So as the year comes to a close I think it's time for my year summary. I was reading back through my summary of last year which you can see in this post: and it's so weird to think of everything that has happened since I've been at MC especially in the past two years. wow. I've had an amazing college experience. It's weird to think that I only have one more semester. That still scares me but I'm coming to terms with it. I think more than anything I'm just sad to be leaving my best friends. There's just no better bonding time than college. I can't imagine not having these people around me all the time but I know that God has good plans in store for me and I'm excited to see what those plans are, but yes, nervous at the same time because I really don't know what those plans are. I've decided that I have to live this semester to the fullest. I want to do any and every crazy plan my friends have because I don't want to miss out on fun opportunities with them my last semester. I mean nothing too stupid or anything. ha I've been truly blessed to have some of the best friends a person could ask for while I've been at MC...gah I'm starting to cry as I write this. ha I can't help it. I'm really going to miss all the late nights in the church activities building, all the random road trips, the functions, everything basically. ha Thank you to all of my friends for being such great friends. 2008 has been another great year and I'm going to make the most of this last semester. Anyway, after all that rambling, here's my year summary. (Btw if it weren't for pictures I would have a lot of trouble remembering back to what happened all the back in January. ha)

January
• Hung out with Erin, Nance, and the guys for New Years

How is it that I can go from one emotion to the opposite emotion in the span of oh 5 min? Ugh. I'm so, so happy for all of my friends right now. Most of my best friends are dating great people now and I'm really happy for them. I think they've all made great choices in who they're with. Then it hits me that I'm pretty much the last one in my group of best friends who is still single. I'm ok with that, but does it have to be pointed out that I had a chance. Don't you think I know. I know I'm picky. I don't want to settle. I refuse to settle. Don't you think I've thought about and prayed about it, well I have. Words hurt you know. I don't need my flaws pointed out. I do it enough to myself. You know I could hurt the person who just hurt my feelings with words really bad if I wanted to but I'm not going to do that. It won't do any good and I don't like to fight. I just wish that people wouldn't prick at the sensitive areas in my life like that. Anyway, to my best friends, I love you all and I'm really extremely happy for you. Good choices all around. Now if you know of any guys for me...jk. It will happen. I have faith. :) -Pidge-

Coming home makes me sad sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I love my family. What makes me sad is that I just sit at home not hanging out with anyone because my friends from home don't have time for me anymore if they even come home anymore, and most of my friends from school live too far away. We're all just too busy for each other and it stinks. I'm all about quality time. A lot of my friends don't seem to get the fact that I don't care if we're doing anything all that fun and exciting I just like hanging out. Just spend some time with me. That's all I ask. I'm fairly easy to please I think. Why do my closest friends have to live in places like Monroe, Carrollton (yes you're from Carrollton face it), Florida (geez move to MS please!), West Point, etc. Oh and I can't forget my camp friends, they live in TX and OK! gah. Ok enough whining. I just want my friends. That's all. But without the school work that generally accompanies being with them. If only. oh well.

I'm so thankful for friends who take care of me. It's not fun getting sick at school where you don't have your mom there to take care of you and provide sympathy, but some of my friends were there for me when I got dehydrated and threw up last night and it meant a lot. So thanks, Sarah Grace, Molly, and Alex for being there for me. :)
I'm glad it's Thanksgiving break. A break from school and chance to sleep is nice, although I will be doing a lot of work over the break, but at least I can do it at my own pace with less pressure.
I can't believe this semester is almost over. It's flying by. I feel like I've just been trying to keep up this semester. It's been crazy. I'm almost halfway through my senior year. wow. I might be going to seminary next year. I'm praying about it. I'm not sure yet, but it's good having some set options. No matter what I do, unless somehow I wind up staying in Clinton, I'm going to miss my MC friends like crazy. They're like family to me. I at least know my Summer plans. There are going to be at least 5 of us from MC working at camp this Summer. I can't wait to go back. I miss that place like crazy. It's going to be fun getting to work there with Alex. Working with one of my best friends will definitely be fun.
Random Fact: "There IS no straws" at the Memphis zoo. haha
Formal was this weekend which was fun. We had a somewhat random but fun group. We were rudely awakened by the most obnoxious alarm ever in our hotel sunday morning. That was interesting. Overall it was a pretty fun weekend.
OK so i'm watching tv and I'd really rather not see commercials about male enhancement. I mean, really? gah. "You have nothing to lose but a lot to gain." Really, really? I don't want to hear that when I'm watching tv. Kthanks. gah.
Sorry about this rambly post. Just felt like writing. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

