Thoughts by Hannah Michelle

Hey everyone!  I just wanted to update you all on how my conference went. This past weekend, I got the chance to compete with my Criminal Justice Fraternity, Mu Gamma Gamma, at the regional conference for the midwest region in Garden City, Kansas.  We had competitors in each of the four academic written tests, CSI, Physical Agility, and the Firearms competitions.  Personally, I took the four academic tests, CSI, and Physical Agility.  (CSI, Firearms, and Physical Agility were basically just done for the experience in our group, however.) Mu Gamma Gamma (Metro out of Elkhorn) took 6 competitors; 5 in the Lower division: Myself, Brandi Vaughn, Walker Matthews, Grant Hudak, and Hannah Sheppard; and 1 in the professional division, our wonderful professor, Diane Sjuts! Out of the 4 tests, Criminal Law was the only test we had nobody place in. (Sadly, it was the one I felt I did the best at... oops!) RESULTS: Tests: Police Administration: 1st: Me 2nd: Brandi ...

The last few weeks have been awesome!  Choosing to be positive isn’t always easy; some days are really challenging.  Today I’m just going to update everyone on my September. FAMILY: At the beginning of September, my family spent a day at Worlds of Fun AND we got street tacos for $1.  This was over Labor Day weekend, my last weekend of “summer break” which only lasted 3 weeks for me this year.  I only had a few days off of work in that time, so I really enjoyed spending the day in KC.   I got my hair permed at the beginning of September as well, and I really like it!  My hair was always curly, but now it is consistently curly.  Plus, I was told not to comb my hair, so I really don’t have to do a lot of work on my hair, which is the real win here! September is the month for my mom, little sister, and sister’s-mother-in-law’s birthdays!  We did an escape room for my mom’s birthday, and we actually escaped! That was such a fun Saturday, as ...