Leslie Pitmans Blog

There's Snow on My Eyelash!

It snowed!

Wednesday night, I was settling in to do Spanish homework when I got a phone call from a friend. I couldn't understand her excited rambling at the time, but about 5 minutes later, I realized what she had said: it was snowing.

Homework could wait, but this Floridian plus falling snow could not. I grabbed my camera, threw on some jeans and a coat over my pajamas, and ran outside in the precipitation.

I got the question "Have you never seen snow before?" more than five times, and the sad truth is that yes, I had seen snow before. But there's something completely spectacular about living in a place where it snows--at least when you have lived in Florida your entire life.

We played in the falling snow for a couple of hours; I think that half the school was in the quad doing the same thing. Keep in mind that it didn't start snowing until nearly midnight, so we were all planning on classes being cancelled the following day.

By the end of the evening, I had taken over 100 pictures. I wish I could share them all with you here, but I might make the bandwidth provider explode. Nonetheless, it was a lovely first snow in college experience, and I am anxiously waiting for the second.

I forgot to mention: we had classes the next morning. I was very tired!

Fondly,
Leslie Virginia

Ringing in the New Year (Cliche Style)

Hello all!

Christmas break has come and gone, and I'm on campus getting back into the swing of things. Classes started this past Monday, so we have officially made it through the first week! My break was lovely: very entertaining, relaxing, and rejuvenating. I spent a lot of quality time with family and friends, and really enjoyed being in Florida, despite the lack of Christmasy weather.

But, by the time the new year began, I was ready to return to Queens. I missed residential life, I missed eating with massive amounts of friends, I missed the people that I was used to seeing everyday, and I missed the general, comfortable atmosphere of the campus. 

Don't get me wrong. I loved being at home. But there is something so special about finding a college that becomes another home. There is something awesome about leaving home only to come back to a different home. Each one serves a very different purpose, but each has a special place in my heart.

Could this post contain any more cliches? For your enjoyment, I've bolded all of them.

I am very excited about my classes this semester. I like all of my professors, which is a huge blessing that I am not about to take for granted. My favorite class, by far, is Intro to Lit Studies, with Dr. Morton. I am an English major, so that seems logical. But it has surpassed my expectations, and it's only the first week! I'll keep you posted on how the class progresses.

I hope this post finds you all enjoying 2008 thus far!

Fondly,
Leslie Virginia