One Down, Four to Go

Finals week, enough said. This weekend was full of study and beginning to feel stressed about all the work and effort this week is going to consume. The only light at the end of the tunnel is the fact that come friday I will officially be in Maryland and on SPRING BREAK!!! I officially started finals last Friday with a presentation on Latino access to higher ed for my Ethnic Studies class. Katie and I got to work together which was a lot of fun and another bonus was one less final this week! I had my French final this afternoon, and I have Comm and Dance Tuesday, presentations to attend Wednesday, and my last final Friday morning. We are all trying to keep one another sane and so far so good.

Friday night after finishing our last classes of the quarter, a group of our friends celebrated by going out to dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant, Jasmine Thai. David's friend John was out to visit so there was even more reason for celebration. Case and I split Vegetable Fried Rice and fresh Spring Rolls...so yummy! We out for a little that evening which was a fun way to wind down Winter Quarter. I cannot believe that after this week I will be 2/3 done with my freshman year of college! Time truly does fly by.

Casey's best friend from home, Meredith, arrived on Saturday evening and Mariah and I had the privilege of picking her up at the airport with Case! We picked her up from the airport and headed into Santana for a late dinner at Sino. I haven't been to Sino since move-in weekend and it was absolutely delicious! Since we were there so late the restaurant had turned into a club making us feel like the four girls in Sex and the City--the under 21 version therefore we were sipping on Diet Cokes opposed to Cosmos. We had a leisurely dinner and didn't get back to campus until close to 9:30. I finished a draft of a paper that was due today before meeting up with the girls again and we proceeded to have a wonderful night and we were definitely still up when the clocks sprung forward with Daylights Saving. Sunday was a full day of studying and before we knew it the day was over! However, not before an amazing jam-sesh with Jack and Mere behind the guitar. It was seriously exactly what we all needed before running head first into finals. We sang Taylor Swift, Ben Harper, and some good old country tunes. We are now so stoked for Spring Quarter when we can hopefully make a trip to Santa Cruz and have a sing-a-long and bonfire. Not only was our "campfire" in Cases' room relaxing and the perfect way to enter finals week but it also once again reaffirmed all my friendships here at school. We truly have generated such a family here at school and its times like these that I truly feel I have found a home away from home.

Daylights Saving right before finals week does not make for a good combination. However, the day was not over before my girls and their basketball team, the HotShots, won their intramural league championship!!! CONGRATS LADIES! So proud to be #1 supporter from the sidelines :)

Well just wanted to drop a quick blog before the rest of the week gets crazy but hopefully I will find time before leaving for MD to fill y'all in (Mere goes to school at Clemson so her little southern drawl is wearing off on me :) ) Good luck to everyone taking finals and have a safe and fun spring break to everyone who is enjoying the leisurely break that comes this time of year!!

4 days 'til MD & 9 days til home sweet home :) xo

“No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrafice and toil and doubt”
-Max Beerbohm