LDOC Already.. & Last Day of School is .. SATURDAY?!

First off ..

Our 2010 NCAA Champions banner is up on the edge of Duke campus!!

Now back to what I was saying..

Wow! We just had our Last Day of Classes (LDOC) on Wednesday, which was a blast! Rather than give a debrief of what happened this past week (you can guess the usual classes, extracurriculars, & fun activities with friends), I'll detail what happened in the past two days. They both seem so long!!

& On a sidenote, it's 2:53am & I'm in Kilgo Dorm & there is old school music playing outside. Not too loudly but just enough to remind me to find time to relax before finals (since it's the weekend) and maybe even dance around a bit. Perfect!

Wait! Sorry this is so jumbled. I just realized another outstanding day was last Saturday! I ran a 5K for Angels Among Us, which is for the Tisch Brain Tumor Center. I hadn't exercised in a super long time, but it was tons of fun running with friends! (I didn't have my phone to take pictures, unfortunately). After, I headed back to East Campus to eat and get ready for our Chronicle formal, a banquet in honor of Matt Sclafani.

Chronicle sports staff - super dark because the flash broke on the camera

The banquet was filled with super delicious food (tortellini, penne, steak, chicken, spinach and artichoke dip, cheeses, a veggie platter, cheesecake, brownies, etc.), and it was great being able to hang with people from the Chronicle (especially sports staff - 1 of 4 girls!). The awards went to very deserving people, and the dancing after was fun! Great way to end off the Chronicle year!

Anyway, back to LDOC. I woke up at 10am and then headed over to West Campus for a nice brunch with my Chi Omega sisters. After, I met up with some friends in Kilgo Dorm and proceeded to play music, dance around, grab a quick lunch from Panda Express, and hang out until class started at 2:50pm. Book presentations were pretty interesting, but I was pretty ready for class to get out at 4:05pm to say that I had just taken my last class of freshman year. I'm still in disbelief and shock! After, a friend and I headed back to the main quad and listened as loud music played from a stage set up for the night's concert.

We had Rooney (yay!!), Big D & The Kids Table, Flogging Molly, and JAY SEAN!!

Jay Sean!

Here are some videos that people uploaded: Down - Jay Sean, Paddy's Lament - Flogging Molly, LDOC Time Lapse by the Chronicle photographers!!

After, we headed back to the room and just hung out, played music, had fun!! I didn't get to take many pictures, so here's one random one.. I have NO idea what we're doing. Probably singing? Being weird? Who knows!

Me, my neighbor 2-doors down Gabby, & my amazing roommate Caroline!!

We then headed to McDonald's for a late-night food run and proceeded to go to sleep shortly after.

Thursday - Woke up late, walked to Chipotle (by Duke hospital) for lunch (which was delicious and super filling!) & then just hung around for a bit with friends and then headed to Mt. Fuji (in Brightleaf Square) for a friend's birthday dinner. I did a lot of walking but it felt really nice since the weather was gorgeous! We came back then just talked for a long time before watching Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and calling it a night.

Friday - Woke up at 2pm & headed to a meeting for the Duke Journal of Public Affairs then headed to von der Heyden Pavillion to do work. The Iced Caramel Leche is DELICIOUS, by the way. Stayed in the library (or cafe, rather) for pretty much 8 hours (unfortunately) and finished editing a 10-page literature review paper for my Writing class and completing optional computer science practice problems for extra credit. (Wow, I haven't used those words in a LONG time!) I took a short break in between to grab dinner at Tommy's (their mac 'n cheese is delicious, by the way! I know I've mentioned it before, but I just had to mention it again). I finally left the library a little after midnight and talked with friends and played flash games for a bit before heading to McDonald's again.

I have one final left for Chemistry & a final project demo for Computer Science before I'm done with everything. Then it's off to Myrtle Beach, SC with friends!!

I'm not sure how often I'll be updating this over the summer or at the end of the school year, but in case I don't get another chance this year -- goodbye! Thank you for reading through my posts (or at least looking through the pictures) & I hope they weren't TOO boring! I'll be interning at the News & Observer in Raleigh this summer and writing sports stories, so maybe you'll see my name here and there! I'll also be serving as a tour guide this summer at Duke, so I definitely hope to see some of you then!

This has been an amazing year, & I still can't believe it's happened so fast! I wish I took more pictures, but there you are... Bye again!!