Featured Blogs » Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Happy Holidays! http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/12/15/happy-holidays/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/12/15/happy-holidays/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:53:30 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/12/15/happy-holidays/ Friday — the first day of finals is upon us. Unfortunately for me, I did not use Reading Day to the best of my advantage, a.k.a. I only studied for about two hours but managed to watch at least four movies.  The good news is that my first final/paper due date is not until Monday.  So it shall be a homework-filled weekend to say the least.  Such is life.

It has been a great end to the semester, I must say.  I LOVE this time of year, mainly all of the fun Holiday Celebrations and that everyone is in such a jolly mood.  And that will only continue when I go home next week!!  There is a bittersweet feeling though, as my friends and I were discussing last night at Midnight Express, in that this is our last winter/Christmas at Gustavus.  We did talk about sneaking back for next year’s Midnight Express though since we’re not quite sure we’ve ate our tuition’s worth in free nachos yet.

Well, I should get back to studying and/or typing the 25 combined pages that are due in three short days. Good luck on finals everyone but, more importantly, have a fantastic Holiday!

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/12/15/happy-holidays/feed/ 0 Countdown to Turkey Day… http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/15/countdown-to-turkey-day/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/15/countdown-to-turkey-day/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:28:46 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/15/countdown-to-turkey-day/ Well, I have a countdown at least (9 days!).  After a fairly relaxing week last week, I’m back at it with major projects and/or tests due in each class before Thanksgiving break.  Hmm…perhaps I should be writing a paper instead of a blog, but everyone needs a little break, right?  I’m sure every Gustie is feeling a bit overwhelmed right now, but we must look at the bright side — this semester will FLY BY after Thanksgiving break.  Maybe I shouldn’t be wishing away the little time I have left on the hill, but at this point in the semester I’m going to overlook that. 

I’ll be heading home for break, and also will be spending a couple days up north at the grandparent’s house.  I love Thanksgiving, not because of the delicious meal though that is a bonus, but because after Thanksgiving comes Friday.  That’s right, the busiest and best shopping day of the year.  Some may call me crazy, but I shall have a great time as always along with the other two million shoppers.  And of course that means that I can start playing Christmas carols incessantly and decorating my house!  I hope everyone has a great Turkey Day and gets to spend oodles of time with their family and partaking in whatever activity that you are all looking forward to.  Talk to you in December!

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/15/countdown-to-turkey-day/feed/ 0 Every vote counts… http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/07/every-vote-counts/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/07/every-vote-counts/#comments Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:02:25 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/07/every-vote-counts/ It’s Election Day! I hope all you Gusties remember to vote. There’s really no excuse not to since the College Dems were kind enough to sponsor free rides to the polls all day. And it’s super easy to register — just bring your GAC ID. Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox before I start telling everyone who to vote for…(unless you need some advice, then just ask).

Anyway…nothing too exciting is happening in my life besides all that. Oh, and I have a job interview this week — for a “real” job. So that should be interesting if nothing else, wish me luck! Well, as always, I must get back to work. Enjoy the Indian Summer we’re having everyone (70 degrees tomorrow!) and I’ll see you all down at the polls.

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/11/07/every-vote-counts/feed/ 0 Things I am celebrating… http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/25/things-i-am-celebrating/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/25/things-i-am-celebrating/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:09:41 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/25/things-i-am-celebrating/ 1.  A wonderfully refreshing long weekend.

2.  The completion of my last midterm and the fact that none of them were too disastrous.

3.  Taking the GRE yesterday and doing decently well even though I was a complete wreck the entire four hours.

4.  A beautiful day/Fall in general!

5.  The upcoming Halloween weekend and the last home football game.

6.  A brief lull in my workload.

7.  Life at Gustavus!                                            

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/25/things-i-am-celebrating/feed/ 0 So much to do, so little time… http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/17/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/17/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:53:06 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/17/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/ Midterms, midterms…as unbelievable as it is, this is the first semester ever at Gustavus that I have had midterms in every one of my classes.  This week feels just like finals except I still have to go to class and I only get a two-day break afterward.  But, hey, at this point I’ll take what I can get.  And I can happily say that I have one down and “only” three more to go. 

