Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Day 55: Deck the Dorm

Decorating is SO much fun! Because now our room is lots more festive than it was earlier this week. We're waiting until we clean the room this weekend to take pictures, but we have a 3ft tree with lights, Santa hats, garland, snowman on door, dangling snowflakes and Christmas trees, and holiday rugs. Hooray!! Hopefully getting lights this weekend? Or batteries for the lights that I already have.

Anyways: Calc2 quiz went well (I think) today, one of my essays got pushed back to Friday for the due date, leaving me more time to spend on the other essay and the rest of my classes. And Danielle helped me with Chem Lab, therefore I am happy and understand this assignment! Last chem 1 lab tomorrow!

I'd also like to give a shout out to my friend Tyler back home who was just announced Section Leader for the percussion of our band. Congratulations and I'm so proud of you! <3

Humorous-but-not-so-funny thing of the day: I bring my yogurt with me to class every morning, and today it erupted all over the inside of my Vera Backpack and its contents. Needless to say it's really awkward to scoop yogurt out of your backpack in Calc2 discussion. Backpack is clean, notebooks are purple (blueberry-pomegranate flavor) and fruity-smelling, but still legible. This is why Publix was selling the yogurt for $0.25 a piece. The end.

(Last thing, I promise! The AOL radio station for Christian Christmas music is REALLY great!)

Monday, November 29, 2010

Day 54: Active-ness

Tonight was Initiation for Phi Lamb. I am now an Active sister, no longer a Pledge. Hooray!! It was a lot of fun and my big got me beautiful flowers (yellow daisies and roses, my favorite color and flowers!) I had decorated a paddle for her (sorority tradition thing). I'll put up pics later, but here's one of my "sister" Elisa and I!



Hair props go to Danielle. I love it so much I don't want to take it out!

After initiation, Jenny took me to Publix. We were asked why we were all dressed in white. Kinda funny. :)

Calc2 quiz tomorrow, so off to bed now. Cya!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Day 53: Brain Traffic

All I know is that I'm exhausted. Stayed up late, woke up early ish, went to church, crammed everything into the car and came back to school. Glad I'm back, but I'm freaked about how much work there is left to do!! Only 8 class days until finals :/ and I have 2 essays due this week among a bunch of other nonsense. So... blogs will probably be skimpy and full of complaining. I apologize in advance.

Welcome back to life (for 3 weeks anyways).

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Day 52: Catching Up

I woke up this morning and went on a walk with Grace, my best friend. We did a Penny Walk; you flip a penny at each fork in the road. Heads is right, tails is left. We had a blast doing the walk through the gardens and talking at the same time. The last five minutes I was with Grace was when her dog FINALLY decided that he likes me. It was so cute and adorable, but really annoying since she's had him for two years and I've known him the whole time. After receiving kisses from the Cockapoo Mr. Darcy, I left for a lunch date with Ella.

Ella and I haven't talked in a while, but were great friends in middle and high school. It was so great to see her and get to catch up. The waitress was hilarious and loved our enthusiastic socializing. Luckily I get to see Ella again in 3 weeks for a recital at her church! Yay!!

We also celebrated my dad's birthday today. Leftover pie, cupcakes, and more pie and cupcakes! Mmm.

Heading back to Gainesville tomorrow afternoon. And homework to do when I get back.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Day 51: Putting Up Lights

On this beautiful Black Friday, I slept past all the deals and put up Christmas lights with my dad. It was a much better use of the day, in my opinion. I also went to Danielle's house for dinner/sitting by the fire. Lots of fun! I'm really tired and have more work to do tomorrow. Paddle, seeing the bestie for a little again, lunch with Ella, birthday dinner for my dad, and homework somewhere in between.

Tonight, I also applied for Tropical Marine Ecology, a field work course centered in the Bahamas over Spring Break. If I get in, that would be awesome. I'll let you know when I find out.

Happy weekend! Hope you got something special at Black Friday shopping today!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Day 50: Turkey Day!

Yummm - Today's food was so delicious! I made pancakes in Thanksgiving day shapes this morning while I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. My high school marching band and colorguard were performing, and they were amazing! So proud of them all! :)

After that, went to Kmart and got my skinny jeans and new Christmas lights for the house, then proceeded to the Bestie Grace's house for a little socializing. It was, as always, great to see her. I'm so thankful to have such an amazing best friend and her family that adopts me and makes me feel at home with them!

