Raleigh Reality

HALFWAY DONE!!! I can't wait to go home and snuggle with my Hoover!  I miss the booger.  Once again, I don't have too much to write about.  My life has been pretty uneventful.  On Monday, we had a surprise party for my roommate Ashley's 19th birthday! We decorated our apartment and we still have the decorations up because it makes our apartment feel more fun haha.  On Friday night my roommates and I had a pajama party and watched Cheetah Girls...just reliving our childhoods.   Nikki and I in our onesies! My roommate Nikki and I went to Monkey Rock, which is supposed to be this cool place for bridge jumping and swimming, and the pictures show a beautiful waterfall which we were so excited to take pictures in front of.  Well, we found Monkey Rock, but we could NOT find the waterfall.  Like, I don't know if it dried up (which I doubt because its been raining non-stop for three weeks) or if we just didn't go to the right pl...

I can't believe it has already been 5 weeks, but I also can't believe I still have so many more to go!  With it being Memorial Day weekend, it seems like everyone went home to visit family, which is a downside to going to college so far away.  2 more months until I get to go home.   I don't really have much to update on this week.  I've just been busy with school and church for the most part.  I did get to go to the Lava Hot Sprigs on Thursday!  They are seriously HOT! But it was fun, and I got sunburnt....no surprise there.    I also decided to draw last night, and this is what I ended up with.  I'm so glad there's no school tomorrow because it gives me a day to catch up on homework and laundry and, well, everything, basically.    But I can't forget what memorial day is really about! Thanks to everyone who serves our country and protects our freedom, and especially those who lost their ...

Do you ever just feel like jumping off a platform from 40 feet high? Well let me tell you about my last two weeks. As most of you know from Instagram and Facebook, I had a meeting with my bishop 2 weeks ago where I found out I can go on a mission with braces, and so I set up another appointment for the following week to begin my mission papers. I'm pretty sure that was the longest week of my life because I was SO excited.  Well, you can imagine my disappointment when I arrived to my meeting, prepared to start the biggest adventure of my life, and the first thing I heard was "I hate to tell you this, but I talked to the stake president and you can't go until the braces are off." Alright, no big deal, now I just have to re-plan the next two years of my life. Instead of enjoying time at home preparing for my mission, I'll be starting my sophomore year of college. Instead of being in New York or California or Washington or Florida or who knows where for the nex...

Wow. Busy is an understatement. This past week has flown by and there are just not enough hours in the day!  I feel like I have actually done nothing interesting this week to put in this post. Besides school related things, I went to I-jump Monday night, which was a lot of fun! And last night I saw the Avengers, but considering I've never seen any of the Marvel movies besides Iron Man, I had no idea what was going on the entire movie.   Homework has taken over my life.  I mean, I'm in college so I guess its supposed to, but still. I would say I do an average of 5-6 hours of homework a day, plus my 3-7 hours of classes per day.  I am exhausted.  I do enjoy my classes, though, so I guess it could be worse.  BUT OH MY GOODNESS FRIDAY NIGHT I FELT LIKE A PRISONER.  So my apartment complex had a "parking lot party" with a D.J, and bounce houses, and loads of junk food, and a mechanical bull. I had been looking forward to this party allllllll we...