This weekend, people across the country will be celebrating Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday to honor members of our military community including veterans and those still serving. If you’re taking summer classes you will probably be off, with that in mind we thought we would provide you with a list of awesome things to do with this beautiful 3-day weekend.
- 1. Pool – Most pools around the country open on memorial day, so suit up and do some swimming. Don’t like swimming? Take a book and do some laying out. It’s going to be nice. Find your local pool at
- 2. Cycling/shopping – Great weather means great biking, but just think if you could do some shopping at the same time. Try building the hippest new thing in cycling, the Buggy-Bike, and your set.
- 3. Picnic/Grillin’ out – Have a nice picnic, go to your local park or anywhere you can think of and enjoy the day with some good eats. Most parks have charcoal grills built in near most shelters, don’t be afraid to use them but we would recommend covering them with some foil or at least a nice dousing of Purell. Find a nice park near you using
- 4. Music festival – Who doesn’t like some live music? Use FestivalFinder.com to find one in your area go jam. From
Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee
- to
- in Chillicothe, Illinois to
- in Louisville, Kentucky there’s something for everyone.
- 5. Camping – Memorial Day weekend is one of the biggest camping weekends of the year. So go out and make some friends, hit the trail, have a good time. Nothing compares to being outdoors with amazing weather.
SeanJohn
I’m reading Management
How To be a CheapSkate
As I’ve finally reached my senior year in college I get a chance to look back at some of the extremes I have gone to save a little extra cash (anything helps!). I’ve always made any effort to save that seemed like a decent option. With that said I’ll let you in on a few tips for making it out of college with some cash.
Firstly, don’t eat out if you can avoid it, you can save tons by just going to the grocery store and you can create anything you want.
Buy or even rent your textbooks online at eCampus.com you can often save over 50% and you never have to wait in a line or even leave your couch.
Ride a bike, don’t get caught spending 200 dollars for a parking pass when you can ride, get exercise, and usually park right next to the door you’re entering.
Find the cheap or free entertainment options around your campus. Concerts, comedy shows, and free movies are often part of your campus’ activity schedule. Also rent movies if your trying to save its either $9 a person or $2.50(or FREE from your library!) for the movie, you decide.
Use Freeware instead of paying for software when available, programs suites such as OpenOffice (similar to MS Office) are compatible and work well. Downloading freeware can be dangerous though so research thoroughly before downloading.
The best tip I have to offer any college student trying to figure out money problems is to BUDGET. Set a plan and stick to it. Try something like Judy Lawrence’s The Budget Kit: The Common Cents Money Management Workbook. It will help you get your spending under control and create a budget, and trust me the sooner the better.
SeanJohn
I am reading Communicating at Work
