Summer Internship/Job Fair

So every year around this time the University of Iowa holds an internship/job fair for students. This allows them to "get their feet wet" and meet potential summer employers. I decided this would be a great opportunity for me and maybe land an internship for this summer. 

I took Maddie with me for moral support and because she was interested in some of the companies that were there. The email that was sent to the student body told students to wear nice business clothing. After long hours of deciding what to wear and calling my mom on the phone, we thought that tan pants and a dressy shirt would suffice....well we thought wrong. As soon as we got there we saw students with dressy attire on. We both felt completely under-dressed! Now we know what to wear for next years fair! 

 

Other than not having the right attire on, there were so many companies there that it was truly overwhelming! 

Maddie and I did our best and got our resumes out to companies that would benefit our majors. 

I have already emailed some potential employers telling them that I am interested in their position...

Now its a waiting game.

Hopefully her and I will hear back soon!

It's Been Awhile

Sorry it has been so long since the last time I've blogged... a lot has been going on!

I have been busy with a lot of school work and studying a lot for tests. I am happy to say that I am done with exams until after spring break! I can now catch up on readings and blogging of course!

Here has whats been going on... 

My Valentines day was amazing! I went out to NIU to visit Billy the weekend before Valentines day. It was a lot of fun. We went to a party Friday night because it was someones birthday. It was a high school clique themed party. Since Billy told me about this party the night before I left I didn't have much time to think of a good outfit. I managed to pull a few things together with the help of my roommates. I went as a prep and Billy went as a nerd. I spent the rest of the weekend studying for an exam I had on Tuesday. Monday I was totally surprised when I was sent 2 boxes of roses from Billy. One box had 2 dozen roses and the other box had 1 dozen! I was so shocked... I put them in my room and they smelled lovely.

I wish I could get fresh flowers every week because they put me in a good mood regardless of everything bad that was going on. He also got me a Pillow pet which I LOVE!

My parents sent a Valentines card from them and Wrigley. Getting the card and some candy made my day. I love getting packages in the mail especially from my family. 

Little things like cards in the mail from my family make all the bad days and stress go away.

"The love of a family is life's greatest blessing"

I am looking forward to the arrival of spring....I am bored of all the cold weather and snow!

Only 17 more days until Spring Break...

AND 25 days until my golden birthday! 

Paintin' on a Snow Day

I am happy to report the University canceled all classes on Wednesday because of the snow! I was overjoyed when I got the text message from Hawk alert telling us we didn't have school. I was also wishing for a text this morning telling me I didn't have to go to class but it was no such luck :( 

So since we were stuck inside all day, I decided it would be a good day for all of us to clean our apartment. It needed a good cleaning to say the least! After we finished all of the cleaning we decided to rearrange of our living room. I love the new set up and it makes the living room more comfortable and cozier.  

Jessica and I were feeling artsy and decided to paint pictures to hang on the fridge and/or to give to friends. 

Overall painting went really well and it was fun to see the different pictures we created.

We got about 10 inches of snow and it felt like so much more when we had to dig our cars out last night. I am really sore today! 

It is going to be a very exciting weekend. The NIU hockey team is playing Iowa Friday and Saturday night and Dance Marathon is going on this weekend. Maddie and Jessica are both involved in it and will be dancing their hearts out for 24 hours for a good cause! 

Good Luck Maddie and Jessica and just keep dancing! 

Maddie and Jessica outside yesterday trying to find our cars!

Snow Day?

This is supposed to be a storm that will go down in history. The Midwest is getting ready for a snowstorm that will result in a lot of money for clean up. The University of Iowa has canceled classes starting after 4:30 pm tonight and classes before 10:00 am tomorrow morning. I only have one class (starting at 6:30pm tonight) that will be affected by the storm but it’s better than not having any of my classes canceled! 

