Saturday, August 22, 2009

Moving back in

Hey y'all!

Sorry I've been a little MIA, but here's the good news, I'm back in New Orleans! I moved in on Wednesday into my little on-campus apartment, and I've just been having a good time decorating and getting ready for freshmen orientation since I'm an orientation coordinator.

So all of today was spent moving boxes up and down the twelve stories of Monroe (so tiring... and with humidity? Killer!... but it was great to hear parents hear they appreciate it) and now I'm heading over to a floor meeting with my girls and the RA.

There are so many great orientation activities, I'm so excited! My favorite one is called Reily Rocks. If you don't know, Reily is the recreation center here on campus (and our gym as well). And they put on an event for freshmen where they have a night of video games, great food, and fun activities. Oh! And the free t-shirt is usually awesome.

Also, I'm looking forward to meeting my Newcomb Little tomorrow for the pinning ceremony. (More on that later)

And another great one? The riverboat cruise. Basically it's a dinner cruise for the freshmen (and since I'm an OC I get to go too!) and there's music, dancing, and great views of the city, too! Here's a picture of Arielle and me on the cruise freshmen year... (wow, I look so much younger...). It was one of the first times we ever hung out as roommates, and it was a lot of fun. We also met a few of our good friends that night, too!

Okay! Have to go now! Don't want to be late. But I'll start posting regularly again after this entry! Oh! Also, classes start on Monday! We'll see how that goes...

Monday, August 3, 2009

August already?

Hello there!

Can you believe it's August already? In almost exactly two weeks I'll be taking off on a plane to New Orleans. I can't believe it that summer has gone by so quickly. It's been a really nice summer - I met some great new people, explored both San Francisco and Berkeley, made a little money, learned a little bit, hung out with old friends, watched a lot of Giants baseball and slept a lot. What more could I ask for?

So what's in store for me next year, you ask? Well, I don't know how many of you know this but next year is going to be my last year at Tulane! Can you believe that I'm graduating (fingers crossed) in the spring? I can't! But I am totally excited and can't wait for the year to start. Things I'm looking forward to:

- Moving into and decorating an on-campus apartment with two of my best friends.
- seeing friends who I haven't seen all summer
- orientation (I'm going to be helping out at Monroe this year!)
- Newcomb Big Sisters/Little Sisters (more on this one later)
- Outreach Tulane
- meeting the new community service scholars
- seeing my mentee Myles again
- homecoming weekend
- GWA stuff (I love meeting prospective students... I hope to travel somewhere cool this coming semester to talk... I can't wait until Jeff sends out the city list!)
- Mardi Gras (haha... I know it's in the Spring... but come on! What's there not to be excited about?)

There's probably a lot on that list that I'm not remembering right now because, as always, there's a lot to be excited about here in New Orleans and at Tulane!

So, good-bye summer, hello Tulane! See you all in a couple of weeks!