I once was sick but now I'm better!

The past couple days have been rough for me. I seem to have picked up the sickness that is creeping its way through the Ripon campus. The one the were you start with a cough and then next thing you know you can't get out of bed. Well that was last week and this is now, and I feel much better. This past weekend was Homecoming which was really fun. We did not win our football game which was a real bummer, but our team worked hard and that's all that really matters. At our homecoming, my classmates from my Applied Communication class and I, hosted a dunk tank, raising money for Huntington's Disease Society of America. We had all sorts of people involved in this event, ranging from our Residence Life Director, Josh DeWar, to my best friend and sorority president Patti Ann Mazur. Our goal was to get a wide variety of students and staff involved in the event, which we did achieve. One funny thing that we didn't plan on was the color of the water that came out of the pipes when filling the dunk tank. We had the fire department come and fill it up, and when they did, a brown rust color came pouring out of the hose. We were so nervous that no one would want to get in the cold rust colored water, but everyone proved to be a great sport and hopped right in! Saturday night was also a really fun night because it was Merriman House formal. I got to hang out with some of my closest friends, but a little fancier dressed. It was a great night and all my friends looked lovely in there suits, ties and dresses. Sunday night I spent many hours working on my 14 page Rhetorical Criticism paper that was due today! It was a killer to say the least, but I finished it!!! Oh man, let me tell you, it was such a wonderful relief to hand that paper in! I did a Neo-Classical critic of JFK's "Arms Quarantine of Cuba" address...sound confusing to you? Try writing 14 pages about it! Tonight I am going to Oshkosh to hear the Prime Minister of Sudan speak about the situation in Darfur. I am really looking forward to this once in a lifetime opportunity and hopefully very educational. I'm hoping to pop in a movie tonight and relax to after a week of being sick, dunk tanks, formals, and 14 page papers! Hopefully you all have a relaxing week too! Ciao!

Leila

P.S. The picture is of Patti and I at Merriman formal from this weekend!