What are they thinking?????

I've always thought that the presidential race this year would come down to each candidates pick for VP. Now that both candidates have made their choices I am in utter and complete shock. Neither candidate picked a VP running mate that was on the media short lists that are speculated about. Based on these shocking choices I have come to the conclusion that Obama and McCain really don't want the presidency and we should all vote for Bob Barr. I'm kidding I'm kidding but seriously I'm afraid that both parties made poor choices in their running mates.
Barrack Obama chose Joe Biden. Many of you are scratching your heads and saying who?? My point exactly up until the primarys no one knew who Joe Biden was and because he dropped out of the race so early in the primaries no one really knows who he is. If you watched the debates it was obvious that Biden knew he didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning the nomination so why in the world would Barrack pick him? I personally was rooting for Bill Richardson to get the job.

McCain chose Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. Again you're saying who? Unless you keep up with politics and government chances are you've never even heard of her. People talk about what a great job Palin has done in Alaska. Apparently she has awesome approval ratings in Alaska. My response to that is so what? Alaska has a population of 670,000 that is less than 1/4 of a percent of the population of the United States. That's right not even 1 percent!! I guarantee you she doesn't have 100% approval ratings either. She's served as Governor for less than two years! That is less experience than Barack Obama!! I suppose that time will tell all the elections are a little over 2 months away I'm sure we'll be learning a whole lot more about Mr. Biden and Mrs. Palin in the very near future.

I guess my whole point is WHAT WERE THEY THINKING????

First week of classes.

Wow what a week it's been! Classes started on wednesday as well as my second job in the music building. The past couple of weeks I've made some great friends in my co-workers. Especially in Bekah, Cole and G! I'll have to post pictures of all of us crazy folks. I have one more class that I haven't been to yet but so far I think I'm going to love all my classes. I know I'll love Mock Trial but that doesn't start until Monday. Anyway I'm kind of tired but just wanted to write and say I survived the first week of classes!!

Love you guys.

New Computer!!!!

YAY!!!! I have a new computer!! I had messed up the screen on my old laptop and the hard drive was almost full so today I bought a new Dell!!! It is way cool. Vista is going to take some getting use to but I think I will like it. Now that I have a decent computer with a good internet connection I'll be able to get back to posting regularly!!

Back in Action

Wow! It's been a long week! I flew into little Rock last Saturday night. On Sunday after church I drove to Monticello and moved into the dorms then found my new co-workers and got to know them. Then began the week of RA training. We've done everything from CPR training to Drug ID classes. We did a class on suicide and alcohol and we learned how to write people up. We also did a ropes course on Wednesday. We've also been preparing our building for what I have lovingly termed the attack of the freshmen. Today is the BIG day! It's move in day. In two hours I'll be sitting in the lobby checking in around 150 girls a bunch of them (probably 70%) are first time freshmen. This is a fun day because I get to meet so many new people it's such a blast!! Anyway I just wanted to get on here and post to say hello to everyone and let you all know that I am doing great. Continue to pray for me that my year will be a good one in which I can do a work for God.

Love you guys!!

Yvonne

Heading out. . .

So I am heading for Sacramento in a few hours and I will catch a plane Saturday at three pm. I'll land in Little Rock late Saturday night. This will probably be my last post for a week or so because I may not have an internet connection for a while. I have a parting request for you as I head back to school. Please pray that my financial aid comes through like normal. There seems to be some problems this time around and I really need Hoopa to come through for me one more time. I appreciate your prayers. I'll post again as soon as I can!

Love you guys!!!!!!!!

Yvonne

Facebook inspired 100th post.

