The Nest

Meet Aviva, 214’s resident Jewish roommate.  When she’s not zaping lean cuisines in the microwave she is perusing the listings on Jdate.  She is always up for a good time and always has a story to share.  When she rubs her magic glass ball this is what she sees for her fellow roommates!

So here we are, a few days before graduation, with our whole lives ahead of us. Where will we go? How will we survive? Will there be a Conrads located conveniently next to the bar? Well lucky for you I have predicted where each one of us will be in 10 years (maybe more for those less motivated).

**Note: This is the PG Version of this post…**

“Where in the World is 214”

Ashley - creator and proud owner of “Elmo” a fine lingerie store featuring Elmo inspired apparel. Ashley is also the designer of the “Tickle me Elmo” thong and “Peek-a-boo Elmo briefs for men”

Dana - Host of “America’s Next Redhead,”  a talent/ model search for all the underappreciated redheads out there. Dana is also a sexual educator and counselor on the TV Show “Talk Sex with Dana,” the late Sue Johanson (bless her heart) died of old age.

Ryanne - Mother of 8 and married to a nice Jewish man (we will leave the name out for privacy reasons but it rhymes with Hoodman.” During her free time, Ryanne co-coaches with Morgie for a local High School girls soft ball team.

Carol - New York socialite and star of the newest “Real Housewives.” In the tradition of “Real Housewives” authors/ best selling books, Carol has also written a tell-all tale detailing all of her adventures.

Allie - “Blonde Mafia in da hizzzzhouseee,” one of the many openers Allie uses while Djing in the most exclusive suburban bars in the Michigan area. After a brief affair with Sam Ronson, Allie settled down and started selling college football tickets with Jody Tickets (you can catch her scootin’ around campuses everywhere). Allie is also co-creator (with White Bread Fields) of the newest brand of Vegetarian Hamburger Helpers

Jenny Hill - After completing Med School, Jenny was reunited with her long lost lover Randell. They eloped to Puerto Rico, where Jenny now resides as one of the doctors and mother of 3 beautiful curly haired Jewish boys.

Mo - Creator of “Maureen’s ‘Don’t Chew With Your Mouth Open’ Etiquette Guide.” In the guide Mo discusses her disgust with open mouth chewers, gum chompers, among many other unclassy topics. Mo has also helped designed a website where you can order food to be delivered straight to your bed, when you are too hungover to move.

Jenny Hendrix - With her love for goldfishes and household pets, Jenny has created the “Forever Fish,” a fish that wont die no matter what happens to it. This fish is ideal for people who may drunkenly eat them and/or throw hazardous things (i.e. M&Ms) into the their tanks. 

Triccs - A.K.A The new Lil Kim, Triccs has sold over 100 million cds, featuring such songs as “Imma F*** you up B*****” and “”What the F*** you Staring at Ho.” After a brief trip to jail for “F***in up some b****” Triccs has finally moved in with her baby boo, Weezy.

Kelsey - The infamous candy addict, Kelsey has a new set of teeth due to too many cavities in her old ones.  She has also developed her own sugar-free candy line so other addicts don’t suffer the same fate.

Lizzy - 214 Blogger Extraordinaire… Oh yeah this blog isn’t going anywhere. Lizzy will continue to blog about her 214 favorites as they make bad decisions, get married, have children and hopefully grow up. Besides becoming the next Perez, Lizzy is married to a NFL player (again I will keep the name private, but he makes her VERY happy.

Jenny Korn - A lover of all cats and anything that purrs, Korn has opened the “Beebers Nursery”. Speaking of  little beebers, Korn has also adopted 12 cats of her own who are coincidentally all named Beebers 1-12. Lastly, Korn has started an anonymous hotline, where hungover individuals are able to call and listen to music as they puke up the remnants from the night before.

