The Crazy Life

Life at SMC has been so crazy busy. I'm working on a post, but just haven't had the time to put it all together! So instead here we are...

Things that make my life crazy:

Ski training.
Big Purple is nearly in full swing. The XC team has one more weekend and then we get to be all together.  We've had a few good weeks so far. Bounding intervals at Cochran's have been killer, but faster every time. Rollerski intervals in our favorite Colchester neighborhood have been about the same. It's nice to see times improving. This week we had some great core sessions, a double pole time trial, a 3000 time trial on the track with the boys XC team, and finally, a long classic ski. I've been sleeping well every night, that's for sure.

School work.
Mid-terms. Enough said. Spanish exams, math exams, and education unit plans. Yuck.

Lying on the new couch.

I'm sorry, but this couch is so comfy I just can't get up. 

Making time for friends.

Everyone is so busy that sometimes it's hard to find time to hang out. That's what the weekends are for. The weekend before last was FridayKnight Dry, which had lots of activities for SMC students to discourage drinking on campus. We competed in the gum drop competition...and then spent far too long working on our on creation that ended up being pretty impressive.

Eric hard at work.

6 Awesome Things From This Semester

Now that we've hit mid-terms it seems that we're reaching the middle of the semester. I can't quite wrap my head around the fact that it's my last fall semester EVER but every time I start trying to it just makes me sad, so I try to avoid it. My life has been pretty crazy lately and blogging kind of took a back seat last week. I promise I have something in mind for next week, but for now I figured I'd just make a list of my favorite things from the first half of the semester.

1. GED 588 - When planning my schedule for this semester I was two credits short of being a full time student. I ended up finding a graduate class in education called "Emerging Technology." Clearly, this would be an excellent class for me to take as a future teacher. I ended up being able to work things out so that I could take it for undergrad credits!

2. Living in the 3's - I've already discussed this, but I just love living here. There are so many people around all the time. Plus, a couple of weekends when it was really cold out we just pulled the couch up to the window to watch our friends in the rugby game. So toasty.

Watching the game with Liane's family.

3. Burlington (as usual) - As usual there are so many things to do in Burlington. I've gone out for birthday dinners with friends and random shopping trips just to spend all the money I don't have. There was also the Nor'Easter festival on the waterfront a couple of weeks ago, which was really fun to go hang out at. My roommate, Coligny, is a crazy climber and I got to go watch her try to get up the wall!

4. Learning to Cook - I've never really been one to cook for myself and I'm not about to pretend I'm fantastic at it, but I've come up with a few really amazing meals that I'm quite proud of. Panini with tomato, feta, and pesto? Yes, please.

Never could another meal be more delicious
than the Crunch Wrap Supreme Coligny's bf
made us. To die for.

5. Don Pedro's - I definitely have my favorite restaurants in the area, but it's always great to discover a new one. Don Pedro's recently opened on the Winooski Circle and my house has become obsessed. Imagine: 5 tacos for $5 and the most delicious margarita you've ever experienced. Heaven.

6. The Fort - We may live in a townhouse, but we're still children. We built a fort. It was awesome.