The first "We're Hiring" signs have been sighted...

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 Good morning, How was the meeting last night? Good luck today in your first course. Mom

the meeting was good! i really like the RAs and the people on my floor are really nice its kinda like a family thats what the RAs made it feel like

Hey, times must be getting better, Wendy’s is hiring, with a big sign outside. I haven’t sign help wanted signs for years.

Well, that’s good, that you’re not the only new kid on the floor, so six others moved to your floor, cool. I liked that one RA I met, she seems tough and dependable. I have a good feeling about this semester, too. Love, Mom

Wed, 19 Jan 2011: Hey, what did your friends say about your tattoo?

they love ittttt

 (Of course)

okay so i bought most of my books and it comes to 442.06....u could just round that up to 1000 hahaha just kidding (no im not!)
i had my first precalc class today and i love my professor so i think im gonna stay with it :)
this semester is gonna be good but im gonna be sooo busy! i already had a lab to do in bio on the first day! but my professor is really nice! so ill have a lot of school work and pledging so since ill be up 24/7 i think i should bring my little pink lamp back to school so i dont have to have the big light and keep my roomate awake
okay ill see you friday.... im not homesick at all like if i wasnt coming home to make calzones for dad’s birthday, i would just stay up here! hahaha well thats not the only reason but yeah i dont feel the need to come home to get away from everything i can actually come home because i want to not because im stressed here lol but i will be home this weekend =]

Well, that’s good to hear that you want to come home, and it’s also good to hear that you like it up there. You sound a lot better than last semester. When will you be done tomorrow? I will leave here around 3PM, so be there around 4:15 if that’s all right.

I will transfer $500 into your account, please budget, it’s more important than getting money handed all the time. You will have enough for the semester.

If you would stay in school this weekend, what would you do? Are there others who are staying? Just wondering, b/c last semester it looked as if the whole campus went home every weekend. Is it different now? I know during pledging you will stay there, but why now?

Another thing: I know tonight is party night and we are expecting several inches of snow, starting around midnight. Please stay off the roads, do not go too far, maybe only to one you can get to by foot. It is so dangerous to drive in newly fallen snow, please be extremely careful. Ttyl, Mom

okay i get done at 12:05 tomorrow cuz i only have 1 class yay! so yeah 4:15 works for me
a lot of ppl do go home but i guess cuz its second semester people would rather stay cuz they are used to this college thing already lol
and im walking tonight lol

Meeting her new roommate

Monday, January 17, 2011: The second semester is underway. Alexandra is back on campus since yesterday and the house feels empty and sad. We got used to having her home again for one month, and she was great. She actually spent time with us. We watched movies together, she hung out with us, not just her high school friends, and she was really nice and helpful around the house. Since the time she was a teenager, this is the first time that I feel like I’m having my “little girl” back. Let’s hope the new semester is less dramatic. Here we go…

Hey Alex,

how was your first day and night?

What did you discuss at the floor meeting? How are your other floor mates?

Please try to find as many used books and maybe art supplies as you can. Maybe you meet kids who had some of your courses last semester and you can get it cheap from them? Also announce your books and the recorder for sale or trade or whatever.

How is Frannie? Does she snore? Is she bossy? Did you figure out where to put the TV?

How loud is it at night, did you get any sleep?

Just tell me what your general feeling is about your new roommate. If she asks you if it bothers you when she brings in her girlfriend overnight, don't say ‘it's okay’ right away, tell her you don't know yet and will have to see how that works out.

What are you all doing today? I am home, so call or write anytime. Love, Mom

heyyy
last night was good i really like my new suitemates...Fran didnt sleep here last night idk where she was and shes still not here but she was here for a while last night and she seems nice so i have a pretty good feeling about this room. i had lunch with Meghann and now im going with Tina and Josy to target just to get notebooks and folders and they have some art supplies there for cheap so yay! my floor meeting got cancelled till today so ill let you know =]

I was just outside walking Max and then we played soccer in the snow and he looked like a snow puppy. He keeps lying by your bedroom door, waiting for you. I told him you're back in school and that's life, but I do take time to play with him in the snow and walk him across the fields.

I'm sooo glad to get a good report from you, I pray all the time that you will have the best college experience possible. Dorming, pledging, sorority, frat parties to some degree, not too wild I hope, getting good grades, meeting a bunch of new people, problem solving, all this will be part of your life experience and the person you become. Make the best of it, because when you look back many years later, it might very well have been the best time of your life.

Did you figure out on which side to hook up the TV?

I just created my account on CreateSpace, the self-publishing print-on-demand site through Amazon, now I need to wait for my manuscript to come back from the editor I hired in Wisconsin, make the corrections, format it, and change it into a pdf file. Kathy will help me with the cover on Adobe Photoshop.

ttyl, Mom

i put the tv on my desk for now
we went to target but couldnt find any art supplies but i got folders and note books, and some soup lol
i need magazines for my art class so save them please ill get them this weekend
i miss max soo much!
anyways im going to dinner soon and then watch greek so ttyl!

Sex in the Dark

So how is Alexandra doing?  Hopefully, she's having a better time than the other two! :-)  Mary said she prays for the 3 of them daily, as do I, so the girls are covered with "wings" for sure! Judy :-) (friend of mine)

Fri, 17 Sep 2010: (email to Alex) I will leave here at 3:30 and should be there around fiveish. Eat dinner before I pick you up. Might do ShopRite tonight.

