Happy Belated St. Patty's Day Everyone!!!

In honor of St. Patty's Day, you should all listen to John Mayer's "St. Patrick's Day". It's a great song and I think very fitting for this time of year. Here are a few lyrics just to get you in the mood...

"And come January we're frozen inside
Making new resolutions a hundred times
February, won't you be my valentine?
and we'll both be safe till St. Patrick's Day"

So back to my life:

It has been a crazy semester so far. I have been super busy with classes, friends, the boyfriend, family, and much much more! Even though it has been stressful, it has definitely been so much fun.

I can't believe I am in my second semester of my Junior year already. It feels like just yesterday I was a freshman trying to make friends. It is scary to think that I have to grow up and enter the real world soon... ok, I just got a chill down my spine so let's change the subject...

In my last post, I mentioned that my friend Rachel just returned from studying abroad in Austriaila. She had a GREAT time!! However, she has been having a tough time getting back into the swing of things here. She was so used to her friends over there that she forgot how to relate to her friends at SNHU. I am mentioning this because I know a lot of you are going to have friends that study abroad and then come back to SNHU. I have a few words of wisdom for you:

1) Even though you expect everything to go back to normal, IT WON'T (well at least for a while). You have to let your friends get reacclamated to thier new surroundings. Trust me, they also have to get reacclamated to their old friends as well. Don't get mad. Just try to work things out. It will all be fine.

2) Let them talk about what a great time they had and what an awesome experience it was. They are still your friends so you need to let them brag for a while. It might get annoying or even hurtful if they keep going on and on about what great friends they made and how much they miss it and wish they could go back. But remember, they aren't saying this stuff to hurt you. It is just how they feel at the time. Be there for them and eventually they will stop bragging about it.

Well, this is it for me! I need to finish doing some homework. The next time I talk to you, I will be just arriving home from the BAHAMAS!! SPRING BREAK '09.... I am sooo excited!

Well Until Then,

xoxo
Em