I almost forgot to write this blog before I went to sleep. Actually I think it will be very short because I am worried I couldn't stay awake to finish it.
Tonight was Reveal! All the littles got to find out who their bigs were finally. And my little's name is Sarah (aka Swill), so I'm sure you will need to know her name in the blogs to come. I love her soooo much!!! I will give many details tomorrow, I promise. Actually I don't. How bout by the end of the weekend.
Tomorrow I am taking a much needed day of rest with just a little tailgating thrown in. Just enough to say I did it/use my BEAT ALABAMA shirt. I am now going to head to bed and wake up whenever I wake up.
Goodnight my precious Little Swill!!! <3
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Day 245: B/L Week Day 4
Today was the last day of delivering gifts (for me anyways) for Big/Little week. And I have to say I think today's idea was the best. Again, I can't tell you until tomorrow, but know that you will find out very soon. I am so excited for Reveal!!!
Anyways. Today I had accountability group, returned home to finish studying for Archaeology exam, aced said exam, did gift deliveries for other people, ate 3 week old carrot stuff in Sustainability class, went to Moes with Kayce, went to half of CRU and then came home to do Stat work/quiz, which I also aced (on the first try!). Two things I am elaborating on... My archaeology exam was seriously the easiest test I've ever taken. It was 40 multiple choice questions that came directly from the study guide and two extra credit questions that were worth 4x as much as a MC question. I might have gotten 2 questions wrong. If so, I still got over 100% on that test. SO relieved! Second, my TA for Sustainability is a little eccentric. His wife and daughter made this organic meal for our class three weeks ago. It was just shredded carrots and ginger with water and salt to preserve it, but it was made in a huge bucket and had been left unrefrigerated in a house without A/C. I was concerned at first, but it wasn't too bad. I got a scoop that had way too much ginger in it, so I couldn't finish it. I like ginger, but in small amounts. I don't think I'll be making sustainable foods any time soon...
I am so excited for tomorrow but I HAVE to go to bed!!! Goodnight!
Omygosh. I forgot one of the biggest parts of my day! I can't believe it. I left my room, delivered gifts, went to class and came home to realize I didn't have my wallet/keys. I freaked out and retraced my steps, asked someone to check in that classroom for me, tried to have people from my floor look for them upstairs but no one was home. I was in line waiting to pick up a replacement key and got a text that I could get let in by a floormate. And after I was upstairs and freaking out (I thought that I was going to ruin my little's surprise because I thought they were somewhere she could have found them), I found them hanging on my hook in my room. Turns out that I had my hands full of gifts when I had left the room and I didn't lock it because Angie was still home. So I spent over an hour looking, got many people involved, and they ended up safe and sound in my room. Praise the Lord! I hope that will never happen again... B/L week is stressful! :/
Anyways. Today I had accountability group, returned home to finish studying for Archaeology exam, aced said exam, did gift deliveries for other people, ate 3 week old carrot stuff in Sustainability class, went to Moes with Kayce, went to half of CRU and then came home to do Stat work/quiz, which I also aced (on the first try!). Two things I am elaborating on... My archaeology exam was seriously the easiest test I've ever taken. It was 40 multiple choice questions that came directly from the study guide and two extra credit questions that were worth 4x as much as a MC question. I might have gotten 2 questions wrong. If so, I still got over 100% on that test. SO relieved! Second, my TA for Sustainability is a little eccentric. His wife and daughter made this organic meal for our class three weeks ago. It was just shredded carrots and ginger with water and salt to preserve it, but it was made in a huge bucket and had been left unrefrigerated in a house without A/C. I was concerned at first, but it wasn't too bad. I got a scoop that had way too much ginger in it, so I couldn't finish it. I like ginger, but in small amounts. I don't think I'll be making sustainable foods any time soon...
I am so excited for tomorrow but I HAVE to go to bed!!! Goodnight!
