Graduation! 

Me at Senior Disorientation 

Queen of Procrastination!

I had stayed up until nearly 6 working on that paper some more. I took a 2 hour nap and then finished it, all 13 & 1/2 pages of it! I also got Anne and Megan's papers and ran them over to SJU. I was running down the hall action movie style in order to ensure that they were on time! Six down, three to go! Man I'm good, a 13 page paper from scratch in less than 24 hours! Then I went to work for the last time of the semester and had some dinner before starting on the two papers I had due the next day!

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I came back to school right before work and turned in my Dance Final Essay. I worked for a while and had dinner. I had a paper to write and it wasn't even started and due at 5:00 the next day! I was in the library from 9:00 - 12:45 that night and kept on working on it! I've never studied or done anything for finals in the library before, I thought it was about time, besides it went well!

Bye Bye Roxi

In all of the melay last night Roxi got out and was found by security! Which means that we need to move her somewhere else before today is done! I had to volunteer at the MN History Center today and then stopped by home to get the cat carrier. Mom and Dad agreed to let her stay with them for the week, then Cassie was getting her. So I went back to school got my things and Roxi and headed back home again. Then proceeded to work on more papers!

St. Thomas and Heather's Going Away Party

The team met for breakfast at McGlynn's again before getting on the bus for St. Thomas. How we won the meet is beyond me and I'm sure it came down to our divers and the last relay event! We were all drenched by the time we left the pool. Then I took a little nap and did some homework before heading over the Heather's. Her roommates were having a party for her since she's leaving for Spain next semester. It was a blast and Lisa, Scott, and Nick were there as well. After a while we ended up at the bar again, surprise! More fun with everyone since it was the last weekend of the semester!

Last Day

I don't have any classes today!!! I slept way in and then went to work at the SJU pool since that's were the meet is tonight. I announced diving tonight for the first time and that went all right. It's pretty funny Brock and I pretty much run the entire meet! Both the men and women lost since we were swimming against St. Olaf who is the best team in the conference. Then I stayed at home the rest of the night since we have another meet tomorrow.

Bowling with the Faculty

After classes and work today the History Club is going bowling with the faculty. As it turned out it was me and 7 of the professors! That was all right, they were all cool and I knew most of them already. I won a British Museum mug that has Historian written on it! Night off for once, since I have the weekend to work on stuff, off to Sal's with me. I borught Heather with me too since she needed a study break after all! We met up with Liz, Matt, and Josh and had a blast!

Last H&M Movie!

As a fundraiser the sorority is selling the COLLEGE shirts from Animal House and I was my turn to sell this morning. They are going very quickly! A fundraiser that is actually working, when did Hell freeze over? Then it was off to dance class where were are watching our final performances from Monday, eek! Work and dinner then off to AV1 one last time! Back to the grindstone with all the homework and papers!

Internship Interview

After finishing two movie review from H&M and having classes, I had my interview with the HMML for an internship this spring and summer working with the St. John's Bible Project. I think the interview went very well, but I won't know until after finals are over. Then it was off to work since there is a ton to do because we have two meets this weekend! More homework and papers before the last AKS meeting of the semester.

Anthropology Finally Over

Today was the finally performance day in dance class, I think it went all right but I'll have to see the tape to be sure. I wrote a 9 paged history of the Bosnian Civil War over the course of the day and handed it in with my group refection at 2:40 - DONE! Then it was off to the Life Skills 411: Holiday Celebration to eat all sorts of great international holiday food! Worked for a little bit and then I saw Ghost Sonata with Ellen and Aaron. WOW is all I can say! Then it was time to finish-up two movie reviews for H&M.

Canterbury Yet Again!

The last time I will work at Canterbury before Winter Break! Afterwards I stopped at home super quick and then went back to school and did tons of homework! I have two papers due to finish up Anthropology tomorrow and niether are started!

'Family' Day

I was suppose to volunteer at the Ramsey House but didn't have the money to get down there and back again. I also had a lot of work to do before finals since they are a week away! That night I watched the Princess Diaries 2 with Mary and John Gonzalez, who are practically family to me. After the movie we went to the Old Gym and played pick-up volleyball with a bunch of other people, by the 5th game we were playing 8 on 9. My team won 3 of the games! Then I headed to Sal's to dance for awhile since I knew my friends were going to be there. Heather and Liz were there so I hung out with them. We didn't get back to the West Apartments until nearly 2 after everything was said and done!

