Still 10 weeks to go until the end of the semester (and those last few are always a killer), but we are going strong with the Living-On-Campus gig. The “new” apartment (the expansion that happened this summer… I know, I know, I know! I still need to blog all about that) has made our space so much easier to entertain in. And we’re really packing in the events this year. As of today, we’ve hosted 23 official events in our apartment since the start of the school year. Most of these have been for students. And all of these include food food food. Thank the goodness gracious for LU Catering (who, lucky for me, takes care of the food for most of our events)! And thank goodness gracious for Dash– who continues in his role as our beloved Resident (unofficial) Pet Therapy Dog. Students often arrive stressed and frazzled, but after some time with the miracle-worker-pup, their anxiety has come down a couple notches. I snapped the two photos here as “before” and “after” shots during an event we hosted today for my Eckardt Scholars (the Honors Program I direct).
It looks so warm and inviting (below zero here)!! Love all those books. 23 events–you deserve a medal!
Your apartment looks fantastic! I can’t wait to see all of it. I would have been the type of student to absolutely latch on to a family/situation like yours (I ended up babysitting for some of my professors). What lucky young adults!
Gosh. I remember those for bashes you used to prepare back when the J-Ms were in the big house. It sounds like LU catering is a win-win for everyone, especially if your department is picking up the tab [wink].
Dash looks especially competent in his role as an at-large therapy doggie. And, uh YEAH. I didn’t want to bring it up, but now that you mention it, we gentle readers are still waiting for the big LUHGTV apartment episode.