My Favorite Places

I have had many favorite places that I have had throughout my life and that I have right now. In the past, the computer room and my room were my favorite places in my house. Around the beautiful town of Chippewa Falls, my favorite place is Irvine Park. I now currently live the residence halls that are offered on campus, which has now become one of my favorite places. And now that I have been starting to find my way around La Crosse, I really like to go by the river. The reason I like the computer room in my house is because I spent most of time in there going on the computer. This is where I would do my homework or chat online with friends. Then the other place in my house is my room. It is a place where I can escape and have some time to myself to think and relax. I can usually finish homework while lying on my bed in my room. When I am in my room, I like that I have the freedom to get do whatever I want and I can usually accomplish more when by myself in my room. The other place from my hometown is Irvine Park. What I like to do is walk, run, and bike through this park as much as I can. I also like to meet my friends there to talk or go there myself again to think about things. I like nature and being outside once and a while. It is just so calm feeling when I go through the park and I have to look at all the animals in the mini-zoo they have. I now have found that I kind of like living in the residence halls. The reason I like it is because it gives me a chance to be independent and I am away from home to be somebody. I have met a lot of friends at the dorms and that makes it a great place. The group of friends that I have at the dorms is now becoming closer and we always have fun together. Another place I find to be my favorite place is the riverfront. When I go for a walk sometimes, my walk takes me by the river. When I am stressed or have a lot on my mind I like to go for a walk and look at the great view of the river. These favorite places are very important in my life and they will continue to be important. It is real important to have a place where you can spend time by yourself to think and relax. So, remember the next time you need space, or you need to think, go to your favorite place.

Stress

This week has been a pretty stressful week. I always have a lot of stress in my life. My life revolves around stress. Well all people wouldn’t be a live without some type of stress. There are good types of stress and bad types of stress. The good type of stress is involved when you have excitement in your life. Without excitement in your life, your life would just be boring or you wouldn’t be living up to some of your potentials. I know for me a little bit of stress makes me perform better on tests or I played a really good basketball game when I played in high school. I remember getting nervous before every game and making sure I wouldn’t go over the top, so that I wouldn’t get sick. I really did find that I was more into the game and I would perform to the best of my ability. Bad stress can be explained as being a type of long-term stress that can be classified as worrying over your job, school, or family. Good stress can also be stated as being a short-term stress. Bad stress does tend to pop up in my life. But what people don’t have bad stress come up in their life? I am always busy; I think a lot about many things, and worry about too many things. Then I get so worked up about it that it boils up inside of me waiting for it to burst. The best thing to do is to manage your stress before you have a massive volcano erupt. The wrong thing to do is let your stress boil up inside of you. The best thing to do is to relieve that stress. There are many ways that one person can manage their stress. I like to talk about what is on my mind with a person who wants to listen. Usually that person is my boyfriend, Tom. He is so caring and loving that he will listen to anything that I have to say. Another way that I manage my stress is by exercising and listening to music. What one person should really do is do something that they enjoy doing to get the thoughts out of their mind. Like I said this really works for me. The reason I have been so stressed this week is because of all the tests I had this week. I had 3 already and I have one more today. I have also had a lot on my mind. But I did things to lift my stress off my shoulders. I talked to friends and exercised and it really worked. So, remember when you are stressed, take a deep breath and do something that you enjoy.

Donating Plasma

Today I decided to save a life. The way I saved a life is by donating plasma. Today was the third time I have decided to donate. I started giving last Tuesday and have earned about 75 dollars so far. I found out about giving plasma through a friend that I met while living at the dorms. I have also heard about it earlier in life from people that were already in college at the time. It is a place where college students can earn some extra cash because we all know that we are all considered poor. We are considered poor because of all the expenses of going to college. At the end of college, we are then attacked with all these expenses that we have to pay off. I really enjoy having extra cash for groceries or for entertainment. But the real reason I donate plasma is because I know I am saving lives. My plasma is being used in the treatment of serious diseases such as immune system deficiencies. When I go to give plasma, I go to a place called Biolife. The closest Biolife to the Western Campus is in Onalaska. The first process in giving plasma is getting a physical exam. The physical exam consisted of a lot of examining and a lot of paper work. I was just so thankful that I am passed the physical exam and got to donate that day. People usually get to donate twice a week and get paid. The first time you get 20 dollars and the second time you get 35 dollars. So, by the end of the month people usually make 200 to 305 dollars a month. Before giving plasma each time they have to check your red blood count, temperature, blood pressure, and protein level. When you pass that then it is time to donate. You usually get hooked up to a machine by putting a needle in your arm. What the machine does is it takes your blood and just takes the plasma part of it. Then the machine puts the blood right back in your body. This process usually takes from 45 minutes to 1 hour so they suggest bringing a book to read, your laptop, or your mp3 player to listen to. I usually bring my I-pod to listen to and read a textbook for a class. Giving plasma is a really rewarding experience, knowing that you are saving lives. That is why I am alive in this world because I like to help people and save the lives of as many people as I can.

The Creamy Peanut Butter

What is creamy, smooth, and what do the choosy moms choose? It is of course that nutty taste of peanut butter. Peanut butter can be explained to me as heaven in a jar. The reason I am blogging about peanut butter is because peanut butter is one of my favorite foods to eat. You are probably thinking to yourself, how could peanut butter be my favorite food? Well, anyone can have any type of food be their favorite food. I chose peanut butter because of the creamy and nutty taste. When it goes down my throat, I like the feeling as it melts. It instantly sticks when you put it in your mouth, but then it melts as it streams down to my stomach. My stomach talks to me as it calls for more. My favorite way to eat the peanut butter is to take a big shiny spoon and put it into the jar. I try to take the biggest scoop and enjoy the creamy goodness. Usually the best to do this is at midnight. Yes, I do get up at midnight and enjoy a snack. And, indeed I pull out the drawer to grab that shiny to scoop that peanut butter from Jif Brand jar. The type of peanut butter has to be Jif because I have grown up with this type of peanut butter. Jif is great when it is paired with grape jelly. One of my favorite sandwiches even to this day is the classic PB, and J. My sandwich has to consist of more peanut butter than jelly though. I love peanut butter that much that I really can’t taste the jelly because the amount I put on there. Peanut butter is also great to pair with a variety of other foods. For example, I dip celery, apples, and many other things in peanut butter. My favorite thing to do is dip chocolate animal crackers in peanut butter. I discovered this one day when I found that they made chocolate animal crackers. I was so excited that I figured out I could pair peanut butter with the crackers. This delicious snack is also wonderful with white milk. I really don’t know what I would do without peanut butter. Peanut butter is a basic need that I need for survival. Life would never be the same without peanut butter. It has to be the smooth type of peanut butter. The chunky peanut butter is ok, but I prefer the creamy peanut butter. So, I have now explained to you why I love peanut butter so much. The creamy goodness, it satisfies my life.