So I was browsing facebook the social networking site that I think is way better than myspace. I love to read what people write in their profiles about what intersts they have it's great fun you should try it sometime. Anyhow I was reading profiles of friends and friends of friends and I noticed a rather silly trend among college girls. When they enter a relationship with someone they change their interests to simply say the name of their significant other. For instance the one that caught my attention was the girlfriend of a friend of mine. I looked at her interests and all it said was Colt with a little heart beside it. I started looking at other profiles and I noticed a lot of that. It really made me laugh! No offense to you Colt or your girlfriend. As flattering as it may be to think that your girlfriends only interest is you I have to think that there has to be something more that you find interesting in this life. I mean we all know you are interested in your boyfriend as it plainly states that the two of you are in a relationship. This brings up an interesting question. Do your interests really change because you start dating someone new? Do you try to match up to what you think they like? I don't know I think in younger daters this tends to be the case. We want our boyfriend or girlfriend to keep liking us so we develope a sudden interest in Action movies or sports or a certain type of music just so that you have something in common. Among the older college students and young adult daters perhaps one will develope a sudden interest in religion or politics or something of that nature just to catch the attention of a certain member of the opposite sex. I would like to think that I am independent enough to not act like this (of course this could explain my lack of a dating life) I don't want to have to change who I am or change the things I am interested in just to keep someones attention. Of course I realize that dating someone can open new doors that add to your interests. A certain hobby that you never thought about before or perhaps a different view on an issue. However I don't think anyone should instantly change what they are interested in just because they are dating someone and you certainly shouldn't lose all your other interests in life just because you have a significant other.

Of course this is all just my opinion and this post was inspired by facebook so develope your own opinion on the issue!!

And by the way this is my 100th post GO ME!!

Yvonne

A Goodbye. . .

Well tonight I had to say goodbye to my Eureka buddies. I don't start heading home until Friday but tonight was my last opportunity to see many of them. I've had such a blast here and I'm sad to say goodbye!!! I'll miss you all my friends! Most of all though I'll miss my mom. I'm glad I still have a few more days with her! So anyway if you live in Eureka and you are reading this I love you bunches and I'll miss you!!! I'll see you next time I come for a visit!!!!!!

Love always
Yvonne

Welcome to the blogoshpere Jerald and Ashley!!!

So I want to take a second and welcome two of my very dear friends into the wonderful world of blogging!!! First off there is Jerald he started his blog a while back but didn't have time to keep up with it. He's starting to post more regularly now and I have added him to my blog roll. He is madly in love with God and has some great thoughts to share!

Secondly is one of my best college buddies Ashley. She is a crazy girl who also loves God. It's nice to have a friend that fits into both the church and college category of friends. Come to think of it Ash is the only one!!! Although we do have another friend joining the ranks soon as Shane is coming to UAM WOOHOOO!!! I have a lot of church friends and I have a lot of college friends but it's nice when a friend fits into both places!!! Anyway go check out their blogs I'm sure they have some great things to say.

So welcome Jerald and Ashley!!!!!

Love you guys bunches!!!!

Today Yvonne is Sad :(

Pretty lame sad face I know.

I'm so sad today! Tonight will be my last opportunity to sing with the choir before I have to fly back to Arkansas. I love singing in the choir. There is such a great spirit there, such an awesome amount of positive energy that always puts a smile on my face. I'm so thankful that I get to sing when I come home during the summers. Thanks for that Bro. and Sis. Frost I love you guys bunches!

Don't get me wrong I'm kind of ready to get back to Monticello and the excitment of RA training and classes but I wish I could pack the choir up and take them with me so I could continue to sing with them!

So tonight will be a bittersweet service for me and I hope the choir just gets in there and has church!

Until next time

Yvonne

Us College Kids an our digital camera's. . . the results of boredom in a dorm room. . . .or a. . crosswalk.

I was browsing facebook earlier and I found myself laughing at some of the crazy pictures me and some of my friends have taken. Most of us have digital camera's and we often find ourselves playing with them to ease our boredom. One would think that us intelligent college kids could find something better to do. Anyway I thought I might share a few of my favorite silly pictures.

The RA's like to have fun with the camera at the end of the year!

So hanging out the windows of the dorm is so against the rules but I wasn't there so. . .

We had a snow day!!!!! (in the middle of March!)