At my real home, my brother and his girlfriend arrived for the holiday. We had mashed sweet potatoes with rosemary and shallots, maple ginger carrots, green beans, broccoli, stuffing, turkey, two kinds of bread, sparkling grape juice for me and several different wines for everyone else, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie. It was sooo yummy. I am so thankful for an amazing family and for being able to have all this food on our table and the ability to cook it.

After dinner, we went to Michael's to get some decoration type things. I have garland, ornaments, and crafts for Christmas! Yay!!

All in All, I am very thankful for this amazing day and everything that God has blessed me with.
"O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods." - Psalm 95: 1-3

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Day 49: Brown Wednesday

I've declared today Brown Wednesday as opposed to Black Friday. Just because I went shopping a whole lot today. We avoided the crowds, saved more money than we spent at every store, and had time to try on over 50 different pairs of skinny jeans (proved unsuccessful...). So while everyone else is out rushing around the stores on Friday, I will be sleeping, hanging out with my friend, and putting up Christmas lights with my dad! Hehehehe.

List of items received today:
  • gray dress pants
  • black cardigan
  • purple sweater thing
  • red sweater
  • aqua/brown jacket
  • Christmas decorations
  • an extra pair of my favorite gloves
  • an extra pair of my ear buds (hello $5!?)
  • a $12 mouse for my computer. Half off!
  • white elephant gifts for Phi Lamb and CRU CG!
  • a new can opener since someone *cough Alyssa cough* broke it...
  • a battery operated snowflake
  • one penguin and one snowman rug
  • a lamb photo box (hello Phi Lamb something or other!)
    and most importantly:
  • A PUMPKIN PIE!
So it was a lot of fun shopping today with my mom. We enjoyed listening to Christmas music in the stores and the car. Every year we count a certain song during the holiday season. The first year was Feliz Navidad, then Winter Wonderland (which was super high scoring!), and this year is Jingle Bell Rock. So anytime that either of us hears the song, we put a tally down. So far we're at 2. I'll keep an updated count on the blog!

Hope everyone had/has safe travels! My brother and his girl friend are headed hear tomorrow. And my High School band is performing in the Macy's parade in the morning (around 10:30) so you should definitely watch out for them. During the parade, making breakfast; after going to the best friend's house for a while to chill, then coming home to make food/eat food and work on my paddle. And go back to Michael's for pre-Black Friday sales. Hooray!!! I love break. Wish I didn't have any homework to do though...

<3

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Day 48: Friendly Waves

I'm Home!!! (to my hometown, aka not at school) My friend Kit drove me home this afternoon and we had a great time talking, catching up, and jamming to music. There was this really annoying driver for about 2/3 of our drive. When he finally decided it was time to get off the road, we started clapping and sarcastically waving. Little did we know he apparently saw us! As he was exiting, he waved at us. It was pretty creepy but definitely hilarious! He didn't have a rear-view mirror (it was a weird van like vehicle) so he probably didn't see us cheering that he was leaving. The mystery remains... Still made the ride entertaining though.

When I got home tonight, I was able to enjoy Jeopardy, NCIS, NCIS: L.A., and The Good Wife on a TV in the comfort of my living room. I have to say that it was a lot more fun than watching it on my computer. Unfortunately, none of these shows will have new episodes next week, so I will be grumpy when I'm back at school with no TV to catch up on.

Bonus(es) for the day:
  • My final paper for one of my classes was to be due next Tuesday, but the awesome teacher extended the deadline to Thursday!
  • Elisa and I went to interview a professor for our class. He had left early for break. After scheduling the time with us... But luckily his grad student got him on the phone for a phone interview (complete with screaming children in the background) and it went well! This conversation led to...
  • A description of a class he teaches in the Spring called Tropical Marine Ecology. The coursework includes going to the Bahamas over spring break to conduct field work. All inclusive (minus airfare) with tuition! Applications due next Wednesday and I'm definitely applying! What a fun class that would be!!
Well that's all I have for you. Besides the fact that I left my glasses at school. Grr...
Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Day! Safe Travels everyone!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Day 47: Dorm Disasters

Today had some really exciting things, but also several not so great things.

