There's a First for Everything

     Hello all this is my first time ever writing a blog or keeping a dairy for say. I've always wanted to do this but I've never taken the time to try it. I figure I have a lot going on in my life right now so what better way to let go and re examine my day than with a blog. I'm not exactly sure right now how this whole blog thing works so forgive me at first but I promise I'm a fast learner and I will be getting better as the time goes by. I think with this first blog I'll tell you a little about myself. I am a freshman at Lewis University and I am studying to be a nurse. Yes a nurse if you don't know anyone in the field or anything I will let you in on a little secret... IT'S A VERY HARD MAJOR. I'm already finding that out in my freshman year. But I know it will be worth it. I hope to become a pediatric oncology nurse, I would be dealing with children with cancer. When I tell people this everyone's face always looks scared and I get the "ooo that's nice" or "wow that's a sad and hard job" remarks. See I have been dealing with cancer since I was 5. I've lost my Grandma, Grandpa, friends, and my neighbor just passed away today from cancer. I have also had to be watched and monitored because of moles that have come back borderline. I'll go into more detail in a later blog, I'll tell you a little bit more about myself.
      I am an only child but I have a huge extended family, which makes for fun family gatherings. I have been working since the age of 14, first at a Church Rectory and now at Lewis. I'm game staff so I do concession stand work and also scoreboard. I used to have a dog named Butkus but we had to put him down about a year ago(how I got him is a very funny story and I will be sure to share it with you later). I absolutely love sports and have been playing since I could walk. I've played basketball, football (I was the only girl with about 100 boys. Now it was when I was 5, but I have been told I kicked butt!) soccer, softball, golf, track, volleyball, hockey, cheerleading, cross country. Needless to say I'm not a girly girly, but that's just the way I am. Now when it comes to professional sports I am a die hard...WHITE SOX FAN!!!! Yes I am sorry Cubs fans or any of our rivals but they are my favorite team. I try to watch every game and in 2005 I was glued to the TV watching the Championship game. I saw the complete games, the champagne spraying in the locker room, and after they won I ran up and down my street banging on a pot. It was awesome!!!

                 This was last summer at a Sox game. I made that sign...there's a funny story
                                                 that goes along with that sign so stay tuned!

     Now I live in a dorm at Lewis and this snow storm that hit us in Chicago was CRAZY!! My floor mates and I had a lot of fun playing in mounds that were 10+ feet tall. We used card board boxes as sleds and when those broke we resorted to using our butts. We got some dirty looks from people but we didn't care. We are living our life to the fullest and enjoying playing before we get to the hard core nursing classes when we will be locked in our rooms for hours studying.

These are some of the girls from my floor. Just acting like 5 year olds and having fun!