Wow! It’s hard to believe that its already February 15th.  It’s been a looong time since I’ve posted a blog and I just really felt like talking…. SOooo BLah BLAH BLAH….

How’s life?

Hmm… Where do I begin? It’s in the middle of February aka Spring semester rush time.  School is full in swing (minus that one day a week that Chireno desides they don’t wanna go every once in a while and school is called off for “water” problems).  Debate, One Act Play, Extemp, Writing, and various other stuff.  Did I leave out my college classes? A few words of advice: Don’t ever take college Algebra… Okay, maybe it’s  not so bad, but it’s bad for me the easily distracted, out of practice mathmetician I am.  Not to mention Government! Bleh… There is nothing more exciting than 500 pages of how the government formed in America.  It’s not all too bad…

On March 6th, excitingly, I took home my third CX- District Championship.  I’m going to state in the 15th and 16th… Woo Woo! I really wanna do good this year since we haven’t made it past the first year… In the top 64 teams in the state doesn’t sound nearly as good as the top 16 or maybe even better.  I just know that I want it! Bad!

We are performing To See the Stars in One Act this year, and while I don’t have one of the best roles in the play, I kind of like it because it’s completely opposite of what I ususally play. I’ve got a more of a MEOW!! Approach rather than a sweet sensitive approach… I’m really aching to get past district in One Act this year as well.  I’ve cried through critiques the last two years and feel that our group can be strong this year if we all get our ACTS together… get it acts… ROFL…

So, mixed in with all of the above, Karl has made a decision on what to do with his future.  He’s going to the Coast Guard. He went to Albequrque to talk to the recruiter.  He got through all the papers and stuff… Pretty awesome… If all goes well he’ll be leaving in May right before my graduation …  I don’t know how I’ll stay strong all summer, but I can do it.  Just gotta write letters and stuff… I’m still hoping this goes well even though it’ll be hard for both of us because he is the guy I want to spend the rest of my life with and it is nice to know that we both have our futures mapped out. 

On an awesome plus side, we just go finished planning our Disney vacation! I’m so excited… A cruise and then days in the park! Yay!  We sinched up our restaurants! We’ve chosen the park days. Now I’m just hoping that one of my friends can go with me.  Exciting!

Anywho! It’s 12:45 a.m.  I’ll be exhausted come six if I don’t get some sleep.

Good night!

Until next time…
Becka

“It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one.” – H. C. Payne

1. I will no longer be a person that is lazy even for me.

2.  I will go to church every Sunday possible and pray more. I will take all of my troubles to God.

3. I will no longer take any crap from the people who are trying to run over me because I do not act like a female dog.

4. I will tell you the truth no matter what because that is what I’ve always done.

5. If you do not like me, then get over it.

6. I am going to go to state in debate this year if at all possible

7. I am going to place at district in extemp if at all possible

8. I am going to state in editorial writing if at all possible.

9. I will pour all of my love and affection into those that show love and affection towards me. 

10.  I will get organized and take care of the business that I need to take care of in order to be successful!

“May today mark the beginning of many new joys and accomplishments…and a continuation of all of the good things that you have already achieved.”

-Author Unknown

You know when people say “this is the first day of the rest of your life.”? I’m under the impression that you have. Today was the day that we received that talk from everyone.  I’m also under the impression that this whole “senior year” thing has fully gotten into the bloodstreams of all of my fellow classmates. We aren’t free yet, but the freedom is so close we can smell it. Our hearts are racing with every moment that passes because we all know that there is no prolonging this event.  Just nine short months from now and we’ll be dressing in purple gowns (or whatever school color you may be) and stepping foot on that stage.  The moment will come when our names will be called and our parents will stare in disbelief (not because we’ve done something bad this time!) because we’ve finally accomplished something we’ve been working at for thirteen years of our lives. It’s simply amazing how fast time flies.  No doubt that tears will fall that day, but not bad tears, happy tears. We will all head our separate directions and never see eachother again as a group.

For now, this is just miles away though. I will love, laugh, and enjoy myself while it still lasts. As Mr. King says “Senior year will go by very fast.” I’m going to live it up. We are the top of the line in the school now, and even though after we walk across that stage, we will go back to being small again in this world, at least for now, we are the AWESOME SENIOR CLASS OF 2010!!!

