This has been the longest week since we’ve gotten back to school. Monday I went from 10 in the morning until 9 at night. It was my first day back at my internship and then I had to go to a night class. Sitting in the dark for 3 hours watching a movie is not the best way to stay awake. I thought I was going to fall asleep.

My internship has been great. My first assignment back has been to read a book and interview the author. He went to Amherst Central High School and is now a judge in North Carolina.

Tuesday was fun because there was a Mardi Gras party in the Campus Center, but I had to work in the newspaper office all day. I was so far behind in my work because of the storm and a lot of my photos hadn’t come in yet.

Weds. was awesome. It wasn’t as long as Monday since I didn’t have my night class and I got to watch the Duke UNC game which was AMAZING! I was so proud of the Devils and how they handled the Tarheels. Greg Paulus is officially my hero.

Thursday was the same as Tuesday only without the party. And now its Friday and I cannot wait to crawl back into bed na take a very long nap. Its funny you start your school career napping and you end it napping. i don’t know one person in college who isn’t a fan of the nap.

Its been an intense week so far, and I could really use a nap, although it has had its good parts. Work is definitely starting to pile up and I really wish I didn’t have 8 o’clock classes every weekday, and I wish I was good at math. Although, I got a little break the other day, Tuesday my analytical writing class got canceled so i was able to sleep in. Chea! and Tuesday night I finally got my cross coutry fleece (we’ve been waiting a long time for them….you don’t even know) 

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are always a good time in admissions when i work my power hour 9-10. So, like I said, the week has its good parts. But, right now I’m just focusing in on the weekend…..one more day, I’m gunna make it.

This semester has only just begun, but it has proven to be a busy one already. It has been difficult for me to adjust to my new schedule, which consists of many more afternoon classes than I have been used to. I prefer taking morning classes, and have actually been done with class by 12:30 every day for the past two semesters. This semester, my Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes hardly even begin until 1:30. I guess it will take some getting used to.

This week, my volunteer group for Leadership is beginning a fundraiser to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club. We are going to be selling Hershey kisses, conversation hearts, and pop rocks for Valentine’s Day. Students will be able to purchase them for other students and we will deliver them on February 14. The fundraiser that we tried last semester didn’t go so well, so we’re hoping for a much better turn out, and I think it’s very possible.

It’s also production week for the newspaper. Because of the day off last Wednesday, things are about a day behind. The power outage made things difficult, as I’m sure you can imagine. This edition I am starting to do more layout than I’ve done before and I’m excited about it. Hopefully I can finish my pages tomorrow, because there is plenty of other work for me to do once I finish them. For some reason, there’s always more work to be done…

With no school today i found myself in a strange position…that is, I was actually able to sleep in. High winds, frigid temperatures and blowing snow were enough to knock out the power at Medaille and allow me to catch up on some sleep. These past couple of days have been fun but tiring. With homework starting to filter in more consistantly I’ve got my work cut out for me.

However, that doesn’t mean there cant be the occasional indulgences.

Yes, as some of you may know I am a religious fan of Biggest Loser. I was crushed when they sent Bettie Sue home…I mean, come on, she’s the best person on that show! In the words of Dream (r&b artist) Bettie Sue “is the sh-sh-sugar, honey, ice-t.” However, the sadness of her being voted of was lessened by the fact that Jenn (formerly of team purple) was voted off last night. High time I say. Purple’s been draggin since the start.

 Until next week, Stay warm!

My dad always teases me that no matter what I do I can’t help but get sick every semester. And my luck would have it that I’ve gotten sick the first weekend back! The weird thing is nobody knows how it came about, but everyone is getting sick. Its one of the problems of living with a bunch of people in such close quarters.

But other than the flu everything has been going really well. My classes seem pretty cool, altough I forsee some trouble with Economics since I have such a hard time concentrating in that class. On the other hand my Media Law and Ethics class is awesome. And I get to use my newspaper training as a major part since we know the laws that go with putting out a newspaper.

This semester I’m taking a Film Art and Apperication class that seems ok, I’m still not sure what to make of it since we only had one class so far.

Other than school I’ve just been trying to past the weekend and week by with sleep since I want to get better fast! And the newest edition to the dorms sure has helped. We have a movie channel and its all movies that I haven’t seen or absolutely love like Superbad and Nanny Dairies. Although the one movie I really want to see has only played when I haven’t been able to watch it.

It’s been a hectic couple days here at Medaille with the beginning of the spring semester. I’ve traded in my laid back, carefree ‘winter break’ schedule for one that makes me rethink the intelligence of choosing an 8 o’clock class as the start to my day. It actually begins before that, with a 6 o’clock wake up call and a quick shower (that’s if there’s any hot water left!). After I wolf down a quick bowl of cereal I’m off to join the rat race. Traffic is hit-or-miss some days, and yet I am always there for the start of class (sometimes a little out of breath). My classes this semester are sprinkled in between odd breaks here and there which I take full advantage of to catch up on sleep.

