FYE - Lisa Lynch

My Ideal College Day...

So today was amazing! It was a day that went the way I had planned on my days in college going before I actually got here and start running a mile a minute.

I studied last night when I got back for a few hours & started a paper (early! YAY!!!).

Went to bed @ 11:45. Went to sleep @ 12:30.

Woke up @ 7 this morning. This is a huge step from the beginning of the year when I was waking up somewhere between 8:15 & 8:25 for my 8:30 class. I could hardly believe it when I looked at the clock!

Anyway, had a granola bar and headed to the gym. Came back around 7:45 and got dressed. Made myself some oatmeal (amazing because it was a super gross day today...). Left and got to class before 8:30. Class as usual.

Did a mile in fitness. I ran at least a good half of it at a better pace than usual...YAY!

Lunch in Burwell. I ate a salad. I realize that this must not seem like a big deal, but I generally don't eat salad so it was cool.

Lab. Got out early, so I went to the end of what would've been my first track practice. It was rainy and cold; but I had fun and felt accomplished. Ran a lap or so more.

Shower (best one of my life!)

Dinner with cool people! YAY! (And yet ANOTHER salad!)

Milliken to study. It is like 9:30 and I'm pretty done for the day. I hardly know what to do with myself. I'm thinking about going to bed soon because I am soooooo beat. Plus, I have every intention of getting up @ 7 again tomorrow and going to the gym. Maybe some laundry before humanities....it's soooo great!

Just thought I'd share....later, ya'll!

Officially The BEST FOOTBALL DAY EVER!!!

Clemson won.

If you live in SC, you get it. If not, then think about the biggest rivalry in your home state and multiply it times like 100. That's the hype over Clemson vs the University of South Carolina.

I love my Tigers!

Of course, the fact that WOFFORD BEAT MONTANA!!!! Just can't get any sweeter. Still excited. Best day ever! WOW! Yeah. I'm done...later ya'll!

Today....

Could possibly be the best football day if my life....

WOFFORD BEAT MONTANA! My mom, my sis, & I were all screaming through the 2nd half. I couldn't have been more nervous if I had been playing. I'm so excited for our guys and can't wait to get back to Wofford & celebrate!!! (And yes, I did take a picture of the TV...)

I am currently sitting on Ashley's....And Colleen & Ashley want to blog too...So here they are!!!

Colleen Varda is the coolest person I have ever met in my whole entire life.  She is AMAZING!

But Ashley Southern is much better.  Because she comments on every blog I write.  Unlike Colleen, who has never read my blog before.  She didn't even know I had a blog.  Gollll-ee.  Yep.

And there they were. We're watching Clemson & Carolina play. It's halftime & 17 -7 Clemson right now!!! WHOOO!!! Go Tigers! Hope they do as well as Wofford! Going to enjoy my besties now. Return to Wofford for mass celebration tomorrow! Later kids!

Miss Woodmont...

This weekend was so fun! In case you didn't know, I am a title holder. I'm Miss Woodmont 2007. This weekend I gave up my title to another girl from my high school. Haven't been home in about a month and haven't been inside Woodmont HS since around the day before I left to move in up here, so I was sooooo excited.

If you've never been involved with pageant stuff, things get fairly interesting the closer you get to the big day. For me, this meant leaving Wofford @ around 1 on Thursday afternoon to go home. I went to pageant practice for 3 hours that night and then left home @ 7 to get back to Wofford to go to class. I got out of my last class @ 12 on Friday and left campus @ 12:30. Friday was a good nap day for me since I had the house to myself til 4 or so. Woke up from my nap @ 7 and went back to sleep @ 2 am. Time for the real fun on Saturday!

Woke up. Made sure I ate, had a shower, and put on a button up shirt. Headed out to the mall to start the beautification process. Makeup first with Miss Elaine @ Merle Norman. She did a fantastic job as always. Next to Latoya, who somehow managed to work a miracle with my unruly hair. Generally I don't wear makeup and my hair stays in a ponytail or a bun under my camo hat. So, this was a big difference from how I usually look. After running errands and bumping into various people at the mall, I got home later than planned at around 4. My mom was gone and I was supposed to be at the high school @ around 5:30, so basically I was flipping out. With the help of my mom and sis, I managed to get out of the house on time. I pretty much ran around til 7 working on things I needed to do pre-pageant. Talked to the girls, met with the judges, made sure my mom and besties were gonna get the tickets I got for them.

Went onstage and did my thing. It was a blast. I had to stall a lot which was mildly annoying but still worked out okay because it was a Saturday night during football season and I knew half the crowd. Played my viola, took my final walk, grinned wickedly at Colleen and Ashley waving at me wildly from their seats. It was amazing.