Omygosh. I forgot one of the biggest parts of my day! I can't believe it. I left my room, delivered gifts, went to class and came home to realize I didn't have my wallet/keys. I freaked out and retraced my steps, asked someone to check in that classroom for me, tried to have people from my floor look for them upstairs but no one was home. I was in line waiting to pick up a replacement key and got a text that I could get let in by a floormate. And after I was upstairs and freaking out (I thought that I was going to ruin my little's surprise because I thought they were somewhere she could have found them), I found them hanging on my hook in my room. Turns out that I had my hands full of gifts when I had left the room and I didn't lock it because Angie was still home. So I spent over an hour looking, got many people involved, and they ended up safe and sound in my room. Praise the Lord! I hope that will never happen again... B/L week is stressful! :/
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Day 244: B/L Week Day 3
Today I had soooo much fun for Big Little week! I really wish I could tell you about it now! But alas, Friday will be here soon. Thank goodness because tomorrow is going to be a very busy day. Other than class and B/L stuff today, I went to Worship Under the Stars with Phi Lamb and the 3 other Christian Greek organizations. It was great and I got to meet some new people! Kayce's big had "food day" as the theme today and gave her her favorite dinner from Outback and 5 Tupperware containers full of desserts!!! So I was fed well tonight (since I live next to Kayce, I just stole what I wanted hehe). I have been studying Archaeology for my test tomorrow. And other than that, preparing for tomorrow's big/little day, which should be the best by far, at least delivery wise. Talk to you tomorrow!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Day 243: B/L Week Day 2
Yes, expect a boring title for the rest of the week. Today I didn't get to see the delivery of the gift, so I can't say what her face was, but I heard she loved everything so much!! Thank goodness for Facebook to show us random stalkers what other people are thinking! Today was a great day! I had a roomie lunch with Hannah (roomie from last year). Then my double block class a) watched a semi entertaining movie and b) got out an hour early. I planned on going home during the break and doing something fun, but instead I ran into 3 different people within 3 minutes of getting out of class. I ended up hanging out with some of them and other Phi Lamb girls for a little bit, then sat in class early and listened to my new SWITCHFOOT music. YAYY!!! I love them. Definitely in my top 3 favorite bands. I have a favorite song already and I've already played it 20 times (all the rest I've only listened to 5 or 6 times). But you can see how long I've been sitting in my room based on that...
After classes, I helped Kayce's Big get stuff together. She tagged her car (wrote on it with window markers) and creepily got stuff in her room without her there. Then later when Kayce was home, two guys from our brother frat delivered her gift. It was awesome! More on that at the end of the week, don't let me forget!
I am absolutely exhausted after reading so much bad grammar in my study guides tonight. It should be illegal for a professor to have bad grammar. Just ridiculous. Anyways, going to bed. Goodnight!! Can't wait for Friday night's blog with lots of pictures and stories! YAY!
After classes, I helped Kayce's Big get stuff together. She tagged her car (wrote on it with window markers) and creepily got stuff in her room without her there. Then later when Kayce was home, two guys from our brother frat delivered her gift. It was awesome! More on that at the end of the week, don't let me forget!
I am absolutely exhausted after reading so much bad grammar in my study guides tonight. It should be illegal for a professor to have bad grammar. Just ridiculous. Anyways, going to bed. Goodnight!! Can't wait for Friday night's blog with lots of pictures and stories! YAY!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Day 242: B/L Week Day 1
Yayyy Day 1 of Big/Little week was today! All the bigs exchanged baskets outside and then we paraded in and delivered the gifts. It was so great to be able to sit and watch our littles open their presents! I got to see her face as she was opening things and exclaiming. It was adorable! And it definitely made me even more excited for this week! So today I just crafted/prepared some more, baked goodies, and read for class. Yay doing homework. Actually this week's chapter was really interesting and encompassed more of the things that I actually care about in regards to sustainability. Less about the geological patterns of ice melting patterns but more about bicycles and parks and public transportation and making "cities for people, not automobiles". Good stuff! Anyways, it's late and I need to get to bed. Goodnight world, and my little!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Day 241: Arts and Crafts Weekend
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I was super busy. I got to Skype with a friend Saturday morning. My mom came up Sat afternoon and we went to Zaxby's with my brother. Then we headed to the next town to hit craft stores for Big/Little week supplies. After three stores and a quick run to Publix for dinner, we headed to the hotel and set up my craft station. I painted for most of the night and then learned how to iron letters onto shirts. It was an exhausting day but really great. This morning we did a little more shopping and then came back to school. My mom and I went to a cute cafe grill place that had very delicious food. She had a club sandwich (which I got for dinner) and I had a Ham Apple Gouda Cheese sandwich. YUM. We picked up Angie (roommate) and went to Publix. And since then I've been in my room crafting more. Painting details, making T-shirts, cutting stuff out and all that good stuff. This weekend was productive, just no homework was accomplished... But on the plus side, I should be finished with pretty much everything for B/L week. Just have to put everything together all pretty in baskets/bags and get people to deliver them! Yay!
And so now at 2am with school and baking and other things to come, I say Goodnight.
And so now at 2am with school and baking and other things to come, I say Goodnight.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Day 240: Let's Go To The Mall
Yesterday I didn't blog because there wasn't much to say. It was a normal Thursday except that I had to study for my economics exam. Today I had said exam and I think it went pretty well! I finished 20 minutes early, even! Yay first exam of the semester is over with! My "fairy grand-big" Amy and I went to the A Cafe for lunch. It was so yummy and we got there early enough that there were only a few people there. So relaxing!
