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So it has been another fantastical start to the week. A busy week, that is (you may notice that I'm posting at 11:00 tonight). Monday, got back into the grind of things with lit and civ. Not so bad. Did well on my paper again for civ! Always exciting. I have my LAST civ paper due Friday and I'm already half-way done. I have a sociology paper due tomorrow, too. One more for that class. Tomorrow I also have my last calculus exam before the final on sequences and series. Hopefully all that goes well.
Tonight I actually went to a reading by fiction novelist Ethan Canin. Just for fun, too! The book sounded really interesting from the excerpts he read. He was a really funny guy and interesting to listen to. I think I'm going to be attending more of these readings in the future!
Tomorrow is also a big day because it is the first day that freshmen get to register for classes! Let me tell you, I've already had like 7 different schedules all planned out and everything. Let's just say I'm most likely taking only 1 class that I actually planned to take from the beginning, besides civ of course. I have like 8 backups because it's so unlikely that I'll get into anything I want. It's unfortunate that English majors don't get to preregister for English courses like a lot of other majors get to do. Quite frankly, I don't know if I'm going to get into an English class this semester! I'm kind of peeved about how it's working out right now, but I'm sure it will be fine in the end. I just can't wait until I can register first...it's going to be so much easier to get the classes I want (I hope, anyway)!
I'll let you all know how my scheduling experience works out. Right now, I'm way past my bedtime...I have to get up at 6:50 tomorrow morning because registration starts at 7! Good night!
So now here I am back in Ray writing for my blog. I didn't realize how much I missed staying home until I had to leave. But it's also so great to be back at school seeing everyone.
I'm the first one back in my room, so so far I've unpacked everything and settled back in. Funny story: So we figured out fridge was plugged into the wall. Turns out it is plugged into one of the surge protector things. Which we unplugged. Because you have to unplug everything. So I was greeted with a smelly mess in the fridge when I returned. It's not so bad; we didn't have milk or anything like that. But it still smells. So the fridge is open, as are the windows, as is the door. GROSS. Remember this for the future!
Now I'm off to finish all the work I barely got to at home. Hopefully the fridge will stop smelling...
Sorry I'm a couple days late on the blog, but it's just been so hectic! I came home Tuesday night and I spent the next two days and nights seeing people I haven't seen in forever. Thursday, of course, was Thanksgiving, and I saw perhaps 75% of NHS 2007 at the football game versus Dedham. It was so great to see everyone again. Then I spent the rest of the day with the family of course. And now the rest of my weekend has to be devoted to homework! Very unfortunate. But, it has to be done. I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was great! Until next time...
So it's been another eventful second half of the week. And we're a few days closer to Thanksgiving.
Thursday was Rich's birthday! Happy 19th!
It's been pretty rainy and cold lately. I was talking to Andrew and Tim the other night and they both had stories about falling in the rain! I almost fell once myself. But now I'm just hoping for snow! I hear we might get some in the next few days. That would absolutely make my week.
I got so much work done this weekend, too. I got my sociology homework and my civ homework done. But I already have a ton to do over break. I have an English project, I should probably start my English paper, I have to read an entire book for civ...it's going to be a busy few days at home. But that's okay, it will good just to see friends and family. Speaking of family, I got to go home today for a few hours! That was fun, as always. I mean, who doesn't love non-Ray food every once in a while?
So I had a random impulse yesterday to just cut my hair. And I did. My hair was just getting in my way while i was doing homework so i just chopped a bunch of it off for some cute, short, side swept bangs. And it doesn't even look bad! Ha ha, I guess that counts as my random story for the week!
It has been a delightful day. I finally got the bulk of my work done, all my papers passed in, and all my exams taken...for this week, at least.
Monday was Mark's birthday! I unfortunately didn't even see him. But I spent my night in Guzman Hall with people in my sociology class studying. I hadn't seen my friend Andrew in a while and he happened to walk by, so it was a pleasant surprise to see him!
