Prescott Student Blog: Chelsea

This semester has already been challenging, and we are only three weeks in! My classes are much more enjoyable, but there is so much more to learn. Many of them are upper-level classes, so this semester is going to a lot harder than last.
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have: Islam Origins, with Dr. Jones, Social Psychology with Lohn, And Microeconomics with Dr. Carreras.

Dr. Jones' class is mainly a lecture class. We have had one small paper due so far, and I racked my brain over it. It was only three pages, which I should have been able to do no problem, but for some reason I had way too much trouble (maybe i'm a little rusty?)
The class is very interesting, and it definitely gives me a new point of view on another religion and culture.

I knew I would enjoy Social Psych because I have always found psychology interesting. The class is a mix of discussion and lecture, but either way I find myself interested the entire time. we have already done one observational study on the public, and it really is amazing the ways in which people behave.

I only have Microeconomics on Mondays and Wednesdays. So far, it is one of my favorite classes. I have always been warned about how hard Dr. Carreras' class is, and while it may be fast paced, I love it. His classes are lecture-style, and he constantly asks questions and includes students throughout. While the subject is not the most entertaining, Dr. Carreras has a way of making the class go by quickly, getting the information across in an understandable way and keeping the whole class laughing.

This semester I am presidet of the Film Maker's Club. We produce the video yearbook each year, and I'm scared I won't do a very good job, but I'm trying my hardest. We have a lot of fun and try not to take ourselves to seriously.

The Superbowl is this weekend, and I'll be going down to Scottsdale with one of the roommates to go shopping on Saturday, have a nice dinner and stay overnight to watch the Superbowl on a friend's Big screen TV on Sunday. It's going to be a fun weekend!

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So the break is almost over, I move back into the dorms tomorrow, and I have way too much laundry.I have barely been home to just relax this entire break, so I'm letting today be my lazy day: I am still in my pajamas and not ashamed!
I've done alot of traveling over the holidays. Immediately after finals I flew to Seattle with my mom, and not even a week later I found myself on a plane to Rochester, NY.
My Dad's entire family lives in Rochester in upstate New York, and it's always fun to go visit, but I have never visited in the winter time or during Christmas. It was FREEEEEZZING!!!! The weather in AZ is usually so mild, the coldest it gets on most winter days isn't usually much below 30. It snowed like crazy, the most snow I have ever seen and I had my first "white Christmas!"
We spent night after night visitng family, having huge Christmas dinners and reunion parties with my dad's childhood friends. For a vacation, we didn't get much of a rest.
The sunday after Chistmas we rented a car and drove up to Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Toronto is probably my favorite city. It is relatively safe, clean with tons of stuff to do. I am even thinking I might want to move there one day, though it is extremely cold.
In Toronto we met up with one of my dad's friends (also an ERAU alumni who now flies for US Airways) and saw a comedy show. It was hilarious, and we didn't stop laughing the whole time.
Afterwards we walked over to the CN tower, and took an elevator all the way to the top. The building had a glass floor so you could see all the way down to the ground below, it was a little shocking how high up we were.
The next day we drove back south to Niagra Falls. I have been a few tiems before, but everytime I see it I am reminded of how incredibly awe-inspriring the falls really are. The view from our hotel room was gorgeous, thirty florrs up looking right onto the falls.
After going back to Rochester, My dad took a few of us to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra, an awesome rock/orchestra/laser light show. I loved it, but my aunt didn't appreciate the rock music aspect of it quite as much as the rest of us did.
We spent New Years eve at my Grandma's house, watching the news and going to bed early. wooooooooo!

But I am finally home, getting a chance to do absolutely nothing. I bought myself a longboard the other day (Merry Christmas to me!) and now I am trying to learn how to ride it, so we'll see how that goes.

Classes start soon, and I can't wait for this semester! I miss my roommates and I'm glad they are all coming home within the next two days. I'll let you know how the semester goes!

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