May 17, 2008

Done!

So, I am home finally.

After four exams and 2 hours of working quite hard with Colleen and Rachel to fit all of my stuff into the suburban, I am home. My living room is full of random crates and clothes and bedding and snacks. It's nuts. It definitely did not look like this much stuff when it was so nicely (if not a little messily) set up. So, I am currently doing a little sorting. A word of advice to any of the incoming freshman, you will be spoiled when people carry your stuff in for you on move-in day. Remember that they won't be there to carry it back out at the end of exam week. Make friends at school, Dewayne (who you will learn that you should know and love) came and got my fridge into the car for me. YAY!

May_2008_076 It was a bummer watching my friends trickle off as the week went on. Syd snuck off on Wednesday night before I got to say bye to her. Bets and Allie T. left on Thursday. Dane, Laura, and Court were out on Friday. I will definitely miss my hallmates. We had a blast this year, but Wednesday nights had to be one of the greatest nights in the history of our hall. We had a blast goofing off and I got a new nickname. Oh yeah, I promised Bets to blog something the other night.

"Dear Carol H.,

Your daughter is the bomb diggity.

Love,

Slynchie"

If that gives you any idea of the madness that was going on the other night. Definitely miss my neighbors mucho.

I am excited about summer school. I figured it won't hurt to get ahead, give the GPA a little boost, y'know? I found out Thursday that there will be a ton of fun people at second session with me, so I'm really pumped about that. I've never been to summer school, but this looks like it'll definitely be a fun experience. Plus, I get to live in the apartments....YAY!!!

Anyway, thanks for reading this year. It's been fun. I will blog into the summer for as long as they let me, though I suppose after Sunday I'm not a freshman anymore. Interesting and semi scary thought. Anyway, back to organizational stuff. Laters ya'll!

May 12, 2008

A Thought That Hadn't Occured to Me...

While it's a bummer to leave my newfound besties for the summer; and while I knew that there are several people I know who will not be returning next semester. It never in a million years occurred to me that one of my newfound besties might not be returning next semester. That, my friends, is earth-shattering news no matter how I try and look at it. I'm ill equipped to deal with it, and this blogger wonders what Wofford will be for her next year without this friend who means so much. I love it here, I really do; but so much of what makes Wofford for me is the people I've met here and the close friends I've made...this one especially. So not only am I afraid of what next semester without that person here means, I'm also afraid of what'll happen. What if we don't call or don't write or don't facebook like we say we will? For the first time since September, college scares me again.

April 29, 2008

Resurrection....

April_2008_002My camera has returned from the Best Buy camera hospital and is right as rain again! (The Best Buy guy took the picture of my recovered camera excitement.) YAY! I missed some vital picture taking moments like Spring Weekend, but I'm definitely fixin to make up for it. Scenes from this weekend, my last of major chillage before summer.

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Laura came up for a hospitality day on Saturday. She's gonna apply here. It's a bittersweet thought. We had green apple shaved ices (my fav!) at the baseball game and so we took a picture to commemorate the day, as well as Laura's first green apple shaved ice.

April_2008_004Lauren, Ashley, & April were over at Converse like Thursday night for a concert, so Courtney and I went to meet up with them at Krispy Kreme for doughnuts and convo. I was happy to see some friends from home here in Sparkle City for once.

April_2008_002_2The Theta formal was on Friday night and my fav neighbors were hurrying to get ready. Don't they look pretty?

April_2008_009Saturday was also Terrier Play Day & my mom brought the little girl she mentors, Deandre, to participate. I haven't been in the 2nd or 3rd grade in a while and being that age is ridiculously exhausting, I'm not even sure how I lived through that age to be 19. We had fun getting our faces painting, and going on some spinny ride that was one of the most fun things I've done in a while. I was definitely pooped after a day with her.

April 21, 2008

So...

This weekend was crazy fun! Shaving cream, swimsuits, sand where it isn't normally, and crazy cool bands. Spring weekend basically rocks, that much more since we're getting to the last few weeks of school now. It's been such a year. I came here wanting to do neuroscience so I could go to med school and be a pediatric neurologist. Now, I think I have found a goal more to my actual liking....get ready for it....I want to be an immigration lawyer...in a perfect world anyway. It's social, it helps people, and it's an issue I actually know a little bit about. I've been schedule planning and jazz, I'm super pumped. Going to talk to my advisor in the morning and the pre-law advisor sometime this week.

