On Saturday night after I went out to dinner with Maddie, Pat, Tommy and Elise, me Pat and Maddie went back to Maddie's house to watch a movie. On Sunday I left for school around 11 and got here at noon. It was so weird because the dorm building was all empty, I felt so lonely. Most people didn't start arriving until 7 that night. I did lots of homework, went out to dinner with Leah, and went to bed early.

Today I got back my journalism take-home midterm and I got a 91.25% on it, which I should be happy about but I had 100% in the class so I wanted to keep that average. Oh well, c'est la vie. I got full extra credit in Sociology so I automatically am boosted up a full letter grade after the average of my 3 exams is taken. I've been working on this science project since class ended today. This project has seriously taken me like 2 weeks and I'm only making 3 powerpoint slides. I went out to dinner with Leah, Colin, Maddie, Krista, and Abby and I had delicious mashed potatoes which made me miss Thanksgiving break. Now I'm back in the dorm still doing homework. Ah I feel like I'm always working on schoolwork.

I bought the David Archuleta Christmas cd "Christmas from the Heart". It is amazing. Seriously. I love it.

Hanging out with Jarrett and Emily.

In Philadelphia in front of a huge Christmas tree there.

With all of my friends at school when Maddie (next to me in the blue) came to visit.

With Madilyn and Maddie before Maroon 5

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. On the 13th Madilyn came to visit and we went with my other friend Maddie from school to see the band Maroon 5 perform at GW in our basketball arena. They were SOO good and we were really close, like 3 rows of standing people away from them. So she slept over, and then on Saturday night my friend Maddie from Severna Park and her friend came to visit for the night but they didn't sleep over. I don't think a lot happened last week. I got a 94% on my second Sociology exam so I'm going into the third and final exam with an A- average, plus I just turned in a bunch of extra credit so I should be good. I do have a lot of upcoming work though-- a 12 page paper for my Uw20, the third Sociology exam, and a final Science poster presentation are all on the 7th. Then the 14th or 15th I have a Journalism final to turn in and a final Criminal Justice exam. But then I come home for Christmas break!

Anyways, last Friday I went to a Youth Summit for my YMCA volunteering program, so I just helped with making sure it ran smoothly. Then that night I had a delicious dinner with people from my UW20 class and my professor through this Honors Program thing where the professors take us to dinner and they went to the Newseum before but I couldn't go to that part because of homework and I went last month. So dinner was delicious. And then that night I wasn't doing anything and Colleen wasn't either so she came over and me, her, Becca, Colin, and Leah watched the movie "Waitress"(it's really good go see it) and she slept over. The next day/night I didn't do much either besides homework.

So my Dad picked me up on Tuesday at 4 from school and I got back around 6 and just hung out with the family. On Wednesday I went out to breakfast with Madilyn, then went to go see "New Moon" with Emily. It's this movie about Vampires and Werewolves and the boys they picked to play the vampire and werewolf are super amazing looking so I loved the movie. Then I went out to dinner with my friend Joanna and then that night Colleen came over. On Thursday I went to Philly with my parents and Emily and it was a cool city, we did shopping and all of that both days. For Thanksgiving dinner we went to a seafood restaurant that was really good, I had shrimp and crabcakes and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie it was heavenly. So we got back around 2 on Friday and then I hung out with Jarrett for a couple of hours. That night I just stayed in and did homework (I know, homework over a break how terrible I was not excited). Today I got a facial with my mom at a salon oh my god it was so relaxing it felt so good. Then I came back and hung out with Madilyn for a couple of hours. Now I'm doing homework and tonight I'm going out for sushi with Maddie, Elise, Tommy, and Pat so I'm excited to see all of them.

So, the question I'm asking everyone right now is: who do you think the entertainer of the decade (2000-2009) is? I say Britney Spears, but I've also heard Beyonce and Justin Timberlake. I read some magazine article about this so I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks.

This morning I woke up at 10 because I don't have class until 12:45. I watched TV, went to lunch with Leah, then had Criminal Justice and my UW20. After that I came back to my dorm and didn't do much. I had dinner with Leah, Becca, and Colin, then I came back again and I've been working on Science research for a project thing due on Tuesday on and off since then. It's been raining and cold all day it was so nasty out.

I probably should be doing more work since I have a Science quiz and midterm due Monday, this research due tuesday, and a Sociology exam on Wednesday. Plus Madilyn is coming on Friday and Maddie and her friend are coming Saturday so I won't have much time to do it then. However, I enjoy procrastinating. It will all get done eventually.

Anyways, so I'm taking an informal poll. I want to study abroad in Sydney my Junior year spring semester. But should I also do a Fall Semester in London? Thoughts/Comments/Emails are greatly appreciated!

