Last weekend at Wheaton was our Homecoming weekend, and the weather was fabulous! I’ve
had rainy Homecomings for my freshman and sophmore years, but it was beautiful this time around! Everyone was out and about and it was fun to participate in a variety of events around campus.

I was invited to attend some meetings for the Alumni Leadership Conference. I think the highlight of the conference was hearing Trish Karter from the class of 1977 speak at the luncheon. She had a very inspirational and motivating story. She spoke about her personal struggles and triumphs and how she started up her cookie company Dancing Deer. I was astounded by the fact that her company donates 35% of its profits to the Sweet Home Projects that helps families moves out of poverty. Her ability to run a successful business and be philanthropic is very admirable and loved hearing her story.

October break always seems to come up so suddenly, but every year I realize how much I need it!
My October break was very restful and neccessary! Since I have my car this year, I drove straight from Norton to Hartsdale and it took about 3 hours. My October break was nice and long because I have no classes on Friday, I was able to arrive home on Thursday night to my mom cooking dinner. I swear, before college I used to take my home cooked meals for granted, but never again!
I mostly did a lot of sleeping in my nice queen-sized bed (something else I took for granted), but between my long slumbers I had a home cooked brunch with my family. Family brunches are quite possibly one of my most favorite things in the world! I got to see my sister and my cousins who all live in New York, be it in New York City, or Long Island. My sister also brought her dog Lebowski. My family absolutely loves my sister’s dog! My mother always has copious amounts of doggie treats to spoil him with! Of course, I also enjoyed the company of my lovely family while we cooked and ate brunch.

I also saw some fellow Wheaties in New York City as well as some friends from high school while I was at home. Here is a picture of my friends Persephone and Shaheen in Union Square.
We had lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant downtown and then mostly shopped, walked around the city, and people watched. Since most of my friends from home have October break a week later, I was happy to see them despite the fact that I hadn’t seen them in only 3 days! But it was beautiful in NYC and it was fun to hang out with my Wheaton friends in a different setting.

Classes started up again on the next Wednesday and I have been up to my neck with work! I am trying to be a good girl though and get all (if not most) of my work for the week done just so that I can be done with it! Midterms have everyone stressing out, and it’s always rough because I feel like they are stretched out over a couple of weeks as opposed to finals which take place over the span of a week. I think amounts of work will keep increasing until finals, but alas- such is college! Anyways, I’ll keep everyone updated in the midst of papers and exams!