Search results matching tag 'Christmas'

Christmas before Thanksgiving?

BUKevin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT

I'm no Scrooge, but I'm getting sick of Christmas already. It seems that every year Christmas continues to creep up earlier on the calendar and encroach on my other holidays. For some reason I'm still in the mood for fall, turkey, you know...Thanksgiving?... and everyone else has Christmas decorations and music going already. While I'm a huge fan of the Christmas season, I don't need it to be two months long, one is more than enough, thanks. So until i gorge myself on turkey and pumpkin pie I will not listen to Christmas music or acknowledge that winter is well on its way. I may not have the most popular opinion among my friends, but hey, I'll take my holidays one at a time. So I will continue to be angry at Christmas music, commercials, and decorations until they are played and displayed during their proper time.

You tell 'em.

Thank you Nordstrom.

Until next time.

farms, puppies, watermelons, and recruitment = happiness....

StephF — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:47:00 GMT

So since it's been a little while since my last post, this one shall be pretty intense. Try to think of it as a "Best of" post....like the best things from my Christmas Break...so here we go!

My Christmas was absolutely wonderful. We had our traditional get-together at my Grandma & Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve...which was a little different this year. They had the idea to give memories as presents, so some of us got either pictures from way back in the day, teapots from when we would have tea parties, or the jewelry box that held all the jewelry we used to play dress up with. (I got that last one..:) ) Then after that my family went over to my boyfriend's house for a get-together with some people...which was nice because we got to mix it up a bit and do something that we don't do every year. Then came Christmas morning... yay! We got up and opened presents as always...and we just kinda all chilled out until lunch, when we had a wonderful Christmas dinner on my mom's new ruby red plates...ahh my grandma gave them to her for her birthday, and I love them. They are beautiful. Then my sister and I decided to channel our inner child, and we pulled out our old farm set that we used to play with when we were little....which was amazing. Every time we play with it, it's like we have our own farm. We plan out where the barns will go, and the fences, and this time we even had a pasture for our horses...the buildings are starting to fall apart...but we still love them...and they do the job! We laid it all out on the dining room table...which was so much cooler than when we used to put it on the floor....it was amazing...so for you to be able to see how cool this all really was...check out these pictures..:)

Over break I also got something uber exciting...a new puppy! :) yay! Her name is Stella Louise, and she is a chocolate lab mix. She is the most adorable thing I've ever seen, and she totally made my break. Every day I would get up and play with her, and then she would conk out and sleep for awhile....then she would wake up and play again, then she would conk out again...and we would just continue that pattern all day long. But when I was getting ready to come back up here to Butler, she started getting rougher, and she was really letting her inner spunk shine through. And it was so hard to leave her...I totally wanted to just pack her and her things up in my car and bring her here to Schwitzer to live with me. But, I don't think that everyone would like to hear her barking or smell her....and my family would all miss her at home too. So I decided not to....but anyway, she is wonderful...and a riot...and here are photos of her too! (BTW, do NOT be fooled by the innocence/sleepyness of these photos...in real life she is rarely this calm. I caught her at a pretty good time for these though)

The last really exciting thing that I did over break was attend the first annual Watermelon Drop in a town close to where I live. They have a watermelon festival every year, so this year they decided to do this to celebrate the new year. So I went with my boyfriend and his family...and it was amazing. I'm not going to lie. I was kind of afraid that a chunk of a watermelon was going to come speeding towards my head....and knock me out....but that didn't happen...so whoohoo! But they had fireworks, and a huge fake watermelon, and just all kinds of excitement. :) Now I feel rather cultured...since I have seen that crazy awesome sight...and experienced it too. I am posting pictures of this too, because I really didn't know what to expect when I went....because really, when you hear they're having a watermelon drop, what do you picture? So here are photos of the big watermelon...and they dropped 9 out of the bottom of it. So yeah...enjoy. :)

Something I always like to touch on in my blogs are little things that I love...and they all seem to be about my hometown?? I don't know why....but they are. So the other night I was driving into town from the south...and as you come over this one big hill, the whole town (which isn't much...but we like it that way) is basically spread out beneath you, and at night it's all lit up. It's the best if you've been on a big shopping trip to Evansville, and you're wiped out....but then you come over the hill, and its like so peaceful and beautiful and perfect. :) I'll take a picture of it sometime when I remember.

