What a relief! I thought Friday would never get here this week! When I think back on this past week with all I've had to do, I'm amazed I'm not still running around like a chicken with my head cut off! But, today, is Friday, and I think that this has to be my favorite day of the week, because it's the one day when I don't feel guilty about not doing any work. Saturday and Sunday are good and fine, but the afternoons are prime working time. But Fridays - oh Fridays - they are positively blissful. I go to my morning classes, have lunch, hang around residence, go to a voice lesson, relax some more, have some supper and get ready for a fantastic Friday night. No work! TGIF!
So, why was this week so crazy, you may ask? Well, for starters, I had three midterms: Psychology, Macroeconomics and Western Religions. They weren't intense studying, but still, it definitely involved some serious library time, which is always unfortunate. Also, as some of you may have heard, Mount Allison officially launched it's JUMP Campaign, which aims to raise $86 million for MTA over the next 10 years. The money will go towards three main areas: Teaching & Research, Student Life, and Community Outreach. Now, as a part of MTA's Swing Society, we were asked to perform a swing number (jumping... swing...?) as the opening for the launch ceremony. So, there have been tons of extra practices, and this week was crunch time. But, it turned out to be well worth it; the dance went amazingly well, and the Jazz Band that performed with us did a fantastic job. It was stressful to get it going, but it makes me so excited for our end of the year performance :)
Mmm, what else was big this week? Ohh! The day of action! So here's the deal: As a member of the External Relations Committee, led by our VP External, Mal Baxter, we, along with dozens of other schools across the country, held a day of action supporting a reduction in tuition costs for students, to be funded by the provincial government. We had free hot chocolate, hot dogs and veggie dogs all day long on Wednesday, and it was freezing cold while we were out there rallying support, let me tell you, haha. It was an awesome time, and we got tons of signatures on our letters to the New Brunswick Premier and Sackville's MLA. Sweet!
Now, this weekend is shaping up quite nicely! My best friend from home, Sacha, arrived on the train this afternoon and she's here until Sunday afternoon! She's thinking about coming to MTA and I'm trying to show her the best possible time so that maybe she'll come here :) We're heading to a play this evening at Windsor Theatre. It's titled Saltwater Moon and it's a two person production, and my good friend Kyle is one of the two actors. Then I believe we're heading to a campaign party for SAC Presidential candidate Marianne Greene, which should most definitely be a good time. We've been discussing the possibility of heading into Moncton tomorrow on the bus for some shopping, and attending the Valentine's Day Ball being put on by the Yellow Ribbon Society, a campus society that raises money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Ah, and Sunday will be recuperation I believe...
Now, I really liked my last little bit in last week's blog. You know, the whole thing about what I learned this week? Let's see what I can come up with this time.
1. Sacha is my soul mate, and I love that girl to death.
2. It's all a question of time management; you can have your cake and eat it too!
3. Swing dancing makes me smile.
4. There are too many Hebrew terms in Judaism.
Well, maybe those weren't serious lessons, but they're fun ones, and I'm in a super good mood, so ha! Rock on guys, have a great weekend! :D
Much love,
Sue
sjhumphrey@mta.ca
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