I learned in early February that I was accepted to both of my top 2 grad schools (which are Providence College in Rhode Island and Catholic University of America in DC). It was a very exciting week to say the least. My friends who had also applied to schools found out over Christmas break about their acceptances. I had been getting very antsy about why my own letters had not come. I’m sure the high school seniors out there know what that feels like! This week I got even better news. I found out I was awarded an assistantship from Providence (which is my top school)!!! What is an assistantship you say? An assistantship to graduate school is a full tuition scholarship PLUS a stipend for living expenses!!! I’m literally getting paid to get a masters degree in theology!! In return for this money, I am expected to work 20 hours per week. With my assistantship I will be working for a good friend of one of my professors here. Dr. Tkacik got his MA from PC and then went back to teach there for awhile before coming to Leo. So I will get to work with someone who knows Dr. Tkacik. Actually it was Dr. Tkacik who helped me get the assistantship. This was my first real experience with the whole “it’s who you know” deal. That’s not to say I don’t have the credentials. They wouldn’t have given me this much money if I wasn’t worthy of it, but Dr. Tkacik’s connections certainly didn’t hurt any. The religion professors have been so great in helping me through this whole process! Just another example of why I love going to a small school. My professors have been able to walk me through each step of this process. They know me well enough to have suggested the types of schools that would be best for me to look in to, to write glowing recommendations, and now help me through all the things I have to do to set up my status with the school, find housing, etc. I am so grateful to Saint Leo for the professors I have had here! However since there are no real pictures that go with this story I guess I will just have to include the logos of the school where I have been and where I am going:

In My Heart

In My Future!!

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A really good friend of mine, Pam, and I both have birthdays in early February. They are only 3 days apart. So this year our friends decided to throw us a joint party. It wasn’t just any party though. It was a throwback to our childhood memories. See a couple weeks before our birthdays, we were discussing childhood memories and I brought up the fact that my 7th birthday had a unicorn theme. Pam said she had a Power Ranger birthday one year. So our friends decided to make our 22/21 birthday party a unicorn/Power Ranger theme. It was really cute and totally fun! Some of the people that I don’t get to see often but miss a lot came. It was kinda like a reunion actually. My sophomore year, a whole group of us became good friends. We called ourselves the 3rd floor mafia because most of us lived on the 3rd floor. Over the last couple years though, we slowly drifting apart, which makes me sad. Everyone from the mafia were able to come to Pam’s and my party though. It was really cool. Our friend Sarah, who hosted the party, even put out some pictures on her coffee table from that first year of the mafia! You’ll see a picture of the pictures below. You’ll also see Pam and I COVERED in silly string. We were attacked. We tried to run but we were cornered in the kitchen. 3 cans of silly string were completely used up in a matter of a couple minutes. lol! Oh and then we got to the best part of the night- CAKE! – and my friend nick shoved my cupcake in my face! :( It’s okay though because I got him back. All the frosting that ended up on my hands got wiped onto his face! :) hehehe. There’s a picture of us too. Now THAT was fun! ;)


3 cans of silly string later!

Nick and I

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