Alicia - Once she realized the gypsy clan wasn’t the lifestyle she was hoping for, Alicia moved to South Africa where she became one of their prime drug dealers. With all the money Alicia was making she flew Sandy to South Africa (since we know how much Sandy loves her little gypsy lady) and the two of them currently reside with the locals in a small village by the river. She also opened a 24/7 McDonalds, which ONLY sells breakfast food.

Aviva - After realizing pimpin was a hard business, Aviva finally married a tall, dark, muscular, and handsome Israeli solider (which made Naomi a VERY happy lady). Aviva, Aviva looking back on her past, decided to share and help those other “open minded girls” and became a mentor.

I LOVE YOU ALL so much!! Good luck and let me know how accurate my predictions are!

XO Aviva, 

Allie G!  Our fiesty little roommate whom we all adore.  When she isn’t curling her hair, she is laughing at the future salaries of the marketing and communications majors in the house!  This little blond bomb shell has composed quite the list to try to describe her 214 experience with the rest of the world…

Two hundred and fourteen things I am going to miss about 214 Charles (not in any specific order):

1. Ryanne, aka Britney Spears
2. Lizzy
3. Dana
4. Kelsey
5. Jenny Hill
6. Aviva
7. Jenny Korn
8. Ashley
9. Jenny Hendrix
10. Mo
11. Triccs
12. Alicia
13. Carol
14. Nights on the porch
15. The can man with the guitar
16. Elmo shorts
17. Dancing to Sexy Bitch without being judged
18. The Lynn
19. Feasts in the living room
20. Beer pong
21. Sweatshirt Saturday
22. Wrestling with Petricca
23. Tailgate Saturday
24. After party at 214
25. The Asians on Halloween who asked us to pose for a picture
26. Helpful Mike
27. When parents are still disgusted when 214 is at its cleanest
28. Slurpees
29. 13 closets to steal clothes from
30. Rama time
31. The many boys of Aviva, Aviva Senser
32. Wondering what the man next door really does on a daily basis
33. Trash gardennnn
34. Blue Moons
35. Watching Korn throw chairs off the roof
36. Burping
37. Blackout Alicia
38. Being mistaken for a frat
39. Slanted floors
40. Rock Bar… The Club Rush of Fort Lauderdale
41. “Excuse me, Sir” – Ashley
42. Misty
43. “I like your braid”
44. Living a block away from Starbucks
45. Stolen Caution: Wet Floor sign
46. The rake in our flagpole
47. Our chalkboard beer pong table
48. Carols serenades/singing ability
49. Mennas line with Aviva
50. Peso filled wallets
51. Carols New York accent
52. Senior photos
53. Thinking that we may actually complete our bucket list
54. Hendrix’s picture as a 45 year old baby
55. Hill’s dancing with the stars updates
56. Monday night bachelor before Jake became douchey
57. Mr. Socks
58. “and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4… sache. Sache.”
59. 3 words: gold. black. bikini.
60. Catch phrase
61. The octabong… R.I.P.
62. Im Real – Ja and Jlo
63. Chipotle cards
64. The randomness of EL streets
65. “hey, where’d you go little one?” –Dana Robinson
66. Our parking lot… not.
67. Aviva’s sampler platters
68. Ashes and Hendrixs Balls Menu brainstorming sessions
69. March Madness on the porch
70. Watching lizzy peel potatoes with a cheese slicer
71. Fire alarms at 9 am
72. Pigmalias aka Primantis
73. Drug money in Korn’s lap
74. Our collective laziness
75. Wondering what CRMC is hiding under our porch
76. Having Ashes and Ry as neighbors and Jenny as a roommate
77. Text/pic message board at Dirty Blondes
78. Our “garage”
79. Lizs exaggerated hand movements
80. Tuesday movie nights
81. Buckets of Beer
82. Korn-Monster  
83. My daily subway
84. Maracas
85. The night of the wedgies
86. Ricks finest Halloween decorations
87. Pouring water through Ashley’s door
88. How Alicia tips…. Around 600%
89. Words of janitorial school encouragement from Ryanne
90. Setting our neighbors garbage on fire
91. Rehashing drunken stories the morning after
92. Belly laughs
93. The infamous futon
94. Janet Korns shark fin
95. Local bathroom grown mushrooms
96. Bums who steal blackberrys
97. Convincing Dana we already went to the bar without her
98. Mo’s party trick
99. Chili pepper piñatas
100. Ryyyyannnnne D
101. The Mexicans who hung out on the porch the month of September
