Warmth!

The weather this weekend was pretty moderate for the beginning of February. Instead of being in the single digits or negative numbers, it was around 40 which was a nice change! I'm really starting to get sick of snow and just want warm weather to come. I'm definitely not a winter person.

Saturday was a big day. I worked office hours for Nick from 10AM-2PM. It was me, Kristin, Matt, and Allison in the Welcome Center giving tours. Kristin and I gave two tours back to back. Our first group was pretty big and the second tour was pretty small. We weren't supposed to give a second tour but the amount of people in the second one was so large that we had to split it into two tours. The Early Action special event is coming up on the 20th. I'm actually excited to work it because my friend's little sister is going to attend so I'll get to see a familiar face.

My cousins from California arrived Saturday morning at 5AM! They caught the red eye flight out of San Francisco and had a direct flight to Logan. I went over my cousin's apartment in Watertown for dinner with my entire family. It was so great to see my mom and dad. I haven't seen them since Christmas break! Sunday we all had lunch at Ned Devine's in Faneuil Hall and then went to the Aquarium to see a 3D IMAX movie. I'm not going to lie, I fell asleep halfway through the movie. My cousins did too so I didn't feel so bad!

My friends studying in London, (I'm sure you all know who they are by now) just got back from a mini vacation in Rome. I definitely looked at all their pictures for a while. I was so happy they had an amazing time, but I may have been a little more jealous.

I just applied to be a Teaching Assistant for SU 101 next year. SU 101 is a one credit course that helps Freshman students adjust to college life. It's mandatory for all Freshmen and is actually a really fun course. You get to go on a Duck Tour half way through the semester which is a nice break! The course teaches students about college life, but as well as personal growth, new responsibilities as a college student, and also life after college. My SU 101 course was really fun, I enjoyed practically every minute of it. It also helped that I had one of my best friends in the class too. I'm hoping that I get the job because I really want to help Freshman adjust to college since my transition wasn't as smooth as it could be.

I got my first Accounting exam grade back today. I was pretty nervous about it because I'm in the Honors sectioin this semester and I'm not even an Honors program student. I studied really hard for the exam and thought I did pretty well. The first thing I saw was that the class average on the test was a 101%! The test was worth 100 points but there was a possible of 130 points. I was really afraid that I wouldn't even beat the class average, but I ended up getting a 115%! That made me really proud of myself that I can do well in an accelerated course.

Until next time....

-CG