Today was the best last first day ever!! Rock on Seniors…

Whitney proposes at Chili's after State...

Peanut butter sleepy time...

Renassiance Fest

Corey, Me, Freddie, ... Enough said.

Oh mann...

Last weekend I went on vaction.  Yea, I found time out of my busy schedule to take a weekend getaway trip to Corpus Christi.  I’m already in love with the place, and this weekend just fired me up to move down there even more. I’m almost 18 years old and I’m ready to pack up and get my tail down there!!

Anyways, we did lots of fun stuff… Not really anything we couldn’t have done around  here, but it was still great to get down there and just get away for the weekend.  We left at 7 on Friday morning (too early). We were in Houston by ten and were good and lost in Corpus Christi by three that afternoon.  Friday we just drove around Corpus Christi looking for North Padre Island and finding our way around there…. It was a pain in the butt.. But hey we know our way around there.

That’s about all we did except we went to eat a Joe’s Crab Shack…

Though it was an empty vacation, I enjoyed the beach and the ocean air… I love that place…

-Becka

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”

-Calvin Coolidge quotes American 30th President of the United States, 1872-1933

This seems to be the quote of the summmer.  Persistence. Don’t ever give up!  That’s what I have to keep telling myself anyways.  I got a week of break when school go out, and then I got SLAMMED with constant day to day pace.  This blog and all of my other blogs are lacking in information lately.  Taking college classes is a pain in the butt.  My summer started off with them, and it will end with them.  In Summer I, I took General Anatomy and Physiology and General Psychology.  Now, in Summer II, I am taking General Biology.  I’m kind of liking this biology class because the labs are fun, but I go FOUR days a week. I mean c’mon.. FOUR? On Mondays and Wednesdays the class is only 2 hours long, but on Tuesday and Thursday it goes 2 hours for the lecture and then 3 hours for the lab.  That’s five hours for one class!!!  Shortly after I got out of school for the Summer I also got a job.  I work at Etech Solutions.  I’m a Click To Chat AT&T Wireless Sales Representative.  It’s an easy job, but whew! It gets really old really fast.  I’m not worrying about anyone but me this Summer.

Here is a day what a day in my Summer is like…

I wake up around 7:30-8 o’clock in the morning.  I shower and get ready to leave for class at nine o’clock.  Morgen usually picks me up.  Then, I go to class in Lufkin either from 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m. then from 12:30-3:30 p.m. or just from 10 – 11:50 a.m.  Then, everyday after class I head to Nacogdoches.  Then, I go to work from 4:00-10:oo pm.  When I get off, I study, and then I crash wherever I am.  I know people miss me, but it’s really busy and really hard to keep up with things right now!

So, I’ve just got to press on.  I thank all of the people that help me out and support me.  You know who you are…  I love you guys, but I’m exhausted.  I’m gonna start making people set up an appointment to come see me. LOL!!  Anyways… I’ll be posting… Soon Hopefully…

Until Next Time,
Becka!

I got an email today that was about stress and I just wanted to share it with everyone since I’m on Spring Break!!

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
‘How heavy is this glass of water?’

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, ‘The absolute weight doesn’t matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance.

In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.’

He continued,

‘And that’s the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,

As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,

We won’t be able to carry on. ‘

‘As with the glass of water,

You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.

When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.’

‘So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.

Don’t carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you’re carrying now,

Let them down for a moment if you can.’

So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.

Don’t pick it up again until after you’ve rested a while.

Don’t stress today! Happy St. Patty’s Day!! Don’t forget to wear green or a leprechaun will pinch you!

Yesterday didn’t go as planned. I never got me any crawfish, and it was really really sad cause I really really wanted some.  Oh well. We had burgers and hot dogs and we watched the Blue Collar Comedy Tour on Comedy Central.  It was still a fun day as I wrapped up the night by doing laundry, packing for Austin, and going to bed!

Today, I got woke up at 4 a.m.  (Keep in mind I had to travel to Austin today, but wasn’t going to get up til 7:30 a.m.)  I got a text message from Karl.  He texted to tell me that he was back in the states!  Of course, after that I couldn’t go back to sleep because I was so happy!  So I got up and woke Kimberly up and told her to get a shower so we could get this show on the road this morning.