102. Black mold
103. Hungover trips to Brueggars
104. Blacking out on some Spartan Wheat
105. Ryannes ability to capture a crowd with a mic in her hand
106. Moms bar crawl…
107. Carol in Marcias bed on the night of the Moms bar crawl
108. Keg ridin in the pool
109. Sticking to the 3 major food groups: carbs,  vodka and wine
110. Ice sculptures
111. DRobs lack of reasoning for going to the bar at 8pm
112. Always having someone to cuddle with
113. 14 stockings hung from the stair rail with care
114. Thinking its socially acceptable to eat out 3 times a day
115. Thanksgiving dinner
116. Conversations while showering
117. When “going out for one drink” turns into a mini bar crawl
118. Alicias laugh
119. Wearing Mo’s tank tops as dresses
120. Late night movies in Avivas bed
121. Passing out fully clothed
122. Turning up the heat to 85 degrees
123. Food babies
124. Maggie
125. Love for Angelas beach resort
126. Returning cans for dirty 30s
127. Cleaning Lady Liz
128. Liter violations
129. Mamma McEvoy and her “5 dollar footlongs”
130. The difference between dish soap and hand soap
131. 9 red Herbal Essences bottles of shampoo in one shower
132. Skipping class to go to Peanut Barrel
133. Level of sobriety reached on Danas birthday
134. Appearances from baby genius, Jeff Holycross
135. Sex, sports and pirates
136. Little blackfoot
137. Cat face parties
138. N64, hangtimin it up.
139. Carol and her q-tips
140. Mo’s accessorized snuggie bar outfit
141. The Kelsey Fay Head Tilt
142. Vivas mean lean cuisines
143. Mojito Nights
144. Lunch at Bubba Gumps… Crab anyone?
145. My pirate flag
146. Ryannes Jcrewness
147. Rides home on golf carts
148. Beer Pong Tourneys
149. YOLO
150. People watching
151. Our shared love for some conrads tots
152. Triccs Missy Elliot sense of style
153. Dublin Thursdays
154. 214 BBM group
155. Watching Sandy V and mini-Sandy V tear up Shark dance floor
156. Tasty Twist Runs
157. House Cock
158. Mo’s singing duck from Rome
159. Having more roommates named “Jenny” then most people have roommates total
160. A good day drink
161. Class with Petricca and Tobias, xo
162. Hitting my head on my bunk bed
163. Taking turns puking in the morning
164. Walking up to our porch and having a welcoming committee
165. Jody Tickets
166. Dressing up as a pot of gold
167. Hula hooping
168. Gary puking on the way home after hanging out with us
169. Dunkin runs
170. Beebers
171. Sparty Cash parties
172. Macaroni and cheese pizza
173. Anything that happened on St. Pattys Day
174. The entire Devereux Family
175. Carpet Blocks
176. 3 freezers full of chicken, chicken, chicken.
177. Chicken Fights
178. Captain Joe and his magic
179. Carols room as the extension of the first floor
180. The Fraternal Order of the Eagles
181. Hill’s google expertise
182. BTB Buses
183. “yall got dem fancy fones”
184. Bronzed Dana
185. “214 Charles” tiles in PTs bathroom, Thanks Mo.
186. Everyone’s parents, with a special shout out to beer pong champ, Dennis Korn.
187. Ashley’s pre-game XL bottles of wine.
188. 1988 Prom Queen
189. Hendrix on a bar crawl (watch out, judy blume)
190. Fiestas
191. LuLus Beach Shack
192. Trevor
193. Seeing Korn naked
194. Snacks
195. Wine time at CVS
196. Listening to Bam Bam chase Pebbles around 214 from my bedroom window
197. FOMO
198. Staying warm in the winter
199. Staying cold in the heat
200. Caricatures
201. Getting excited when the drive way parking spot is open
202. Learning that paper towel never fails
203. Hand print painted rooms
204. Kelsey’s candy addiction
205. Danas taste in music
206. Being Aviva’s wingman
207. Cat Piano
208. This big brown house that probably will collapse before we can come back to visit
209. 1 year filled with memories I will never forget…
210. With 13 of my best friends.
211. How long it took me to write this blog post…
212. And how hard I laughed to myself while writing it.
213. This list doesn’t do my senior year justice.
214. Thank you for all of you who made my year so special. Although our journey at MSU may end at 214 Charles, the memories we’ve created will be in my heart forever. I love you all so much, and I can’t wait to see where life takes us after graduation. Love you monsters, Allie