I wasn't there I have nooo idea what she was thinking

I made a pretty snow angel!!!!

The RA's enjoying Christmas break!

She thinks her name is Wendy!!

We had 80's week in the dorms. Yes I put pink in my hair! I even went to Wal-mart like that LOL!!

I was trying for sexy? LoL we took one of me standing in front of a poster that said Bodacious but I liked this one better.

I think we are in Wendys here and I was bein retarded.

All the residents moved out that day we were happy!!!

Well I hope y'all enjoyed my crazy pictures! I'm looking forward to another year full of them!!! I'll be sure and share!!

Love you!!!

Yvonne

Almost time for another year. RA Training, Move in Day and the First Day of Classes

This summer has gone by so fast! I got to go to Scotland which was absolutely amazing! I've had such a wonderful time in California with my mom it just went by too fast!!!!!!! I fly back to Arkansas on the 9th of August and I have to be back in the dorms on Sunday the 10th. From there it's a week of R.A. training. I'm excited because I'll be working with 3 brand new R.A's and it's going to be such an awesome year. RA training is basically a time when all the RA's (there are about 20 in all) get together for classes in things like CPR, recognizing the signs of drug and alcohol abuse, how to properly write someone up, that sort of thing. We also do a day of team building exercises in which we go out to some camp and do all of those crazy rope climbing exercises as a team it's pretty fun! During this week we also have to do RCR's (Room Condition Reports) on ALLL the rooms in our halls. Meaning we have to go through each room and document it's condition. This consists of counting burns on bookshelves checking to make sure the sinks aren't clogged and the lights all work. This way a resident doesn't get charged at the end of the year for damage that was already there. Use to it was a really slow process for me as it is for any new R.A. but now I can do a room in about 5 minutes but there are 75 or 80 rooms in the hall that I work in so yeah that's a lot of paperwork for four girls especially when 3 of them are brand new LOL. We also have to decorate our halls and do bulletin boards during that week and everything has to be ready by Saturday night because that Sunday is MOVE IN DAY!!!! Move in day is so awesome. All the campus organizations like the Baptist Collegiate ministry and Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship send out members to help people move in. The RA's are stuck in the lobby all day long checking people in explaining the gazillion forms the residents have to sign before we give them their keys. It sounds like a lot of work but it's actually kind of festive. Unless of course you get snotty freshman! One year we saw a freshmen girl slap her mother it was freaky!!! After check in on Sunday morning and afternoon comes the infamous first hall meetings. We have 3 meetings from 7-9 that are for each floor. At these meetings the RA's have to act all rough and tough but still come across as halfway caring while we explain all the rules and conditions of living a residence hall setting. Being an RA has greatly improved my leadership skills because I have to be the authority on many issues it's a real learning experience. It's not always easy to balance enforcing the rules and being friendly with your residents. If you're in a dorm life situation look into becoming an RA! Most Res Life departments have great stipend packages. My school pays all my room and board my meal plan and 12 hours of my tuition and fees it's pretty awesome! I don't know what I would do without it!!!! Anyway once Move in Day is over comes the first week of classes. Monday and Tuesday are just registration days for incoming Freshmen and the first actual class day is Wednesday. I'm going to try something new for the incoming freshmen on my hall. I can remember being a Freshmen and not knowing where ANYTHING was! Even if you go on one of those guided tours with the Ambassadors or whatever it's usually really brief and you forget where everything is by the time classes start because you usually do those tours in the middle of summer or the end of your senor year in high school. So this year on the day before classes start I'm going to offer a little service to the incoming Freshmen in my Dorm. I'm going to have those that want to meet me in my room with a copy of their schedules. Then I am going to show them where their classes are. Not only will it help them not feel so lost on their first day of classes but it will be a great way for me to get to know my residents!

This is Royer Hall where I live and Work

Have you ever lived in a dorm? Even if you haven't what are some things that I as an RA might be able to do to make dorm life more fun for the girls in my hall? I'm always open for suggestions and comments.







Love you guys!!!!!!!!