Kaley Gibson

Game 6 tonight versus the Chicago Blackhawks and if we win we will advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history! It is a huge game and after the win I will be able to chirp all the hawks fans around here for the rest of the school year.
But back on campus here things are moving along smoothly. Nothing really exciting happening, just learning all the new information for our finals. I have a few presentations to give but other than that we are just awaiting finals week and then its home for the summer.
Our team workouts are going well, too. Just going to our regular classes with our team trainer Chase and getting our lifts in three days a week. We got fitted for new equipment last week which is always exciting. I ordered a new catcher and designed it with our school colors of course and it looks really cool! This summer I will be able to break it in so it in so it will be ready to go for next season!
I am excited to get home and be with my family for a few months. I will be working a lot and trying to get on the ice as much as I can so I will be pretty busy, but I will have plenty of time to just relax with my family. Only three more weeks!!

Well, Easter break is approaching. This year I will be going to Chicago with a couple girls from my team. It should be a pretty fun time When we get back to school we will only have a three day week and a four day week after that because of advisement days! Then two full weeks of class and one week of finals and schools out for the summer! Of course it is always a bittersweet moment, but I just cannot wait for next season!

The team is looking really good. We are all workin’ it out in our training sessions with Chase and we are pumped to get back here after summer It is going to be a big year for us!

In other news, my best friend from home may be transfering here! She might play for the softball team I am so excited about this! We barely ever get to see each other so if we end up coming here together next year it is just going to be absolutely perfect! She is such a good friend of mine and I cannot wait for this to happen!

Well, there is not too much to report on this week. We get our housing assignments this Wednesday, nervous! I will report on all of the shenanigans we get into in Chicago! Have a good week, ya’ll!

The beautiful weather of last week came and went, and in its place arrived chilly, true-March weather. It was a refreshing 39 degrees here today in De Pere, and though it could be worse, it is definitely not 75 anymore. There’s hope that it will at least reach to the 60′s by the end of the week.
Even with the weather slipping a little from our beautiful previous week, people are still outside playing games, studying, or just lounging around. It makes for a very festive college campus. That is one of the AMAZING aspects of St Norbert. The campus is like a secret retreat, very secluded with lots of greenery and of course, an ample amount of friendly people. It definitely helps give us students and faculty that extra little “umf” to get through these last few weeks until the end of the school year! Just six weeks from now and I will be a junior, and let me warn you what they say is true, it goes by sooo fast!

The hockey team is staying strong as always. We have began our team workouts with the school athletic trainer, Chase. These workouts our always really fun, of course because we can always make a good time with the team, but mostly because Chase really makes an exciting and tough workout plan for us. Not to mention, he is very down to earth and caring about all his athletes. Always wanting to help us reach our full potential, we are very lucky to have him. If you are considering playing a sport here at SNC, you will become very close with Chase and you’ll see what I am talking about!

Family life is good, just counting down the days until the next visit. My mom and I have been keeping up with the series called “Alcatraz” (if you have not watched it, you must). It airs every Monday night so we always watch it together helps us feel closer. And then of course me and the big guy (dad) keep in touch discussing the Coyotes and their push for the playoffs, we frequently watch games together and exchange numerous texts. When my brother is not at work or school, or “GTL-ing” he will tell my mom to tell me he loves me when we are on the phone haha, he is great.

Other than that, same ol same ol.. just anxiously awaiting our housing assignments and looking forward to Easter break and a few advisement days (no school) and anticipating finals week. Until then, have a good week ya’ll!

Well, I have been on break for about five days now and I am very much enjoying every second! I have been to a spring training game, watched several Coyote games and have been out in the sun at my Mormor’s by the pool pretty much every day! Just living the life down here exposing my ghostly white, Wisconsin skin to the hot, hot sun of Arizona.

