Not a great week.

I should set a disclaimer...this is not a sob fest, and will not be purely complaining. But it really hasn't been my best week ever.

I had an awesome time in Boston and Salem with Bernadette, Caren, and Katherine last week-end.

We saw the oldest bar in America, stood on the oldest unmarked colonial grave in America, went to a haunted house,

ate some amazing food, saw some awesome historical sites like Nathaniel Hawthorne's house,

birthplace, the house that gave life to CLUE, the sites in Salem that gave life to Monopoly,

went to the bar the show Cheers was based on,

even celebrated Halloween on Boston Harbor.

We also went to Harvard,

enjoyed some crazy parties,

visited Fenway park for its 100th year, but most of all, got to spend qualtiy time with friends.

So that was all wonderful. It was still one of my top 10 vacations. But there were a few things to put a damper on the trip and are the reason why I left the trip more stressed than on my way to MA, which completely defeats the point of a vacation:

1. HURRICANE SANDY.

This witch of a storm made me miss school, work, and a funeral. I had planned to come back Monday so I would be able to work on Tuesday, and take my Statistics test on Wednesday. Our flights got cancelled over and over again and then rescheduled. I finally got home Wednesday night. Which would have been fantastic to have a prolonged departure if it hadn't been for the fact that I needed to be home. We really made the best of our situation though and didn't let the weather keep us away from seeing some things

2. My Uncle Roger and very close family friend Eleanor both passed away while I was 750 miles away. Not the best texts to get while on vacation.

3. I missed work. Which isn't the end of the world, but because I had to stay a few more days in Massachusetts, it increased the cost of the trip and working Tuesday would have helped out a lot.

4. My camera broke on the trip.It just stopped working out of the blue. It turns on, but the screen is black and it won't take pictures. Luckily Bernadette and Katherine had cameras, and I brought my old one because I haven't opened up my new one yet, but still! C'mon!

5. I missed my Statistics test. It was on Wednesday and I studied while on the trip and missed out on some sight-seeing just so I would be prepared. Worst of all, I've been e-mailing the professor and he hasn't sent me anything back yet. SO STRESSED OUTTTT.

Everything will be ok, I know that. But it's just a bit overwhelming at this point in time and I feel like I can't catch up. I started a second job on the 15th of October at Spartan Signature Catering, and that's in the Spartan Stadium. I have a great view of the hockey arena, basketball arena, and even as far out as Lansing. I can see the capital which is really pretty in the morning, and all the leaves changing colors is beautiful.

Another fun thing in October was Life in Color, aka Dayglow. I went with 3 of my cousins. Andy, Dan, Josh and I had a great time jamming out to house music and Steve Aoki crowd surfing on a raft!

Oh, did I mention it's also the biggest paint party in the world?

Well it's officially mid-term season and it's in full force. Countdown to last day of finals and taking off for Miami is in only 39 days!