An Amazing Weekend Away!

I have some advice that doesn't so much have to do with being a student at Mercyhurst, but being a college student in general.  My advice for you after this weekend is that if you have a chance to go to a formal for some type of organization, take it!  My boyfriend is in a fraternity at his school and his formal was in Cincinnati right on the Ohio River...and it was SO much fun!



My guy and I at his formals!



Of course, Mercyhurst doesn't have greek life so you can't really get that here but there is a military ball in the spring for the ROTC members!  Plus, the school has a Fall Ball and Spring Charity Ball.  It is really fun to dress up and have a night out!  Mine was especially fun because it was somewhere new and fun that I hadn't really experienced before.  It was surely a weekend to remember!

Right now, campus is looking forward to the Easter weekend.  A definite benefit of being a Catholic school is that we always get a 4-day weekend for Easter off, while a lot of other school don't.  It will be nice to go home and celebrate the holiday, and hope that the rain will hold out for a while so we can have an outdoor Easter Egg Hunt!

Tomorrow is the Leadership Certification Program's end of year induction ceremony!  I will officially be handing over my presidency to the newly elected president for next year!  I can't believe how fast it went!  I also love this event because it is always catered with REALLYYYYY yummy mini deserts and finger foods...can never go wrong with those! 

Well, time to sit down and start pounding out a final paper for one of my history courses!  Ready, set, focus!

Just Another Day

I haven't really done much since my last post, so I apologize in advance if this one is boring!

For the most part, that last week has mostly been about doing homework.  Now that midterms are over, it is now time here to begin thinking about final papers and projects.  In other words, it's time to get serious!  Luckily I have a few things to distract me and keep me from getting in too deep!  I went home this past weekend to spend some time with my family and then on Sunday night we had a cheerleading stunt clinic!  It was super intense and a lot of hard work but we have really improved on the cool things that our squad can do! (which is especially good right now since our two biggest rival games are coming up in the next couple weeks: Edinboro and Gannon!). 

Other than new excitement (and soreness) from cheerleading, I also have my 21st birthday to look forward to in 3 weeks, then Valentine's Day, and it's officially only 30 days until Spring Break!  Until those things though, I just need to write papers and finish products so I don't get behind or too stressed out!

Here's to hoping I can keep treading water and survive 'til Spring Break!

Busy Little Bee

So I haven't posted in a week because I have been running around like a mad woman!

Last weekend I had FOUR games to cheer at!  On Saturday my parents came to the games and then took me out to dinner.  Even though I had only been back form break for a week, it was NICE to see them and get some food off campus!  And after my games, I had to study study study because this week was midterm week!  (NEVER fun!)

Luckily, my first midterm was today and I think I did really well.  It was for History of the American West.  I love the class and the professor but he gives VERY hard tests!  The study guide he gave us was three pages chocked full of facts, people, places, events...and of course we had to know everything we could fit in our brains!  But, in the end my week of studying paid off because I feel really good about it!  When you get to college, don't blow off studying, even though it is VERY tempting!  It really does help!

Besides the dread of midterms, this week has been a VERY good one.  On Tuesday night my best friend from home came to visit me because her school is still on winter break.  It was SO nice and SO fun to see and hang out with her, especially since I didn't see her much over Christmas Break because she went on vacation with her family.  And to make it even better, my boyfriend is coming to visit tomorrrow night for the entire three day weekend!  I can't wait!

Well, hopefully this weekend is as much fun as I hope it will be!  Until next time...

READY for break!

Just about 2 more days until Christmas break is FINALLY upon us and you can tell the entire campus is itching for it to begin!

The last few days have been especially rough for me because I caught a terrible cold that made me downright miserable!  But, being sick at Mercyhurst actually isn't too terrible.  I know when I was still at home, I was used to my mom knowing exactly what to do and say to make me feel better.  At Mercyhurst, we have the Cohen Health Center, where the nurses are just like your on-campus moms!  I went in not feeling well and they knew exactly what to tell me and give me to make me better.  I left the health center yesterday feeling so much better, even though before I went I really just wanted to be at home!  The health center even has doctors on staff, so if you need to see a doctor or get a prescriptions, they are right there for every student!  It's super convenient and nice!

I cheered my second basketball game tonight and the men and women teams both won!  They were great games and so fun to be at (even though I am not fully recovered from my cold!).

Well, for the rest of the week I plan on cleaning, packing and looking forward to an amazing break with my friends and family!  If I don't blog again before the holidays, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

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!

I'm SO EXCITEDDDD!

I just had one of the most exciting things happen to me in a really long time!  Earlier tonight, I tried out for Laker cheerleading (after not cheering for about THREEE YEARS!)  And guess what...I MADE IT!  I am now officially a cheerleader for 2010-11 Mercyhurst Basketball season!!!!  I am sooooo excited!

Sports at Mercyhurst are HUGE.  We have 24 sports teams (that is A LOT for a school our size!), so basically where ever you go on campus, you will probably find someone that plays some kind of sport.  We have just about every sport you can think of, everything from basketball and football to field hockey, lacrosse, and water polo.  And we are a Division II school (except for hockey, that's Division I) so the games are really fun to go to!  Plus, they are free for students to get in!

I have been to a few different sports games, like football, basketball, and hockey.  Our teams are usually fairly good, so who doesn't enjoy seeing a winning game??  And now I get to cheer for them! 

We also have a Laker Spirit Club, which is really cool because they give out free stuff all the time.  You can get tshirts, clappers, cowbells, you name it!  Anyone can be involved and they just get together and support the awesome Lakers at games every week!

I'm gonna go bask in my excited-ness about being a cheerleader again, so until next time!