My big Jenny's older sister Amy's birthday was today. We painted the 34th Street Wall for her birthday! It was super fun and very relaxing. Happy Birthday Amy!






After I got home from Phi Lamb though, I found out that someone had (disgustingly) thrown up in the showers. All four of them. Ew. So Hannah, Brooklyn, and I made the trek up 4 flights of stairs to Danielle's floor where we stole away to nice, clean shower stalls to bathe. It was hilarious walking up and down the stairs in our bath robes, I must say. So many strange looks.

And finally, I'm waiting for my hair to dry while watching an episode of Scrubs, and Alyssa and Brooklyn's fire alarm starts going off. It's still going right now... No one else's alarm is going off, just theirs. Apparently the fire department may be coming? Their room is fine, no fire or smoke or anything. Apparently it's just because they're so "hot". ;)



Now waiting for the alarm to stop so we can go to sleep.

Heading back home tomorrow around 3!! Excited for the break to start.

AHH the alarm is getting higher pitched now... going to go see what they're doing to it. Goodnight!

Update 10 mins later: IT'S STOPPED! Thanks to one of the residence officials of the area. She played with the alarm for a while and it has stopped at the moment. A maintenance person has been called and should be here within an hour (jeeez so long!) to permanently fix the situation. I'm going to bed. Hopefully I can sleep through it if it starts again...

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Day 46: Almost There!

With less than 48 hours until I'm home, I am overflowing with the anticipation of getting to sleep in my own bed, shower 10 feet away from my room, have delicious food at hand in a pantry rather than under the bed, and get to spend time with my family! Hooray!!

Yeah. So that's all I'm thinking about right now. I watched The Proposal tonight. Loveeeeee Sandra Bullock so much. And Ryan Reynolds. So that made me very happy.

Volunteered at the neighborhood homeless shelter with Phi Lamb tonight, which was awesome. AND the residence area hosted a Thanksgiving Feast which was delicious. Plus the added bonus of getting to go to church and not having to do any homework! Hooray!!!

Talk to you tomorrow!!!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Day 45: So Relaxing

Today was the last home football game for the season. Danielle, her roommate and boyfriend, their friend from home, and I went to Gator Walk. There were a ton of people there, so we didn't really get to see anything. But oh well.

On my way back to my room, I stopped by the Fan Fest going on and got my picture taken with Alberta! Saw the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, too! And got a sticker to prove it! I'm amazed at how many people don't care about seeing the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile! It's definitely a generational thing. I was super excited but little kids were like... why do I care?

Anyways. I also got to see my old neighbors who I've missed seeing all season. I was on the way to where they tailgate and passed them as they were walking to the stadium! Perfect timing. It made for a great day. Even though this all happened in the first hour I was awake.

Other than that fun, I slept, watched TV, watched Letters to Juliet, and all together just chilled in my room.

Letters to Juliet: I LOVED it!!! I thought it was super cute! Not to mention, the lead guy is from the TV show Kings which was amazing while it lasted. Out of this movie, I got a great quote and an amazing Colbie Caillat song.
"'What' and 'If' are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together, side by side, and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life. What if? What IF?..."
And the song "What If".

Finally, and perhaps most importantly. I decided several weeks ago to start watching Boy Meets World episodes whenever I had free time. At only 20 minutes a piece, I enjoyed them while eating lunch, getting ready, and other times when I needed to fill 20 minutes. I have successfully completed this goal of watching all 7 seasons of Boy Meets World. I am kind of sad to see them end. I guess I'll have to start another show soon! Probably Scrubs. Seen most of them, but not all! I watched The Nanny (with Fran Drescher) over the summer.

3 Days until Home!!!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Day 44: End of the Week!

The stressful, crazy week is over!!! Yay! A relaxing weekend awaits me.

After my wretchedly late chem exam tonight, I went to the Kappa Phi (one of our brother frats) bonfire with Jenny and other sisters. It was really awesome, but exhausting. Now it is late and I am going to bed.

Up semi-early to go to Gator Walk (players walking to the stadium before the game). It's a tradition that I have to/want to do, and since this is our last home game this season, I've gotta go!

4 days till break!!! :) PLUS no homework over the weekend and only 2 papers to write and an oral exam in French to study for over the break. Not too bad if I say so myself!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Day 43: [5] days left!



