Kevin's Kitchen

       After a good volleyball season, it has finally come to an end. We broke two school records this year. Those consists of, highest hitting percentage in a match and most wins in a season. Our season ended in the first round of the heart of America tournament where we lost a tough match to Missouri Baptist. The team was really upset about the lost, but that's all that comes with being a college athlete.       This is a difficult transition for me because I got so used to having things to do durning the day. Now after my homework, I have nothing to do all day. I am becoming lazy, just mopping around all day and playing video games. My counselor is keeping me busy by meeting with me to get my schedule all set for the first semester next year.     This is a harder decision than I would have thought because there are so many classes I have to choose from. Also, I am trying to make sure that I keep eight a.m. classes as far away from me as possible. The older I get the harder it is

      Spring break is right around the corner and I couldn't be more excited. We don't get a spring break because volleyball is in season but we get to go to  Kansas as a team. Those times are some of the best because we all get to chill in a hotel and have fun in between our matches. Also a break from school is absolutely needed.     No classes for a week will give me time to recover and lock in for the rest of the school year. We are coming on the final stretch and I don't know how to feel about it. Im glad that I won't have to go to anymore classes but I am going to miss living with all my friends in our suite. I never knew living with my friends with no one there to bother us would be so much fun.      For example my friends birthday was this weekend and we had him do his punishment for fantasy football. He had to go to buffalo wild wings and eat the spices wings with only one glass of water. He doesn't do well with spicy things so watching him eating them was s

      Volleyball season has  officially gone into full swing and it has been a hot start for us. We came firing  out of the gates with a hot 8-1 start. Two of the teams we have beaten were hard fought games against ranked teams. Missouri Baptist was one of those teams and we snapped their 20+ game win streak on their home court.     During one of our games I  unfortunately got injured and messed up my hand. I have never been unable to play the sport I love before and now I am learning how difficult it is to just sit and watch your team play while you know you can't. However this has also been a good experience because I get a new perspective on the game by cheering my team on and keeping an eye on things more closely.     With the season going into full swing managing classes and athletics has been more difficult than I had expected. Classes this year are a lot harder than they were last year and I feel as if the time to do things is getting smaller by the day. This is difficult bu

  The Start of Second Semester      The second semester has come around and I am excited to start a semester for once. Volleyball is finally in season, and I could not be more excited. Our first game is on Friday 27 th  so we must get this win to start our season off right. The only bad part is during our first few games we had to travel a lot. This can be fun occasionally but not doing it all the time. Imagine you have a 6 hour bus ride after a tuff loss, or you could be excited for the whole ride back because of a big win. The two opposites are very different but enough about that, now we can get into the more boring part.      Sense the second semester has started classes are starting up again. Looking at all my new classes this semester did not look bad. The only problem was that when I looked at my class lists, I was shocked. I had two different classes this semester with only one other student in my class. I have never seen anything like this before, so I was very confused. I tho

 The Home Stretch     With only one more week to go until finals and I'm starting to get nervous. Most of my classes I have a good grade so im not that worried about them, but there are 2 classes that I'm nervous about the final for. It also doesn't help that im trying to study but influenza is going around the school. I have been sick 2 times in the past week.  This is also effecting my extracurriculars because I am not able to participate. making it  to class has been extremely difficult because of this but I am managing. There are some things to look forward too though.      I am excited to get all of my finals done though because I want to go home and see my family. Also getting this break is going to be amazing because school is draining me. All finals does is make students stress out about their grades and I am ready for that to be over. The only part im not looking forward too is not being able to play volleyball over break. I feel like sitting at home doing nothing

  Counting Down the Days       There is only one more week left until we get to go enjoy our thanksgiving break. I am super excited for this because not only do I get another break from the stress of school, but I get to see my family again. Am I looking forward to that long lonely boring ride home, absolutely not . Once you get through that it is all fun and games for the next five days though. Even with all these upsides to break coming up, there are some downsides.        First, this means that practice has gone into full swing. This means going 5 days a week for the first time all year. Let me tell you, my legs are starting to feel like jello with all the jumping I must do. On top of that when we get back from Thanksgiving break, we only have 2 weeks left and then finals. You would think this is a good thing because school is about to be done for a while but no. You must get though the most stressful part of college, finals.       That is the time of year when college students