Got room assignments for the fall, I'm 2nd floor of Dupre. And since I totally wanted to be in Dupre, I'm pumped. And since I ended up on the same floor with girls that I love and adore, I'm also super pumped. I'm going to miss my hall. I have the coolest hall ever and we're gonna be bummed in like 3 weeks when we have to leave each other, never to be on a hall all together again. :( But still pumped.

It's weird thinking about not being here. I remember I spent like the first month and a half of school wanting to go home; and now I feel like that's where I'm getting ready to leave. The other bummer is that my closest Wofford besties is about an hour and a half away. Atlanta'll will definitely be listed in my summer plans as much as I can make it down there. Hopefully Court'll make it down from WV to see me at least once; and I haven't even begun to make plans with Syd to see her in TN this summer. Oh sadness. I'm not gonna know what to do when I have to quit my Wofford sched cold turkey. No dinners with Dane, no late night snacks with Court, no Syd to wake me up on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Horrible thoughts all. Home'll be an adjustment, but the reunions in the fall will be amazing. Lots of hugging and screaming I'm sure.

Ok, stopping focusing on bummerific stuff. And I did totally make that word up, but it's fine. The fam's coming up this weekend because my lil sis is coming up for some thing, so I'm gonna meet them for the baseball game and just chill. Home next weekend to help Laura get prom ready....I can't believe it! Cross your fingers my camera's back from the Best Buy camera hospital by then! Next weekend to Clemson with Chris and Dane to watch them do a triathalon and offer moral support. Next weekend I'm home for the summer! Crazy ain't it?

April 17, 2008

Night & Day...

So I got my wish...

I met two lovely girls at Night & Day who read my blog AND like it! YAY, someone who isn't me or one of my bffs cares about my life and so I am utterly and ridiculously excited.

Aleah and I didn't have prospectives, but I had friends who shared so it was okay. I got to hang out with and meet a lot of people who are gonna be in my shoes next year. I totally can't wait. The girls (Kathryn & Sarah) were awesome and we talked to them a lot about the day to day here. They asked us questions and we tried to be as truthful and informative as humanly possible. It was neat. And it was nice to know the answers to the questions. This time last year, I had 800 million questions and it's nice to be on the answering end of the questions instead of on the asking end. So ask away, ya'll. And Facebook me, I ike new people. And if you're Upstate SC, and wanna hang...lemme know cause I love lunch dates! It occurs to me that I wanna be one of those sophmores that all the freshman know and who has half a clue about what going on with those below me. Wofford can be like high school in that way, but I kinda like it. At Clemson, there's no way I'd get an opportunity to know the majority of any class, so I like the option to know a larger percentage of people here. It's a useful characteristic of Wofford, be sure to keep that in mind, prospectives!

History test tomorrow that I actually feel prepped for. Up early cleaning and finishing up editing some paper before the afternoon. Bed time! Night, kids!

April 10, 2008

It's 5:05 am...

And for the second time, I am in Milliken. Two days in a row. Last night (yesterday morning?) I dragged myself to bed at 5am after a night full of paper writing...both religion and history. In my defense, I did start my history paper before tonight. But, somehow, here I am....at 5am....still writing. Grrr.... I did manage to catch like an hour and a half nap at 215ish. It was nice. Thankfully at around 4, Joe came bounding up to my couch in Milliken to celebrate the progress on his paper with me. Mine was better. ;)

Happily, I don't have class til 1 this afternoon. Sadly, I decided for some strange reason that it was a good idea to schedule a meeting with Dr. Hitchmough this morning about scheduling. I think if I go back to bed, I won't wake back up. This means, I'm probably going to stay up til at least 9am to try and meet with her. Grrr, stupid schedules. I had been doing amazingly well this semester with not staying up til ridiculous hours of the morning doing homework. There went that. AND two days in a row. At least yesterday, I managed to squeeze a decent, consecutive 4 hours and some in. Don't think it's gonna happen today. My plan for Friday is to go to bed at like 3 in the afternoon. Sounds amazing, doesn't it?

Saturday after our meet at Furman, I'm going home!!! For the night, but still....I missed my mommy. And yes, I said it. I'm totally okay with missing my mommy. She was pretty bummed that I didn't manage to come home at all in the 9 days I was galavanting about enjoying my spring break. I was bummed to get a text from my sister while I was out buying souvenirs at the beach, that my mom had to go the ER for chest pains. Scary stuff. Nothing horrible, but still scary. Definitely sucked being in southern GA right then. So, I personally am thrilled about getting to see my mommy with my own two eyes and just feel better about the fact that she's okay, y'know?