After classes, Elizabeth and I went shopping for our littles! We went to the Family Christian Store and then a few stores in the mall (<-- check out the song that's there from How I Met Your Mother (tv show)). It was a blast looking at stuff. I bought a lot and went a little over budget. Still have a lot to do though. I changed one of the themes of my day which made it a lot cheaper/easier so yay!!
We ate dinner and then headed over to a sisterhood Movie Night and Dessert Potluck. Not a lot of people ended up coming, so we had a ton of food to eat over a small group. We had a blast though and watched He's Just Not That Into You. Then some of us ended up talking for almost two hours. So much fun! Now it is late and I really need some sleep.
Goodnight and Happy Weekend!
After classes, Elizabeth and I went shopping for our littles! We went to the Family Christian Store and then a few stores in the mall (<-- check out the song that's there from How I Met Your Mother (tv show)). It was a blast looking at stuff. I bought a lot and went a little over budget. Still have a lot to do though. I changed one of the themes of my day which made it a lot cheaper/easier so yay!!
We ate dinner and then headed over to a sisterhood Movie Night and Dessert Potluck. Not a lot of people ended up coming, so we had a ton of food to eat over a small group. We had a blast though and watched He's Just Not That Into You. Then some of us ended up talking for almost two hours. So much fun! Now it is late and I really need some sleep.
Goodnight and Happy Weekend!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Day 239: Prep work
I didn't get to blog last night because the internet went out, so I just decided to combine Tues/Wed into one post. I sent a questionnaire out to my Little and she replied back with her favorite things. So naturally, I have reduced school as a priority and moved on to planning my gifts for big/little week next week! I have at least one day all planned out and it will be awesome! Can't wait to share with you all!
Tonight I did kick in the study mode for my Econ test on Friday. Kayce and I studied for a while in her room and then we moved to the student union (also for a snack). We got back after midnight after studying for about 4 hours. And I am proud to say that I feel well on my way to getting an A on that test. I hope.
I did some more prep work for B/L week, but now it is time to go to bed. I forgot that I have to be up earlier than normal the next two mornings... Yay.
Tonight I did kick in the study mode for my Econ test on Friday. Kayce and I studied for a while in her room and then we moved to the student union (also for a snack). We got back after midnight after studying for about 4 hours. And I am proud to say that I feel well on my way to getting an A on that test. I hope.
I did some more prep work for B/L week, but now it is time to go to bed. I forgot that I have to be up earlier than normal the next two mornings... Yay.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Day 238: Big/Little Picks
Today I spent a ton of time reading the book for my sustainability class. That's the only fun non-Phi Lamb thing to report.
Tonight's Phi Lamb was a prayer night. And after that, we got to pick our Big/Little Sisters! We write the names down on a notecard and then the officers match up the pairs as best as they can. And at the stroke of midnight, the Bigs get the e-mail containing the name of their new Little. It was such a tense and stressful waiting period! I sat in Kayce's room and we did homework/studying until I got the e-mail. The Littles don't know who their Big is for another two weeks. So while I was super excited to get my Little's name, Kayce was freaking out because she has to wait so long to hear. Next week will be Big/Little week where the Big sisters shower their Little's with anonymous gifts and love. It is seriously going to be the most fun week to plan for! Can't wait to share it all with you! (Hopefully my little won't be reading this but just to be safe I'll censor it...)
It is late and I need a bunch of sleep after this stressful but exciting day. Goodnight world! I love you Little! <3
Tonight's Phi Lamb was a prayer night. And after that, we got to pick our Big/Little Sisters! We write the names down on a notecard and then the officers match up the pairs as best as they can. And at the stroke of midnight, the Bigs get the e-mail containing the name of their new Little. It was such a tense and stressful waiting period! I sat in Kayce's room and we did homework/studying until I got the e-mail. The Littles don't know who their Big is for another two weeks. So while I was super excited to get my Little's name, Kayce was freaking out because she has to wait so long to hear. Next week will be Big/Little week where the Big sisters shower their Little's with anonymous gifts and love. It is seriously going to be the most fun week to plan for! Can't wait to share it all with you! (Hopefully my little won't be reading this but just to be safe I'll censor it...)
It is late and I need a bunch of sleep after this stressful but exciting day. Goodnight world! I love you Little! <3
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Day 237: Delightful Decisions
Today was a pretty great day. Started out by going to Books a Million with Kayce to buy new bibles. We spent a very long time looking at them and both found ones that we liked. After that, we were on our way to Publix and got super hungry. We decided to try the place next door called Stevie B's which is similar to Cici's pizza. It was delicious and we had a ton of fun and food. My favorite was the Philly cheese steak pizza. MMMMmmm. Then we went to Publix as per the normal Sunday activity.