Ok so last but certainly not least....I'm back at Butler for recruitment!! WHOOHOO! Today I was up and ready at 8, and we didn't get done until around 8 tonight....so it was an uber long day....and I was so nervous going into each house today, but once I sat down and started talking to people, everything just flowed. And once we got the hang of waiting outside in the snow for 15 minutes between each "party", we started doing cheers, and singing songs, and doing little dances...the fun never stopped all day long. That's probably why I feel pretty wiped out right now....luckily, I am so ready for tomorrow already...I don't want to have to sleep in between every day...I just want to go straight through and get it all done so I don't have to worry too much....and because right now I'm all hyped up and ready to talk and have fun, while everyone else is resting. My sleeping schedule is pretty messed up from break. But despite the fact that it was snowing today....and it was chilly....it was an amazing day. I think that the weather will make for a pretty cool story too...so I've been thinking about those possibilities for the future. I'll write another blog after I've done a little more...today we went to all 7 houses, and each day we cut it down, until Sunday...which is Bid Day! :) So...I'll let you know what all happens.... :) Hope this blog wasn't too long....I liked the pictures too much not to post them though. :)

Christmas in Canada

AshlenC — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:11:00 GMT

When I finally got home for Christmas break I had about two days to relax (ie - sleep). Then, I started work on Dec. 23rd and I even worked on Christmas eve! The 24th was a pretty crazy day, but after about 4pm it wasn't very busy. After work, my parents picked me up and we headed over to my aunt and uncle's house. This was a new tradition for us - for as long as I can remember we've spent Christmas eve with my grandparents. This year was a lot of fun though. We had a buffet style dinner...small sandwiches, pickles and olives, Chinese food. It was a pretty eclectic assortment! After dinner my aunt had some cookies for dessert, and then the males headed down to the basement to watch "A Christmas Story" (which is one Christmas movie that I actually don't really like) and the females stayed upstairs to play games.

I spent Christmas morning with my parents (and my dogs, of course). We opened stockings first, then ate breakfast, and then I called my fiance and we opened each other's presents while talking on the phone. He had already given me a cookbook (for cookies) and some Christmas cookie cutters. He also adopted a Koala bear from Australia in my name (I'm an animal lover) and the present I opened on Christmas day was one of those digital picture frames! I'm really excited to start uploading picture on to it, but I decided not to rip it out of its packaging until I get back to Indianapolis. My aunt, uncle, cousin, and grandmother joined us in the afternoon, and we continued our present opening with them and then had our big turkey dinner. At the end of the meal, we always have pudding. Usually we pour brandy over the pudding, then light it on fire, but one year both my parents forgot to purchase the brandy, so my father decided that Jack Daniels would be a fine substitute instead. Now, every time we light the pudding we talk about the year we had to use Jack Daniels.

It's New Years Eve tonight, but I don't have anything big planned. I don't get a lot of time at home, so I would rather stay in with my family than go out to a big party. In about half an hour I'll be turning on the TV to watch Canada vs. USA in the World Junior Hockey Championships. While I spend most of my time in the States, I'm still hoping that my home country beats the Americans. It should be a good game!

This might be my last post until I'm back at Butler. I start working again on January 2nd, and then on January 5th I'm heading out to my family's cabin on Lake of the Woods in Ontario. We don't have internet at the cabin (we don't have a TV either). If the weather's nice I'll be outside snowmobiling. Otherwise I'll be indoors doing crossword puzzles, cross-stitching, or reading....all some of my favorite past times!

Happy New Year everyone!

Until later,

Ashlen

Christmas Comes but Once a Year

LizM — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:28:00 GMT

It has been quite some time since my last post! The Christmas Season has been so busy...well thats kind of a fib, I've actually just been sleeping in until about noon everyday. So my days are just shorter and therefore I have to fit more activities in a smaller amount of time!

