Happy 2013!!!

Hope 2013 is treating you all very well :) I've been having such a great winter break! It's awesome to be back with all my family and friends but it seems so odd to me that I'll have to leave them again in a few weeks...
In those few weeks. I have some exciting plans and lots of time to both relax and make some dough :) I'm hoping to go NYC to reunite with my bing buddies and possibly pay a visit to the land of rocks to visit my dearest Becca... boy do I miss that crazy lady! My birthday is coming up; wow one more year as a crazy teenager! Later this month I'll pay a visit to my lovely sister for inaugural weekend in D.C.
I can't wait to get back to bing and start the spring semester. I sure hope its filled with snow, interesting developmental psych lectures, yummy slow cooked food, and great new memories :)

Winter Break :)

Finally back on Long Island for Winter Break!!! This semester has been AMAZING! I have met so many amazing people, had great experiences, and learned so much about myself and academics of course! I think what made my transition to college the easiest was the caliber of friends I have/made. Despite being skeptical of social issues, I signed up to live in a suite with girls from my high school. This turned out GREAT! I love my suite and we have an awesome group of friends! :) Who knew the people you meet at a scavenger hunt would be walking the nature preserve with you at 7 in the morning after playing Encore all night! I've learned what not to get at the dining hall and what you can do for 5 days with $20 left on your meal plan :) This semester I also applied for an RA position. At first, I didn't think I'd want to live by myself, sit at a desk all night,  and care for an entire floor of residents; but after meeting my amazing RA Erin and many other RA's who love their job I decided it really was the job for me. I think it will be totally cool to watch over a floor and have duty where people can come to me with issues and such! I don't interview till February, but I am excited and nervous already! What is nervewracking though, is not knowing if I'll be rooming with my awesome roomie next year or if she needs to find a new roomie :( We have such roomie swag its not even funny :) SHAYLAN! Hi!  Academically, this semester was rough. I don't have the best study habits and transitioning in this sense was a big issue for me. I'm happy with my grades I think they definitely reflect the amount of hardwork I put in versus the struggle I had to keep up. I think I've learned a lot from this semester and even heavy workloads in high school. Next semester I'll totally rock it :)

WINTER BREAK!!!!!!! I'm so happy to be home and finally see everybody and relax! I'm hoping to hang with my family a lot. Also, probably work a bit and get together with friends :) I miss my Bing family, but January 25th will come soon! See ya! MERRY CHRISTMAS readers!!!!!! :) HAPPY NEW YEAR!

21 days till my birthday!!! :D

Past due as usual...

So it's a good time for blogging :)
College is pretty awesome not gunna lie. So far I've met some awesome people, had some awesome fun, and ate some awesome food(not lol sodexo). This week is quite interesting... I have a huge psych exam tomorrow which I've been studying like crazy for, I'm going tot Disney with my family for thanksgiving and just made up a lab I missed because of hurricane Sandy. Thanks  to Sandy I now have 2 labs due post Thanksgiving break :( oh well! I register for spring classes tomorrow which is like the last day anyone gets to register so half the classes I planned on taking are full... fun right? I'm dying to take Developmental Psychology because my awesome intro psych professor teaches it oh and I need it for my major lol. Hopefully more spots open up :)
As I wrote before I'm going to Disney with my family for Thanksgiving so that will be awesome. Also celebrating my parents' 60th Birthday :) Happy Birthday Mommy and Daddy!!! I'm excited to go with my nieces and see everyone for a while! I'll miss being at Bing because my suite is awesome and that's like it haha(shoutout). I'm kinda bummed about not being home though this weekend, everyone's asking to hang out and most of my friends are home...oh well Mickey is awesome. Missing Becca cause she left for home like forever ago! Silly silly becca.
So I think that's it for now from Bing :) Happy Thanksgiving friends :) Don't  forget to tell someone how much they mean to you and that you're thankful they are in your life! Safe travels!

hi becca thank you for stalking my blog

I should.. but will I?