I went to church tonight with two of my sisters. It was the only other Catholic church I hadn't been to (in the city) and is the only one that has a specific contemporary Mass. The church was ginormous and had great music and families and little children running around (cutely). I am SO excited to hopefully call this church home for the year.
Later this week is my neighbor Alyssa's birthday. In celebration, we surprised her by flash-mobbing outside her window. We got her to open her window and recited a Romeo and Juliet inspired poem which led into us serenading her Happy Birthday. It was so much fun and she was surprised and loved it. Yay first birthday of the year!!
Then we had a floor meeting to plan events for the semester. Many people couldn't go to the ones that we've already had since they were at random times. This way, we all voted on the days and got a majority of the people (in most cases all) to be able to make it. Yay teamwork.
Tomorrow night will be the night that big and little sisters are chosen for Phi Lamb. I wasn't planning on taking a little, but I am very excited to announce that I will be getting one! Yay! It took a while to decide tonight, but Kayce came over and we used our new bibles as guides. Afterwords, I was talking to one of my sisters on Facebook and she asked if I knew Kayce. She thought that we would get along well. We both laughed and told her that we were already best friends and neighbors. It was by far the funniest thing that happened to me today. :)
And so now, after a great and exhausting day during which I did no homework, I bid you Goodnight!
I went to church tonight with two of my sisters. It was the only other Catholic church I hadn't been to (in the city) and is the only one that has a specific contemporary Mass. The church was ginormous and had great music and families and little children running around (cutely). I am SO excited to hopefully call this church home for the year.
Later this week is my neighbor Alyssa's birthday. In celebration, we surprised her by flash-mobbing outside her window. We got her to open her window and recited a Romeo and Juliet inspired poem which led into us serenading her Happy Birthday. It was so much fun and she was surprised and loved it. Yay first birthday of the year!!
Then we had a floor meeting to plan events for the semester. Many people couldn't go to the ones that we've already had since they were at random times. This way, we all voted on the days and got a majority of the people (in most cases all) to be able to make it. Yay teamwork.
Tomorrow night will be the night that big and little sisters are chosen for Phi Lamb. I wasn't planning on taking a little, but I am very excited to announce that I will be getting one! Yay! It took a while to decide tonight, but Kayce came over and we used our new bibles as guides. Afterwords, I was talking to one of my sisters on Facebook and she asked if I knew Kayce. She thought that we would get along well. We both laughed and told her that we were already best friends and neighbors. It was by far the funniest thing that happened to me today. :)
And so now, after a great and exhausting day during which I did no homework, I bid you Goodnight!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Day 236: Fan-tastic Day
Today was gameday again! I had sold my ticket to the game, but still went tailgating before. Phi Lamb and our brothers/sisters had a tailgate with awesome pulled pork sandwiches and desserts and such. Yum! Plus it was great company. We left the tailgate and came back to cool off in our rooms. I stayed and watched my statistics lectures during the game. I brought up the live broadcast of it on my computer and every time I heard (in real life) the stadium explode with excitement, I flipped off my stat lecture and caught the touch down or other exciting event. So I got to watch the good parts of the game without having to sit through the boring parts.
Around the 3rd quarter, my roommate Angie and I went to the dining hall for dinner. It was really good and pretty empty so we got to enjoy ourselves. By the time we got home, the game was pretty much over. Andrea, my friend from back home, called me after the game and I showed her around the dorm and a little of campus. We got Mochi (Yum) and then walked back to their car. I had a great time catching up a little and getting to see a familiar face. And after that I just chilled in my room, unmotivated to do more homework. That's what Sunday is for, right? :)
Around the 3rd quarter, my roommate Angie and I went to the dining hall for dinner. It was really good and pretty empty so we got to enjoy ourselves. By the time we got home, the game was pretty much over. Andrea, my friend from back home, called me after the game and I showed her around the dorm and a little of campus. We got Mochi (Yum) and then walked back to their car. I had a great time catching up a little and getting to see a familiar face. And after that I just chilled in my room, unmotivated to do more homework. That's what Sunday is for, right? :)
Friday, September 16, 2011
Day 235: Shawn McDonald
Today was a great day! I slept in, went to Stat lab and then had free time since my econ class was canceled today. Yay! Jenny picked me up at 5 and we met some girls at Mi Apa, a delicious Latin Cafe. Some of the best chicken and rice I've ever had. Tonight we all spoiled ourselves by getting "tres leches" (three milks) for dessert. I still don't know exactly what it was except delicious. There's sweetened condensed milk and some sort of bread in part of it. But SO good. Plus it's like... $1.50 and they have a drive thru, so we may have to go there some time just for the tres leches! After dinner, we headed to a nearby church for a small Christian concert. The artist was Shawn McDonald. I didn't know who he was before this week, although I did know some of his songs from the radio. The concert was a ton of fun and he made some beautiful music. And mistakes, but that's the fun part of live performances! We waited around after the concert to meet him and get a group picture. Basically the night was a total blast. I'm off to bed so I can rest before tailgating tomorrow!
