Never a Dull Moment

Hello hello hello! I have come out from hiding in the library and have successfully completed my first set of university midterms! Life is picking up here again and the topic of the moment is Halloween or as they apparently say at BU - Halloweekend! We have been warned that we will need 4-5 costumes and that they better be creative! With only 4 days left until celebration begins, the pressure is on to come up with the best costumes ideas!

So looking back on this past week, as always, it was fantastic! Last Saturday night, Wolf Pack (my frosh group) had another reunion party, this time as a pre-party before Frosh Reunion night at the Gait. So sure enough, we all went to the Den together and since a lot of other frosh houses did not open up their doors, we had a lot of visitors from other groups too! Following that, we all headed to the Gait and then home to bed to rest up for midterms! On Sunday, one of our RAs, Lily, ran tye dying in the basement so Jocelyn and I tye-dyed our frosh shirts purple! Just one more article to add to my growing collection of purple clothing!

Hannah, myself and Elizabeth at the Wolf Den!

Two of my favourite senior students - my frosh leaders, Sam and Denise!

During the week, I had three midterms - Math, Psychology and Environmental Studies. On Monday night, I spent 4 hours at the library (a new personal best) and luckily, I feel like all of my studying paid off because my exams went really well! So now I've got a month's break until we've got to do it all again!

On Tuesday,  after my psych midterm, another one of our RAs, Ryan, booked a room in the arts room for a photography session. You could go in small groups or solo and have some really professional looking photos done! Jocelyn and I went together and we wore our new matching shirts and then we got our friends Elizabeth and Hannah to make an appearance too! I don't have any of the pictures yet but when I do I will post them on here!

Our matching tye-dye shirts!

Thursday was definitely the high point of my week! The SRC organized the first "Frosh in a Can" event of the year, aka a bus trip to McGill to watch the guy's lacrosse team play the Redmen. The bus ride there, which lasted 3 and a half hours, was the definition of a party bus. There was music and dancing from the minute we left campus until we pulled on to the McGill campus! It was so much fun! Then, when we got to McGill, I met up with my friend Natasha and coincidentally it was her 18th birthday! It was really great to see a familiar face from back home, especially since I hadn't seen her since our high school graduation back in June! On the athletic side of things, the Gaiters unfortunately lost the game, their first loss of the season but they placed second overall in their championship cup! 

A selection of photos from Frosh in a Can: 

Me and the Birthday Girl!

Natasha and her birthday present - a BU shot glass!

On Friday, my education class went on our third trip to Lennoxville Elementary and this time I was in a grade 1/2 split class. This was my favourite class so far. In their gym class, we played floor hockey and it ended up being the three Bishop's students versus the entire class. We managed to win one game! When we were leaving, one of the little girls gave me a picture she had coloured for me and it is now hanging up in my residence room!

Later that night, the Residence Events Committee had a cult movie showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I had never seen the movie before but I volunteered to help out anyway. It ended up being a lot of fun! A lot of people showed up and we spent a good two hours throwing toast, rice, toilet paper, etc, dancing along to the Time Warp and yelling and laughing at the characters in the show!

On Saturday, Jocelyn, Hannah and their liberal arts class were in Montreal for the day, so Elizabeth and I spent a good chunk of time at the library. She was very focused on her work and she thought I was too...until she found out later that I had actually been watching the Bachelor Canada for over an hour! (PS How cute is the Canadian Bachelor? And I'm sorry, but Whitney needs to go) Later that night, we decorated our floor for the Abbott decorating contest, for which we were inspired by the Burn Book in the movie Mean Girls, but ours was a positive version! We posted a picture of everyone with something nice written about them underneath. Later that night, Elizabeth and I ventured all around Lennoxville, making an appearance at the Gait, the Lion, the lacrosse party and at the Later Gaiter for some 2 am poutine!

Elizabeth having fun with her glitter glue!

The "Burn Book" posts drying on my bulletin board!

All in all, it was a very jam packed week! After reading this, you may be doubtful that I actually do any schoolwork here, but rest assured, I have been keeping on top of all of my work (except for a paper that is now calling my name!) The next time you hear from me will probably be sometime after Halloweekend, so which me luck as I prepare for my first BU Halloween! Hope you all have your costumes ready! 

All my love, Erica xoxoxo

PS Here is a fun picture that I found in Mackinnon. It is the oldest known photo of Bishop's University!