Disagreement (graded)

I have been in a HUGE disagreement just recently with my sister. She was dating this guy that I didn't practically like. I thought he was playing with her and leading her on and she didn't agree with me. He didn't want to spend time with her or act like he did and when I brought this up to her she was clearly upset. I tried to talk to her about it and talking about their relationship got worse and worse. Our family got involved and my sister had enough and stopped talking to me for about a week. I was only trying to help her and she didn't want my help. He was totally not that into her and she thought he was. It turns out I was right the whole time and she finally realized that I was just trying to help her and were back to the same as we were before. Leason learned by both of us. I have to let her learn her own mistakes and she needs to know a red flag when she see's one.

roles in my life

Four out of the many roles I play in my life are a student, a manager, a friend, and a sister. The first role is a student. As a student, I am expected to go to class and get my homework completed on time. Also I need to respect my peers, teacher, and people I meet along the way of my education. The second role I play is a manager at Dairy Queen. In this role i have to be responsible for making the schedule and doing it so that it works for everyone. I have to deal with a lot of people even when they are unhappy so I have to be very understanding. Also, I have to be able to let the other employees know what needs to be done and when, without demanding it. The third role I play is a friend. I have friends from many different groups, so i can relate to many different people. I am always there when they need someone to vent and confide in. I help them out when they need it. The last role i want to talk about is a sister. I have two sisters named Kalee and Makayla. Kalee is twenty and a lot like me. I always try to be there for her when she needs advice and something is on her mind and she just needs to talk. We are so close in age I can relate to the things she is going through. Makayla is ten years old and a lot of fun. I sometimes take care of her for a few hours and play a few games or help her with her homework. I think she really looks up to me as a role model. I try to set a good example for her. The role that is most challenging would be the manager because I am faced with many challenges every day and I am in charge of many people. I feel like myself in all of these roles because each and everyone of them has been a part of my life for so long and I have become accustomed to doing each and every one of them everyday.

My Roles (graded)

I play many roles but the most important roles i play are girlfriend, student, godmother, and daughter. Being a girlfriend takes a lot of your time. When you are a girlfriend you are expected to be your boyfriends everything for example; if his car breaks down you have to drive him places, if he is at work you have to bring him food (well you don't have to but it is sort of part of the relationship to bring them food or cook them food, and they do the same for you). Being a student takes even more time because you are expected to go to every class and do all your homework on time and that takes a lot of work. I am a godmother and i am expected to be another mother to her and that takes A lot out of you. well i don't have to be another mother to her but my friend i pretty much a single mother so i feel like i am expected to do things like that. I am also a daughter and i am expected to be the best i can be at everything and that gets very tiring. I feel most like myself in the role of a girlfriend and when i get married to him i will feel even more like myself.l

My Many Roles

Some of the roles I play in my life are fiance, student, and employee. The most challenging role right now is being an employee at two jobs. I have a full-time job in outside sales which requires me to drive up to 8-9 hours per day to my established accounts sometimes hundreds of miles away. My employer is always expecting me to know what is going on with all of my accounts and it is very difficult to do that having the size territory that I have. Now that I am taking classes here at MSCTC, it has become extremely hard to stay awake sometimes behind the wheel of my company vehicle after staying up late doing homework and studying. Although I will be done at this job the end of May(so that I can take some summer classes), I still am trying to do my best to service all my accounts until then. My part-time job relates more to the career field that I am going to school for (nursing), but it has more physical challenges. I am a CNA at a nursing home here in Fargo every other Saturday and Sunday, and my shift starts at 6am. So with working so much, it is hard to have a life much less do my schoolwork. I am so thankful that my fiance is so very supportive. He has done so many things to help me out with my busy schedule. Just doing a load of laundry for me is a godsend sometimes but his encouragement means even more. I haven't had much time to plan our wedding but hopefully in a few months when my schedule is more accomodating I can settle down and get that organized. My role as a student currently is the most demanding of my time, but I try to keep reminding myself of the bigger picture and that pretty much keeps me going to fulfill my desire of a college degree.

Me Three... (Graded)

With so many roles in my life i've noticed i am a different person for each role. One role that i am currently having to play is the role of a student. Being a student has many challenges. Not only do you have to make sure your on class on time, everytime there is class; you also have to spend all your freetime preparing for those classes. You are expected to complete your work on time no matter what and do well on tests. Trying to fit everything in your schedule is very challenging when you a student. The expectations of trying to be a student are definitely the hardest that i've had to keep up with.
Another role that i play everyday is a friend to many people. This is a very enjoyable role that i feel most like myself. In front of your friends, you can do or say what your feeling or thinking and have a discussion about it. Also being a friend means you have to be there for your other friends in times of need. Your friends expect you to hang out with them every once in awhile. Maybe go out for a few drinks to catch up on things and eachothers lives. At the same time i expect them to be there for me also whenever I am going through tough times.
As an employee i am expected to show up to work on time, and while i'm there give every effort to do a good job. My current job expects me to know things about all sorts of fish, small animals, reptiles, and birds. They also expect me to be courteous to each and every customer. This role I do not feel like myself for the most part, just because I have to act formal and well, i'm not to formal and love to just be relaxed.

