Short, Sweet, and to the Point...

It is finally getting warm out!  Needless to say, moods have lifted and life is just good!  That's pretty much enough said about life at Mercyhurst right now!

Hoping it lasts!  Now back to studying for midterms...

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!

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! =]

It's beginning to look a lot like (Antarctica?)

Well, as many of you may know, Erie has officially kicked off the lovely (or not so lovely) snow!  It really quite beautiful, unless of course you have to walk or drive through it!  But, of course, as all Mercyhurst students know, we must get used to it because there is only more to come!

On Monday was the first home men's and women's basketball games and they were pretty awesome.  I only cheered for the men's game, but the women won and the men put on an nail-biter by keeping it tied throughout most of the game!  We unfortunately lost at the very end by only 3 points.  For the first game it was a pretty good turnout, and I didn't mess up too badly at my first college cheerleading experience!

Yesterday, there was a speaker for the leadership society I belong to on campus and it really was quite interesting.  Tom Krieglstein talked to us over a broadcast about creating a digital social identity.  Of course, just about everyone I know has a Facebook, but I realized how useful and cool having this blog really is!  It gives me a chance to not only help prospective students get a chance to learn what being a student here is really all about, but it also helps me create a good reputation for future employers that may search my name n the internet!  That being said, I must now apologize to all you readers out there...because I now have a hidden agenda for writing this blog: getting a JOB! :P

Today has been a really good day, too (regardless of my 4 straight hours of class!).  My friends and I ate lunch in Egan cafeteria, which we rarely do, and were pleasantly surprised by the delicious food!  It was an Italian theme and they has lasagna, pepperoni bread, pasta, and wonderful cannol's and tiramisu!  A meal like that makes me want to eat lunch on campus much more often!  Luckily I will be just as lucky for dinner tonight!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Dreary Erie? Not for me!

Heyyy again!

My roomie and I last fall

Sooooo we have now been back at school for almost five weeks, and you can tell everyone is starting to get lost in translation of school work, studying for midterms, and loss of sleep.  And to make getting up in the morning even harder, it has been much less sunny and it has rained almost everyday.  Walking to class in the morning is just not fun when you have to do it through the rain!  And the worst part?  Now is the time of year when everyone gets colds!

But, being a veteran of the whole changing of weather thing, I am getting through just fine!  While it's no secret that Erie weather is not ideal, this city is my second home.  It will get worse in the winter monthes, but for now I find myself enjoying the cool fall breeze.  Today, I walked with my roommate around campus running errands and it was the perfect day for a relaxing stroll in a cozy sweatshirt!  SOO fall-y!  And once the leaves start really changing, Erie is probably one of the most beautiful places to be! 

The next two weeks or so are going to be VERY busy for me.  I have to study really hard for midterms, especially because this is my term with four classes and I don't want to let the tempting laziness take over!  But, I am allowing myself for a little bit of a break to go home this weekend and spend some time with my family, friends, and boyfriend back home!  So, until we meet again, enjoy the lovely fall weather!