Crew!!!

After classes I spent the day getting ready for the crew banquet. We had a great dinner in the Teresa Reception Center in the Main building. It was great to see all of those people again after a few months apart! After the banquet we headed over the Vincent for a 70's party! After a few rounds of beer pong and P & A we figured out that everyone was legal so we moved the party to Sal's. We danced the night away have a blast as a team, still in 70's gear!

Festival of Cultures

I had my resume critiqued for the MN Private College Job Fair in February. More rehearsal for my final performance and work. Then I had a meeting for the Festival of Cultures which is in April. Homework and TV.

Western Movie Day

After Reformation today Megan, Anne and I watched Blazing Saddles for our last movie for H&M. It was so nice to see a funny Western. I worked on homework before work. Then I had to watch another movie for H&M, but this one wasn't a fun as Blazing Saddles.

Angie's Birthday

I had dance class on the stage again we are working on our final performance pieces. I worked for awhile and then headed to Cold Spring to deliver the wreaths we sold earlier. After that 10 of us went to Applebee's for Angie's birthday dinner. Then we went back to our apartment and had great cake that Cassie had made yesterday. AKS meeting where I handed out tons of clothing. Homework time for me!

Angie's Power Hour

As always I have three classes today which all have a ton of homework! But it is Angie's power hour so homework was useless. People started coming over around 8 and we had a few pre-bar drinks with everyone. There was also a frosting fight between Cassie, Grant, and I while making the cake for tomorrow. At the bar she managed to have 11 shots and was doing quiet well when we left. It was a good night!

Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday - I worked at Canterbury Park. Then my mom and I went to Claddagh's for Shamrock wings and Strongbow on tap. We rented movies and spent the night at home waiting for Dad and Jen to get back from Madison.

Thursday - We all went to Cold Spring to my aunt and uncle's house for Thanksgiving. I was a pretty low key day and I relearned the card game of 500. We all watched Garfield when we got home.

Friday - Worked at Canterbury again. When I got home my dad helped me revamp my resume and applied for a job and an internship for after graduation in May.

Saturday - I went to coffee with a friend of mine from high school. We went and visited my grandpa in the nursing home before heading to another aunt's house for my third and final Thanksgiving.

Sunday - Homework central and back to school!

Heading Home

I had dance class on the stage today, packed up and went home for Thanksgiving Break.

Manic Monday!

It was another crazy Monday for me! They always seem to be the worst days of the week for me. I had my movie analysis and debate review papers due for Reformation. H&M was okay. Then I had to finish researching and preparing my presentation on Northern Ireland for Anthropology. Our presentation took about an hour which was good. Chelsea and I headed to O'Connell's to get coffee afterwards and we head to go back and watch a really boring movie! After class I had to go to work and then head over to St. John's to watch another movie for H&M. Then of course I worked on more homework since it was Monday after all!

Canterbury and Anthropology Group Project

I worked at Canterbury today but got off early because I have a lot of work to do my group project before our meeting tonight and my grandparents are in town. I went out to dinner at Baker's Square with them and my parents before returning to school. Then I met up with Chelsea to work on our project before we all met together in the library to finalize our game plan. I think we'll be okay.

Moorhead Bound

I got up just in time to catch the bus to Moorhead for our swim meet today. It was women's meet only since Concordia doesn't have a men's team. We won the meet with flying colors and then headed home again. I fell asleep on the way home and then stayed at home for the rest of the night doing homework.

Surprisingly Productive Friday

I helped out my friend, and crew teammate, Lynn with her psychology experiment. Then I watched the film for Reformation that I had missed because of the Thanksgiving dinner. Worker for over two hours today and then spent a quiet night at home watching movies because of the swim meet tomorrow.