We were packed and ready to leave the house at 8:45 a.m. and we arrived at the school before 9 a.m.  We were actually on schedule.  We left the school shortly after 9 and arrived in AUSTIN by at least 2 p.m.  We then went to the mall where I got a pedicure and then went to eat at Red Lobster.  Our waiter was a total ditz.  He almost called Justin a girl and never got Kimberly anything she wanted. 

Shortly after arrival... So happy to be at the hotel...

Now, we’re just sitting in the hotel room. We’re all chillin’.  About to head to bed actually.

Good night, everyone
Have a great Monday and a great week!

Today is Saturday.  First of all, thank God for that.  Secondly, I’m leaving for the CX State Debate Meet tomorrow, and as of right now, my partner is sick. And I don’t mean like a cold, I mean like throwing up bad.  I’m freaking about it, as there would be no reason for me to even go debate if I don’t have my partner. 

THERE HAS TO BE some good in today. So, we are gonna broil some crawfish. I’m sooo ready. I’ve been wanting some really really bad, so I guess even if I got to state without my partner, then at least I got to have crawfish this weekend.  FINALLY. I get what I’ve been craving since about mid-winter. I hope it’s good.

Also, Karl will be back in the country tomorrow and I’ll be able to talk to him.  WOOHOO. At least some good will come out of this weekend, even if I don’t get to have my partner… At least there’s something.

Have a good weekend, and a good spring break!

So today I went to see Fired Up. It’s a movie about these two horndog football player guys that go to cheerleading camp because they wanna see alot of hot girls.

Anywho. The movie goes on and one of the main character guys actually falls in love with one of the cheerleader girls.  Its a pretty awesome movie.  In the end, the guys decide to leave cheer camp early and someone spiteful wishes to get them in trouble so they reveal the guys’ plans.  It ticks all the cheerleader chicks off and the guys leave cheer camp anyways. 

In the end, the guys decide that they really actually wanna be cheerleaders.  The guy and the girl cheerleader end up together.  Its a pretty good movie, though it has a quite practical ending…

                Most of my Saturdays are the same from the time school starts to the time it ends. I adapt a different routine each year and I follow that routine on a Monday through Friday basis. This year, since I started dating Karl right before school started, I developed a specific routine for my Saturdays.  
                 Usually, I have a debate tournament and I get up at all hours of the morning (anywhere from 3-6 a.m.) and travel hundreds of miles to get dressed in a strange bathroom with 15 other girls from schools we’ve never heard of before. Then, I stand on my feet all day in three inch heels and argue about something that will never matter to me when I leave at the end of the day.  My debate partner (Justin) and I usually either do really awesome, coming in at second or third place, or really horrible, not winning any rounds.  Then, we pile on the bus or in the SUV with six to eight other debaters and either go have a victory meal or just a meal depending on how the day goes.  Then, we travel 100 or more miles home only to arrive home exhausted at all hours of the night. 
                After, I arrive home, I’m not usually ready for boring old sleep (after all I just worked my butt off all day), so I make plans with Karl and we go out and eat or bowl or go to the movies or something else fun, then I come home with him and crash at his house and call it a night.
                However, today is much different. There is no debate. I woke up at ten and still considered sleeping longer.  I have One Act Play practice at three. Morgen is supposed to come pick me up at 2:45.  Then I’m going to hang out with Kimberly (my best friend from San Augustine) and Morgen (Karl’s sister).  We haven’t all hang out in a while, so this will be no ordinary night. We are all three some of the most crazy people you’ll ever meet. 
                The most strange thing about this Saturday is there is no Karl. He left yesterday A.M. to go to Florida to go on a cruise.   Most of the time I center my plans around what he wants to do since Saturdays are OUR days.. I’ve literally spent almost every Saturday with him for the last 8 months.  It’s different. I am experiencing a little tick that says ”Wow, you can do whatever you wanna do today.” and it makes me really really sad.  I don’t like feeling accomplished on Saturdays. I like feeling loved. I can’t seem to do that without him. Karl is prettymuch what makes me tick besides God and my steel drive of determination to be the best person I can.
                 So anyways, I’m sitting on the couch, waiting for my laundry to finish and thinking about how bad I need to take a shower… All alone… On a Saturday.. I must say, I’m coping quite well…

Have a GREAT DAY!! Spend some time with a loved one or a friend…. Do something productive or fun… Spend your Saturday and make it the best you possibly can… 

l