I keep forgetting to put a picture of my Halloween costume up! Good lord.

<--- tada. don't ask about the pose, I honestly don't know.
I suck at smizing. :/
But anyways, Halloween was fun, all I did was go to the church event and then Andy and I went home and played invisible rope.
Don't ask. Well, actually you can because it's pretty fun, but it may or may not be illegal. :O It's just a prank, don't worry! haha.



But yeah, since I haven't blogged in a while, I guess I'm going to have to talk about everything from Halloween up to now. Cornhuskin' was the best experience EVER!!!! It was so fun, and I honestly can't believe it's over. I can't wait until Stunt in the spring :D

I really enjoyed the Cornhuskin' Parade (: --->
It kind of sucks that no one in my family could go :( only my boyfriend and one of his friends came. but, I heard the seating was confusing anyway, so I guess that a good thing.
I'm about to go buy a Cornhuskin' DVD so my family and friends can see what it's all about, but honestly, you just have to experience it.


The workload had been steadily increasing since exam week is coming up...I have to finishing writing a paper after I complete this blog post. A lot of my classes don't post grades on blackboard so I really hope I am passing them!
If any of you read the post that I had recently put up (and deleted), I'm sorry. I shouldn't have posted my feelings for the world to see :x The situation got better for a while, but now I'm seeing hints of...meanness again. I mean, is something wrong with me? I thought I was a decent person. Oh well. I'm sure they'll get over it.

Anyways, on a lighter note, I went to the hurricanes game last night! It was so fun, and we had really good seats (Thanks, Meredith!). It was also bobblehead night so I received a free hurricanes bobblehead! Huzzah. I've been to two games, and both times I have been there, the Hurricanes have won. I guess I'm their good luck charm :3 (haha! it's just a coincidence.)

I've also been trying to make some money...it's not working too well because I'm so shy and I have absolutely no communication skills...I've started selling Mary Kay. So if any of you all know of anyone who wants to order or sample Mary Kay products...come visit me in 207 Poteat :D haha!

So, I guess I had better get started on that paper. Thanks for reading, and I'll post again soon!

Corn.

I now understand WHY the advisers, the students, and the faculty could never explain to us what Cornhuskin' was. I have found myself telling people "You just have to experience it!"; I promised myself I would try to explain it to people once I found out, BUT I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
Look, the main event is tomorrow night, and I'm so anxious and pumped about it, I'm about to jump out of my chair and start practicing the dances.
I'M SERIOUSLY PRAYING THAT IT WON'T BE RAINING TOMORROW NIGHT.
It feels like Christmas Eve; the feeling you got when you were younger. It's amazing. I wish EVERYONE could know how this feels.
I believe all the late night practices, complaining, yelling, sleepless nights, and back ache will be worth it.
I'll never look at an ear of corn the same way again.

happy birthday,

You would have been 94 today, even though we constantly fought over how old you were. haha.
I miss you so much; I've been realizing that you're not going to be around for Christmas.
I think Brandon and I are going to do what we did when we were young when our pets died: tie a note onto a balloon and hope it reaches heaven.
I also want to visit your grave this weekend. Hopefully, I will be able to.
I hope you can hear me when I pray, because I talk to you sometimes.
Your "spoiled rotten rats" miss you; Aiden talks about how you're in heaven with Jesus and that you're okay. It's funny how a two year old understands this better than I do.
I think Lillian will be my daughter's name, when I have one. She will have a lot to live up to.
I love and miss you, grangran; just know that I'm always thinking about you.

Oh wow...

So much homework to do, so little time.
I knew it was going to be a lot, but geez! haha.
I'm loving all of my classes and passing all of them.... except for my clothing construction class. The sewing machine and I do NOT get along. :P
I'm slowly getting better and better. I wish I wasn't such a turtle, though!
And Cornhuskin' is coming up (: I'm veryyy excited about it.
And good lord, all of this RAIN. geez!!
oh well; rain makes corn. haha.
I found a lot of kid pictures of me and my family. I tried to tape them all into a little collage, but they all fell down when I was sleeping. Guess I'll have to find something else to hang them up with. or get better tape.
okay, it's bed time for me, i just wanted to blog about completely nothing.

Love you, Grangran!!!

My Great Grandmother died at 2am this morning; I received a call from my sister at 7am. She was 93; going to be 94 in October.
I've been crying off and on all day...I'm really going to miss her. She taught me how to read (which is still my favorite hobby) and hid the Christmas presents from me when I tried to peek. I loved her so much, but she was suffering and I'm glad that she's not anymore. I didn't go home today because she had always hated it when I missed school, so I'm going to stay until the wake/funeral.
If there is indeed a heaven, I'm sure she is in it.

Anyways, I told my suitemates about this early this morning, apologizing for my anti-social demeanor today. Coming back from one of my classes, I walked into my dorm room to see cards and decorations posted on my bulletin board; It was one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me. (:
My boyfriend has also been helping me; calling in between classes and making me giggle at his antics...it helped me realize how blessed I am.

I would love to go home to my family, but I have homework and projects I need to finish, and I know none of it will get done in the comfort of my house. I'll just grin and bear it until I can leave at 10am on Friday.

But, life does not suck; I'm healthy, I having loving family and friends, I'm at Meredith College and I'm about to eat dinner. Can I get a hiphip hooray for optimism? (:

well, this is different.

My first week of college ended a few hours ago, and it was also my first semi-week of classes.

I have come to the conclusion that I'm going to love Meredith College!

All of the professors I've had are very nice and humorous. They're easy to understand and don't waste time giving us "busy work" like the teachers in high school did. 

I have realized the difference in the work load though...it's going to be hard, but it will definitely be worth it in the end. I actually wanted to take these classes, so I'm going to be taking away something from each one.

My roommate and suite-mates are awesome; we get along pretty well. we go to lunch and Ben and Jerry's together.

There's always something to do: socials, meetings, events, homework, dates,..etc.

Unfortunately,  I still haven't gotten over my shyness so I'm finding it difficult to make friends. I'm always so quiet, so people think that I'm stuck-up, haha. Hopefully I will learn to break out of my shell.

I'm so glad that I chose this school! I'm proud to be a part of the Meredith community.

But, I am slightly homesick. I did not go home the first weekend, and I'm missing my grandmother and sister terribly. My boyfriend and his father came and visited me Friday and took me out to eat, and I was very happy to see them.

Oh, and I love the food in the dining hall! I feel the freshman fifteen creeping up on me...