Missy

Whoever said this semester was going to be easy lied to me!!  Well I guess I sort of lied to myself. You see, I normally take five class (equaling 15 credits) and three labs (equaling 3 credits). This semester even though I’m taking 17 credits, three credits are for my internship which I did last summer and three credits are for my drum lessons (yes, even though I’m a forensic science major I can still take drum lessons, cool huh?). So really I’m taking 11 credits this semester. Should be easy, right?! Wrong!! Add in my thesis, working at least 25 hours a week, sorority stuff, class of 2009 stuff, and trying to have some fun and you have a really busy girl! It probably doesn’t help that I have senioritis to the max as well!

Anyway, my week…I have to admit it wasn’t terribly exciting. I had an exam on Wednesday that I thought I did really well on (I was wrong), lab on Thursday as usual, then I worked most of the weekend. It was horrible being stuck inside with the weather being so beautiful! I did go to Cold Stone for ice cream this weekend…twice! Oh and I went to Rita’s for some Italian ice…I sure will miss that place when I move back home! Speaking of home, still no update on the job search or apartment search :-\ Oh well…I’ll keep trying!

I’m presenting my thesis this Thursday *bites nails* then I have an exam next Wednesday. I have to finish my internship journal…whoops! I have two more lab reports to write, and then I’m done until finals!!! WOO! I think I’m getting excited a little too prematurely though…it’s a lot of work to get done in one week! So as you can clearly tell by the blog, my mind is in a million and one places now and it’s crunch time. So I should probably get to crunching!

P.S. If you haven’t already sent your deposit to the school, do it NOW! It’s due Friday!! Oh and sign up for SOAR. SOAR is a blast…I’ll tell you more about it on Thursday!

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post!! I’ve been quite busy! This past Thursday (when I usually like to write my blogs) I had to go dress shopping for my friend’s wedding (which was Friday night). Then Saturday I had a community service event to go to with my sorority sisters. Then I worked all day Sunday and that night had elections for our leadership team and coordinators. We currently have about fifty sisters in the sorority and about thirty positions to fill, so we were there for a while!

So I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you the truth about Greek Life, at UNH anyways! For those of you who watch that show on TV…it’s nothing like that! We do like to have socials and mixers with other sororities and fraternities, but drinking is never involved. Sometimes we just watch movies or sporting events, other times we like to have dinner together or go bowling together. However, most of the events we have are community service or related to one of our philanthropies. We have one huge event that we hold every year called Deepher Dude. It’s kind of a male beauty pageant, but it is so much fun! We have held it twice since we’ve become a chapter, and both times we’ve raised over $1000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Greek Life is really growing at UNH. I definitely suggest attending recruitment events to find out if Greek Life is something you’d be interested in. Heck, I really suggest just getting involved in any club or organization. I can guarantee you’re time at UNH will be much more exciting and memorable if you do. Ok, time to study for my biochem exam now!

It was certainly nice to be able to sleep in a bit this week, but it was still pretty crazy! I thought this semester would be easy, but there is so much to get done before graduation. My #1 priority for this weekend is to get my Internship journal done. I’m not sure about all majors, but a lot of the majors at UNH require an internship for graduation. It’s part of the whole experiential education thing. It’s really great though. It’s an awesome way to develop networks within your major, and it’s a great way to find out what you really like.

I did my internship last summer at the state crime lab. The lab in CT is awesome! It was really great to go from lab to lab and see first hand what they really do. I always thought I wanted to work in the DNA section, but through my internship I found that I really like the biology section more. At this point though I would probably take any job that a lab offered!!

Speaking of jobs…I wanted to tell you a little bit about my job on campus. I work for something called the Phonathon. Basically, we call up alumni to update their records, let them know about all of the fun stuff going on on campus, and raise money for various things. Last year we raised money for the new Henry C. Lee building that will be breaking ground this summer. This year we’re raising money for scholarships. Most people don’t realize that tuition really only covers about 75% of education expenses (hard to believe, I know!), and the rest of that has to come from somewhere. A lot of it comes from alumni. It’s a really fun job, and it’s a great way to meet more people in your field and ask for their advice. If you’re looking for a convenient job while you’re at UNH (it’s right on campus in Bayer Hall), I would definitely suggest it!

Alright, time to listen to those Tegrity sessions now!