Black Friday

Every year a couple of my friends and myself have this tradition to go Black Friday shopping. Every year it is the same outcome, crazy people, gathered in small places, all fighting to get the best deal on everything. Even though people are crazy and it is a stressful time to fear for your life, there is nothing better then the Black Friday atmosphere. This year was different then the other years though, Black Friday turned more into a "Grey Thursday" with all the shops in the mall opening on Thursday around six in the afternoon. My friends and I went around seven and by the time we got to the mall, the lines were short and people were relaxed with everything in order. It was the most uneventful Black Friday experience I had ever had. I didn't like that the stores were open on Thursday. Black Friday is the time to wake up early and shop tired and fight for the stuff you want. Having Black Friday start on Thursday does not give you the same experience as Black Friday should. I learned that Black Friday is not worth going to if you can't get up and enjoy shopping and being tired for the night. Next year I'm going to keep this in mind and maybe my friends and I will have to have a different adventure on this night to makeup for the lack of experience that you usually get from Black Friday.

I Need My Sleep

Do you remember when you were younger and your mom would try to convince you to go to bed early because you "needed your sleep?" Well, my mom said that to me many times when I was younger and I never really listened. In high school and even my freshman year of college I always stayed out way too late playing with friends and I never got the amount of sleep that I should have, but since I have been in college for a few years, I have learned that in order to excel in school, the best way to do it is first, study hard and second, get a good nights rest. I am pretty good at going to bed around 10:30-11 (which I think is pretty early) and midnight at the latest. Last night though, I didn't get to bed until three in the morning. Me and my roommates had some fun and then sat around talking for hours about pointless stuff girls talk about. It was so fun to sit around, talk and laugh at everything because of how exhausted we all were. I had a blast and it seemed like a great idea until I woke up this morning. I can't remember a day where I have been as tired as I was. That is when I realized how much sleep I actually need. To put into perspective my actual state of exhaustion, I almost fell asleep at the football game. Rather pathetic I know. The only reason I felt justified with how tired I was today was because it is a weekend and everyone deserves to have fun. So, my goal is to never stay out that late on weekdays and party it up on the weekends. That way I can have energy to focus on my studies during the week and then still have a good time with my friends on the weekends. It had been a while since I had stayed out as late as I did and it was a friendly reminder that I need all the sleep I can get.

Driving in the Rain

Driving in the rain is a terrifying experience for me. Last winter I was driving in the rain, I wasn't speeding or driving any faster then the vehicles around me, but my car hydroplaned in the middle of the freeway intersection. I was fine and luckily there weren't any cars around when this happened so I was lucky enough to pull off to the side of the freeway and then have my freak out safely. I had this experience just this past week and I realized how much of a fear I have of driving in the rain because of the past experience I had. 

I learned that my fear of driving in the rain is a lot worse then I thought it was. If I ever have to drive in the rain, I am going to find a different route to drive and avoid the freeway at all costs. I hate driving on the freeway in the rain and since last week when I re-experienced that, I will always avoid it. 

Sometimes It's Best to Humble Yourself

My mother is the best. She can seriously fix anything you need, give you great advice on any topic, and make anyone laugh because her personality is on point. She is so cleaver in fact, that she has given herself the name "Magic Mama." She signs her name m.m. when she is writing notes to my family or texting any of us. It makes me laugh and it just goes to show how cute my mother actually is. Anyways, this week, I re-learned a lesson that I have had to learn many times now. My mother always knows best. I have a hard time with this concept because I feel as though sometimes I should know best, but there comes a time when her opinion is always more correct then mine. This week me and my mother got in a little tiff over nothing, but I was determined to prove that I was right. As the week went on, we both stood firm in who we thought was correct. It wasn't until my father stepped in and proved to me how right my mother was that I was able to realize how blind I was from trying to prove her wrong. It was very clear in the end that what me and my mother were having this tiff on was stupid because she knew from the start that she knew best and that I should have listened to her from the start.

Lesson of the week: it is best to humble yourself and accept that your mother is always right. It doesn't matter if you feel as though you are correct, your mother will prove that you are not. From now on, I am not going to be stubborn and try to prove something against what my mother says because in the end, I will be proven wrong. I am going to humble myself and just accept that my "Magic Mama" is always right.

Online Interviewing

This past week, in my MCOM class, we were assigned a classmate to complete an online interview with. Angela and I were teamed up and we completed this online interview assignment. We didn't have any technical difficulty while interviewing each other and finding a time we both could meet was easy. What I thought was hard was trying to explain exactly what I meant over FaceTime. I found this hard because I couldn't use hand gestures to help me describe things and overall improve my communication with Angela. I also didn't have the pressure that I usually do when I get in-front of the interviewer because it was over FaceTime. Usually the pressure of talking to someone face to face works to my advantage, I can get in-front of someone or a group of people and explain myself better than I can over a cell phone. 

Overall, I had a good experience doing the online interview. I know that throughout my career I will have many online interviews. This assignment was a great experience for me to see how I would handle myself in a similar situation as this. Hopefully in my future career I don't have online interview often though, I would much rather do it in person where my hands can help me explain myself and I can use the pressure of talking to someone face to face to my advantage.