Sarah

What time of year? Fall! I absolutely love fall. I love the cooler temperatures, the colors, the crunchy leaves. Even though the rainy days are perfect for napping and watching movies, I still have to drag myself to class (and haul a dripping umbrella around). But other than that, I love fall! Campus is so pretty in the fall. Unfortunately, the pretty time of fall is very short, but I made sure to go out and take a few pictures while the colors were still vivid.

The crunchy leaves on the sidewalks turn you into a little kid again 🙂 I haven’t gotten too many weird looks 🙂

Looking out over the river on the bridge just past my dorm.

The trees that line the walkway on my way to University Band were very vivid. That’s what I call Hawkeye gold!

When I was out taking pictures I met one of my friends who was just coming back from a run. She usually finds some of the trails no one else does (she’s only gotten lost once so far) and when she saw I was taking pictures, she was able to direct me to a patch of sunflowers. I was very excited about the idea and after getting to the sunflower patch, I was not disappointed.

The different color variations fit so well into the fall color scheme.

I love the fading colors. It just looks so fall-ish!

My picture-taking endeavor was a success and acted as a much needed break from studying. I also enjoyed getting to see some parts of campus that are much quieter and more relaxed then the downtown area. Goes to show what you can find when you explore a little bit 🙂

Talk to you guys later, maybe after my Chemistry exam tomorrow! Eek!

Hey Hawkeyes!

Wow, talk about a busy week and weekend. Has it already been almost a week since my last post?! I’ll give you a short rundown on last week.

Tuesday night, with no pressing homework, was the fun night of going out for frozen yogurt with some friends. Just so you know, Orange Leaf’s chocolate and carmel yogurt with butterfingers is really good.

Wednesday started the University Band, which is the non-audition band here at Iowa. Anyone can do it, and you even get a credit for it. We played through the music we will be playing for our concert which is December 3rd, for those who want to check it out. We’re playing some pretty cool pieces.

Thursday night, a few friends and I went out for ice cream with some new friends that were sophomores in engineering. We met at an engineering gathering in the Seamans Center (engineering building) and they were really helpful in giving advice about classes and professors.

Friday brought the scramble to submit the Chemistry homework by 11:59pm. A group of girls on my floor gathered in a room to help each other and we finished the homework with plenty of time to spare.  As a celebration of finishing the Chemistry homework, we went to the movie playing at the Iowa Memorial Union.

Saturday meant sleeping in (finally!) and of course, the big football game against Iowa State. This was my first college football game so I was a little nervous and a little excited. I walked to Kinnick Stadium with a friend, but somehow got separated once we were there. There were so many people! I ended up standing next to some people I didn’t know, but they were very friendly and helped fill me in on how things usually worked at the games. A few pictures from my first Hawkeye football game:

Even though we didn’t win, it was still a ton of fun. Campus was really quiet afterwards, so it was a little depressing. I’m excited for this week’s game against Northern Iowa. Go Hawks!