My Thanksgiving Break

My Thanksgiving break was fantastic. It started with the NC State game, which was a very good game because we beat them. Sunday morning my roommate and I got up at 6:00 a.m. and left for home. The ride went by pretty fast which is great because usually we always get stuck in traffic. I arrived at my house around 12:00 p.m. with my dog outside waiting to greet me. When I got inside my parents hugged me and I realized I was the first one who got home. I have two cousins that go to Virginia Tech too so they arrived a little later and we all got to hang out as a family. It was nice to sit and talk about everything that had happened since I’d been home. That evening we ate dinner with some really close friends of the family which was great because they have a two year old daughter who is hilarious.

The next day I went to my best friend, Alex’s, house and it was cool to catch up with her. I never realized how so much could happen in so little time. She told me all about how her sister had a baby and she was really excited about it because that was her first niece. We went and got her brother from school and then I helped her with a project that I had done the previous year. That night I went to my friend, Tallie’s, house and ate dinner with her. She goes to Old Dominion University. Her roommate had come home with her so I got to meet her. I really enjoyed that night because I hadn’t seen her since I left for college. My friend that dropped out of Virginia Tech was also there that night so I got to tell him about everything that’s been going on since he left.

Tuesday I got up and ate lunch at my high school with Alex. It was then that I realized how much I love the food here at Tech. The food was so awful and I’m really glad I don’t have to eat that anymore. After lunch I went with my cousin and we got pedicures. It was good to spend time with her because even though she goes here I still don’t see her very often. I went to YMCA Afterschool shortly after we got our pedicures. It is a child care program where we watch after the kids in Elementary School. It was one of my previous jobs before I came to college. I loved seeing all of the kids again because they are so sweet. I miss that job so much because I love being about children. It’s kind of weird because before I got that job I never really liked kids much, but after working with them you get to see the different sides to them. I got to go to dinner with a woman that I consider my second mother on Tuesday night. It was so good to catch up with her. That night I stayed with Alex and a couple of my other friends came over too.

Wednesday I didn’t really do anything except sit around my house. My cousins and I helped my aunt set up for Thanksgiving Day because we always have our whole family down for Thanksgiving. We went out to eat that night at a Mexican restaurant because my parents didn’t want to make a mess at home. I got something called a crazy burrito and it was so delicious.

Thursday I woke up in a very excited mood because I knew I was going to get to see my whole family. I don’t get to see my family very often so it was a really good day. Not only was I excited about my family, but also I was excited for the meal. Thanksgiving is always my favorite meal of the year because it’s so much and it’s all so good. My family is really into the card game, Spades. It gets very competitive and that makes it so much fun. I played two games and lost both so that kind of sucked, but it was still fun. Most of the family left around nine that night. I loved seeing all of my family and hopefully I’ll get to see them sometime soon again.

Friday I woke up and had to help clean up all the mess from the day before, but I didn’t mind helping out. I just hung out with my cousins until it was dinnertime. My parent’s friends came over again with their daughter and they fixed dinner for us. My sister also came too. She brought her daughter as well. I was glad I got to spend a lot of time with my sister over the break because she’s really cool. I loved seeing her daughter too because she’s adorable. She’ll be two on Christmas Eve so she’s reaching that age where she’s talking a lot. Friday night I went to a party at one of my friend’s houses and it was really fun. A lot of my old friends were there so we all got to hang out and have a good time.

I spent the rest of my break pretty much hanging out with Alex. I feel like no matter how much time I spend with her, I’m still going to miss her like crazy when I’m not around her. She’s is the most fun person I’ve ever met and I’m already ready to go back home to see her. Luckily we don’t have too much longer until Christmas break. Well my break was great and hopefully Christmas will be even better.

Thanksgiving Week

This past week was pretty easy. I really just had to write a paper and take a quiz. It did kind of suck though because I got pretty sick and couldn’t get motivated to do anything. I went to shiffert and luckily it was only a cold. They gave me some medicine so I’m feeling a lot better now. Since I was sick I didn’t do much over the weekend and it was pretty boring. Really the only thing I did was go to work, which actually was fun because I met some cool people.

I hope this week goes by fast because I have a lot planned for the weekend. I have a calculus test that I have to take tomorrow and I’m really not looking forward to it. I also need to finish this English paper because my rough draft pretty much sucked. I don’t really have much else other than those two things. I have to work on Tuesday and Wednesday, but hopefully that won’t be too bad. Last Wednesday I had to work in Cantina at Owens and I hated it. I had to learn what everything was and it was so busy. I’ve also had to work in Philly, Carvery, and Pasta. My favorite so far is probably Carvery or Pasta. Those two I pretty much just have to scoop food and restock whatever food is gone. After Wednesday evening things will be very easy and I will be very excited because my weekend is going to be great.

