Last week of classes; Finals next week

With the end of the semester a little more than a week away, I think every Suffolk student will agree; it's crunch time! Papers, exams and final projects need to be completed.

On a little side note, I had an interview with Hannah Grove, the CEO of Global Business at State Street Corp this past Monday. I am extremely fortunate for her to take the time out of her busy schedule to meet with me. (I have interned at a magazine, and next semester I will be at the restaurant, but I would really like to see what PR is like in the business world). She introduced me to the Public Relations director of State Street and I will be interviewing with her in January for a summer internship position.

WINTER BALL TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE AMBASSADORS!
All I want to do is dannceeee.... :)

Cheers

He's making a list and checking it twice .....

Is it just me, or did Thanksgiving break fly by really fast? Can it really be December 2nd already?

Holiday season has officially arrived. I've created a Christmas playlist and it has been on repeat since the day after Thanksgiving :) You can call me a geek, but one of my favorite parts of the holiday season is watching all of the Christmas movies and shows on television. You know what I'm talking about; ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, Elf, Polar Express, Santa Clause (1,2,3), and Lifetime's Fa La La La Lifetime.

The month of December is filled with so many fun events; tree lighting in Boston Common, Ugly sweater party with the ambassadors, Winter Ball, Urban Nutcracker with the girls, winter break, CHRISTMAS, and New Years Eve!!

But before I can enjoy the winter season, I need to finish some of my final projects, papers and finals for school. Focus Delia Focus!!!

Well I'm heading out to meet some prospective students.

Cheers to all !

Two Day Week! Thank you Thanksgiving....

So I found out this past Friday that I'm not working Thanksgiving at the restaurant. I am happy as can be. This means the Thanksgiving routine will take place. I've prepared a picture demonstration :) 1) Wake up early and go for a run around the Wakefield lake (weather permitting. Weather.com says rain? but...)

2) Get a large coffee to start the day (Honey Dew Ice Coffee, with Skim Milk and no sugar please) 3) Get back just in time to watch some of the Thanksgiving Day Parade! 4) Help mom set the table and prepare the food

5) Go pick up the Grandmothers....Grammie in Woburn and Grandma in Reading 6) Play with Crystal for a little while (if not raining, take her for a walk to calm her down before guests arrive)

7)Get ready for the day!!!

8) 1:30 guests start to arrive (yayyy! I get to see my cousins) 9)Apps include: Artichoke dip, cheese plate, pizzagaina...

10) Entree: Turkey, homemade mashed potatoes, squash, pecan crusted baked sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravey, green beans...

Homemade artichokes = amazingness (is that a word?)

11) Dessert: cheesecake, apple pie, blueberry pie...

The best part of Thanksigiving is being with my family. During the year we are all running in different directions.

Cheers friends and have a Happy Thanksgiving,

Essays, Tests, Projects and Media Kits, OH MY

As the semester seems to be nearing the end, I'm trying to make sure I am completing all of my classwork on time. It's a struggle juggling five different topics at once, but I''m staying organized and positive! The Library will be my second home for the next couple of weeks, but hey, what you get out of a project all depends on the time and hard work you put into it!

Also, this weekend one of my fellow ambassadors is hosting a "Not your Average Thanksgiving!" Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year!! (YAY!) I'm planning on making my mom's homemade mashed potatoes and maybe a yummy dessert?!?! Hanging and spending time with friends is a great way for my to get my mind off of school.

Meg and I, another fellow ambassador, will be heading to the tree lighting ceremony in Faneuil Hall this Saturday!- pictures to come :) Ahh I can't believe how close Christmas is, but the cold weather tells me it's just around the corner!

Cheers to all

3 1/2 years?

This weekend I ventured out to visit some friends at a bigger university. By walking around the campus, it made me realize how much I love Suffolk and it's small, close community. It is easy to make personal connections with my professors and learn from their career experience.

Speaking of school, my parents and I discussed me graduating a semester early from college last night. It is exciting yet I'm anxious to actually think of myself in, what you would call, "the real world." I'm toying with a few career paths to take with my Public Relations major..event planning, communications director, PR director, etc.. I seem to be drawn to event planning because of that is what I've been exposed to at the restaurant I work at. Working and hosting events have been a lot of fun, but I understand the hard work and organization that goes into planning an event. On the positive note though, I have a lot of time to explore what I want to do :)

This week is broken up by Veterans Day which means it will either fly by or drag on...my predictions it will drag on. I have work at the restaurant Tuesday, Info Session for school on Wednesday, Improper Bostonian event for the restaurant on Thursday, and work Friday- wohooo ! Well enough about my weekly schedule.... Happy Monday everyone HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

Cheers,

All Hallows Eve

Seeing as Halloween was on a Saturday this year, it was only
appropriate that we stay out as late as possible!

After watching a full week of Halloween movies and television shows - Disney's Halloween Town (1,2,3...), Hocus Pocus (classic), Life Time movie network, etc- October 31st finally came.

The residents of Beacon Hill were definitely in the spirit of Halloween; pumpkins, spooky cob webs, fake spiders and flying ghosts were scattered around their door steps and hung from their glass windows. I had seen children the day before putting out their carved jack-o-lanterns. Boston Police Department prepared to block off roads so that the tricky-or-treaters would be safe!

