Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Its finally Fall! Yay!!!

I don't remember the weather ever being as "on cue" as this year. Yesterday was the first day of fall, and as if by magic, the temperature dropped! I am definitely enjoying the official beginning of fall.
The weekend was awesome too - 40th Anniv celebration of The Citadel, with a perfect day for the Bulldogs to beat the Princeton Tigers on Saturday. Had a ton of fun with family and friends there.
Quiet week was finally over on Monday, we have a total of 11 pledges for this year - I am so excited. They seem like a really promising bunch. And we were able to reschedule our Luau for the 17th of October, so I am really stoked about that too. It won't be as warm of weather as the original date, but I think it will still be a lot of fun.
Our fraternity is going to do the ghost walk fundraiser again this year, probably on 3 nights the week leading up to Halloween. I'm expecting to be able to raise a good bit of money with that, and hopefully be able to take a whole lot more brothers to Grand Council in Phoenix this coming summer.
All in all, things are looking pretty good for the fall...and I have my fingers crossed!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Settling in...finally!

So if you read my first blog entry, you'll remember that I just bought a house. Things have been a little chaotic to say the least, trying to get everything situated. But this week, I think I'm finally getting a little bit more settled. I realized that this morning, when I noticed I didn't have to "figure out" where I'd set my things down yesterday. I've finally developed a routine for where I set what down, so I don't feel lost running around my own house looking for stuff anymore.
The semester seems to be getting into a groove as well, what with 3 tests, a case presentation and a paper due, all by Wednesday! But its not freaking me out anymore. Exciting news - we have 27 first year students that were eligible to receive bids for Phi Delta Chi. The bids went out yesterday, so now we wait. By this time next week, we'll know who the new and upcoming leaders of the College of Pharmacy are going to be. My goal is to take at least half our chapter to Grand Council in Phoenix next year. Bit lofty, some may say, but I'm going to try none the less.

Also our pool will probably be ready by the end of the week, so hopefully we'll get a month and a half of swim weather before it gets too cool for the water. I can't wait to reschedule the Luau. Its going to be so much fun! Since this will be the last one I get to plan before I graduate, I want to make sure its the biggest and bestest one ever!

Saturday, September 6, 2008

And the madness starts...

Ok, so the big scare for Friday was over nothing, apparently. But since they cancelled classes for the day anyways, there are now two more hours of lectures to watch online for the test on Monday! Yippee! [sic]
Monday starts the barrage of tests for the semester. My only hope is that Ike stays on the path they're predicting or else this semester is going to be hell.
At least tomorrow night will be fun, we are taking the first year students to Cinebarre to watch Tropic Thunder. Bar food, beer, and Jack Black - can't go wrong with that combo.
Oh, and my best friend is coming over tonight to cook dinner for me while I'm at work, how sweet is that? A nice dinner, maybe a glass of wine, and then back to therapeutics and the joyful infectious diseases. I can't wait for nine months from now, for rotations to start. If anyone feels sorry for me, call me and give me a reason to take a break sometime around midnight tonight. I'll be up with mycoses of the skin and soft tissue!

Monday, September 1, 2008

The Calm before the Storm

Since this is my first blog, here's a little background info to get you caught up.

My name is Olivia Earley, and I am a student at MUSC and the Citadel. I am currently working on my Doctor of Pharmacy and my MBA degrees.
I just bought a house, so things at home are a little crazy.
I am also the President of my fraternity, Phi Delta Chi, and rush week starts tomorrow, so lots of hectic work going on around me right now.
Our big event this week is our annual luau, and I'm praying that hurricane Hanna won't wipe it out! Will post pictures as soon as they are available. That's all for now!