Spring Break

The week of spring break was a week filled with many things. I went home on Friday and drove straight to my grandma's house to go visit with her. I had just found out that same week that my grandma had a heart attack, so I was so happy to see her and so thankful that she was stil alive. I spent about 5 hours there visiting her before going to my house which is just up the hill from my grandma's house. On Saturday, I did some homework and started some scholarships that I wanted to get done. On Sunday, I had the pleasure to spend time with my other grandma and go to church. Then I called up my friends and we hung out at my ones friend's house and ate cake. The cake we had was so yummy and delicious. After that we decided to go to a movie in Eau Claire. We ended up seeing Slumdog Millionaire. Overrall I thought it was pretty good. My last blog was a review about the movie. Monday was filled with a day of running errands around town. I got a haircut, went to the chiropractor, and many other places. Later that then I went to Olive Garden with my friends that I hung out with the night before. These friends that I hung out with are from high school and are really good friends and we always said we would stay in touch. On Tuesday, I worked on scholarships and later that day when my mom and dad came home from work, my mom made corn beef and cabbage and went down to my grandma's house again to enjoy it with her. Then on Wednesday I ran some more errands like going to the tanning bed and going to the post office. I also had a dentist appointment and found out that I have to get my wisdom teeth out. I also got to have lunch with my grandma at a good restaurant in Chippewa. On Thursday I got a chance to go to another movie with my one other friend that I only got to see one of the days we hung out with our group of friends. We saw the movie He is not that into you. Overall I thought it was a pretty good movie, I really liked how the movie ended. Then I Friday, I drove to Lyndon Station to see my boyfriend. We met up with one of our other friends from the dorms. We went to Wisconsin Dells and went shopping at Tanger Outlets. I have never been there before and went into some good stores. The next day we went shopping downtown and did a lot of walking. On that same day we had our first campfire of 2009. It was a bit cold even though we were sitting by a fire. Then on Sunday before we had to back to the dorms I went to church, went to the nursing home to visit my boyfriend's grandma, and had dinner with his family too. It was the best weekend of the whole break. I was just so happy to get back to La Crosse. Overall, my break was fulled with many things that I got done and I still got to relax and have fun. I hope some time that I am still in school that for spring break we can go somewhere warm, that would be fun.

Slumdog Millionaire

On Sunday I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire at London Square Cinemas in Eau Claire. I will give a bit of a summary of the movie. The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love. After watching the movie I thought it was a pretty good movie. Throughout the movie there were some scenes that might make some people get a little disturbed by them, but I didn't mind watching them. I liked the fact that the questions he was asked he could answer because of what he experienced through out his life. I just think that is so neat and I wondered how that could ever happen, it just blew my mind. I would really recommend seeing this movie. I had heard this movie won many awards like I think like eight oscars! So, if you are looking for a good movie to see go see Slumdog Millionaire.

Things that have happened at home while I have been at college

Many things have happen while I have been away from home. Like I have said in past blogs, I am from Chippewa Falls, which is about 2 hours away from La Crosse. This is the first time in my life that I have been away from my family for a long while. Sure I see them once in a while for breaks and occasional weekends, but other than that I am stay at the dorms. I miss them a lot, but manage to have great fun with my friends here in La Crosse. The only thing I don’t like is when bad things have been happening and things have changed since I have been gone. Besides my family getting a new car and having a mailbox by the street, other things have happened. The first tragic event that happened was that my Grandpa died the same week that I had finals last semester. It was really hard to lose him at a time like that. It was really close to Christmas, so when it came time to Christmas Eve it was real different without him. A good thing that it did do for our family is it brought us closer together. When I first heard the news it was really hard to take because I wasn’t at home to here the news. It was hard because I really needed to be by my family, but it was it was great I had my friends with me to get through it.
The other thing that just happened this week is that I found out that my Grandma had a heart attack. It was a real shock to me that would ever happen to my Grandma. I found out she is ok and just had to have surgery. But she is going to have to turn her life around. She would have to make some changes because of the health problems she now has to deal with that she just found out about. I love my Grandma and am so blessed and happy that she is ok. I can’t wait for spring break to start tomorrow, so I can go see her and give her the greatest hug I have ever given her. Have a great spring break everyone!

Respond to local online newspaper

I am not from La Crosse and so to find out what is happening in the town I am from Chippewa Falls; I have to go online to read the paper. While reading, I came across many interesting articles. One in particular I found was about Chippewa Falls Senior High School student basketball fans getting in a shoving and pushing fight with Eau Claire North basketball fans. The article explained that the playoff game between these two teams was great, but the things that occurred after the loss to North were kind of bad, but not horrible. It was great that the athletic director responded accordingly. I am just surprised an article like this one would be put in the newspaper. There have been a lot of articles about the high school I graduated from and they all haven’t been the most positive either. A lot of the articles have to do with students dealing drugs or possessing them. There have also been cases of fighting in the parking lot that involved the police. I feel like the newspaper is trying to show how bad Chi-Hi (Chippewa Falls Senior High School) is. I have never seen so much news coming from that school, even when I attended the high school. If someone from out of town was thinking of moving to Chippewa Falls, what do you think they would think about the school just by reading articles from the online newspaper? I certainly would reconsider letting my child attend that school because of what I am reading in the newspaper. I have attended this high school, but now have second thoughts of in the future having my children go to this school. It is not like Chi-Hi is a bad school, I just don’t like when the newspaper gives the school a bad rap. It seems like a lot of bad things are happening at this school, according to the local newspaper. I wish they wouldn’t concentrate all their time on informing us about what happened lately at the school. If the newspaper wants to mention the school more in the paper they need to focus on more of the positive things that happen at the school, so then we can make our town not look like the town we shouldn’t be.