Vincent’s Blog

So finals are now over and I can not be so excited. It has been a great first semester with many more semesters to come. My grades are where I want them to be. As much as I miss my bed in Memphis, I am also missing my bed at APSU. I am counting down the days until I return to APSU. As much as I want to spend time with family and friends, I also miss my new family at APSU. Over the break I will spend time with family, friends from high school, and mediaion. I just hope I do not gain a lot of weight over the break, freshman 15 is no joke. I will be hitting up the Foy Center as soon as I get back from break. I just got a feeling I will not be the only one hitting up the Foy Center trying to loose the weight from break.

For some reason I have been doing a lot of thinking about my high school alma mater. It says, “There are things in life we treasure as the years go swiftly by. Good times, good friends, and special memories fill our hearts with pride. May the lessons that you taught us and the truths exemplified. Bring you glory now and ever…” I know that this alma mater does not just pertain to high school, but to everything else that we do. Let us not forget the things we should truly treasure over this holiday break.

Happy Holidays and New Year.

Veni, vidi, vici is a famous Latin sentence spoken by Julius Caesar in 47 BC. Caesar used the sentence as the full text of his message to the Roman senate describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela in Zile, a town of Tokat city in contemporary Turkey.

The first of many semesters is over at APSU. I have done many things in one semester, but no words can describe the things I have accomplished other than Julius Caesars quote, “Veni, vidi, vici.” Translated in English the quote means, “I came, I saw, and I conquered.” So here are a few of the things that remains me of this quote:

I came

fresh out of high school.

to Tennessee’s biggest kept college secret.

to Austin Peay State University in Clarksville.

to a new beginning of what life has to offer.

I saw

doors close from leaving high school.

doors open up from going to Austin Peay.

new friendships that will last a life time.

the lows of being sick and still going to class.

sleepless nights from studying.

the highs of getting involved.

the best of what APSU has to offer.

I conquered

homesickness.

exams.

tests.

trials and tribulations.

adversity.

the impossible.

my first semester as a freshman in college.