Did you get that nasty storm last night? NYC and surroundings were under emergency.

Later, gator, Mom

good morning
we didnt really do much just hung out, everyone was already here except Christine
i dont have class till 11:15 =] xo Alexandra

Tuesday Sept. 22, 2010: yesterday after class me Kate and Heather went to dinner and then Anya met up with us and the 4 of us went to the gym and then we went back and went to “sex in the dark” …lol
it wasnt really sex in the dark it was just a room and they divided the girls from the guys and they asked us questions about sex, some of them were funny and we got free condoms and pizza =] i  college lol then we all hung out in our dorm it was fun
tell dad that one of the guys from the sea shepherd from that show he likes called whale wars was at school handing out flyers to help stop animal cruelty so i met him =]
i had to give a speech today in speech communications....
xo Alexandra

What was the speech about? And who gave the sex in the dark? Students or the school? Crazy.

 Is the gym at X any good, like what do you like to do there?

I will tell dad about the guy from whale wars, so cool. So you recognized him.

Try to fill up on salads, there is junk food wherever you turn. What are your plans for today? I love getting your reports. Remember me at math tonight…Mom

i like the gym at school its similar to the retro like same stuff just in our school colors instead of yellow and red
yesterday we ran on the treadmill for a half hour then went downstairs and found a really good ab machine so now my abs are crying but thats a good thing that means they've been worked and i worked my arms too
yeah the school held the sex in the dark thing its just to like learn more about sex and give out condoms so that people wont be like ohh i cant afford any so we'll just not use them... 9 months later...i have a son?! lol
my speech was about a poem or article that i had to read to the class and why i chose it and a little bit about the author i chose I know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou u should read it its really good. Alex

Briefing about her dorm

Friday, 9/10/2010: i would like to go home today...but take your time. Alexandra

Okay.

Can you please try to hook up the printer with the cable and see if you get it to work? This way I can drive you back on Sunday without Dad and just drop you off, or do you want us to be in your room again for an hour? Mom

yes im going to after my history class cuz i dont have time now cuz i have to be at the bus stop in like 10 min in order to get there are on time

Good morning, how was it last night after I dropped you off?
When did Anya (her roommate) come back?

Mon, 13 Sep 2010:

Could you please give Roni the author a brief description about your dorm? She needs it for her YA book. Mom

Good morning!
Anya didnt come back till just now cuz she doesnt have a class till 2
Me and Christine watched the VMAs yesterday after Kate went to someone else's dorm and then we watched this crazy show called Snapped its about ordinary people who just lose it and kill people....true cases. Anyway I woke up really early...i dont have a class until 11:15 and I woke up at like 9:30 lol
so i'm gonna get all my books together and then go to breakfast.
see ya soon!

tell Roni in my dorm we have a game room and a laundry room as well as a floor lounge and a small room with vending machines in it
there's a front desk when you walk in where you swipe you ID and sign in guests. There’s a community kitchen on the first floor and the mail room is down there too. There is also a community meeting room where some meetings like signing up for Student Council are held. On each floor where the dorm rooms are is a lounge with some chairs and a tv as well a small sitting area on each end of the hallway...floor meetings are held either in the lounges or in the sitting areas. Also right when you get off the elevators is a large bulletin board where events and important notices are posted.
Each room (in my building) is equipped with a full bathroom that is shared by you, your roommate and your suitemates and each individual bedroom comes with a small fridge/freezer and a microwave. XoAlexandra

Tue, 7 Sep 2010: E-mail from daughter: We didn't really do much last night, just hung out and then went to bed lol we were all really tireddd! dad is crazy!!! haha have fun in math! i have to do some hw then laundry and then go to the gym lol
xoAlexandra

So everything or most things are still “All Good?"Great. I just hope the printer works out for you. Let me know if you can work with it or if we should bring our old one up. Hopefully it will connect, I guess asking a guy to help won’t hurt. You have to be able to hand your work in, that’s what’s important.

Well, sounds like you’re doing the right things. Yep, gym is good and walking and taking the steps instead of elevator sometimes, it’s the little things that count that keep you fit. Pets are fine, we are too, don’t worry, we are always there for you. Love, Mom

ummm its not connecting...i guess i need to get a USB or maybe a different printer altogether
ill go to the computer lab later to print out my hw so at least ill have that nd wont get points off
i miss the pets, i wish they could come visit but they're not allowed to but yes pretty much everything is still all good in the hood

How about getting a USB cord at the bookstore and hook it up together, hopefully that will help. Let me know as soon as you have the printer going.

if i get it going. i dont even know what kind of usb cord i need or where it even goes on the printer.. w/e ill figure it out. Alex

(After the weekend) Beth said that Maggie texted her - she said she was back at school by 3pm yesterday and she didn't do anything at home.........yeah, but you don't have to DO anything - just being "home" and seeing family is nice, no?   

Dad just called and he said there should only be one USB cable, not several different ones to choose from, I think they’re all the same, but check your manual or bring it to the bookstore with you. Then connect the printer to the computer with the USB cable and run the CD through again. Where it says “USB cable” click that instead of wifi, okay?

Hopefully it will work, ‘rents

lol okay

ummm never say rents ever again k thanks =]

Okay. Weird. (Mom)