like a chicken with its head cut off...

Yeah, so I'm kind of running around like a chicken with its head cut off; it's just what the end of the semester always seems to look like for me. I have all my class stuff, projects, papers, tests and so forth and then I have my counseling at the middle school and tutoring and don't forget my RA duties.

One of the coolest things that the RA's get to do all year long is plan/participate in a program called Crimson Christmas that works in conjunction with Big Brothers/Big Sisters to sponsor a Christmas for a child in need. While I'm not on the committee that plans the event my hall does get to sponsor a little girl, so I'm in charge of collecting the donations from my girls getting her presents (we get a list of things that she wants and needs from BB/BS) and hosting her at the event. In the past, I've participated as a student host both my freshman and sophomore years. You meet the kid and you get to play games, eat lunch, meet Santa, and open presents with them and even though it falls on the Sunday before Finals Week it's a really nice way to start a hectic time by really setting out to do something good for a child who really needs and appreciates it.

A girl and her sponser doing crafts at Crimson Christmas in the past.

While that is a break from finals, most people are only thinking about finals and my residents are starting to freak out because these are there first finals in college. At our last CBA we talked about effective habbits, study and otherwise, for these last two weeks before break and although at the time they didn't really seem to care a few of them have already talked about some of the things I had mentioned. I'll give the girls of Forrer Fourth Front a shout out here, "You can do it girls!"

To all you perspective students out there, keep your nose to the grindstone, it'll pay off when you get your acceptance letters!