This next month is the last month in my college career. Pretty weird to think about. One year from now is going to be so different. Although I am going to miss everything about Gonzaga (except homework), I know it is a change I am ready for! My parents have not been to Spokane since they dropped me off Freshmen year, so I am super excited for them to come to graduation. My youngest brother David is making the trip out with them as well. My middle brother Andrew can't come but its for a pretty good reason. His track team for Bates College in Maine has to meet. Back when he was in middle school I would race him. Now I would never! My cousins from Seattle are making the drive across the state to come to graduation as well. There are a lot more logistics for this weekend than I ever would have thought. The seven guys in our house are trying to figure out what exactly we are all doing as a group. We are thinking a big BBQ with all the parents sounds like a pretty good idea.
Now for the fun stuff....In a couple weeks the senior events start. This year there is going to be a boat cruise, formal senior dance, and a bunch of other fun events. The whole package was expensive but worth it. Just dropped a cool $75. I'm super pumped for all the events. It is going to be a crazy last couple of weeks! I'm thinking a little homework and a lot of play! I would like to tell everyone that I was just kidding with that statement but I'm not.
I had a huge science test today and I think I did alright! I'm not saying what grade I think I got because I don't want to jinx it. Right after class I had my hardest class of the week. SOFTBALL! Yeah I get a credit for playing softball. Take PE classes. They are sweet! 4 day weekend coming up with Friday and Monday off! Stay posted for how the senior events go...

Spring break is rapidly approaching. So I'm sure you are all wondering what I am doing for it?!?! Well I have the answer. My six roommates and I are taking a trip down to Mexico. How are we doing this? We are flying down to Los Angeles on Friday. One of my best friends who graduated last year is going to pick us up at the airport. We are going to have a blast that night visiting with friends at USC. The next morning we are all catching a ship that is going to take us on a 6 night cruise all around Mexico. hmmmmm that sounded great to say out loud....A SIX NIGHT BOAT CRUISE ALL AROUND MEXICO WITH MY BEST FRIENDS! I just got a little carried away but I'm seriously pumped! It is going to be a vacation of a lifetime! Did I mention the two water slides that the boat has on it? I have one word for all of you...sunscreen!....Now that I have bored everyone with my plans for spring break, lets talk about the good stuff. Intramural basketball has officially come to an end for me. I officially have gone 4 years without ever winning a basketball championship here at Gonzaga. Do not ever let that happen to you. I told a couple of my fellow gym rats about that and now I'm known as "that guy." We lost to a team in the semifinals of Men's B league that played like the San Antonio Spurs. They made hardly any mistakes. In the end our team ran out of gas. At least it was nothing like sophomore year when we were knocked out of the playoffs on a half court shot at the buzzer. In co-ed basketball this year we lost in the championship. Naturally! Ben winning a big basketball game and catching a break...nope. If only, If only, If only...that's what I find myself saying to my teammates.
Last night was the last Gonzaga basketball game I will ever go to as a student. It was bitter sweet to go out on a solid win. All of us seniors stood and looked around after the game. How has four years of Gonzaga basketball really gone by since we came in as freshmen with Adam Morrison running the show? It was weird leaving the arena for the last time. Freshmen year seems like yesterday. These have been the best four years of my life so far and I need to stop writing about this...The student worker sitting across from me might give me a weird look if I broke down at the desk. I am that loser that knows I only have 69 days until graduation. I'm going to live it up...The real world is around the corner but first...Mexico and waterslides....

20 credits away from graduation! From 9am to 5pm everyday my days are packed with something. Some days this semester I do not even have time for lunch. When you are so busy the days just fly by. I cannot believe we are approaching the end of January already. As I am writing this it is starting to hit me that the end is near. My friends are starting to network for jobs and I am starting to do that myself. Am I staying on the West Coast or heading back to Boston after graduation in May?!?! Still have no idea on that one.
This weekend I have got my first intramural basketball games of the season...oooo yeahhh...We have our first co-ed game at 1pm on Sunday and right after at 3pm we have our first men's game. Our co-ed team this year is going to be amazing. We have two girls who are almost 6 foot and another girl who used to play point guard for Gonzaga women's team. She didn't play for the team this year and that works out great for our intramural team! Most teams have 3 guys and 2 girls on the court at once but we are going to play with 3 girls and 2 guys on the court at all times. We want our best players to be out there at all times haha. Later today, my friends and I are going to head down to the gym and play some basketball. Just a little warm-up for Sunday. When intramural basketball season gets going strong it is awesome. The boys and I get so pumped for every game that its really all we think about on gamedays. I have yet to win a Gonzaga intramural championship shirt in basketball and this is my last chance to get one. The last two years my team has been knocked out of the playoffs on buzzer beaters so I'm hoping that this year turns out different. My sophomore year the other team made a half court shot to win the game and knock us out. It happened to be the first three the guy had made all season. That was my worst moment in my history of intramurals.
I'm going to use this weekend to catch up on sleep and do all the school work looming over my head. Maybe have a little fun as well tonight with my friends. Time to hurry home to watch some NBA on ESPN. TGIF!

