An UNFORGETTABLE Birthday Weekend!

My Roomie and I!



My Wonderful Boyfriend!



This past weekend was probably one of the best I have ever had!  I turned 21 on Saturday!  I had so much fun with my friends and family!



My Friend Lauren and I!



On Friday, my boyfriend and his friend came to visit and we had a fun, low key night!  At midnight, my friends all sang happy birthday and we had cupcakes!  We were going to go out to the local bar called the Cornerstone (probably a place you will become very familiar with when you are 21 and at Mercyhurst), but the senior class "100 Days Until Graduation" party was being held there and so it was really busy!  Instead we just stayed in at my townhouse and had fun on our own!

The next day was my actually birthday and my family all came to stay at a hotel for the night to celebrate with me!  We went out to eat at a Hibatchi restaurant (it was a good and fun choice!) and they even gave me a free desert!  My mom made me a crown that said "21" on it so everyone there was wishing me a happy birthday. 

My AWESOME cake

After dinner, we went back to the hotel and cut into the BEAUTIFUL cake my boyfriend's younger brother made for me!  It was almost too wonderful to eat! (see picture!)  The hotel had a pool so after desert a bunch of us got on our suits (in the middle of winter...) and jumped in!  We had A LOT of fun and I cannot imagine spending my birthday with better people than I did!

I got cute wine glasses as a gift!

Today is Valentine's Day (HAPPY V-DAY to you!) and it is also the first day of the LAST week of classes in Winter Term.  I am VERY glad to see this term ending and really looking forward to spring break!  Luckily, as I am slaving over my notes to study for finals, I can think of my awesome weekend I just had to help me get through it all!  Not only that, the weather is much warmer and snow is melting!  So, here's to spring fever everyone!

A Celebration of Life

Here I am one more week closer to the end of term...which also means one week deeper into end of term papers, projects, and final preparation!  So far so good on getting my work done, though!  I hope I don't lose track!

This week was exciting because one of the biggest winter storms of the year dumped on the entire country.  Schools every where were closed, including the schools of almost all my friends...except for Mercyhurst.  Haha it was really stinky to have to go to class when you knew so many people didn't have to, but here's the good part: the storm only BARELY hit Erie!  Yeah, it was icy and windy, but it seemed like NOTHING compared to what other cities and states had!  For once, good old Erie was very lucky.  And today, just a day after the "big storm", it was sunny and nice out!

While the weather treated us fairly this week, the Mercyhurst community is gearing up to celebrate the life of Jenni-Lyn Watson this weekend.  The dance department, which she was a part of, is holding their annual show called "Raw Edges."  The entire show this year is a tribute to the life of Jenni and her family is even coming to enjoy the passion that Mercyhurst feels for the horrible tragedy.  Sadly, I will be going home this weekend so I will not be able to attend the show, but I have no doubt that it is going to be very moving and a beautiful represetation of the kind of girl the Jenni was.

So, here's to celebrating life, love, and sunshine!