relaxation day...

Well... it's relaxation day! Its that time of the semester when things get hectic and everyone needs to relax! So program council puts on a lovely day of massages, arts and crafts and cookies/refreshments for any stressed students to enjoy! So Whit and I stopped on by, as we def have stress that can be relieved! We decorated our cookies, caught up with some friends over a cup of coco and relaxed for our FREE PROFESSIONAL MASSAGES! Now I feel all relaxed and ready to concur the world! (or at least my finals...)

As the week winds down I am getting excited for vacation, which is going to be wonderful! I just realized that I only have one day of classes left!!!! wow, it seems like the semester had been so long, yet looking back it feels like September still! My finals schedule next week is crazy, I have one Tuesday night and the other three spread out next Wednesday, which is going to be crazy overwhelming, but I feel confident in my ability to do well across the board. Lucky for me I have my dance final on Wednesday morning, which has been rehearsed so well that I hopefully will be just fine, not to mention that we are taking the written part this week, so nothing to really "study" next week, and my night exam is a presentation that I have been working very hard on, so I really only have to study for one big exam, which is really nice to know. As for the exam on Monday, it also may be challenging, but I will have all weekend and Monday to prepare for that, not to mention an extra study session Monday night! I am looking forward to relaxing this weekend a little with the Winter Ball!

At the end of Every Semester PC puts on this AMAZING ball ( either winter or spring ) at some fancy hotel, where you can enjoy a night of dinner and dancing! Whit and I are looking forward to getting all dressed up and putting our dancing shoes on for this night of fun and friends!! I was lucky enough to plan them last year, and held mine at the Seaport Hotel in the Winter and Fairmont Copley in the Spring ( which was my dream location!) As much as I loved planning them, I am looking forward to being able to go and enjoy the event as just a guest! I will blog after and update you on how everything went after, but here are some pictures from last year. Its really a great opportunity to be able to get all dressed up and experience some fancy dinner with your favorite people at the end of the semester.

What else is going on?.... oh! I am looking forward to getting a Christmas tree! My roommate and I are going to put a little one in the apt, seeing how we will both be here for most of the month and its just not the holidays without one! and we can decorate it and watch holiday movies and drink hot cider and coco... and maybe even make cookies! Oh! I am getting all excited!

This was my tree last year! Dont worry.... there will be new exciting pics soon!

ps. HEY BECKEE!

AHHHHHH

Hello there...

its that time of year again, where finals are approaching and I am starting to get a little stressed out. As finals approach and projects and papers are piling up, I need to buckle down and get going. Now don't worry, I did this to myself, its not a general college thing, although several people have assignments due and group projects at this time, most of them do not procrastinate like me.
In my defense I am working full time and going to school full time also, which is completely do-able, though I will admit that there are more nights than not where I just want to sleep, and reading or doing other work is the least of my concerns, making more work for myself overall. I do not suggest this, not at all actually, though I did the same thing in high school. Shameless plug but, if I were you going into college, I would take SU-101 to learn skills to help you avoid these habits, and you are lucky too, because it was not offered when I was a freshman, or I would have been all about that.
Luckily however turkey day is right around the corner and I will be relaxing for a long weekend! Tonight however is the International Thanksgiving Dinner! its put on my International Student Assosiation and Program Council, and its only a dollar or a canned good for a great turkey dinner! Ok, well maybe after that i will be able to write a longer blog to catch you guys up! til then... i gotta run to class!

Halloween and elections!

So last week was Halloween! and it was so much fun to see everyone all dressed up and whatnot. Even walking down the street in costume and running into everyone else in some of the most creative costumes. My friend saw someone who was a "work in progress" and wore all white and had people paint on her to complete the 'work.' These are some pictures...
and... OBAMA WON THE ELECTION!!!! This was the first election I was able to vote in so I was super pumped to get to the poles! After voting, I had to work all afternoon, then I went to a friends house to watch the results come in. To move the night along my friend and his girlfriend cooked lamb, muscles, made maple muffins, and creme-brule. We were all so excited when we saw the results go in Obama's favor (it was a liberals and latte's shin-dig). I am so excited and proud to have helped make history. We are truly in the an amazing time of change and excitement. just think, we will go down in the history book, how cool?

Rainy Tuesday....

well hello there friends...

Its Tuesday, and it's rainy, hence the title of my blog today. It's been a pretty slow week/weekend, but there is a ton of stuff coming up quickly.

So with mid-terms wrapping up quickly and looking towards finals-time I am getting a little overwhelmed. I feel like there is so much to do and such little time to do it! It turns out that I am really busy this week also, so it is hard for me to feel like I have time to do anything.
So Tuesdays and Thursdays I am usually free in the evening, even though I am usually to tired to do anything. This week, however, I have some really great plans! Tonight (Tuesday) I am going to see my sister who lives in Beverly. Luckily for me I live just blocks from the train, so it is really easy to go visit her. Anyway, we are going to carve pumpkins and go to the soup factory and getting Pumpkin Apple soup!
Thursday is the first Senior event! We are going to Boston Beer Works, there is going to be food and fun! I am really looking forward to getting together with a bunch of seniors and kicking off a year of great events, most of which will come in the spring.

