HOMECOMING!!! BLOCK PARTY!

OMG! Homecoming week has been difficult but fun! This was our first week of midterms, man am i glad to get those out of the way! I am glad to already be this far into school, but it is kinda stinky that I'm taking important tests while most of my friends just started school this past Wednesday. In the long run i will eventually have way more fun during my long summer!! But back to the homecoming events!!! The week started with window painting!! I was so happy to get to help one of the groups! Its really cool to walk around campus and see all of the different spirit group windows! The week was filled with events ranging from a club night to flag football. The other cool things were the volleyball game and the main event of the Men and Women's Soccer game! All of our teams did really well beating all opponents in seemingly flawless performances. To end the week, one of the coolest events by far, there was a ginormous carnival!!! It was sooo much fun!! I volunteered to help set up and got to try out all the rides before everyone came!! We had a rock climbing wall, mazes, jumping houses, wrecking ball, laser tag, gladiator wars, and moon walks. The best one ever was the bungee run!! I was so much fun to run and then get pulled back by the bungee cord!! It was a lot of fun watching everyone enjoying the different toys big kids love toys too!!!

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

Three weeks in....

Wow!! What an amazing time this has been...amazing but crazy. I have had so many things that I want to do, and its relatively easy to do them all. I am joining SHPE, AIAA, and a couple other clubs and organizations. Its so much fun to be involved here at IIT, everyone is being so helpful and open to questions... I have had a lot of those!! One of the best things is all the friends I have found...mainly guys...but thats to be expected at a school with only 33% women. They also are as diverse as the world... South Korea, Mexico, Turkey, Ethiopia just to name a few! And I cant forget the states with Cali, Colorado, Rhode Island, NY, and so many others!! What a big world we live in!

The classes are pretty good! Except for the occasional nod off...calculus...they are way more fun than most of my high school classes!! I love my Intro to the Proffesion (ITP) because we bring cookies if were late, we are going to build rockets soon, and my proffesor is totally rockin!!! The supprising fun class is my American Composers, I am actually learning US history, but with a musical twist! Its almost better than AP History! All the others are a little more of the same with the calc and chem. My computer programming class is getting a little trickier... I can actually write my own program!! go me!!!

However the better part of Mon, Wed, and Fri, are working!! This is so much cooler than other things. I get to lead tours as soon as I get certified, and i get to work on this blog...just kidding about the blog though. I am enjoying an office job even though I have only worked a couple of days...like three including today!!!!
I miss everything back home...but not homesick kind....the fair food, my blue boat, friends, and family. Christmas, and Thanksgiving are coming soon though!! 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

AAAAHHHH!!! To much to do... to much information!! (In a good way!)

The last couple weeks before I left for Chicago and the magnificent IIT I was a chicken with its head cut off. I was excited, sad, and driving every one crazy!! My party was the best because I saw how many people care for me not just in Ellensburg, but from across the state. I loved chatting with everyone and having one final shindig in e-burg. Thank you to every one who came you were soooo much fun!
The journey to Chicago was super long. My mom, dad, joy and I left Ellensburg at about 3am...I don't think I have been going that early in forever. The plane ride to Chicago was also long but nice because I slept most of the way. When i was not sleeping I chatted with the women next to me who was coming to Chicago to take her international dentistry test. She was very wonderful to talk to with lots of fun things to say about Engineering and life in general! I hope she did well on her test. That same day was check in and registration...we went through these and i met my roommate Sydney Wiilliams!! We have had so much fun getting to know each other and the families that come with each!! Go Lewis 311 moms!!!! I am so glad my mom came!! She and Lexie made so much happen!! (Lexie is Sydneys mom!) Thanks!!
The first day of Freshman Orientation here at IIT was just like sitting in on the first days of High School.You don't do anything other than listen to the different speakers talk. However, we had a little more fun because we were meeting people from all over the world. I am so glad that I did the International Orientation session because there are so many awesome individuals coming to IIT. I met people form Dubai, Israel, Cameroon, and many other places, each with their own stories. But above all the BOG was the best with the ping pong and the bowling!!!
The Ambassador training was more of the same but a lot more fun cuz it was funny but serious!! I cant wait to start!!
The last couple of days I have remembered a lot of things Chicago reminds me of. The biggest is what a big world this is and how much friends and family matter. I am excited for school but cant help remeber some of the things i learned from EHS!!! 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