Easter, Elections, and Everything After...

Hey folks,

Well, after my birthday was through Winter give in to Spring and I was home to celebrate Easter with my family. I left Stonehill on Wednesday to head back to Connecticut.

Easter this year was held over my Aunt Mary and Uncle George's house. It was a pretty small crowd this year. My cousin recently had a baby, so their family as well as their parents went up to their house to celebrate with them. So before I write any further, let me introduce my new cousin Callie Reese.Anyways, the Easter table consisted of my mom and dad, my Aunt Mary and Uncle George, their daughter Steph and her husband Rob, and their nine-month old son Chase.

It was a beautiful day out so we had drinks and appetizers on the deck outside, while we waited for the honey-baked ham to finish cooking.

After a filling lunch, I spent most of my afternoon playing with Chase and watching some basketball on TV. When I got home, I turned on ESPN to watch the WORLD CHAMPION Yankees take on the Red Sox in the Season Opener.

While at school, things have also been progressing nicely. Before break, I began my campaign to be elected President of the Senior Class. Below you can see some campaign posters of mine. My slogan was "Big shoes. Bigger ideas." I wanted to get the seniors more of a say in both class committee and SGA Senate. I ran against the incumbent President, who was elected last year. The polls were open from Wednesday until Friday morning. My roommate and campaign manager Tom was amazing at getting my supporters to the polls through text messages, facebook statuses, and direct appeals.

Friday afternoon came and went and I was anxious as I got back from dinner without any results. Sure enough, at 7:21pm, I was informed via email that I had won the election!!!

As you can probably imagine, I was pumped! This had long been a goal of mine and we celebrated accordingly! I'm looking forward to making senior year our class' best yet!

After I told my parents about my victory, they decided to surprise me and come up on Saturday evening to take me and my friends out to dinner. But first, they came bearing a 12 inch sheet cake, with the words: "Congratulations, Matt" on it! Eamon joined us as we feasted at Pasta Bene. I had some great pasta and--my family being what they are--made sure to fill the table with appetizers, drinks, and dessert!

In the morning, my parents and I had breakfast at a really great local bakery: White's. It was full of really good homemade danish and pastry. My mom wanted me to get some things to bring back with me, when I settled on a bag of chocolate chip cookies, she kept telling me to get something more. I kept refusing, so sure enough, she decided to do the shopping for me and my fridge is now stocked with tiramisu cake and chocolate cupcakes..oh yeah, and the sheet cake!

The perks of a presidency...

Take care!