Sickness, Birthdays, and MORE snow!

Cute puppy at the mall!

SO I haven't blogged in a little while because I came down with the WORST cold that turned into a sinus AND and ear infection!  As if being in college and having work and classes to attend isn't stressful enough, add being miserably sick on top of that!  Luckily though, the health center is GREAT and got me in the same day I called!  The doctor on staff prescribed me for an antibiotic and I am FINALLY feeling better after nearly a week and a half in bed!

This weekend, even though I wasn't feeling well, we still had the Laker Live-In!  Always a VERY fun event and hopefully some of your were there and saw how awesome Mercyhurst is!  Saturday was also fun because I played with puppies at the mall, attended a GREAT talent show for Mercyhurst students, andddddd a dancer from America's Got Talent performed for us that night!  It was a busy and chaotic day but totally worth it in the end!

Posing at the casino!

This past Monday was my roommate Liz's 21st birthday and we had a LOT of fun!  I went to the Presque Isle Downs and Casino for the first time, and I definately suggest it once you are 21!  When you sign up as a new member, you get $10 FREEEEEEE to play with at the casino and it goes a LONG way if you play your cards right (or slots haha).  I ended up winning about $5 which isn't a ton, but it was basically free money! 

Us with the Birthday Girl!

After a busy, busy weekend and a very fun birthday celebration, I am finally catching up on all the sleep I lost while sick last week!  I am looking forward to this weekend as being a relaxing weekend at home with my family and friends....and hopefully the snow that is STILLLLLLLL hitting lovely Erie clears up REALLYYYY soon!

A little bit of GREEN fun!

A few friends!

Probably one of the most fun days to be a Mercyhurst student is on St. Patrick's day.  The cafeteria has special Irish meals and it is highly unlikely that you will see anyone on campus that is not wearing any green!  Since Mercyhurst was founded by the Sisters of Mercy (who came from Ireland), we are a very Irish school!  Everyone, even those who have no Irish blood whatsoever in their veins is a little Irish that day!

Dinner at Friday's!

This year on St. Patrick's Day, after going to class of course, my other roommate that is already 21 and I went to get a drink and then we walked around campus.  We saw a LOT of people who we know a love outside enjoying the nice spring day (FINALLYYYY) and having fun in their green clothes!  That night, we went out to eat at Friday's.  It is sometimes really really nice to escape campus for a little while and enjoy some good food with friends!  But of course, many restaurants in Erie get SUPER busy at dinner time so my word of advice is take advantage of call ahead seating!!!!

Enjoying St. Patty's Day

After a very fun day on Thursday, I went to visit my lovely boyfriend at his school for the weekend.  Now I am back on the lovely Mercyhurst campus and ready for a new week to begin!  This coming weekend is the Laker Live-In and Major Day, so we will have lotssssss of prospective students on campus!  And hopefully you all fall in love with it here like I have!  I am really hoping the weather stays nice for this weekend (and the rest of the year), especially now that it is OFFICIALLY spring!

I thought the groundhog DIDN'T see his shadow!

Some of us silly Ambassadors at Spring Tea

Well, it is supposed to be spring time...but I am wondering if Mother Nature has gotten confused!  We had a big snowstorm on Thursday night!  We went to bed with a rainy (but warmer) day and when we woke up, it was a winter wonderland!  Needless to say, I was NOT very happy to see that!  All the snow had JUST finished melting!  Hopefully it was our last big snowstorm, though.  If it wasn't I might have to boycott Erie for a while until it gets it's weather on the right track!

Our pretty tulips!

Besides dealin' with the un-spring spring weather, today was the Ambassador Spring Tea!  It is the time that the new ambassador officially join the club and we send off the seniors that will be graduating in a couple monthes.  It is a really fun and nice ceremony in the Christ the King Chapel here on campus.  I think the BEST part about it is the reception afterward, though!  There is always YUMMY finger foods and chocolate covered strawberries!  They are so delicious and I am pretty sure I ate enough for an army!  Functions like this one are always catered by the school's dining service and it is always SOO good!  (So FYI...attend formal school functions to take advantage of the extra yummy food!).  AND there were really pretty tulips on the tables and we took some for our apartment!  YAY spring!

Now that I am a week into spring term, I am really realizing how much I like this term.  I have so much to look forward to, great classes, and VERY little homework (the BESTTTT PARTTT).  Hopefully it stays that way!

Another Beginning!

Hello friends!!!

So here I am, starting my THIRD spring trimester of my college career.  It's really unbelievable!  The days rush by and before I know it I will be out in the real world!  Spring term is always my favorite.  Besides that obvious fact that summer break is just around the corner, it also is a time of nice weather!  Everyday brings us one step closer to flip flops, sunshine, and beach days!  Of course, being in Erie, there will still be cold days and maybe even a little more snow, but it melts fast and never lasts long!  You can definately tell spring is coming on this campus by the optimism in all the students!  On a sunny day you can just tell that so many people have a spring in the step and a smile on their face!  And my personal favorite of nice weather: SPRING CLOTHES!

Of course the soon-to-be changing weather isn't the only exciting things about spring.  It is the time where seniors are figuring out their plans after graduation, housing for the next year is decided, and a whole new set of classes are being taken!  This term I only have 3 classes and so far I really like all of them!  I don't have an early mornings and I have one night class.  In my opinion, it is the best time of year for night classes because the days get longer so it isn't still dark when you finally get out of class! 

I have set a few goals for this term and hopefully I can keep up with them!  I am going to try working out more often (especially now that the cheerleading season is over!) and I am going to eat healthy!  I think the sunshine outside should keep me motivated and focused enough to meet my goals and have a really enjoyable term!  Keep your fingers crossed for me! =]