The lovely whiteboard that Hannah decorated!! And on that note, only 5 days until we get to go home for Thanksgiving!!!

Today was my registration for classes. I didn't get the Bio2 class that I needed. So I just signed up for the lab instead and I'll wait until drop/add week and try to get into the class. Otherwise, I'm signed up for Chem2 instead. Hopefully I can get the Bio instead! Other than whichever science class and lab I'll have, I have no classes on M/W/F! But lots on Tuesday and then everything is double blocked on Thursday so yeah. Thursdays will be busy, but fun! Potentially. Hooray Anthropology minors!

Other than that, I had lunch at A Cafe with two Phi Lamb sisters which was awesome (maybe found possible rooming situation for next year through them?!?), then a little studying and CRU and more studying. Danielle and I made grouper for dinner. mmmmmmmm

It was a good day. And BONUS: Last chem test is tomorrow (tonight at this point) from 8:30-10:30. Then I will be finished until Exams with that class! After the exam, headed to the Kappa Phi (our brothers in Christ) bonfire to enjoy some Smores and such! Yay!!

Happy Harry Potter Release Date! Still haven't read the 7th book so I have to do that before I can watch the movie...
<3
Also, Brooklyn made us a video. Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Day 42: 50 Trillion Dollars!

If you've been reading regularly, you will have noticed that I had a surprise that I was waiting to reveal. Well today's the day! Here goes:

Jenny and I were walking through campus when we were asked if we wanted a 50 Trillion Dollar Bill. DUH. So here's the story behind it: This is Zimbabwe currency that is no longer valid (bummer). The economy was so bad in Zimbabwe that the value of a dollar was decreasing super fast. It got to the point that the government issued these 50 trillion dollar bills. Several days later, Zimbabwe stopped printing currency and decided not to use paper currency due to the invaluable-ness of it. Or something like that. Therefore, this club on campus is selling these bills for a donation that will be sent back to Zimbabwe to help citizens get micro-loans to be able to live and whatnot. Good cause!



$100 Trillion!!



Front and Back
What awesome currency to have an elephant on it!!



COW FOR A WATERMARK!! Seriously. I'm so impressed.

I of course got one for myself and one for Grace because it was so cool and we love cows. So for 24 hours, I held 100 Trillion Dollars!!!!! So that's it for tonight. Besides the fact that I only have 1 full week of school left! AUGH!

One test remaining for the week. Then a break until December!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Day 41: Roommate Appreciation Day

Today was celebratory Roomie Appreciation Day (I guess it's really tomorrow but our floor moved it to today). So our amazing RA made cupcakes for us to decorate for our roomies and we made cards too! Fun study break!
I love my roommate!!

I did some class planning today and lots of homework. Calc2 test in the morning! Preceded by morning prayer and followed by French exam.

HANNAH: I APPRECIATE YOU!



So on both my card and her plate, we each wrote one of our inside jokes, "glad we have something in common... Just one thing though!" Ironic that we both had in common what we wrote to each other. Perfect roommates! <3
And yes, the cupcake on the left (mine to her) is spiky. And the one on the right (hers to me) has every single color of frosting available in a stylish design!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Day 40: Good News/Bad News

Good News: BERT IS ALIVE AND GOING TO BE OKAY!!! (Bert is my pet bamboo)
Bad News: I have the 2nd worst headache of my life. Also felt/feel like my legs are going to give out at any minute and I'm kind of hot... Just praying that it's a one night thing and I'll be better in the morning. Here goes 9+ hours of sleep!

Sorry it's so short but I don't feel well....

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Day 39: Sing out to God Now with All You've Got!

"So come on, come on, sing out to God now with all you've got. We live in Christ alone!"
Tonight was UniteNow Worship. All the Christian organizations gathered together for three hours of praising God. It was so powerful. I love God and all that He has done in my life. Wow. It's just too amazing for me to even write about. But the song I've quoted and have been singing endlessly tonight is You Deserve. Listen to it!!! (It's a link)

After UniteNow, a group of us went out for our friend Rachel's birthday! Pita Pit (again) and Mochi (again)... Good food, Good friends, Good fun, Great God!



And finally, we're off to bed! Hooray! It's only 1 am... no big deal.

Goodnight all!! Have a wonderfully Blessed Monday!



