Hello Everyone!
Two weeks ago my friends took me out to UNO’s to celebrate my birthday. I appreciate that they used some of their precious time to celebrate with me because it was mid-terms week and everyone had tests to study for and essays to write. They paid the cab fare and my meal. I received a soft kitty t-shirt, some magnets, cards, and plenty of loving “Happy Birthday!”s. The wonderful people I have gotten to know at Holy Cross made my 20th particularly special.
Somehow I survived midterms and made it to Fall Break. (Hallelujah, right?) I stayed on campus over the week long break (plane tickets to South Dakota are expensive!) with my boyfriend (He’s from Seattle: not cheap to fly home either!). We bummed a car ride from a friend and went to Starbucks, Petco, Target, Panera, Blackstone Movie Theater, and Toys R Us. It was nice to get away from the quiet campus for a while.
The rest of the week was spent sleeping (ah that beautiful and elusive thing!), attempting to do a little homework, and watching movies. I ended up seeing The Maze Runner, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (yes extended editions!), The Internship, 13 Going on 30, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Life is Beautiful. I really enjoy movies, but I am a little burnt out now. Lectures and reading sound pretty appealing at this point.
Well, I better get back to editing my Anthropology paper. I hope you have a wonderful week!
Ali
(P.S. We ordered take-out one night from Thai Time, and I highly recommend it.)
Ali Olson '17