XXI

today is my twenty-first birthday. it feels almost as weird as turning 20 did.

a good weekend at the end of a long semester

this past weekend was the end of our fall semester- it was full of things to do and places to be.


fAlpha Kappa Sigma's 5th bi-annual "last supper" was held on thursday night at "mi puebchito" in searcy. we did our gift exchange, and sat there giggling and going on about the past semester. every time we make it someone's birthday, in may it was mine, thursday was jared watson's. he was very surprised, and not nearly as embarrassed as i was.


jared watson got me the golden compass and i am so excited to get to read it. he wrote on the inside that i can only read it during chapel or bible class... hahaha! jared cook got me trouble- and i was so excited! we sat in the student center afterward and played a very intense game.
friday morning april and i woke up and sold some books back and i sent her on her way to texas.



jared watson and i had lunch at the cookie basket and went to hastings to be "bookstore people." we rented waitress which we later watched at gene and beckie's, where we spent the night, after the rehearsal dinner for our friends chase and amanda's wedding. saturday, we went to casa brava with gene and beckie for lunch, and then were on our way to the wedding. after the wedding, which was very nice, jared and i went back to school for the basketball game- where we won by 40.


after the game, jared and i drove to memphis to stay at his house. at one in the morning, when we got to memphis, jared- still in his wedding attire of suit coat and button down- made me half a pb&j. one of the cutest things ever? why yes, i think so. after church on sunday morning, jared and i went to a yummy yummy make your own burrito place called blue coast burrito, which i am currently on the hunt for in nashville. after burritos we saw atonement, which was fantastic. got back to jared's to pack my stuff- said my goodbye, got in the car, and drove away, crying. jared isn't coming back to harding in the spring, which is very heartbreaking. i'm so proud of him though. he's so wonderful.


so, today, after decorating the christmas tree, i checked my grades on pipeline. i did really well this semester. i'm proud of myself. only one c- in world lit of all classes. got an unexpected b in bible(was really expecting to fail the class), a b in ceramics 2, a b in three-dimensional design, a b in photography, and an a in printmaking 1.


so- that brings my 2.98 gpa, which took away my scholarship to a 3.01 which gives it back!
my birthday is in 2 days and i'm very excited. i'll be 21 this year. crazy. i'm getting old.

good ridance.

it's finally over.
the semester from hell is finally over.
never again do i have to take 18 or more hours.
never again do i have to stress out over having too many hours and too many classes.
never again do i have to have ed meyers or larry hunt.
no more fall 2007.
it's finally over.

it has begun

finals week is here. april and i are officially done with world lit! yay!
only 2 more finals for me!
jared and i are having a movie/coffee/bookstore day on friday, since all of our friends will be gone.
only 9 days til my bday!

professional making a name for her self

so- i'm going to call my self at least a semi-professional photographer. just today, i was asked to do another wedding. but, unfortunately, i had to turn it down. monday i got two engagement photo jobs. then, there's the wedding from september. i'd say i'm at least a semi-professional. and loving every minute of it.


i made this today for my photography class. it was fun. 36 pictures- to make just one.

so close.

it's almost over. tomorrow starts dead week, then finals are around the corner.
horrah.
just 2 weeks left, and i'll be classified as a senior- which will apply for the next 2 years. just 2 weeks until i will never have to take 18 hours again. and until christmas break. and until my birthday.
yay.

thanksgiving break

drove home after class last night... i'm crazy. but, i got to sleep in my own bed, with my dog in my face. good to be home.

what a tuesday!

1. i learned how to weld today. it was... fun. and hard.
2. i got the part i wanted in little shop of horrors!
so excited.

VOLS WON! VOLS WON! VOLS WON! VOLS WON!

ROCKY TOP, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE HOME-SWEET-HOME TO ME! GOOD OLE' ROCKY TOP! WOO! ROCKY TOP TENNESSEE!

reflections of yesterday

the rugby game was violent. as i'm sure most of them are. full body contact sport with no padding can never turn out good. it was an interesting game to say the least. our friends played well but did not win. poor things.
the homecoming football game was wonderful. we played the wonderboys. yea. that's their name. it was a fun filled game, that ended with a score of 61-55, in our favor. thank goodness.
tennessee also won yesterday, like it was any competition. 59-7.
the play was good, i sat with spencer and his family, who got me about 10 rows closer than i originally was. i ended up selling my tickets to a couple who were standing in line at the ticket counter, wondering where they would be sitting. i told them the upper balcony, row z. that's the back. so, i got them on the floor- near the back- row jj. i got to sit in row y. it was nice.

didn't end up catching a nap at all, but i did get to hang out with some wonderful friends who came up for the weekend.
i have a concert today- leaving at 3 to head to jonesboro.

i'm reading a book about a senator with ED... it's very silly. the cover says it's a must read for the "viagra age" haha- i'm reading it anyway.