Carolyn, our resident New Yorker is truly one of a kind.  She zooms all over campus in her little red car ready and willing to pick up any of the roommates at any given moment.  She is the “face of MSU” and will always have you doubled over laughing with all of her idioms:  “If you like Barry Manalow make some noise!”.  And if you are ever in the Big City, she will take care of you!

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Finally let the rambunctious New Yorker write a little love for Lizzy’s blog.

A reality TV Series could not even do the justice of capturing every moment, memory, laugh, or bug in the 214 household.  I laugh every time I hear that phrase 14 girls living on Charles, lucky Charles, because it’s true.
When am I ever going to be able to wallow in my own houses filth for an entire year with 13 other girls, whose personalities are as explosive as a TNT blowing up a building in one of those Tiny Toon episodes?
When am I ever going to have my houses living room extend off of my Pottery Barn bedroom so I can get in on the juicy gossip of every roommate?
When am I going to have the opportunity to rummage through 13 closets and have Jenny Hendrix give me a side braid before going out to the bars?
I think that it’s the only time where I can lay on a dusty coach that looks like it’s straight out of That 70’s Show, belly laughing the night away at my roommates being silly.
Living in this house has been one of the most incredible experiences for me. From throwing chairs off the roof at random ‘Chips’ walking by to the futon in our living room that may be broken but still has a strong bond that 214 has with laying on it. I know in two weeks the 214 girls may be moving on to new jobs, new places and new homes but when I leave I know I have made friendships that will last a lifetime and memories that will keep my abs sore from laughing for a long time.

214 Last Will and Testament

I will leave behind my Sparty Cash and big bed for that hungry someone, so they have plenty of opportunities to eat and lay after a big meal.

Alicia will leave her laugh and blankets for someone who has no sense of humor and just needs that soft fur to snuggle up with.

Maureen will leave her Chipotle eat free cards and her red leather jacket to give someone the ability to eat burritos every day in style.

Jenny Korn will leave her accounting knowledge and her passion for animals behind for someone who can’t count and needs to overcome a fear of cats.

Lizzy will leave behind all of her jobs, her drive to resume write/job search, and her dance moves for all of those lost souls out there that need to learn how to succeed in life and have fun at the same time!

Kelsey Fay will leave behind her candy collection and bright J Crew sweaters for all those kids that only wear black and were deprived of eating sweets.

Jenny Hill will leave behind her creative groceries and her Curling skills for someone that has never took on a real Olympic sport and needs to eat a good home cooked meal.

Aviva Senser will leave behind her packages that she gets from her temple and her guy magnet skills for someone who needs help flirting and needs to experience the Jewish culture.

Allie Guetschow will leave behind her curling iron and little tube tops for someone that wants to be sexy and have voluptuous hair.

