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[kennedypurcell-blog1]

Emotions I've been feeling lately...

Lately, I have been feeling a lot of ups and downs. My emotions have been all over the place because of the boy that is currently in my life. I put myself out there and expressed to him that I like him and enjoy his company and his response was not at all what I was expecting. I am confused because his actions differ from his words. He puts in a lot of effort in person and is not so great at communicating his feelings. His response lacked validation of his feelings for me so now I find myself not being able to trust him as much as I did before. Every time I ask someone for advice or their thoughts on the situation, they say something completely different from the person before them. At this point, I feel as if I have to trust my own gut. I do not want to give up on him because I would feel more regret having missed out on something good that just took longer to develop than trying and having been hurt. I miss when I was only stressed about school and I hate that a boy can affect my mood so much. I have been trying to distract myself but I cannot get myself to think about anything else. 

[kennedypurcell-blog1]

10/15/19

Emotions I’ve been feeling lately... 

This week has been one of the most stressful this semester. I am in the middle of clue week for my sorority, the week that you have to give your “little” gifts everyday without them knowing who you are yet. With school, clue week, a function, and a philanthropy event all this week, I have not had time to breathe. I feel like I am constantly drowning in work and there is not enough time to complete everything, let alone give myself a break. I have been trying to remind myself that it is only a week of chaos and then I will have my little and I will be significantly less busy next week. What is getting me through this week is knowing that I am making this week exciting for Briana (my little in the picture above). I know that I have been giving her something to look forward to everyday this week and making her happy makes me happy. I am also very excited that I get to surprise my grandma Friday for her 80th birthday. I am in much need of some good comfort food and family time. Overall, even though life is extremely chaotic right now, I have a lot to be grateful for and I know I will make it through this week. 

[jdimas131-blog]

Assignment 2

Part 1.) I feel that the piece was an utter waste of time on the applicants behalf since she even states that the colleges don't care about you if you have not hit certain milestones or done specific things on a “check list”. I think the proper response would be to accept the loss and utilize the knowledge she now has on what it takes to get accepted into a “dream” university by building up her college resume then apply again. I believe the way that she attempts to use satire is wrong and can come off as quite disrespectful. The use of satire also makes it seem like she is making excuses one after another for her short comings. I also think that her mindset is flawed in the sense that she just offsets the blame onto anything/ anyone when in actuality it is non other than her fault. If things were so bad then it is up to her and her alone to make it better. For example the swimming portion. I too was once in the position where I was ready to give up but, through my own determination and taking responsibility of my life, I was able to become the best at 100m, 200m breaststroke, and be the anchor on the best medley relay in the district.

Part 2.) I think the professor had every right to dismiss the student since they were late. It is basic common sense that if you are late past single digit minutes you are a disruption and extremely late. The proper way to have done things would have been to email the professor at least a week in advance so he had some idea as to why the student would be so late. I also believe that although the email seemed to follow a formal format, the phrasing and the basis of the email was informal. One thing that would have made it better is to remove emotion and also use correct format with certain dialog like the list created in the middle of the second paragraph. The numbers were pointless and could have been either been removed or used in bullet point formation. I personally think this email should have been an apology since it was a disruption caused by the tardy student and no-oneeslses fault. On top of that the student didn't even pay for that class so what gives her the right to be in there in the first place?