I had an EXCELLENT Christmas. I got everything on my list

Santa was very very good to me. Christmas was such a relaxing day! I spent the majority of it playing with our new games for the Wii and rushing through New Moon so I could crack open my brand new copy of Eclipse. The next day we headed to my Granny's house in Bluefield, Virginia. Her house is nestled in a valley amongst the Blue Ridge Mountains. Usually the trees are snow covered and the little town sparkles, but this time that was definetly not the case! After unpacking all our stuff and visiting with other family members that had already arrived, I went down to the basement to snuggle into the covers of a big air mattress in my new Betsy Johnson pajamas. When I woke up around noon the next day it was 70 degrees outside! It was insane. You could walk outside without a coat on; a privilege that had not been possible in the freezing winter weather of Indianapolis!!

On a separate tangent, I have slept in almost every day over break. I have never been able to sleep in past 8 even if I stay up late. I'm all about taking naps. Yet, since arriving home for break I haven't woken up much earlier than 11 am any day. And actually, the only exception was today.

I had the opportunity to shadow my mom's boss for the morning. After being required to do a few job shadows for class, you'd think I wouldn't want to do ANY more! However, they really are very beneficial to helping one make a career decision and are quite interesting (if you're shadowing someone in a field you like, that is). I will admit, it was nice this time not to have to write any essays or grill the poor professional about their life story and day-to-day job requirements.

Dr. Blaydes was very informative without me giving him the third degree! My mom has worked for The Blaydes Eye Clinic all of her life, and still does medical transcription work for them even though we no longer live in Virginia. The Blaydes Clinic has been around for 87 years, passed down from father to son for three generations. So, Dr. Blaydes is no stranger to me. We always go out to lunch or dinner with him whenever we come to visit my granny, but this was the first time I was allowed to shadow him. He is an ophthalmologist, so he performs surgeries on his patients in addition to seeing them in the clinic. This morning I pulled myself out of bed at a god-forsaken hour (okay it was 7:30 I'm just being dramatic) to head down to the surgery center and slip into something a little more comfortable.

SCRUBS! Thats right. It felt like I was on Grey's Anatomy. I got to wear scrubs, and the little bootie cover things as well as a cap. I saw six eye surgeries over the course of three hours. It was nothing short of amazing. Five of the surgeries were Cataract Surgeries. These were primarily performed on older people whose lenses have become clouded over time and developed what is called a cataract. To put it simply, Dr. Blaydes made several small incisions, sucked out the flawed lens, and inserted an acrylic lens to replace the old one. Of course it is far more complicated than it sounds. It is an intricate procedure, and although it can be performed in a matter of minutes it must be done the correct way. Dr. Blaydes used a surgical microscope for the surgery, so I watched a close-up play by play on a monitor in the OR whilst trying to remain quiet and out of the nurses' way.

The second surgery I had the privilege to watch was done on a four-year-old child. The child's right eye was crossed inwards, and the goal was to loosen the muscle on the inner part of his eye (internal rectus) as well as take out part of the outer muscle (external rectus). That way the eyeball would straighten out and remain even with the other eye. Obviously this would spare the child the embarrassment of growing up with a crossed eye and avoid the name-calling and such. However, there are medical complications that come with Strabismus such as double vision. This surgery would change the child's life completely.

Though it was a little bloody, the surgery was amazing to watch. It was truly incredible to look at the polaroid taken several weeks ago, and then see both eyes completely straight after a 45 minute surgery. This post is getting a bit lengthy, so i'll probably elaborate more on the shadow next post. I have another funny story pertaining to a person under anesthesia as well as some other stuff to include. But I'll have another one up here in the next few days! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!

Christmas x TWO!

SarahG — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:09:00 GMT

The activities of my Christmas day have been a staple for pretty much as far back as I can remember... wake up early to open presents with my parents and brother, then join up with the rest of the family on my mom's side for the remainder of the day. This year, however, we decided not to do extended family Christmas ON Christmas, but to have it on the 28th instead. When I first heard about this... I was pretty upset. I mean, this is tradition we're talking about breaking here! But then I realized that the split would result in not one, but TWO days full of family, games, food, presents, holiday cheer, etc. etc., which I guess actually makes me a pretty lucky kid. :)

Both of my Christmases were fantastic, but I was definitely sad to see my family leave this morning... not only because I rarely get to see them, but also because it marks the downfall of the Christmas season (which we all know I adore haha). Good news for you though: one of my big gifts this year was a new digital camera, which means several photos to put up on the blog!

