Final Days

First off, let me express my frustration. I finished this blog...it was perfect! And then, for some reason, I must have exited out of the window because my blog was nowhere to be found when I went to save it. AAAHHH. I was quite angry when I discovered this. So, the following blog will probably not be quite as amazing as the one that I previously wrote because now I am not as excited to write it. Please bear with me!


Well, as opposed to other blogs, I am writing this one from the comfort of my own room...at home! Yes, that means that I successfully made it through the rest of the semester. I had some late nights, but I got all of my projects and papers done, some even ahead of time, which feels great, by the way. I definitely recommend not procrastinating. It is such a great stress reliever! I was busy, busy, busy the last few days. I don’t know how I would have survived if I’d been procrastinating...wouldn’t have been pretty.


So now let’s go back in time...back to Spring Weekend, which was the last weekend in April. It was awesome! The weekend started on Thursday, with a concert by Dropkick Murphys and Common. I didn’t go, but a lot of my friends did, and from what I hear, it was a great concert. And it was also sold out! I knew a lot of people that waited too long to get tickets...they wanted to kick themselves when they realized that they’d missed their chance.


Friday night was another Chameleon Club, which I must say wasn’t as fun as the first one that I went to. Regardless, I still had a good time, and it gave everyone a chance to loosen up and forget about all the work that they had to do. On Saturday, the lawn between the Commons and the architecture building was transformed into a fair. There was a stage, where a Dave Matthews cover band, a student band, and dance club members performed throughout the day. The fair also had several rides and attractions, Del’s lemonade, hot dogs, cotton candy, and DOUGHBOYS. The line for the doughboys was realllllyy long, but the fried dough that I got out of the deal was well worth the wait. Another thing that you could to at the fair was tie-dye a Spring Weekend towel. Many people participated in this activity, so there were tie-dyed towels hanging to dry all along the edge of the fairgrounds. I went with my roommate and another friend, and we had a great time, even though it was kinda cold. Later that night, everyone gathered on the grass behind the New Academic Building to watch a fireworks display out on the water. The fireworks marked the end of the Spring Weekend festivities, which was a bit depressing. But, all good things must come to an end at some point, and on Sunday, the reality of school set in. 


I am now going to tell you what my last full day of school was like…
1. Shower
2. Turned in Critical Writing research paper (that paper was a major pain)
3. Food
4. Talked to IRHA advisors about Late Night Breakfast
5. Finished and turned in Typography project (a Monty Python accordion book)
6. Went back to housing office to meet with IRHA advisors
7. Made name tags for Late Night Breakfast
8. Rushed to room to change for Student Leadership Banquet
9. Went to Student Leadership Banquet
10. Ate food
11. Listened to awards ceremony
12. Slipped out early to go back to my room
13. Quickly put on jeans and IRHA t-shirt
14. Went to Upper Commons to prepare for Late Night Breakfast
15. Served food/oversaw servers at Late Night Breakfast
16. Helped clean up
17. Went back to my room for a short break
18. Ran to Lower Commons with my roommate to get food, only to find that it had JUST CLOSED
19. Searched online to find a food place that was open, but there weren’t any
20. Celebrated the last night at school with my roommate by enjoying a bottle of sparkling grape juice
21. Had a gathering in my room with my roommate and some guys from my unit. They played cards. I watched.
22. Discovered (around 4 AM) that my student ID, bus pass, and debit card were missing!!!
23. Frantically retraced my steps to and from Lower Commons, finding only a few of my receipts.
24. Went to bed, very discouraged.


I woke up a few hours later to start packing. My dad soon showed up, and we began loading the car. Around midday, I got a call from the ID office. All 3 of my cards had been turned in!! I was soooo relieved. After everything in my room had been moved to the car, my dad and I had lunch in Lower Commons, and I picked up my cards at the ID office. We left shortly after, and I said a silent goodbye to the campus, my home away from home.


It turns out that I passed all of my classes with flying colors, and now I am no longer a freshman! So, this is my last blog entry.


BUT, that doesn’t mean that you can no longer email me. Don’t be afraid to write to me with any questions that you might have about RWU. I will be happy to answer them!


To all of you high schoolers, I hope you all come to RWU so that you can have the same experience that I’ve had.


And to all of you future freshmen that are coming to RWU...see you at orientation!


Ciao,
Katie



You didn’t think that I’d leave you all without posting pictures, did you?



First comedian from the stand-up show that now seems long ago…






Aries Spears! (the second comedian)



Spring Weekend decorations



Same (note the poles)



Self-explanatory



Ready for Chameleon Club!


















Scenes from Spring Weekend…



Student Leadership Banquet



We stole pie from other tables at the banquet, so we had quite a collection going



A final word to everyone…


HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER!