Part Drei and the Return

The last part of my Thanksgiving break went as follows....

Woke-up, went to Gma's house to visit Annabelle and her big sis. Annabelle is so adorable!! She's so tiny too. I went out onto the porch and played with the big sis for a while and then it was time for their naps, so they left and Mom and I ran some errands. After we got everything we needed, we went home and went to Beef's for lunch. I do love me some Beefs. :)

Then it was time to just chill and wait for J&J to come pick me up and take me back to school. I thought I was ready to go back, but my brain refuses to go back into school mode. I'm probably going to spend the rest of the semester drifting from class to class. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

After we got back, we had to unpack all of our things and then chill. I was planning on going to bed early, but that didn't happen. I ended up talking to A-Wal on the phone for a while, which was really nice because I haven't had the chance to talk to him in a long long time. After that I sat on my bed and watched The Notebook. I'm pretty sure that was the first time I've ever watched the whole movie, start to finish, without breaking and it's definitely one of my favorites.
If you're a bird, I'm a bird. <3

That's all.

Thanksgiving Part Deux

I'm digging this cold weather and really wish it would last. But I've lived in Florida long enough to know better. It really makes me feel like it's Christmas.

Here's the happenings of the 2nd half of my break.

Friday - Call me crazy, but I enjoyed waking up a three a.m. Mom, Nicole, and I went to the Seminole mall and shopped from 430 until about 11 or so. We took a short break to eat breakfast, but other than that we were go, go, go. I scored a lot of cute clothes for NYC for really cheap and got a pair of Ugg-like shoes. We even knocked a few people off our Christmas lists. After shopping I took a short nap and then went to MI to see New Moon with Nicole, Britt, Lenny, and Ann. I was surprised with how much I liked the movie. But I couldn't help make a few comments during it, such as "CEDRIC! The Ministry lied!" and "When did Sharkboy get abs?" After the movie I went over to Moosams and hung out with Juanito, Bry-Bry, Kellers, and Bindos. We took a bunch of cute pictures, talked, and caught up.

Saturday - Mom woke me up at 10 and we went to see Ang and the boys. I've missed all of them sooo much!!! The boys were, of course, as cute as they were when I left them and just as sweet too. We played, watched tv, and ate lunch at Kelsey's. When we were leaving Carty gave me a huge bear hug and told me that he missed me "soooo much". I'm definitely glad that I only have a week and a half left of school. After Kelsey's Mom and I dropped some stuff off at Grandma's new house, I did some math homework and then I got to go to Mausam's again. The highlight of my week was definitely getting to call Christopher on the phone and talk to him and Felix even though they're all the way in Mochengladbach. I love love love Felix's broken English. It makes me laugh so hard. After we called Chris, we took a walk, took pics, and helped Moosam prepare for a wedding Garba. Then we had to leave so she could go. Saying bye was hard, but like I said... 1.5 weeks.
At home, I skyped with Chris and Felix again before watching some television and relaxing. That was the end of my Saturday.


Tomorrow I'm going over to Grandma's to finally meet like Annabelle. She's going to be absolutely adorable. Sometime late afternoon J&J are coming to take me back to college. Going back this time will be different than in the past because this time, I'm actually excited. Not that I won't miss my family or anything, it's just that I like it now. I've missed Ames, Jill, Becca, and the rest of the crew a lot and can't wait to catch up with them. But that doesn't mean I'm not already preparing for Christmas break.

Here are my plans for that so far:

10th - surprise my pre-k kids at their pageant
12th - Help with the pre-k float if Ro needs me
14th - Soccer game with Will, maybe I'll make some of the guys sandwiches just to mess with J. Barnes
17-20 - NYC with Momma and Dad
20 - White Elephant?

I'm ready to buckle down, take finals, and have a little fun!

Thanksgiving Break Part 1

I've been home for three days and I can barely remember what I've done so far. It's been great and I can't wait to get an entire month of this. The funny thing is, I'm missing college. Tuesday night I was talking to Jill and almost said "Hey, I'll meet you down in your room" or "What's Ames doing?" It's weird being away now that I like it so much. Here's what happened everyday since Moosam was complaining about not having a log.

Tuesday- Went to math, waited for J&J to finish class, drove home. The first thing I did when I walked in was eat. Boy have I missed good food. After eating, I unpacked my stuff, did laundry, and hung out with my mom. We watched tv like old times and then everyone went to bed. I stayed up talking to Dooger and Jill on fb chat until my eyelids started to droop.

Wednesday - I was woken up by a text from Will. We had been texting Tuesday trying to figure out what we'd do together. He had to go pick up his sister from her friend's house so I decided to go with him and hang out after. Little did I know, this friend lives in the creepiest house in Smallsville. It's surrounded by barbed wire and apparently serves as a mental clinic. I don't know why Will's mom let Laura go there. Needless to say, the doors were locked as soon as he left the car and weren't unlocked until his hand was on the handle. After picking Laura up, we grabbed some BK and went to his casa. Last time I was there he tricked me into watching Saw by telling me it was Spaceballs (he says it was Keegan's idea but I call bull). So he decided to make it up to me by actually watching Spaceballs. Soo funny.
Will's family had to leave to go be with family so I left and went out with Bethers. I picked her up, said hi to her familia, and then we went to Sunrise. I do love me some Strawberry Sunrise and I got a muffin to take back to school. We then went to Target and walked around.
After that Mom, Flander and I went to Sonny's and then Mom and I went to Dogs to see Mojo and her momma. I think we made the most noise they have ever heard, but it was sooo worth it.
Then I went to Moosam's house and hung out. We acted crazy, dressed up in winter clothes, and watched a Christmas movie. <3

Thursday aka Thanksgiving- I woke up early to watch the parade and was super excited to see BLG perform. Good choice people, good choice. Then Nana and Gidow came and we ate with them. After we got done eating I took a nap. Once I woke up it was time for dinner take 2 at Grandma's new abode.

Tomorrow morning I'm going Black Friday shopping so I think it's time for some shut eye. I have to be awake enough to beat up shoppers. :)

Patience is a virtue

As is not having your head in the clouds.

I have learned both of these things in the last few days. As well as learning not to doubt myself. I'm leaving right NOW to go home and I'm definitely excited. Hopefully I won't bump into people I don't want to see.

When creativity finally kicks in

Well the AMA's were definitely interesting. I can't say I'm sorry that I left early to go walking around town with Ames, Dakota, Nicholas, and Nikki. We walked through the square, around the fort, and down St. George street. Nikki wanted to take pics and we wanted something to do. The one productive thing that happened was finding Rubberband Alley. I was walking behind everyone else with Dakota and spotted a familiar looking alley, so I told Dakota to wait a second, crossed my fingers, and jumped. Sure enough I had found it!! Dakota looked at me like I was a freak so I made him jump too. Soon enough, Nicholas, Nikki, and Ames were in on it too. We were all jumping for a minute or two in the best alley in the whole world!! It sounds like someone is snapping a rubber band every time you land and no one really knows why.

After jumping, we went back to school and I went to bed.

Today I woke up and checked the blog for Visual Culture. To my surprise I found a new project and I'm actually pretty excited for it. We're supposed to take 3 pics that define our identity. I already have my pics planned out so I'll post them as soon as they get taken. We also had to pick 3 movies we identify with. I spent a good hour writing about why I identify with A Walk to Remember, Nick and Norah, and 10 Things I Hate About You. Some reasons were simple, some complex, but overall they were creative.

After that, I packed. I'm definitely ready to take a short break.

I hope things go well.

Later gators.