Dana Robinson will leave behind her playlists and sorority pin to give inspiration to all future sorority presidents that need to be put “in the mood” for a special night.

Alison Petricca will leave behind her love for Weezy and her Ed Hardy shoes for the person out there that has never lived a hip hop kind of lifestyle and wants too.

Ashes leaves behind her Elmo shorts and Mickey mouse impressions to the people that grew up way to fast and needs some serious help perfecting the “oh boy”.

Joanie Donnellon will leave her music, free spirit, and little brother Timmy for anyone in the world that never has had a cool brother and ultimately needs to live, laugh and love.

Jenny Hendrix will leave behind her Tony Burch shoes, every Judy Blume book she owns, and her eyelashes to the future teachers of America; lets face it every teacher needs to read up on classic literature, wearing designer clothes, while batting all-natural lashes through it all!  

PURFECT

Ash is our little Koala Bear!  She is so cuddly, talks with a soothing voice and just makes you feel warm and cuddly all over!  Although she has abnormally black feet, she has an exceptionally clean soul. Yet still, she has the tendency to bump into anything and everything.  Here is her take on living with 14…via google.

Jenny is the only pre-med major in our house.  We are not sure how she manages to get good grades and still enjoy life with the rest of us, but she does.  We owe her many thanks for putting up with the noise and chaos throughout the year, as she was trying to get into medical school.  Jenny takes a break from her pre-med work load to give you a glimpse of what living with 14 for a year was like: 

When Lizzy first mentioned to us that she wanted us to write in her blog about 214, I thought, great! I have so much to say about this place! Then I really started to get into it and I realized there is so much to say about this year that it is actually nearly impossible to put it all into words. As you can see from Hendrix’s post, we definitely have so many great memories…but she kind of covered those. What I want to write about I guess is the things that you couldn’t see. It was the bond that the 14 of us formed without even trying. As summer is rounding the corner (hopefully, because its still pretty cold out right now!) and we begin to reemerge from the house and onto the porch, I have started to realize how different we have all become over the year. First of all we have all experienced FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and YOLO (You Only Live Once) quite a lot. After realizing that in a house of 14 girls there will never be quiet time, we discovered we might as well be loud and do things all the time. FOMO was felt at one point or another throughout this year. We are so used to being around this many girls that when you are the only one or two left in the house its absolutely depressing! It seems these days we just aren’t happy if its not at least 10 of us laying around or doing something together. YOLO (You Only Live Once) has become a common theme throughout the year as well which has helped force even the most studious of roommates out the door and to the bar. One of the best things I realized about living with all of these girls is that no matter what you want to do, there is always someone else who will join you. Georgios at 3am? Check! Insomnia for dinner? Sure. 7-11 slurpees and running around the house throwing chairs?? Someone will do that one too. 

My family and other friends do not understand how I live in this craziness, but to me its become comforting. The hardest thing I think will be going back home and living with my parents while I wait to hear from medical schools. I think it will be down right boring! I thank 214 for opening my eyes to things I’d never seen before.  I’ve become accustomed to having no privacy, having multiple girls walk in and out of the bathroom while I am in there.  I’ve learned that girls can be way wayyy messier than guys, as it has become the resident joke that we are actually a frat and not a group of girls. Although we’ve had mushrooms reproducing in our bathrooms, weeks without toilet paper, and sick black mold in our showers… I have to say that I wouldn’t take back any of this for the memories I’ve made this year. 

Each girl that lives here brings a new and great personality to the floor and if I could have it my way I’d get us all a new 214 somewhere that we can destroy together for another year. I’ll miss the late night talks, random movies, law and order SVU marathons, lou has taco fridays, karaoke with the vacuum, parties on the porch, keggers, beer pong tourneys, the 13 other closets I steal clothes from and much much more. But mostly, I’ll miss all of my roomies! Love you guys!