Saturday, November 13, 2010

Day 38: Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks

Hannah is singing "Take me out to the Ball Game" right now... We just played Family Feud and the last question was "different things vendors sell at a sporting event" hence the song.

ANYWAYS: Today I went tailgating with Danielle and her family. We had a blast!! Great food, too. Italian sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers, bruschetta, tomato/mozzarella, cookies, I don't even remember what else! Oh Corn! Which we were shucking here:




While we were tailgating, the buses full of the football team drove by! Obviously very eventful, thus I took some pictures!



Then I went to the game with Hannah and several other girls from our floor. It was pretty fun, especially in the first 15 seconds when we actually played well. Other than that, we amused ourselves by watching the fabulously drunk guy in front of us yell belligerently at his "friends" during the first half and the on-his-way-to-getting-drunk while at the game semi-cute guy who made a kissy face at Hannah during the second half.

Yep. That sums up the day!
Tailgating: success
Game: not so much

Friday, November 12, 2010

Day 37: Couch Bonding

Successes for the day:
1) BEAT shirt + two other random shirts acquired
2) ticket acquired
3) all the other stuff in the poorly phrased paragraph I told my friend on FB below. I've had too much fun today to detail right now. But I will include a few pictures and might update later. I'm so exhausted!!
"Tonight we had our Campus Crusades for Christ meeting outside and we carried a sofa out to the field so we could sit on it. Then we went out for late night eats (side note, went to Pita Pit for the first time! Very yummy) and then when we came back, we took pictures with fake comb-overs b/c we were laughing about it before. (we being my roomie, our 2 neighbor roomies, and our RA)"






Game day tomorrow!!!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Day 36: Veteran's Day

A huge thank you to all Veterans out there! THANK YOU!

Today I slept in, studied a bit, and studied more. I tried to study outside by the pond. After being there for about an hour, I moved on the blanket just enough to disturb the ants that I had apparently been sitting on that whole time. They swarmed on top of me. Only 3 bites to show for it, and I didn't get a picture, but my entire blanket/towel was covered with ants. I squished about 100 and then shook the rest off. Not something I would ever like to relive again. As much as I would like to use that towel again, I keep thinking that there are still ants all over it. Augh!

Other than the ant fiasco, I watched some stupid people taunting Obi the alligator in the pond. Poor Obi. I also doodled on my wrist. Here's the result. I went over it in sparkly brown/gold sharpie.



Danielle and I made enchilada's for dinner! They were sooo yummy! And after finishing studying, I watched Prince of Egypt which I had never seen before. It was great!

So now, I bid you goodnight. Up early in the morning for breakfast, class, waiting in line for BEAT shirts, getting tickets (Oh yeah, I got a ticket to the game!!), studying while waiting in line, Chem Quiz, finding something for lunch, French class, then back home for some relaxation before CRU. Wow. Such a busy day ahead! Goodnight!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Day 35: God's Love

I had an amazing God-filled day today! Unite Now, the organization on campus that puts all Christian organizations together for events during the year sponsored a week of 24 hour prayer by the different organizations. So I prayed with my Big from Phi Lamb today for an hour. It was so awesome!

Then, I ate Panda Express for the first time ever and headed to the Phi Lamb fall retreat. We bowled. Which I'm really bad at... So after getting zeros for several frames, my friend showed me exactly where to stand to get a great shot. I got a strike!! And broke my thumb nail all in the same minute. No worries though - a sister gave me a glittery Band Aid and I repainted the nail after trimming it tonight.

After all this, we returned to campus for worship and a speaker. It was cold and we were outside, so my friend Sam and I kept warm underneath a blanket. After the retreat was over, we stayed under that blanket talking for over an hour and a half. Didn't get back to my room until 12:30, but it was an awesome night getting to know Sam! We're pretty much the same person, it's so scary! People get us confused all the time. Therefore, we've taken pictures as both characters. See below.

Have a fantastic day! No school!!! Thank you to all Veterans for serving our country. God Bless You!
<3

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Day 34: There's a Worm in my Pepper!

When Danielle and I went to make dinner (sauteed peppers, onions, mushrooms with steak and potatoes), we discovered a little worm in our bell pepper. Therefore, there were no peppers in our dinner.





