Summer is here, and one way I decided to celebrate was by compiling a list of all the new experiences I had throughout the school year...and they are:
- I received the best sorority Little Sister ever! Beejay you rock my world!
- I read 14 books in a four month period! Quite sick I know, but thankfully I do not need glasses like I thought I might in January!
- I went to the FSU Flying High Circus. I just have to say that there are many talented and flexible Seminoles out there! (Larissa, Shannon, and Hunter to name a few!)
-I went to a FSU ballet production. Good job Brittany, you were beautiful!
-I went to a Tallahassee choir concert. I loved it! It was a lot of fun, even though I went by myself...I was thoroughly entertained by the comments of all the old people around me. ;) I love having friends who can sing and free tickets to go watch them!
- I had two roommates in one year. Both of them were my sorority sisters, I'm glad I had a chance to get to know them better. And now Elizabeth is one of my close friends.
- I went to FSU's President's Ice-cream social. Our president was so cute, he even served the ice-cream!
- I left the teen years, and turned 20! You don't do that every year! ;)
-I went to most of the clubs in Tallahassee with Fraternity boys...yes they are called planned socials. Very interesting times...
-I went to Semi-formal and had more fun outside, than actually at Poseys.
- Started going to Campus Crusade more regularly and have made friends there. I love our Crusade here in Tally and love the staff! Wayne & Karen, Kevin & Missy are the best!
- I was a part of an outreach to six different sororities on campus, headed up by Missy! It was called Spa Night, and there was massages, fondue, Mary Kay, eyebrow waxing, facials, shampoo/conditioner making....yes we pampered our girls!
- I was able to share the 4 spiritual laws with three of my sisters. :)
- I was in one of my best friend's wedding! She was sooooo beautiful! It is one of my favorite memories so far in my life! Yay for Chris and Leah!
-I waxed my eyebrows. First my friend (Kaleigh) did it for me, then, since she did such a great job, I went out and bought wax and I did it myself! ;)
-I have guy friends now...4 to be exact. ;)
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Friday, April 23, 2004
Two years and counting...
I am officially one final away from being half way done with college and my school career! That is the best news I have ever reported! I cannot wait to graduate and be done with writing papers and reading required novels that stink. :) Not that I haven't enjoyed myself here in college for the past two years...but it hasn't been the "best two out of four years of my life" like everyone says it is.
Speaking of school...I was hoping to get straight A's this semester and earn that $75 check that my sorority gives out to girls who get perfect GPAs...I could use an extra 75 dollars in my account right now. But it is looking grim...my African American Literature teacher is so frustrating. He refuses to be nice to people and give them a break.
This one guy, Ernest, goes above and beyond in all his classwork, reading responses, and even answers the professor’s questions all the time. So earlier this week we had a research paper due on the 20th and could turn it in on the 15th for extra credit. We didn't have class on the 15th because our teacher went to a conference, but he told us that if a secretary time stamped our papers by 3:15 in the English department office we would get extra credit. So Ernest finishes his paper at 2:30, goes to the office, now it's 3:00. He finds that the secretaries are having a party?!? (Who does that? especially on a Thursday at 3:00?) So he hunts them down, brings this secretary back to the office to time stamp his paper. She does, but time stamps it according to her watch that which was 5 MINUTES FAST, and stamps it at 3:20. Ernest notices this and tells her that it's 3:15 and she should change it, but she refuses. Ernest explains to her that our professor won't give him extra credit if she doesn't. She still refuses to change it and even has the audacity to tell him "Maybe he won't notice." Yeah right! So Ernest decides to run home and email our professor at 3:20 explaining what happened and that he couldn't have possibly been at the office and written the email at the same time. But my professor emails him back refusing to give him extra credit saying he told the class the time deadline. What a horrible man! Why couldn't he have been a little nicer to Ernest? It ticks me off. So I'm assuming I'll get a 93.9 in the class and he will refuse to round it up, giving me an A. So I'll end up with an A-, thus ruining my chances of getting $75. :( I don't like it when people who could have given someone grace in a certain situation chooses not to.
Speaking of school...I was hoping to get straight A's this semester and earn that $75 check that my sorority gives out to girls who get perfect GPAs...I could use an extra 75 dollars in my account right now. But it is looking grim...my African American Literature teacher is so frustrating. He refuses to be nice to people and give them a break.
This one guy, Ernest, goes above and beyond in all his classwork, reading responses, and even answers the professor’s questions all the time. So earlier this week we had a research paper due on the 20th and could turn it in on the 15th for extra credit. We didn't have class on the 15th because our teacher went to a conference, but he told us that if a secretary time stamped our papers by 3:15 in the English department office we would get extra credit. So Ernest finishes his paper at 2:30, goes to the office, now it's 3:00. He finds that the secretaries are having a party?!? (Who does that? especially on a Thursday at 3:00?) So he hunts them down, brings this secretary back to the office to time stamp his paper. She does, but time stamps it according to her watch that which was 5 MINUTES FAST, and stamps it at 3:20. Ernest notices this and tells her that it's 3:15 and she should change it, but she refuses. Ernest explains to her that our professor won't give him extra credit if she doesn't. She still refuses to change it and even has the audacity to tell him "Maybe he won't notice." Yeah right! So Ernest decides to run home and email our professor at 3:20 explaining what happened and that he couldn't have possibly been at the office and written the email at the same time. But my professor emails him back refusing to give him extra credit saying he told the class the time deadline. What a horrible man! Why couldn't he have been a little nicer to Ernest? It ticks me off. So I'm assuming I'll get a 93.9 in the class and he will refuse to round it up, giving me an A. So I'll end up with an A-, thus ruining my chances of getting $75. :( I don't like it when people who could have given someone grace in a certain situation chooses not to.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
insecurity
There are some days when I wish I didn't look like I do. It seems to cause people pain and struggle. It causes me to see disappointment spring up in the faces of others...or resentment...or inadequacy...or the end of a friendship. It hurts me too. But I can't do much to help it. Then when I think I am helping...I'm really making it worse. Sometimes it is very annoying that I have to continue to wait...wait for that person and the day when I will be able to be myself and not have to worry about what I am doing constantly. The day I let my guarded heart and emotions run free, surrounding that person with the real me. We will find joy being together and encourage each other in Christ.
All I can do is only cling to the hope I have in Christ...that He knows what lies ahead and won't let go of my hand as we walk through this life. Hope that some day I will feel complete and whole in Him, knowing He sees me as beautiful and perfect. Hope that one day I will finally believe with all my heart that I bring Him joy and He is pleased to call me His daughter.
All I can do is only cling to the hope I have in Christ...that He knows what lies ahead and won't let go of my hand as we walk through this life. Hope that some day I will feel complete and whole in Him, knowing He sees me as beautiful and perfect. Hope that one day I will finally believe with all my heart that I bring Him joy and He is pleased to call me His daughter.