LIVING LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST

This Week I've been trying to focus on more things that I have to do in school to make myself better in the future and one thing that I’ve noticed I’ve been doing a lot lately is stressing myself out over things that I can't change. Tuesday when I woke up I told myself that I would start just living life to the fullest without letting myself get down and just keep my drive. I also told myself that I would try harder because it seems like the only way that you can be successful in college is to give it 150 percent and I’ve only been giving 149 percent and to me if I just try just a little bit harder that would make the whole difference. This week has been pretty good because I’ve met new people that I didn’t even know went to this school. This may be a small campus but it seems like every day I run across someone that I’ve never seen. I like how everyone here has differences so that makes meeting new people even cooler. I think that's what makes college so great anywhere you go, because no matter how far or how close you go for college there are always people from different backgrounds whether its ethical religious or cultural. This weekend I finally just sat down and talked to my RA whom I thought was a complete jerk, and come to find out he's one cool guy. We share many things in common. He loves to write music just like me and he loves to sing just like me, so we came up with this brilliant idea that we would record a few tracks together that I really think are going to be pretty awesome. It seems like now that I’m getting used to being around this place that I’m opening up to more people on campus than just the guys that I play on the team with. I even feel more comfortable with my schedule and my professors. My grandma used to tell me that everything gets better with time, and I’m finally realizing that what she said can have some truth to it. Once again I went all out at practice and it paid off in the game on Saturday we won fifty-one to Howard Payne's 13. With this win we are tied for first place in our conference. I feel like the team is growing closer and closer as the season goes on and I think that is what's going to get us to the spot where we want to be and that is to the playoffs.

OH MY GOD!!!!

I title this post "OH MY GOD", because this is exactly how i am feeling about college and everything that comes with it i am so over-whelmed with everything that has been thrown at me. College is so much different than high school in high school you could go a whole week without ever hearing about home work, but it seems like in college you can't go a minute without hearing the word homework. I just wish that i could get a break because i am mentally tired already and it has only been a the third or fourth week of school. Playing football has only made things worst because I don't really just have time to rest without having to get right back to my work. I have me a new study buddy to try to make things easier it has helped a little bit but with to different personalities coming together for one common goal, thing kind of get a little hectic.OK, enough with the babying and whining, I have had alot of good that have helped me through this week. I have been practicing so hard this week and it paid off this Saturday at our game. I had one fumble recovery, one safety, and two solo tackles. i feel like i had a pretty awesome performance this weekend and to top it off, after my game i got a call from my family and they were all at my house watch the game from the Internet, that really touched me in a soft spot, i couldn't do nothing but smile and feel bright. I have learned so much about myself in the past few days and one thing that i learned is that i have to be strong because things aren't going to get any easier, although i wish things would ease up. I've also learned that college professors are no where near the same as high school teachers because back in  high school if you didn't turn in your work a teachers would give you extra time to do it or they would just give you a grade for something you didn't do, but not in college the profs. will give you something to do and its all up to you to get it done and turned in on time. The other day i was talking to a friend and i told her that i remember people telling me that college would be the funnest time of my life but now I'm starting to plead the 5th because i feel as though it has been the most stressful time of my life. after talking to her for awhile she basically broke it down to me and made me realize that college is a full time job and if you aren't ready then you are going to get left behind

Life is all about change

After being exsposed to the college life for the past few weeks, ive come to realized that the movies and advice that i have been getting has been somewhat true and somewhat helpful. Ive also noticed the college and high school are two totally different places. One day i hope that high schools will perpare high school students for college instead of perparing them for the big state test. A few days ago i learnend my first college lesson. For about 2 weeks my prof. was telling us to read a certain chapter it wasnt much but i was to focused on other things and i was forgetting to read so one day when i got in class the prof. told us to take out a sheet of paper because we were taking a quiz over the readings. I felt so bad because i know i did not read any of the chapters that she had assigned. After that day ive read everything that any of my prof. assigned the same day. The other day i was listening to music and one of the rappers said college wasnt for him, after thinkin about what he said i came up with the conclusion that college isnt for everyone, it's only for those who apply themselves. Then i thought a little more and realizes that the conclusion i made was only 50 percent true, because college is for everyone because everyone can apply thmeselves and just the point of having the "want to", and i have that "want to". If you didnt know who your were before college, after a few weeks you will figure yourself out and your real personality will jumpout at you. Ive come to find out that there's alot of students trying to find the type of people they really want to hang around because the ones they hung around in high school just wasnt the ones because they are finding themselves. I was hit with my first dose of stress because i was overwhelmed with all the work i was having to do, but luckly im a very strong person because anyother person would have broke down and quit. I pray every night that God just keep giving me the strength to do the things that he sent me out here to do, and that to be the most successful peron that i could be. If i could start this whole college process over again i wouldnt change nothing because ive learned so much over the past few weeks.

My New Life At TLU

On August 8, 2011, i started a new chapter in my life. The transition from Houston to Seguin has been overwhelming, but very very exciting. I came to TLU with one goal, and it was to be the best person i could be and achieve the unthinkable. By the unthinkable I meant survive on my own without my dad being there every day to hold me by my reins to guide me around.Since being here i have noticed that i have kind of been tucked in my shell, and i havent really opened up to people, but i think that's only because i have to get used to my new surroundings because im a very outspoken person back at home. On August 10th i started my first day of college football. Practice was very interesting because i was used to being around a totally different brand of guys. The guys that i was used to being around were more like me we shared common hobbies. I quickly noticed that most of use were gonna be different because we all game from differnt backgrounds and differnt parts of texas, and even a few were from different parts of the U.S.. My main goal for my first day of practice was to impress the coaches and show them that they didnt waste their time recruiting me. Within the first thirty minuets of practice i think i achieved that goal. Football has been great for me every since then even though my spot on the depth chart has been like a crazy rollercoaster ive just been doing everything that ive been asked to the best of my ability. After being around guys for two weeks egos were bumping and causing alot of heat because we were the only people at the school, but after those two weeks everybody's big break came, because the rest of TLU's students started to check in. Thatday changed my life because i was never so excited to see the presence of a women. My first few days of class were very crazy because i was running around campus trying to get things squared away with my scheadule. I was a three day Pre-Engineering Major, but that quickly changed and now im a Kines Major. I've met many new people from different walks of life and i believe they are gonna change my life forever. At the end of the day i tell myself the Texas Lutheran University is the perfect place for a big city guy like me. :)