ok, so i only made it H in the alphabet game. I have been told on more than one occasion that i lack the ability to commit, and although I think it has been said in context to relationships, it apparently really is true in this case. I couldn't think of a good "I" and I have WAY more to talk about lately than random things I like...so there it is.
"I" quit.A BUNCH has gone on in the past week and a half..hence the lack of blogging. I know my sporadic blogging makes it hard for those *few* committed readers to keep checking back in on me everyday, just to see if maybe I have resurfaced yet...but HERE I AM! I am sad to say that I will not be blogging much at all from May 16th-August 8th-ish...becuase I will be at Camp and then moving to Virginia Beach! But once I get settled and start Orientation, I promise to come back full force to keep everyone updated on life on the East Coast.
So what has been up, you ask? (even if you didn't ask...you know I am going to talk about it anyway)
***Campus Adventures***
A bunch of our college friends met up last Thursday night before graduation to go all over campus to places that have been memorable to us over the past four years at State. We started out at the Sigma Chi house (some good memories, both from high school and college..w
e get started on college life a little earlier than most people, being from Starkville and all). After we all got there, we went to the Hump...although we couldn't get into the actual coliusuem, we DID manage to get into the boys locker room, where several of us proceeded to put on Charles Rhodes' jerseys, took pictures, and snooped around the entire locker room/lounge area--that is, until we ALMOST got busted by security (or the janitor, we couldn't really tell)--we had to high-tail it out of the room and leap into the already moving truck to escape wi
thout incurring criminal charges. That was fun. After that, we went to Hunter Henry and waded in the fountains. That was cold. Then we went to the Davis Wade Stadium, climbed the fence, climbed another fence, and walked right out onto the 50-yard line. We played in the stadium for a while, took some pics, and then left (some of the group got caught and got written up for trespassing...oops). We walked from the stadium to the Chapel, where we all went in and sat and talked for a while (me and Baleigh attempted to play the piano....heart and soul was as good as we got) and then made our way back to the Sigma Chi house through the Junction. It was a night I will always remember...mainly because I have about a hundred pictures to document the night.
***GRADUATION***
I mean what can you say about graduation. I sat through almost 3 hours of rambling and name-calling (not in a bad way, but the actual calling out of names) all for my one half-minute of fame as I walked across the stage to shake some important peoples' hands and get what appeared to be a diploma...oh but no...it was just a cover for a diploma, filled with not even a blank sheet of paper. I found out today that I am actually still ONE HOUR short of graduating, so that little diploma cover was actually a pretty good idea to give to everyone...for all of us out there that wouldn't have had anything to show if they had really been given out that day. *note: my advisor emailed and informed me tonight that they retroactively enrolled me for one more internship credit for the spring so that i don't have to take anything else. and THAT is why I love my department/major.* The few good parts about walking at graduation...special attention, fun robes to wear, good pictures to take with your friends, and a couple of REALLY good meals with the fam. Oh, and the new President told me and Natalie, who got to walk across the stage when I did, that we "never [need to] loose that pretty smile." What a sweetie. I like him already.
***MOVING HOME***
Who knew I had SO MUCH STUFF??!! Saturday after graduation, my parents and Bo and Emily all came and helped me move my stuff home for good. *
By the way, I would like to just say that those 4 people are AMAZING. They sat through hours and hours of graduation activities for me and then came and helped me ALL day* For a slight idea of how much crap I had, we loaded up my Xterra, my mom's Tahoe, My Dad's truck (the F250...so there was plenty of room in the back), AND a trailer behind the truck for all my furniture. Now, when I say we loaded them up, I mean we literally packed every single space of every vehicle there with clothes, shoes, purses, pillows, etc. Not only did it take all of our cars, but we had to come back for ANOTHER load after we got all of that home. AND I LIVE IN/AM FROM STARKVILLE....you would think I could have left SOME of that at home over the years?! But the thing is, my room at home is already full of stuff...so you can imagine how much FUN it has (NOT) been to find a place to put everything in my room upstairs, still manage to walk INTO my room and find anything. And the really fun part comes when I have to sort through everything and decide what goes to camp, what goes to Virginia, and what stays in Starkville...all before I leave next week. WHEW...I get worn out just thinking about it!
