Spring Break 2016

By Sara Cosenza
            My first college spring break was definitely one for the record books! This first half of my trip brought me back home to Arizona to spend a few days with my family. We had a wonderful Easter Sunday and my parents loved having me home, even if it was for a short period of time.
About half way through the week I hopped on a plane and headed to Maryland to visit my good friend, Sara Butler (pictured on the far left). Shelby Peters (pictured in the middle) joined us as well. Both Sara and Shelby attend New Mexico Military Institute. It didn’t take long until we were on the move again! The morning after Shelby and I landed in Maryland, the three of us drove four hours to New Jersey. Here we had lunch and visited with some of Butler’s family. That same day, we got on the train and took an eighty minute ride into New York. We spent two nights in New York with my cousins who live on Long Island. We spent the first night meeting up with Nick Vinberg and Tony Pravata, two NMMI cadets that live close to where we were staying. Our second day was spent sight seeing. We spent hours in Time Square (where the photograph was taken) shopping and going to places such as the M&M store. The girls and I enjoyed some New York styled pizza for lunch and took a wonderful tour of Central Park. We finished the day with a great show at Broadway Comedy Club. The next morning we went back into the city to catch our bus for the three hour trek back to Maryland and then later visited Washington DC. Overall, I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to create such great memories with my friends over this break.
Now we have all returned to school and are ready to finish the semester strong! There is only a little over a month left in the semester and finals are coming up quick. However, even with the stress of finals, this is also a very exciting time of year for NMMI cadets. High school seniors and college sophomores are stoked for graduation, the athletes are signing to play with four year universities, the ROTC cadets are preparing to commission into the Army in May, and the preps are all starting to receive their appointments to their respective academies. We’re almost to the finish line!