IDLE!!!! Apparently I cannot spell. I meant to say IDLE hands cause trouble, not Idol hands. I am pretty sure my hands are not competing for any sort of hierarchy idol status.
Thanks, Mom.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Idol Hands Lead to Trouble
No, I'm not in trouble. It is just something one of the campus security guards said to me the other day at the school's annual Chili Cook-Off (yes, we have chili competitions). He was asking me how I was doing and how school was treating me after being at it for two years to which I responded that I was so busy I did not have time to think. He says, well, Audrey, what would you be doing if you weren't so involved...getting into trouble with campus safety? (Then he laughs and takes a bite of his chili, which was quite spicy, so his face turned a little red). I believe he is completely right.
I think back to last year when I was finished classes for the day at 3:00. I would go to work only three times a week, and I was only at work until 5. I would eat dinner, go work out, and then do homework. I did not have a lot going on outside besides a club I was loyal to. It just seemed boring most of the time. I wanted to get out, but did not have the motivation.
Since returning to school, I have really reached out and gotten myself involved with a lot of happenings on campus. I am that dork who goes to the student life sponsored events with enthusiasm. I became secretary of the CSA group on campus, Chefs Sustaining Agriculture (we work to bring awareness to students regarding where their food comes from. We go on field trips, host special guests, and have fun little events.) I work a little bit, not much, but enough to keep my contacts. I run cross country, but because of my class schedule and my other extra-circulars, i cannot always make it to practice (and a recent foot injury, slowly healing). I also took up a part time job to work on the weekends as a server at special functions here at school.
The best part is that I am meeting so many great people from all of these groups that I am really creating friendships that are worth keeping. It is always great to meet people with common interests, and it seems as though they have become my new friends, instead of the ones who sit around and do nothing.
But when it comes down to it, it is all about time management.
I sometimes question my capability to do so much, but back to what the security guard said: Idol hands lead to trouble. I'll let you all wonder what I would be doing (I AM a college student, after all).
I think back to last year when I was finished classes for the day at 3:00. I would go to work only three times a week, and I was only at work until 5. I would eat dinner, go work out, and then do homework. I did not have a lot going on outside besides a club I was loyal to. It just seemed boring most of the time. I wanted to get out, but did not have the motivation.
Since returning to school, I have really reached out and gotten myself involved with a lot of happenings on campus. I am that dork who goes to the student life sponsored events with enthusiasm. I became secretary of the CSA group on campus, Chefs Sustaining Agriculture (we work to bring awareness to students regarding where their food comes from. We go on field trips, host special guests, and have fun little events.) I work a little bit, not much, but enough to keep my contacts. I run cross country, but because of my class schedule and my other extra-circulars, i cannot always make it to practice (and a recent foot injury, slowly healing). I also took up a part time job to work on the weekends as a server at special functions here at school.
The best part is that I am meeting so many great people from all of these groups that I am really creating friendships that are worth keeping. It is always great to meet people with common interests, and it seems as though they have become my new friends, instead of the ones who sit around and do nothing.
But when it comes down to it, it is all about time management.
I sometimes question my capability to do so much, but back to what the security guard said: Idol hands lead to trouble. I'll let you all wonder what I would be doing (I AM a college student, after all).
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