hannahr
February 24, 2006
Only one week until spring break!!
Again this week went by soooo fast! I can't believe how fast second semester is going by. There is only one more week until spring break, and then after that there's only 2 months until my whole freshmen year is over! Crazy.
Maine was awesome. I did so much shopping!! My roommate was a great hostess and showed me allll around! I was glad because I was only there for 2 1/2 days, but I got to see a lot. We went to the Portland Headlight which is the most photographed lighthouse in Maine, and we saw the ocean, and downtown where there are a million cute shops where I bought so many little gifts, etc... and then we went to this town called Freeport and went to a bunch of outlet malls which was awesome as well! I got some really good deals! And we even went bowling one night! They had "cosmic bowling" where you paid like $12 and all night you could bowl however many games you wanted, and there are black lights and disco balls and everything glows, it was fun. And I ate so much good food, the lobster was the best, sweetest, most delicious lobster I have ever had! I really liked Maine a lot, it was very pretty, and there were so many cute places to go around the city. But the weather wasn't the best, it rained and snowed while I was there, but we still got everything done so it all worked out!
I took like 100 pictures while I was there too, and added some at the bottom for you guys to see!
And next Friday I was supposed to have my second Chemistry test, right before spring break, which I was glad about because then I wouldn't have to worry about it over break at all, but we found out today that the professor is postponing it until the Friday after we get back from break because we haven't covered all the material that is going to be on the test yet. So this week I don't have any tests, which will be nice, but then when I get back from break I'll have 2 tests the first week we're back, and then one the next week on Monday, so that will be a little hectic.
Well not much else is new, I have my simulation test on Tuesday for the self-defense class I'm taking, so I'm nervous about that! 2 of the instructors dress up in big body suits and basically attack you and you have to defend yourself using all the moves you learned, so it's gonna be tough, but a good way to practice. I'll let you know how it goes next week. I am gonna go relax and watch some TV now, hope everyone's doing great! Until next week...xoxo -Hannah :)
This and the next few pictures are all of the ocean at the Portland Headlight.
This is Portland Headlight. (The most photographed lighthouse!)
This is Goddard Mansion which is a mansion overlooking the ocean by Portland Headlight.
This is City Hall!
This is a close up of the whale wall that is downtown by the pier by the ocean. A whole wall goes along that building and is painted with whales, turtles, etc...It's so cool!
Posted by hannahr13 at 05:41 PM
February 15, 2006
blizzard, 51 degrees today, 4 day weekend!
This week we had a huge blizzard where we got like a foot and a half of snow!! It was crazy! I love snow and it was a pretty snowfall, but there was soooo much snow! But then today it is 51 degrees!!!! So a lot of the snow has already melted, and is continuing to melt, but it is also supposed to get colder in the week, so we'll see what will happen. I have learned that New England weather is very unpredictable and ever changing!
Then this weekend we have a 4 day weekend! Yay!! I'm very excited because I am going to Maine with my roommate because that is where she is from, and I've never been to Maine, so I'm excited to see somewhere new. Hopefully the weather won't be too bad there, it is supposed to rain and be kind of cold, but we'll see. And I think we're going to go shopping at their outlet malls, and then the best part is we're going to have lobster for dinner! Lobster is one of my favorite foods and most lobsters come from Maine so you can get them really cheap there, so we're having that for dinner one night and I'm very excited about it! And then I'm also going to go to my grandparent's house for a couple days and relax there and eat some more good food! But I'll have to study a lot this weekend unfortunately because I have a big Anatomy and Physiology test next week so it won't be a complete vacation!
And my Anatomy Lab practical was pretty good, the slides of different tissues that you had to identify were really hard, so I'm not sure how well I did on that, but the rest of the bones and everything I knew pretty well so we'll see how I did.
Valentine's Day was yesterday. Nothing exciting for me really, it didn't feel like a special day, but I got some valentines from a lot of people on our dorm floor so that was fun! And for the Sex at Simmons peer-education program that I'm involved in we handed out condom roses that we made to people in the main college building, so that was cool, I think people liked them.
And the Olympics are going on right now! I love the Olympics, they are one of my favorite things, so I am trying to watch as much as I can. It's really hard to watch television when you are in college because you are so busy with everything else, but some nights my roommate and I will watch it before we go to bed, and I've been keeping track of when certain events are, so when figure skating is on I'm going to watch that because that is my favorite event. But it's hard not being able to watch all of it!
