AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

Will I make it out of this week alive?? Most likely. But will my grades make it out okay?? Not necessarily...

Oh damn.

I'm going to need some sweet sweet lovin' and a full body massage by next week Thursday.

Whew.

Just Call Me "Maid of Honor!"

Yep, that's right everyone. Even though I have never even stood UP in a wedding, I'm about to be the Maid of Honor for my sister's wedding next October!! I'm so excited! She's been dating Justin for about 3 years I think... So she was definatley ready to get the show on the road. Then again there's my brother who's been dating Shannon for 10 years (yes, 10!), but marriage just can't happen right now cuz of their lack of money situation lol. Damn those student loan payments, huh? But Cathy (my sis) called me this past Saturday night with the news- she called me before she even told my PARENTS! I felt so special. So anyways, what else happened this weekend? Well all day Saturday was spent on the futon with the nastiest hangover I've ever had. I think only once or twice before have I gotten sick from drinking. Well Friday night was the 3rd. It was a fun night until then- yummy drinks, tippy cup, card drinking games, random making out. All good and fun- until I spent the next couple of hours with my head in a bucket. Ahh, well. That'll teach me for drinking too much. Oh well, what would college be without hangovers, huh? Hehe. Arite, that's all for this blog. This girly has got to consider writing a paper tonight! Ttfn :)

The Halloween High

Well even though Halloween doesn't even come for another 3 more hours, for those that live in Madison, the party is already over. This weekend was my 4th year I've celebrated Halloween in Madison. And it was definatley a good time. Started out the night with some pregamin with Cassidy, Shelley, Kayleigh, Pat, and Nicole, then walked all the way downtown because the bus never came. We lost Cass and Shelley, so Pat and I proceeded to Sellery to pick up Lindsey and Gina. Then we hooked up at a party with a bunch of friends, played beer pong (yes, I finally forced a bit of beer down), and then walked through State Street to get to Andy's apartment. State Street wasn't as kewl as I remember it to be. Just really bright from the stadium lights. Then we played strip poker at Andy's (I was too drunk/blonde to realize they were switching cards under the table, so I lost miserably), and then went outside on the dock and skinny dipped in the freezing lake! I am no longer a skinny-dipping virgin ;) We warmed up for a couple minutes inside, put back on our costumes, and then went on to walk the frickin 3-4 miles back to Edgewood, where we passed out to The Notebook. Today was mainly spent sleeping, watching the Packer game, and eating a 20" pizza. It was crazy huge- 4 of us could barely finish it! So all in all, it was a great weekend- minus the tons of people stayin in our dorm room. That got a little crazy... and very hott!

The Smocktober Slumps

So right now is prolly not a good time to make an update to the blogger- it wont be a very pleasant one for the few people that might read this, but it's on my mind. Arite... so I'm really enjoying Edgewood. Nice people, not an overwhelming campus, intimate classes, beautiful surroundings, awesome city, always something to do... you get the idea. Granted, not everybody loves a small college, but it fits me well I think. And I've made some really close friends here. And now I find out four of them are planning on tranferring. WHY you ask? Ya got me. No idea. And it's frustrating too, because okay- I wanna spend as much time as possible with them now, but whenever we have set plans, it's always like... "Oh I have a headache..." or "I got homework to do..." But c'mon! It's COLLEGE. A college kid is SUPPOSED to stay up late, and party on the weekends, and do stuff that wasn't so "by-the-book" like in high school. I thought I was getting the balance right this year: getting homework done, socializing with friends, joining clubs and intramural sports, partying. Maybe I'm just used to always being busy and pleasing everyone- maybe my friends aren't that way. Whatever... they're leaving soon anyways, huh? Mean thing to say- but I'm so frustrated right now. And then I hung out with a few friends from high school this past weekend, and both were saying how they made barely any friends and just miss the old gang from high school. I do too... but, I made new ones. I've moved on. But now, more and more since that conversation, I've been missing my old friends more- maybe since I realized I'll be losing my new friends soon too. Grrrr- whatever. I'll just keep pushing on through: doing the homework, joining the clubs, and going out... Everything happens for a reason. Something good will happen eventually. I hope.

October-Smocktober...

Finally it's October. This means we're finally "into" college. We can't really use the excuse anymore that "we're new freshman... we dunno what's goin on..." and now the classes really are starting to pick up the pace. The weather's getting colder (damnit), but that means I finally get to wear the cute new sweaters and jackets I bought. Though, this also means it's gonna start to suck more and more to go outside, especially walking all the fuck the way back from downtown after anytime after 11 30, cuz the stupid bus system doesn't run any later. Silly Madison Metro. October means that the countdown is officially starting to the biggest holiday for Madison students: Halloween. As of today, it's only 29 days until the big day. Me and my girls still have yet to purchase our crazy costumes, though we have already been trying them on. I was very tempted by a hot pink leather dominatrix outfit. If only I could find a whip... But we'll see what I really end up as. Last year I was a Slutty Schoolgirl, like 600 other girls downtown, so this year I'm thinking I should do something a little more unique. Though I must say, the outfit sure got myself quite the attention among the boys. This week is also Edgewood's Homecoming week. From what I can tell, it's not as big as High School Homecoming week, but I'll get back to you on that. Anyways, it's past midnight, and there's still much for me to do! Ttfn (ta ta for now).