KCRG (local Eastern Iowa news) is predicting a foot of snow by tomorrow morning and dangerous winds making it difficult to travel. This is a perfect time to stay in and relax with my roommates. We are making yummy potato soup for dinner and plan on watching TV and working on some homework for the rest of the night. We just have to wait and see how much snow we actually get...hopefully the University will cancel all classes tomorrow 

(fingers crossed)

Back home (suburbs outside of Chicago) is bracing for 2 feet of snow plus hazardous winds making it hard for people to commute. My dad is a schoolteacher in Arlington Heights and his school along with my sister’s high school called a snow day for tomorrow. I can’t wait to see pictures they send me of all the snow they get.  Wrigley (our dog) loves snow so I am sure she will have a fun time playing in the 2 plus feet of snow.   

Ps: 47 days until spring!

2011 NHL All-Stars

Congrats to Team Lidstrom for winning the 2011 NHL All-Star game today!

As some of you may not know but I have become a HUGE hockey fan (all thanks to my boyfriend for dragging me to his hockey games) and I enjoy watching talent from many teams play together.

But more importantly my future husband (I wish) Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks was the assistant captain on the winning team (a.k.a Team Lidstrom).

So Congrats on the 11 to 10 win today!

And I would also like to give a shout-out to the MVP of today's game Patrick Sharp who is also on the Chicago Blackhawks

110 Days

110 days from today I will be greeting everyone with a friendly "ciao" and admiring the beautiful breath-taking sites of Rome, Florence and Paris. The School of Art and Art History here at Iowa is offering a trip for anyone who wants to spend 14 days in Italy, France and Belgium. 

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

We will spend the majority of our time in Italy and then travel via train to France. There is an optional extension to Amsterdam, Belgium for anyone that was interested.

Here is the itinerary...

Day 1 Fly into Italy.

Day 2 Rome.

Day 3 Guided Tour of Rome (Visit Colosseum and Forum Romanum)

Day 4 Visit Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica

Day 5 Visit the Basilica of St. Francis

Day 6 Florence. Visit the Uffizi

Day 7 Florence

Day 8 Paris. Visit Notre Dame Cathedral

Day 9 Paris. Tour of the Louvre

Day 10 Paris

Day 11 Paris and Amsterdam

Day 12 Amsterdam

Day 13 Amsterdam

Day 14 Depart for Home

Needless to say, I am SO excited and I can't wait!!

I have been overseas before but to a completely different part of Europe. When I was a freshman in high school I got the amazing opportunity to travel to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Lichtenstein. I took 4 years of German in high school and wanted to experience a completely different culture. The trip was amazing and I hope to one day go back to Germany and experience Oktoberfest.

Ciao!

Balloons

Overall last weekend went really well and I was very happy to celebrate my boyfriends birthday with him this year. We got to NIU around 5:30ish and after Billy left for his hockey game at 7:30 (the game was at 10:30pm) we were instructed by Billy's brother John to immediately start blowing up balloons. A typical person would think a few balloons would be fine... John had other ideas...

This was Billy's room after three 75 count bags of balloons. Yes, do the math that is 225 colorful balloons that we all blew up with our own lungs. The picture does not do justice because we shoved them all into this closet! 

Maddie, Jessica and I had fun decorating his room with streamers and baking him a delicious birthday cake.

Even though he didn't come home until 2:30am we still had a lot of fun. The three of us (Maddie, Jessica and I) experience the game Dance Central for Xbox. It was a lot of fun and very tiring. We loved it so much we are thinking about getting it for our apartment here at Iowa. 

On Saturday night before his second hockey game my parents and sister met the four of us for dinner at The Yard House. It was very good and the waiter brought Billy a special dessert for his birthday! 

  

After dinner we all went to Billy's hockey game. This was a special game because this was Maddie's first hockey game EVER! Jessica had come to NIU before and had seen his hockey games before, so she was a pro! 

NIU played Loyola University and the ending result didn't go as planned for NIU. Even though NIU lost it was still a very exciting game. Maddie and Jessica got to spend time with my sister who they adore!

Jessica, Kelsey (my sister), and Maddie "watching" the hockey game.

Billy on the ice. Sorry it's blurry he was moving fast!

I am glad everyone had a good time and hope to return very soon!