Thanksgiving/Winter Breaks

Hello from the Tampa Airport!

I am flying to Maryland to see my mom and have never been so ready to see my mom and have a break! I know a lot of parents read my blog and I wanted to dedicate this post to the parents:

I know my mom thought when I was leaving for Tampa my freshman year that I would never want to come back home and I would be having so much fun I wouldn't miss her. She couldn't have been more wrong. The one thing I've learned and I know all of my friends have learned is that home is really where the heart is and no matter how much we love school, we'll always miss home and our parents. 

I don't have a lot of time anymore to go home so when I do get a chance to see one of my parents it is amazing! Just being on campus last week you could tell everyone was antsy to get home and antsy to be in their own bed with mom's food on the table. 

Being away from your parents and home definitely gives you that feeling of independence but no matter how much we love our new found freedom we still can't wait to see our parents every few months. 

I even remember my Freshman year when 'parents weekend' was coming around and I thought it would be really embarrassing to have my mom on campus, but it was great! Everyone else had their parents there and we could share all of our new experiences with them. Now that I'm in my Senior year, my parents don't come for parents weekend but I still get that pang of jealously seeing everyone else's parents on campus. 

I could go on and on...but in the end I just wanted to let all of the parents out there who are having anxiety about letting their kids go.... that we miss you and even if we don't want to admit it we do miss home. 

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! We come come back from Thanksgiving break, have 2 weeks of classes, have 1 week of exams and then we go home for A WHOLE MONTH! Gotta love our winter break!

Take Care! 

Winding Down the Semester

Hello!

Well its the most beautiful time of the year and I know we're all loving it down here! All of our windows are open and we sit outside whenever we can! Yesterday I ate lunch with a few guidance counselors from New Jersey and they were not excited to head back to the cold...I don't blame them! 

So I know a lot of you are applying or have already been accepted! This is such an exciting time of the year and I love meeting new students who have been accepted! I just want to remind you all that all of my posts from this summer still hold true for students coming in for the Spring and next Fall. 

ALSO...I just recruited three new babysitters, one of which is a reader of my blog! I am looking for more Freshman to take on board so if any of you are already at UT or will be coming in the future, let me know and we can get the process started! 

Now, my Limited Liability Corporation for Dummies book just came in the mail so I'm going to go read :) 

Oh and by the way...we decided on naming the business, Simply Sitters, LLC.  And I'm getting a website all set up so I'll post the link once its up and running!

Have a great day!!

More pictures from the CEO Conference and Halloween

This is me introducing Robert Tuchman at the conference. It was short and sweet but still fun! 

The whole gang at the conference. Dr. Koutroumanis is on the right, he is our club advisor ad One of my favorite professors! 

Halloween!! Me (a golfer) and a bunch of Spartans! Good times! 

OH MY GOODNESS!

I just registered for my last semester at UT! Holy Cow! I can't believe I am so close to graduation, it kind of makes me nauseous...

But today I gave a prospective student from California a tour, it was the first time I've given a tour in a while and it really made me excited about being at UT again. Sometimes we take advantage of living the college dream and get stuck in the same ol' routine...but looking at UT through someone else's eyes was really nice! I really enjoyed bringing her around campus and bragging about how much I love my school! Seeing the excitement in her eyes was great!! 

I know a lot of you have already applied, are thinking about applying, or are just starting to look at schools... and I just want to say I am so excited to see everyone on campus visiting! It really is great to see the eagerness and excitement in the eyes of prospective students!!

Apply early, visit campus, ask tons of questions...and have fun on your visit!! 

Have a great weekend!! 

And like always...don't forget to look at my post from previous month's and ask me any questions you might have!!!

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