Other than that fascinating occurrence, I did decent on my calc2 quiz, returned from class and went to Red Mango and Plato's with the roomie and our neighbors for an adventure "out on the town", and then went back to class again. It was a great day! I bought a Vera Bradley purse at Plato's for only $20! It's my favorite style- the hipster- which are normally quite expensive. And it's blue/green so I can wear it with the other half of the color scheme opposing my yellow/pink purse. Hooray successful investments!

I also had a great discovery in the Plaza of the America's today, but that will have to wait to be revealed until my best friend, Grace, receives a certain letter in the mail. So maybe Friday I can share with you!

Happy No-Chem-Lab-Wednesday!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Day 33: Worries Relieved by the Grace of God

God is SO AMAZING!!! From freaking out about work (specifically calc2) over the weekend to this morning's huge breath of relief, God has been with me! I thought we had a quiz on like 6 sections of the chapter, but it's only on 3. So that means lots less studying I had to do!! Yay!!

And bonus: found out that the hugemongous curve that the teacher will give us at the end of the semester will significantly boost my grade. So now I'm much happier! Quiz tomorrow!

Phi Lamb meeting tonight was awesome because we had a prayer night where I just got to talk to God. I love those nights. <3>
"Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
Have a marvelous day tomorrow! Let God's light shine through you!

Major du jour: Environmental Management in Agriculture and Natural Resources
Minor du jour: Sustainability Studies

We shall see where this takes us later in the week... (as always, thoughts are appreciated)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Day 32: From the Heart

I NOW OWN CARDIOLOGY (the new CD from Good Charlotte)!!!!!! Yay!!

My parents came up for a visit, took me to church, lunch, shopping, and to the grocery store today. It was great to get to see them! Especially since I hadn't seen my Dad since coming up here pretty much...

So: heartfelt day. Really tired. Lots of homework to do over the next day or so until Tuesday morning's Calc2 quiz. Therefore, I bid you goodnight!

GOODNIGHT!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Day 31: Paradise

After doing laundry and cleaning house, Phi Lamb had a luau at the lake. It was a lot of fun. Since it's cold out, we all just huddled around in jackets taking pictures and eating snacks. (mmm banana pudding!)

Next up, my friend Alex came to visit the campus with her mom, so got to see her and go out to dinner. (Plus I got leftovers for tomorrow!!! YAY!) Toured her around the room and then they left to get some sleep before their workshop thingy tomorrow.

Danielle and I are having a SLEEPOVER! Including nail painting, movie watching, and delicious food eating. Here's the pic of us after we watched Chasing Liberty!



And finally, as we were painting nails, my mom called and said she was going to be here in 5 minutes to drop off goodies. All the clothes I asked for and 3 boxes of homemade cookies!!!! :)

Going to church in the morning and hanging with the 'rents. See you tomorrow!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Day 30: Remember Remember The 5th of November!

I'd like to start out with some V for Vendetta/Guy Fawkes wisdom:
Remember Remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
Really I just wanted to use the "Quote" feature on the blogging site.
Had classes today, the most delicious lunch at the A Cafe EVER! (Lasagna, beef, potatoes, hush puppies, catfish, cornbread (duh), and some other goodies) Definitely need to go on Fridays more often!
Tonight was Barn Dance for all the non-sick CRU (Campus Crusade For Christ) members. There was a ton of flannel and plaid and cowboy hats walking around the hall before everyone left for the event. I've heard it was a great success!

I, on the other hand, stayed in the warmth of my bed so I didn't encourage my sickness anymore. I made a grilled cheese, did 2 hours of Calc hw and then watched Someone Like You on Netflix. It was pretty good. And as soon as I finished it, Hannah got back from Barn Dance! Perfect timing. Off to bed soon. Maybe. I'm not tired yet...

Hope you remembered the 5th of November!


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Day 29: Four Thousand Words

Since a Picture's worth a thousand words, I'm going to go ahead and let them mostly speak for themselves (with captions).


The view from my seat in the Art Gallery, my new study spot. It was raining!


Hence, I wore my rain boots! (disclaimer: this is not what I wore today-just a pic of my boots)


Our dear neighbor Brooklyn came over and Hannah read us a story during our Story Time. Aren't they cute together??



Dinner tonight: Chicken and Dumplings (soup) YUMMY!


Danielle showing me that when you look into the concave part of a spoon, you're upside-down! Hooray stimulating conversation. We then proceeded to watch First Daughter for our movie night. Great night.

