July

[Verse 1: Drake]

This verse start’s as my sniper hits they mark

And your guards fall down from a rifle to the heart

Like, clap, clap, let em fall slow

I know you had your fears, you can let 'em all go

And most women are motivated so I act accordingly

But this is so refreshing that it means a little more to me

Dedicating time when I really can’t afford to be

I provide protection if you open up the door for me

Couple stares

Couple text

Couple dates

Couple I think that we’re readys

Couple I think that we should we waits

Are we actin' like a couple

I’m just tryin' to get it straight

Cause I’m over here convinced that it’s too early for mistakes

[Bridge: Jhene Aiko]

Oh, you had to change up the game

Oh, the weather is not the same

Now there’s only cloudy days

Can’t stand the rain in July

Oh July, there were fireworks explodin'

Now it’s getting colder

Leaves are turning color

Why, it’s just not our season

The one and only reason

Baby oh, baby oh

Our summer turned into fall

[Verse 2: Drake]

Damn, tell me where did all the magic go

I followed the rules and told you everything you had to know

Had you over every night

Every night was passionate

Plus, you met my mother even if it was an accident

I’m confused tell me where we go wrong

I was sure that I would be with you for so long

I was planning on this on being something worth mentioning

Energy invested in someone I saw potential in

Who killed chivalry

They need to get they sentencin'

Meanwhile we arguing and I can’t get a sentence in

And just as I predicted here we go again

They always say the hottest love has the coldest end

[Bridge]

[Jhene Aiko]

See it's funny cause I never thought this would end

But then the season changed

[Drake]

You were my, you were my, you were my love

Shoulda made, shoulda made you my world

Shoula done everything to make you happy, baby

Oh yeah

[Jhene Aiko]

Can’t wait for, can’t wait for, can’t wait for springtime

And I will turn into a butterfly

I will spread my wings and fly

And I’m too fly for this shit

Oha wooh

I am Japanese if you please

Greetings ladies and gents!

I'm currently sitting in Barnes and Noble preparing to write a paper (as usual), but I have a lot on my mind, so I decided to take a break and let it all out. Because it was only a couple weeks since my last post, I have a brief update. My paper submission to the ASEE Annual Conference titled "A Real-Time Model to Assess Student Engagement during Interaction with Intelligent Educational Agents" was accepted!! Woo-hoo!!! I guess that means I'll be in Indianapolis, IN come mid-June :) This past weekend I went to Princeton and presented my research at the IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC). Our paper was titled "The Positive Effects of Verbal Encouragement in Mathematics Education Using a Social Robot," and we won the Best Paper Award!! Whoo-hoo!! I didn't even know our paper was nominated until a couple days before the conference while perusing the agenda, but all praise goes to God! I couldn't have done it without him :) I know I don't live my life exactly as I should, but he keeps blessing me over and over again.

In other news, I recently found out that I will not be going to the NSBE convention in Nashville at the end of the month :( Bittersweet....I haven't seen my NSBE fam in years, but on the bright side, I won't be missing my Friday class again lol. I'll take that...plus I've already done my traveling for the month of March. 

I'm happy to say that my life has been going well, and I have no complaints. There's always a bright side to everything. My journal submission was REJECTED lol, but I received a lot a good feedback from the reviewers. I will make the needed adjustments, and then resubmit it to another journal in the next couple of months :) 

I have a couple of 5K races coming up next month: a few of us will be doing the ROC Race ATL on April 5th, and the GT Pi Mile on April 12th. Here lately, I've been running 3 miles about 3 days a week, but I would like to shave some minutes off my time -- I'm currently running it in approx. 32min, but I need that time to be below 30 minutes (preferably 28 minutes). The end goal would be to finally compete in a triathlon in June, but I need to get this swimming together if that's ever going to come to surface. 

Alright, well I've successfully completed no work this morning. I'll chime back in sooner or later.

Until next time...toodles!!

Vonda B.