There has been a little bit more time than usual between my last blog and this one. Life seemed to get very crazy all of a sudden. I've gotten the chance to do so much over the past few weeks. The last weekend of September, I got the chance to go to a wedding of some friends who graduated from Olivet within the past few years. The first weekend of October was also our first "Purple and Gold Days" weekend here at Olivet. Purple and Gold Days weekends are weekends especially set aside for seniors in high school to come and visit the school. For me, that meant hosting a few potential students, Krissy and Heather, in my apartment. We take the students downtown Chicago to eat at Giordano's Pizza and then spend a few hours on Michigan Avenue. Lucky for us, it was GREAT weather. I walked Michigan Avenue with a group of girls. We took advantage of our time there by getting some quality shopping time in. :D After we got back from Chicago, Krissy and Heather went right to sleep. They had to get up to drive back home in the morning and I'm pretty sure we wore them out walking around downtown! Finally, this past weekend, we had our Fall Break. Basically this means that our weekend was extended into Monday and Tuesday :) I went home and just spent the weekend with my family. I love being at Olivet, but I hadn't made it home in a long time and I REALLY missed them all! My mom, my sister, and I brought two of my nieces to a pumpkin patch! Laila (6) and Marley (2) LOVED it! (The picture is of their darling little faces) :) We picked out some little pumpkins to bring home and had apple cider :) It really made it feel like fall is here. Fall is such a great season. The colors outside are beautiful and there are fun seasonal things to do! Now that I've gone to a pumpkin patch, the goal is to get to an apple orchard or play in the leaves! Leaves are falling around campus, which means that I look like I'm walking in zig zag lines as I try to step on all of the crunchy leaves.
Although I usually just talk about weekend things, this past few weeks, they actually haven't been my main focus. SURPRISE! The week before break, I had midterms. That word, midterms, does not bring images of rainbows and sunshine to my mind. It was a tough week. I had 6 tests within a 3 days span of time. Thankfully I made it through mostly unscathed. I actually still have two more tests coming up, neither of which will be particularly fun. I'm sure I'll live though.
WISH ME LUCK!
Although I usually just talk about weekend things, this past few weeks, they actually haven't been my main focus. SURPRISE! The week before break, I had midterms. That word, midterms, does not bring images of rainbows and sunshine to my mind. It was a tough week. I had 6 tests within a 3 days span of time. Thankfully I made it through mostly unscathed. I actually still have two more tests coming up, neither of which will be particularly fun. I'm sure I'll live though.
WISH ME LUCK!
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