I should blog, but hey i dont feel like it so goodnight :)
I'm super excited for family weekend! :) I hope it doesn't get too crazy!

Friends :)

Chemistry is ridiculous. I get that people don't understand it but why must I be put in a group with people who don't care? Corey, do you not see me striving in class to answer all the questions? Okay personal rant complete. If you didn't catch my drift, tonight's chem quiz was a disaster! But hopefully I can resolve this craziness and keep being awesome at chemistry. I want an A so bad!
On a happier note I've been hanging out with really cool people since I've been here  :) My suite is really great. We all get along even when someone changes their name or game nights run long. I like living in a suite and having friends over and such. Speaking of sweet... haha get it?... okay well I like chocolate. Brandon's parents sent chocolate in their care package for me and my parents sent a trick or treat care package filled with all kinds of Halloween goodies!
I also met awesome people I think I'm going to be friends with for a really long time :) Yes, Becca this is you <3 We have the best and most ridiculous conversations and inside jokes ever!  Love you Cheerio :)
I'm excited already because RA selection times are coming up and I think I would make an awesome RA. I've been talking to so many people who love doing it and I might actually have a pretty good shot. :)
So its Thursday night and I want this week to be over. I think. Will blog about this weekend I hope :)
Coming attractions:.
CHOW walk, performance with orchestra, family weekend, and much more from Bing! :)

My strengths:
Woo
Adaptability
Communication
Positivity
Ideation
StrengthsQuest

Roomie silliness

This means Shay is not up to date :p

Chem lab

It makes me super happy when chem lab involves fun colors :) Off to dinner then homework! Fun debate event tomorrow with my writing class!

Week of the crazyness

So I know I'm not really good at keeping up with this, but hey it's fun when I do decide/remember to blog. :)
This is the craziest week yet for me since move-in. I had two exams, voter registration tabling, meetings, workshops, a field trip and Dorm Wars is this weekend! My psych exam was pretty difficult, but chem was very fair :) I made a few silly mistakes, but the exam was very easy overall. At least I thought so. This weekend will be awesome though! Dorm wars is a big competition between the halls in my community, it's all about getting to know your hall and people in other ones too! We won last year so we better win this year too! Okay well it's 3am I should probably go to sleep now. :) Hasta el proximo blogo lol :) Until I remember to blog next... :)

Chem quiz #2, packages, shepards pie, and greys anatomy!

Hello there blog readers! I really am bad at keeping up with this :( but I hope you're enjoying my posts although they are few. I think my "transitional period" is over at this point. I love it here and I know what my schedule's like and how to cope with being homesick. I have figured out chem and i think tonight's quiz went awesome! I want an A so bad in this class, but I also need one in Psych. Today I was under the impression we didn't have a quiz in psych because we didn't have class Tuesday, but NOOOO guess what happened today? quiz! I think it didn't go well, but I got a perfect score on the last one and she drops the lowest. I'm good I just need to set aside time, like I did for chem, to outline the chapters. I really like my professor, shes so funny and understandable!
I've been getting occasional pieces of mail and packages! I love love love getting packages :) I got a fun package from dad: Frisbee, first aid kit, flashlight, flash drive (WHOA they all started with F! lol how fun!). I also got flashing bracelets from Tricia and Philip for me and my crazy college friends. :) I ordered a new game off amazon for our weekly game night :) Friday night we'll get together with a bunch of friends and stay up real late playing ridiculously awesome board games! This weekend Becca and I might make dinner Saturday night :) That would be awesome! I also have orchestra rehearsal on Saturday. Last week went well, there are some eccentric characters in the group, but overall I like it and I appreciate the opportunity to play judgement-free.
Tonight for dinner I had Shepard's pie, it was kinda terrible. I want to go home. Haha, what I really mean is it's not Irish Coffee Pub's but it was something involving mashed potatoes so I survived. :) Sorry Sodexo, but you should stick to the mac-and-cheese.
So as I'm typing this sentence I'm kinda crying, but that's because Grey's Anatomy is SO GOOD! ( I won't spoil it for those of you who love it like I do).
I'm hoping for an awesome weekend and a week week to follow because my nieces and sister are coming to visit!!! YAY!! I'm so excited to have visitors and see my family! :)
Hopefully I'll blog soon. But hey you never know, it is me afterall. :P

Home for the weekend Spoiler alert: its a sad one!

