Tuesday, October 28, 2014

My Best Friend


Senior year had come around, that was the year Natasha, and I had become best friends. We had every class together except for one, which gave us the time to be able to connect with one another and to hang out more. It was great to have her in most of my classes because if I did not understand information or even just missed a day of class I knew I would be able to rely on her. Of course, at the same time, I did not go into my senior year the way I had really wanted too. I was on crutches for about two months where I would need help with caring my book to the other classes. It was that time I had realized that no matter what I can always count on Natasha to be there for me no matter what. We would always hang out and that I could trust her with everything. Natasha helped open myself up and her knowing that I was completely shy while she was so outgoing we still manage to make it work. To this day, she still introduces me to new things and is always going to be one of my biggest supporters. Yeah we fight every now and then, but that is normal in a friendship. Even when the fights are huge we know that we both value our friendships more then anything in the world. After everything that we have been through I am proud to call Natasha my best friend. 
This is one of my favorite photos of us from last year. It describes our friendship easily and perfectly. There is never a dull moment where she can't make me laugh. I remember this day like the back of my hand because it was a girl’s weekend. Yeah I know some people get the opportunity to have a girl’s weekend with there best friend, but I don’t really have that option anymore due to school and work. One thing she remembered the most about me that I am hockey fan. For my Christmas present that year, she decided to get us four tickets to a monarch game. That had been my first monarch’s game since I had first moved here. I was excited to be able to go to one of the games that year because I do not get that opportunity often. The game had begun and I was so excited to be at this game and to have a great night. In the first period, the monarchs were winning 1-0, but that did not last long. By the third period, it was tied 3-3 and we knew that it was not going to be a quick game. We decided to leave with 10 minutes left since we were all tired from the long day we had. When we got back to the car that is when everything turned around for us. Other cars at the parking lot, which would mean that we would have to wait forever to get out, had blocked us in and there was nobody there to help us get out. That was when everyone started to come out because overtime was finished and the monarchs won the game, but we had to help direct traffic so that we were able to leave the parking lot. I remembered this the most because even though we might have had a bad day that no matter what there is always something that can easily turn everything around for us.




Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Working while attending school


Students going to college often feel as if they never have any money and in most cases, students try to get a job during the school year. My first year at Southern New Hampshire University I felt as if I never had any money to do anything, so I figured why not try to get a job during the school year. I knew that it wouldn’t always be that easy, but it is better to try then not to try. I am at the point where I would look to start paying for some things on my own and not always having to rely on my mom for certain things. I also figured it seems like most people can handle working and going to school at the same time so why shouldn’t I be able to handle it? Well this I got a job at Market Basket and as I can see I am struggling sometimes to manage my time. I work about 25 hours a week, which is good enough to make some money while going to school, but I have noticed lately that I am now struggling to get the sleep and school work finished on time. This got me thinking one day how some people can manage to do both, but then it dawned on me some of the post I used to see on Facebook. It showed that some people were struggling not only to get the sleep they needed but to also keep a social life. It is not always going to be easy to have a social life, but this is the time where students should be making memories with there friends at school. It is not like some people can cut back on hours because in some cases, students really need this money, but they can’t cut all of there friends out either. I think sometimes it can be difficult for students to find the balance besides between school, work, and having a social. At the same time, it can be very easy for some people to do this. Maybe over time I will be able to figure out how to manage it all better. If any of you work and go to school what would be some advice you would give to other students who may be struggling with this?