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5 benefits of an online class

8:00:00 AM

It's summer. Do we really need to talk about school? For me, I really had a great trip (more posts are still coming) in the beginning of June. Immediately after I had gotten home, I was diving head first into an online math class.
Gross, I know.

Honestly, math has never been my best subject, or even my "i'm just okay at this" subject. I mean I can do the basics, but just don't throw the quadratic formula my way. I also have really bad test anxiety when it comes to math. Which is why, for the last two summers, I have opted to take my math credits online.
Here are some of the benefits that I found, while taking an online class:

1. You can do homework at any time of the day.

2. Usually nothing is due until midnight, which gives you plenty of time

3. You can work ahead and get things done to make room for fun activities.

4. There isn't a lot of peer pressure.

5. The teachers are really nice and quick to answer emails you might have.

Taking classes like this is also nice because you can focus solely on one subject.
What subject was your favorite in school? What one was your worst?
My favorite is definitely English, and my worst was obviously math!
I hope you're having a great summer! Make sure to leave a comment below, I love reading all of them!
x Kenzie

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Third Year Wrap Up

7:00:00 AM

Can you believe that it's almost the end of May? It seems like just the other day it was cold and windy outside and my cheeks were bright red from the cold. Now they're just red from the sun, and my nose is burnt. It's nearly the end of May, which also brings the end of the semester.

While most University students post what they learned during their year, I feel like changing things up a bit. This year, I asked myself a lot of questions. With an international roommate, and a different lifestyle plan, this list came into play.

1.Why does my roommate think it's okay to change in front of the OPEN window?Does she know the people outside can see her? Does she even care?

2.Is this Vegan? That wrap looks good...oh it's got feta. Shoot. Apples and peanut butter it is.

3. Will I use this program in my career? Having a major in communications means that I get to play with things like Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. For hours.

4.Where is my pencil? I literally just had it. Oh there it is...across the room.

5.Where is my phone? I swear I just had that too..

6 Did I bring my ID card? I can't get food without my ID card, and if I don't have it I can't eat and that is tragic.

7.Why does my roommate shed so much? Her hair is literally all over the carpet. It's disgusting.

8. When does this semester end?

9.Does my roommate like the musty smell in the room? It's all her. All the time. No open windows, no ventilation, the dorms don't have air conditioning...and she doesn;t wear deodorant.

10. What time is it? Usually me asking if 9pm is an acceptable time to go to sleep.

Luckily, I survived my Spring semester here at Uni and it is officially summer, I start training for a new job on Monday and I am so excited! I'm currently compiling a list of blogs to write and would love any suggestions so make sure to send me an email or facebook message or of course comment below!

What questions do you usually ask yourself during the day? I hope you're having a lovely end of May!

x Kenzie

Clean Eating

College Eats: Staying Healthy

8:30:00 AM

The freshman fifteen. Yea that's a thing. Eating healthy when you're away from home when you have no one to tell you that "maybe that giant monster cookie isn't such a good idea for lunch or dinner." can be really difficult. I really love eating healthy, I have for a really long time. I thought I would share some tips!

Tips:
1. If your school has a salad bar, use it. I get 99% of my food from my schools salad bar. Occasionally I'll have a soup, but only if there are no animal products. My school has a wide variety of toppings, and greens to choose from that make switching up salads fun and exciting.

2. Eat breakfast in your room. This is easy. Taking time to make breakfast in your room is consistently stated on so many sites as a healthier way to start the day. Oatmeal is my favorite!

3. Read the labels! This is for anyone, even if you're not in school. If a product has ingredients that you can't pronounce, you probably shouldn't put that into your body. Standing in the aisle for 2 minutes extra to look before throwing it into your shopping cart might save you.

4. Pre-pack meals. This might be hard if you're like me and live in the dorms. While I'm running around on lower campus, I like to have a pre-packed snack in my bag to take out anytime I get hungry. I snack a lot.

Apples with Cinnamon are my favorite!

5. Look up some good YouTube workout videos! My favorite channels are Shayloss and Train with Monica. Since I did something funky to my knee I can't do legs as often, so my abs are going to look great. Probably.

*Bonus Tip: Even though Organic food might be more expensive, you can always buy in bulk and freeze stuff. My mom freezes a lot of food and it's completely fine when we take it out later on. Also, coupons=best friends.

Barrier

My roommate is Afraid!

8:30:00 AM

Language barriers.

