Spring, Exams, Housing and Time-out

This weekend was such a great one, the weather was gorgeous and we had Friday and Monday off school, which made for a great long weekend! Everyone came back hopefully feeling refreshed and ready to finish the last stretch of the school year! I know I am looking forward to be finished exams and homework 24/7 but at the same time I will definitely miss the social stuff here and being so busy that time never seems to drag on. I will be finishing up most of my assignments and a final midterm this week and hopefully next week I can begin my exam reviews as I have three exams in a five day span, which really isn’t too bad but you always want to be more prepared than less.

Exams get some people really stressed out but I believe that if you take the time to exercise, eat right and study in shorter increments that studying becomes much less stressful and more effective. I’m sure everyone has an exam routine that works for them. It’s kind of crazy that we still have classes right now while lots of other universities are beginning exams, from what I understand though they have a longer exam time than we have so their exams are more spread out. I don’t mind still being in school, I’m sure it all works out to about the same in-class hours.

Anyways, I was very happy to see as I was bringing in my stuff from the long-weekend that our tennis courts are now up! I’m hoping to get a few games in this week, if only the weather would co-operate. I know a lot of people who have tons of essays right now, but I really only have a midterm and one-page French essay due this week. That’s why I’ve decided to do this Brown Rice cleanse that I did with a door-mate last year. It’s really cool because you can eat as much as you like and it’s only for a short period of time (5-10 days). Basically it’s anything with brown rice, vegetables and fruit, no salt, sugar, dairy or meat. We had fun coming up with random meals last year so this time I have a few more ideas.

Tomorrow I’m going to a birthday party for my friend; he is a transfer student and a commuter so it’s good to see him connecting with a bunch of people here. I can only imagine that it’s a bit more difficult for commuters to get connected, as it is very easy when you live on campus and events are always going on. I hope that next year when I live off-campus I stay involved in the Redeemer community just as much as I am now.

Speaking of off-campus housing, I just sent in my notice to Time-out (our school newsletter) about summer housing. There’s a ton of ads about housing in Timeout right now, so it’s a great resource for that type of thing as well as lost/found items and finding drives home. Time-out also posts class-cancellations and activities going on. A great way to stay connected with what is going on. After all it’s delivered to your front porch every morning! On April fool’s they did a mock-Time out which was really funny, the ads they made up were hilarious because they were similar ideas with an outrageous twist. I’d definitely say it was the best April fool’s this year.