My Many Roles

In my life I play many roles. But the most important ones are an employee, a student and an aunt.

As an employee, my boss expects me to show up on time and respect my co-workers and customers in the store. I am expected to give my all while helping a customer. As a student, my teachers expect me to show up on time, study hard, and to turn in my assignments on time. As an aunt and godmother I am expected to show my love to nieces and nephews. I am a godmother to my first niece Isabella... as a godmother I am expected to guide her through her faith in God and help her understand to the best of my ability. This reflects who I truly am because I love my family and would do anything for them. I love being with my nieces and nephews and watching them grow and learn new things.

My Dream Job

Dreams have always amazed me. To think that you have around 5-7 dreams a night, but choose to sometimes remember none. I am mostly interested in lucid dreaming. That is when you "awaken" in your dream, and can basically control your dream world. I have always had the burning desire to help unlock the secrets of this waking unconsciousness. I haven't officially decided that it is what I am going to do with my life, and have always just figured if it was meant to be, it would happen. Because it is a very slim field, there are not an abundance of programs out there. To be a successful dream researcher I would ideally want to find a graduate program, with a focus on dreaming and sociology. From there I would hope to have my own research facility to conduct research.

My many roles (graded)

In my personal life, I am a mother, an employee and a student. Being a mother has several roles in itself. I am a chauffeur, a cook, a nurse, a teacher and sometimes a banker (according to my children). In this role, I feel more like myself. My children do not care that I have spaghetti stains on my shirt from stirring the sauce and I am not required to act professional or holdback my emotions when I am angry or hurt. The most challenging part about being a mother is trying to be a good role model for my children. But of all the roles, this one is my favorite. Being a mother can be very hard, but can be very rewarding when I look at my children’s accomplishments and know that I am a part of what makes them who they are.

As an employee, my co-workers and managers expect me to show up for work on time and put 100% into my job. I am expected to act professional, dress professional and must always direct my frustrations in a pleasant way (easier said than done). I am expected to always have a smile on my face regardless if I am frustrated with a client or not. This is a challenging role for me as my job requires a lot of communication with a lot of customers and clients and sometimes those customers and clients can really frustrate me. Having to holdback the frustration can be extremely exhausting.

As a student, I am expected to complete my work to the best of my ability, be respectful to my fellow students and teachers, follow directions, study hard and show up for class on time. This is my most challenging role as it requires most of my extra time and energy. I have been out of school for more than 15 years and it is extremely challenging to get back into the study mode. It is hard to balance my time between family and school.

The Many Roles In My Life!

I play many roles in my life. The three major roles that I play are a parent, girlfriend, and student. Being a parent has many expectations. I have my own expectations for myself on what kind of a parent I think I should be and then there is everyone else's expectations on what kind of a parent I should be. Being a parent is not easy but it's the best role to play and I wouldn't change that for anything. Another role I play is being a girlfriend. As a girlfriend I have to live up to the expectations of my boyfriend. It's a fairly easy role to play. My boyfriend doesn't ask much of me except to be me which makes it the easiest role to play. I feel most like me. The hardest role I have to play is being a student. I haven't been a student for so long. There are many expectations like studying, doing my homework, and making sure I keep up on all of my classes. It takes a lot to try to juggle all three roles.

The roles I play. (Graded)

There are many different roles that I play in my life and all are very important. I am a sister, a girlfriend, a student and a co-worker. All these roles i play in my life make me who i am today. As a sister of five other siblings and me being one of the youngest i looked up to my siblings. As my younger brother looks up to me. There was never a dull moment in our house when i was growing up. There were constant fights going on but yet i wouldn't change it for anything. Having a big family is so much fun and when we get together no one stops laughing, what a change from our younger years!! I am also a co-worker. Being a hairstylist is difficult at times but the most difficult thing about being a hairstylist is all the women you have to work with. Working with women on a daily basis gets to be tough. There aren’t any men there to just say enough already. Women all complain a lot and if they don’t get there way someone will hear about it. But everyday is different at my place of work and when were not complaining we are chatting and having a great time. I am also a student. Being a student is the most challenging role in my life right now. Its really hard to concentrate on school work and work at the same time. I am constantly trying to do better and make myself achieve goals i have set for myself. and last but not least i am also a girlfriend. In this role I feel most like me. Being around my boyfriend makes me who i am. I am happy, I have no worries, I am myself. I don't have to act like someone else to please people. I can be myself and have someone love me for everything i do. All the other roles make me who i am but being a girlfriend make's me feel more like me.

