ONE. MORE. DAY.

Y'all can probably guess by the title of this post, BUT if you can't, let me help ya. One more day till I am home! I know, I know you guys are just as excited as me! But seriously I am super stoked to be back for four days. 
It's funny, when I was preparing to leave the 630 for the 615, I was excited beyond hell to get out of there and start a new chapter. Truthfully I still am. I'm having the time of my life at college. But I also miss home, like home itself. There's no way in Hell that I miss that treacherous state of Illinois, but I miss the people and the food, definitely miss the food...With that being said, I cannot wait to get a hot dog from Portillo's tomorrow once I get home! The food isn't that bad here, I mean we have a Chick-Fil-A on campus, how awesome is that!?!?! But it's definitely not Chicago style pizza or hot dogs served in the Caf. Heck it's not even a good-old fashioned home cooked meal. But I guess I'll take what I can get. 
Aside from my apparent love of food, I'm super stoked to see my family and friends. I realized it will be pretty much two months to the day that I haven't seen any of my friends. And that's a long time to go without seeing them all. Sure you go to college to make new friends, but let me tell ya, it's not the same. My friends Kelley and Jocelyn have known me for 15 years! Yes 15 years, that's a really long time to be friends with someone if you ask me. And their like the sisters I never had. So it sucks being far from them. And all of my friends I made at Savers and church, I miss you all! And am so excited to see you all! And obviously I'm way beyond excited to see my parents and Kyle. It's been almost two months since I've seen them, and I do miss them. After living with them for 18 years, it's still weird not seeing them every day or fighting with Kyle over something stupid. So I will say it again, I am super stoked to see my friends and family. And to go to church on Sunday at Medinah because I have missed everyone there as well! :) 
I'm also pumped to have four days off to relax and just chill. Truthfully I will probably be spending a lot of time catching up on all my TV shows like Law & Order: SVU, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., but most importantly Sons of Anarchy. Yes I watch it, and no I'm not ashamed of it. And no my parents aren't horrible parents because I watch it. I am 18 years old and an adult, and they shouldn't be judged because of a TV show that I (emphasis on the I) watch. So if you want to judge them, be gone. This is a judgement free zone. It is not tolerated on my blog. If you wish to judge me or my parents, seriously get out. You're not wanted here. Anyways I have waited almost a month to get caught up with Jax and the gang, and I can guarantee that I will watch every episode of season 7 tomorrow evening, even if I have to stay up till 3 in the morning. And I will be fangirling hard, you have been warned! 
So that's that for my plans this weekend. But I do want to share a pretty awesome story with you all that I experienced this morning. I am writing for the Belmont Vision, which is the school's newspaper that is online, y'all should check it out sometime. It's pretty legit. I'll even be super nice and include the link right here: www.belmontvision.com
Anyways I am writing this article on a professor who spent 5 weeks this past summer teaching inmates on Death Row about Shakespeare. Which I think is super fascinating. She told me all about the experience, which was super interesting to hear about. Long story short she basically used some of Shakespeare's essays on mercy and similar topics and started a discussion with the inmates. She said that the unit she worked which is actually the calmest and non-violent unit in the state of Tennessee. But truthfully just hearing some stories about the inmates was honestly just super fascinating. I know I've said that, but it really was. I can't describe how honored I felt to listen to her describe her time with them. She also discussed how the prison and legal systems are flawed. Although the inmates on Death Row have committed some crazy, heinous acts to land themselves there, they are still humans regardless of how you see them. They deserve at least somewhat decent treatment and basic human rights. Inmates who aren't on Death Row and who will eventually rejoin society aren't given for lack of a better word, lessons on how exactly to rejoin society. After spending months or years in prison, they are thrusted back into society, sometimes with no clue of how to re-adapt. The whole system is just unique I guess in itself. But I truly did feel honored to listen on her experience. It opened me eyes. Oh and she also told me how the inmates collaborate with students on art projects. The inmates will start the projects and then the artwork itself is transmitted outside of the prison, since students are not allowed in there, and sent to the students. They then finish the artwork and it is sent back to the inmates to see, and then there's actually a gallery filled with all of the artwork. She showed me the website filled with pictures, and like the nice person I am, I will also include that link here as well if you desire to see some of the pieces. I must say, some of the artwork is phenomenal in my opinion. Here's the link: www.reachcoalition.wordpress.com So check it out if you want, or don't. It doesn't matter to me. But I just thought I'd say this story with y'all. I thought it was pretty fascinating. 
But that my friends is about it. Some good news, I got a B on my Intro to Audio & Video Production midterm, as well as on my Foundations of Journalism midterm. So I'm passing! WOOOOO!!!!! I actually have B's in both classes which is spectacular! I'm not sure about the other 3 classes, god forbid my professors actually enter grades on Blackboard. I'm assuming that I'm passing, since no one has told me otherwise...But for reals I am going to sign off. I need to finish packing and do some last minute things around here before I come home! 
So I shall see some of you in 24 hours, others of you 48, some 72, and others well I may not see. But there's always Thanksgiving to see everyone as well, just remember that folks!