Hello everyone! Classes are over for the semester! Woohoo! I know it has been two weeks since I last posted, so I will share my past doings while trying to keep it all brief (you know how well I do at that.... :)
On Holy Saturday I attended the Easter Vigil at St. Al's. The Mass went for almost three hours and included an outdoor fire and two baptisms and a few confirmations and first communions. After Mass (at almost 12:30am) they served cake and punch to celebrate the newly initiated.
On Easter morning I arose and opened my Easter packages from you all, including my "Easter box." I thoroughly enjoyed all the fun things and of course the candy. I went to Mass at 11am and brought along a few friends. After Mass we started t cook our Easter dinner. Many different people contributed to the meal and many more helped cook. Overall we made food that served over 30 people! We were all pretty proud of our meal and serving so many people. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the extra-special meal, as for many of us this was our first Easter (and main holiday) not at home. We cooked into the afternoon and ate around 3:30pm. While cooking I got to talk to many of you via Skype! The afternoon was relaxing and my friends and I sat around together and talked. The sun was out and we took some chairs outside to just sit and relax :)
In other news, my staff packet from Northern Tier (the camp I'm working at over the summer) came in the mail. I now have paper work and forms to fill out and return so I can officially accept the job!
On the following Wednesday I had a chemistry exam, which went ok. On that Thursday Treehouse ate lunch with the president of the University, which was pretty cool. He came and ate with us in the dining hall and discussed his forestry background. He seems like a pretty cool guy. Thursday evening I attended the Wildlife Society meeting and and SI session. I also attended movie night, where we watched "The Muppet Movie," the new one.
Friday the 13th was our school's Spring Fling day. I had class in the morning and then enjoyed the activities in the afternoon. Activities included Oozeball, which is mud volleyball, a motorcycle stunt show, live music, and booths set up by different organizations on campus. For those of you who are wondering, no, I didn't play Oozeball myself, though I have a few pics of others playing in the mud :)
On Friday evening I participated in a vigil walk called "Take Back the Night." It is a national campaign to combat sexual aggression and violence. As a large group of people, we walked down College Ave. to downtown. There was then a short speech and then we all got candles and walked back to campus in silence. It was a pretty powerful march.
On Saturday I helped out with the PowWow which was being held in the SDC. I helped make fry bread, which is a traditional Native American food. I also helped then set up the space for the event. Later in the afternoon I attended the event. On Saturday evening I attended the joint Michigan Tech Choir Concert and Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra Concert. It was a good concert and fairly relaxing. Special thanks to Dave and Jen for coming with me :)
Sunday was pretty boring. Group meetings, a hall meeting, and homework dominated my day.
This week was pretty busy, but nothing too specific. I had my Natural Resource Policy presentation on Thursday morning. It feels great to have that over with. On Friday I had my spanish exam, and am now done with spanish for the year. I also am already done with Chemistry lab, Chemistry recitation, and Natural Resource Seminar.
I worked at the moose job on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and I'm now done working with them unless there is money in the budget in the fall to pay me to continue. I really enjoyed the job and in the last two months or so I got to help with a variety of tasks that were not just entering data into the computer. I helped search the freezers for moose tissue, pulled moose legs out a freezer, took pictures of bones, and did a host of other small things in the lab. I can say that my time at work was enjoyable and I have learned a great deal about Isle Royale and moose and wolves in general. I worked with the project in a critical time and this project in all over the news (NT Times and more) right now. Let's hope they have room for me to help out in the fall!!
On Friday I worked my last day in Kevyn's research lab, at least for now. I really enjoyed this job as well, as it allowed me to learn about plants, vegetation, invasive species, and much more. I got to explore two greenhouses, go on top the roof of the Dow building, use the special surface area machine, pull roots from dirt, count weeds, and more!
Since Friday was the last day of classes, I now have only some online homework, a paper, and three finals standing between me and summer!! My calculus exam is Monday night, Chemistry Wednesday morning, and Natural Resource Policy Thursday morning. My paper is due Wednesday and my online homework is due Thursday. By Thursday at around 1pm I will be done!! Then it's time to pack and head home! I will be leaving here Friday morning and will be home Friday evening!!
P.S. - Special notes to everyone who has been working on the St. Jude play, Beauty and the Beast, and Ashland Productions' Footloose. Congrats to Angela who is in Footloose, to my parents who have been working extremely hard on Beauty and the Beast, and to Rachel who has taken over the job of running lights for the St. Jude play. I know you all continue to say that I make you proud, but all the work and efforts you put into these shows makes ME proud of YOU.
P.P.S. - Happy early Earth Day (which is Sunday)! I hope you all are able to find a way to better help our planet (reduce reuse, recycle, etc.)!
I can't wait to see you all in less than a week! Wish me luck as I work hard on my studies in the next week and I will see you all "on the other side!"
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