If you don’t know Jenny Hendrix, you are definitely missing out.  She is sure to skip into your life and immediately put a smile on your face.  A Lansing native who has recently become a student teacher in Okemos, we are so excited to come back to East Lansing to visit her and Jenny Korn.  With her childish demeanor it is hard not to absolutely adore her.  Here is her view on the Nest:

My life at 214:

This is not your traditional college house. I actually don’t think you will find anything quite like this group of 14 girls. But this has been my home for the past 11 months and I wouldn’t trade one second of it. There have been times I laughed so hard I fell to the floor or laid on the couch for so long I felt so worthless. I have spent summers subleasing at the nest but even those could not prepare me for my crazy senior year of college. It’s not the house that makes my time there so special, it’s the people who make me leave the attic and run around East Lansing until the wee hours of the morning Wednesday through Sunday.

It all started on that cold night when it was someone’s bright idea to pick partners, put all 14 names in a hat and pick rooms. No one could have seen it coming. It seemed like a joke but when I looked back at that night I wouldn’t want it any other way. Ill sacrifice my privacy because let’s be honest I spend most of my time in the living room anyways. That couch is indented with my booty, pancake and all, with most likely Ashley’s body print right next to mine. Moving all that stuff up three flights was a disaster but once I was set up I fell in love with the little cave I had created. Even though it was small there have been some very interesting times in the cave. The balcony in room 12 serves as a retreat from East Lansing and the crazy world below. Some might call it a very small landing that is pretty unstable but I beg to differ. I have spent lots of times just staring at the back of the Marriot contemplating various things. Some of my most relaxing times came out there by myself in the middle of the night staring at the big trees that enclose East Lansing. But it’s not about my room or the little home I made from a room the size of a walk in closet with 45 degree slanted walls that make it seem even smaller. But like I said, I’m not paying $535 dollars a month to live in the cave. I’m paying to spend every waking moment with the best people in East Lansing.

I thought it might be similar to living at Sigma Kappa. But take a house mom out the picture and things get wild on our own. First came the fiesta. No other way to start the fall off than to celebrate the birth of Carolyn with catering from Qdoba thanks to MC, piñatas, and sombreros. Then came football season way too fast. Parent tailgate took the fall memory with moms and dads engulfing our house to see what their daughters are really doing on those Saturdays mornings at 7am. Then the snow came and basketball season started. Christmas break was filled with a large road trip in the “Burb”. We traveled the East coast in style rolling around Philly, NYC and Atlantic City all with the thule on top. February was the month of birthday celebrations and the true realization that we were turning 22 this year. Yikes! Spring came again too fast and slowly spring break approached. Working out daily to get in that top shape for the bikini contest no one thought we could lose. But unfortunately did to a bride and a hooters waitress. As that week of rain and cold came to an end we returned to the mitten for what seemed like the fastest weeks ever. And as it comes closer to that fateful day of May 10,2010, 214 will always be our home. Other people might pay the rent but we are the ones who painted the walls in neon hand prints, wrote on the side of the house in chalk, burned every single light bulb out but never replaced them, named the trash garden, danced to 90s party mix on the TV until 4am, used paper towel as TP and ate enough Georgio’s to feed Africa. But that’s just who we are. I’ll miss everything about living in this house as we graduate and move our clothes and beds home. But our futures just beginning with exciting events. Jobs, weddings, kids, trips all over the place, graduation parties, weekend visits, family functions, or even just a plain jane phone call. 214 isn’t special because it’s a big brown house with a very nice porch and the ugliest bush in all of East Lansing. It’s the people who are my best friends and have picked me up off the ground, put me to bed, who have laughed with me and at me, cried with me, but most of all just spent the best year of my life being there to comfort me whenever I needed a friend to be near. I’ll always love you and it might be cheesy but I am cheesy you should know that by now. I can’t wait to establish another 214 in a some other city because lets me honest we can’t stand be apart more than a month. When that happens we will start another blog, don’t you worry.