Third Day of Great Food in a Row & My First Beer Pong Night

No Reformation today because my professor's mother is dying and she has gone to be with her. After H&M, class not the store, I get ready for my Buisness Etiquette Dinner since I had to go to work, a history club meeting, and then to the dinner all in a row. History club decided to go bowling with the faculty right before finals and that we have a bunch of great ideas for next semester. The dinner was nice even though I knew most of it already, but free food is free food. Then it was time to finially get out of that buisness suit! Of to Sal's with Chelsea so she could play beer pong. I took full advantage of the $7 all-you-can-drink special and then topped off the night with a jag bomb. Good way to end the working week for me!

Thanksgiving Numero Uno

After dance and work I headed over to St. John's for Thanksgiving Dinner. This something the school does every year I had not been yet. The swim teams go all together which is tons of fun. There was everything you could imagine for a proper Thanksgiving dinner: Turkey, dressing, gravy, corn, rolls, corn bread, and pumkin pie. It was so good! I had a blask getting to know some of the guys from the men's team since I had met some of them the past weekend at the meet. I then headed into a turkey coma as soon as I got home.

Debate and Generational Dinner

I had to debate today in Reformation acting as an Abbess during the Reformation. I think it went pretty well even though we were missing people for our session. This should redeem my grade some in this class. Then after work I had the Generational Dinner which brought together students for all four class and alumnea. I ended up sitting next to the new president of the university. She seemed quite impressed with me and everything that I had done last semester in Europe. Not too shabby, I'd say.

Gymnastics Day

In dance class today we did all sorts of rolls, dives, somersaults, and handstands! Fun, fun, fun! In anthropology we had the class broken into two groups so I only had 1 1/2 hours of class instead of 3! Off to work and then tons and tons of homework!

Fundraising and Anthropology

I obviously slept in since I didn't go to bed until nearly 5:30! I showered and head over to Cold Spring wtih Alina to sell wreaths for our ASB trip to the Dominican Republic for fundraising. After we were done we had lunch at Subway. I worked on my anthropology reading and watched the AMAs before my group meeting for our anthropology presentation next week.

Tommie/Johnnie Day

I got up and headed to McGylnn's for breakfast with the swim team before we head over to St. John's for our first home meet. We are swimming against Carleton, who happens to have an Olymipc Trials swimmer on their team. I am running the computer for the meet, figuring out diving scores, and results. It's really fun and I am working with the St. John's manager Brock, who is really cool. The women end up loosing but they swam well. After the meet we have a social in the Palaestra. After that I head out to the game which is just past half-time. I sit with Sara and Colleen. St. John's wins the game 21-0 and it is our last college football game since we are not heading to the playoffs for the first time in eight years. We take pictures with the Rat Pak. Then I head back home and take a nap, but sleep through Paul's recital because I am a narcaleptic. When I wake up again it's almost 10 at night and I get ready and head to Sal's since John is there and we are going there to prepare for the cast party for Oresteia which is latter at night. We have a lot of fun hanging out together and then head to the Rat Trap for an after bar since the cast and crew are still striking the set. When we finally get to the cast party it is pretty slow until we start playing spin the 'bottle.' Needless to say it progressed quite nicely even though there wasn't alcohol involved. Then we started dancing. Most of us kept switching between dancing and spin the bottle for a while until too many of us were dancing to continue the game. We danced until the wee hours of the morning, 5 AM!

International Friend and Swimming Dinner

I actually had both of my classes today! In Reformation we had the first have of a Reformation debate were we all took on the characters of people affected by the Reformation. It actually was fun but a little intimidating since I have to go on Tuesday. In Historiography we started debating the movie and modern western history. Then I took a nap! I went to work for a while but then left to go meet my international friend. Her name is Mubera and she is from Bosnia & Herzegovina. She's 23 years old and a fashion major. She seems really cool and is a fun person to hang out with. She has a fashion show on the 20th that I'm going to try to get to. Then it was back to the pool for a bit to get a ride to Kathy's house, the head coach and my boss, for dinner. At the pool Adam, the assistant coach, was talking Jess and Sarah into jumping over the lane flags by jumping off of the diving board. At Kathy's we had pasta salad, chili, corn chips, bread, cookies, and brownies. It was so good and I don't even like chili! Then the team sat around telling stories from years pasts and laughing for over an hour! Once I returned to my apartment I did laundry and watched movies to prevent a repeat of last week!