Now I have just one more week of break left... then it's back to BU for panhellenic recruitment! As much as I'm savoring these last few days at home, I am VERY excited about recruitment week! It's hard to believe I've already been a Theta for an entire year... but I cannot wait to see so many new faces proudly wearing their greek letters on bid day!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

StephF — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:06:00 GMT

So I'm finally home for break...or actually I've been home for about 4 days...and it feels wonderful!!! The past four days have mostly been spent just being outrageously lazy, prepping up for Christmas, and hanging out with my fam. I guess that I'll fill you in on what I've been up to lately...

2 weekends ago I went to visit my boyfriend Scott at his school...and I got to go to his fraternity's Christmas party...which was tons of fun. :) I was really excited because I got a new dress for it, and because I was getting a little break from Butler, and of course because I got to see my boyfriend and meet all of his fraternity brothers. Even though I love Butler, after really long weeks I just need to get away sometimes. This is how I make myself feel ok about going shopping when I don't need to on Friday afternoons after my classes are over. But anyway, we had decided that it would be ok if I went to visit him as long as we both got plenty of studying done for finals (which were that next week)...which we kind of did. He got a lot more done than I did, because I kept falling asleep as I was going over my Psych notecards...(you can only read so much about the brain and psychological perspectives you know...) and then I woke up about 3 hours later...to Scott singing in my face. So I guess he didn't get as much done as I thought...but it was still a lot more than I did...haha. Then I came back to Butler on Sunday afternoon, and my friends and I had our Secret Santa gift exchange and all...which wasn't very secret, but we tried! It was tons of fun, and a nice way to kind of relax a little more before we got really stressed for finals. I got a Make Your Own Pretzels kit from Auntie Anne's and Peppermint Hot Chocolate from Em...which was my favorite!!! Especially since I'm addicted to those pretzels every time I go to the mall, and I love peppermint hot chocolate at Starbucks too...so good job Em. :)

I was supposed to have 4 finals last week, but my Freshman Business Experience professor was really proud of her classes performance at the Top Dawg Competition, so she gave us the choice of taking her normal multiple choice final, or taking a take-home essay final. Of course I chose to take the essay final, which was wonderful! I wrote a paper about my DISC profile and how my strengths and weaknesses affected my group business plan project...which I enjoyed much more than studying for a test. Since I didn't have to take that final, I had one final on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, and one on Thursday...which let me kind of spread out my studying. But by the time I got done with my business calc final on Wednesday afternoon, I was already wiped out....and it was pretty hard to study for my music final the next morning when I was already ready to go home...and I just wanted to pack. So I tried to pack and memorize things about composers at the same time....which was interesting. But finally, I finished...and all I had to do was defrost and pack my car, and finish my Christmas shopping at the bookstore.

On Friday Scott and I went to Evansville to finish Christmas shopping. It is always nice/weird when we come home and we do things that we always did before we went to school because we don't get to do it very often anymore, and now when we go shopping its to Circle Center or somewhere else totally new to us....so we went to Sonic like we always would, and just had a pretty cool afternoon. :) I helped him shop a little for his sister...and I got to return some things and get a few other things. Then later that night I went to the first home game at my high school...to visit with people and to see the dance team and cheerleaders. They did so good! I was pretty proud of them all...and I actually enjoyed being on the other side of things for the first time in 4 years. During the school song I was like...wow....thats what it looks like. My friend Jenn and I were excited because they kept the school song that we made up last year....we think it was because it was just that good. I absolutely love going to games here at home now, because instead of running back and forth and changing numerous times into dance and cheer uniforms, I get to just talk and catch up with everyone I know. :) While I was talking to my friends Alison and Sarah, we started talking about how people dress differently in college than in high school...even we dress differently now. Now we don't have to match all of the time, and you don't have to wear a coat when it snows....as long as you have like a fleece jacket on you're ok...and we don't care about what we look like every moment of the day anymore. It's pretty crazy. I kind of like it though....it makes getting dressed easier when you have no clean clothes...and you don't want to pay to wash them so you have to wait until you get home. :) Oh how we have changed in only 5 months....