We all experience them at some point in our lives. Whether it be with coworkers, foreigners, or customers who just don't understand what any of your product is or what it means. If you've been reading my blog for awhile now, you might have seen the post about my International Roommate.

At some point in that post, I thought, we could still be friends. Here's why I don't think that's going to happen.

1.) She was afraid of me. And didn't talk to me for an entire 4 days. That's right. I'm terrifying.In reality, I had asked her why she wasn't using the water bottle I had given her in order to reduce the amount of plastic waste (she was bringing 3-4 plastic water bottles into the room.) To which she replied "it's okay." Only to tweet later: Roommate do not interfere, plastic is easier. I saw it. I confronted her. And later, four days later she confessed that she was afraid of me because I spoke directly to her about a problem. Oh. Boy.

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(We live in a small room, I can't just let things slide or I will go crazy.)

2.) She still doesn't take out the trash or recycles. I'm the one doing it once a week.

3.) She still has a weird sleeping schedule.

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4.)The definition of "quiet" is very different to her. Slamming drawers late at night to rummaging around them, crinkling papers at 3am, letting her alarm go off at 6:45am and not waking up until I have to say "your alarm is going off." I don't want to be awake at that hour, nor do I have to (it's always when I have class at 11am.

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5.) She doesn't believe in personal hygiene. Washing hands without soap, and not wearing deodorant are two things that in my perspective are very important. (though I think this is a cultural difference as I've read many articles about Japanese culture and not washing hands with soap) I keep typing soup and not soap.

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While those are negatives in our roommate relationship, there are some positives that have happened thus far in the semester.

1.) She was afraid of me. Which meant she avoided me like the plague and I had the room to myself. She still might be afraid and goes downstairs to do homework which means Kenzie gets "me" time everyday.

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2.) She gave me candy. She brought sweets back from Japan. Matcha flavored KitKats, are a thing.

3.) She's much better at making her bed now. No crazily piled sheets this semester HOORAY.

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4.)Our conversations are short. Usually when I ask about her day it's something like "Oh it was cold out, busy day." Never asks about mine...

5.) She picks up my chapstick. This happens quite a few times. It just rolls of my desk and lands on the floor. She always asks if it's mine (where else would it have come from???) and when I say yes she laughs like it's the funniest thing. I'm hilarious. I know.

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As my roommate continues to confuse me daily, I just remind myself it's one day closer to Summer. The language barrier is still present, I think it's because she went home to Japan over our 5 week break and didn't have to practice English.

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Oh well.

I hope you guys all liked this post! Have you ever gone to a foreign country and stumbled into some language barriers? Let me know!

Thanks for reading as always!

Being Home

Being Home (as told in pictures.)

10:00:00 AM

I've been back in my hometown for nearly a month now on my winter break from school. That's the nicest thing about life after highschool. The homework and tests may be harder, but they give your tired brain a good chunk of time to turn all of the words that have been packed inside, a rest.

A really nice, five week rest.

While I haven't been on the schedule for work very often (hardly at all). I'm still enjoying my time being at home. Like many of you, I love lists, and I also love animated gifs that go with them. So let's take a look shall we?

1. "I'm finally home and away from my roommate!"
This is how I felt leaving the dorm room:

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This is how I felt when I walked into my house:

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2. A few things happen when I'm home alone..

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(I didn't actually bake a pie but I baked other things that smelled delicious!)

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While I do love being home, I also love detoxing from the internet and having days where I just relax and do a little baking or take a bath....or maybe binge-watch 4 episodes of the Kardashians. I've also enjoyed going for walks before or after dinner, and being able to relax.

Are you all home for break yet? Have you gone back to school? It's the last few months before summer guys! We got this!

I hope the weather hasn't been too terrible for you! It's really cold here in Wisconsin, and I haven't wanted to leave my house, or my fireplace for the last few days!

Thanks for reading! I love reading your comments, so make sure to leave one! :)

xx Kenzie

adventure

Exploring near the river

1:00:00 PM

If you've been reading awhile you may have read that I've moved. It's exciting, a little nerve wracking at first but hey, that's life I suppose. Being in a new town and on my own I decided to make sure to pack my new camera (the really nice one I got for Christmas and used for those Arizona posts).
Anyway, I decided to use my first saturday here by exploring. It's a beautiful campus, and it's covered with a little bit of snow, not as much as last year, which I am perfectly fine with. So I can only assume it's twice as pretty in the Autumn when the leaves are full of color.
My university is set on the river, which makes for some pretty nice photos.
The weather wasn't too cold, I did look ahead to check and see which day would be best to go.