It was great to see all my freinds who I hadn’t seen since break, and I guess I’m glad to be getting back into the swing of things. As long as I can keep gettin’ up at 6- it’ll be a good semester.

-Catch ya on the flip side

Yesterday was my last first day of school. For now. It is so weird to think that in less than 4 month I will be out of college. Have I really gotten that old? It seems so since over break one of my best friends got engaged. It feels just like yesterday that I was in high school and had absolutely no worries and now I have to find a job: a career. It is time to decide what I want to do with my life.

I guess in these last few month I better have as much fun as I can. Hopefully, I won’t be as busy as I was last semester because that was just crazy! I need time to destress and relax from everyday life.

Coming back to the apartment was amazing I didn’t realize just how much I missed these girls and everyone else. It is going to be hard to leave them knowing that they all still have another year together while I’m in Rochester being an adult.

As much friend says, “When did the growing up happen? Because I didn’t realize it was going on.” Well, I guess it happened while we were asleep.

Despite all the white that we see outside today, 8:00 this morning marked the beginning of Spring Semester. I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping that it will actually start to look like spring much sooner than later. Walking to class today was quite the haul, no matter how many layers you were wearing.

This semester, I have two classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My first class is at 9:45. It is my Honors course, Creative Expression. I think it should be a lot of fun, because it seems different from most other classes that I’ve taken. We are going to be looking into subversive art, in the form of films, literature, songs, and more. I will admit that I am a little nervous, because I’m not the most creative or artistic person in the world… but with assignments like coming up with your own rap and drawing graffiti, I’d like to think I could be capable of mustering up something worthy of an A.

My second class is at 11:10. It is Child Development, which should be interesting. I absolutely love kids, and look forward to having plenty of my own in the future. I’m hoping that I’ll learn some things that might help me when that time comes. In the course, we are going to have to do multiple book reports, and I’m looking forward to it. “A Child Called It” is on the list of books to choose from, and I have been wanting to read that book since about the eighth grade. Now I will finally get the chance, no excuses.

Newspaper meetings have been moved to Tuesday nights, so that’s what I’ll be doing in a couple hours. I’m excited because we are going to be talking about the brand new magazine that will be debuting this semester, as well as the first edition of the newspaper. After that, I think I will be very excited to relax for the night. Luckily, I haven’t been assigned any homework… yet.

I know I’ve told you how crazy and hectic my Wednesdays have been this semester… so this may be the first time that you will hear me say I am glad that it’s Wednesday. I’m halfway through the last full week of classes and with every day that passes, I find myself being relieved of a little more stress. Today was my last Photography class, and I spent my entire afternoon yesterday in the darkroom developing photos for my final project. We handed them in today and I was happy with the way that mine turned out. I am even happier that it’s one less thing I have to continue to worry about.

Tomorrow I have my Broadcasting final in class. I am actually taking a break from studying to write this, and I feel pretty confident about the content that I am supposed to know for the exam. Hopefully I’ll still feel this confident once I have the exam in my hands tomorrow. Friday will be my last in-class exam for my Psychology of Adulthood class. I lucked out this semester in that I don’t have a lot of final tests. The majority of finals I have to finish are a few papers that need to be written. After that, I get a vacation from schoolwork for a month. At this point, I’m thankful for each day that passes and each assignment that is completed. I have to continue studying, though… wish me luck!

The return from Thanksgiving break signals that for fall semester, we are finally in the home stretch. As appealing as Winter Break may sound, however, there will be a very stressful two or three weeks before students can get to a relaxing month off. All of my professors have been discussing in class our final exams, projects, and papers. On top of this, it’s production week for the Perspective, so things are getting hectic. I am probably joined by other students in thinking to myself, ‘there’s only two more weeks to make it through, then you’ll get a break from deadlines.’ The bottom line is that the end is in sight - there’s just a lottttt of work in the foreground of that sight.

Not that Winter Break is really any much better than having some homework now and then. When I go home I have plenty of work waiting for me there, too. I don’t have a job while I’m at school, but over summers and month-long breaks like Winter Break, my employer lets me come back to work full-time and make a couple pay checks. I’m thankful, since I’m sure everyone can understand that every paycheck makes a difference around Christmastime. Of course, I’m also a little disappointed, since I could really use some relaxing, rather than a 40 hour work week for the next month. I guess sometimes you just have to take what you can get. Either way, a month away from classes will do any student good.