An Early Thanksgiving Feast

One of the most celebrated days for many a Rockhurst student is the Thanksgiving dinner, hosted by the Student Activities Board. Each year, SAB puts on a dinner for the students and faculty, about a week before Thanksgiving break. It's a perfect opportunity to get into the holiday spirit! All the staples of a Thanksgiving dinner are included- green bean casserole, stuffing, rolls, mashed potatoes, turkey, and pumpkin and pecan pie. In fact, it's such a big deal that students arrive as soon as an hour before it begins just to wait in line. The only cost is either a canned good or one dollar, which goes to a local charity. This year's dinner was absolutely scrumptious. It's heightened my excitement for break, which is only 4 days away!

On Friday night, I attended my sorority's fall formal- Theta Phi's in Disguise. I find this formal to be especially exciting. Each person in the sorority asks one of her sisters to find her a date. Until the night of the formal, she won't know who her date will be, and the date doesn't know who he will be going with. Each sorority sister decorates 2 identical masks- one will be hers, and the other will be her date's. They find each other at the dance based on their masks. It's always so fun to see who everyone brings! 

Cupcakes and Rollerskates

I feel as though these last couple days were a mini blast from the past. On Friday, I babysat for a little 4-year-old girl- soon to turn five. Since her birthday would be the following day, her mother said we were more than welcome to bake some cupcakes for the party. I haven't had a cupcake in ages! She left out on the counter a variety of different cake mixes, icings, and sprinkles. I couldn't pass this opportunity up! I quickly realized that the little girl loved to bake just as much as I did. She convinced me that she needed to take a taste test from every cake mix, so I decided I should do the same thing too :) Our finished products ended up being triple chocolate fudge, and fun-fetti, which happen to be two of my favorites!


The next evening, I attended the date party of one of Rockhurst's  fraternities. I was super excited when I found out we would be going roller-skating! Once we got to the rink, I was flooded with childhood memories. I remember how roller-skating was the "cool" thing to do when we were younger. I myself held a couple birthday parties at the rink. Since then, however, my skating skills have gotten a little rusty. I was pretty wobbly when I first stepped out on the rink, but by the end of the night, I felt I was skating much more smoothly. With the winter months approaching, this night of roller-skating proved to be good practice for another one of my favorite activities- ice-skating!

Babysitter, anyone?

After babysitting for a family for over a year, I recently spent my last day with the kids. I was both sad and happy to find out that the husband was offered a new job out-of-state, in the same city that the kids' grandparents and cousins live in. I'm happy that they can now live closer to their family, but it sure was hard to say goodbye to those kids- especially after getting to know them! It didn't feel so great losing a job either :(
I'm happy to announce that there is a silver lining, however. It seems like lately I have been showered with other babysitting offers! They keep popping up out of nowhere, and I'm quite okay with it! It's allowed me to meet a lot of great families in the community, some of which whose parents actually work at Rockhurst. I think this poor college student will be okay for the remainder of the semester- which is actually only 3 weeks and 2 days! Not that I'm counting down or anything...