So I decided to tape my friend secretly for the class project. He had no idea what was going on and decided to leave his door unlocked one day. We toured his room and followed him around. It was actually a lot of fun. We found out that he spends most of his time at the gym working out and getting buff.... It wasnt as long as we wanted to make it but Joe is very hard to find. I still enjoy watching this over and over again because it is very funny and it was also very fun to make. That was actually Joe's room by the way.

The Animal Kingdom Zoo

This summer, for my sister's 16th birthday we took her to the Animal Kingdom Zoo in Bordentown, NJ. This trip was an amazing experience for everyone. I went with my parents, my grandparents, my aunt and uncle along with their two kids, who are 2 and 10. I love animals to begin with, especially giraffes, and this trip was just amazing. It was pretty cheap ($10 per person to enter and $20 for a basket of food).

The best part of this trip was being able to feed all of the animals. I was able to hand feed monkeys, who oddly like froot loops. Giraffes also have really cool tongues, that feel like sand paper and are blue. The monkeys took food right from our hands and their hands felt a lot like humans. We also got to pet many different animals including camels and llamas.

Animal Kingdom Zoo was so much fun. I never heard of it before and would never expect it to be located where it was. From the highway you can see the giraffes heads walking around and people rarely stop to see why they are there. I am so glad my family and I made this trip and I had the experiences of a life time. I can't wait to go back next summer!

The Love of Etown

My freshmen year at Etown was more than I could have ever predicted! I was in Simple Living, and lived with the same people I had classes with. At first I thought I would hate seeing the same people all day every day and never getting a break, but after the first two weeks I realized that this was the best thing that could have ever happened to me! We lived in Founders C3 and became very close. We did everything together! Slowly Founders C3 became my family. There were many nights up late playing games and talking, along with movie marathon nights that continued until we feel asleep on the couches. We also colored together and our lounge looked like a kindergarten classroom, with walls covered with colorful pictures. We also took many trips together, to the mall, to philly, and even just to Kmart and Target.

As the year rounded to an end we all were worried that we would not be able to have another amazing year together and I felt like I was losing my family. It turns out that we applied to live in another LLC, Glaction. Now, even though all of us do not live together, we still eat and hang out. Most of us live on the 3rd floor in Meyer and have rooms right next store to each other! At the beginning of this year we got back together and felt like no time elapsed since we last saw each other. We are back to eating together, watching movies, playing games, and just sitting around talking. I cannot wait to spend the remainder of this year with them and the next 2 years after that. It is true that you really meet your true friends in college, and I'm glad I found them in my first two weeks at Etown!

The Struggle to Return!

Making the journey back to Etown proved to more difficult than one would expect! It started it July when everything was going well. I then got a note in the mail and was denied for the loan needed to be able to pay for my education. After asking numerous people to cosign with no help, my mother and I decided to take it on ourselves, because after all in order to have a successful life you now need to have a college degree. The college is willing to work with us and a payment plan to be able to get the semester paid off. Who ever thought that getting an education, which is needed in this day, so hard and complicated?

Jobs are rare in my hometown of Bristol, PA because so many high school graduates can not afford college and just decide to work. It also doesn't help that the economy is in such poor condition. My only option to improve my life and become be able to succeed was to return to Etown to get the education I have always dreamed of. As my father always said "Where there is a will, there is a way" and now I really understand what he means by this statement. I wanted to return here and am doing everything possible to stay here for the next three years and graduate with a elementary/ special education degree.