There was so much that happened this weekend, where do I start!?!?! Well for starters I was the MC of the 25th Annual NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Fund Dinner here in St. Cloud, MN. (Downtown St. Cloud at the Civic Center, sounds so nice and important lol). It went over so well, so well indeed. It has been a minute since I've spoken in front of any crowd of people, so needless to say I was nervous. So nervous that I mispronounced some words, spoke very fast, even had some audience members looking at me funny. But I got it back together and handled myself pretty well. And obliviously I did a descent job, seeing that after the service had concluded many people congratulated and thanked me for such a nice job. There was even a person in the audience from Detroit that wanted me to get in contact with him!!! That's pretty exciting, we talked briefly and he seems as if he wants to get me connected to some people down there. So my purpose of getting connected and networking with people in the community and around the U.S has happened and I couldn't be more pleased!!

Having been though one week of this new term I can truly say that I am expecting a great semester. I predict this for many reasons. One reason would have to be that I have one of my favorite professors from fall semester. She is just so nice, understanding, lenient, and accommodating. I'm telling you, I was on my way to failing her class but she was so gracious to me, in that she allowed me after the fall term had concluded time to turn in some extra credit to get my grade up to a C. Thus allowing me to pass the class. Yes, Professor Williams!!!!!

Another reason that I expect a better semester, is because I know what to expect. I know what I did wrong and what I did right last semester. I know that joining five organizations isn't helping anyone not even me!!! Doing too much will take you away from studying and hitting the books. So this semester I'm not going to over stretch myself with so much extra curricular activity. Student Government and Council of African American Students for me....and maybe Hmong Student Association just maybe.

This time around I am definitely not going to put myself in such a financial pickle that I did last semester. That really, really, really distracted me from studying. The weight and worry of all of that money over my head did nothing but stress me to no end. I remember that time and never ever want to go back there. Just not good on so many different level lol. One last thing to look forward to well three things are my trips to South Africa for spring break, China for the 1st part of summer and hopefully California the 2nd part of summer. Yay!!!!

So I know what I need to do, what not to do, and I have fun and exciting places to look forward to visiting to so this semester should be GREAT!!!!