Nearly A Month In...

Well, it's nearly a month into college, and I'm already a bit behind in school work. Now how did THAT happen, you ask. Well let me tell you. I get quite a bit distracted with new friends and meeting more new people, parties, cable tv, my computer with people to talk to on aim/msn, e-mail, updating this blogger, facebook, games, random net surfing, picture uploading..., you get the idea. You can see why lots of reading and other homework and studying don't really tempt me. And I'm sure pretty much everyone reading this is prolly in about the same boat. But I think I gotta sit down and make a solid schedule for myself, of when to do homework, where I can CONCENTRATE on homework, and how to be able to focus on it. I think to that last one I've come up with a solution: coffee. I love the smell, despise the taste. But I've forced a couple down since living in Madison, and with lots of cream and sugar, I think I could get used to it. So that's my solution to also being able to stay up later to finish that homework I've procrastinated on. So what else is new with me? Well I celebrated my first Thirsty Thursday, and did it justice with my roommates. Good times there. My friend Willie came down to Madison with a couple of his curling buddies to visit me. We kept missing the movie by being too late, so we ended up cruising around, eating at Toppers, and mini-golfing. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday night. Friday night I went shopping on the shady east-side with the girls and bought waaaaaay too much. So we'll be taking a trip back there to return the damage I've caused to my checkbook. Oh! And the other weekend, I went back to GB for the weekend to see the big EAST/WEST game. We all knew it was gonna happen. And it did. We got smashed, crushed, stomped, you name it, by East. But that's okay. We all had a good time catching up with everyone, eating candy and the parade, and getting sunburnt anyways. Not to mention the Badger Band was fun to watch, as always, and the parachute drops with the game ball was a neat scene. Well kids, as much as I'd like to procrastinate some more, I'm gonna take the first step to moving forward: ending this entry!

New Times... New Home... New Friends...

Alright kids, I'm officially a COLLEGE student. It seems like for the past few years- or even longer than that... since my sister moved out- I've wanted to get out of the house, on my own, and to a college campus. And now that it's here... it's just weird. Seriously, it just seems like I'm at a summer business camp or a major DECA trip. It hasn't sunk in yet that this room I'm watching the Badger game on, this room with my clothes folded in, this room that I sleep in is my HOME. Now don't get my wrong- so far I've had a blast, and I'm not really homesick at all. I just didn't realize how much adjusted it is, living on the other side of the state. Stripped from a town I know my way around, and plopped down in one where I know nobody (well, nobody within close walking distance). It's just taken some getting used to, is all. But I have had some crazy adventures in these two weeks, let me tell you. My very first night, my roommates and I went downtown to a smaller house party. At one point I went to the bathroom, but couldn't get out. I hadn't realized that there was no doorknob from the inside and I was completely stuck! The guys that own the house had to actually BREAK down the door to get my out. Crazy, but a good first night. My first weekend, I went with some friends downtown to meet Lindsey (my friend from High School) to celebrate her 19th birthday party. We partied some, made our way down Mifflin and back, and ended up back on Lindsey's futon for 16 Candles. The next day we awoke early to the sounds of the drunk college kids yelling outside the window. Yup, you guessed it: Badger Game Day. And we had tickets! Definatley a fun experience- I am no longer a Badger Game Virgin :) We started off at a pre-game frat house party, had our share of brats and soda, then walked the half-block to the stadium, where the Badgers totally rocked the house. Later that night, Lindsey and I had a movie night to ourselves back at my dorm to relax from the long day. Another night, Cassidy, Tami, me, and a few of their guy friends went to A Taste of Madison, had pizza, listened to sucky bands, and shopped down State Street. We then saw Red Eye at the University Square, and then took the last bus running that night to what we thought was back to Edgewood. However, it was Bus #3 EAST. We needed #3 WEST. And we rode it for a total of an hour and a half on what they call "The Outer Loop Run" or something, and ended up way the fuck on the other side of town at the East Transfer Point. The bus driver was kind enough to let us ride back with her to the garages where they store the buses at night. Downtown. Where we started. So we started trudging back the miles back to Edgewood, but were distracted by some house parties on the way- had our 7 cups of "free" fun in (don't ask how we got in for free), and then continued on to Toppers. My cousin met up with us there, along with two random guys that followed him, and we all walked back to my dorm to continue the party. Cassidy and I, the antsy girls we are, then walked allllllll the way back to State Street for some much craved pizza. Once again, don't ask how we got home. Oh, I remember all right, you just really don't wanna know. Let's see, other adventures in Madison... about 9 other times, the girls and I have gone downtown to hang out, watch soccer games, eat ice cream, shop, visit friends, and whatnot. And there'll no doubt be 100's more trips down there this year. Arite, time to rap it up- you've heard me babble for way to long, and I've told you way too much. Tootles!