Also, the Simmons Soiree dance was a lot of fun. The transportation part kind of sucked because they had these 2 limo buses taking you to the hotel, but they only came every 25 minutes cause they had to drive all the way here and then all the way to the hotel and then all the way back, and then they could only fit like 25 people on the limo, so we waited for almost an hour just to get on the bus to take us there, but a lot of people, including people from our group, ended up taking cabs there because they would have had to wait even longer and miss a big part of the dance. So that was bad cause the cabs cost like $20, and they already paid $20 to go to the dance. And then at the end of the night everyone was trying to leave at the same time and the wait was even longer, so my date and I ended up taking the T home! It was an adventure walking about 10 minutes from the hotel to the closest T stop in heels after dancing in them all night, but it wasn't too bad. I still had a really fun time, and the masquerade masks we got were soooo cute!! There's a picture below :)
Well I should go and start some homework before I go to the chiropractor! I'll write next week and tell you all about my weekend in Maine etc... Have a great weekend everyone! Until then...xoxo Hannah :)
My date Chris and I in our awesome masks!
Us again without the masks!
Posted by hannahr13 at 03:06 PM
February 10, 2006
Self defense class and Simmons dance!
This Saturday is the Simmons Soiree, which is a dance, and it is at the Boston Harbor Hotel, which is supposed to be really nice, I haven't been there yet so I don't know. But the dance is there, and it is semi-formal, so people get pretty dressed up I think, and it also has a "Masquerade" theme this year and so when you enter the dance everyone gets a mask to wear! And so I'm going with some friends and this guy that I know through my friend. I think it will be fun, we're all going in a group and are going to take pictures before hand. And then Simmons got these 2 nice big bus limos that will take you from the school to the dance and they look really nice too so I'm really excited! I'll put pictures up next week of course :)
And I started taking a self-defense class called RAD - Rape Aggression Defense - that they offer here at Simmons for free. Some of the security guys teach it and it is really cool. It's 6 weeks long I think and at the end of the course the instructors get all dressed up in pads and pretend to attack you and you have to use the techniques that they have taught you in the past weeks. I'm a little nervous about that, but it'll be good to be able to practice it on someone. And we are learning a lot of useful moves that aren't too complicated so that's good. It will be good just to know the stuff, and I think it will make me feel more confident, even if I never have to use it!
Well my tests went pretty well this week. Like always, it's hard to tell how you did, but we'll see. I still have one more on Tuesday, it's a big one, the first lab practical for Anatomy and Physiology and so I have to spend all weekend studying for that! There are a million bones and tissues in the body that we have to memorize locations, names and functions for for it, so I'm nervous about that too!
And New York was fun last weekend except for the fact that it rained and so that always sucks. And we tried to get tickets to see a Broadway show but they were all sold out, so we just saw a movie instead. But it was good to see my cousin.
Well I am going to go and watch some TV and unwind from my busy day, and maybe even take a nap. Until next time...xoxo Hannah :)
Posted by hannahr13 at 04:27 PM
February 02, 2006
Busy busy week
This week went by really fast. I can't believe tomorrow is already Friday! It is my longest day tomorrow though so I'm not looking forward to it, but this weekend is going to be an awesome weekend so I'll just think of that to get me through the day! I'm going to Boston College with my friend on Friday night and I'm excited for that cause I haven't been up there yet, and then on Saturday I'm going to New York for the day with a bus through the school again, so I'm very excited about that. It was only $10 again roundtrip! So I have to leave very early and then we get back around midnight, but I'm going to go and spend the day with my cousin who I haven't seen in awhile. And then on Sunday I'm going to my grandparents house for the Superbowl because my uncle from California is coming into town just for like 2 days and I haven't seen him in forever, so I can't wait for that! And we're having steak for dinner! My favorite!
But it's going to be a very busy week until then, and weekend, and Monday because I have 2 tests on Monday and homework due and I'm not going to have a whole lot of time to study so I'm going to have to prioritize like crazy. I'll be able to study on the bus to New York and some on Sunday and then like all day Monday, but it's going to suck. Not a lot of free time at all! But I'll get through it.
And on that note I should get going and start my homework so that I don't have it all to do this weekend. I'll let you all know how this weekend and my tests go next week! Hope everyone's doing great and having ok weather, it rained/snowed here on Tuesday so that kind of sucked but at least we didn't get a huge snow storm like they said we were going to get! Night everyone - xoxo Hannah :)
Posted by hannahr13 at 10:10 PM