My last week of school before I left for break was pretty easy. I received a few test scores back which I did very well on so that was an added plus before the break. I was also able to catch the men’s hockey games on that Saturday and Wednesday which was very fun considering they were such intense games! They will be competing for the national championship this weekend in Lake Placid so be sure to watch the feed to support our Green Knights!

Other than that things are just in relax mode for me at the Gibson household. I am staying in shape by running and doing some workouts outside in the amazing weather because when we get back to school we will begin working out as a team again. We have a meeting next Monday regarding our team awards, our schedule for the rest of the school year and also the selection of our captains for next season. We also get to apply for housing! I have a plan with some of the other girls on my team to get a campus owned house and we are very excited about it!

Well, until next time ya’ll! Enjoy your breaks J

Well, I made it through my death week full of exams. I feel like I did pretty well on all of them so it was a successful, but hard week. It is all worth it now because spring break is just three days away for me! I get to go home to Arizona Thursday morning! I am so excited and have so many things planned! Spring training games, sitting pool side with family, Coyote game just everything and anything that I can fit into the 10 days that I am home! This break is much needed and I am so ready for it!

Meanwhile, the weekend was full of fun! The men’s team won Saturday night and are advancing in their playoff run, no surprise. They are playing again at home this Wednesday, so that is something else to look forward to! This three day week of school should be pretty easy for me and then I am Arizona bound!

Have a good week ya’ll and I look forward to letting ya’ll in on the many adventures of Arizona!

Well, the Green Knights came up short this weekend versus Superior in the first round of playoffs. Definitely hard to grasp right now, but the best thing to do is look forward to improving for next season. With a core group of about 20 juniors, it’s no question that we are going to be an absolute powerhouse. On that note, we cannot wait!
It was hard to get up this morning for school knowing that we do not have practice later, but we just gotta keep pushing on. I did not receive my first paper back, but I suspect tomorrow will be the day. Then just to add it all on, I have four exams this week: two tomorrow, one Wednesday and one Friday.. it’s gonna be a long week. BUT, on a good note.. Spring break is approaching!! Absolutely cannot wait to get to that Arizona heat that I miss so much! Just gotta bare down the next two weeks and then I am as good as home!
Next week I will report on my abundances of exams coming up and any other kind of awesomeness that will be going on here at SNC throughout the week! Have a good one!

Well, no surprise your Green Knights swept Marian in a home and home series this past weekend! Now we are off to face off against Superior this Friday and Saturday for the beginning of our long playoff run! It is such a good feeling to finally be in playoff mode and to know our opponent. This week of practice will be all about feeling good on the ice and keeping up with our training. So exciting!!
Then back on campus today I turned in my first paper of the semester and I feel pretty good about it! It was for my upper general studies area, Suffering, Providence and Freedom. It is a really interesting course that discusses suffering in the world and how we can speak of God amidst all the suffering. I am really enjoying the class, Dr. Ebert makes it so easy to sit through and just soak it all in. We will get our papers back next Monday to see the results!
Now to my personal life lol my boyfriend got his first collegiate HOME RUN last weekend!! Oh my goodness, it is so exciting! He got it in the first inning of only his 3rd collegiate game. He was so happy to tell me all about it! All of his hard work has really paid off. Every time I ever call him during the day he says, “Baby, I am hitting. Can I call you in an hour or so?” haha I am so very proud of him! I am missing him a lot lately, as well as my family. I talk to my mom and dad every night on the phone and it’s so nice to escape the college stresses to just relax and talk with them. I can’t wait to see them soon!
Well, that’ll just about do it! I will update ya’ll next week on our advancement in playoffs and the A I get on my paper Have a wonderful, productive week, ya’ll!
PS top song playing on my iPod right now, “What Country Is” by Luke Bryan, be sure to look it up!!

