Hallie's Happenings

     I've never been one to actually workout. All my life, I've been involved with athletics, whether it be basketball, volleyball or cheer, I was always active growing up. Once sports started to get more serious, I decided to stick with volleyball during my time in high school. With summer conditioning, open gym and summer leagues, it's fair to say I was in great shape for my age. Come senior year, I injured my back while playing and was told to stop playing in order for it to heal properly. Deciding to stop playing was one of the hardest decisions I had to make, but I knew if I wanted to continue being active at all I should listen to the doctors and put a pause on my activities. Since then, I tried to stay active in a variety of ways, from walking around campus to running in the gym. It wasn't until this past year that I started to really dedicate myself to the gym.     I was going through a pretty rough breakup and fell out of love with myself. I really didn't l

     It's crazy to think the semester is almost over and my final semester of college is right around the corner. If I could, I would never leave my little "college bubble" I've been living in. I love having the structure of school in my life, but also the freedom of hanging out with my friends, going home during breaks or even just going to the gym for free. It's scary to think in just a few months, I won't have some of these things. I've always pushed off thinking about my next step after I graduate because "it's so far away", well "far away" is almost here, so I have to put my thinking cap on and get to work.     The degree I will have once I graduate will be a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with my focus in marketing and concentrations in social media and management. Ideally, after I graduate, I would like to pursue a career as a social media marketing coordinator. I've always been a very creative person, th

     As you may know if you have caught up on any of my older blogs, I work for the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball (MLB) Team. While it may sound like an amazing job, but during the season I only work in the Kids Clubhouse (KCH). Up in KCH, there are different activities for kids to enjoy when they start to fuss during the game from sitting still. However, during the postseason, the KCH closes down completely. We remove all of the furniture and playhouses so we can transform it for postseason. During this time is when media coverage can set up base in our clubhouse and stream the game. You may think, "Well Hallie that sucks because now you're out of a job during postseason." Luckily for me, rather than leaving the KCH workers unemployed, we have the opportunity to continue working in the ballpark in a different department.     I was very nervous about getting put into a different department because I really only know what's happening on the Family Deck. How

     Fall Break took its good old-time getting here. After the month I've had, I'm ready to be home for a longer weekend. Before I can enjoy my break, I have a few tasks I need to get out of the way. After recruitment ended, I felt like I was playing a huge game of catch up with classes and work. I've been spending long nights at home and in the library trying to focus, but the only thought crossing my mind is Fall Break. Currently, I'm sitting in the library trying to get ahead on work, so I don't feel overwhelmed when I come back from break. If you couldn't guess, it's not going well. All this library trip has shown me is I have a lot more work than I anticipated. Not only do I have multiple assignments due before break, but plenty due once we return. My toxic trait definitely is pushing things too far back in my mind, so I don't stress about them, but then the due date arrives and I start to panic. Rather than talking about all the negatives of my sch