New way to save money!

This semester a good friend and ADPi sister, Victoria Reitano (www.VictoriaReitano.com) turned me onto a great new way to save lots of money!! www.Chegg.com is my new best friend! This semester not only did I save tons of money by renting my textbooks but the entire textbook process was WAY less stressful!

I didn't have to go through the process of searching for days for the cheapest pricing and order my books from a ton of different places and wonder when I'll ever get them. My books will be arriving very soon, just a few days after ordering them. In the event that a professor decides we don't need this book the return process is even easier and doesn't cost me a thing! Come the end of the semester I just pack my books back up and print out the return label and send them back. This couldn't be any easier! I even checked out the prices in case I decide I want to keep a book and they are still REALLY low!

I hope you take a moment and consider returning all those crazy expensive books you just picked up from the bookstore and check out www.Chegg.com. Another plus is that with every book you rent/buy/sell from Chegg a tree will be planted in the location of your choice! If only I'd found Chegg before my last semester!! When you check out use this promotion code: CC116126 and spread the word to your friends!

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New Semester, New Insipration, Last Chance

Today is the first day of my final semester here at QU. This is my last chance to suck up all the knowledge my professors have to share and to take advantage of all the opportunities available to an undergrad. In approximately 120 days, as one professor repeatedly reminded his classes today, I will be a graduate of Quinnipiac University and be tossed out into the "real" world.

The upcoming graduation, that I'm sure will be here before I know it, is not something I'm afraid of. I've just returned from a two week academic seminar in Washington DC with The Washington Center and have the inspiration I gained from this experience to push me through my final semester. I'm taking some amazing courses that I'm sure will give me the final academic experience I need before leaping into life as a graduate.

I look forward to jumping into the crazy exciting world of American politics this summer making connections and gaining more experience that I'm sure will add to my resume and make me an extremely valuable asset to any political campaign or office.

It's only day one of the new semester and already I'm up to my ears in reading but I'm super excited for this semester that I'm sure will be filled with fun times with my ADPi sisters and challenging course work.

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Swine Flu sets me back a couple weeks

Last week I was home sick with flu symptoms, like a large amount of my classmates at Quinnipiac. Due to the large number of people with flu like symptoms the hospital and clinic have stopped testing people to see if they have the flu or if they have swine flu, they're just sending people home with direction to take in fluids and get lots of rest loading up on fever reducers and pain reducers to help with the body pains, so that's what I did.

Every day I woke up saying I was going to take a quick drive to Quinnipiac to grab some things and everyday that never happened because I could hardly make it a few hours without a nap.

Five days later I thought I was all better, just battling a cough so I headed back to school. That wasn't a great plan as I found myself back home in bed the next night.

After seeing my regular doctor and an ENT and getting some prescription medications I'm much better and looking forward to heading back to school in the morning.

Going back to school is exciting and I'm looking forward to it but I'm not looking forward to my large to-do list.

If you need me you can find me locked in my room crossing things off my list and getting work done. Hopefully I'll emerge by Thanksgiving Break.


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Confusion

Last week it was snowing, and today it's nice and warm and lady bugs are swarming campus. I think mother nature is just a little confused, as am I about how to get dressed every morning.

Since the last time I wrote things have been absolutely crazy here. It's October which always means stress! With the semester about half over it's midterm season and projects are getting piled on along with the first or second round of written assignments being due.

Outside of academic stress and crazy weather patterns, everything is pretty good. I'm working on job searching for after graduation, preparing for my trip to Washington DC in January, picking classes for my final semester here at QU, trying to spend time with my family, and balancing all that with the insane amount of Greek life stuff. I am still absolutely in love with Alpha Delta Pi.

With initiation weekend just around the corner there's lots to plan for and studying to be done. My letters have finally arrived, and I'm even making a special trip home to pick them up tonight. I'm super excited to see what my Long Distance Diamond Sister is sending me, a package that I can't open until initiation weekend!! The more involved I get and the more I learn about ADPi the more I love it.

Well that was the confusing over view of my life since I updated last....hopefully my next post will be more focused. Until then Sunshine and Smiles (just a little tag line I picked up from my favorite ADPi leadership consultant)

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Time's flying by

Since my last post so much is happened that I actually had to make a list. I am officially an Alpha member of the Quinnipiac Colony of Alpha Delta Pi ( ΑΔΠ ) and will be initiated as part the installed chapter, both ceremonies to take place on October 31st.

Most of my family and friends at home don't really understand why I felt the need to shell out so much money to be a part of a group like this. They don't understand it and therefore don't have too many positive things to say about it, but what I have to say is that I LOVE ADPi!!! For the first time here at QU I finally feel like I belong and that I fit it. It took me three years but I finally love school, to the point that I almost wish I wasn't graduating in May (although the money I'll be saving is keeping me from reconsidering)

Since Bid Day we have had several events to get to know our sisters and to learn about being a member of ΑΔΠ so that we can prepare to be initiated members.

In addition to being in a sorority my classes and coursework have been piling up, keeping me busier than ever and working hard to do my best. This semester I can really feel the learning happening. Most often I see the learning in hindsight but this semester I can honestly say I'm learning something new everyday.

I'm still driving to Eastern CT State every Wednesday to spend some much needed and much loved time with my BFF/cousin Janelle and have also been spending a good amount of weekend time with my family. This might change a little bit as more commitments start to pile up, but family always comes first.

Well now you are all caught up on my life, and don't think I've taken a break from the professional side of my life, it's still on going and I'm attempting to avoid the job searching stress by deciding what it is that I really love about politics and government to narrow down my search. Well I'm off to do some homework and get pumped about the Greek Week event tonight in Alumni Hall.

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