So clooseee!

End of the semester is approaching... very very quickly. Last week was our last full week of classes, and now we only have 6 days of classes(not to mention only 1 weekend left in the city) left until finals start on Dec 8th. Eeeek. I know I've said this a million times already, but this semester has flown by. I didn't think I would be sad once the end was nearing, but I am as I keep reflecting on the events of this year. This will be my last few weeks in the dorms, my last few weeks living with 10 of my closest friends, and last few weeks in Boston before London for 4 months. As excited as I am for London, the reality has finally began to set in; I won't be able to see my family and friends for 4 months. 4 months is a long long time, and I've never been away from home for that long.

ANYWAYS, on a happier note, I had a pretty good weekend. On Friday I had to go home for an MRI on my knee... which was not fun at all. But after the MRI was over, my mom cooked my favorite dinner(mashed potatoes, steak and veggies :) ) and then I went to my brother's powderpuff game. Now for all of you who don't know what powderpuff is, let me explain. Basically, the girls play flag football, and the boys dress up as cheerleaders and cheer throughout the game for the girls, and at half time they perform their practiced routine. In short, it turns out to be a hilarious night. Being from Beverly, our rival is Salem, so each year the girls play flag football against the Salem girls. It's always a rough game, and when I played we lost to Salem, but on Friday the Bev girls won!! Yay! To the right is a picture from the day of my powderpuff game.

So this weekend I had to write my first press release for my PR class. We were given a list of about 4 scenarios and we had to chose 1 to write a release for. I hope I did the assignment right, because I've never done one before, but it was really a fun thing to research and write. Also, the second part of my PR project is due next week. I have not started it. Uh oh. At least I have Thanksgiving break to catch up on some work. Basically it's only PR that I have a big project in, and I have an exam in my Ethics class sometime after Thanksgiving break. Due to the project, I don't have a final in PR! Which is awesome. So I guess its give and take with that class; lots of work now, but none during finals week. :)



Have a delicious Thanksgiving everyone!!
*R

Every Grain Of Sand

Hello everyone,

Again, I'm terrible at thinking of post title names soooo I've decided to name them by the current song I'm obsessed with at the time of the post. Every Grain of Sand is a song that I recently started listening to by Bob Dylan(surprise surprise). I love Dylan, by far my favorite artist. Everything he does is just so unique... I could go on and on about him..

So last week was very busy here at admissions. The tours during the week were big, and on top of that the open house was on Saturday! Everything seemed to go very smoothly though, and it definitely was not as chaotic as I thought it would be. It was a rainy and dreary day though so I'm sure that factor kept alot of people at home instead of out at Suffolk. For all of you who came I hope you enjoyed your day at Suffolk!!

For all you hockey fans, I went to the Bruins vs. Montreal game on Thursday, hosted by PC. It was such an AMAZING game. Bruins won.. 6-1. Totally dominated the entire game. I don't think I've ever seen the Bruins beat Montreal by 5 goals. And of course my favorite player, Milan Lucic, got into a fight which was awesome! I love hockey fights they're so entertaining.

This weekend was pretty low key... for the most part. Friday night we went to our friend's apartment in the North End. I love the North End, it's such a fun community, and there are tons of college students living there as well. On Saturday, after I worked at the open house, my friend from home came up! I was so excited to see her. We went shopping at H&M and out for sushi at Zen. I really don't think I can go a week without getting sushi -- it's pretty bad but my roommate got me completely addicted!


Tonight I'm volunteering at the International Thanksgiving Dinner(ITD). The ITD is basically a chance for international students to learn about Thanksgiving in America, and eat the food that we eat on the holiday. There is going to be a speaker to tell the story of Thanksgiving, and the meal is catered. I'm really excited for this dinner because Thanksgiving food is my favorite.



I decided to start a countdown to London... and as of today, I leave in 57 days!!! Eeeek. I can't wait. :)

A New Chapter In America's History.

The New Team




and Our New First Family!



What an amazing night. After 21 months of grueling campaigning, a new leader has been chosen. Amazing. It seems that the only word to describe this monumental event is "amazing" -- it's the only word I've been able to use to express my feelings of the Tuesday night results.
A few of my friends were able to go to the Copley Plaza where John Kerry was hosting a results show party. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to go, but it was for a good reason! I spent the night at home so that I could vote. :) At my place of voting, the poll workers were explaining that there was record turnout and they had never seen such high numbers. In my precinct, 1600 out of 1900 registered voters came to the polls last night. Incredible outcome, and so encouraging for us new voters!

Just a quick recap...
Obama won: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, DC, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington.
McCain won: West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota,Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, and Alaska.
All the italic state names mean that they were battleground states. So, all together the electoral college votes equalled out to 349 for Obama, and 163 for McCain. Bit of a landslide. With the popular vote, Obama won 63,354,607 to McCain's 56,013,026. Also, you may have noticed that 2 of our states were not named -- North Carolina and Missouri are still being calculated. As of now, it looks like McCain will win Missouri, and Obama will win North Carolina.

I'm so excited to see what kind of President Obama will be. I know he will be good, and I know he is going to work as hard as he can to get America back on the right track, but it's going to be difficult. Like he said in his acceptance speech, it might not take 1 year, or even 1 term, but things are going to start changing. I also believe Michelle Obama will be a wonderful First Lady. I love her. She's such a warm, heartfelt and sincere person, and I can't wait to see what she'll do in the White House!

Okay, enough about politics. School-wise things are starting to pick up; more projects, exams, papers, etc. But, I definitely can't believe we only have 1 month left of this semester! I think my last day of finals in December 9th, which is super early. Then I leave for London on January 14th! This semester really has flown by.

Program Council sold tickets to the Bruins vs Montreal game on Nov 13th and I was lucky enough to get tickets! PC was only selling about 38, so as you can imagine, the tickets sold out real fast. I'm so excited to see this game -- I love the Bruins and Montreal is one of our biggest rivals so it should be a great game.

I think that's about it for now...
*R