Job Fair Preparations

I really need to stop staying up until 2am and then not getting up until 10am! Anywoo, dance class was great today because we got to experiment with music and movement for our final performance. Work was better today becasue of how much I got done yesterday. Then I went to the job fair meeting for the Minnesota Private College Job Fair in February. Megan and I are probably going to find another person or two to stay with us downtown for the event since it is a two day event. I really need to go to this in order to find a job. Then, you guessed it, more homework! I think I've finally kicked the European style out of my study habits and it only took 5 and 1/2 months!

Taking Care of Business

I spent the morning running errands and what not because, yet again no Reformation class and I don't have Historiography on Wednesdays. I worked for a long time because there is a ton of stuff to do before our first home meet this weekend! Then I had a movie for class. This time, Bad Day at Black Rock, Westernish movie but not really a Western. Then I did the movie review and went to bed.

Pretty Boring

Dance class, shower, work, dinner, TV, homework, AKS meeting, and then more homework.

Another Late Night

I didn't have Reformation again since Beth was still in New Jersey. Historiography wasn't too bad either. I was reading for Anthropology before class and was getting really tired and decided not to go to class today because the material we were covering wasn't anything I couldn't learn from reading the material. Then I spent the rest of the day doing more homework until the wee hours of the morning yet again!

Countires I Visited in Europe

Ok, someone posted a comment and wanted me to list the contries that I went to in Europe so here is the list in chronological order:

Iceland
England
Wales
Norway
France
Spain
Gibraltar
Scotland
Belguim
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Greece
Italy
Vatican City
Austria
Czech Republic
Germany
Liechtenstein
Switzerland

That's all in 133 days, ladies and gentlemen!

Here's a map of all the countries I went to:


create your personalized map of europe

Ah, Canterbury

I woke up kinda late and headed down to Canterbury to work my usual every other Sunday shift. I was not late, yeah! Then on the way home I stopped at home and had dinner with my parents. Free home cooked food, excellent! They also unloaded their cupboards and freezer on me. Then it was back to school to do more homework.

Swim Meet, or Not

Even though I had set two alarms I slept through both of them! Not good, so as soon as I woke up I called my boss and left a voice mail explaining everything. Then I spent the day doing homework. I didn't even go out that night even though it was Mike's power hour, but he didn't make it out of his apartment! Probably a good thing that I deceided to stay in since I have to work at Canterbury in the morning.

VA Bingo

I woke-up around 9:30 when Susannah came over to smoke with her boyfriend, Gee, who lives downstairs. Chelsea, Susannah, Chelsea's roommate Kim and I run around in PJs, watch TV, and IM until about 11:30 when I head for home when I'll be safe from the buses. I then ran into town to deposit money from the AKS girls for their clothes. After I got from St. Cloud I went swimming since I had not done anything to work out in a while besides dance class. Then it was off to work. My next item on the agenda on my day of no class was volunteering at the VA Hospital for bingo night. After that we went out to Old Chicago for pizza because one of our sorority sisters works there and was on duty that night. Chelsea and I headed back to the Projetcs to watch a few movies one on the We channel and them Kim had rented Raising Helen, which actually was really good. I headed home around 1am.

One Small Step, Is My Large Leap!

I didn't have Reformation class today because my professor's mother is sick and she has gone to New Jersey to see her. Then I accidently slept through my 11:20. After that I worked at the Blood Drive on campus because I am barred from donating ever again since I have lived in England for more than 3 months. I also am doing it because my sororoity is a service sorority. Then it was off to work for a while.

Tonight was opening night of The Oresteia, which is the large theatre show this semester. All the alums come back for opening night. My friend Tom was there! I hadn't seen him since before I left for London! I was so happy to see him! The show was so long and kinda boring; I sort of fell asleep during a part of the second act and I was sitting right next to the director, oops! Although the furies' costumes were amazing! Afterwards there is suppose to be a reception at the BAC, but there wasn't this time for some reason, so we went ahead to the next opening night tradition is that everyone of age and the faculty go to the Midi, the townie bar in St. Joe. So Misty, Lauren, Dickers, Kyle, Nicole, and I headed to the bar with the faculty.

Around midnight I wanted to see who was at Sal's, so I headed on over. I was looking for Heather, but I ran into Chelsea so I hung out and danced with her, Tim, and Chris for a while. I actaully didn't know who was Chris until later in the night, but I'll get to that later. Anyway we were all dancing together and then Tim asked us to come to Chubby's for an after bar, so we headed towards his place (Chubby's.)

