Happy Friday!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Today is a happy Friday indeed since it is the last day of classes! The sun is shining, the weather is warm, and everyone is sporting their shorts and flip flops. It's certainly a change from last week when it was cold and dreary. This is the exact way I want to kick off my summer!

 I hope you have a wonderful, blessed weekend! :)

Wonderful Weekend

This past weekend was one of the best weekends that I have had here at school so far!

Friday's weather was beautiful. The temperature was in the low 60's and perfect for a button-up shirt, skinny jeans, and Sperrys! After class, my classmate and I had lunch at Panera before we went to our department open houses. For the Administration of Justice open house, the advisor had two special guest presentations. One man was from the FBI and the other is the former superintendent of the juvenile system in Rhode Island. After this, I am pretty sure that I want to work with in the juvenile justice system. It will be so interesting and more importantly, so rewarding! That night, I went to see The Blind Side with a couple of friends and it was the cutest movie I have ever seen. I don't think my heart ever stopped melting during the whole two+ hours of it. I am definitely seeing it again very soon!

Saturday marked the first day of spring and I was SO excited! I put on a long-sleeved white v-neck and my new, pink chino shorts from J.Crew, and my new navy blue flip flops with pink and purple flowers, also from J.Crew. To top off the very spring-y outfit, I donned a side ponytail with a pink flower hair clip (guess where it's from) that perfectly matched my shorts. After breakfast, my friends and I spent the day at the beach! We walked on the Cliff Walk down to First Beach, and we clearly were not the only ones who decided it was the perfect day for the beach. There were so many people, children, and dogs! We attempted to do some homework, but we ended up just taking in the wonderful warm weather and looking at the waves. At one point, the most adorable puppy named Molly came over to where we were and laid down so we could rub her belly, as if she hadn't had a care in the world. It was so funny and so cute!

LOVE the pink!

you can kind of see the puppy if you squint...

Yesterday, my best friend and I woke up extremely early to go into Boston to see the Blue Man Group! It was the first time for the both of us and we were very excited. We left Salve at 8 AM and got to Boston around 10 AM. The show didn't start until 2 so they said we could explore until 1:30. My friend and I ended up taking the T to the Prudential Center to meet her twin sister/another one of my bests (who goes to MassArt) for lunch. We went to California Pizza Kitchen, my favorite restaurant! After lunch, we hopped on the T to go back to the theater and went to the show.

If you haven't been to a Blue Man Group show yet, I suggest going in the near future! It was energetic, exciting, and funny at the same time. We were sitting in the first and second rows and had to wear ponchos in case the paint or other unidentifiable objects got onto us. The show was about an hour and forty minutes and I absolutely enjoyed it. I hope to go again sometime in the future with my family!

After this great weekend though, the rain decided to show up again. It's such a disappointment. Oh well, it can rain all week for all I care, because Easter break is less than ten days away and I cannot wait!!

"You just can't beat the weather here in autumn" - Chase Coy

I can't believe November is already here! Where did the month of October go!?

The rest of October was wonderful. I went home the weekend of the 24th to spend some quality time with my family. My parents and I sat down by the fireplace, roasted marshmallows, and watched a movie together. That Saturday, my mom and I went to the Natick Collection and I hung out with my Abington friends! For Halloween, my best friend here at Salve and I stayed at Massart with her twin sister (also one of my best friends). We ended up at a party in Brighton and we went back to her dorm and hung out afterwards. It was a very fun Halloween. Not too crazy, and very laid-back... just the way I like it.

Last weekend, the same friend and I went to see A Christmas Carol 3D in IMAX at the Providence Place! I was expecting it to be as good as The Polar Express (one of my two favorite Christmas movies) because it's directed by the same person; however, I found it to be slightly disappointing. It was cute (and somewhat frightening at the same time) though.

Speaking of Christmas... I am already looking forward to the Christmas season! It puts me in the best mood. I was at Derby Street on the first of November and they were already playing Christmas music! Here at Salve, my friends and I have already busted out the *NSYNC Christmas album (the best Christmas album ever). We went to Starbucks last week and got the Caramel Apple Spice... mmm. I love walking into Starbucks and smelling all the different, delicious aromas in the air. I love the little red Christmas cups too. I also cannot wait to go ice-skating in Newport, especially with one of my good friends who is coming down next month. She's been going to school in Wilmington, NC so I am very excited to see her! Ice-skating has always been one of my favorite things to do since I was little (I used to take figure skating lessons several years ago and wanted to continue, but unfortunately, it got to be too expensive). I'm so excited!

... Not to mention that the infamous Christmas tree has already arrived in NYC at the Rockerfeller Plaza! I have seen the Christmas tree here in all its glory before... absolutely gorgeous.

I'm getting a little ahead of myself though... let us get to Thanksgiving first!! Two more weeks until... all of my friends come home from college (especially those @ Syracuse, D.C., North Carolina, and Florida)... I have Thanksgiving dinner with my family... the annual Abington-Whitman-Hanson football game (GWP)... the Christmas tree is put up... lots of baked goods & desserts... PCC reunions... Black Friday for shopping... and many more fun-filled events in just a short weekend!

"So I play the numbers game to find a way to say that life has just begun" - John Mayer

So it's Week 3, Day 2... of college. I spent my first weekend at school this previous weekend, and to my surprise, it wasn't so bad. On Friday, Salve's new president was inaugurated, so there was this big ceremony for her. That night, the friends and I ventured to downtown Newport, where we had dinner and saw 'Love Happens'. On Saturday, the same friends and I took the RIPTA to Providence Place... what an adventure that was. I was able to buy a Lacoste polo for my dad's birthday on Thursday. We also met up with our JWU friend since we hadn't seen her in so long! It was so nice to see her :)

(I realized I was being Negative Nancy in the previous post. I think I really needed to spend a whole weekend here to convince myself that this isn't all so bad. The toughest thing to believe is that this isn't just for a month now. This is for the next four-five years, so the only thing I can really do is to just get used to it. It doesn't mean that I've been completely oblivious to the fact that the Stonehill application is up already... but we'll see. I just need to be more hopeful and more patient with myself!)

Speaking of weekends, I am so excited for this upcoming weekend! RER and I are coming home on Friday to see some PCC students! It certainly has been too long since we both have seen them. We have been planning this for a month now, so no wonder why Friday seems so far away! I absolutely cannot wait :) My parents and I are going to go back to Salve on Saturday morning for an awards ceremony since it's Parents' Weekend. Apparently I am going to be recognized for receiving the William Hearst scholarship... that will be cool. My mom agreed to take me shopping around Newport afterwards so naturally, I am looking forward to that and just spending quality time with my parents and brother. Afterwards, we'll probably go out to dinner for my dad's and brother's birthday and I'll get to sleep in my own bed. :)

I am running for an on-campus senator position for the student government association. I am really nervous and don't really know what to expect, but I'm sure it will be interesting. I really hope I get elected because I am looking forward to getting back on the horse and be involved again. I'm also on the fence of running women's track. I already signed my life away to the NCAA last week, but I'm having second thoughts about it... oh well. C'est la vie. Such is life. I'll take it one day at a time. It's the only thing I can do.

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible." - Orison Swett Marden

I think this will be the quote I live by for my time here at Salve...