The Mount A Spirit

So, life at Mount A = busy + wonderful. There has been so much going on in the last little while that I feel as though my head is still spinning from it all and that it won't really stop until exams are over in April. But, I will get a nice little rest when I go to Ottawa and Hamilton to visit some friends from my summer as a Parliamentary Guide in Ottawa and I am SO excited. What is also just incredibly exciting is the fact that I just got offered a job to work as a guide at the Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial in France for the summer!! And on top of that, one of my best friends, Liz (who was also a Parliamentary guide last summer) also got the job so we'll be living together in France for the whole four months of summer. How perfect is that?! She called me a few nights ago to tell me that she'd also got the job and we both practically exploded on the phone... I can't wait to see her over Reading Week so we can start to plan all of our wonderful adventures :) Speaking of being a guide, I think somewhere around seven Mount A students just had interviews for the Parliamentary Guide Programme this past Tuesday - I hope they get chosen!

Liz and I rockin' out in the House of Commons last summer

Alright so back to Mount A life... Last weekend was particularly crazy but so much fun! Saturday was the biggest day with both the women's volleyball team playing in their last home game of the season and the Swing Bash happening that evening. The volleyball game was quite a big deal... Mount A had only lost to St. Thomas once all season and St. Thomas had only lost to Mount A once all season, so essentially, the tie breaking game was happening here at MTA last Saturday. So a bunch of us enthusiastic Harperites trucked downtown to Sackville's faithful Dollar Store and stocked up on face paint, pompoms and mad pompom wigs then went back to Harper to get ready for the game. The game itself was super intense though unfortunately we lost the first three sets, losing the game. The crowd, however, was just huge and incredibly enthusiastic, cheering and getting to their feet even when the Mounties didn't come out on top. It was so great to see so many students, faculty and community members out for such a big game and cheer so passionately for this team of girls. Go MTA, go MTA spirit!

Okay, so after the game I was just exhauuuusted from cheering, yelling, clapping and stomping for 2 hours at the game. And then, that's when I remembered about the Swing Bash. As co-presidents of the Swing Society, my friend Aldous and I were in charge of organizing this annual dance/party. We had a ton of help from dedicated members of the Society who showed up for a few hours on Saturday afternoon to run errands, make decorations and set up equipment. I honestly don't know how we would have done it without them, so Aldous and I were incredibly appreciative :) We had tables with snacks and chairs for people to sit and chat at, a huge dance area in Hesler Hall, a sweet stereo that played swingin' tunes all night long and some fantastic hand made decorations. The night itself was a huge success - we had a great turn out, probably close to 100 people, put on two awesome performances and held a sweet dance off where we crowed the King and Queen of Swing. Now all that's left for Swing is the final performance which will be happening in March, which is still quite a lot of work. Aldous and I are working on three routines this year, which is proving to be really time consuming but a lot of fun and very rewarding at the same time. I'm so excited to see the final product come March 18th :)

So I do apologize for being late with this blog again, but I was insanely busy this past week with 4 midterms in 3 days and then 2 assignments due in the following 2 days. But regardless, I'm done my midterms now and am enjoying my reading week :) But more updates on that in a little while, promise :)

Much love,

Sue

sjhumphrey@mta.ca