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Okay, so it's been a little over two weeks since classes have finished and so far I'm having a great/busy summer!

Workwise, I have been working full-time in the Alumni Office on campus.  I've had this job since freshman year, but this is my first summer staying here.  It has been great so far and I'm excited to be here in the summer.  Kenosha is already turning into a great summer city! :)  The big events that we have had so far are commencement weekend and a reunion called the Illinois campus reunion.  Commencement weekend was great as always and it was extra special because Carthage's president and his wife "graduated" this year as well.  After 25 years President Campbell is retiring.  He's been a great president to the college and has improve the college immensely throughout the past 25 years.  Speaking of President Campbell and his wife, Barbara...my boyfriend Tim and I got a picture with them at the annual alumni convocation and senior dinner. :)

Unfortunately, it's not actually them, it's a cardboard cut-out and the picture quality is bad because it's a picture of a picture.  Although we didn't get a picture with the real life Campbell's, we still had a great night at the dinner!  It was a blast and I probably ate more food than I should have.  This past weekend, my office hosted the Illinois campus reunion meaning that we had alumni on campus that attend Carthage when it was still in Carthage, Illinois.  Carthage College moved to Kenosha in 1964, so let's just say that there were many elderly people on campus this weekend that shared fabulous stories!!  I got to hear many stories about Carthage.  For example, the girls had "late minutes" when they returned after curfew to their dorms.  The boys had a contest to see who could drive the fastest to Macomb and back for pizza so that it would still be warm.  And I got to hear many "I met my spouse at Carthage and we kissed at the kissing rock" stories. :)  Not only were the stories and people wonderful, but I also made an amazing connection!  I was almost always asked, "What are you studying?" and when I answered Spanish education I usually got a "That's nice."  However, I said this to one man and he immediately started talking to me in Spanish.  Come to find out he lived in Peru for two years while he was in the Peace Corps and he is now a professor at a college.  He sends students to South America all the time to study and to teach English, so I was VERY excited to make that connection!!!

Milwaukee boat cruise

Other great things that I have done this summer so far have been visiting home for Memorial Day, watching the show So You Think You Can Dance (my favorite!), watching the movie Fracture which is a really GOOD movie!  In Kenosha, so far I have gone on a few bike rides (it will soon be many bike rides), had a picnic on the beach, hung out on the beach, gone to Big Star (a drive-in food place), and witnessed a kite festival in downtown Kenosha! :)  I also got to go on a boat cruise for work in Milwaukee. :)  I'm loving the weather and the summer-y atmosphere of Kenosha!  I hope you are enjoying your summer so far too!

Lake Michigan :)

Kenosha's Kite Festival