The three faces of me.....

I play many different roles in this game of life. I can be considered a student, a son or a brother. No matter how many different things I can be, I am all in one person. As a student I find myself always working trying to get things done and constantly improving things. I feel that I am constantly worrying about something being due or making sure something isn’t late. Another aspect of my life is being a son. This sounds difficult but its really easy. Once and a while I have to deal with chores, but my parents are really easy going and my family is forgiving. I feel like I am doing a fairly good job at that. But the tough job is being a brother. Being a brother of three younger boys, is not always easy. Little brothers can be loud, obnoxious and rude. But I have learned to deal with these things and I feel I can cope with it. Before when I was in high school, this task was easier said then done, but its easy now.

two stores i partornize

There are two stores that i like to shop at, they are complete oposites Aeropostale and Abercrombie and Fitch. I like to shop at Aeropostale because i worked there for two years and i know the product. Another reason i like to shop there is because there clothes are very reasonable priced. The down fall of the cheap clothes though is that they are not very high quality and they rip or buttons fall off easily. They do have a good return policy though so if there are any problems, you can always bring them back. A pair of jeans at Aeropostale on average is $29.99. A pair of jeans on average at Abercrombie is $80-$100. I like shopping at Abercrombie becuase they have the latest trends and their clothes are a higher quality. I also like that there jeans fit me very well. I would rather pay the extra money for somthing that fits me good and is going to last a couple of years than pay the cheaper price for jeans that are not going to last very long.

Montana or bust

Last year my fiance and I needed to come up with a vacation spot. It was getting to be summertime and we still hadn't made up our minds where we wanted to go. We both love the mountains, and although I have been through Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Colorado several times when I was younger traveling with my parents, I was very much game in choosing one of these locations for our (adult) vacation. He had never been out west except to Colorado to visit his best friend from high school. In choosing just where to go, I suggested Glacier National Park in Montana or Yellowstone in Wyoming. Both parks offer fantastic views of mountains and roadways that literally take you right into the wilderness. Plus there is a lot to see on the way there. You could seriously spend weeks in these parks and not even scratch the surface. We had to consider gas prices, in driving out there from Fargo or to fly out there and rent a car. When looking up flights, it was clear that driving was the way to go for economic reasons. Yellowstone is actually larger than Glacier in square miles and would have more access to view wildlife. We decided on Yellowstone finally and to put Glacier on the waiting list for now. We also decided to travel in the fall so we set a date to take off in September. To get there we drove straight west to Bozeman, MT and spent the night there. Bozeman is a pretty town set in between mountain ranges. The next day we went south of Bozeman into Wyoming and to the west entrance of Yellowstone Park. We spent several days in the park driving all the way around the scenic figure eight road system. We liked this one waterfall (the Lower Falls) so much we actually went there twice to see it in different lighting (once at dusk and then at sunrise). We saw countless bison, moose, elk, mountain goats and we also got to see a grizzly bear. It was quite a drive to get there but well worth it, we've both decided we want to go back again in a few years.

Gloria Jeans or Starbucks?

I used to work as a barista, and I acquired what some people would call, an addiction to espresso. My favorite drink of all time, is an iced breve. It is espresso, half and half, and ice. I have been to every coffee shop in the Fargo-Moorhead area, looking for the best breve. I found that the best place to go is Gloria Jeans coffee. Their espresso is so smooth, and not burnt at all. The only problem is that there is only one shop up north by the Fargodome. This can be very frustrating, if you are low on gas, or short on time, especially when you pass by four Starbucks on your way. I try Starbucks every now and again, but it never works out. The price of an iced breve at Starbucks is $4.20, and at Gloria Jeans is $4.24 so its not like you are getting a better deal going to Starbucks. But the biggest difference, is that at Starbucks, they have an automatic shot puller, this ensures that the drink is going to taste the same, every time you go to a Starbucks. That is bad news, because every time I get a breve from Starbucks, the espresso is shocked, and tastes burnt, and nasty. At Gloria Jeans they pull their own shots, to maximize krema, and the great taste that comes with it. So I have found that it is worth it for me, to take the extra 15 minutes, and drive to Gloria Jeans instead of stopping at the nearest Starbucks.