Every semester here at Gonzaga University has gone by faster and faster. I feel like I have been here at Gonzaga this semester for about 3 weeks. Now we are 2 weeks away from all going home for a month. This past Tuesday it was ticket distribution for Battle in Seattle. This year Gonzaga is playing UCONN in Key Arena. Seniors had to be at our student center at 7am to have a chance to get a ticket. There were about 350 tickets that were given out. Every senior who wanted a ticket was able to get one. However, after all the seniors who wanted a ticket got one, only 10 Juniors were able to walk away with one. Needless to say it was not fun to see all the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen who had to stand out in the cold and not get a ticket. Sorry guys!!!
This year I am flying home back to Boston a different way. I am going to head over to Seattle for the game on the 20th of December. From Seattle I have a direct flight back to Boston on JetBlue. This is awesome because the direct flight from Seattle to Boston is actually cheaper than flying out of Spokane and transferring flights. I'm so pumped about the next month ahead! This has been the easiest semester I have had here at Gonzaga. I only have one final exam on Monday and that's it. I'm putting in some working hours to make some cash for the holidays. All that means is I get to write to you guys another time before I head over to the other coast. It is always a sweet feeling to land in Boston and have my mom or dad waiting for me. My friends from back in Boston and I have already talked about all the snowboarding we are going to do.
Everyone go crazy for the Zags tonight as they take on Washington State. I'm going to one of my professors house for dinner and to watch the game. His wife is making our class a huge dinner and from what I hear, it is going to be a fun night! If you live in Seattle I better see you down at Key Arena for the big match-up against UCONN!
Merry Christmas and lets go GU!!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I know I did! I lived the college students dream weekend yet again. I slept, ate lots of pizza, and watched a ton of college and NFL football. But now that the weekends over its finally time to buckle down and get some serious work done. In one of my classes we starting up a fitness center. Our group has been figuring out everything from the cost of the equipment to the salaries of the staff. I had no idea that so many different aspects went into starting up a business. It is a lot of work but very eye opening. Anyways, we have to visit a real fitness center this week and get some information for the project. Today is a big day around Gonzaga's campus. There is a home basketball game with the GU men's team and it is the first regular season game. I went to every basketball game that the men's team had over my first two years but last season I didn't end up going to too many. The guys in our house all agree that its actually just as fun to watch the games together with a lot of friends and food. I'm going to get to more games this season for sure and I'm super pumped for the game against Memphis that we have this season. After the game ends have got a flag football game. oohhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhh!!!! We were the only team to get a first round bye and if we win tonght we are in the championship on Friday at 7pm for Men's B league! Could be back to back championships!!!
Being from Boston and all, it is too much money to travel home for Thanksgiving. Especially not worth it because in just a couple weeks I will be flying home for Christmas. I went to my Aunt's house in Seattle freshmen year. I went to my friend Kev's house in Yakima, Washington for Thanksgiving sophomore year, and last year I went to Darlene's house who is my awesome boss! I hope she reads this...This year I'm not quite sure what I'm doing yet but I'm sure something will fall into place soon....Whelp, time to head home and watch the Zags take on Idaho U.....Go Gonzaga, G-O-N-Z-AG-A!!!!

Last night we won the championship for our co-ed soccer league! We all got our championship t-shirts and took pictures. Being champions of intramurals never gets old. Since it was Sunday, no one on the team was really down to celebrate but I'm sure on Friday it's going down! Team party! Class registration has started and I sign up on the 5th. Registration is always tricky because you have to make sure the classes you sign-up for have not yet been filled up. If there are only a couple openings for a class you need to take than you have got to sign in at 12 midnight on your first date of registration. Sometimes its pretty nerve racking. Being a senior I get to sign-up before most other people so I'm hoping I get all my classes. Last class registration ever at Gonzaga ever! No, I'm not happy about it.
As all of you know, this past weekend was Halloween weekend. Halloween weekend at Gonzaga is always a blast. For Halloween this year I was a cheeto under a couch. So your wondering how I managed that? I dressed up in all orange with a couch pillow duck taped to my head. It eventually started to make my neck hurt so I took it off at the end of the night. The night ended with all of us going to Jack and Dan's. It's a sweet sports bar no less than a block away from campus. Everyone was dressed up and having a great time! Since mid-term week ended I have hardly had any work and this week looks like it is going to be an easy week homework wise. However, work in undergraduate admissions office is as busy as ever! I've been stamping all of your applications and materials as they come in the mail. Looks like there is going to be a big freshmen class next year.
Well I just got a call from my mom. I've been too busy to call her back for the last week, whoops! Don't forget to call your parents. This may seem obvious to freshmen but believe me, by senior year, you are going to forget sometimes!

I'm really pumped to be blogging about college life this year. This is my senior year at Gonzaga and I couldn't be more sad about it. I’m from Boston, Massachusetts and I am going to graduate with a degree in Sport Management with a minor in Applied Communication. Everyone always wants to know what I am going to do after senior year. I’m starting to gather ideas but I’m mainly focusing on living up my senior year to the fullest.
There are tons of things I love here at Gonzaga but maybe my favorite of them all over the last four years has been the intramurals. Right now we are in the middle of flag football and soccer season. My friends and I put together a flag football and soccer team every year. This year we are undefeated so far in flag football at 3-0. Our co-ed soccer team is 4-0. I’m hoping to bring home a couple champions t-shirts this year! However, we all know that the biggest intramural sport here at Gonzaga is basketball. Basketball sign-ups are due in a month and people are already starting to get their teams together.
My past here has been nothing short of amazing experiences. The summer after sophomore year, I went to Italy to study abroad (hence my picture with the coliseum behind me) and it was an incredible experience. I have tons of stories and amazing pictures to back it up. To study abroad at some point during college is an experience you will never regret.
I’ve worked in the undergraduate admissions office the last three years and I have met a ton of really awesome prospective students and parents. Some of the students are now here on campus. I’m loving everyday and the days are flying by a little too fast for me. I’m looking forward to talking to everyone and anyone who has questions about Gonzaga University. Have a great week everyone! After my homework tonight I’ll be cleaning my turtle tank. I have two turtles named Pauly (after Paul Pierce) and Winny. Call me corny, but I love them.