As I'm sure that you are all aware, yesterday Virginia Tech went through a horrible tragedy; one that will be remembered in the history of the United States. For many of you who may be reading this and may not be directly affected by it, I advise you to think again.

Everyone in this country has not been affected by this horrific event. Whether or not you want to think about this, it could have been anyone in those classrooms. It didn't have to happen at Virginia Tech, it could have been at your school. I just hope that we can all learn something from this and know that it could happen to anyone.

To those students, families, faculty, staff, and anyone else related to those students who have lost their lives: I only wish that you knew how much support that you are receiving from the country. Everyone is truly saddened by your losses and we can only hope that this others will learn and not make the same mistakes that this young gentleman did.

So onto SNHU...

These past few days have been so exciting! The weather here has been beautiful and I was actually sun burned this past weekend after working at the lacrosse games!! Saturday night was girls night out for my friend and future roommate Casey Les' birthday!! As excited as I was for this weather to be here, it was surprisingly awkward to be wearing skirts and tank tops around campus.

These next couple weeks are going to be so hectic but it doesn't really matter because we are going home after this is all done!! According to my countdown there are 16 days until I am home for the summer!! Classes are finally starting to wind down; projects and papers and tests are all due before next Friday and then a week of finals. Because I am in the 3Year Program...our classes actually end next Wednesday and then we get Thursday off!! Friday begins the week of frustration and hard work. Instead of having final tests, we do something called integration. Basically you are put in a group of four or five and given a case study that you have to analyze and solve a certain problem based on the knowledge that you have gained from your classes in that semester. At the end of the week, (which for us is May 11) each group presents thier solution to the problem to their professors in a 25-35 minute formal presentation. It is a lot of work but in the end, it is completely worth it because you are able to apply what you have learned to a real life situation before you even enter the work force. And believe me, by the end of the week, you are ready to go HOME!!

Another fun part about going home for the summer is finding the ever so lovely part-time summer job. My whole plan was to stay at Hannaford as a cashier but lately I've been thinking that I should start to look in the business field for something to do. Last week I went on JobsinME.com and found a few good positions. When I had called to contact the employers about applying, they had all asked me if I had a resume put together. I wasn't going to lie to them so I said "No," and guess what the first words out of their mouths were? "Well you should probably get one!!" Great! Just another thing to try and get done before I go home. So needless to say this past week I have been going back and forth to the Career Development Center here on campus to put a resume together and I must say, I am impressed. I figured that they would just give me a samplel and say change your name and info and call it good! But they have been fixing all of my mistakes and giving me suggestions! I guess it's just another one of those extra things that I figured I would never use, but needed it in the long run!

Well I suppose that's it for now...I have a few things to catch up on around the room and homework... :( I'll will definetly write during integration and hopefully keep writing during the summer!

Happy Reading!!

--Allie

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...coming back to school!!

I just got back into my room and unpacked all of my crap that I'm going to pack up again in 5 weeks. It's so hard to believe that we are almost done our freshman year of college! It has gone by so FAST!!

So for those of you who have heard that spring break is the greatest part of being in college, let me forewarn you that only some of us can be lucky enough. First of all, the college budget didn't allow me to fly to some exotic island to soak up the sun. Second of all, I'm not sure that the 'rents would have allowed me to go anywhere just yet (they're still having a hard time with the whole growing up thing)! Also our spring break this year happened to be the week after all of my friends from back home were on break so I was able to go home and spend time with my parents and little sister.

Wanna hear about my week?? Well I haven't told anyone yet about it in detail so you'll be the first! Unfortunately, my stepmom's father passed away last week so I was going home to an extremely emotional house and a weekend of funeral services with people that I had no idea who they were. That took care of Friday night and Saturday morning. Saturday night I went with my boyfriend Eric's two little cousins. He hadn't been feeling well that night and didn't want to be there alone with the kids. Well he went home shivering that night and ended up going to the ER on Sunday morning only to find out that he had very bad conjunctivitis in both eyes and an upper respiratory viral infection. YUCK!! Being the caring person that I am, I wanted to stay at his house and take care of him, but his mom made me stay at home also to help prevent me getting it from him!! Let's just say I didn't listen very well.
Anyway, my sister was in school all week, so the house was mine, all mine!! During the day I kept things pretty low key, watching TV, sleeping, surfing the internet, sleeping, etc. After I picked my sister up from school, we went shopping one day, we spring cleaned her bedroom another day, and just kciked around the house for the rest of the week. On Friday, Eric and I went to my dad's job site in Brunswick, ME. He just finished building the Recital Hall for Bowdoin College. I had seen it over Winter Break but it was only halfway done. Within the next few weeks, it should be ready to turn over to the college and it looks B-E-A-UTIFUL!!

This is what the recital hall looked like in the mini model that the architects made. It obviously looks a little bit different in person now that it is actually completed.

This past weekend, Eric came home again (he goes to school at University of New England so he is only an hour from home) and we spent Friday night watching movies and Saturday washing our cars and eating Chinese food. Then last night around 10:00 I decided to go up to my room and pack to come back to school. It was so weird to think that the week had already gone by and I was coming back to school, and believe me it was not willingly.

Now, as I sit here thinking of things to write about in the blog I am searching for train tickets to go home for Easter next weekend. My mom told me that I was going home before I even asked her about it but I need to take the train into Portland so I can be home at a decent hour and not at 11 at night.

Well I suppose that's it for now...I should probably check to see if I have any homework for tomorrow. I should probably write another entry soon since I haven't written in a few weeks (oops!). Until then...happy reading!!

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