Finger, Wallet and Work

So a few things have happened since the last check in...

The injury i suffered a few days before departing Minnesota (the volleyball incident) has officially been taken care of after a visit to Newton's Hand specialtist. After three weeks of swollen knuck and inability to bend my pinky finger (by the way, out here they definitely do not call it the "pinky" finger) i decided to go to the school doctor and get it checked out. Within one minute, without xrays, the nurse informs me that my finger is probably fractured and the swollenness will not go away on its own and that i would probably have to have surgery (not lying, i think i still have the referral). Upon hearing that, i freak out mildly. After many phones between Mom back home i finally get myself to this hand specialtist. After filling out paperwork and getting a quick xray, within one minute of walking in, the Doctor says, "oh, this will go away on its own. Its not fractured or anything." He then sent me on my way with some therapy putty and some simple bandages.

Last Thursday, we had Freshman initiation for the Korean Society. After a huge dinner all the koreans proceed to go outside to smoke their cigarettes (because almost all koreans do). I decide that its a good time to call Mira and walk across the street from where everyone is standing to call. I lean against a fence with my back to the street talking to Mira. I suddenly see a shadow and hear footsteps and i think its probably just some of the koreans coming over to bug me. Then, they take my wallet! I turn around to see two guys running down the street. I get off the phone and walk towards my friends to tell them what happened. But then the two guys coming running past me, literally ten feet away. So before reaching my friends, i take off after them. A couple koreans saw me start running so they followed. I immediately caught the first guy and right before grabbing him, he turns and throws my wallet back at me. While he is still running away, i pick it up, check for everything (nothing is taken) and look up. Their pants are so far down their butts they didnt run more than 30 feet away. So i start running after them again. A second time, i catch up to one of them and well...if you wanna hear the rest of the story ill tell it to you through an email or phone call. Its a cliff hanger.

And finally, i have just been working in the library and working on homework. I hope all is well! Email me if you get a chance!

All settled!

Hello!

Well today i had my first classes and i am all settled in to my room with my roommates. I start work tonight at the library and i get to train Yuuki in because he is starting to work at the library too. My classes so far (I have had only two) seem like they are going to be interesting but more importantly beneficial and helpful. Other than that, we havent encountered freshmen yet, but so far life as an upperclassmen is much better. Stay tuned!

Byron

byron.nilsson@gmail.com

Oh man.

So the lack of posts have been due to the fact that I have been crazy busy with everything. The last three weeks have been a blur and now i find myself with two big papers, a medium paper, a ten minute speech and a final presentation for FME thats an hour long. On top of that, work plus intramural sports and Korean soccer have left me little time to write on the blog. My roommate and a few friends have been grilling for dinner and last weekend we had a Korean barbecue at a nearby park. This weekend, besides the papers and presentations, i have a all day Korean soccer tournament Saturday. Other than that, classes end for me Wednesday and then i have four finals and thats all for freshman year! Kinda crazy that its already over.

Terrible Hectic Stressful Sunday Night

Oh man. So you know how that nice and relaxing Friday night was sooo nice? Well Tonight is going to be crazy! I have a FME meeting right now and then i work from 6-1030. I already started to study for my math midterm tomorrow but i have a ten page paper due tomorrow! Ahhhh! But last night i watched the beauty and the beast put on by Babson and i decided to do the musical next year. Ill keep posting.

Relaxing Friday night.

Friday night and I'm just watching the Soxes game and taking it easy because tomorrow and Sunday I have a 10 page paper to write for Rhetoric. Nothing too exciting over here. I had my first Flag football game Wednesday, which we got beat terribly and i had my first softball game thursday which we got beat badly. However, both were very fun and i look forward to playing more. Well thats about it. This last paper is the last major obstacle of the semester.

...Whoops...

Sooooo its been over a month now since i have posted. I do apologize but i have good reason...kinda. The three weeks before my spring break were absolutely crazy. I can honestly say that i didnt even procrastinate and i still had to stay up till three in the morning every night of the last two weeks. I had presentations, speeches, papers and tests all due on same days. So this made it really hard to post and even if i did, it would be the same thing over and over, "I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I have no life." But, I made it pass that mile-marker and got back to Minnesota for a nice 10 days of nothing...kinda.

Because Mom was still in Mexico when I got home, i decided it would be an ideal time to jet down to St. Olaf to see Mira. While i was down there i got to see Cam, Kumar some other high school buddies and yes, Natalie. As funny as it is, it always seemed that Mira and I would run into her EVERYWHERE we went. At first it was a good laugh after the encounter but after it happened for the fifth time we were getting tired of it. Anyway, it didnt annoy us too much and i still had a good time at St. Olaf. Mira went off to Mississippi for her Spring Break to help with Hurricane Katrina. Other news while i was home, i met with two people for two different internships and it turns out that i will be in Minnesota for the summer working for Merrill Lynch in Minneapolis and Bloomington. So thats quite exciting. Other than that, I got some good meals in with the family, played some Ping Pong at the Blisses and caught up on some sleep.

Upon return to Babson, Boston, i was immediately hit with another ridiculous week. An Annotated Bibliography within one week! And ontop of that, an Accounting Midterm friday. Well, i managed to get passed both of those only to realize that i have a long research paper due in a week as well. Oh well, i guess this is college. My Rhetoric Professor made a slogan for Babson, "Babson, It ain't no limbo," because it raised the bar haha. He uses it in class a lot when he assigns something hard. Anyway, other than that, Friday i played in a Ping Pong tournament which i lost in the semifinals but it was still fun to play. Saturday i had a soccer game which my team won, but i need to start practicing a lot more and now its sunday, i have intramural softball and work along with homework. And thats about it.

Sorry about not posting sooner but i will try to be better about it. Take care everybody!

Oh vey...

So its been pretty busy over here so i apologize for not posting more often. I had my first Accounting midterm last friday and wednesday i have my Statistic midterm and friday i have a FME midterm. On top of that i have a paper for rhetoric and a paper for Arts and Humanity both due next week. The business is always around, i cannot escape phone calls and emails from group members with questions.

At the same time, I am trying to start a website business called One Pix Wonder and right now we are in the legal process meeting with a Business Law professor. On the other hand, a group of five or six of us are in the middle of starting a business plan. I will keep updates coming but its crazy to try to figure it all this stuff out while dealing with studying and work.

So ill be home on March 13th, so if anything is going let me know whats going on and hopefully i can see everybody! Make sure to let me know whats going on back in Minnesota!