Ahhhhh happy Thanksgiving!! I hope everyone stuffed their faces full of food not only on Thursday but continuously throughout the weekend, I know I did and it was absolutely wonderful. It was so nice to be home, to have access to a kitchen, and to eat really good food. I took the Amtrak bus up Wednesday afternoon and my sister got on the same bus in Salem. It was a long bus ride filled with traffic and anticipation but it was so worth it. I was home a week ago for the Justin Timberlake concert so it wasn’t the first … Continue reading Week Nine

Currently I am sitting here so tired yet so content. My friend Serrie is sitting on my floor unsuccessfully trying to figure out what to do with her life while playing Kim K. {Hehehe I feel like I am Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City} Oh my goodness I am so flippin’ glad that it’s finally Friday because man oh man this week was rouuugh. I feel like that week eight is always rough for everyone because you are so tired and it’s the end of term but there is still so much work to do and its just too … Continue reading Week Eight

¡Es viernes, es viernes, es viernes la día mejor! This week is finaaaaaaaallly over and I am so excited– I feel like I was just constantly on the struggle bus this past week, I got sick on Sunday night and had a lot of stuff to do so that wasn’t the best combination but all is well that ends well right? I feel like I have now gotten a great friend group that doubles as my support group, it is actually been such a relief and really helpful. I have made some great friends in my classes and I am … Continue reading Week Seven

I can’t believe it’s already week six and November!! It seems like the weeks have flown by but it also feels like we have been here forever too. I think it’s helped that I have really grown closer to all the girls on my floor and classes keep me really busy. It’s somewhat weird to me to not be at home during this time of year because it’s the beginning of holiday season, Thanksgiving is like three weeks away!! I haven’t actually missed a lot of long standing traditions being away at college yet. I think the only things I … Continue reading Week Six

Happy Happy Halloween!! It’s officially Halloween and I guess that super exciting for some people, I was originally going to just watch scary movies and stuff my face of junk food and candy but now I have actual plans and have to put together a last minute costume– crop top, high waisted shorts, flower crown, oh my! ( I am going as a hippie, peace and love man). Here are photos, one with my pumpkin (according to my mom I have been carving pumpkins the same way since I was five) and the other one is me with my filled … Continue reading Week Five

  Wooooooooow this has been a very long and stressful week. I just, woah, had a lot going on and on top of every I got sick so that was stress inducing. My first college-level assessment was in history last week, it was our in class essay, and it in retrospect it went really well. I personally thought I completely bombed it but I actually did really well and got an A on it? Which is strange but whatever, I am not complaining. I had two more tests this week– a spanish test and an ethnic studies assessment. There was … Continue reading Week Four

This week has been pretty stressful actually, I had a lot of work to do and had my first midterm on Thursday and that was pretty stressful and nerve wracking. It was an in class essay and I mean I know how to write an essay but still I was nervous about it and halfway through I had second doubts about how I structured my essay but you know what, it’s over now and I have to stop obsessing about it. Along with studying and stressing out about school I have gone to a few on campus activities. I have … Continue reading Week Three

Well it’s week two and it seems that school has officially started, the homework level went shooting up the intensity scale real quick. It’s somewhat hard to balance it all especially when I think I am officially getting sick but I am managing. One big thing on my mind right now is friends, meeting people, making friends, and all the complexities that comes with it. In all honesty my social life is all little different but not huge from what it was in high school. In high school I had my own group of friends but it wasn’t huge and … Continue reading Week Two

After a long, but wonderful summer, I am officially a little freshmen duck at the big UO. The end of my first week on campus is coming to a close and what a long week it was. It feels like I haven’t been here that long but at the same time it does. My initial impression of life on campus is that everyone is pretty active, friendly, and that you need to watch of the bikers. Also I found that campus is pretty big and you really need to establish some big landmarks early on to help you figure out … Continue reading Week One