Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Ugh... already back from Spring Break. It was definitely a nice change of pace, but of course, it was over before I knew it. Its my second day back to the daily college grind, and I'm already counting down the days until summer. ONLY 5 WEEKS LEFT! Its not that I don't like school, but the city is so much fun to be in when the weather is nice, and the second spring arrives class will be the last thing on my mind. I'm also really excited for summer because its the first summer that I will be really close to my best friends from school, instead of going home to the Boonies. Don't get me wrong - I'm definitely planning on making some relatively frequent trips home to lounge around in my pool - but turning 21 and living in the North End this summer definitely makes it seem promising to be the best summer yet.

But anyways, Spring Break was amazing. I definitely fell in love with NYC when I was there. I dragged my friend around the city to do all of the fun tourist-y stuff for about 9 hours or so, but I felt like we didn't come anywhere close to seeing everything. I really hope to go back sometime soon, probably sometime during the summer, to some of the things we didn't have time for. I spent the second half of break at home, and absolutely loved that too. I should have been doing homework over break, but somehow it just slipped my mind, and I had a lot of catching up to do on Sunday night when I got back to my apartment.

Registration for Fall 2008 classes is next week, and I'm definitely looking forward to taking the new classes I hope to get into. I really want to take Intro to Counselling Skills - the only counselling psychology class we have at the university. I've heard its by far the best psych class here, and spaces are limited so I really really hope to get into it! I'm also taking a Theories of Personality class, and the Honors Senior Seminar for psych majors, which seem like they'll really help me prepare for graduate school (I'm crossing my fingers to get in somewhere!). For my fourth class I hope to get into a Forensic Science class here - Criminalistics. Yeah, I know.. it has nothing to do with my major, and most people would think I was crazy for taking an extra science class and lab for ha-ha's but that is one thing I love about Suffolk: you definitely get a lot of experience and learn a lot in your field of study, but there's also plenty of time to take classes that are just interesting to you. I absolutely love having the opportunity to build on my new obsession with Law & Order: SVU. : )

Gotta run to give a tour!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

I wanted to start off this blog by encouraging you guys to check out the new Suffolk blogs. Our new bloggers have some great insight into the school, and I'm sure they have tons of stories to share with you guys so I definitely would check their blogs out!

Okay, so its that time of year again. Basically, I get really sick once a year - usually in March. Without fail, March 8th rolls around and what happens? I develop some sort of sinus infection... as I'm lost in Dorchester, in the pouring rain. Clearly not a great start to the weekend, but it definitely got a little better despite the fact that I thought I was on my deathbed.

I went to see the Suffolk grad student production of the Vagina Monologues after that. It really was such a good show - something that everyone should see if given the opportunity. My bestest friend Rebecca did the set design and lighting for the show, so I went to the show with her roommate, Amy, and boyfriend, Greg, for moral support. It turned out to be one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. One of my favorite parts of show was sitting next to a guy and hearing his reaction to a feminist show aimed at empowering women. He was also lucky enough to be singled out as a male ally for women, and was asked to lead the "vagina chant," and his taking-charge attitude cracked me up as he enthusiastically agreed to do so.

After taking Monday and Tuesday off from school as sick days, I had to return to classes today. The classes themselves weren't bad, but the day goes by so much slower when you're not sitting in your pj's watching Full House and the Price is Right all day long. I have so much work to catch up on now. That's the main reason why I hate being sick during the school year: its nearly impossible to get caught up on everything afterwards. Thankfully, Spring Break is next week, and I CANNOT wait to take a few days off from school. NEW YORK CITY -- here I come! Crossing my fingers for finding the Cash Cab! : )