Saturday Night

I figured I can talk about last night now that I have a little time to.
I went to dinner with Jill, Ames, Nikki, Becca, Lauren, Dakota, Nicholas, and Maxwell (I love using his whole name). We all ate together in the nasty d-hall and then headed downtown for the Night of Lights. They played a lot of Christmas-y music which really got all of us in the holiday spirit. We took silly pics and then went back to school to hang out in the rotunda for a while. We all sat around in a big circle and talked, joked, and just had an all around good time. Soon it was time for the basketball game so Jill, Brett, Bob, and I went to the gym. We were super happy to discover that the game was free to all students. I didn't get as much into the game as I usually do, but it was still a good time. We ended up losing by 10, but played a pretty good game. Other than all of the missed free-throws and three-pointers. I think Brett was pretty impressed with my basketball knowledge although he was disappointed that I never stood up and yelled. Maybe because Max kept texting me and asking what was going on.
After the game, Jill and I went back to get coats and check on Becca, who had gone back to her room after the lights. We then met up with Ames and went out to the lawn to watch the rest of It's a Wonderful Life, which is definitely a super cute movie. We then went to the student center to chill/eat/play pingpong and pool. Max decided it'd be funny to steal my phone while I went to get food which I definitely didn't appreciate. Taught me never to leave my stuff with him. Oh well, after a while Jill and I decided to go back to her room. I went to check on Becca and that's when we had our heart-to-heart about stupid boys from al regions of the country. Then I slept.

Today I just read, did a devo, and watched some tv on the computers. Now I'm going to eat dinner and watch the AMAs with Jill.

See ya later losers.

Good times and recent discoveries

Too much happened today for me to write about. It was crazy, fun, and all together the best. Some of the happenings included... dinner, lights, Rotunda, Basketball, West Lawn, Ringhaver....

I also got to have some heart-to-heart time with Jill and Becca. Together we all realized that it doesn't matter where you are from (Smallsville, RI, or VA) boys are all the same. Dirty, rotten, scoundrels. Becca and I have a lot in common. It's rather ironic actually. I'm glad I got the chance to get to know her better tonight, but now it's wayyy too late.

Peace

Let's see... what has happened in the past few days?

Well, Wednesday I went with Ames and Callie to Starbucks to studying for our history test. We sat inside and went through the vocab until they closed at 9. (Who the heck closes at 9? This isn't Smallsville people!) After they closed, we went back to school and dropped Callie off. (She's a bit hyper at times but we still love her.) Then Ames and I went and met our friends at Bugg's. I met some really nice boys, Max and Brett (although Max insists that he hates me even though I never did anything to him). And Ames and I went through the rest of our vocab. By the time we finished it was like midnight, so we went back to our rooms and slept.

Thursday - I finally finished my shadowing hours in the writing center. Now I don't have to sit there and be bored every week. Later that night, J&J and I went to the Student Center for a while and then I met Ames at Cedar and studied a little more. They played Rock Band on the HUGE tv while I talked to Jill and tried to get my phone back from Max. (He decided that my phone was payment for the three twizzlers he gave me on his own. I didn't even ask for them). Anyways, at like 11 Jill decided that she was tired so I went back with her to our dorms. It's slightly dangerous to walk back from Cedar by yourself after dark, but I guess that's why they put the guys there and not girls. While I was in Cedar I got to FB chat with an old guy friend from home. It was a lot of fun getting back in touch with him and deciding which Smallsville High games the two of us and our lit/lang friends are going to go to when I get back for Christmas break.

Friday - Class... then my English group interviewed our subject and got a lot of our paper done. After class I had to go do my art project with my creative pod. I was really dreading it, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. I like being artist, I'm just not good at it. But having Lindsay and Corinna there to help me worked really well. We all finished pretty early and had to wait for Callie to cut out her people, so we decided to hide in the art supply closet and wait for her to come find us. We had some heart-to-heart conversations in the closet (sounds kinda weird when I put it like that) and ended up staying in there for about 20 minutes. Then we hung up our silhouettes and I went over to Jill's. The second I got there Ames and Nikki came in and asked if we wanted to go to Fernandina with them. I really really wanted to, but I knew I wouldn't get my homework done if I did. So they left, but not before Nikki informed me that she is FORCING me to go on the next roadtrip... Fine by me. Jill and I hung out in her room until I was too tired to keep my eyes open.

