Fall Break!

This past weekend was our fall break.  It started Friday after our last class and lasted until Tuesday evening.  This year instead of going home I was invited to go home with my roommate Taylor and go to her house in Connecticut.  We left around 6:00 and we drove the 4 hours there (it was awesome...lots of singing).   At her house we unpacked, ate, and went to bed exhausted.  Saturday we went out for breakfast at Chuckwagon where they sang Happy Birthday to me and later we went on a hike that was awesome:

 

 

 

Later on we had enchiladas and daiquiris because that night was also....MY 21st BIRTHDAY.

 

So we had quite a bit of fun...especially when our friend Allyson drove to her house and we all played BALDERDASH.  We also enjoyed birthday cookies and an edible arrangements that my parents sent!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday we went on a trip to Trader Joes, I met Taylor's sister, and we all went apple picking.

 

Monday we went out for breakfast again and got haircuts and "did homework".  Tuesday, sadly was our day to leave and head back.  We left around 2:30 and got back to school happily at 6:30

Kayley





Breakfast in the Gardens

This past Wednesday I had breakfast in the teaching gardens with my First Year Seminar.  If you remember, I took Gardening: Digging Down to the Roots.  It was an absolutely amazing class and I met my best friend there!  In class we made seed bombs and planted our own plants- succulents that don't require constant watering (perfect for college students).  So our professors Lubkowitz and Bang-Jensen contacted us this September to tell us that they were organizing an reunion breakfast in the gardens! It was such a wonderful and beautiful surprise to have professors that so cared about the class they taught and wanted to see us again all together.  Here are some pictures of us drinking coffee and enjoying pastries with our classmates:

This one Taylor took

 

This one was taken by an SMC photographer and you can see me! (right side in white sweater)

Also, I got a chocolate bar (sea salt and almond special Lake Champlain chocolate) for showing evidence that my garden lives!

It thrives! Ok well that's all for now folks.

There's a hole in the ceiling

So a little while back we had a house emergency.  The toilet malfunctioned and sprung a leak.  That meant that there was water seeping not only out of one of the pipes, but into our living room from the ceiling.  Luckily we thought fast and called public safety.  They were obviously not the right people to call but they transferred me to the power plant.  From there I explained the situation and within 2 minutes (I kid you not) we had a man at the house.  They must have sent out a call to all the men who come to fix the little problems that occur in the houses and one showed up!  He was a very, very nice guy and fixed the leak and had to remove some of the drywall to see about the pipes in the walls.  That's why we now have a hole! 

 Mostly though, I just wanted to write about how quickly they responded and helped us in our time of need!  This week it should be fixed and be as good as new. 

Alumni Weekend

     Last weekend was Alumni weekend! Normally it really would not have meant much to me, but last year I lived with 3 wonderful seniors that I became really close with.  Two were able to visit and stay the weekend!  Sam and Caitlin came and stayed with us in our townhouse and one of the fun things we did was go to Apple Island, north of here, to visit a farm and enjoy the fall foliage.

the Main Floor

     Previously I stated that the main floor of our townhouse was not blog ready.  What I really meant was that we didn't really have decorations yet and hadn't finalized the placement of the furniture!  Now it seems that we're all ready and organized for a photo shoot:

This is the entrance to our house: as you walk in you see records

This is our combination dining room and common room

Some extra shelving to help organize

Some record sleeves

Our cozy kitchen

 

 

     So that's it! I went to the Salvation Army up the road with my girl Taylor and we bought the records for $.25 each and the blanket on the wall above the chairs for $1.  Pretty good deal for all of that and now our home is comfy and cool!

Warts and all

When I got back from class today, I noticed something interesting on my window ledge.  It was an itty, bitty FROG! How it got there I have no idea but I took some pictures because I knew my dad would really enjoy this!

 

 

 

Update: my friend is gone.  When the rain storm started he disappeared! Hopefully if he jumped his parachute deployed.  

3 Classes? WHAT????

Ok so I previously wrote that I was going to be signing up to take Italian 101 as my fourth class this semester.  However, I checked my smcvt mail and I had gotten my senior packet! BLAH! In it was an intent to graduate form, some other forms, and this baby:

 

 

This fabulous form lists all the classes I have taken, the ones I still need to take, and most importantly exactly what I need to graduate.  It tells you how many credits remain for you to graduate, what you need overall to graduate, and what you currently have.  So after deciphering the form (I had a little trouble) and going to the Registrar to double check, I learned that I do not need any more credits to graduate on time.  That means that as of now all I have to do is take the necessary courses to graduate.  I made the executive decision to take my Spanish Senior Seminar, my French Senior Seminar, and la France Medieval this semester and not stretch myself too thin when I'll need to write two thesis papers this semester. 

 

 

So, that's that and I just wanted to write and say that sometimes it is ok to take only 3 courses instead of 5 or 6.  It's better to do what you can and do it well, rather than over exhaust yourself and get not so great grades.