carb overload

sorry bro…i’m back

Alyssa — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:58:34 +0000

Hello friends! So I have been procrastinating on making this post. Many things have happened since I last wrote here—and I’ve also thought up many different topics for my first post of 2012. First it was supposed to be about my New Year’s Eve plans. Carrie and I went to visit Rebecca in Harlem. While [...]

wunderbar!

Alyssa — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:30:33 +0000

Work has been pretty hectic this past week. Everything at OPP is winding down for the holidays, so it’s crunch time. OPP recently received a grant from Youth Service America to serve as a lead coordinator for Martin Luther King Day service events. The Public Ally at our site (Phil, who wrote the grant), and [...]

Jose, I’ll Be Missing You

Alyssa — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:19:41 +0000

http://youtu.be/5HjGjFq26JA

a christmas fail

Alyssa — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:51:46 +0000

After a series of rather unfortunate events (including but not limited to my laptop’s death, a minor fender bender, and a week-long cold that made going to work miserable), things have finally be turning around for me (winning a $50 gift card at a conference, finding a favorite pair of shoes, and realizing that I [...]

thanksgiving eve

Alyssa — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:33:24 +0000

Oh blog, it has been far too long since I’ve last posted. In the interim I have made two trips up to Holy Cross (two football games, two wins, and one major traffic jam) and have spent most of my time working, sleeping, going to Zumba classes (!!!), and reading (read: pretending I’m in college [...]

back home baby

Alyssa — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:14:14 +0000

So many of my friends from Holy Cross are out doing great things and changing the world. Carrie is doing reconciliation work in England, Rebecca is teaching at a school in Harlem, Margaretmary just got back from a great environmental research internship in Oregon, Kate is teaching science aboard a schooner in Long Island Sound, [...]

first post as a vista!

Alyssa — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:17:58 +0000

Sorry that it’s been so long since my last post! I’ve been all over the place: family vacation on Long Beach Island, Pre-Service Orientation in Philadelphia, and adjusting to my new job….plus getting used to living with my parents again after college (which is fun for the most part, but also equally challenging in other [...]

hired! even though i almost had a heart attack

Alyssa — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:06:01 +0000

So remember that last post I made about all the rejections I’ve gotten in the past couple weeks? Turns out that the gig I was supposed to hear about on Friday called me back today….and I got it! I will be an AmeriCorps VISTA member at Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford, CT. OPP’s [...]

a not so majestic return to reality

Alyssa — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:19:11 +0000

So when I started this blog last summer, I intended to write down everything about my senior year of college. Obviously, that has not happened. Papers, friends, games, and parties all got in the way of this blog this past year. Even though I didn’t necessarily write it all down, I got to enjoy some [...]