A Little Bit

fall semester of 2016. I was a little late in the enrollment process and some of the classes I wanted to take were either not available or completely filled. So my advisor asked me if I would be interested in taking speech class. I thought to myself “I don’t really like talking in front of people but it is a requirement.” So I signed up for Introduction to Speech Communication (10116) and that is where this reflection starts. The first day of class was a little intimidating. We started…

My Life Soundtrack The first song I would have to choose is “ I’ve Been Watching You,” by Rodney Atkins. My favorite quote from this song would have to be, “He Said, I’ve been watching you dad, ain’t that cool. I’m your buck-a-roo, I wanna be just like you.” This quote has always gotten to me, especially from when I was very young. I have always wanted to be hardworking like my father, because I have always been proud of my father and I want him to be proud of me. The reason I have been proud…

Or you don’t even have to jump at all, it’s up to you.” I had to think for a little bit about this. The history here is a little bit deeper than I would like to admit. I had only started hanging out with Mikayla’s friends since the beginning of the summer. Zach was definitely a person I could trust, but I was still a little skeptical about jumping with him. This was my biggest fear that we were talking about here. This was the obstacle that haunted…

with a few drops of dew after a rainy day, with rolling hills that go on farther than the eye can see and an infinite clear baby blue sky above it all, there was a little red barn. It was old and rustic, completely different from the other cheery and bright cottages in the tiny town of Wicksdale. It’s paint peeled off the walls a little bit more every day. It creaked and groaned with the gusting winds that accompanied the hill it sat on. Nobody ever approached the Johnson barn. Everyone in town…

it sounds good with my last and middle name, and I could not imagine having a name other than Preston. I am a person that tries their hardest at anything they do. I love to help anyone I can, because it lets me know I made someone's life just a little bit better.…

left in the game at our 20 yard line. It was 1st & 10 for them at our 20 yard line and then it was an attempt to get a touchdown Carson Palmer intended a touchdown pass to Smokey Brown and then bam! Intercepted by Mike Mitchell and then he got a little bit hurt but was okay. Afterwards we had the ball with 2:15 left in the game when the QB completed a pass to Bryant in our own 22 yard line and ran and juked every defensive player. That's how Bryant put a close to it with exactly 2:00 left in the…

Giving back has always been in my thoughts. I was able to do a little bit of giving back monetarily last week but I try to have a giving attitude even though my finances have constrained me for a long time. I think having gratitude for what we have lets us feel like we can give a little of it away. The last chapter that we read said to Be the Unseen Difference. As I read about him buying 10 copies of the books I just thought…

from school. It was a 30 degree day in Council Grove, Kansas, so everyone was bundled up in coats and complaining about the cold. I run out of the school hop in my truck and floor it home. On my way home I decide to take a little drive out on a dirt road and just cruise for a bit. As I start down this road a thought comes into my head “do you really want to be an accountant for the rest of your life.” I did not know what to think all the way through high school I had planned to become an…

Deep in the forest there was a bunny’s burrow, her name was Wendy. Three miles away there was a fox’s hut, his name was Brad. The Wendy’s biggest fear was coming face to face with a fox. One day the Wendy’s fear was going to come and she didn’t know it. It was a nice sunny day, you could hear the birds chirping. Anyway Brad was going for a walk and all of the sudden he saw a Wendy. He looked at his stomach and it growled. “Lunch time!” he thought to himself. Brad was so hungry he could eat a…

to become a general manager himself. Although his time at the hotel would not be long the changes he implemented were carried on for many years after he left. Japes and Capes worked well together as they shared similar values basically giving Japes little direction and letting him do his thing. Capes, more than anything, would turn out to be a model family man. This is beyond rare for the nomad world of most servers, and drew the two together with a similar perspective on time. Although he…