A Visit From The Leslies!!

Bonjour!
The past few days have been some of the best ones yet for me this freshman year. As they continued their massive "college-visit tour" around the midwest, the Leslie family came to IU to do a college visit and to see me! (of course! :)
I had such a great time with them and their friends the Lucia's. They came yesterday (Thursday) at about noon and we grabbed something to eat in the student union (something that, according to Uncle Bob, that do NOT have at Boston College... Weird....) and then they were off to their walking tour of IU campus. The weather was beautiful- that really made the days enjoyable too. Meanwhile, I cleaned up my room (yes, it was messy before- but that is just one more perk of having people come to visit me: it movitates me to clean up my room!). Afterwards, we walked up to the student rec center and watched some amazing divers dive off of the biggest boards I have ever seen! The most amazing part is that they were little kids! Auntie Donna said that I had to jump off the highest one before I graduate. We will have to see about that...
We walked all around the town and saw many cute little shops. We ended up walking around the square (the roads surrounding the Bloomington Courthouse) and ate at the Malibu Grill. We all had VERY good food (I had swordfish for the first time- YUM!) and all cheered on Marko as he tried to finish his dinner. Our waiter had told him that, if he ate all of his twelve wings, he would buy him dessert. Well, even though Mark was mighty cocky about his wing-eating ability, twelve was just too many. They were pretty big wings and SO SPICY- I don't see how he even did one. Mark- I'LL buy you dessert- how's that? Can't go wrong with a cone from DQ, I swear.
For the evening Kara, Kevin, and Kevin's friend, Jeffrey came back to the dorm with me and enjoyed some s'mores that were being cooked out on a bonfire in the quartyard. While Kara and I sipped on "Banana Split Frozen Mochas" from my cafe in the basement, the boys entertained themselves with a 2-hour frisbee game. Kara spent the night and, I felt so bad, experienced the worst night that even I have had this year. Number one- it was hot, but we couldn't open the windows to cool it off because, Number two- it was raining. And we allll know what thunderstorms in Indiana mean- yes, that's right! Tornado warnings! Yay- THAT was fun. The alarms went off and everything, but when the RA on my floor pounded on my door signaling to go to the basement, we decided to roll over and keep trying to sleep.
Overall, the visit was so great. I really appreciated that they stopped in, even after they were so tired and ready to go home after doing a crash-course visit to so many colleges. Although I only have a little over two weeks of school left, having them here really made me miss home and realize how excited and anxious I am to have this school year be over and be able to enjoy the summer.
Try not to get pulled into this nice weather (well, minus the tornados) TOO much- I know that many an afternoon has been spent on the grass, eating ice cream and listening to harmonicas, instead of doing work. Hmmm..... *Meh* You only live once: do what makes you happy, right? Hope that all is well with everyone- keep pushing towards that summer! I know I will. Ciao

-a

P.S. Also, Happy Easter, everyone! I wish that I could be there in Cinci and help y'all color eggs and everything, but I trust that someone else will find that darned silver egg without me there :) Have fun!