Graduation Requiremnts

Finishing college is always very important when you only have a semester to go. However the fact that you need 24 credits to graduate in one semester is not so easy to accomplish. I am going to have to give up a minor because I am unable to find a transfer class to fulfill a requirement for a Social Inequality class. :( No fun. However I can take a slightly easier course intro to Sociology and make the requirement to graduate. This will make my life so much easier!! Yeah for less hard classes!! Yeah for at least two minors!!

This past Friday was my golden birthday! It was allot of fun being able to choose what I wanted to do which was going to the movies. Planning and I never do get things completely right, if the above example isn't enough proof. Originally the plan was to attend a 5 dollar triple feature, but they were closed on Friday  Then the plan switched to being Snitch at the AMC with dinner before. We went to Water Tower to get food and ended up doing a little browsing and shopping at Godiva, and Marbles before we got Bao from Wow Bao. After that we walked to the movie theater, However, I am not really good at remembering places by name. We were at the Loews theater not the AMC whoops!! Then Tony and I walked towards the AMC and got sidetracked by a used book store and a jazz shop deciding to skip the movie in favor of a few (10) good books and records! Then we came back for MTCC late night at which Tony took third in Air Hockey and I took first!! Tony also watched Wreck IT Ralph for the first time, Le Gasp! I know you would think the Hardcore Arcader would have seen it the day It came out but nope he waited.  And he definitely enjoyed the movie!!

My birthday weekend for my golden birthday was a lot of fun!! The benefit to being a senior is that if I want I can spend the whole weekend studying and watching in my room in my jammies. Everything I ate and wore this weekend came from home; Jammies, Smoked PNW Salmon, Cougar Gold Cheese, Huckleberry Gummy Bears, Applets and Cotlets, Ivers Clam Chowder, and Chicken-In-A-Bisket (set from back home).

But as the Day Ends here I must stop to pray for another day and stop typing!! Have a wonderful time in all your doings!!

Love and Blessings

Shirls

Vacation...Not!

The Holidays are always a wonderful time for me because of all of the family and friends I get to spend time with. For most people Thanksgiving is the time for relaxing just before finals however if you are political science it is the week before finals. That week I did not get to relax like most of my peers save the architecture student but was forced to study. Although they were not called finals but last exams they were basically the same thing. Finals ended up being a little less stressful this year than last year!! WOoot! THe benefit of only taking 12 credits was that I was able to make the DEANS LIST!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOT ! Yeah me!

Going home was also very relaxing for the first of six weeks. After that there was not a moment of rest except for the time I was sleeping! Break was filled with lots of family and work! The best part about this was that there was always someone to cuddle with. Another benefit to working was the treats!! My aunt is very good at making dessert particularly truffles!!! She makes the best mint (crushed mint oreos!) truffles around Christmas. Although this is really bad for the weight loss plan my grandma and I had I still lost weight!

Now I am getting ready for my last semester here at IIT!! Yeah happy time Woot what could be better! (not a real sentence I know!) I will be taking 24 credits the most I have ever taken (obviously) while at IIT or any other school. This will be the most taxing but fun semester here at IIT. 2 Student Orgs, 8 Classes, 15 Hrs at work! ASB will be lots of fun with the friendships and community impact. Mock Trial will also be taxing because of the work required for being an attorney (fingers crossed on memorizing 2 openings). Work will be fun with all of the different events we host in the spring for prospective students. And then of course we cannot forget the future! Working on applications for school and work also takes alot of time!

If you think you will need me for anything please make the request at least 2 weeks in advance! Or just go put it on my wall calender!

But as the Day Ends here I must stop to pray for another day and stop typing!! Have a wonderful time in all your doings!!

Love and Blessings

Shirls