I’ve finally found this thing and gotten on!! I don’t have NEARLY enough time today to read everything I’ve missed, but I will. God I miss you guys!! (and am so incredibly proud of all of you!!)

I have gotten the proverbially kick in the pants and I am starting the process of getting my butt out of binghamton. I freaked out about two weeks ago (in a good way believe it or not) and have been extremely motivated since then. I’m not ready to move across the country yet (and I’m pretty sure my sister would kill me since she’s got to plan for her wedding in a little over a year!! – maid of honor, by the way). So, I’m actually looking into the massachusettes area, I’m sure you’re all really surprised. I can’t help it, I love the place (even if the football team apparently blows and the baseball team will make you sweat it out till the very end.. sigh..)
I’m looking at jobs working with kids, and if I can find outdoorsy stuff, I will be sooo happy. this one thing called Nature’s Classroom looks really cool (there’s a website if you want to check it out).
I went hiking labor day weekend with mom and bob, and last saturday I was big and brave and went camping all by myself. it was tons of fun and I really wanted to prove I could do it.
eek! less than a minute before I get kicked off!! I love you all and will talk to you soon!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Nicole

Okay I’m going to try this again…damn computers will kill your ego whatever chance they get…bastards…they have me under their spell…

So now I can show you the cuteness of Luis falling asleep with a baby sleeping himself. He looks like the Latin Hulk, but really a softie behind those intimidating eyebrows. We go to yet another wedding this weekend, my cousin is getting married in Buffalo – she invited 320 people!! For heaven’s sake, do I know that many people?! Hey Dawn – any hotties at boot camp? Do you run a mud course, and the guy gets all sweaty and muddy and reaches down to help you up and you see his enormous muscles flex and you two…oh my…You are living a porno man!!!

I miss you all more than I can stand!

Shira – thanks for the heads-up! Hope Cali is treating you right!

Here are the pictures from our scandalous trip to Caitlin L.’s cabin–doesn’t that seem like ages ago? I used my best judgement and censored some of them, but if there are any on there that you absolutely hate let me know and I’ll take them off. (Most of them are so blurry from movement during the picture-taking that you can’t tell what they are anyways…lol, I wonder how that happened?). More photo gallery pages coming towards the end of the week!

Hello everyone! I am leaving for Rhode Island today…anxiety level a little high…I have no idea when I’ll get access to the internet, so I just wanted to drop a little note before I go! Jen and Laura, good luck with your new jobs! You’ll both do great! Frances, good luck and have fun in Boston! It’s such a wonderful city, I’m jealous! Caitlin L., good luck with your move! Next time I talk to you, you’ll be a city girl! Caitlin K., good luck with your classes, and I hope you enjoyed your weekend off…and yes, I’m insanely jealous of Shira! Thank you so much for the card, I loved it! Shira, I hope you keep having a wonderful time, and hopefully I’ll get to see you sometime in the near future! Nicole and Jess, I got your emails and it was wonderful to hear from both of you! I hope you guys are doing well! I miss you all so much…send me good luck vibes please!!!! Love you all, Dawn

P.S. The baby is excellent, and so cute!!

hey ladies,
just wanted to say hello before i soon depart to the intellectual land of boston. went to orientation on wednesday. (the 2nd time i had ever been to boston). mi god the T-train is sooo clean. all you see are students everywhere!! northeastern’s campus is really pretty and so freaking huge. (excellent for someone like me with NO sense of direction). there are about 25 people in my program. quite a few were snobby ivy league girls, but luckily the rest were pretty nice and from all over (texas, bolivia, montreal, chicago, syracuse). i even got a chance to see my apt and briefly meet one of my aptmates. OH MI GOD my apt is soooooo cute. the building is a 5 floor brownstone. my apt is on the 4th floor. (moving in is going to be sooo fun!!) each floor only has one apt, so meeting people shouldnt be that hard. the living room is HUGE with beautiful large windows. the kitchen has a microwave, dishwasher, and huge refrigerator. beautiful marble black tiles in the bathroom with track lighting everywhere!! you guys sooo have to see how cute. my bedroom is a pretty decent size. it will be nice not having to share a bedroom with ANYONE!! i cant believe next week at this time i’ll be back in class. any helpful advice, caitlin?
hugs and kisses to all!! 🙂