So I came home for a much needed visit this weekend and I'm so glad I did! It was Much needed mostly because I missed my family so much. But also because I needed to be back to grieve. My DiDi passed away on Wednesday :( DiDi was a second mom to me. She watched me everyday from when I was only six weeks old all the way through eight grade. She was an amazing woman who taught me so much throughout my childhood. We would go to the ecology center for hours or lose track of time reading at the library. I loved being at her house so much that by the time I was old enough to stay home alone I still wanted to go there. As I got older I helped her with the younger kids like Evan and Jake. I learned how to make the best chicken cutlets and how to babysit! I also loved her pancakes! For me, she would make pancakes in different sizes and pile them up like a mountain... add syrup and it's a VOLCANO!!! (Coolest thing ever!) Well two years ago she retired and moved to SC and I haven't really seen her since. Well she was very sick and I didn't know... no one did. :( she passed peacefully Wednesday morning and I know she is the best person  to have as a guardian angel.<3 RIP Di we all miss you! 

VP status :) Milkshake Tuesday and thought excersize

I have lots of news here from the exciting land of Binghamton University!
Let's start with a list:

• I am going home this weekend! YAY
• I have no classes Friday!
• I had my first "thought exercise" in psych yesterday! It went awesome!
• I discovered milkshake tuesday!
• I ran for Service and Leadership Co-VP of my building(results below)
• I actually made it to Chem lab on time on monday... I know right?
• I successfully dd my second load of laundry
• I went to walmart and exchanged my coffee maker!
• We had a birthday celebration for my roomie.
• I'm starting a diet. This sodexo food is KILLING me.
• Dad taught Mom how to oovoo!
• I've been dating BDawgG for 3 and a half years! :)
• I have so much reading to do :(
• I'm going home this weekend! YAY

I'm so excited that Katie is coming to get me Friday! I can't wait to see everybody again! I love it here so much but I definitely miss my family and friends A LOT! I will probably work a few hours at you-know-where just to see everyone and keep myself on the schedule. I will also babysit my nieces which is AWESOME! Class recesses at 1 on Friday but there are no chem lectures for the day because the earlier ones would be ahead. I have chem lab mondays ten minutes after I have crazy writing class. So i slightly jogged there because the lab starts exactly on the half hour mark so if I'm late(as I usually am to everything) I would not be allowed to preform lab. I have class BOO... Will continue this post later!

SO BUSY!

Will blog later on tonight! Wrapping up my first week with Chem and writing today. SO MUCH HOMEWORK!!!