The water was so still, it was really pretty.

I also wandered into a park, where there were twisting trees, it was also on the river. There were squirrels running across a branch and darted into a hole in the tree, they went too fast and I wasn't prepared to catch a photo of them.

After wandering the park, I decided to go down an older street.

There was this cute little Fish made from scrap metal. I thought he was cute! Of course, he reminded me of my fish too. (Latte is currently enjoying his new life in college by the way.)

I did stop by a shop to grab a sweater that represented my university, as I actually had nothing, I'm not even sure why. But I am glad that I finally now have something.

The buildings on this street give it some character and actually make it look quite cute.

There was also a little bear statue along the way.

Isn't he cute?

After walking the length of the little shops that lined the street, the cold was starting to get to my fingers, though I didn't mind much. I do live in Wisconsin after all, and it hasn't been nearly as cold as last year, so I really shouldn't complain!
I did end up back on campus, spotting some ducks in the creek as I came up to a building.

See what I mean when I say, I can only imagine how pretty it is in the beginning of fall or even spring and summer when the grass is nice and green. I really can't wait to experience that. And besides, the sun would probably feel nice too.

I finished off the walk with my usual route back up to the dorm room, up some stairs. By some I mean a lot. It's a nice little walk back, and since I like doing things outdoors it was a nice break from homework and sitting in the room.

It also looks incredible at night here, and I promise when the weather warms up, I will take some night time photos for you, because they really should be shared.

I hope you like this post! Let me know what else you would like to read!

Have you gone back to school now? If you have, how is it? Do you have any difficult classes, or really fun ones?

I'd love to hear what you have to say in the comments!
Thank you so much for reading!
See you next time!

Kenzie

Birthday

A New Adventure; And turning One!

1:39:00 PM

I know I said I would throw in a few posts as well as the travel posts but life happened, and I honestly became too busy for my own good. I snatched up a second job, learned I was moving at the end of the month (the 24th), and I had a little over a week to pack. It was quite stressful, and scary because I had made so many great friends in the past few months because of work that I didn't want to leave them. But I also didn't want to fall further behind in school so here I am. In a new room. With a roommate. And yes I did bring my goldfish with me.
But even though being in a new town is scary when you leave the old...it's exciting once you get there. And I'm really excited to share all of it with each of you. Also, on January 24th was the 1st birthday of Behindhazeleyes! And I just wanted to take a quick second to thank you. Like actually truly thank you. Because I never thought (and I know this is cliche) but I really didn't think people would read it..at least not from 37 different countries, multiple times.
I know this post was a bit wordy and I'm sorry, I have a picture post coming up and a lot less..wordy ones as well!

I hope you're all having a great weekend!

Kenzie

Badger

A trip to the Frat house

1:00:00 PM

For many people, this time of year means a new school year. Chances are, if you're in University or College, you've already been moved in for a little while as you're reading this now or you're about to embark on that day very soon.

A few weeks ago, one of my friends was moving into a Frat house.

A Frat house, is a house that holds all of the brothers in the fraternity. A fraternity is a group of men formed with common goals and aspirations who make a commitment to each other for life. The members share a lot, as they're living in close quarters.

For girls it's called a sorority.

I was able to tag along for the trip, as I don't have any other siblings moving away and I was honestly curious as to what it was like!

We packed a truck and a car full of his clothing and school essentials, and drove two hours south from where I live to the capital of Wisconsin, Madison.

Madison University is a huge campus with 41,946 students.

After moving him in, his mother said good by and my dad, myself and her all went out to eat near the capital building.

I was starving by the time we finally had lunch so, I have no pictures of it, but it was delicious!

I love looking at the buildings, there are some really neat old ones, and there is one street that is only open to cleaning vehicles, police, and buses.

Here are some of the shots I took!

The big dome building is our Capital building!

After wandering the streets and popping in and out of shops, we decided to visit the inside of the Capital building!

The steps are made of marble, I just love the detail in the building.

This is the badger, Wisconsin's state animal.

How beautiful right? It was nice and sunny thankfully when I took these.

And one last picture before we headed home, from the Capital building to the street we had previously been wandering about on.

If you're moving into University, or are just going to school soon then good luck! I start September 2nd! Which is really soon, honestly I can't wait until the Semester is over but it doesn't do any good to just wish the time away!

If your classes have already begun, good luck! I wish you the best!

Kenzie

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Third Year Wrap Up

College Eats: Staying Healthy

My roommate is Afraid!

Being Home (as told in pictures.)

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