Anyway, I got to run and give a tour. Hope you all have a great week!

Jason Mraz, Duck tours and whatnot

Hello hello...
So this weekend marked two Jason Mraz concerts in two weeks. As I wrote last week I saw him play at our school for a concert, which was amazing, but his concert at the Orpheum was far superior. He played a two hour set, and was absolutely unbelievably fantastic. I am such a big fan of his music, and his concert was such a great mix of his well known music and better unknown stuff. I sat front row, but we were so far to the right that I couldn't really see him, so I ended up sitting on the ledge of the booth I was sitting in and seeing the show perfectly!! I was even more happy to see that, when I bought his tour shirt, that his merchandise is all made with solar and wind power and are earth friendly, making me love him even more, if possible. :)

To continue the fun this weekend, I worked for family weekend giving Duck tours! For those not familiar, Duck tours are given on old WWII vehicles called D.U.K.W. and you drive around historic Boston and learn a ton of neat things. For Instance, did you know in the early 1900's that there was a large molasses spill, creating a wave of molasses to cause several deaths and injury's in Boston's North End? I do now! Whit and I got to ride on the same Ducks both days and learn about some really cool things that neither of us knew before. If you are coming to visit Suffolk, or just coming to Boston, I would suggest going on a Duck tour... if you are lucky you can drive the tour through the Charles River!

and for whatnot... hummm.... not too much going on right now, midterms, final projects to start working on and more adventures to be had. I am looking forward to this weekends Students with Students information session... maybe I will see you there!

Peace, love and happiness til next blog. hope you all have a great week.

Procrastination and other things

Well, I suppose you can say that as a senior I should be beyond the Procrastination phase of my life, but alas, it was Christopher Columbus day, and I spent the gorgeous day off, in the library researching and writing my paper. The worst part is, of course, I knew about the assignment since day one of school! Really Emily? weak performance on my part. While I feel as though the general assignment came out just fine, I could have done ten times better given the amount of time I had to prepare the assignment. Oh well, you live and you learn I suppose.

On a happier note, my mom came up to visit this weekend! Well, technically she came up to visit my sister, who lives about twenty minutes away, but she stopped in Boston to pick me up and took me to the Cheesecake Factory that my sister works at! After getting to see my sister and having a tasty meal, my mom and I took a walk on the Wakefield Lake, which is beautiful, before I hopped on a nearby commuter rail and headed back to the city. My sister and Mom were headed to Maine for a short vacation, and I will admit I am terribly jealous.

So... what else is new?? I applied to a program with Americorp! For those unfamiliar, it is a one year, domestic (in the US) program that is dedicated to service. I applied for three specific programs, one of which I am really hoping to be able to participate in, which evolves educating others about the environment. Anyway, I have always wanted to participate in Americorp or the peacecorp, so this opportunity would truly be a dream come true.

DON'T FORGET: The third Presidential Debate is TONIGHT at 9pm! This is the last debate planned before the election November 4th-so get with it, register to vote and be an informed voter!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend-this Saturday in Boston Is the Pumpkin Festival put on by Life is Good which benefits Camp Sunshine so if you are near the city you should check it out!

Apple Pickin' & Politics

Ok, so the two items in the headline have nothing to do with each other except for the fact that they were the highlights of my weekend...
1.) Apple Picking
So this weekend Whitney and I ventured out the city life for a day and went to the country! Whitney had gone home for the weekend and I got a zip car to go out and pick her up! I had never really seen central/western Mass before, and with the fall in full effect, the scenery was beautiful! The leaves were all orange and red, you can only see it a little bit in the city, but as soon as I hit the outer limits of Cambridge I could really see that New England appeal! So I got the Prius zipcar! I, being such a tree hugger, was in Heaven, and it was green, my favorite color, needless to say I didn't want to return it! So I drove out, picked up Whit and we were off to Clear View Farms! I will admit I was expecting a larger farm, one that needed their infamous tractor rides, but I could see the whole farm from the parking lot. We hit the little store first, purchasing our "peck" bag, and a cider doughnut, which was rather tasty. Then we hit the fields! I was expecting it to take a little longer than it did, but we still were completely ridiculous, and had an amazing time. We stopped for lunch and some quick shopping (per Old Navy had a 14.92 sale in honor of the year that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, my apologies, I digress) then we zipped home! It was a rather lovely day, but then the bag of apples broke in the middle of the street, so we have about 7 apples to show for our adventure, mildly depressing.

2.) Politics!
SO I can only hope you know that Thursday was the Palin-Biden debate! fascinating! I am going to say quite openly that I love the Obama-Biden ticket and I think that Palin is not qualified for any position in office, never mind the Vice Presidency, and or the Presidency if it were to ever come to that! The debate was just more proof of what we all knew. I am looking forward to watching the New Saturday Night Live videos of the debate, and catching up on more politics. I have to say the Matt Damon youtube video is one of my favorites, so if you are an Obama fan, check it out for a good laugh! Anyway, I am getting excited as we get closer to election day! Make sure you register yourself to vote on time!

Til next time.... peace love and happiness to you all.