Absence

Lack of internet connectivity has kind of been cramping this whole blog thing...

Got snowed in yesterday. Once the roads cleared, Meghan and I  tried to venture to Foxwoods for bingo, but it ended up being closed so we saw Avatar instead. It was probably one of the best movies I've seen in awhile and it totally pulled at my hippie heartstrings. Who the hell wouldn't want to watch a movie with six foot tall bioluminescent carnivorous plants in it?! 

My parents okayed my trip to Charlotte for New Years Eve, so I'll be spending that weekend in Salisbury and heading back to Clemson the Monday morning before classes. I'm excited to take an English class and Spanish. I haven't had to do reading or speak a different language in awhile and I'm looking forward to it! 

Christmas will involve some serious gift wrapping, a whirlwind trip up to Jen-ba's house and then home with Nana to unwrap gifts Christmas day with my family. Then a 3 day trip to Nashville, a day of packing, and I'm headed home! I know that my mother hates it when I call Clemson home, but how could I not? The majority of my things are there and the family that I've created down there is with me for most of the year. I miss coming home to roommates and the noise and girly smell of our apartment. My parents don't really understand what goes on in my daily life, nor how much I miss the people I call my family down South. 

Also, Scott's did awesome with Christmas. Got my jersey and a pretty sweet hiking backpack. :) 

Almost Christmas

Errands today, fun tomorrow. I can't wait for the holiday festivities to start and for me to be able to kick back and relax a little bit. The road trip with Lindsey is going to be fun and I CAN'T WAIT to see what Scott got me. I get teased all the time and I just want to know! 

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!!

I'm still trying to convince my parents to let me come back down South early so I can spend more time with Scott. I wish I could do New Years Eve but it looks like that's not going to happen. In thinking about it, though, I do need to see him after the first week of school so I can give him his presents. I'm super disappointed that they were all backordered but at least one of them came in!

Finding a flight for the bowl trip was stressful. Devin pretty much did it for me because it was way too intense. Flights are being sold out left and right, and the price raising is even worse! I don't know how anyone travels during the holidays. It's insane... 

 

I Give

I just can't study anymore. It's totally killing me. Soils sucks out my soul. I feel like I know it all, but it's really just because it's boring and pouring over old tests just doesn't do it for me. Who really wants to learn about dirt anyway? 

I'm excited to start next semester. I say this at the end of every semester, but I like English and Spanish. I'm not really looking forward to my million 1 hour classes, though. Seminar, Planet, Hort 102, and maybe band all adds up to a class! lol 

One more day of finals after I suffer the torture of soils. I'm free, then. I can enjoy spending some time with Devin, Melissa, and Chris before we all leave. I'm looking forward to the trip home with Linds, but not staying in CT. The only people worth being there for are MK and Meghan. So I'll be there from the 13th to the 26th and then the 28th until probably the 1st or 2nd. It's really only like two and a half weeks. I think I can handle it. I just hope my grades all end up okay and my parents don't kill me. 

ONE MORE WEEK

Wednesday at 5:30 I can breathe. The semester's over, finally. It's like being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but at the same time it's a little scary. I have to make sure every-thing's turned in, make sure my grades won't flop, make sure I'm ready for the upcoming holidays, bowl trip, the new semester. I don't have half the presents I should. Scott knows about 2/3 of his which kind of sucks. I was hoping 2 of them would be a surprise, and it's a crap shoot as to when any of them will come in. All I can really look forward to is hopefully being the best girlfriend ever with next year's gift...

Tonight is band banquet! I got a really cute dress with jewelry to match. My ex-roomie (froomie as she likes to call it) is my date tonight. Kind of wish it were Scott but I definitely understand his reasons for not. It'll still be fun though. After my lab final I'm grabbing the decorations we still have in the uniform room, then coming back to pack for Tampa, then Linds is coming over and we're going over to Madren to decorate and then headed back to get all girlified and pretty. I'm excited to get my band jacket tonight and for some reason banquet always makes me feel christmasy and happy. :) 

Just keep your fingers crossed for a bowl that may allow me to have some semblance of a holiday season... GO TIGERS! BEAT GT!!!

Also, me and Scott finally have a picture or two. Is it sad that I'm excited about it? Probably. Sorry dear, you're getting posted on my blog. The tailgate after the USC game was a LOT of fun. I like hanging out with new, and some not so new, people. Also, Scott's parents were really nice. I liked spending time with them. Too bad the date that we were supposed to go on to end the weekend wound up being an epic fail for the 2nd time in two weeks. The Thai place we were planning to go to just never seems to be open, so we settled for Panchos and had a nice evening anyway. All this led to me getting sick because I did too much. Despite the hell Sunday night into Monday I think it was all worth it.