It's at this time that I was formally introducted to Tim. We get there and Tim's roommates are not their yet, so Chelsea and I decide to order Gary's but we have it delivered to the Projects. So we head over there and Chelsea ran into two of her guy friends, but I don't remember their names. Once we're there Tim's friends Lance and Chris (yes the same one from the bar) show up when they heard about pizza. Then Lance and Chris want to do some more shots back at Tim's since they are just visiting for the weekend we not drunk enough for their liking, so I decide to go with them since I only had two drinks at the Midi and that was almost two hours ago. Chris finds this bike outside and want me to ride it to Chubby's. The seat is above my waist, so after some jumping, pushing, and coaxing I got on the bike with Chris's help but then fall over so I walk it to Tim's. When we get there it's just Lance and me, Chris disappeared somewhere. Then I decide to go back to Chels's and ran into a girl from my powder puff football team. She stopped by Chels's and then headed back to campus. So it was me, Chelsea, Tim, and the girl from my P.P. team at the Projects. Chelsea and Tim went out back to have a cig when Lance and Luke come over from Chubby's. Luke is Tim's roommate and it happens to be his 22nd birthday. Tim gets upset with Chelsea because she doesn't want to kiss him, actually any guy at this point because she just wants Chelsea free time for now being senior year and all that. Chris comes back from who knows where. Luke and Lance decide to go back to Luke's to get to bed because at this point it's nearly 2 and Luke had class tomorrow. So now it's down to Chelsea, Chris, and me. Chelsea decides to go to bed as well so then Chris trys to talk me into talking to Chelsea to convince her to give Tim another chance since he is a great guy and all that, so says Chris since he is a friend from home and knows him really well. Chris decides to leave because I don't care if he stays or not because he's been paying attention to Chelsea all night and not me. I'm tired and if we're just going to talk I would like him to leave, so he does. I then watch some MTV and VH1 before falling a sleep on the couch around 3 am.

I get woken up at 4 by Chris who is back because he was returning the bike because he thought it was mine. He also tells me that Tim has locked him out of the apartment and he needs somewhere to crash, so I offer him the other couch in the living room where I am. I try to go to sleep but he keeps asking if I'm sleeping over and over again! Then he starts in with the small talk, like where I'm from etc. Next he says that we're obviously not sleeping and that we should sit up and talk more. He comes over to my couch and is under the blanket with me. Then we starting kissing and stuff. Needless to say he doesn't leave until 5:30 and I finally go to sleep for real! Great Night!!!

'New'trition

I slept in yet again, went to dance class, showered, went to work, and then went to another Life Skills 411 event, this one called 'New'trition. It was about different types of healthier foods, cooking well, and shopping on a budget. It was really interesting and helpful. I also won a $10 gift certificate to Cash Wise Foods! Then onto more homework since I didn't do much the day before.

A Sad Day in American Politics

I voted after my classes today I was so proud because this was my first presidental election ever! I went to work and then sat at home with my roommates trying to do homework but was distracted by the election results coming in. I also went to my AKS meeting with hopes that it would distract me from the election more, not so much. When I got back Ashley, Grant and I ordered Gary's pizza and watched the election results until at least 12:30 when we knew Bush had won, BOO! We then went to bed very depressed. That's it I'm moving back to London where your votes actually count for something!!! Who's with me?

One Ridiculously Long Monday!

I went from dance class to anthropology to work to a ASB Dominican Republic trip meeting to the SJU library to the CSB library to the computer lab and then finally back to my apartment. Time frame 1 pm - 1 am. I then stayed up way too late working on two bibliographies for two classes.

Halloween

I must have had the lamest Halloween ever because I just stayed at home and did homework all day. I needed to do that so it is a good thing. Besides I had plenty of fun Friday night to make up for it!