Got to crown my friend Becca as Miss Woodmont 2008. It was so much sweeter because this makes her the fourth consecutive Miss Woodmont from our church. I loved it! Afterwards, took lots of pictures and talked to lots of people. Went out with Colleen & Ashley to Waffle House still ridiculously made up. We knew half of the people in Waffle House. It was great. Felt like old times again. It had to be one of my most amazing weekends. I was especially happy because a lot of people commented on how built I'm looking. Since I go to the gym pretty much everyday, it made me really happy to hear that all my hard work was paying off. YAY!!!!

It's even better to come home looking amazing after you've been away a while than it is to just come home. I'm going to start keeping that in mind. Anyway, hope you guys like the pictures. Sorry I have't posted since Monday, but now you can kinda see why, I hope.

Walk with Laura...

So, with the craziness and ickiness of this week, I haven't had time to post the pictures I took with Laura during our walk around campus last weekend. Most of them are down Liberty Trail. Liberty Trail is the best kept secret in Spartanburg in my opinion. Absolutely beautiful, but I'll let you see for yourself.

I absolutely live for places like this. And too often walking around Wofford I find myself compelled to take pictures of things because they just look like they need to be documented, y'know? Take a walk through Liberty Trail if you get the chance, I don't think you'll regret it...

Dancing with the Stars...

Dancing with the Stars = waaaay better than writing an essay. My sis called to tell me that my fav Spice Girl, Mel B. is a contestant this season! I am so pumped!!!! So yeah, after DWS gotta pop out this essay that's burning a hole in my skull and then off to be social. WHOOO! Later kids!

Update....

Watched Mel B. & she was AMAZING, STUPENDOUS, & PHENOMENAL......Can't wait to see how she does!

This Week....

Basically awesome....

Halloween 3 times this week! Gotta love Wofford for that one.

Tuesday was trick-or-treating in Carlisle with Aleah.....SUPER FUN! Plus, Tuesday night was the season premiere of Nip/Tuck which both Aleah & I love! YAY! So Tuesday was a crazy fun roomie bonding night....I think the whole day Tuesday was pretty good roomie bonding...LOVED IT!

Wednesday was actually Halloween which was a fun day....much candy eating was involved.There was a Halloween carnival for all the kids in the community. Most of the oncampus groups (sororities, fraternities, Mulitcultural Affairs, etc.) sponsored games and stuff. It was awesome. I hula-hooped and beasted John. It was fun. Burwell was served down at the soccer field with free funnel cake and fried oreos for us students. Since I live for funnel cake, I was pretty excited! So all the Halloween Carnival/dinner/soccer game/funnel cake fun inspired me to go get my costume and be a sport. And it was a blast. Pic's of me & Syd....she's a lion & I'm a hick....fun stuff!

Thursday was Halloween @ Wofford since the Row doesn't open on Wednesdays, so all the costumes on campus came out for at least a brief appearance. That picture is probably my favorite of the 800 I took that night....Kappa Sigma Pledge Class all at their costumed best....I LOVE those guys! 

Thursday morning was a much more solemn affair; but, it was probably more important than everything else that went on this week.

First was the bell. Wofford rings the bell 3 times for each student here. They ring it for you when you arrive, when you graduate, and then in your honor after your death. All Saints' Day was the day for the ringing of the bell for those of us who have passed on. I was on my way to the reading of names, but didn't make it. But, the ringing hit me somehow still. I think it's important to be mentioned not just because of Wofford tradition but because of how close this hits. Once upon a time, the people honored by those tolls of the bell walked the same sidewalks I walk now & lived in the same rooms that my classmates and I call home. Years from now, some other freshman girl will be walking along on a sunny All Saints' Day and hear the bell toll for me for the final time. Really made me think, y'know?

After the bell tolling, I went to the chapel for a candlelight vigil being held for the students who died in the beach house fire earlier this week. That one hit close to home as well.....several of the students who died were graduates of J.L Mann HS in Greenville. J.L. Mann is about 15 or 20 mins straight up the high way from my high school. We played them in lacrosse and I had friends who went there. I have friends at both Clemson and USC. I am a really community oriented person. I look for my connections to those around me. Those kids lived up the road from me somehow. None of them were far away. So I was sad for them on a lot of levels.....knowing that I could've seen them at a restaurant or a lacrosse game, knowing that they probably lived about 20 mins away from me...we shopped at the same malls, went to the same downtown....makes the world a bit smaller and the tragedy that much bigger, y'know? So, I went to the vigil amongst a few who knew them and a few who didn't. Pray for those families. I can't even begin to imagine the grief filling the lives of those who knew and loved these students at this point in time.

Friday was a fairly cool day as well. Officially dropped calculus. Cleaned my room. My sister is spending the weekend with me & we just finished Blades of Glory a little while ago. If you haven't seen it, you should.  And of course, my mommy brought me all my boots from home (since it's suddenly become wickedly cold) & more food! YAY!!!! Okay, I'm an hour into Saturday and since I'll be up before noon for once, I think I'm gonna head to bed. Can't wait to spend all day Saturday with my sissy! YAY!!!! Homecoming football against GA Southern tomorrow, too! YAY!!!!!! (again.) I'm outtie!