So. Rain. Studying. Stories. Food. Movie. Fun. :)

Also, this weekend will be great! Staying in tomorrow and studying/doing laundry. Saturday is Phi Lamb party and my friend Alex is coming up for a visit to campus! Then Danielle and I are having a sleepover while we enjoy our extra hour from Daylight Savings Time (best weekend possible to have that!) And then Sunday the 'rents will be here so we can go to church, shopping, and eat food. Great, very busy, weekend ahead.

Bonus: didn't sneeze once today!!!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Day 28: I'm Hungry...

Really hungry... Aghhh.

So I just made a huge important discovery for the day: "Groups" on Facebook now have the awesome feature of group chat! Woo!!! Pretty fun. Unless you don't want to be bothered with it... but oh well.

I slept through my alarm this morning and missed my math class. Not good. I hate being sick and out of it. So I slept in, went to my other classes, and came home. Sneezing all the way through the day.

BEST THING EVER: only 2 chemistry labs left for the semester!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (aka EVER!)

HOORAY!

Bed now. That was all the important things.

Rain and cold(er) weather tomorrow!!!!!!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Day 27: Good (Charlotte) Day

I'm not a huge fan of MySpace since the invention of Facebook (which made some layout changes I'm not pleased with today...) but it does have the amazing quality of providing me free music from my favorite band! I didn't have time, effort, energy, or a way to get to the store to buy the Good Charlotte CD today, but taDA! MySpace provides. Still listening to it now. I'm not sure if I can give a proper reaction yet. I'll let you know when I can. It's very different from their original stuff, which was on the outskirts of my tastes, but made me love it more. Now it's closer to my other tastes and I'm not sure if I like that or not. We'll see.

Other than that, I had lunch with a Hospitality and Tourism major at Designer Greens. Lunch was delicious (I highly suggest eating there!) and the talk was very informative and helpful. Plus I found out a friend from back home is in the exact same situation that I am, so that's pretty interesting.

Besides lunch and Good Charlotte, it was a pretty relaxing day. Mostly because I was sneezing or coughing or blowing my nose too often to do anything else but stay in the room. So that's what I did. After my delicious PB&J I made for dinner, I tried to do more homework (watching a boring science lecture to write a report on), but I fell asleep instead. After over an hour, I woke up and decided I'd just go to bed. But obviously that didn't work since I'm writing this. Thanks to random noisy things occurring on our floor (it's not quiet time so I can't complain), I couldn't fall back asleep. Plus my contacts are still in. I guess this is what happens when you're sick. Random sleeping schedules.... oh well.

I'm going to stop writing now... After the weather update in that it was beautiful today and apparently rained, but I missed that. Rest of the week should be gorgeous as well and THUNDER STORMS on Thursday!!! Rainboots anyone? YAY!

Happy Election Day (Voted via absentee ballot) (really wish I had an "I Voted" sticker to show off voting in my first real election...)

And Happy Beginning of November and introduction to non really hot weather.


Monday, November 1, 2010

Day 26: Sickness Strikes

All weekend I had a cough/sore throat. Today it escalated and I am officially "sick". Oh well! I was so out of it and coughing/sneezing so much in French class today that the girl next to me gave me DayQuil that was in her bag (she was sick last week and was even upset that she may have gotten me sick). And the teacher was really nice to me, so that was a plus I guess.
Taking NyQuil and returning to bed where I belong.

Other than that, the only fun thing about the day that I can think of is that I saw a baby kitten in the parking lot! It was sooo adorable. Perfectly black. I didn't have my camera otherwise there would have been a picture here. But sad thing was it was in a sewer drain thing. But still really cute.

So. Baby kittens and Sickness. That sums up the day!

Good Charlotte CD out tomorrow! Have to wait till Thursday to get it though. *sigh* 2.5 years, what's another 2 days??

And finally: This weekend will be SO busy, but super fun.

Friday night is Barn dance with CRU, Saturday afternoon is our Phi Lamb Active's Party, then my friend Alex, my twinny Shannon, and my parents come in to town. (all separately)
So it'll be lots of visiting! Yay!! (This means I need to do homework and laundry before they arrive... aye aye ayeee)

Happy Tuesday and HAPPY NOVEMBER! There's actually pretty weather this week! Woooohooo!!!!!