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My first semester of college has been very unexpected to say the least. I came to college with the mentality of doing my best and not caring about anything else but my GPA. Of course, this sounds easier than done. I quickly found out how sleep and exams can become your enemy overnight. Nevertheless, this has taught me how to prioritize certain assignments and how to manage my time more efficiency. For example, back in high school I was able to study for an exam, write a five page paper and do all of my next day homework’s over night and still manage to obtain some spare time to binge watch Netflix. However, this is no longer the case, I have learned that if I want to do quality work I have to clear out my schedule in order to do all my homework’s separately, my paper during the weekend and leave a day or two free in order to study for an exam.

Even though I have faced some pretty scary assignments (like my first RCL speech), college has not been so terrifying after all. I have seen how certain of my skills have improved (like my public speaking abilities), and have also, I have seen how my independence and reasoning skills have grown. I think that part of this growth happened because I am taking classes that are challenging the bonkers out of me and because my parents are about a six hour airplane flight away from me. I don’t regret anything I have done so far, but if I had the chance to redo certain assignments or fix small but significant mistakes Ive done on exams and assignments, like miss-reading a word or being afraid of the clock, I would certainly do it. I know that the only thing that has kept me from preforming at an excellent level of work has been me, and I also know that the only thing that can help me reach that excellent level of work is also me, so in Spring 2015 I am going to push myself to reach that excellent level of work.

Spicy Gingerbread Latte

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We are now technically right in the middle of the holiday season. Thanksgiving was about a week and a half ago and it is safe to say that we all probably still have leftovers in our fridges; and Christmas is a mere three weeks away. At Starbucks, I had thought to myself “What better way to really get into the holiday feel than with the Gingerbread Latte?” Out of all the winter special drinks, this was the only one I had not tried yet and it seemed to me as one of the drinks that stood out the most. To my surprise, I really didn’t like it that much. I had envisioned a sweet gingerbread taste with a little espresso kick to it, but overall the whole drink just overwhelms your taste buds. I think that the drink itself tasted ok, but it was the molasses that it brings that sent me overboard (I personally don’t like molasses maybe you do). Perhaps there is some type of variation that you can order this drink that will make it taste better, like adding pumps of syrup or getting it iced; I personally had it warm with no whipped cream. It was very disappointing to me since all the drinks I had tried over the fall special menu and the winter special menu had been great. I am not encouraging you not to have it, we all have different tastes in our foods/drinks maybe you will enjoy this drink better than I did. If you are looking to perhaps get the Gingerbread Latte a bit sweeter, I suggest you order it iced, with soymilk, add the whipped cream, and add some vanilla or chocolate powder from the outer coffee bar. That is the way I can picture this drink the sweetest, I may even give it another shot this way. If you are looking to have a sweet and tasty winter drink, I suggest you have the Chestnut Praline Latte (as I described in my previous blog) or the Caramel Brulee Latte, which is just an explosion of sweetness in your mouth. The Gingerbread Latte is more of an overwhelming sweet but mostly spicy taste. If you are looking for the taste of a sweet gingerbread cookie, then this is not what you are looking for. I am not here to discourage you, please don’t feel as like this drink will ruin your holiday season, I actually encourage you to try it; who knows, maybe you will like it and the Gingerbread Latte might make you feel holly and jolly after all.