Happy Halloween!

Wednesday I went to my volunteering job in Northeast, then I came back and studied all night for Criminal Justice. Thursday I took my exam and it wasn't too bad, I think I got a B+ or higher. I got my research paper back in UW20 and I got an A-! Yayyy. Thursday night I went to a pirate party that wasn't very fun but I got to dress like a pirate. Yesterday I took 2 naps, and I caught up on all of my TV shows that I've missed. Then I got dressed up for Friday night. Leah and I were "hot moms" and we went out with our friends. It wasn't that much fun though. Hopefully actual Halloween night will be fun. I'm in the library right now I'm supposed to be doing homework but I thought I'd update this. Happy Halloween everyone!

So yesterday after lunch and class I went to the library from 3:30-6 to study for my Criminal Justice exam that's on Thursday. I still have like 50 pages left to read so I'm not too excited for that. Then I went out to get thai food with my friends Irene, Kristin and Dean. It was delicious and I ate half in the restaurant and then of course I ate the rest when I got back to my dorm. then I came back and I was supposed to do more reading but I just ended up going on the computer and talking to Stef and not doing work. Bleh. I just got back from my Science lab so I'm gonna catch up on reading for my UW20 (writing class) and go get lunch with leah at some point.

Hi everyone sorry I haven't written in so long. So I'll try to sum everything up. Two weeks ago (12th-16th) I had sooo much work. I had a journalism paper due, Sociology midterm, and Writing research paper due all within a day of each other so I was really busy. On Thursday night I even went to the library from 9pm-1am and basically survived on 2 drinks from Starbucks. That friday (16th) around noon I took the metro back to Severna Park to visit for the first time since coming to school. It was Parent's Weekend here and my parents have seen my school before so there was no point in them coming here. Plus nobody would be around to hang out at GW since their families were here. And I missed everyone at home, especially Ace and Chip. So I went home, saw my family, hung out with Spencer and got all of the news about what's been going on at my high school and everything, ate dinner with my parents, and then hung out with Madilyn Friday night. On Saturday morning I went to Einstein's Bagels with Erin so I got to catch up with her which was great because I really missed her. Then I went over to the toy store where I use to work (they changed the name but the same people work there) and I caught up with everyone there. Then I went out to lunch with my mom and Madilyn and her mom. Then I went home, took a nap on my couch which I missed, then went shopping with my parents. They bought me lots of shoes and a nice pea coat which I really really needed. Then Saturday night I didn't really do anything and I loved just getting to relax and go to sleep early and sleep in my own bed. Sunday morning I hung out with Madilyn again, then I packed everything and got back to GW around 5.

So Monday (19th) I did nothing because I barely had any work to do this week. Well I had to get a TB test with Leah because of my volunteering jobs I thought but it turns out I actually didn't have to. So that was sort of pointless. Tuesday I went and ate dinner with my friends Irene and Kristin at J-Street, then I went to Pentagon City for the first time (well I might have been before I'm not sure, but definitely not while at GW) with my friend Koushaw. It was such a nice mall I definitely want to go back sometime, although I don't want to spend any money I just want to look. Wednesday after school I started one of my volunteering jobs. I went to a Northeast DC high school to go help with this mock-government program. I was kind of nervous riding the metro by myself and navigating a part of DC I hadn't been to before but it ended up being easy to find. I'm really excited about it and definitely looking forward to helping out each week. That night I had a meeting in the library with my science group to work on a project about Wind Energy that we're doing instead of a Final Exam for our science class. Thursday my friend Spencer came to visit because he's applying to GW early decision so he came with me to my criminal justice and writing classes. The morning before classes we went to the Washington monument and sat and just people watched everyone on the mall and all the kids there for field trips. He left around 4:30, and then that night I had another Sociology extra credit movie/lecture thing. On Friday, my no class day, I cleaned my bed/desk/dresser areas because they were getting really really messy. Then I started my second volunteering job where I went to a Rec Center in Southeast DC to help tutor and play with the kids. I don't know how it's going to work out because the only days I can do it are Fridays but sometimes I have class on Friday during the time I would go so it's still up in the air whether I can definitely do it.

So after I came back from that I left for Severna Park around 5 on Friday. Friday night I came home and hung out with the family, ate pizza, went out to Maggie Moos (ice cream, so healthy I know) with Emily and we just hung out. Then Saturday morning I went out to breakfast with my friend Lauren, went shopping with Emily and got Chipotle (Mexican food) for lunch, then went over to Madilyn's for a little bit, then came back to help set up for Mana and Pa's anniversary party that we were having. Then everyone came over around 4 so I got to see all of my family and everyone and it was really fun. Then that night I just hung out with my parents and Emily. Sunday morning I went over to Madilyn's, then we got Starbucks and hung out. Then I came back, packed, and left around 4. I got back to GW and did some homework, laundry, and that was pretty much it. I had 2 classes this morning and now I'm in my room and I should be studying/doing stuff for my next class but I'm tempted to go to the bookstore and buy clothes. Hmm. And go get lunch.

I almost forgot but David Archuleta's new Christmas cd came out last week! It's called "Christmas from the Heart." Go buy it!!!!!

i got an A on my journalism midterm and criminal justice exam that counts for 1/3 of my grade! woop woop

Maddie, Maddie, Becca, Colin, and Me at the rally by the Capital

Me and Maddie before the march

Leah and Jarrett at Crepeaway

Me and Jarrett at Crepeaway

Monday I had to do my 4 year plan with my honors program coordinator. Now I'm thinking of studying abroad. I want to do a spring semester my junior year in sydney, australia. i have enough elective space for it so now i'm definitely considering doing it. monday and tuesday i was really sick again, just with a sore throat so wednesday i went to student health services but by then i was feeling better. let me tell you, they charge WAY too much there. i am now pro-universal health care just because of that experience. even though we have insurance i now understand how much it sucks to have to pay a lot to go see the doctor for 2 minutes. i also had a college democrats meeting that night. thursday my advisor lady took me and another girl out to lunch at bertucci's so that was delicious. friday i had a meeting with this tutoring thing i'm doing through the honors program where you go to innercity dc schools and tutor kids. im doing another volunteer program through the YMCA but that's this high school mock-government type of thing so hopefully those two won't conflict with each other. friday night i went out to indian food with 2 friends and then i hung out with people in my room until 5, so needless to say i was really really tired on saturday. saturday during the day i did homework and then at night Jarrett came to visit me. me him and leah went to crepeaway (a really good crepe restuarant) and we hung out in my dorm. today i went to the march for equality which is this huge gay rights march in dc. i met up with Maddie and her friends from UMD-College Park and we marched for 2 hours. then we met up with some of my friends at this rally there, but we ended up heading back early because we all had a ton of homework to do. Ugh i have 2 papers and a mid-term this week. woohoooo. and if i don't have class on friday i'm coming home to Severna Park thursday afternoon until sunday.

So Wednesday I had my journalism midterm and I rocked that. Then I rocked my Criminal Justice exam on Thursday. Or so I think. They were both pretty easy. But I also studied really hard. I'm still recovering from my illness, ugh. Yesterday Geoff (my House Proctor) took some people from my floor to the Newseum. It was so cool, we did one of those interactive news stories where you go in front of the green screen and read off of the TelePrompter. Maddie came to visit last night and she slept over, and then we went to College Park today for lunch. I just got Starbucks which was delicious. Now I'm studying boo.