The Americone Dream

Work hard and you will achieve your Americone Dream.

I was in the Ben&Jerry's section today, trying to decide what flavor I wanted. I was stuck between:
1. Americone Dream
2. Chunky Monkey
3. Pistachio Pistachio
4. Turtle Soup
5. Mint Chocolate Cookie

And I went with Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream. I won't deny that half the reason why I choose this flavor was because of Stephen Colbert. But the ice cream is very delicious, and I am very happy with my choice. I wonder how much Colbert made from my purchase..

Now I have a new dream, my American Dream if you will. It is to one day have my own ice cream flavor. One day I will be on the pint carton, smiling at you, urging you to buy my flavor (in a totally non-creepy way, I swear).

Time flies

I am more than half-way done with college.. In the last 7 quarters, I've come a long way but at the same time I haven't. I've declared my major(s)--Psychology & Sociology. But I still don't know what I want to do with that. I've learned the importance of studying, and yet I still don't. I've learned how to multi-task, but only because I've mastered the skill of procrastination. I've learned how to save money, but I also spend it much more quickly. I've come a long way, but I haven't.

It's weird that I'm past the half way point. Where do I go from here? Should I have more of a focus? Start planning for my future.. College is almost over.. I don't feel like I've been here for that long, and the time left I have is even shorter.. This is weird..

Rawr.

Puppies + Frisbee = <3

I love frisbee dogs. So cute.

Stomach Flu

My first experience with the stomach flu. It was great. It started yesterday, also when I had a midterm..

I didn't go to bed until 2 or 3 cuz I was studying for my midterm, woke up at 5, feeling completely sick and needing to vomit. Got up, emptied out my stomach. Tried to drink some water, got the chills. I attempted to turn on the heater, but in my state of delirium I had supposedly turned on the AC instead? So I was bundled up in a sweater, sweat pants, and under all my blankets, shivering. Woke up 2 more times to vomit out all the water that I had drank. And I had wonderful friends that called me at 9 to make sure I would wake up in time for my 10 o'clock midterm. At that point I wasn't even sure if I could make it to my midterm, but I checked the make-up exam policies, and the make up would be an essay question. And since we all hate essay exams, so I decided I would suck it up and take the midterm anyways. But before I left for my midterm, I had to upchuck my liquids one last time.

So I took my midterm (social psychology) in record time. It was 75 questions, and I finished it within 40 minutes. That's like 2 questions per minute. I was definitely not feeling well during the midterm, I think I started to get a slight fever then. So after I just bubbled whatever answers, I ran out there and vomited into some bushes, didn't get to a bathroom in time. By then, I realized something was clearly off. I called my mom who insisted that I go to the health center.

They held me there for a really long time to make sure I could keep down liquids, but I started dry-hurling, and they were worried I would just upchuck all the liquids I just drank. And from a few tests, they also said I was dehydrated. So I was given the option of having an IV to rehydrate me, or taking an anti nauseating pill. I opted for the anti-nauseating pill option. After a while, they finally let me go and once I got home I took some advil for my fever and knocked out.
I'm doing a lot better since then, but I'm very hesitant to eat anything, I had half a slice of bread and it didn't settle that well, so that was that. I'm drinking lots of water though! And Gatorade.

Oh, so for my psych midterm, I had emailed the professor immediately after I got home about the situation and how I rushed through the test cuz I was sick, and he's giving me the option of making it up. Woot. But still an essay exam, so I gonna wait to see how well/not well I did before I decide. Haha.

Hopefully I can still play at Sean Ryan this weekend. I've been looking forward to it. And my recovery is going very well.

On a completely other note, I have organized a game of assassins for ultimate, and it's so much fun even if I'm not playing. Good team bonding.. more like stalking, but both is fun. Haha.

Update

The 3 midterm in 2 days pulled off without a hitch. Got solid B's on all of them, so it's looking good. :) And the next ones are a bit more spread out, so I can focus more individually on each of them and hopefully pull up my grades a bit. It took me three years (well, start of the third) to start worrying/focusing on grades. Awesome, at least it happened right?

We had Chico last week which was bundles of fun. We lost every game, but I think we played well. It's hard cuz we (and by we, I mainly mean Danica) had to figure out subbing and coaching while we played. And we had to spread out our players evenly, but we've got some pretty awesome rookies. And there were times when we had good flow. There's still so much to work on, but our team is looking snazzy. I had the closest thing to a lay-out. Haha. My offender had an in cut, and I was right on her hip, it was a low throw and to the other hip that I was not on. I got low and tried to get a hand on it, touched it, and guess had a little lay out thing. I must say layouts are painful. Since I missed the D, I had to get up and put the mark on, but I wanted to just lie on the ground and be a baby. Hahaha. I had a few good hucks, nice pool plays.

