Weekend at Cornell

Still recovering, so this probably will not be the most enlightening post. I do not know what it is, but whenever something big happens, I have a hard time writing about it. I do not know if it is because I want to keep it to myself or if I just need time to digest it. Probably a little bit of both.

Anyway, this weekend my dad and I drove 5.5 hours to Cornell. It is the opposite of what I am used to. I live in cities and attended a relatively small, contained university. In contrast, Cornell is a huge school in a small city. I can already tell I am going to get lost even more than usual.

Everyone at the CIPA program was really nice. They seemed to genuinely enjoy their studies/job. I got the impression the program was a true family. Hearing about all the different opportunities, from the public affairs journal to internships to service learning classes made me really excited. I love that I am going to be a part of a group of people who are as idealistic as I am. I think the practical basis of the program is perfect too. This time when I graduate, I will have some usable skills and real-world experience.

I got a cute little apartment right near downtown. Emphasis on the little. The balcony, the apartment's selling point, is about the size of the whole apartment. I felt like I imposed on the people who live there now, so I just looked around briefly. For the life of me, I cannot remember if I saw a closet. I sure hope there is one because I have a lot of stuff. I'm very happy Fenway can come with me, although I am worried that we are going to be outnumbered by Yankees fans.

Long story (or post) short... CIPA is awesome. I think Cornell is going to be good. My new apartment is adorable. I do not want to have to make that long drive again for a long time!

Game Night

Sarah and I went to the Sox game tonight at Fenway. Fenway is one of my favorite places to go. Very fun vibe, even though the Sox didn't win. I think I'm a curse or something. They've only won once in the last 4 or 5 times I've been to Fenway. As long as they win on June 3rd, I'll be happy. (hint: we're playing them)

4 In A Row

When I started this blog, I meant it to primarily be a scrapbooking blog. However, it is getting warmer, my windows are open, and it is nice and sunny, so my thoughts are turning to my other main hobby- watching baseball. Lots of baseball, not a lot of scrapping. Sorry.

I have two things to say about baseball this weekend.
1. Sweep! After being at Fenway for game 5 of that terrible series last year, it feels wonderful to sweep them this time. (For those of you who don't follow baseball them can mean only one thing to a Red Sox fan- the Yankees)

2. Four home runs in a row!! Manny...Drew...Lowell...Tek. I honestly could not believe it. Only the fourth time there has been 4 home runs in a row in MLB history. The last one was last year with the Dodgers, and Drew was part of that too. The last time it happened in the American League was 1964. Wow!

Going to the game tomorrow :) Maybe then I'll actually be able to focus on scrapping a bit.

Whoo hoo!

I got into Cornell today for an M.P.A. (Master's of Public Administration)

More Art Journal Cards

Here are three more art journal cards:

The themes were "What's on my mind", "Birds", and "My initial". It's funny, I am not big on birds, but I think that card was my favorite to plan and do. I love that chipboard bird. I had been thinking about a post on this blog about doing a page influenced by a cartoon, so that's where the color scheme for the stress card came from. Had some fun playing with stickles and going through the dictionary looking for words that start with "m" on the initial card. More later. Time to do laundry- it's taken over my entire closet.