So Fall Break was amazing and went by so incredibly fast. I knew I missed my camp friends but I don't think any of us realized just how much we missed each other until we saw each other again. Such a fun, refreshing break. We hung out in Dallas, ate good food, had good quality time together, went to a random runway show, went salsa dancing, got to see two campers, drove down to Baylor, and just had a lot of fun. I love Texas, and I miss camp so much still. I'm pretty sure I'll always be missing camp except when I'm there. ha I can't wait until reunion when we get to see even more people from camp. Since it's probably going to be at the end of Christmas break we'll most likely go over to Dallas early to hang out with people before we go down to camp. I wasn't ready to get back to the real world of school this past week when we got back but at least it was a short week. I can't believe this semester is already about halfway over. geez. I don't like to think about how fast it's going. Too bad I can't stay in college with my friends forever. haha It's just weird to think about the fact that several of my friends are getting married and that we'll all be finding real jobs soon. Why does college have to fly by so fast? Well, time to be packing for ST campout. I hope I don't freeze to death tonight.

I should know by now that good news is usually followed by bad news. It just always seems to happen that way. Alex told me today that he's going to be studying abroad in France next Spring, which will be my last semester at MC. That in and of itself I can deal with, it makes me sad, but I could deal with it fine if it was just him. However, Erin is most likely not going to be here at all next year, and she's definitely not going to be Spring semester, so I have to find a new roommate; Betsey is going to be studying abroad in Africa; Rachelle is going to be living off campus; Nancy graduates this year. Most of my best friends won't be here my last semester and that just makes me really sad. I also have no idea what I want to do when I graduate. It just scares me to think about my last semester and what my future holds becuase I have no idea. I have a feeling that next year is going to be a year where I'm really going to have to trust and depend on God.
On a more positive note, I'm really excited about this Summer. Yay Balcones Springs!

It's a new year...2008. Crazy. So much has happened in the past year and there is so much ahead of me this year. This is possibly my last semester with my roommate who is not just my roommate, but my best friend. Erin is applying early to dental school and if she gets in now she won't be at MC next year. I really will be happy for her if she gets in, but I've had the same roommate for 3 years and I can't imagine what it will be like without her. Her leaving will be a double whammy for me since she's not just my roommate, but also my best friend. I really can't imagine rooming with anyone else.
Anyway, here are some of the highlights/key things that happened to me in the past year.
Bolded events were especially important to me.

January

Another semester is finished which is just weird. They're going by so fast. I finished exams Saturday morning, but I'm staying here until Wednesday b/c I'm going to FL with some people which I'm looking forward to. So my issue that I mentioned in the last post is better now which I'm very happy about. The semester is coming to a nice close, which is good but it seems so soon. I can't believe it's already gone. I feel like the days where I was going crazy this summer b/c I was so ready to be back were just yesterday. Yesterday Erin and I were talking about the fact that we graduate next year and I really just couldn't think about it b/c I will start crying. I love the people here so so much. I have made some of the best friends possible. They're crazy, but I love them and I refuse to lose contact with them after I graduate. I will not let that happen. Just so you can see how crazy my friends and I are, I'll leave you with a video as an example. I would post some more videos but my computer is not wanting to let me at the moment.


That would be me, Lindsay, and Laura Leigh dancing to Soulja Boy in the caf bathroom. We were way too hyper.