Also, my camera wigged out. It won't turn on all the way or something, so it's off on a little visit to Best Buy to see if they can solve its mental issues.

Other breaking news, I have a boot. Don't worry, no official stress fractures. But, the trainer and I decided that some preventative care wil help me finish out the season less painfully. So, yeah. A word of advice in case anyone ever need a boot....wear long pants...and socks on your other foot. I have a lovely gash on my right ankle where I whacked the crap out of it (numerous times) with my booted foot. Supposedly Dane knocked the crap out of his ankle for the 3 weeks he was booted too, so let me just share that tidbit with ya'll just in case.

Oh, today (yesterday??) was exciting because it was Alex's 21st birthday...YAY! We had cake outside of Starbucks & sang & took a lovely group picture that I will at some point have to steal from Sydney. So yay for Alex's birthday.

And Monday we had a track meet. Vs Upstate. It was wicked intense. And I was wicked tired afterward. I'm still really unsure how I'm functioning and making semi-coherent thoughts. I'm waiting to pass out asleep as I'm walking around somewhere tomorrow. I feel like Western Civ and English are going to be especially rough. But after those classes, there's only a cuento for Spanish between me and my nice, warm bed until 1030 Friday morning...YAY!!!!

I'm going to go finish my paper now. I feel mentally revived....kind of. Something tells me that the two Mello Yellos I've consumed tonight probably don't have anything to do with that. But, yay Burwell opens for breakfast in like an hour and a half....geez! I'm out, yo. Wish me luck, all!

P.S. Now it's 5:22 am

April 01, 2008

In LOVE with St. Simons!

So yeah, St. Simons is amazing.

This morning I went on a bike ride up the road to the veggie stand and bought some squash and a few plums. Saw lots of people who were all so friendly and all said hey. Got a decent workout, too. Since I have an achy leg, I'm not supposed to run/workout on my leg. As a sprinter, this basically means without a weight room there's not really anything I can do. That means that I've been going a little stir-crazy from lack of workout. Happily enough, Dane is a genius and suggested I bike. YAY for biking! A leg workout that doesn't require my feet hitting the ground. This island is awesome to bike around and the veggie stand gives me somewhere to go. It's nice. Anyway, waiting for Dane to get back from his bike ride so we can go to the beach. I leave you with pic I took when we went to the beach Saturday night. Later kids!

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March 30, 2008

Bigger and Better Birthdays!

So right now, I am blogging from St. Simons Island in Georgia chillin out on Spring Break. I apologize for my lack of bloginess, but I think this has been the most stressful week before Spring Break that I have ever had. There were tests and papers and I tried my best to have everything done by Thursday so I could spend the day doing things for and with my diagonal neighbor bestie, Courtney. Her birthday was so fun. It seems as we get along through the year, birthdays get bigger and badder. Court has definitely had the best celebration I have participated in this year.

Sydney, Ally, & I planned to decorate Court's room and her car on Thursday. After sending Court to lunch we enlisted as many people as we could get to help blow up balloons. Almost everyone on our hall blew up at least one ballon. It was pretty neat. While Syd and Ally left to get helium balloons and deorate Court's car, I climbed on every tall thing I could find in Court's room to hang streamers. I did this til 1245 when I realized it might be a good idea to get lunch.March_2008_049March_2008_048

 

Court returned to find herself with a room slam full of balloons. She thoroughly enjoyed it.I'm sure Mary Beirne didn't enjoy popping them all the next morning though. Lol.March_2008_039

A whole bunch of us went out for Mexican and basically just goofed off and had a good time. It was great stress relief, though I did end up rushing to finish two papers on Friday. Totally worth it though.March_2008_005

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I can't wait til my birthday next year now that the bar has been raised so high, it should definitely be a blast.

March 18, 2008

Strep Throat...

I have it. I haven't had it since like elementary school. If I go around breathing on people, I'll make them sick, so I'm supposed to stay in my room and rest today. Oh sadness. Thankfully, I'm not contaigious in 24 hours. I love Sydney for going with me to health services/taking me to the doctor/taking me to the pharmacy/eating soup from Panera with me in the parking lot. She's pretty much amazing. I'm sleepy. Naptime!

