I have a sunburn!!! April 17, 2008

I know that having a sunburn is a bad thing, but this morning when the hot water of the shower irritated the burn on my left shoulder, it meant that Spring is finally here! Now, being from this area, I realize that, chances are, the weather will change again soon, but nevertheless I am overjoyed that Spring is here. Just walking across the quad to class is a happy experience. Behind me the Commons sparkles jubilantly reflecting the sun’s rays. Scores of students lounge on the grass stairs. The glittering water on the pool taunts me innocently. Students cover the quad, and I walk cautiously, fearing that my head will have a magnetic effect on the soaring Frisbees. Everything is in bloom. Even inside the buildings I can detect the fragrant scent of Spring and happiness (yes, happiness does have a smell). I’m drinking in every last drop I can find. I love campus during the seasonal transitions. When the first blustery days of the fall and the first snowfall came, you could find me dancing around outside, enjoying every minute of it. Now is the perfect time to come visit UMBC. After all, it was this time last year that I came and fell in love with UMBC.

[I am very, very happy today ]

Title Goes Here April 15, 2008

I have no idea what to write about today.  There is SO much going on at school and home these days. It’s rather overwhelming.

This Past Weekend:

Dogapalooza, which is a Resident Student Association event every spring was Saturday evening. Sadly, I missed that AND the Mama’s Boys’ (who have AWESOME new jackets, by the way) concert because I could only get home on Saturday evening to see a bunch of HS friends who happened to be home. BUT, this last weekend was also Out of State Student Overnight and New Student Day. It was SO much fun! Exhausting but tons of fun! There were all kinds of activities in the Commons, and it was so much fun for me to share UMBC with someone, especially a new student. The folks over in Admissions matched us up by major so the girl (from Philly) who stayed with me is an undecided engineering major. All that means is that she’s declared engineering but not Mechanical, Chemical, Computer, etc. That was me last year before I declared Mechanical in the Fall. I had SO much fun answering all her questions about UMBC.  So many of them were ones I had myself.  I could go on forever about New Student Day, but I think I’m going to move on.

Coming Up:

Advising for Fall 2008 is Thursday morning for me.  As a freshman, I have to go to advising to discuss my academic plans before I can get “cleared” to actually register. I’m a little nervous because I haven’t written out my plan for the next couple years and it’s already Tuesday night. [I would put a ":-\" face here but wordpress has changed and I don't know how.] I’ve also got training for an extracurricular activity I’m doing next year, the Cleftomaniacs concert, homework (as always), a blood donation, yadda, yadda, yadda. OH! and I’m going home this weekend because the blacksmiths’ guild (I know, weird, right?) my dad, brother and I all belong to is having their annual fund-raiser called the Spring Fling.  Then I’m coming back to school at 4am on Monday because my mom needs to be at Johns Hopkins at 5:30ish. Ick. But, then it’s Carl’s birthday! Since I’m fairly sure he doesn’t read my blog I can talk about it. Robyn, Abhi (pronounced Abby), and I are planning lots of stuff! (I’d elaborate but just in case Carl happens to be reading this, I don’t want him to know everything.) I’m so excited! I LOVE birthdays!! I think it’s about time I did some school work.

Why is sleep a necessity? April 10, 2008

Don’t get me wrong, I love my sleep, but seriously, I have so much to do. Sleep is just getting in the way. If I didn’t have to sleep, I’d be able to get EVERYTHING done. So, I’m finally getting how the whole 18 credits thing is a heavy load. I seem to have at least two big things every week, and every week I find myself thinking that I next week will be easier. Although it’s kind of hard to focus on school when there are so many fun things to do and it’s SPRING!

The weather is getting better, and I swear I’m having to limit myself on how many events I go to on campus. I don’t have the time to get all my school work done and do all the things I want to do. I’m not going to lie — responsibility stinks sometimes.

On the bright side — I have to do something fun on Saturday! I’m hosting a girl from out of state on Friday night because of Accepted Student Day on Saturday. I’m SOO excited! I loved my Accepted Student Day. It was a really great initiation-type event into UMBC. Personally, I was sure I was going to come here from the day I walked on campus, but that was only days before Accepted Student Day ‘07. I loved Accepted Student Day. I mean the whole having my parents with me all day wasn’t exactly the way real college life is. Even so, it was just one of those times in my life that I knew that however terrifying all the new things were I was doing something right. It’s a great feeling to be sure of something. So that’s my little sentimental thought for the day.

P.S. Quadmania and Dogapalooza are coming up!!!!