Fall Break - Boston & Run For The Diamonds!
So... I'm going to attempt to write after having taken some Nyquil about 30 minutes ago. I'm feeling quite drowsy, so I'm hoping I make sense.
The last few weeks of fall quarter went by quickly, especially week ten when I had all of my projects/papers due as well as three of my four finals. (During finals week, I only had a fifteen minute final that I took 8am on Monday!)
Hockey pretty much took up Halloween weekend and the weekend of my birthday, as well as other Halloween activities (Paranormal Activity!) and a race on my birthday at the park. RIT hockey is currently on about a 8 or 9 win streak! I also went home for my interview the weekend before finals, but I have not yet heard back from the company. I'm still hoping!
This fall break has turned out to be more eventful than what I had thought it would be, even though we only had a one week break this year compared to last year's two weeks. I ended up going on a roadtrip to Boston with one of my friends and a friend of his. We left on a Friday morning and I came home Tuesday evening. One of our good friends goes up to college at Bentley University, and we had a blast exploring the area and walking around Boston... to recap my "mini-vacation":
Friday: We traveled for 7 hours, then went to the Cheesecake Factory after meeting my friend and her roommates. Friday night was spent having fun around the university...
Saturday: We had originally planned on going to places in Vermont, but instead traveled to Salem, Massachusetts because we did not feel like traveling another 7 hours. However, Salem was a bit disappointing because there was not a whole lot to do there. I was expecting more "witchy" and historical things. When we got back to the apartment, we had dinner, went to part of the Bentley vs. Army hockey game, and then went out for a couple hours.
Sunday: BOSTON! We finally made it into the city and had a fun time exploring the markets, seeing the sights, and having fun. I'm glad the weather was nice. Sunday night was spent watching the AMA's, haha.
Monday: was not such a fun day, as I am not big on shopping and that's about all we did. (Besides watch House later that night. :-))
... and then Tuesday I traveled home with my friend. We left as soon as she was done with her last class in the morning. I really didn't mind the 7 hour drive to get there and to come back home, and would probably go back to visit again sometime.
Anyway, the rest of my Thanksgiving break has been fairly busy as well. On Thanksgiving morning, I drove to my friend's house and then he, his dad, and myself went to the Berwick Run For The Diamonds 9 mile race. It was my first time running the race, although it was the 100th year of it. It was definitely one of the more difficult courses I've ran, but I'll probably do it again next year! My time would have been much faster if I hadn't have had to pass around 1,500 people at the start of the race... I started way too far in the back, and there were about 2,000 people that participated.
I only had Thanksgiving dinner with my parents and I, so that was fairly uneventful (even though I still ate way too much food). I've spent the last two nights seeing friends and what not. It's hard to believe that I'll be leaving to go back to Rochester on Sunday morning. I'm kind of ready to go back, although I'm not too excited to be starting new classes on Monday. (First up--College Physics!)
Well, I think I've written enough for the night. I'll probably write again over Christmas break. I'm sure there will be other adventures by then. As for now, the Nyquil is really starting to kick in.
Only three weeks of class until I'm free again!
The last few weeks of fall quarter went by quickly, especially week ten when I had all of my projects/papers due as well as three of my four finals. (During finals week, I only had a fifteen minute final that I took 8am on Monday!)
Hockey pretty much took up Halloween weekend and the weekend of my birthday, as well as other Halloween activities (Paranormal Activity!) and a race on my birthday at the park. RIT hockey is currently on about a 8 or 9 win streak! I also went home for my interview the weekend before finals, but I have not yet heard back from the company. I'm still hoping!
This fall break has turned out to be more eventful than what I had thought it would be, even though we only had a one week break this year compared to last year's two weeks. I ended up going on a roadtrip to Boston with one of my friends and a friend of his. We left on a Friday morning and I came home Tuesday evening. One of our good friends goes up to college at Bentley University, and we had a blast exploring the area and walking around Boston... to recap my "mini-vacation":
Friday: We traveled for 7 hours, then went to the Cheesecake Factory after meeting my friend and her roommates. Friday night was spent having fun around the university...
Saturday: We had originally planned on going to places in Vermont, but instead traveled to Salem, Massachusetts because we did not feel like traveling another 7 hours. However, Salem was a bit disappointing because there was not a whole lot to do there. I was expecting more "witchy" and historical things. When we got back to the apartment, we had dinner, went to part of the Bentley vs. Army hockey game, and then went out for a couple hours.
Sunday: BOSTON! We finally made it into the city and had a fun time exploring the markets, seeing the sights, and having fun. I'm glad the weather was nice. Sunday night was spent watching the AMA's, haha.
Monday: was not such a fun day, as I am not big on shopping and that's about all we did. (Besides watch House later that night. :-))
... and then Tuesday I traveled home with my friend. We left as soon as she was done with her last class in the morning. I really didn't mind the 7 hour drive to get there and to come back home, and would probably go back to visit again sometime.
Anyway, the rest of my Thanksgiving break has been fairly busy as well. On Thanksgiving morning, I drove to my friend's house and then he, his dad, and myself went to the Berwick Run For The Diamonds 9 mile race. It was my first time running the race, although it was the 100th year of it. It was definitely one of the more difficult courses I've ran, but I'll probably do it again next year! My time would have been much faster if I hadn't have had to pass around 1,500 people at the start of the race... I started way too far in the back, and there were about 2,000 people that participated.
I only had Thanksgiving dinner with my parents and I, so that was fairly uneventful (even though I still ate way too much food). I've spent the last two nights seeing friends and what not. It's hard to believe that I'll be leaving to go back to Rochester on Sunday morning. I'm kind of ready to go back, although I'm not too excited to be starting new classes on Monday. (First up--College Physics!)
Well, I think I've written enough for the night. I'll probably write again over Christmas break. I'm sure there will be other adventures by then. As for now, the Nyquil is really starting to kick in.
Only three weeks of class until I'm free again!
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