farewell for now

well, it is my last blog for the school year. I have a final tomorrow and a final on Saturday and then I am free to spend the summer as I chose. I will be visiting a friend at the University of San Diego for two weeks after I break out of here, and then it is off to Chicago to go develop a cure for HIV/AIDS.

I hope you have been semi entertained by my odd ramblings about college, life, and other random stuff. If you are a senior this year, hope to see you next fall! If you are a junior, tune in next year to hear about my crazy summer and my junior year here at Beloit. either way, have a wonderful summer!

Ciao

This week has been pretty crazy. Everyone has been scurrying to finish papers and lab write ups (in the science department at least) while also trying to study for finals. Around this time I generally go out for coffee at the Pleasant Street Cafe a lot, but this semester my coffee buddy is in China, and I have yet to find someone who is willing to dig their heads out of their books for a few hours and take a break....but i think Krista will be joining me there tomorrow!

Along with all the work I have been doing, i also found time to donate blood. the Rock County blood bank has a blood drive on campus a few times a semester, and it is actually kind of nice to have a break and lie around on a comfy lawn chair-like recliner...while getting your most needed substance pumped from your body :)

Today the admissions office hosted a barbecue for their student employees. it was really fun, we had burgers and brats (of the meat eater and non meat eater varieties) cooked by Bryan, plus every admissions staff member brought a side or dessert. i had way to much food, but it was all so good! we also got these amazing treat bags with all sorts of stuff to help us get through finals week, like soda and candy and more candy and raisins. ahh, the perks of working for admissions.

well, tomorrow is my last night of work before the summer, so I guess I will save my farwell blog until then.

Last week the boss at my internship at Kerry took me and my coworkers out to La Casa Grande, a Mexican restaurant really close to campus. There were people there who were giving out flowers for "women who work" day, or something along those lines.

When I got back to Kerry it was "take your child to work" day. They had all these stations set up for the kids dealing with food science, and they got to sample a lot. it was kind of cute. I remember when i was younger it was "take your daughter to work" day. I used to go every year to my mothers work at the state department of public instruction and they always had a women in government there, I think one year they even had Tammy Baldwin, but i may not be remembering correctly.

Life on campus has gotten rather strained. finals start on friday, and everyone is feeling the rush of last minute papers and the like. rooms are becoming barer as people start packing up their belongings, and the bags under peoples eyes are growing. two weeks from today i will be in sunny California visiting my friend who goes to UCSD... only two more weeks, only two more weeks, only two more weeks! it will be odd to leave this place, though i know i will be back in the fall...