All I Need
Take My Hand
Closer
All I Need
Take My Hand
Closer
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Day 234: Sleepova!
Today was awesome!!! I had the first accountability group of the year with an amazing group of girls. After, some of us stayed and kept talking. Then one of the girls, Erica, and I figured out that we were both going to lunch at the same time at the same place with our "Ruby Buddies" for Phi Lamb. So we got to double date! It was so much fun and I really didn't want to leave to go to class. But I did since we have a test next week. After my delicious piece of chocolate cake that is.
And after all my meetings etc. tonight, my friend/sister Sam came over. She has to be in line at the stadium super early to upgrade a ticket and she lives off campus, so she decided to sleepover and be right there. When she got here, we both realized that tonight was the season premier of Vampire Diaries so we watched that together. It was awesome!!! We're off to bed now (earliest I've gone to sleep in a while...). Goodnight!
And after all my meetings etc. tonight, my friend/sister Sam came over. She has to be in line at the stadium super early to upgrade a ticket and she lives off campus, so she decided to sleepover and be right there. When she got here, we both realized that tonight was the season premier of Vampire Diaries so we watched that together. It was awesome!!! We're off to bed now (earliest I've gone to sleep in a while...). Goodnight!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Day 233: Flintknapping
I don't really have anything exciting to report about today except for what we did in Archaeology lab today. Our TA taught us the art of flintknapping, aka hitting rocks with other rocks to make sharp stone tools. It was cool how he could show us what someone had done to a rock, the techniques and technologies used, to be able to get it to that shape. Plus he used an old moose antler for part of the hitting. It wasn't too hard to do as long as you knew where to hit on the rock. I am, however, glad that I can buy a knife from the store rather than having to make one myself. Also, we discovered that the rock statue (on campus) called the "potato" is the perfect kind of rock to make these tools from. I hope someone doesn't try to attempt this and ruin our beloved abstract rock statue. :)
That's all for today! No evening activity = homework and tv. Yay Wednesdays!!!
That's all for today! No evening activity = homework and tv. Yay Wednesdays!!!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Day 232: Deluxe Dinner
Today I got a pleasant surprise! Danielle texted me in class and invited me over for dinner at her place. We made rice, grouper, and corn on the cob. It was soooo delicious and just great in general to have a real meal and to cook together. Yay for food! After that, I went to community group (bible study) and got to know those girls better. It was great because there were only a few of us there, and I love small groups! After I returned to the room to do homework. Yay...
Also, it is International Chocolate Day!! To celebrate, I had Nutella, a banana, and Nilla Wafers for dessert. Mmmm :)
Also, it is International Chocolate Day!! To celebrate, I had Nutella, a banana, and Nilla Wafers for dessert. Mmmm :)
Monday, September 12, 2011
Day 231: Happy Monday
Mondays are officially my favorite day of the week now. I only have one class and then a 6 hour break until I have to be anywhere. It is just relaxing to be able to have a day to sleep in, catch up on work, and still get to go outside and see people. Yay Monday! Bonus: My economics teacher canceled class on Friday so I only have one class Friday this week, too! Party!!
Tonight was Phi Lamb's first real chapter meeting. It was great to get back in the swing of things. I'm super excited for my "ruby buddy" this week. We also put in orders for our first merchandise of the year, a super adorable frat tank. This is the first draft of it; it changed a little, but you get the picture.
Tonight was Phi Lamb's first real chapter meeting. It was great to get back in the swing of things. I'm super excited for my "ruby buddy" this week. We also put in orders for our first merchandise of the year, a super adorable frat tank. This is the first draft of it; it changed a little, but you get the picture.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Day 230: Driving 'Round Town
Today Kayce took me shopping for new sunglasses. Mine broke Thursday. They are still wearable, but I can't bend the arms backwards to fold in on themselves. So we went to find new ones! We had a great afternoon of shopping and trying on clothes. After shopping, I went to church. The church I had been going to but wasn't pleased with got a new music director. Plus I found the mass that is more college centered. So for this week, it was great. Hopefully it will continue to be as such.
Sad news for the day, I didn't get the Eco-Rep for housing position. Oh well! Hope they still use my ideas for stuff. It's 3am. I think I should go to bed now...