Days 2-4 Awesome Activities

Ok so I've been too busy/ too tired to blog when I get back to my dorm, so I'll try to be better at this! :) Haha. Friday was pretty cool! I finally got to unpack my clothes and such. We went on a late night target run which was pretty awesome :) I wish Target had giveaways and loud music all the time! Yesterday was University fest which was O.K. I found out about some cool clubs and got some random free books! After that I tried Zumba on campus and LOVED it!!!! Hoping to go at least 3x a week!  It's offered so often that I should be able to make it as a regular! After my workout I got dinner and went to Late Night. It was cool because they had a band and then a stand-up comedy show. I liked the first guy(except for the excessive drug jokes), but we didn't enjoy the second one so we left to play LAZER TAG!! :) That was sooo great. The stats showed me and the easiest target and most back-stabbed. Yes, that is because I just ran around shooting, not hiding or strategizing. We played Just Dance in our dorms then passed out for the second night in a row of late nights. Today, I got up sort of early and went to Catholic mass. I loved it! The chapel is beautiful and there were opportunities for me to get involved in mass even as a freshman! I even found that my RA goes there and I made a friend I would know later as the Donut Master. After mass and lunch I had some much-needed down time to videochat with my sister and catch up on Facebook. Then I met up with my suite mates halfway through their scavenger hunt. This is where I would meet Diana, a girl challenged to eat 6 donuts in one sitting. I helped by eating the last one. :) Yum!!! We memorized hidden items, hiked in the nature preserve, took crazy pictures and much much more! We were running late so therefore we missed the pizza. :( But I had an awesome sandwich that I would most likely reorder in the future! We then went to the local minor league baseball game where the B-Mets won!! It was fun to sit with other students and cheer for our new hometeam! After the AWESOME fireworks show we waited a good half an hour for campus buses  . My roommate and I wound up on the last bus which wasn't bad because we weren't piled in like cattle. We came back to campus and had an awesome game night with a friend we made while waiting! :) I'm really loving it here! College is awesome and I'm hoping I'll feel the same in a week when I've experienced the academic aspect not just the social and food parts. :) Tomorrow will probably consist of sleep, Zumba, fun, and Sleep. Oh and don't forget the food. Which isn't really that bad! Goodnight blog!

Day 1!!! Move-in mayhem...

So I'm here!! I moved in today and finally got somewhat situated in my new home :) It all started with a nice breakfast at our hotel and a stop for Krispy kremes :) We arrived and waited for an hour and a half before even driving to my hall! I was told I have way to much stuff by way too many people! I think I do have a LOT but it will all come in handy! :) I love to be prepared!! We had some shopping trips and shared a nice dinner before saying goodbye. I am very sad to be away from my real home, but really excited to see what this one will provide me with! I'll see my family in a few short weeks and hopefully won't get too homesick! Well it's off to bed for me! Goodnight moon goodnight blog. Well I actually can't see the moon, but you get the idea. :)

Driving to school :D I'm so excited!! Will blog later!

One last week :(

I am so not ready for this. Don't fret, I am really excited,but also kinda nervous!!! All the shopping is done( for now), my clothes are laid out, goodbyes will be said, and tears shed. I'm not ready to leave my Long Island family, but I am more that ready to meet my Binghamton one! 7 days bing! Can you handle this???

Guess I'm having pancakes for breakfast...

My car got egged. Let's not talk about that right now.
So my roommate and suite mate situation is all sorted out and awesome. If you guys read this that's good because the following are valid:
I snore.
I can't wake up for any alarm. Ever.
I cry. A lot.
I am addicted to Wegmans.
I have an extensive sticky note selection. (I don't plan on leaving many at home lol)
- There are many more "fun facts," as one may call them,  about me but those are to remain a mystery! Well I can't actually think of any so yea... okay.
College is Free. Well my balance owed is $0.00. I know, I know its a LOAN. Got it. It's free- right now.
Although move-in is close to three weeks away, I still can't help to start packing and completing checklists.
Which one is really the "ultimate" of ultimate checklists?
Must-haves, forget-me-nots, leave at home, essentials, share with roommate. SO MUCH STUFF! Well that's the fun of it all right? :)
Until my next post... peace out cub scouts :P

24.5 Days :)

Bloggedy Bloggedy bloggggggg. :)
Well I bought my text books today so that was interesting. Saved lotsa money :) I suggest comparing your schools bookstore alongside amazon and other students on campus.
25 days!!! This summer is going great! It's flying by, but I've been enjoying every minute!

Oh what to blog about?

Well most people are anxious about roommate assignments coming out sometime this week, but I already know mine :) phew! I gotta buy books soon so I don't wind up paying $83626493 for them. Lol! I am, however, waiting for my bill to be posted. Oh no!! That's not very fun! I'm getting very excited to move! I want to take total advantage of a new start ad get myself organized and very involved! :o) any textbook suggestions?