St. Thomas Relays

I had to get up way too early to go to St. Kate's for the St. Thomas Relays. The bus was full so I rode down with the coach, Kathy. I spent the entire day taking 50 yard splits for all sorts of realys. Not to mention getting splashed everytime someone went in the water in lane 8. We watched Van Helsing on the bus on the way back to St. Ben's. The swim team is a lot of fun! I met the guys team today and they are really cool too. Then I took a 6 hour nap, woke up and watched a movie with Ashley, since she was home from her party already. Then Cassie, Angie and their friend Chase came over and had a snack before we all when to bed.

Haunted Watab Hike

After the long 'work' week was over we had to set-up and run the Haunted Watab Hike for the school. It was raining so we waited in the art building for it to let-up. Then we headed out to the island to start to set things up, but we thought we were going to have to cancel it because it was still dripping, threatening weather, and the wood for the bonfire was soaked! We deceided to wait a little longer before canceling. We were able to pull everything together, get the fire started and get the hot apple cider out to the bonfire before people started to arrive. We had a blast scaring people and running around the SJU woods, not to mention that the weather ended up being perfect! We think that about 150 people were there over the course of the evening. Then Heather, Amy, Angie, Chelsea, and I got ready for the frat's costume party in the bathroom of the art building. I was Karen from Will & Grace and pulled it off to a tee! I had the business suit, pointy heals, pearls, K monographed and jeweled broach, a huge purse, a martini glass in the purse, and pill bottles filled with tic-tacs that I could 'take' all night. Chelsea was the hottest ladybug I've ever seen, Heather and Amy were angles, and Angie was a cowgirl. I had one of the best costumes there and everyone else thought so too! I did stomach bumps with all sorts of people danced with Chelsea and Molly until the wee hours of the morning as well as leared how to shake my ass like Shakira! Another great AKS party for the history records!

Costume Shopping

After class and work I ran into St. Cloud to find the missing pieces to my Halloween costume! You would think that with all the stores that St. Cloud has I would be able to find everything right away, wrong. I ended up finding everything at the mall, imagine that! Needless to say Karen Walker lives! You know, Karen from Will & Grace!

Registration

In between classes today I ambushed my uncle, the professor, so that I could register for classes when I wanted to. His office is in Simons Hall at SJU. I got everything I wanted and when I wanted! History of Ireland, History Thesis, Social Stats, Intro to Modern Dance, and Theory of Football with the one and only Gagliardi! Then I had another movie for class, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, I think Tombstone is better! After that we had another planning meeting for Haunted Watab Hike that is this weekend!

Decorating for Dummies

After class and work today I went to a Life Skills 411 program called Decorating for Dummies about decorating apartments either on campus or after graduation. It was pretty interesting and informative, plus there was free cookies, lemonaide, and picture frames to decorate! I also had an AKS Clothing Committee meeting to finalize the options for clothes to be ordered next week.

AKS Clothes

I didn't do a whole heck of a lot today besides research clothes options for the sorority! I found all sorts of options for shorts, pants, sweatsuits, yoga suits, zipped hooded sweatshirts, kangaroo hooded sweatshirts, long sleeved t-shirts, baseball t-shirts, hats, and other misc. stuff. But the good news is it all seems to be reasonably priced!

Canterbury and Clearwater

I had to get up at 8:30 to go to work at Canterbury Park. I've started working there everyother weekend, because I'm really strapped for cash. On the way home I met my parents in Clearwater for dinner because they were returning from closing up the cabin for the winter. Yeah for free food! Then it was home to the awaiting homework.

SCSU and Theatre Party

I got up at 6 and drove the guys back to St. John's, I WAS sober. Chelsea and I had to leave to vounteer at St. Cloud State's Homecoming 5K run. It was tons of fun, but we were dead tired and it was a little cold. We had a dance party at the finish line, I don't think some of the runners liked that too much. After we got back I passed out big time and sleep for about 6 hours! When I woke-up I showered and got ready for the Theatre party being hosted at Placid. This going out three nights in a row stuff is hard work! It was more of a hodge podge gathering of misc. people who all seemed to know one another. I was fun because I hadn't seen many of these people in quite a while. Heather and I had a great time together being silly and dancing. I like dancing! I also ran into some long-time family friends Mary and John Gonzalez. We talked for quite a while and got caught up on everything. We also found Jello shots at John's place that we brought back to the party. After that excitement I started hanging out with this cool freshman, James, he was in the 24 Hr. Play Festival too! The night ended well.