bye bye gally!

DC for new years!
Before surgery

well now i've been home from school for a while. christmas was excellent, i went to dc for new years to spend it with friends, done a little babysitting, some softball stuff here and there, starting applications for jobs, and relaxing as much as i can. i have two weeks left of break but i'm sure i'll get in more relaxing and more fun times. yesterday i had my gallbladder taken out because of gallstones, everything went very well but now i am quite sore. so i expect to spend a lot of time on the couch the next few days. then on saturday my sister and niece are flying in new mexico to spend time here. this upcoming weekend we will have my mom, dad, both sisters, brother in law, and two nieces under one roof..... i can't wait!!!! the pictures will be epic!

twas the day after christmas....

Merry Christmas to all!! there is a blizzard outside now! i hope every one had a fabulous christmas and i look forward to seeing the family again throughout the month of january! drive carefully!

senior snowball

today was my last day of classes for my first semester of my senior year. it's officially half way over. i can't believe it. my last fall semester. my last pre season for softball. my last thesis i'll have to write. it's all quite overwhelming. however with this next week being finals, i'm overwhelmed by the amount of work i have, but once that's over i'll be able to reflect on the fact that one half of my senior year is really over. but not too long to reflect because over break i will be figuring out what to do with my life after may. but trinity college was very nice in that they threw a formal for us this past saturday called senior snowball. at the beginning of the night each frat house is designated a freshman dorm and serves predrinks to us before the dance starts. it was so cool being able to see who i've stayed friends with since freshman year and who i have barely talked to since. then all the seniors get together and have a dance the rest of the night. it was an absolute blast and exactly what everyone needed right before finals as one last hooray for the semester. one more semester to go, it's going to be awesome!

senior blues

man, senior year is hard! i've been totally busy all the time. i'm in the process of writing my mini thesis for this semester and it's really hard, my internship is so much fun but really time consuming, and my classes aren't as easy and i thought they might be. we only have two more weeks left in the semester! yikes! two more weeks and i'm half way done with my senior year, what the heck! it's gone by so fast i can't believe it. and i'm not quite sure what i want to do after school either....real life is hard. but it's been a great ride so far, and i'm definitely looking forward to next semester. it'll be a little lighter on course work and next semester means SOFTBALL SEASON!!! yayyyyy. but for now, i'm studying and doing work basically 24/7, except when i'm sleeping i guess. wish me luck!

and i'm anxious about a certain new baby being born......

what happens in vegas.....

this was the hotel we stayed in
guess who??? while i know it's from the back, this is in fact snooki from the show the jersey shore, not just a really good halloween costume!

birthday girl!!

last weekend i went to las vegas, nevada for my friend's 21st birthday. i had a blast. there were 16 of us that went and it really was amazing. it's like vegas is it's own little world of party and craziness. we went to the strip, we gambled a little, we danced, we saw famous people, we went on rides overlooking the city, we stayed up late, we ate good food, we sat out by the beach, we had SO much fun! i went with some people i had never met before, some people i met briefly on my trip to japan, and some people who i used to be really close with at trinity but have fallen out of touch a little. so it was a good group of people, i think that's what made the trip. it's definitely a place that should be visited at least once in life, but not too much....it's just too expensive to stay for any length of time. it was a great way to spend halloween weekend!

career beginnings

this semester i am interning with a program called career beginnings. they work with high school students in the hartford area through the college process. they work with students who have decided that they want to be college bound and career beginnings helps them with finding a school, writing essays and resumes, filling out applications, finical aid applications, and sending in their final transcripts and applications. the kids that i see on a daily basis are just awesome. they have great passionate stories to tell for their essays, they are very motivated to come to talk to us and find out what the next step is, and they listen so well and usually get their work done on time. i've had so much fun with this internship it's making me wonder if i should take the guidance counselor/college prep counselor route...... some of these kids really have it tough and some of them are really lacking with writing skills. they usually don't have very good SAT scores, but here they are trying to go to college, some of them are first generation going to college. but they truly are great kids with great stories to tell.

lazy river

i got to go home this weekend for the first time since school started. i wasn't homesick but i was really ready to head home and relax. i got a little sick too so being at home has been just the remedy i needed. i've seen some friends, hung out with my parents, ate great food, done some shopping, i couldn't have asked for a better weekend! today is my last day to enjoy and then it's back to school, back to the books.

also, happy belated birthday to my sister elizabeth. 10 10 10!!!!!