Things for today-
*Group English project (shouldn't take too long)*
*CLEAN! (I can't stand how messy our room is now)*
*Lighting ceremony with Jill, Ames, Becca, etc. (It'll feel like Christmas)*
*Boys' basketball (I can't wait to get crazy!!)*


I'm sorry if this is slightly boring to most people. I just like to think of it as a way to let people know what I'm up to even though we're not together. It makes me feel connected. I love everyone lots!!!

Conductor of the World

This is what happens when I'm feeling musical and spiritual at the same time.

Last night at Cru we watched a video full of music, violins, flutes, oboes, violas, cellos, piano, guitars, french horns, the works. The point was that everyone is playing a song in life, the question is whether or not they're in tune. Whether they do the right things or not.

I took it a step further in my brain. God is the Conductor of the song, the song of life. He's waving his arms, telling the players (mankind) when to be quiet, when to speak up, when to slow down or speed up, and when to stop. Just like in music class, individual players have the ability to pay attention or just not bother. Paying attention to the conductor takes effort, it's not easy to multitask in so many ways at once. Ears and eyes have to be open at all times and nothing can distract the player. God connects to this in every way. You (the player) can either pay attention to him or just walk away. If you choose to pay attention you have to be on it. You have to adjust every few steps you take and make sure you look to him and are doing what he wants. Without him standing at the conductor's stand, the world is in turmoil. No one knows what to play or how to play it. It's crazy and doesn't make any sense.

That's all I have about that.

About other things - Thanksgiving is in a few days and I can't wait to get home and see everyone. After that, I only have two and a half weeks left of class before Christmas Break. This makes me unbelievably happy.

- I have been hanging out with Amy and Jill a lot more lately... I decided that it's pointless to use code names for college friends that no one knows anyways.... Amy took me with her to see the meteor shower the other night and it was magnificent!! I saw three meteors shooting across the sky and it reminded me of the beauty this world contains.

- Tonight, I'm going to Starbucks with Ames and then we're studying for our last History test. I'm really going to miss our professor. He's fantastic!!

- Voldemort was that "best friend" from last post. I don't care at all anymore. Not that I have in the last month or so, but I just had to announce that for it to be done.

Today, I finally let go and realized that I lost a best friend. And I'm not all that upset about it. So it must be for the better.

A sigh of relief

This past week has been full of stress and watching the clock, but now that that's all over, I finally have time to breathe. College pre-registration week is the worst. You're expected to sit and wait patiently for your time to come, and for freshman, that time is Thursday at 7am (aka very last). If you know me at all, you know that I HATE having to wait and not knowing if my classes are going to work out. At Smallsville High, I never had to worry about that. I never took a class I didn't want because my guidance counselor knew better. She knew that I wasn't afraid to call her house late at night to get her to fix something. And as a result, I am not used to this crap.

So I woke up early, sat down at my laptop, and waited for 7 to roll around. I think pre-registration was a success, besides that stupid science class I didn't get into. But the funny thing is, I'm not that upset about it. I didn't want science anyways so this schedule will be easy peasy. Intro to Teaching, Electronic Portfolio, English, Psych, and Speech. And I managed to get a class with my friend, RI, so I'm super happy about that.

Speaking of RI, I've been hanging out with her and her friends a lot more lately and I love it. I think I've gone over there almost every day this week to hang out, talk, watch TV, or do whatever seems like fun. I really like them and get along with all of the people in their group. There's never a dull moment. I do believe I have finally found the college friends I was searching for. Things seem to be going my way these days.

I read a quote the other day that really got me thinking. "Don't regret anything that once made you happy." I've decided to try and live by that quote. And living by that means regretting nothing because everything I have done, whether this summer or otherwise, once made me smile. Not regretting doesn't mean not learning from mistakes, it just means not beating myself up over things that happened. You should try living by it too. It's pretty awesome. Just consider it.

Peace.

The difference a day makes

Yesterday was definitely amazing. Here's how it started....

My L.C. classes were supposed to go on a field trip to Jax to some plantation, so I woke up around 10, got ready, and went to meet Staten at the Bistro. We got there and realized that it was closed so we went over to the Auditorium to meet the bus. But when we got there, guess what wasn't there.... yep, the bus. We waited for a while and our art teacher finally decided to call the bus company. Turns out, our bus broke down on the way to get us and it would be another 20 minutes or so. So Staten and I went back to the Bistro and got wraps. It was her birthday, so I payed and then we went back. But our teachers decided it wasn't worth it so we canceled the trip. A group of girls decided to go anyways so Staten and I joined them since our friends were going to be gone anyways. So we went, took pictures, girl-talked, ate at Chickfil-a, got donuts, and headed back.

Once we got back, Staten and I caught up with her friends Mendez and Seem. After a lot of discussion and drama and changing plans they all finally decided that they were going to go to Jax to a Moe's and decide from there what came next. Seem had invited me to go earlier in the week but I wasn't sure if that invite still stood so I went to get my stuff and go, but Mendez and Staten reinvited me so I went.

It was a lot of fun. A bunch of us piled in Law's Suburban and drove. More drama insued, but that's what makes nights interesting. Law wanted to go camping on the beach and get uber wasted, but no one else wanted to go and since it was Staten's birthday, we defended her and finally Law let up and stopped asking. He and his friends went anyway, but we all went back and chilled in Cedar. Less drama occured once he left and we discussed what to do next. Staten had promised Ri that she would go do the usual stuff 18 year olds are legal to do and Ri wouldn't let her forget that promise. Flower and I didn't really want to go so we had a sleepover and watched SNL while they did that. When they got back they decided to have an impromtu road trip to Hilton Head. Since we don't have a van and Law was gone Flowers and I sacrificed ourselves so everyone else could go and have a good time.

We had a sleepover which was a lot of fun. :) And now I'm dead tired, sitting in my pjs at the computer back in my room.

I declare this weekend a success.

Family Weekend and such

This weekend was family weekend at college. Parents are invited to come spend the weekend here and see what the college is like. They eat in the dining hall (which served good-ish food for a change), hear Prez A talk, take a trolley tour, see the dorms, and get to catch up with their kids.

My parentals got here Friday when I was still in class taking a test (which I got a 98 on). So they checked into their B&B and waited for me to be done. Once I got out they came over, showed me their place, and we went to eat at a Columbian restaurant (not as good as I remembered). After eating we went to WallyWorld for a few quick things and then went to watch Where The Wild Things Are. It was definitely... different to say the least. I didn't really remember the book at the time so I don't have much else to say about that.

Saturday morn, me and Cal (who's parents were also staying at the B&B) walked over to get breakfast. It was AMAZING! After that we went over to the auditorium to listen to the President give his speech and here the choir sing. It reminded me of how much I miss music.... After the speech Mom and I walked around while Dad watched the FSU game. I got a super cute purse! (Thanks Mom and Mrs F) Mom and I also went on a trolley tour of the town, which I think she really enjoyed. Then Dad went to watch the UF/UGA game and Mom and I drove over to the outlets. I "made out like a bandit" as Mom says. Lots of cute clothes for NYC. After the game, we went to a Greek restaurant and walked around Downtown.

Sunday was a peculiar day. I woke up, got ready, and ate breakfast at the B&B. Then Dad, Mom, and I drove out to see the beach. On the way back we stopped by Publix to pick up some food I wanted for my dorm. Then they decided to take me home for a few hours and have J&J take me back to school with them. I was really upset when I had to go/ had to think about going. But I think (keyword "think") I'm okay now.

When I got back I studied with my friend Staten. We did more talking than we did studying, but I think that's okay. I think she really helped me realize I'm not alone here and I can find friends. We talked about the kinds of people here and how we're nothing like them. We don't party al the time nor are we major dorks. We're the inbetweeners. More mature than most, which is what is getting the both of us stuck when trying to find new friends. Talking with Staten made me feel a lot better and more confident that I will find friends. After studying she invited me to get coffee and then go back to her room and hang out with her and her suitemates. I had a great night in spite of my crappy day. And tomorrow, I'm actually going to eat lunch with her and her suitemates!! I have real friends. And the fact that that amazes me, is a little sad. But oh well, I take what I can nowadays.