The Green Knights finally completed our first sweep of the season at a home series over Finlandia University, taking the first win by an exhausting score of 9 to 0! It was a good way to start off our winning streak as we race to secure a playoff spot, then off to the Frozen Four! We play this week on Wednesday at Concordia, another must win. Then this weekend we have a bye then next weekend we will close out the regular season with a sweep in a home and home series over Marian. These next couple weeks are all about keeping up our training so we can get ourselves in a good spot to go deep into the playoffs and bring home the W’s!
Meanwhile, back on campus things are running smoothly. I am so happy with my courses this semester, especially my Approaches to Psychotherapy course, which is a required psych concentration course. It helps students decide which field of psychology they want to pursue and how to take that path, with advice on degrees and graduate schools and licensing, etc. Just barely three weeks into the course and I have a very clear idea of what I want to do in this profession and what I need to do to get there! It is such a good feeling!
As for my social life, things are going good in that department as well! Missing my parents and bother a lot recently, though Probably will not see them until Spring Break when they meet the Green Knights back east for the National Tournament! It’s a tough semester to plan visits. I will not be able to see the boyfriend for a while either but Valentine’s day is coming up and even though we are a couple miles apart we still find a way to make it special.
That’s pretty much it for this week! Next week I can report on how bad we beat up on Concordia this Wednesday and also report on some first exams that I have coming up! Have a good week, ya’ll!

Well, this past weekend the Green Knights faced off against the Saints of St. Scholastica. We made the six hour trip to Duluth and split the series winning the first game with a nail-biting score of 2-1. With a sixth Saint attacker for the last few minutes of the game and a 2-1 score there was a huge scramble in front of the net. However, the Green Knights were able to shut down the Saints, but not without some pushing and shoving. As seen in the provided picture

A huge win for the team, but now it’s back to school for the mark of our second week back from break. Nothing much to report about yet, classes are going really well and I am really enjoying them. I was really happy when our coach reached out to recruit me that when I looked up the school to check it out I would be able to pursue my Psychology major here as well. That’s the great thing about St Norbert, very versatile. Not to mention that all of my classes are not jam-packed with kids and when you see your professors around campus they actually say hi to you by name. You won’t find that at many universities. It is a great little community here at SNC. Lots of staff and students keep up with our games even while we are away and congratulate us on our efforts when we return back to campus.

Everyone knows each other around here and in turn you have a campus full of people that care about you and what you are up to. It’s a nice feeling to represent a school with such great character!

Well, it has been a long couple a weeks and a wonderful break from classes, but today marked the first day back to the everyday hustle of getting an education. Our hockey team has been back on campus here for three weeks already playing some big games and taking our team glamour shot. Long story short, we lost to Hamline and beat St Kate’s the first weekend, split the series between Superior and Lake Forest the last two weeks. Now we face St. Scholastica this coming Saturday and Sunday. These are huge games for our team as they will dictate where we fall in the standings and whether we will get home ice the first couple rounds. We are very eager to get some W’s!

As far as the down time during J term it was definitely down. It is safe to say that I think I watched about 165 movies within the three weeks of nothingness. Yet, it was much needed time to relax and regain all the energy I lost during finals week. Now sitting in class and using my laptop for something besides Netflix is definitely a challenge. My classes, however, are great so far!! As you get deeper into your four years you begin to focus more on your major and it starts to actually be fun to learn about things. Mostly because it interests you and you choose to be there. It is a good feeling. I am also taking a required general study area that will discuss providence, suffering and freedom and how God fits into the suffering in our world. Also, I am taking a criminology course as an elective! I will have that class tomorrow and I am very excited to see how it goes. As far as my psyc classes I already had my Intro to Psychotherapy course and I am very pleased with what we will be learning about. The course will pretty much tell me exactly what I need to know about being a clinical psychologist. Then my second course is Adult Development and Aging, it’s a psyc elective. I am sure that class will be full of interesting material.

Other than that it’s just same ol’ same ol’ around campus, besides our brand new cafeteria, which is amazing!! Such a nice contribution to the school. I know that the students are really enjoying to modern vibe and open space! Well until next time J