Sad news for the day, I didn't get the Eco-Rep for housing position. Oh well! Hope they still use my ideas for stuff. It's 3am. I think I should go to bed now...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Day 229: Game Day
Game Day 2 has come and gone. I woke up late and watched 3 hours of Statistics lectures back to back, which is usually impossible. Then I went to pre-game dinner at the dining hall because it is cheaper during game days. The game was alright. We had great seats, we won 39-0, and the company was great. But the people surrounding us were obnoxious and drunk and that kinda just ruined the night. Plus the closer you get to the field, the hotter it is! And who really likes the Florida heat anyways? Not me. Not going to another game until November, so hopefully it will be cooler by then. That's pretty much all I did today. And it was nice. Goodnight!
Friday, September 9, 2011
Day 228: Froggy Froglonza
Today was a great day. Much better than yesterday. I went to lunch with Danielle and her neighbor from last year, Sarah. We of course went to the delicious A Cafe which was absolutely packed, but absolutely delicious. I didn't have Stat lab this week so it made it easier to catch lunch. After I went to class, I had a "Diamond Buddy Date" with two new pledges at Mochi. It was great getting to meet new girls and let them know how awesome Phi Lamb is.
I checked my mail and got a note from my bff Gracie, so that was exciting! Then this evening Jenny picked me up and we headed to her house for a girl's night with some of our buddies. We ended up watching my second favorite Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog! I loved getting to laugh with them and singing the songs. hehehe. All around today was a froggy day because my throat has been killing me. Last night/this morning I got a bad cough. And I actually talked a bunch today so that's not good for it either. Hopefully I won't have to talk much until the game tomorrow and then I will have no voice for the rest of the weekend. Anyways, off to bed to let this Nyquil work its magic. Goodnight!
I checked my mail and got a note from my bff Gracie, so that was exciting! Then this evening Jenny picked me up and we headed to her house for a girl's night with some of our buddies. We ended up watching my second favorite Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog! I loved getting to laugh with them and singing the songs. hehehe. All around today was a froggy day because my throat has been killing me. Last night/this morning I got a bad cough. And I actually talked a bunch today so that's not good for it either. Hopefully I won't have to talk much until the game tomorrow and then I will have no voice for the rest of the weekend. Anyways, off to bed to let this Nyquil work its magic. Goodnight!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Day 227: Frustration
I had a frustrating day that I'm not going to detail here because it would just get me more worked up. Right now I'm just feeling sleep deprived. I am off to bed (really early for me).
Two good things happened today though! I went for an interview to be an Eco-Rep for my dorm area. We find out Saturday if we were chosen. Hopefully so! It would be a lot of fun and a lot of good experience to add to my resume if I get it. Second thing, tonight was CRU. Back in the University Auditorium aka the "Crazy Cathedral" which is one of the most beautiful spots on campus. I sat with my new community group, Danielle, and a new Phi Lamb pledge. That pretty much made my day so much better. It always does.
Goodnight!
Two good things happened today though! I went for an interview to be an Eco-Rep for my dorm area. We find out Saturday if we were chosen. Hopefully so! It would be a lot of fun and a lot of good experience to add to my resume if I get it. Second thing, tonight was CRU. Back in the University Auditorium aka the "Crazy Cathedral" which is one of the most beautiful spots on campus. I sat with my new community group, Danielle, and a new Phi Lamb pledge. That pretty much made my day so much better. It always does.
Goodnight!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Day 226: Crafty Fun
Today was a splendid day. I went to lunch with my "pearl buddy" from Phi Lamb at the A Cafe. We met up with another group of lambs who were getting to know each other, so that was fun. Then class... yay. After class I relaxed a little bit and got a text to go to Publix with my neighbors. It was great because we got to spend some productive time together. When we got home, my neighbor Lorena and I made brinner together (pancakes and scrambled eggs...YUM!). Then we went to a craft night on campus. It was so popular that by the time we got there pretty much everything was used up or was in line to be used up. So instead of making cute canvas or cork boards, we got these little wooden frames and decorated them with stamps and stickers that just looked silly. Then they put out those black papers that you scratch off so there is a rainbow underneath (you know what I mean?). I kept mine for home and now they are finished and look AWESOME, in my opinion. One of them is Zebra print. I know, I'm cool.
Lorena and I also grabbed the only foam animals left in the building. The little foam stickers that have cute shapes that 6 year olds love. We ended up with 3 little piggies, a cow, a bear, a lion, and a #9 that we turned into a whale. When we got home, Lorena and I spent about 45 minutes coming up with cute puns for the animals. We put the sticker and the note with the pun on our neighbors' doors so we could all have "Door Pets". Here are the puns so you can laugh with us. And then I'm off to bed to prep for a very busy Thursday tomorrow. :)
Bear: "Teddy Roosevelt is beary excited to meet you!"
Lion: "Dandy was lion around waiting to be found by his mane ladies."