Yesterday was such a long day, which started with an 8:30 sociology exam and ended with an Honors civ seminar from 2:30 - 4:20. Yuck. But I survived thanks to my viewing of HOUSE, perhaps the greatest show on television, with a few friends.
Today was an excellent day. All semester, I've been working to get a good grade on my English papers. Each time, I got a little better grade. And today, I finally received my A! I also had an interview at the Writing Center today! It went so well! I really hope I get the job. They don't usually hire freshman, but I come highly recommended by my sister (she's a math tutor) and they are in need. So I'm hoping for the best. I should hear by the end of the week, and I'll be sure to share the news!
And one final note before I go: Happy Birthday, Anna!
I have developed a serious love of the laundry room. Yesterday my friend Jenessa was going to do her laundry and do homework so I said that I would go with her. I love doing homework in the laundry room. It's just great. It's not deathly quiet like in the library, but there is usually no one in there except going in and out to get laundry. There's just enough noise and it's warm and it smells nice. It's wonderful. Really, it is.
Thursday was my roommate Steph's birthday, so my other roommate Whitney and I woke up bright and early (7:15) to head to the bakery in the Alumni Food Court in Slavin to buy a cake to surprise Steph. They even wrote "Happy Birthday Steph" on it! We brought the cake in and sang to her while she was getting ready. I love birthdays!
Today was also a busy day. Some friends from home came up for the day to visit my friend Mark so I spent some time with them, but I also had so much work to do. And I'm still not done! I also had a meeting for the Honors trip to Europe and now I'm even more excited than ever! It's only 103 days away! (No, I didn't count out the days myself...that's what a countdown on the computer is for!)
Tomorrow is Mark's 19th birthday so I will definitely have to set aside some time for him!
Wednesday I have an interview with the Writing Center to become a writing tutor. I'm really excited about it. I will probably be hired for next year, but it's also possible that it might be next semester because of demand. We'll have to see how it goes!
That's it for now...I still have so much work to do!
I'm only half-way through the week and I'm already bombarded with work for the rest of the week, the weekend, and next week! My lit paper was due today, I have a civ exam on Friday, and then my civ paper due on Monday, and a Sociology exam on Tuesday...it's been one of those weeks where my brain is all mush, but I am sure it could be worse!
Tomorrow is my roommate Steph's birthday! She's going to be 19. Such an old lady! =^D
Over the weekend, some people from home are coming to visit a few of us that go here. I'm excited about that. It's been a while since I've seen most people from home.
Tonight at Ray, there was a massive apple-themed dessert table that I have to say was quite delectable. Gotta love random surprises in Ray.
This entry is such a mishmash of random things to mention, quite like my brain right now. Now I'm going to head off to the gym before I get down to studying some more for civ!
This weekend was Parents' Weekend here at Providence College. There are a variety of activities offered to parents when they come to visit their kids. There are lectures, tickets to plays, and more. I can't really remember mainly because I didn't participate in any of the offered activities. Because we live so close, I see my parents often, so this weekend isn't much of a big deal. My parents came Saturday afternoon. They brought me my winter coat, gloves, and things like that as well as homemade cookies and some cleaning supplies. We chatted in my room while we waited for my sister to get ready. The weather was horrendous (rain, 40 mph winds, cold) but the five of us (my parents, my sister and her boyfriend, and me) made it to the Macaroni Grill in Warwick, about 20 minutes away. After that, we went up to my sister's apartment for a little and then I came back to my room to watch a movie with Jenessa (About a Boy -- it's her favorite) and then we visited Christina in her room when she came back. That was about it for my Parents' Weekend!
And today is another lovely Sunday. My Sundays are very predictable: brunch, homework, dance club, dinner, more homework. But today there was a little mix-up in the schedule. I've gotten myself into a nostalgic mood listening to *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, so today my roommate Whitney and I rocked out to some old school music. It was a nice break from Civ and Sociology reading, let me tell you!
And now I must get ready for Dance Club!
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