Lacourciere, Steven A: January 2010 Archives

                Hello!

                Well, I’m back at UML!  I’m all moved in and a new semester has begun.  The first week of classes went smoothly.  Labs start this upcoming week so that’s when my homework will start to pick up a little.  It’s been great to see all of my friends around campus again too!  It’s great just to hang out before all the real work for the semester begins, which will probably be very soon. 

                All of my friends are starting to talk about rooms for next year.  We are trying to decide between the ICC or to try and get a suite, although the suite would be hard to get since everyone want one.  We have some time to decide though.  We’ll see how this works out.

                Coming back to school for the new semester has been everything I thought it would be pplus more!  Talk to you soon!

Well, tomorrow is move-in day part 2.  Tomorrow is the first day for student to move into the residence halls for the spring semester.  Originally, the halls were not going to open until Sunday, but because of the huge hockey game tomorrow night (against Boston College), the school is allowing students to move in a day early.  Unfortunately, I’m working all day until 4, but I will be moving in immediately after work.  I can’t wait to see all my friends again!  (And for the great hockey game too!)

The first week of classes is always interesting and exciting.  Everything is new.  Teachers, classmates, material, etc.  I really think I will enjoy my schedule very much this semester.  My favorite part could be the fact that I do not have any classes on Friday afternoons! (I’m actually done by 11!)  Last semester on Fridays, I had a lab that sometimes didn’t end until 4:30.  Let’s just say that it wasn’t one of my favorite experiences of my first semester.  I can’t wait for the new semester to start!

            Moving into the residence halls this semester will be completely different from last semester.  Last semester, all incoming freshman, including me, were complete strangers to the school.  We had very few, if any friends, and some might say it was kind of scary.  Now, we all have already made great friendships that will last a lifetime.  I can honestly say I will never forget my first semester of freshman year, and I am looking forward to the rest of my career here at UML.

            Well, that’s all I have to say for now.  I guess I should start packing…or find another way to procrastinate!

                Well, there is only 1 week of vacation left! I can’t believe it! I feel like it just started.  This vacation has been a good one though.  I was able to work and see some old friends.  But I am definitely ready to go back to school. 

                Last week I was all excited about football playoffs and the Patriots.  I’m still watching all the games, but I am still disappointed in those Pats.  Only 3 weeks until the Super Bowl!

                My friends and I were trying to plan a trip to the Cape just so we could get together outside the Lowell area for a change of scenery, but this winter storm made us change plans.  Now we are just going to hang out at someone’s house.  It will still be really fun though to see college friends again!

                Nothing really exciting happened this vacation, but it was still pretty fun.  Only 1 week until I move back in!

                Hello!

                Vacation has been going pretty well.  It has been great seeing old friends from high school again.  I am learning that there is a big difference between college-life and home-life.  You have a whole new set of rules, including cleaning your room and here’s the one that will affect the most amount of people: a curfew.  In college, everyone is accustomed to just hanging out all night and going back to your dorm room/apartment whenever you felt like it.  Now, I have to be home by a certain time.  I got to see some friends I met from college earlier today.  This is why I love Umass Lowell.  Many of the students are from local towns and it is pretty easy to make plans.  And after seeing my friends again, I am looking forward to going back in two weeks!

                Another thing on my mind is the Patriots.  I still think they can have made a run without Welker, but it will be tough.  I think the Pats will win tomorrow, but next week the real challenge will begin.  Go Pats!

                I hope everyone’s vacation and winter season is going as great as mine.  Talk to you all soon!

                Hello everybody!

                I hope all of you had a great holiday season and new years!  Mine were awesome! I got to see family and friends.  And the best part might be that I still have 3 weeks of vacation left!  My vacation is going very well too.  I was able to get my job and I’m able to work about 25 hours a week so that is keeping my busy.  And I’m still able to see friends and relax too! 

                Finals are over!  I got all my grades back already and I am very pleased with them.  I still can’t believe my first semester is already over.  I feel like I just started. 

                Although I am enjoying vacation, I do miss college.  I miss all my college friends and activities.  Plus at college, I don’t have a curfew.  Luckily all of my friends live relatively close, so we are planning to get together soon.

                I’m sorry that I haven’t written in almost two weeks.  I have been so busy with the holidays and finals.  I promise I’ll write again soon!