I dressed up as Tinker Bell for Friday night, but I put together a different costume last minute and decided to be a Gold Digger.

She take my money when I'm in need

Yea she's a trifflin friend indeed

Oh she's a gold digga way over town

That dig's on me

Crazy as it was, it ended up being an awesome night! I'm so glad my friends from home were able to come in and the rain held off for our walk home ;)

Hope you all enjoyed your Halloween!

Cheers,

3 words: What a Weekend

Friday started off with work at the restaurant! Same old, same old another couples night...haha

But Saturday was a very exciting, busy day. I had Students to Students on Saturday morning for my first time. I was a little nervous to give a speech (even though it wasn't very long). I think I ended up doing okay. Once I got over the issue of having my face turn red haha everything else went well.

Later that night....was the charity event I was scheduled to work for Mooo...Restaurant. The charity was called Helping Hands. This organization trains monkeys to assist those who are disabled. One of the woman who works for our Columbus Restaurant Group, is very passionate about this cause. The owner of the 5 restaurants was generous enough to provide all of the food (for free!) to the charity event! This is where Aaron and I come in. We were at the Mooo...table and were handing out our famous sliders. This is my second event for the restaurant but my first time I got to decorate the table by myself!!!

The Saturday night was topped off when my friends from other schools came to stay over. I was so excited to see them and spend time with them. They are such awesome, positive people and I always have a good time with them.

cheers,

Silent Auction

This past weekend was the silent auction for Alternative Spring Break. Although some of the donations came in a little late, we had a successful auction. The auction rasied over $1000 for our trip, which is a huge contribution considering we are thinking about adding a fourth trip. We try to make the trip free for everyone (it was last year for all three trips!). Planning this ASB silent auction, gave me some great ideas on how to improve next year. Hosting the auction on family weekend was such a great idea. Parents are so supportive of our cause and were really interested in to what we did when we were down in Mississippi.

It looks like we are going to Meridian MS this year! I'm so excited to continue with hurricane relief because there are still so many families that need help! As a leader, I am taking it upon myself to spread the message to everyone.


Cheers,

Apple Picking

This weekend was a blast. I haven't been home in a while, so I was excited to be reunited with my family and friends. On Sunday, it was gorgeous weather out- sunny and cold my favorite type of weather!! We took a ride up to North Andover to go apple picking with my best friend's family. It was so nice to be able to relax and spend sometime with my family. We had some hot chocolate, picked out a pumpkin and ate lots of apples.

I also ordered my costume for Halloween!!! Yeah, I've decided to be Tinkerbell! My costume should be coming this week.

Sadly the fun stops here; I can't even start to explain how much I have due this week: 5 page paper, Physical Science test, Journalism I test, and ASB Silent Auction. Basically my to do list is continuous and does not seem to be getting any small.

Well I've got to go give a tour!

Cheers
,

Its only Tuesday?

For some reason this week is going by extremely slow. I think it's because I am going home this weekend. I can't wait, I'm going apple picking with family and friends :) and looking forward to selecting a pumpkin and making apple pie.

This week I'm just trying to focus on getting assignments out of the way. The amount of work I have for one class is a little over the top, but what can you do! I just need to set aside sometime when I can make my science study guide and start preparing for my honors literature essay.

Advising is coming up soon too (wow where did the month of September go?) so I'm brainstorming what classes I want/need to take and how I want me schedule to look like. I'm going to try to get all my classes on just a couple of days (cross my fingers).

GOOD NEWS: Hopefully, if all goes well, I'll be doing another internship next semester/summer. I did one this past summer and learned so much. Boston is the best city for intnernships. I try to stress this to all my tours that if you are thinking about internships and are really interested in getting real life experience than Boston is a great networking area!

Well it's another busy Tuesday, class, class, meeting, work until close! Oh well at least tomorrow is Wednesday (hump day). All I've got to do is get through the next couple of days and I'll be home with my friends and family! Yeah.

Cheers to all,

New Trustee Ambassador, New to Blogging!

Deciding to be a Trustee Ambassador was one of the best additions to my schedule. I'm so glad Whitney talked me into it :) I've wanted to give tours since I visited Suffolk University my junior year in high school. You are constantly meeting new people and at the same time sharing with them something you love.

I gave my first tour by myself last week ::cringe:: It wasn't as bad as I thought. At first, I stumbled over my words about three times, but I became relaxed once we got moving. It is really all about my experience at Suffolk that prospective students want to hear about, not just statistics. They want to see if they can relate to me and if they see themselves walking around campus in less than a year.

This year is off to a very busy start. Between classes, being a Trustee Ambassador, homework, hosting at Mooo... Restaurant, writing for the Journal, being an ASB Leader (Alternative Spring Break) and planning the silent auction, time seems to fly by. I may complain once in a while, but deep down I love to be busy. If I were to just go to class and do nothing else umm, well let's just say I would be an expert on day time television.

I'm looking forward to the month of October : Apple Picking (YES!!), friends from home are coming in to stay with me, field trip to Salem, ASB Silent Auction (you all should come Oct 16th and 17th) and of course HALLOWEEN!

Cheers to all