I'm really hungry right now. I'm trying to resist the urge to eat a bagel and thus start a bad cycle that would make me gain the Freshman 15. But it's really hard. I'll probably just go to sleep.

Friday night I stayed in and didn't do anything. Saturday I went out to lunch with Colleen at Cosi (really good sandwich shop) near the Metro Center Stop. Then I came back, took a nap, did some homework, then went out although it wasn't really that fun. Sunday I woke up at 2 and did more homework and whatnot. Monday night I watched "Legally Blonde" with Leah, Stef, and Krista and last night we watched "Match Point." Last night I had dinner with Leah and Irene. Tonight I went to this thing called Freshman Feast where they serve you a ridiculous amount of food for really cheap at J-Street (our cafeteria) with my friend Irene and Krista and Abby. We're probably all gonna watch another movie tonight just because none of us has a lot of work to do.

Songs I like: Written All Over My Face, and Let It Rain by Kris Allen (links at the bottom of the page)

Ok just kidding I'm not discontinuing my blog anymore! Sorry for the scare.

Me and Leah with our House Proctor Geoff. We were all wearing black peacoats! (Thursday)

Me and Leah in front of the Washington Monument. The guy taking this picture tried to be all professional and get good "angles" and lighting it was hilarious.

When I fell off the chair in the hallway....so embarrassing that it was captured on film.

On Halloween with my friends Maddie and Colin. They dressed up as "Sims" which are these computer game characters that have green diamonds above their heads. Very creative costumes. So here we are all "interacting" with each other like Sims do.

On Halloween-Leah dressed up as our friend Colin (yes that's his shirt and glasses), Becca was a tourist and I was a cowgirl.

Friday before Halloween- me and Leah as moms and Colin and Becca as Waldos from "Where's Waldo."

Me and Leah as hot moms.

Me, Krista, and Stef as pirates on the Thursday before Halloween (PS I was wearing bike shorts under my outfit so it wasn't really that short).

So Halloween was pretty fun. I dressed up as a cowgirl. This week I've been a bum and haven't been doing much work. Thursday one of my classes was cancelled and my other one all we did was watch the movie "12 Angry Men" about a jury and it was actually pretty good even though it was in Black and White and I didn't know any actors in it. I got a 92% on my Criminal Justice Exam which is good but that means I need to get like 96% on the final to get an A and not an A-. I registered for classes today at 7am although it didn't work until 9 which was a pain. Here's what my schedule looks like:

MONDAY

Into to News Writing and Reporting 9:35-10:50

Social Psychology 12:45-2

TUESDAY

Honors Science 9-10:50

Honors UW20 Writing 12:45-2

Intro to Political Communication 2:20-3:35

WEDNESDAY

Into to News Writing and Reporting 9:35-10:50

Social Psychology 12:45-2

THURSDAY

Honors Science 9-10:50

Honors UW20 Writing 12:45-2

Intro to Political Communication 2:20-3:35

FRIDAY

UW20 Discussion (rarely have this though) 12:45-1:35

It's a pretty good schedule, I don't have any 8ams which is wonderful. Hopefully on Fridays I can work a lot to make up for not doing work study this semester, since I know I will rarely actually have discussion that day (this semester I technically have a Friday class that has been held twice so far for UW20).

Anyways, yesterday Anna's mom came to visit! She was in DC visiting family and doing volunteer stuff this week so she stopped by my dorm and took me out to lunch. I'm so happy that I got to see her and hear how everything is going with her and their family. Last night me, Becca, Maddie, and Leah were bored so we took this rolling chair that we have and tried racing on it in the hallway. It was fun and we even got Maddie to do it blindfolded. Unfortunately I took quite the spill while running with it then trying to hop on on my stomach. I didn't really get hurt other than some minor rug burns but it was pretty funny. Then me and Leah were bored again so at 11 we walked to the Washington monument and hung out there but it was really windy so we didn't stay too long.

Today I went out to lunch with Stef and our friend Abby and then we went to Safeway for grocery shopping. Not too exciting. Then I came back and napped until 4, then skyped (webcam chatted on the computer) with Erin for like 45 minutes. Now I'm doing homework and working on this project that I should have been working all week but slacked off on. Ughh. I don't even think I'm going out tonight I'm not in the mood at all. Seriously this whole week I've been watching Disney movies on Youtube (The Lion King, Aladdin: Return of Jafar, Mulan, etc.) and sleeping. I don't have any concrete homework it's just long-term stuff and readings which I hate working on when they're not due the next day. Ok now I'm gonna go actually do stuff.