As you might have read in one of my past blogs....a few years ago I went to my Aunt Cheryl's to learn how to make homemade noodles, and this year we went there the night before our Christmas to learn how to make homemade pie crusts. :) We made tons of pies.....pumpkin...apple....lemon meringue...sugar creme....banana creme....it was pretty amazing. I love getting together with all of my family and doing special things like this...and I get to learn how to make some pretty tasty food too! I didn't take any pictures, but my cousin Emily did...so if I can get ahold of those I'll post them...so you all can know what pie crust is supposed to look like during different stages of the process....:) Then we had our family Christmas the next day....which was a great time as always. My cousin Owen has the chicken pox, so he and my uncle Joe stayed home...but we got to iChat with them....or actually with their couch, since Owen didn't want to be seen. Apparently he had like 5,000 spots on his face, although I think that number is a little bit high. haha. We opened Owen's present for him and everything. It was cool. I loved my weekend with my family....it made it feel like Christmas really is in about 2 days. Being at school without the Christmas tree and everything made me feel like it wasn't really time for Christmas yet...like we still have about 3 weeks. But now...I'm ready. :)

DONEEEEEEEEEE!!

AllisonB — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:57:00 GMT

Yes folks, you read that right. I.aM.DONE!! Can you believe it?! Okay, well let me specify first... I'm mostly done. I still have two days of work, but that's not terrible. At least it's not finals! This past week I've spent in the library studying studying studying! I discovered though that as you get older, since the classes are harder, the finals aren't typically cumulative. Which is a definite plus. None the less, I had two final tests, a final ten-page paper, two projects and a portfolio. It certainly kept me busy! So let's see...what else have I been doing....

OH MY GOODNESS! I FORGOT TO WRITE ABOUT IT!! I just realized that in all my excitement last week, I completely forgot to blog about the biggest news in my life currently.

I got a JOB!! No another internship, not a part-time job for money, not a weekend deal.... a real big girl JOB!! I'm so incredibly exited!! It looks like I will be staying in Indy for another two years at least, which is just fine with me for now. I am a part of the Orr Fellowship Program (so I'm considered an Orr Fellow....see www.orrfellowship.org for more info!) and I will be working at Compendium Blogware (www.compendiumblogware.com) downtown on the circle in Indy! Yay!! I went in last week to check out the facitlities and meet some people it was awesome. I'll be doing "client success" work which is basically a fancy term for helping clients set up their blogs and do sort of account management work. I think it will be a great mix of my marketing and public relations backgrounds. I start June 1, 2009! Yikes!! So now, I can officially relax and breathe next semester which is an incredible feeling, let me tell you!!

Anyhow....other than that, on Friday I did not work because I did a plant tour to Langham Logistics for my Operations Management class. It was facinating to see how huge their warehouse is. Saturday I spent the day cleaning and then my roomates and I had friends over for a little Christmas party (I mean, we had all those cute decorations, how could we not?! ) and to celebrate that our other roommate, Meghan, who was in D.C. all semester, is back! Very exciting as well.... Please look at the fun-ness of my shirt -- I made it myself using my foot and hands. Oh the things you can learn in elementary school...

Sunday it was time to hit the books...or computer rather....for my design class. I spent 5 hours in the computer lab. Monday and Tuesday I spent all my time in the labs/library as well. Joy. Then, with just one final paper to go, I sat down yesterday (Wednesday) and wrote a ten-page research paper in 6 hours. I got up twice from my chair but was that was about it. It's DONE though and that's what matters!

Now the countdown for me can offically begin... in T minus 4 days I will be boarding a Bahama cruise ship!! It's my parents 30th anniversary present/my graduation present and I could not be more excited. Should be some great bonding time for the family as well as a fantastic time overall! It's a little weird that I'll be in the Caribbean for Christmas, but...what can you do? :) I'm not complaining!

Our ship...this ought to do!!