Cow: "Lauren and Lorena are udderly excited to present to you, Milky Way!"
Whale/#9: "Hi! My name is Spunky. Lauren and Lorena wave hello!"
Pig 1: "Hello my name is Baconator. ?Por que? Hogs and Kisses!"
Pig 2: "Hello my name is Porky. Sowprize! Hogs and Kisses!"
Pig 3: "Hello my name is Hammy. I never sausage a beautiful sight! Hogs and Kisses!"
Lorena and I also grabbed the only foam animals left in the building. The little foam stickers that have cute shapes that 6 year olds love. We ended up with 3 little piggies, a cow, a bear, a lion, and a #9 that we turned into a whale. When we got home, Lorena and I spent about 45 minutes coming up with cute puns for the animals. We put the sticker and the note with the pun on our neighbors' doors so we could all have "Door Pets". Here are the puns so you can laugh with us. And then I'm off to bed to prep for a very busy Thursday tomorrow. :)
Bear: "Teddy Roosevelt is beary excited to meet you!"
Lion: "Dandy was lion around waiting to be found by his mane ladies."
Cow: "Lauren and Lorena are udderly excited to present to you, Milky Way!"
Whale/#9: "Hi! My name is Spunky. Lauren and Lorena wave hello!"
Pig 1: "Hello my name is Baconator. ?Por que? Hogs and Kisses!"
Pig 2: "Hello my name is Porky. Sowprize! Hogs and Kisses!"
Pig 3: "Hello my name is Hammy. I never sausage a beautiful sight! Hogs and Kisses!"
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Day 225: Sick Wave 2
Woohoo. I am sick. Again. I think I have one of the worst immune systems on the planet. I am always sick! This is proven by the fact that my brand new box of Dayquil capsules is empty... Today I was too sick to table for Girl Scouts, so I slept a little bit longer and then had to go to 4 hours of class. I have to say, even though I enjoy my classes, today was rough. I kept nodding off during both classes and completely missed the topics for most of it. I have no idea how notes ended up on my page, and they are probably incomprehensible. Oh well.
Besides that, I went to a new Community Group tonight with Danielle. I loved my old CG, but I just wanted to be able to meet new people from CRU. I loved it and will be coming back for more. And now I am going to bed. Early for me, but I need some sleep. A lot of it.
Besides that, I went to a new Community Group tonight with Danielle. I loved my old CG, but I just wanted to be able to meet new people from CRU. I loved it and will be coming back for more. And now I am going to bed. Early for me, but I need some sleep. A lot of it.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Day 224: So Much Reading
My brain hurts. I don't think I've looked away from the computer for more than 10 minutes at a time today. Actually I think it's more like 4... I slept in and then got to work reading for my Intro to Sustainability class. This book is shaped like a novel, but written like a textbook. The information is interesting, but there are too many stats and information repeated several times over in each chapter. I had to read 3 chapters (of 40 pages each) today. By the end I was just reading the first sentence of every paragraph and completely ignoring the ones with numbers in them. I don't need to know exactly the number of gigawatts of energy the Phillipines and Taiwan and India and China and Mexico and Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo AND the United States all could produce by 2020 if we followed the new energy saving plans. Which are great, I just don't need that much information. Reading 120 pages at a time, I'm not going to remember that. The only thing I remember from 12:30 pm today is that polar bears are starting to become cannibalistic. That's all I remember from the first chapter. That's not good.
BUT now I am finished with the reading. Until next weekend when I have 2 more chapters to read. Aye Aye Aye.
And with that, I am going to bed. Because I'm exhausted. And yes, I read for forever today so I feel I earn to go to bed now. Very busy day tomorrow, but that's Tuesday for ya! Night.
OOOOH one great thing that happened today is that I won a $25 gift card to Bed Bath and Beyond!!! They had this sweepstakes going for the last 2 months and finally on the last day I won an instant win prize. Now I'm just hoping I know someone that wins the $91,000+ retail value sweepstakes. Hopefully me. Or my cousin who showed me the site. We shall know in a few weeks. :) But I'll take a free $25!
BUT now I am finished with the reading. Until next weekend when I have 2 more chapters to read. Aye Aye Aye.
And with that, I am going to bed. Because I'm exhausted. And yes, I read for forever today so I feel I earn to go to bed now. Very busy day tomorrow, but that's Tuesday for ya! Night.
OOOOH one great thing that happened today is that I won a $25 gift card to Bed Bath and Beyond!!! They had this sweepstakes going for the last 2 months and finally on the last day I won an instant win prize. Now I'm just hoping I know someone that wins the $91,000+ retail value sweepstakes. Hopefully me. Or my cousin who showed me the site. We shall know in a few weeks. :) But I'll take a free $25!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Day 223: Crispy Day
Before I forget, yesterday was day 222, which I thought was pretty cool. Day 333 should be Christmas Eve if I calculated correctly! Yay!