One of the things that I’m looking forward to the most is Thursday/Friday at midnight. My roommate and I have been looking forward to seeing the movie New Moon for so long. When I first moved in I watched Twilight with her and I loved it so much that I decided to read the books. I actually just recently finished reading the New Moon book which makes me even more excited to see the movie. We were just going to wait until Friday to go see it, but now we’re going to go on Thursday night. We’re so obsessed with going to see it that we watch the commercial like five times a day. It’s pretty ridiculous, but the movie will be so good and I can’t wait to see it.

On Friday, I’m not really sure what I’ll be doing yet. I have English class and I have to go take a math quiz at the empo, but I don’t know of anything else as of now. Saturday, there is a football game against N.C. State. My roommate and I both have a ticket so we’re going to go together. I’m really excited for the game because we have awesome seats. We’re in section 104 which is like right in front of the field. My friend, Brittany, is also coming with us so I’m sure we will have a good time. Depending on what time the game ends, my roommate and I might be going home. If it doesn’t end until late we will leave on Sunday.

What I’m most excited for is Thanksgiving break. I’m so excited to see my friends and family. There are some friends I haven’t seen since the summer and we’ve all decided we’re going to hang out one day over our break. I’m really excited to see my family as well because I’ve only seen them a couple of times since I’ve been at college.

Thanksgiving Day is going to be great. I can’t wait until I can get a homemade cooked meal. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because I get to see my whole family and eat delicious food. We have a tradition that we watch Christmas Vacation together every Thanksgiving. We also always play the card game, Spades, with each other. We are very competitive when it comes to card games.

I’m sure I’ll probably go shopping the day after Thanksgiving because I usually do. I’m hoping that I can spend a lot of time with my friend, Alex. I’ve seen her more than anyone else from home, but she’s my best friend so I still miss her a lot. I will probably hang out with her and other friends until Sunday when I have to come home. Hopefully the week will be as great as I expect it to be.

Good Weekend

This weekend was one of my best so far. The reason it started so great was because on Thursday I had an exam and got an 86 on it. Since I’ve been here I’ve really struggled with my classes and I felt so relieved to finally do well on an exam. The good thing was that it was an ACIS exam and since I’m a business major I have to get a C or better to pass the class. I was so excited about my B so I went out with a couple of my friends on Thursday night. We went to the hooka bar, She Shaw’s. While we were there we played a few card games and it was really fun.

On Friday I slept in until around eleven and it felt great. I went to English and then had to go take a quiz at the math emporium. I hadn’t even looked at the lessons and had about thirty minutes until I had to start the quiz. I just glanced at the lessons and hoped for the best. Amazingly I got a five out of six on the quiz so that made me really happy. My friend picked me up from the empo and then we went back to her apartment. She was throwing a camouflage party that night and we were making our own dresses. Well actually my friend’s sister was making them for us because neither of us actually knew how to sew. So it took about five hours for my friend’s sister to make all three dresses, but they all looked cute. Mine was originally too loose, but then she took it in and it became way too tight. I was going to get her to redo mine, but three people at the apartment said it looked really cute so I just wore it like it was. After our dresses were made, we went to subway for dinner and it was so delicious. I’m so used to eating at the same places everyday so I forgot what subway was like. We went back to my friend’s apartment after that and got ready for the party.

The party got started around 9, but at first there weren’t many people at all. It didn’t seem like many people were going to show up so we decided that we would go to another party if not a lot of people came. Around 10:30 a bunch of my friends came, and we all stayed at the apartment for a little bit longer. At eleven we all left and walked to another party that was in Terrace View. It was some guy’s 21st birthday party. It was a pretty crazy party and there were a lot of people there. They had a beer pong table that was made out of condom wrappers. I thought it was pretty funny. We left that party around 1:30 with the intention of going to back to my friend’s apartment and going to sleep. Once we got to her apartment her sister keeps telling me that she wants to go back out. Her sister is a senior in high school so she’s not really used to going out. So I told her I would take her back to the party, but only for like 30 minutes. We went back to the party and there was like nobody there so we just turned around and left. When we were crossing the street to go back to my friend’s apartment, this guy was like “follow me the cars won’t hit me.” It was quite hilarious. He went to the bus stop and there were probably like thirty people there. My friend’s sister and I then started talking to all of these people and they were pretty exciting. The bus came and she wanted to keep talking to them so I told her we could get on and then just go in a circle back to her sister’s apartment. We get on the bus and she asks me when the bus stops running. It was then that I realized that it was 1:59. I was feeling pretty stupid at that point. So we got off on Washington Street and I called a friend and told him to come get us. When I told him what I did he said something like “wow you’re dumb.” We got back to my friend’s apartment around 2:45 and stayed up for another hour talking to each other. We finally decided to go to sleep around 4.