March 14, 2008

In Response to Kathryn...

Okay, so there are four main sororities. Theta, Zeta, KD, and Tri Delt (Not in order of my preference, I assure you.) Wonderfully enough, my hall has at least three members of each sorority as well as three non-greeks.

Kappa Alpha Theta, or Theta for short. My neighbors on the left & my across the hall neighbor, along with 5 other girls on my hall are Thetas. The Thetas are fun girls. My adjective for them is classic. They're not like a super uptight bunch, none of them are unapproachable, but they have appropriate formality. And at a football game, they'll probably be in dresses.

Zeta Tau Alpha, or Zeta. Is very pink. Now, I can kind of say a little bit more about them b/c I know more of them AND because I know Zetas at other colleges. They are fun! They are outgoing and fun to be around and super active. My neighbors on the right & my diagonal neighbor to the left, plus 2 other girls on my hall are Zeta. Then, I have a friend from elementary school who is a Zeta @ USC & a friend from church who is a Zeta at College of Charleston. My thoughts of the Zetas as a whole is that they're girly girls. That being said, I know Zetas who don't fit that and I really like the Zetas. If I were going to be Greek. Zeta would be my second choice of a sorority. They're semi-dress wearers, but there's not a blanket statement for the Zetas.

Kappa Delta, KD, is the sorority that I know the least about. I know some KDs, but I think a lot of them are older, so I don't know much about them. I do know that they seem to have a lot of charity dinners and concerts and the like which is cool. There are 3 girls on my hall who are KDs. I like them all and enjoy talking to them when I get to. If I had to choose a sorority that fit most with people's stereotypical view of Wofford, it would be KD. And that isn't anything against KD, I'm just calling it how I see it. They'd also be dresswearers during football season.

Delta Delta Delta, more affectionately known as Tri Delt. This is where my bias comes in. Were I to rush, to decide to be Greek, Tri Delt would be my goal. Some of my best friends here are Tri Delts and it's the sorority that I personally feel like I have the most in common with. Sometimes, I feel like you can look at a sorority and they kind of have the same look & I don't get that feeling with Tri Delt. They seem like the most amazingly fun and unique assortment of girls ever. Several of the theatre girls I know are Tri Delts and my diagonal neighbors to the right are, too. A few of the girls on the track team with me are, as well. The Tri Delts are a really chill group of girls and the most laidback sorority, in my opinion. They do really cool stuff and everyone I know adores her sister. There are 4 Tri Delts on my hall & I love them. Tri Delts don't seem to me to fit as easily into one group or the other. There are dresswearers and there are Dog Pack members. I don't really know how to put it into words.

Okay, now with all that being said, I (as a non-Greek) am going to attempt to do a cool thing for the benefit of those with questions about the sororities. I'm going to try to get the inside scoop from my hallmates, from some of the chapter presidents & see what they have to say to you about their sororities. I think that to hear their descriptions of their sororities is just as important as hearing mine, y'know?

Also, in all this Greeknees (ironically enough at the end of Greek Week), let's remember the non-Greeks. Here, it's just as okay to be non-Greek as it is to be Greek. The important thing to remember next year is to do what YOU want to do. Though, I encourage rush strongly and I plan on rushing this coming fall. It's a good way to meet lots of people here and to get a feel for which group of girls might most suit you or even if any of them will. All of the sororities are welcoming and love getting new sisters and from what I see they are all really close. I know the girls on my hall hang out with their sisters a lot. And A lot of roommates are also sorority sisters. Don't judge the girls before you meet them. A lot of people here that Wofford is a really big Greek school. About the half the student population is, maybe a little over. Sometimes people have negative ideas of the word Greek. I know it wasn't a super idea to me at the beginning of the year and I thought the whole thing was a little ridiculous. But, now that I have friends who are Greek and classmates who are Greek and teammates who are Greek, it really changes my perspective. There's not a "Greek type". It's like getting yourself a pre-made circle of friends who want to get to know you and want to hang out with you and who want to build unbreakable bonds with you. My suggestion is to be open to all of it and all of them. Though, I will do my best to make sure that you can come in with at least a little knowledge of things from both perspectives.

Hope that answers your question, Kathryn. If anyone wants to know anything else, definitely let me know. I know what a big deal not having a clue about some of this stuff is.

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