Today I went to lunch with Jenny at Crispers. I had this delicious steak sandwich with spinach and artichoke chips! Mmmm. Then went to Publix as per a normal Sunday. I made a delicious omelet for dinner along with these awesome blueberry muffins that my mom bought for me. They come in this cool container, you add a little water and BAM out comes muffin mix. Brinner on a relaxing Sunday = awesomeness.
Other achievements of the day include watching 2 Statistics lectures (back to back mind you which is even more difficult) and some TV viewing. I wish every weekend was a long weekend. It would be so much more fun! Tomorrow will include lots of reading for my sustainability class. Hopefully I will be able to get through it all. It's kind of difficult to read. :/ Night!
Happy Happy Birthday to my lovely mother!!! <3
Today I went to lunch with Jenny at Crispers. I had this delicious steak sandwich with spinach and artichoke chips! Mmmm. Then went to Publix as per a normal Sunday. I made a delicious omelet for dinner along with these awesome blueberry muffins that my mom bought for me. They come in this cool container, you add a little water and BAM out comes muffin mix. Brinner on a relaxing Sunday = awesomeness.
Other achievements of the day include watching 2 Statistics lectures (back to back mind you which is even more difficult) and some TV viewing. I wish every weekend was a long weekend. It would be so much more fun! Tomorrow will include lots of reading for my sustainability class. Hopefully I will be able to get through it all. It's kind of difficult to read. :/ Night!
Happy Happy Birthday to my lovely mother!!! <3
Day 222: Beat the Owls
Tonight was the first game day of the season! My parents came with our old neighbors and we tailgated the afternoon away. I also took them around and got free stuff like towels and coupons and such. My mommy bought be a cute blue and orange zebra print watch. I love it. I'm super motivated to wear only blue and orange clothing the rest of the week so I can love wearing my watch. :)
Bonus: We won the game!! Which always makes it more exciting. I still don't think I'm going to go to many of the games, but I'm sure I'll have fun at the ones I do go to.
I have officially finished watching every episode of House ever created as well. Yes, I am proud of this accomplishment. If you are new(ish) to my blog, you should know that in the the past year I've watched every episode in chronological order of the following: The Nanny, Scrubs, Boy Meets World, Dawson's Creek, Bones, and now House (all at least 6 seasons long). I may be missing a show, but I think that's it. What should be next up? Suggestions welcome.
Goodnight, and Go Gators!
Bonus: We won the game!! Which always makes it more exciting. I still don't think I'm going to go to many of the games, but I'm sure I'll have fun at the ones I do go to.
I have officially finished watching every episode of House ever created as well. Yes, I am proud of this accomplishment. If you are new(ish) to my blog, you should know that in the the past year I've watched every episode in chronological order of the following: The Nanny, Scrubs, Boy Meets World, Dawson's Creek, Bones, and now House (all at least 6 seasons long). I may be missing a show, but I think that's it. What should be next up? Suggestions welcome.
Goodnight, and Go Gators!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Day 221: First Laundry Day
Today's exciting event was doing laundry! Yay laundry... Went to class, came home, watched TV (Arthur was on!) and then did laundry and watched more TV while I waited. The machines are pretty far away, but it wasn't too bad tonight. And they got new machines that don't just take our school ID anymore, so you can just use your debit card. So convenient. I was pretty much the only one in there, which was nice. Anyways, that was about all the excitement I had. Hope you had a great Friday!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Day 220: Elizabeth's Birthday
Today, Kayce (neighbor) and I went to the A Cafe for lunch (twice in one week, YAY!). Then class, as usual. After class, a group of us went out for Elizabeth's birthday! We went to Satchel's Pizza, which I've written about before. You can read about that adventure here. Delicious pizza and great company. Then we went to her sister's apartment to eat cupcakes and play games. We played telephone pictionary (one of my favorite party games) and Apples to Apples. Fun night! When I got home, Angie (my roommate) painted my nails blue and orange zebra print for the game weekend. We talked and found out that we have the same favorite color, both love Despicable Me and we both eat our pizza backwards. We are the same person. I love it! I forgot that my class tomorrow is earlier than the rest of the week and further away so I really need to get to sleep... Goodnight!
Oh yeah! Something else that I did today: I applied to be an "eco-rep" for the residence hall government. We shall see what comes of that, but hopefully I will be able to start making a noticeable difference on campus in conservation of energy! Yay sustainability!
Oh yeah! Something else that I did today: I applied to be an "eco-rep" for the residence hall government. We shall see what comes of that, but hopefully I will be able to start making a noticeable difference on campus in conservation of energy! Yay sustainability!
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