Hi Everyone! 🙂
Just thought i’d drop you all a note as to what’s going on in my life. I did my best to enjoy august and make as many visits to see people as i could. i spent 3 days in lake george and loved every minute of it! at the moment i’m admist preparing for my friends wedding this weekend. i’m actually on my way in a bit to make the cans to hang on the back of the care and make ‘just married’ signs. i’ll do my best to figure out how to e-mail pictures so u can see me in my purple dress. i start work at westchester on the 15th (the official start of the real world) but seeing as i had 2 extra years of college, i have to accept that it’s just my time. i’m very excited to start but also scared b/c i haven’t stepped foot inside a hospital since the end of the semester… i’ll let you all know how it goes. i just got back from a mini reunion of some nursing friends in cooperstown and then took a spontaneous trip to binghamton. i was soooo weird to be there! it felt like “home” after living there for so many years. i tried to visit as many people as i could while down there. sorry i missed you nicole! i did try!! it was nice to see everyone who is still up there. i also visited some hinman folk and decker instructors. i had a nice visit. i left on the first day of classes, so it was all busy and crowded. i’m planning on going up to boston next week so i’ll be calling you frances!! i have to see if i can work something out with my cousin who lives up there… other than all that, nothing too much else is going on…

dawn: good luck this weekend!!!! i hope to talk to you soon…
jen: congrats again on the GM position! hope it all goes well
caitlin k: finals already? you’ve been a busy med student… good luck with everything
shira: it so exciting to hear all about what’s going on w/ you in CIA… can’t wait to try some of your new treats… send recipies!
frances: i hope the move to boston went well i really hope that i can see you at some point next week!
nicole: sorry we missed each other… tuesday was way to crazy for me to get out to endicott… i plan on coming up one more time this semester, so i’ll call you and let you know
caitlin l: hope things are going well for you… how’s louis doing?

that’s all for now folks… hope to hear from you all soon!
~laura 🙂

So I was waiting to write agian till something exciting happened to me here in the good ol’ midwest, but then it dawned on me, that if I waited for excitment, you guys might never hear from me!! Things here are getting pretty routine, classes all day, study all night. On the plus side though, I also have a nice routine of seeing my boyfriend every weekend…we dont’ actully do much together….he just kinda watches me study and then i use him for study breaks…hehehe…
This week has been particularlly noneventful. as it is midterms week…so i don’t have classes, but i have 4 midterms….but what this does mean is that this weekend….i actually get to go out and have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooo excited for it…think i will be going downtown chicago for most of it…going shopping with my loan money and drinking enough to make up for all my other non-exsistent weekends…maybe i will visit the zoo or go to a comedy club…i’ll let you guys know…
guess that’s about it for me…good luck to those that are starting new jobs or moving to new places..i’ll be thinking of all of you!
oh, and i was just wondering…is everyone as jealous of shira as I am ?? why didn’t we all go to culinary school in calf???

So this is gonna be a quick one. Next time i’m at tom’s house i’ll post longer and post the pictures from the cottage, but for now…

I’M A GENERAL MERCHANDISE MANAGER AT STOP AND SHOP!!!

I start September 8th, three days two nights a week, 50 hours a week, 10 hour days…am i crazy? but i’m really really excited about it. And i’ll be making a lot more money than i am now 🙂

I’ll definately keep you guys posted on how the job is going. I miss you all!!

Hi everyone! I’m so glad to hear everyone is doing so well! Doesn’t it seem like everything is falling into place so quickly? Craziness. Not too much going on here…Nathan is wonderful! Such a sweetheart…this is not going to be good…I went away for one day and I missed him like crazy! Speaking of crazy…never go sailing with Caitlin L.! She tries to kill you…it’s quite frightening 🙂 Just kidding Caitlin! As usual, she was a wonderful hostess! Went to the DMB concert last night…incredible as usual. Got slightly tipsy beforehand (never too much to enjoy the show) and managed to get myself some more beads…don’t ask. They come one week from today to ship my stuff…guess who hasn’t packed yet! Yikes! I guess that’s all…miss you all like crazy! ~Dawn 🙂

So the countdown begins. Less than 2 weeks till I bust out of NYC and off to the equally overpriced land of hot educated sophisticated men called Boston. Haven’t started packing or shopping. I actually have to deal with my own kitchen?!?! No more dinning hall!! The last few days I have missed you guys sooo much. What I would do right now for a random Thursday night of watching Friends, cheap boxed wine, and other assorted yummy treats. Thanks Shira for the awesome blog idea. mwah! mwah!