All right, welp, time for me to get back to work. As one final picture, I'll leave you with a bit o' Christmas cheer from my last sorority "informal", in which I was a reindeer. I think the picture on Nolan's face describes his sarcastic-ness perfectly..haha!

Final Exams

AshlenC — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:13:00 GMT

I don't even know where to begin to start explaining how stressful my life has been over the past three weeks. When I left home after Thanksgiving break, I told myself that it wouldn't be long before I was home again. Instead, the time has crawled. I don't think the days could go much slower!

So far, I've written three final exams, and I only have one left to write tomorrow afternoon. My last week of class was so busy (one test, two quizzes in two days) that I didn't even get a chance to start reviewing material for the finals until Friday evening. I spent all weekend focusing on my first two tests - Principles of Drug Action and Therapeutics. They happen to be my two hardest classes so having them back-to-back (Monday afternoon then Tuesday morning) was extremely difficult. I wasn't able to review all the material for either test, but I did the best job I could in getting through a lot of material and learning the things I didn't know or had forgotten. I'm still anxiously awaiting my scores from both those tests, and crossing both my fingers and toes hoping for good grades.

I find it interesting that I'm learning all about health care, and yet final exams make me do the worst things for my body. I am seriously sleep deprived right now, but I'm usually so nervous going to bed about the test the next day, that it takes me a while to fall asleep. Before my Therapeutics exam on Tuesday morning I felt terrible. I didn't think I was going to make it through the exam without being sick - in fact, I thought I was coming down with the norovirus that went around campus during the past couple of weeks! Thankfully I made it through the whole test okay, and as soon as I went home I went to bed and had a two hour nap (at 10am in the morning - haha). I felt better after the nap and by the evening I was almost feeling normal again. I think it's just the stress getting to me.

I write my Dosage Forms final at 1am tomorrow. It shouldn't be as long as some of my other finals, so I'm hoping that I'm done around 2pm. I'm going to head back to my apartment and start cleaning it up. It always looks like a hurricane hit it after clusters, and having clusters and finals so close to each other hasn't given me a lot of time to put things away. My dad is flying in around 6pm tomorrow, so I'll only have a few hours until I have to leave and pick him up at the airport. My dad, my fiance, and I are going out to get some food and then heading back to the apartment to watch the Colts game. On Friday, my dad and I are doing a full clean of my apartment and packing me up to go home. Then, bright and early on Saturday, we're leaving to head back to Winnipeg! Apparently we've had even more snow since when I left, and I absolutely love going home to a winter wonderland for Christmas.

Sorry about not blogging in so long. I've got pictures on my camera from Kappa Psi initiation, but I haven't had time to upload them yet, but once I do I'll definitely write a post to tell you about how it went!

Until later,

Ashlen

All I want for Christmas is for finals to be over!

LizM — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:35:00 GMT

The dreaded week has arrived: Yes folks, finals week is upon us. Actually I can't complain too much. I finished and turned in one of my finals today, and I have three more to go. Another one is a take home final but the other two are in class, so those are the ones to worry about. This past weekend was a ton of fun so it was nice to have some time to be crazy before buckling down and studying.

This past weekend two of my friends, Kathryn and Becca, and I went to my house in Ohio. We rode back with a friend of a friend of my mother and had a blast with our chauffer, Jenny. She lives in Brownsburg and was going to Columbus to visit a friend (the one who knows my mom) so thats how we met up and were able to find a ride. Friday night we were tired from the taxing week that had passed, so we just rented Hancock and hit the hay. I wish I would have gotten to spend more time with my family, but I will be home soon enough and will have lots of time to visit with them :) The next day was the day of the Ohio State v. Butler game! I was so excited, like ridiculously pumped for this game. People kept asking me who I was going to root for, since I suppose I should be a Buckeye. However, I'm all Bulldog (I don't really like Ohio at all so I figure I don't owe them anything) so there was no question that I would be cheering for the Dawgs. We all painted our faces and dressed in Butler gear. Becca and I went a little crazy with the paint while Kathryn kept it modest.