Sean Ryan is approaching. We've got a lot of girls again, I'm not sure what we're going to do. But I'm really excited, we finally get to meet all the other teams. I have high hopes for our team this year. We all just need to be committed and dedicated to this team which I feel like some people need to work on..

So I watched HSM yesterday! Sooooo good! I love it. Zac Efron is quite hot now. Or he can be, sometimes he still looks funny. I love it, I keep listening to the soundtrack over and over again. Wonderful!

Anyways, I have to work on a paper cuz I fail at life.

No Crack for Crack Addicts

You don't give crack to crack addicts. You don't give alcohol to alcoholics. You don't let Teresa watch Jon & Kate Plus Eight. I don't really have free week nights. And the only time that I semi-do is the 2 hour break I have after class and before ultimate practice. During this time, Jon & Kate Plus Eight is on which is the most adorable show ever. For those of you who don't know, there's this couple (Jon and Kate.. SHOCKING!) with eight kids--twins and sextuplets. And it just follows them around. The twins are seven now, and sextuplets are three. The kids are sooo cute (they're halfies, so cute super-sized). And every time I watch the show, my urge to procreate at this very instant peaks. I love kids! And I want a kid. Haha.

My roommates are used to my constant whining about how I want kids now. We've even thought of names for my show when I have more kids than average. But I think I've realized that I should not watch the show anymore. It's just flaunting what I can't have in front of me. As much as I want to have kids, I realize that I probably shouldn't right now and kids are a huge responsibility and very expensive. So I suppress my urge to have kids--barely. As I watch Jon & Kate Plus Eight, I realize how alcoholics must feel when people are drinking if front of them. And I think I should stop watching it because of it's flaunting temptation. I love kids! (While watching Jon & Kate and taking Developmental Psychology, I think I want to work with kids in some capacity.)

I've always wanted lots of kids. And by lots I mean max four, ideally three. Haha, it's a lot if you're an only child. But I honestly have no idea why I really want kids now, even before Jon & Kate, that show only fueled my hunger. Perhaps my biological clock is ticking at the ripe age of 19 (almost 20).

Onto other aspects of my life. I have three midterms in two days next week. I should probably study. I'm too tired, school is hard. Ultimate is good. I'm having a lot of fun right now. If only I wasn't so tired when I go to practice, or also high of my want for children. I honestly just need sleep. I have almost no free time for myself. I'm never taking 20 units again nor working 15 hours simultaneously. Or either.

Back to Developmental Psych/Social Psych/Women Studies.

Unexpected Events

After a turn of unexpected events... I am now co-captain of women's team with Danica. It was completely unexpected, and came on me pretty quick. When I was first asked, I asked for time to think about it because it's a big commitment, and nothing had prepared me for something like this. And I wasn't sure if I was ready to give up (not really give up) my me-time on a whim. But after contemplating it for 2 days, I decided that this was something that I wanted. And even though the timing was kinda weird, it was an awesome opportunity.

We had Bay Area Mixer (BAM if you will) this weekend. So much fun. It was great, I loved it. Danica and I both played over half the points, so we were pretty dead. There was supposed to be a showcase game that we were supposed to play in, but that was canceled which was good, we were probably in no condition to play another game. Hahaha. There's SOOOOO much potential this year. We have amazing rookies, awesome crusites. This is going to be a good year. So much better than last year. Oh, and I can flick huck now. What what. Double threat. Haha. I remember teams last year catching on that I have a good backhand, and forced me forehand... And that was bad. But it's okay, this year I can do both.

About school, I'm taking 20 units. Thinking about maybe dropping a class since I got a zero out of ten on our first quiz. Ouch. I don't think I've ever got a zero before. Blahhhh. Haha. And working 15 hours. Plus practice. So I stay busy.

Ooooh, and NEVER ENDING PASTA at Olive Garden! So excited. I'm gonna eat so much!

**EDIT: I did not get a zero on my quiz. Another TA got my quiz, so my TA didn't have it and just marked it as a zero. In actuality I received a nine out of ten. Felt the need to clarify so I don't come off as a complete idiot.