Saturday morning I woke up and realized that it was going to be my first day of work. I was really nervous at first. My friend, Erin walked with me to Owen’s because she had to work too. I was clueless as to what I was supposed to do when I first got there. I had to work in pasta and it was actually a lot easier than I had expected. I worked until about 9:30 and then went back to my dorm. As soon as I walked in my roommate said “dang you smell like food.” That was when I decided to take a shower. I went and hung out with at my friend’s apartment last night, but we just watched some tv. When I walked in here door I saw that the condom wrapper table was in their apartment. Apparently, the guy’s parents were going to his place and he had to hide the table somewhere.

Today I have done nothing except for this blog. This was definitely a lazy day for me so I guess I’ll have to be more motivated tomorrow. My weekend was really great and I had a lot of fun.

Halloween Weekend/Eric O'Shea Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMQt7ARAqXs

I feel like this year Halloween was a lot more exciting for me. The last few years I haven’t done much for Halloween, just because I felt too old to be dressing up. This year was a lot different because like everyone I hang out with was so excited to be dressing up. I wasn’t that excited at first, but then once I got everything for my costume I was really excited to wear it.

My costume was a hippie. I bought this purple skirt and wore a black shirt that had a bunch of peace stuff on it. My friend, Brittany, let me borrow her peace sign earrings and necklace. I also had two peace sign bracelets so I was all decked out in peace sign jewelry. My other friend, Stephanie, did my hair in braids. I loved my outfit so much and I think I pulled it off.

Another thing that was really exciting about this Halloween was that we had a door decorating contest in my dorm. My roommate was so excited about that because she loves decorating. First, we put a tablecloth around the door that had spooky looking eyes on it. Then, we decorated it with skeletons, pumpkins, ghosts, and some other stuff. We put a bucket of candy out so people could take some. We were going to put lights around the door, but the cord wasn’t long enough. Overall our door looked awesome. We probably spent over thirty dollars on all the decorations. Our RA informed us yesterday that we got third place in the contest. Our prize was a little bag of candy. Sadly, we had to take all of our decorations down today, but oh well there is always Christmas.

So last night I went to a Halloween party in Foxridge. It was a crazy party and their apartment was all decked out in decorations. They covered all of their walls with black trash bags and had flickering Halloween lights. One of the guys that lived there said they spent about a thousand dollars on everything, but of course they had bought a ton of alcohol too. Along with their decorations, they had two ice sculptures. You can probably guess the shapes they were made into. I had never seen them before and I thought it was quite hilarious. There were probably at least one hundred people at the party, but it was still really great.

It really sucks to have to go back to all this work after such a great weekend. I really hope this week flies by because I’m already ready for next weekend. I have an ACIS and Calculus exam this week and I need to do well on both of them. The one thing I am looking forward to this week is starting my new job at Owen’s Food Court. I had a training today and I have one tomorrow. Then hopefully on Friday I can start working because I definitely need the money. I think it’ll actually be a fun job because I will get to meet some new people. Brittany works there too so at least I will have someone that I know already. I think I’m going to really enjoy working there or at least I hope so.

Well I can’t really think of much else to write about so I will write about this video I watched the other day that I thought was really funny. My roommate and I were sitting in our room and she told me to come watch this video with her. It’s a comedian talking about how television commercials should have better songs to promote their products. He uses really good songs to go with the topics he’s talking about. One topic he uses is Viagra and then he uses the song, “You Raise Me Up.” That example was the funniest to me. There are other really good ones too like for the topic pregnancy tests, he uses the song “Wasn’t Me.” Whenever I feel down I go watch it because I think it’s a mood booster. Sometimes I will watch Katt Williams too because he is hilarious. If you’ve never heard him, you should go to youtube and watch him because you will laugh your butt off. Anyways, I don’t know what else to write about so this is where I’m ending this blog.