-Pidge-

You know, it really stinks when things seem to be going so good and then something happens that just makes things not so good. ugh. Life will go on though, so I'm not too worried, just a little frustrated at the moment. Tomorrow I'm going running with Bets though and running always helps me relieve stress. I haven't run in a couple months so I'm looking forward to it, and another plus is that I always have a good time when I hang out with Betsey. I almost always come away feeling better after spending time with her. She makes me smile. :) Some of the best things for me to cure stress/frustration/blahness include prayer, spending time reading God's word, spending time with friends, and running. I'm sure part of this has to do with it being the end of the semester and exam time.
So me, Bets, Alex, and maybe Betty are going to take sign language next semester at First Clinton and I'm so, so excited about it. We sit behind the deaf ministry at church on Sunday mornings and watch them translate the songs and sermons, and so Alex decided to ask the translator if they taught any classes or anything and they do! At my old church we had a deaf ministry and some of those ladies were so sweet. I still remember them. I took sign language for a year when I was in like 1st grade, so I'm pretty excited about relearining it and learning some more. It should be a lot of fun! Anyway, time to get some art done.

-Pidge...or Yea-High since that's my newest nickname-

So overall this has been a pretty good week for me. I've gotten to spend a lot of time with friends, and classes are starting to wrap up. Had my last art history class of the semester yesterday; monday will be my last drawing class; turned in my last marketing article summary things today. It's nice to be wrapping things up. It always feels good when I get things done. It's been great getting to spend time with friends this week. Since the semester is coming to an end, everyone is wanting to spend more time together and I'm all about that. I'm a big fan of spending quality time with people. Tomorrow Erin and I are having a roommie day. We're planning on going shopping and having a Starbucks date. I'm looking forward to it. :) Last night Betsey came to my room with fresh baked cookies and milk. Mmmmm....so good. I spent a lot of time with Lindsay and Laura Leigh on tuesday which was fun. We recorded ourselves dancing to Soulja Boy in the caf bathroom which was pretty funny and a tad embarassing now, but not too much because we weren't actually trying to dance well or anything, we were just way hyped up on caffeine. Went shopping with Lindsay and Alex monday which was fun, but we were in a bit of a rush. Me, Bets, and Alex went to Walmart last night which I found fun even though it was just a trip to Walmart because pretty much anytime I get to spend with my friends is fun to me. I'm a pretty easily pleased person. I just enjoy being with my friends no matter what we do. The company is more important to me than the activity. I'm getting to eat lunch with my little sis in ST today, Betty, so I'm looking forward to that.
I've come to the decision that I think I want to find a job next semester. I've been pretty low on money this semester, so next semester I think I'll try to find a job. I'm not sure where or what type of job yet so suggestions are welcomed.
We had our first Greece meeting last night. I'm so excited about that trip. I don't know what God has in store for me on that trip but I feel like it will be another life changing trip for me like Arlington was. One thing I do know for sure is that I need to be preparing myself better for that trip. I've been slacking lately in my Bible study and just in my general relationship with Christ and that is going to change. I'm getting back on track in a lot of areas right now. We started memorizing Isaiah 55 in my small group that meets on monday mornings, but we never really followed through with it so I've decided that I'm still going to do it even if the rest of my group doesn't. I really feel like I need to start memorizing scripture more. I think that will be one of the best ways to get my focus back where it needs to be. I've also decided that I'm going to try to have a more positive attitude. I feel like I've been somewhat of a negative person lately and that's going to change. If any of my close friends are reading this, please help keep me accountable in this area.
Well, it's about time for me to go meet my little sis for lunch, so have a great day! Btw, I'm trying to keep this updated more often because I enjoy writing and it helps me to put my thoughts into words. :)

