Homecoming 2010

Hi Everyone!

Well this past weekend was a lot of fun... minus the massive amounts of homework that today will bring, haha.  Friday night was a pretty good time… I finally got to meet my roommate Kylie’s parents who came to visit all the way from Florida!


On Saturday, I woke up to my lovely phone alarm going off at 7:45 in the morning.  Let me tell you, I couldn’t even guess the last time I woke up that early on a Saturday morning, but it was worth it in the end.  My friend Paige (who’s also a blogger!) and I signed up to sell raffle tickets and even though it was early, we had a good time people watching and sipping our Starbucks drinks to keep warm, while selling tickets to help benefit the Ambassadors Club.  After that, I gave three families a tour of our campus, which I always love doing, but it was soooooo cold!  So cold that when I went back to my apartment to grab a quick lunch/got ready to work for Hurst Fest, I put my Uggs and a long sleeved shirt on!  On Friday, it was literally over 90 degrees and in less than 24 hours, it dropped at least 40 degrees; that’s Erie for ya.

But let me tell you, Hurst Fest was so much fun!  We had a petting zoo, a bunch of inflatables, popcorn, music, and candy apples.  There were also so many sports games going on: field hockey, football, soccer, ice hockey… one of my friends took her parents to all of the games! It’s a great weekend to spend time with your friends and family.  My parents even came to visit me while I was outside working, and it was so nice to see them.  At first I got to work at the bungee run, but then I ended up working at an inflatable obstacle course.  Although I was signed up to work, I did manage to find some time to play around :) I challenged my friend to the obstacle course, which I lost at miserably but it was still fun.  Here are some pictures of me throughout the day.

The Classy, Crazy Pic :)

It was a ''thumbs up'' kinda day

After, I headed back to my apartment, and my two roommates and I were with all of our parents and we got ready for the boy’s water polo game.  We met up with some of our other friends at the game and the boys beat their opponents 10-1.  We were all really hungry and tried going to Olive Garden, but it was a two hour wait, so we ended up going to Panera Bread and Coldstone.  We were all so exhausted from such a busy, but fun day, so we called it a night when we got back from dessert.

I hope you all got an idea of how fun my weekend was and hopefully you all will be able to experience a Hurst Fest of your own :)

Thursday Already!?

Hi Everyone!

Wow; the week went by so fast!  I remember looking at my calendar (which I would recommend ALL college students investing in) and thinking that this week was going to be an "easy week..." much to my surprise, I'm in the library with my roommate, trying to be productive on this gorgeous Thursday afternoon, catching up on school work.  And here I am blogging, haha :)

The past few days have been busy, especially with our parents starting to arrive on Friday.  I can’t wait to show my parents my apartment.  Yes, I said “my” apartment… and I’m only a sophomore!  It’s really cool because you only have to live in dorms for one year at Mercyhurst; and the dorms here are actually pretty nice.  But the independence of living in an apartment or townhouse is so nice.

My two roommates and I all can't wait to see our parents... parents coming to town always means getting a little spoiled and usually going out to eat at a REAL restaurant, which is always really exciting.  After I get done working at homecoming, my roommates and I are planning to all go out to dinner with our parents, and then we're going to go see a boy's water polo game.  I'm really excited because I've never seen a water polo game before!  One of my roommates actually plays for our girl's water polo team, so she can explain the rules to us so we know what's going on when we go see her games in the spring.  (I’ll try and take lots of pictures from this weekend and post them the next time I blog).

That’s it for now… toodles! Sarah

My First Blog Post :)

How exciting... my first blog post!  But first, let's get off to business:

My name is Sarah and I'm a Sophomore Fashion Merchandising major here at the 'hurst.  I'm from Oneida, NY, which is a small town outside of Syracuse and live about 4 1/2 hours away from campus.  And I'm blogging so that you guys can learn about my life as a laker :)

Obviously, I love it here at Mercyhurst, or else I wouldn't be blogging about it.  My goal for this blog is to be as honest as possible... first because I want you guys to really get a feel for what it's like to be a student here, and second, I think it'll be cool in the future to read and "relive" my normal days at Mercyhurst.

So, that's about it for now... Parents Weekend and HurstFest is this weekend, which is pretty cool!  I mean, I've basically sold my life from 9AM-4PM to the various clubs/organizations that I'm in, like the Ambassador's Club and Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG), but I love being busy and wouldn't want it any other way.  I'll be sure to blog about this weekend, so definitely check it out.

:) Sarah