At least fall break should be halfway relaxing.  I say halfway because though I will be escaping home to Montevideo for the first time in three months to see my family, I will also be cramming…for the GRE!  Yes, I will be taking the GRE on Tuesday, only one short week from today!  Why am I not studying right now?  Good question, I’m just hoping that the occasional studying I’ve been doing since July and the intense studying I will be doing this weekend are enough to get a good score on the Verbal section and a non-embarrassing score on the Math section.     

Well, enough procrastinating — I must get back to work.  Have a great Fall Break everyone and take pleasure in the fact that this semester is all downhill from here!

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/17/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/feed/ 0 Nobel Conference http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/06/nobel-conference/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/06/nobel-conference/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:04:02 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/06/nobel-conference/ Well, the Nobel Conference was a success yet again. The theme, “Medicine: Prescription for Tomorrow,” was certainly a popular one judging by the filled-to-capacity hockey rink and people seemed to really enjoy all of the speakers. I got to work at the conference on Tuesday and, despite the chaos, managed to hear most of each speaker that day. I must say that out of the five conferences I’ve been to, this was by far my favorite — probably due to a combination of the interesting topic and the captivating speakers. However, my favorite part of this year’s conference was hearing all of the wonderful comments from visitors to campus. Working at the registration table definitely filled me with Gustie pride!

On another happy note — it’s homecoming and family weekend!  The campus is going to be busy with all of the different activities that are going on.  I’m mostly excited to put on my Gustie gear and head to the football game, which we are undoubtedly going to win.  All in all — another great week to be a Gustie!

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/10/06/nobel-conference/feed/ 0 The Career Center is my new best friend http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/28/the-career-center-is-my-new-best-friend/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/28/the-career-center-is-my-new-best-friend/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:13:07 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/28/the-career-center-is-my-new-best-friend/ Just a quick little post because frankly that is all I have time for this week. I just got back from the Employee Information Day sponsored by the Career Center, and it was a very surreal experience. Mainly the words “graduation,” “career” and “future” being used repeatedly makes me a bit nervous. I’m not positive that I want to start working right after graduation, rather than do graduate school full time or possibly spend a year with AmeriCorps, but I went to the Information Day for two reasons. One being that I want to keep all of my options open, and the other that it made me feel somewhat proactive and a little less neurotic about my future. I got some good information from several companies and, better yet, heard oodles of praise about Gustie grads being great employees.

Somehow homework seems a little trivial when you’re trying to plan your future, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have insane amounts of it! Papers, tests, presentations — I think professors crammed them all in this week in preparation for the Nobel Conference next week (speaking of which, is it really Nobel already?).  Somehow I will survive, but only because tomorrow is Friday!

]]> http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/28/the-career-center-is-my-new-best-friend/feed/ 0 I Love Fall! http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/20/i-love-fall/ http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/20/i-love-fall/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:23:42 +0000 Haley Brendmoen http://featured.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/09/20/i-love-fall/ Two weeks of class down and 12 to go, not that I’m counting. At any rate, these first days of school have passed so quickly — not to mention the last three years — and I know the rest of the semester will fly by as well. As a senior, I’m torn between wanting this year to be over and the demands and stress of a full course load, work, and extracurriculars to end, while also being faced by senior year nostalgia, which makes me wish that this year will crawl by so I can prolong leaving Gustavus for the real world as long as possible. Meanwhile, I still must find time to make some big decisions about my future, which right now is looking pretty uncertain. Questions of finding a graduate school, job, and place to live, and anxiety over the GRE/LSAT/MCAT and job interviews are in the minds of all the seniors this time of year, myself included.

On a lighter note, I love Gustavus and St. Peter in the fall! The fall colors are starting to appear now, and the valley is becoming an even more beautiful place to live. This is by far my favorite season — the crisp air, wearing cozy sweatshirts, the Nobel Conference, going to the apple orchard for crisp fall apples and, of course, football games. Despite the disappointing loss to St. Thomas on Saturday, I’m optimistic about the Golden Gusties this year. And, despite my ever-chaotic life, I’m going to take the time to savor every moment of my last fall at Gustavus Adolphus College.

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