-Pidge-

So, yeah, it's been a while since I've posted and so much has happened that I'm not even going to try to go through it all. Go to my facebook and look at my photo albums. I take tons of pictures so you can pretty much view my life through my pictures. I'm really not liking this weather. It's cold and drizzly rain which is just miserable and I think a big cause in why so many people seem to be depressed lately. I don't like seeing so many of my friends in such a depressed mood. It worries me. I was in a funk yesterday, but I'm better today. We really need some sunshine. I think that would help some. I just want people to be happy. :( I really do have some amazing friends though. They all mean so much to me. I can't believe that preregistration for next semester is next week. Time flies. I've pretty much got my schedule figured out for next semester. I think I'll be taking Art History II, Interpersonal Communication, Printmaking, Beginning Tennis, Aesthetics, and Graphic Design IV. Not too bad, but I do wish I could have worked some of the electives I want to take in. Oh well. I really can't believe I'll be a senior next year. That makes me want to cry. I don't want to leave my friends here. I love this place and I can't imagine the day where I won't be coming back. It's so weird that I'll graduate next year. I don't feel ready at all...it's scary to think about. Crazy. I could go on forever with this post b/c so much has gone on...it's been crazy busy, but I'll stop now. Hopefully everyone starts feeling happy again soon. :)

I've been back at MC for just a little over a week now and it's been so great! It feels like I'm home. We have some awesome new people this year. I love the fact that I've gotten over a lot of my shyness and I feel comfortable going up and introducing myself to the new freshman and transfers and getting to know them. It's been great. It's also definitely been great to see all of my old friends. I missed them so much over the summer. I'm loving being on the publicity team for First Baptist Clinton's college ministry. It's great to really feel involved and some of my best friends ever are at FBCC, and I'm trying to get more of my friends there b/c the college ministry there is pretty much amazing. At least I think so. This weekend was the BSU retreat which was so much fun. I mean it doesn't get much better than worshiping God and hanging out with some of your best friends. Well, I guess I'll share more through pictures now.

The day Alex got back he had to visit the kugel.

Me and Bets at the cookout on the Resevoir.

Me and Alex at the cookout.

Nance, Erin, and me at Bops.

Roommies!!!

BSU welcome back skit

My awesome hallmate, Lindsay, and me at the BSU welcome back party

Lindsay and I were awesome information card passer outers at the FBCC stop of the progressive dinner.

Amy and Kevin

Zach and Kevin

These people are pretty much amazing!

Me and Nance outside Jazzmans

Me, Alex, and Sarah. Sarah is one of my favorite freshmen.

Me and Hannah at the BSU retreat

Me and Betty or BAM as Alex calls her. She's another one of my favorite freshman. I don't think she ever stops smiling.

Lindsay doing the bat spinning game. I definitely landed in her lap during this game.

Me doing the bat spinning game

Alex being crazy as usual

The over and under game with a couple of twists.

Me playing the over and under game

Once the banana got over and under everyone Neil had to eat it...

...then we had to crawl under everyone's legs

Our team won!

Me and Anna. I met her on the retreat and found out she's a junior transfer who is my major (graphic design).

Me and Brynn. She was my small group and team leader.

That's all for now. Sorry it's kinda long. I love this place and I'm so so so glad to be back! :)

I got my wisdom teeth removed this past friday. Not a very fun thing. Apparently when I called a few people later friday when I was feeling ok, I didn't sound ok...I sounded very drugged according to one of the people I called. In fact he claims to have fallen on the floor laughing I sounded so drugged. ha ha I wish the soreness in my jaw would hurry up and go away. It's very annoying when I try to eat. One good thing that came out of this whole ordeal is that I found a new flavor of icecream I like! ha ha My friend Mallory brought me cake batter flavor icecream and it was quite delicious in my opinion. :)

For your entertainment here's a picture my mom took of me the day I got my teeth out. I look like a retarted chipmunk.


I get to move into my dorm on friday and I'm so excited! I cannot wait! Mine and Erin's room is going to be awesome. We bought new bedding this year and a futon! I get to see my long lost friends again soon! ha ha I have missed everyone so so so much! Yay! I'm just a tad excited in case you couldn't tell. ha ha :)