The game was at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, also the place where my high school graduation was held. It was strange to be in the building I graduated in again, kind of one of those "Aha, I really have graduated, I really am in college," moments. The realization slaps you in the face every now and then. At first we were seated in between a mass of Ohio State fans. Those poor fans had nothing on us. We were screaming and shouting and clapping--Only I was so excited sometimes I accidently clapped during OSU's fight song, so one of the girls would grab my hands and stop me. The people around us were getting really grouchy and annoyed with us, so at halftime we went to find our fellow dawgs and see if there were any seats there. Luckily there were plenty of seats left in the Butler section so we spent the remainder of the game with our own fans. Unfortunately Butler lost, but it was a very close game and awesome to be at. The rest of the weekend was relaxing. We had the best intentions of studying, but the rest of the weekend was spent primarily lounging around and being goofy. Becca and I were quite hyper on Saturday night, so we left a video on Butler Basketball #20's facebook wall. We don't know him, but Jenny had been telling us about how her son played basketball with him in high school, and I guess at 1 am we just thought it would be really amusing to sound like super crazy fans. It was actually very creepy but nonetheless people continually come up to us and say "I LOVE THAT VIDEO YOU LEFT ON GORDON'S WALL." I can't decide whether to be embarrassed or laugh, I guess its just a bit awkward. However, we still find it really funny :) Well I better hit the books. I'm mostly worried about my math final...UGH. But its the last math class i will ever have to take in my life. Score :) Good luck to you all in your own finals and Christmas/Holiday shopping!! Break is almost here...

The longest week EVER...

StephF — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 GMT

So it seems like this has been the longest week ever. I'm not gonna lie. I've just had more and more stuff to do all the time...and I am definitely ready for a break. But on the bright side, all of my assignments are done, I just have finals left now. So I guess I can just focus on studying for those?? Which will be interesting I'm sure. On Tuesday we gave our final business presentation, and I was really proud of how my group did. Our class didn't pick us to go to Top Dawg, but its ok. :) We did a great job, and we had a great time doing it too. Tomorrow is Top Dawg, and three of my really good friends are going to be competing with their groups....so that will be fun I'm sure. I'm excited to see what all the groups came up with. On Sunday I became a member of Alpha Kappa Psi....yay!! Thats the business fraternity here @ Butler...and I've been in the whole pledge process for like...ever and a day. But now that it's over it is a huge relief. I will miss our pledge class meetings though, they were always a good time. We were pretty cool. Thats all there is to it.

Today I got a nice surprise....(that I actually knew about last night)....my friend Matt came to visit! He actually was a Butler student for a little while, then he transferred home. But he came up to visit all of us, and it was really nice to see him again! :) We were reminiscing about Welcome Week earlier today, and about how he planted the seeds for many lifelong friendships. Or rather, semester-long friendships so far. haha....but they will be life-long friendships I'm sure. He introduced me to my friend Em who is my absolute favorite....so yeah. He is a nice kid. We miss you here though Matt!!! :(

Last night I also finally finished Eclipse...the third Twilight Book...and holy cow. It was amazing. :) I read for about 4 straight hours last night just because I couldn't ever put it down. So now I need to get my hands on the 4th book, Breaking Dawn, so that I can be obsessed with that too!!! Even though I absolutely love reading about vampires and werewolves and everything....it still hasn't cured my Post-Potter Depression. After taking a 5 year hiatus from the Harry Potter books, I started reading them again around Fall Break....and now I want to read more, but there are no more!!! It seriously saddens me.....so yeah JK Rowling....get on it. Write some more please. Thank you. (and a special thanks goes out to Lauren for diagnosing my Post-Potter Depression at lunch one day. I don't know what I would do without you. Well, I would just wonder what my condition was called. but thanks nonetheless. :))

And my #1 favorite thing that I did this week would have to be that I went shopping today in between classes for like an hour. Em and I just went to Broad Ripple, and I picked out a dress that I can wear this weekend when I go visit my boyfriend Scott. :) Then we just went into random stores that we had never been to before...and it was so fun! I will have to go back there next week to get some last-minute Christmas presents...I tend to always do that....I won't buy things right off the bat....I like to think about my purchase. But then sometimes I'm the exact opposite, and I just have to buy it. I like to shop. a lot. Well...I should probably go study..:)