35 days until Mount A...

35 days is not very long from now, but it seems ages away at the same time. I'm having a wonderful and busy time here in Ottawa, as you may have been able to tell from my serious inconsistent and lack of blogging, but I'm starting to get really excited to get back to MTA. With all the first year students getting their residence assignments I'm starting to meet (through Facebook, anyway) the students coming into Harper and onto my floor, 2nd East - which is so exciting!!! I'm looking forward to another great year and can't wait to get back into the swing of things :) So, just quickly, for those of you who are interested, here are a few of the things that have been keeping me busy these last few weeks:

• Partying with the Speaker of the House of Commons and some of my best friends.

All the MTA students (Liz, Jenna, Stephen and I) with Peter Milliken at his residence, Kingsmere.

• Meeting up with Arnold Schwarzenegger at Parliament.

Arrrrnold!

• Seeing Van Morrison, City and Colour, Sarah Harmer, Joel Plaskett, The White Stripes, Metric and Kanye West at the Ottawa Bluesfest.

The White Stripes!

Dallas Green of City and Colour

Carleen, Me, Ben (back), Avril, Allison, Laura & Andrew (front) waiting for The White Stripes!

• Hosting my boyfriend and best friend in Ottawa.

Fraser and I outside of Parliament.

Sacha and I lovin' the rain at the Kanye West concert!

• And of course, giving tours to thousands of tourists from all around the world!

Me, Tejas, Liz, Julie and Melissa rockin' the blue polyester.

So yeaaah, as you can see, I've been kind of preoccupied the last little while... But, here are some of the things I'm excited about that are coming in the next few weeks:

1. Seeing my family.
2. Seeing the "Mount Allison University" sign on the highway outside Sackville.
3. Moving into my new room in Harper.
4. Reuniting with my friends from Mount A.
5. Welcoming the Frosh to the best four years of their lives!

(Sorry I don't have cool pictures to go with all of these, haha.)

Now all of you first years out there, I'm not quite sure what to tell you anymore. The time is coming up really quick now, and I hope that you're as excited as is humanly possible. Because you should be. Because Mount A is awesome. And yeah. Be excited. Woooo! Get ready for the best four years of your life. I know, I've only been there a year, but it was the best year of my life, so I'm assuming it only gets better with time, haha. Some of you may still have questions about residence, courses, the campus, whatever, so pleaaaase, feel free to e-mail me at any time, I'd love to hear from you. T minus 35 days... GO!

Much love,

Sue

sjhumphrey@mta.ca