Five hours until we reach the NH border...

As soon as my work hours are over and my Best Buddies meeting ends, I'll be throwing some clothes in a weekender and driving up to Hooksett, NH with my roommate and my boyfriend for the holiday! I am soooo excited for the break! All of my cousins will be home also, from University of NH and Ithaca college...

I received my grades from all of the work I was so worried about last week. I got a 95 on the second Comp. Sci midterm and a B+ on the history paper I wrote on the Chinese Exclusion Act. The test grade is a minor disappointment (only because I dominated the first one), but the paper was actually an improvement on the last. Hopefully the rewrite will land me an "A", if he even gives those...

I'm working on a huge group project for my advertising class and our client is AT&T. We're advertising the Sony W350 cell phone through commercials, billboards, and radio spots. We are of course taking a holiday shopping approach so the illustrations have been fun! If you have any brilliant ideas that would attract a 14-22 year-old demographic, let me know!

I'm trying to decide what to do with my summer...I was planning to go to Prague for humanities and literature studies but am reconsidering it since literature is already on my schedule for the spring semester and I wouldn't want to waste money. Now I'm considering a 6 week trip to Italy...if the language class would fulfill my humanities credit of course! What it comes down to is this: I need to take two classes over the summer and do not want to be here. I love it here, but a change of scenery is long overdue...

I'm off to count the minutes until Thanksgiving...ciao!

It's beginning to feel a lot like winter...

Last week was so mild, with temperatures around 58 degrees and humidity hovering after the rain, I began to wonder whether winter would come before the holidays. Today's brisk 40 degree air has restored my faith in a white Christmas though!

Suffolk students begin to miss dorm life when winter approaches, uncertainty of a heated apartment sets in, and the dreaded anticipation of mice inhabiting your home appears. This will be our first winter in the Beacon Hill apartment so the mice issue is a great unknown. The heat works, so far...but inconsistently. You can find us hanging around in bathing suits on an unusually balmy day or bundled together beneath down comforters when the radiators are cold. This "all or nothing" trend keeps us on our toes though, and helps us refrain from complaining for fear of sounding pendulous.

In exactly one week I'll be on my way home for Thanksgiving break- and I am counting the seconds! My mom will be meeting me in NH (she's living in CA on an extended business trip) and it will be five days of Nana's cooking, relaxation, reunion, and shopping! Thanksgiving must be a little later than usual because when we return from the break there are only two weeks of classes left in the semester! That fact might worry me, however, I think I'm going to escape this semester without any final exams! That's not to say I don't have a lot of work to do, there are major projects and papers due for each class, but the absence of test anxiety will serve my soul well...

My plans for Christmas Break are the only thing keeping me going right now. Don't be deceived, I'm not actually doing much of anything, and that's exactly why I'm so psyched. My aunt's wedding is a few days before Christmas, and of course the holidays will be exciting and busy, but once December 26th arrives you can find me in the house. I'm house sitting for family friends until Spring semester starts; the house is on the water and comes equipped with my own master suite, 2 Portuguese water dogs, a stocked fridge, fireplace, and exercise equipment -- what more could I need? I'm lucky, I know... you can come visit, there are several guest rooms!

Before then, however, I have a 2nd Computer Science Midterm (because one just isn't enough) and need to finish East of Eden (600 pages of good vs. evil). They serve to make vacation sweeter...

Until Next time,

Kayla

The time has finally come...

... to vote! For most of the students here, this is the first election we have the power to influence. And what an exciting first election it is! I'm terrified for tonight/tomorrow, however, when we'll be forced to face the outcome. I think I'm in the minority of college students politically; I will vote for Barack Obama today, but not because I'm confident he will make a great President. I am voting democrat because the republican candidate promises nothing but more of the same...or worse. It may sound silly, but I remember being utterly disappointed at 12 years old when they finally announced that Bush was elected, and I can only imagine the depression I would slip into this time around. So that is why I'm making the trip up to NH this afternoon by bus to fill out my ballot!

There's only a month left of the semester, can you believe it? Tomorrow morning at 8:35 a.m. I'll register for spring semester classes... I'm hoping to get Design Lab (application of graphic software for PR and advertising), P.R. II, Women in American Politics, and Science&Life in the 21st century. Sounds like a fun semester to me! And hopefully not such early mornings...

I decided to go to Prague this summer with one of our study abroad programs! It's a six week session and we'll be studying Czech culture and literature. With trips to Vienna and other nearby places, I'm sure it will make for a wonderful first time in Europe.

After Halloween turned out to be only slightly more exciting than any other Friday night, the rest of my weekend rocked! On Saturday my boyfriend and I went to the Boston College football game against Clemson...those of you who watched it know it didn't end favorably for BC, but it was a good game nonetheless and a beautifully crisp fall day.

Speaking of fall weather, I'm beginning to crave those winter comfort foods. All weekend my roommates and I talked about making chili, cornbread, and homemade mac-n-cheese...but obviously ended up ordering pizza instead. Maybe this weekend we'll throw on our Uggs, haul ourselves over to Shaws*, buy some groceries, and make the delicious meals we wish our Mommies could make for us.

I'm off to South Station to catch a bus to NH...

Until Next Time,
Kayla :)