Living the dream

Er and hello again…

I’m slightly behind in these so I’ll churn out another one while I’m here. I guess I’ll start with a typical weekday for me. This semester I have very late classes because it’s my last semester so I figured it would be the last time I could ever enjoy a leisurely morning past 8 am. I usually wake up around 11 and lay in bed checking my phone for emails and whatnot. I typically stay in bed reading for class/doing work and then I get up, get dressed etc and head downstairs for a breakfast of toast with peanut butter and orange juice. Depending on the day, I like to go to the gym for about an hour before class. Thankfully we have a nice gym right on campus so that makes things a little easier. I bring my iPad with me to watch television or listen to music because the gym is not my favorite spot to be.

After classes I usually hang around in one of the buildings on campus catching up with friends then head home to make dinner (if I’m not too lazy). Then back to my bed to do homework, go on Facebook, etc. My weekdays are not too thrilling and get radically less exciting if I went out the night before. Late classes definitely facilitate a healthy social life.

On the weekends it really depends on what’s going on that day. Because we’re in basketball season it is not unlikely that I get up early to start drinking and head into Philadelphia where many of Villanova’s big games are held. If the game is at noon I wake up around eight and get on a bus with a bunch of my friends to tailgate. I’m not sure if tailgating exists in Brazil but it consists mostly of drinking, eating hot dogs and hamburgers, dancing and getting riled up for the game. I know it may seem extreme to start festivities so early but it is one of my favorite times in college.

If Villanova does not have a game on the weekend I tend not to set an alarm and just wake up whenever I want (around noon probably). Then I try and head to the gym but often spend much of my day hanging out with my friends and recapping the night or shopping and running errands.

I wonder if any of that sounds interesting or exciting to you guys. It’s a very low key lifestyle but I only have one more semester so I’m trying to enjoy it! I’m interested to see if we have any similarities in our schedule as well.

-Meagan