Fun Facts:

Favorite room: Living room

Favorite bed: Carolyn’s

Favorite cupboard (pronounced cup-board) or drawer to steal food from: Ashley

Favorite activity in the summer at the house: beer pong on the porch

Favorite activity in the winter at the house: trying to stay warm

Favorite season: porch season

Favorite closet to steal clothes from: all of them (I have so much stuff in my room from other people)

Favorite parking spot: Driveway in the pull out position

Favorite pet: Trevor

Favorite TV show: Law and Order SVU (you the man Dick Wolfe)

Secret hiding place: attic balcony

Most likely to fall down the stairs: Ashley

First one out the door the bar: Dana

Hangover cure: Sny Phi

Favorite go to meal: salsa chicken or ramen with frozen veggies

Best playlists: Dana

Most violent: Horns

Who threw up the most: Horns or Allie

Favorite drink:  $3 wine from CVS

Most studious: Jenny Hill

Best hair at any time of the day: Allie G

Accident prone: Ashley

Belch queen: Jenny Korn

Best tailgate: Parent tailgate

Best visitor: Timmy D

Most helphful: Mike Heiberline

Busiest: Lizzy

Most likely to have a manfriend: Aviva

Most likely to get married first: Triccs

Most likely to have a kid first: Dana

Most grown up: Alicia

Most likely to sit Indian-style: Kfay

Most resourceful:  Ryanne

Pickiest Eater:  Mo

Sleeps the most: Alicia

Biggest Appetite: 214

Afterparty queens: 214

Favorite sing along: Free Fallin

Favorite cruiser: Oscar

I have been able to use this blog to describe to everyone what it’s like to live with 14 girls.  It has been used as a way to document the last year of our life, a way to capture the memories and the moments and to let our readers vicariously relive college life.  With only two weeks left, I think it’s only fair that I give my roommates a chance to have the “mic” and to tell you about their experiences from living with 14 girls.  14 days left and 14 girls with memories to share!  Enjoy!

After weeks (or months) of hearing the constant clicks of our computers as the residents of the Nest sift through the entries of job search websites - we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  The ringing of the phones are starting to replace the clicks of the mouse as employers are starting to follow up with our incessant resume submissions.  Phone interviews can be heard in the rooms of the house as members use their most professional voices to try and land the job.  Dana and Aviva have now cemented their summer plans - making their way to chicago Aviva will be working for an event planning firm and Dana will be working for a marketing agency!  Jenny Hendrix is also set with her future plans as she has been placed in Okemos to do her student teaching.  She is now officially responding to Ms. Hendrix.  I’m sure there will be more job announcements in the next few weeks (or hopefully few days)!

Because of the continuous job hunt as well as keeping up with classes and reveling in the last moments of our college careers, I have been MIA from updating this blog.  I will now dive into playing catch up!

In March 11 of the Nest roommates went on Spring Break to Ft. Lauderdale Forida.  If we hadn’t experienced “college living” thus far, we certainly did over the 7 days we spent in Florida.  So many funny things happened throughout the vacation that cannot be described justly through this blog entry.  For the reading pleasure of the Nest roommates following this blog I will mention just two “m” words:  Maggie and Misty.  Days spent on the beach, early evenings spent recuperating in our luxurious (haha) hotel and nights/early mornings filled with dancing, it’s safe to say we had a successful Senior Spring Break!

If you haven’t heard yet, the Michigan State Spartans have made their way to the Final Four.  With buzzer shot wins, heart pounding final minutes and legendary celebrations, it has been great to be a part of the Big Ten and even better to be a Spartan during this year’s March Madness. 

We found ourselves in an unlikely predicament during this year’s tournament, as the weather was surprisingly lovely.  Deciding whether to enjoy the sunny weather or watch the game inside to support our Spartans was no easy task!  The perfect solution to our dilemma…moving the TV onto the porch!  Of course!  At the Nest, we can have our cake and eat it too…the best of both worlds.