it's always sunny in philadelphia

This past weekend was great!

Friday night we had a backyard garden party! we had catered food which included exotic sandwiches and sushi! then we had a 4 hour dance party! it was SOOOO fun!

You can always find Katie Breiter on the dance floor!

Kelly McElroy and I

Making compost at Urban Tree Connection

Saturday morning we headed out to help at Urban Tree Connection. We pulled weeds and all that jazz! On the way back to MCPC, Larry, Laura, Laurie, and I went over to the Fresh Grocer to pick up some things. After that we went back and ate the leftovers from the night before. Everyone else went to the Philadelphia Zoo in the afternoon and out to dinner in the city at night. I took a shower fast then got on the train to Harrisburg! My mom and dad picked me up and took me home. Then I went out to Messiah and met up with Heather and Danelle. We went to Acclamation's Spring Concert to see Heather and Liz. They did awesome!

After that Heather and I went to Kristy, Ashley, and Kate's apt to hang for a bit. We ended up reading Kate's journal from a year ago in Greece. Which was sooo fun to read haha. We were only there for like 20 minutes when Liz invited Heather and I to a movie at her apt. My friends said "you want to sleep here but you are about to ditch us?!" my response was "....they're graduating and youre not."

Sunday was sooo lazy. I was supposed to have soccer at Bucknell but it got canceled because of rain and fog. So instead Kate made us pancakes! Roz, Kate, Ash and I watched Freedom Writers all afternoon. Oh and we threw an apple at Kristy from the third floor of Kelly apts hahaha. We are soo mature. I went home and then to youth group and then it was time to take the train back to Philly.

This week is so busy but because writing in here is like therapy I figured I could use it. :)

I have 2 presentations and 1 paper down. I still have my internship portfolio, my 4-5 pg research paper, and my group presentation for counseling to complete by the end of this week.

And then next week I have 2 take home finals :) haha i love you temple. Also I have a 10 page research paper which I don't think will be too hard because I can write about anything related to group therapy!

Gotta keep pushin through all this work. Tomorrow we are having our biweekly SAB ice cream party in the 2016 lounge which is always a good time!

The biggest thing to look forward to though is going to be our trip to the beach. One of my friends is organizing a camping trip to the beach right after finals to kick off the summer! It will no doubt be a BLAST!

Isaiah 40:29

we're only taking turns holding this world

Last weekend Heather, Danelle and Kristy came and spent the night Friday. We went out to eat and toured the city a bit. It was a little cold but still fun.

I have so much work in the next two weeks

Human Sexuality presentation - April 26

Third World presentation - April 26

Counseling presentation - April 29

4-5 pg research paper - April 30

Internship portfolio - April 30

10 pg research paper - May 6

Human Sexuality test - May 7

History and Systems take home final - May 10

SOO MUCH TO DO.

I doubt anyone reads this but writing on here is kind of like therapy. I get to say whatever I want and people will read it. I mean no one does but its the idea of it.

This weekend is Celebration weekend and it also extends to next weekend. Here are some of the events we will be doing

April 23 - Backyard Garden Party

April 24 - Service Project (9-12), Philadelphia Zoo (1-5), Dinner in the City (6-8), Outdoor Movie (9-?)

May 1 - Centennial Ball at Grantham

May 2 - Broad Street Run

May 3 - Celebration gathering including cookout and talent show

May 4 - Phillies Game!

I'm all booked up until the end of the semester!

Summer is always bittersweet for me. I love everything that comes with summer but I wish I was going through summer with my Messiah friends because then that would be the BEST!

Alright, I'm out for now.

oh this has gotta be the good life

So I haven't updated in over a month. Here's a recap of the past month...

March 19-21: The weather was BEAUTIFUL! We spent the weekend outside! Lots of roof deck time! Saturday morning we went to a service project and we also went to free Rita's. Later in the afternoon we went shopping and exploring in Center City. The weekend was just awesome!

March 26-27: I don't remember what I did on Friday night or Saturday morning. ha. Well Saturday afternoon I took an adventure by myself to New Jersey for Greece Reunion! I took the train from Temple station into Trenton. Then switched there to a train to Metropark station where Kristy and the others picked me up. From there it was about 15 minutes to Tori's house! Romanos and his friend Stolis came and it was great! Tori also brought two of her roommates, Liz and Montana! It was a blast!

April 2-4: I went home for Easter weekend. Which turned out to be a very interesting weekend. Friday night I was bored out of my mind. I watched tv and went to bed like like 11. I'm lame, I know. The weather was great on Saturday so I went out to breakfast with Deb, JP, Dad, and Grandma. After that Deb and I went to the mall to look for dresses for Centennial Ball. We rode in style in the Mini Cooper Convertible with the top down! Then I went to get my eyebrows waxed...bad idea. Some of my skin came off. Long story. Ask me about it if you want to know. On Sunday I went to church and then hung out with Ashlee! We drove by her family's new house and hung out with Gary and Tamali for a little! haha. On April 5, President Phipps came to speak at Community Gathering and afterwards we had loads of desserts all homemade by Debi. She's great!

April 9-11: Friday night a few of us went to an Italian restaurant called Pietro's. It was very good. On Saturday I slept in, although I wasn't really planning to. At 2pm we took an SAB trip to Eastern State Penitentiary. It was a really cool place. After that we went to Philly Flavors for ice cream. A few of us ventured off to Logan Square and chilled at the fountain just talking and hanging for an hour. Then Lisa, Bekah and I went to Walnut Street to go in a few stores. Later that night Kelly and I were going to watch a movie. Well Kelly made us popcorn and burnt it. She didn't realize it was burnt until she opened the bag and the smoke came pouring out. We quickly opened the back door to the roof deck when all of a sudden the fire alarm went off. Kelly and I left the bag of popcorn outside and went downstairs and out to the street. There were only like 6 girls in the building and we called Josh to come turn it off. The firemen still came and inspected it. We are hoping to avoid the fine of 75 which they charge when there is a false alarm. This morning I went to church at Epiphany with Laura, Meredith and Kelly. It was really good and there was a guest pastor. This afternoon I will just be working on homework and maybe hanging outside a little bit.

I have registered for my classes, although I am still waiting for one to get an override.

On Tuesday it is Spring Fling here at Temple which I hear is like an all day street fair type thing. With vendors and rides and music. I also heard there are lot of intoxicated students. That should be fun to watch.

This upcoming weekend, I am hoping to have some friends come visit.

There are only 4 weeks left and three weeks of class. This semester has flown by.

Here's to making the best of what's left!