First off, I would like to apologize for not writing anything for the past I want to say two weeks, but I do have a good excuse… (Well couple of them).  After coming back from my Cedar Point trip with my roommates, things got very hectic here at Walsh University.  As usual, after the midterms are done with…. is an amazing wave of projects and papers due for about every class that you take along with practicals (in your sciences) and presentations.  Whatever free time that you may have, you want to spend with your friends and family but that’s not a lot. 

Cedar Point was quite amazing as always.  We had a special treat because since it’s Halloweekends and it is a little chilly outside (meaning freezing when you’re on the rides) there was not that many people there.  Our group went on all the main rides and even the first seat of millennium force (TWICE) in a matter of an hour.  I would like to say that it was great.  This was only my second time going to Cedar Point therefore I was super excited since many of the rides we went on, were my firsts.  The best part about this trip was that all of us finally had a chance to spend time with each other than studying together or going to classes.  The only sad part was our fourth roommate Katelyn was not able to come along for the ride. 

The week after Cedar Point was pretty challenging I had many things to study for (I know AGAIN!) … and that is where I had technological problems… (Just like Tyler in his blog).  I was creating a power point presentation for around 6 hours to help me study anatomy.  Being a perfectionist, it took me forever, I periodically saved it (about every hour or so).  Finally, after hours of struggle, I finished it and when I finally turned power point off my whole presentation was lost, even the parts that were saved prior to that … The good old “Microsoft power point had an error”… Wow I don’t think you would like to be in the room with me.

Saturday, October 25 my roommate Katelyn had her dance performance with the Walsh Dance group during the Massillon Monster Show.  It was a very fun even and it showed off Walsh’s dance team at their best, performing the Thriller.  The coolest part about it was they were dancing on a brick street between very creepy and old houses; very good setting.   They also participated in the zombie walk.  It was a very different experience for me since I have never seen anything like it.  In Poland (the country where I grew up) people don’t really celebrate Halloween.   This show enlightened me about celebrating this holiday differently, other than passing out the candy.

Speaking of candy, Walsh University had their annual trick or treating to the kids in the community.  It is a very exciting event for us as students and the kids.  I had so much fun decorating our hallway; I want to say this is almost my favorite part of the year, but I think that Christmas beats it.  Lot of us on the floor were trying to cover every inch of the wall with black trash bags to make the floor look creepy but also so the kids would not get scared.  My favorite part were the black lights installed, it really gave our floor the Halloween look.  I was so excited that our floor won the 2^nd place in the contest of floor decorating (Pretty Exciting!!!)  The best part of the evening was seeing all the little kids in their costumes and being excited about the candy.  This was a very nice break from all the studying and it allowed Walsh University to give something back to the community.  To all of the students and staff that worked so hard for this event:  Thank you for all your hard work and dedication, it certainly is appreciated. 

 Monika

ps: don’t know how, but this blog got deleted so I re-posted it from last week!