this girl with that big smile on her face and my problems seem to melt away. I actually thoroughly love SMC because I feel that there are so many people out there who are just like Brigette. Whenever I run into them they just make me laugh and the day seems all that much better. She is also a very caring individual and is always making sure that you are doing alright and if you are not she has two ears open and ready to listen to you. Being that she is Nick's girlfriend, I see her quite a bit. I also try to see her quite a bit without Nick to really get him going and it works.

  The main thing was that Brigette and I go out for ice cream sometimes because I really wanted some once and she went with me, so now we have little dates. I did not really think it was a big thing until Nick made a comment the other day about inviting him. Well, he is lactose intolerant so it seemed like a dumb idea to invite him being that he can not eat ice cream. (haha, that sucks buddy!) But he said that he could come along for the ride anyway, which proved to me that he simply wants to go. So for now, I am not sure if I will ever invite him, because this is Brigette and me time. I have to get some alone time with her too, let's learn to share Nicholas! (haha, I just owned you!)

  She is also a very funny girl. She is one of those that just has a natural ability to make everyone laugh from the amazing comments she has, the funny things that she does, and the way that she uses her voice to be extremely funny. I absolutely love to see that girl around to just make me laugh and realize there are so many good people out there. It is quite amazing since Nick is also so funny which I have mentioned, so the two of them together are a riot. I am not sure that either of them could have a bad day together, but I am sure I will know it if they do! Well, here is to you Brigette, I hope you liked it and have a great one, because you complete me tuts!

                                                  Joshua