apple boxes are great

whew, so i am moving out of my apartment today. THANK GOD! i am so excited about where I am going to be living this summer. but just so you know apple boxes make the greatest moving boxes. just fyi.

so i heard my roommates get together and pray with all of their other friends who have gotten on my last nerve this year. there is just something about people getting togehter and praying that makes them seem not as bad. it's weird i know, but it's kinda true. i was in the kitchen making a pb&j and they went into her room and i couldn't really hear what my roommate was praying, but at the end they were all like AMEN. sometimes i think that God likes to mess with my head. geez.

p.s. if anybody wants an aquarium with fish in it, let me know because i got the hook-up. i couldn't kill those things if i tried. by the way, the fish that i got at ally and troy's reception last summer is still alive and kicking, so yay me

i think

you shouldn't be allowed to make a commercial if you aren't going to take the time to make sure that the person's mouth moves along with their previously recorded singing voice.

drives me nuts.

I hate school.

Well, I just took the GMAT. Made the bare minimum for Martin. Ugh. Not happy. And I am probably going to be going here for grad school. I am pretty sure I am actually.

Union Station...isn't that in New York? There is a Union Station somewhere....I wonder what the surprise is? Proposal?

help pwease

tell me if this means anything to you...

"in the summer we will go to union station to see the led balloon"

this is one of the hints drew gave me for my surprise and i have no idea what it means...HELP!

love you all sooooo much and mucho prayers for the end of the semester--it's so close!

Almost there!

I don't have a lot of time to write, but I hope the lasts tests and finals are going well. I looove you guys! hahaha i almost wrote i love you guts :)

so ready!

i'm heading home this weekend, and i'm so glad! i haven't seen my dad in quite awhile. and it'll be nice to visit with karen. i haven't seen her little boy, evan, in ages. i hate that i'm missing him grow up. last time i talked to her he was walking. and into toilet paper. he likes to decorate the house, starting in the bathroom and working his way out. ha.
anyway. i wanted to throw a little bit of positive thinking out here. hope all of you have a great weekend. i'm hoping to actually get some things done. ha. i have 3 art history papers to write!!! yikes.
love you all.

sizing up the competition...

So today i went to the southern college of optometry for a "discover optometry" day. It was really fun and I really hope that I am able to get in when I apply in the fall. It is so overwhelming because so many people apply for very limited number of seats. So whew... I am so excited and a lot stressed, but I am very hopeful that I will get in. My worst fear is that i'll be writing a blog in about 6 months saying that I didn't get in after all. But I met a girl there that reminded me of you, Danielle. I secretly hope that she becomes my new best friend. She actually goes to UTM. Her name is Laura Hooper.

So Danielle... whew. That day is a day definitely not to be repeated. And that really stinks that they have screwed you over on class schedules. But really in the long run as long as you get the degree that you like and it gets to where you would like to be, it'll all be worth it in a couple of years.

Miranda that's so exciting that you taught school like a real teacher!! I bet you will be a really good one too. Gosh it's kinda hard to believe that we will have real jobs one day and not just bumming off our parents. HA

So tomorrow i'll be headed back home to pick more plants and study my rear off for the final crunch time of the semester. Whew. I am not looking forward to the next couple of weeks, but I am sooooo looking forward to the summer!!!!!

miss miranda...the teacher

so i just got back from Lincoln Elementary Magnet School where i taught my first ever REAL lesson to a REAL class of students...AHHHHH!! A little background on the school and the classroom so you can get the full effect of my feelings right now...so Lincoln is over by LANE-if you know Jackson at all you know that LANE is the historically african american university, it's a beautiful campus and all the people that i would pass on my way were really nice but just past that is a not so good part of jackson, well at least to me. That sounds really shallow but the neighborhoods in this area are very deprived, many are very old and not in good condition. The enrollment at the school is 90%-10%, African American students to White Students...when i walked into the school for the first time i was amazed, the students were well behaved and the teachers were excited to be there...
now on to the class i observed and taught in. It's Mrs. Kinard's Transition-1 Class and basically she has 13 students who were done with Kindergarden but not quite ready for 1st grade, so they spend a year in her class getting caught up so they can go onto 1st grade in August. I have known about teaching since the start of the semester but had to wait until the end of the semester to teach but that's beside the point...
so getting to my lesson, it was a lesson on reading comprehension mainly because that's what i could come up with and Mrs. Kinard was like i dont really care what you teach...something to do with reading. so since that's what i want to do (reading specialist/reading teacher) i decided to do that. so i was going to read a story and have them do some things about the story-to work on remembering details from a story. but these children, i feel so bad for some of them. they did great through the story and through a "discussion" at the end of the story but then when it came time to do the "assessment and evaluation" part-that's a whole nother story! they were going to draw a picture from the story and then write a sentence about it...and even with a "sentence starter" they still all struggled...so that didn't work.
on top of all that it was thundering and what not out side and my professor was in there to observe me..so that was intimidating...not as bad as i was expecting but still intimidating...AHHH
now i have to goto World Civ.

LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!

I'm dating a 14 year old...

You know they say, "It isn't how old you are, it's how old you act that matters", right? Well, in that case, I think my relationship might be a tad illegal.... hehe. He is playing a game that he and his friends made up called "assassins" with a nerf gun. He got mad at me yesterday because I shot him with it. I mean, he was made all afternoon! (By the way, he also shot me with it the day before.) So yeah...14 year old, (but I can't help but love him anyway.)

Danielle, you just made me so glad that I got Daisy fixed. I never thought of dogs needing pads or anything. I can't even imagine. Has your dogs gotten pottied trained yet. I am still working with Daisy on that. If anyone has any suggestions..I would be more than glad to hear them. Miranda, I am super sad that I won't be able to come down next weekend. I need some major mommy time. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would say that, but it is so true.

I am also acting older that I have noticed recently. I like Oprah and the Food network more than anything else on TV. I feel like an old women. But I enjoy being an old women.

Girls, I am so glad that we have gotten to be friends. It is so amazing to have a venting group with my closest friends. I love you so much! I know things are confusing with majors and graduating for all of us right now, but I have come to the realization that everything happens for a reason. Right now, I don't know what some of those reasons are yet, I wish God would reveal them to me soon, but I know for certain that there is one!

Love you girls lots!! Oh and I am going to come up with a funny story next time hopefully. We all need a good laugh.

sad songs and waltzes

i'm going to start with the one positive thing that happened to me today- i ate a burrito for supper. other than that, i am miserable. i feel like i've been fighting back tears all friggin day long.
i went to turn in my "intent to graduate" form today and found out that the liberal arts staff at mtsu have basically screwed me over. big time. my adviser actually apologized for "the possibility that this could ruin your life".
yeah.
not only have they offered classes for next semester that they don't have anyone to teach (because they didn't hire the third professor that they've been promising for two years now), but they have also cut funding for the independent study program. which completely eliminates any chance i have of graduating on time. in addition to that, kelker is still in the process of writing her book about peru. meaning that we only have 1 1/2 professors for the art history program. and 85% of that goes to freaking survey classes so that the graphic design, studio, and art ed majors can graduate on time. so, i may be able to take one or two upper division art history courses a semester. maybe. meaning that i either have to add on an extra semester or summer of '09. if i do summer, then i will be going from undergrad to grad school, in whatever state i end up in, during the same month (and possibly the same WEEK) of august. so i don't know what i'm going to do. i just know that i've wasted a tremendous amount of effort trying to cram in crazy course loads every semester to make up for wasted time on lambuth courses that didn't transfer for no apparent reason, since i'll still be graduating late.
also, gilbert went into heat on my LAP while i was driving her to the park. so i had to leave her in the car and answer the question, "why isn't gilbert playing today?" about a million times.
after you've told the third person that your dog started her period, it gets a little embarrassing. she also peed in her first diaper, tore the maxi pad to shreds all over the apartment, got blood all over the carpet, and ripped her make-shift diaper up so i had to go to walgreens TWICE (bought the wrong size both times. evidentally she's a 9-12 monther.) in about 4 mins to buy baby clothes because pet stores are closed this time of night and listen to the cashier talk about how i look like i'm 13.
now, go back and read that paragraph again, keeping in mind the fact that i despise dog clothes and that the only one i could find to fit is pink with polka dots. my freaking dog is wearing a pink onesi around the apartment. and inside the pinkness, there is a pad. my dog is wearing clothes and sanitary napkins. all at once.
ugh. it makes me want to drive w/out a seatbelt and hope for the worst.
i've spent all day trying to finish my french composition (one page typed...it doesn't sound like much but it really, really was.) i finally finished by i forgot to use the articles from chapter 9, so i have to go back and re-do alot of it.
on top of that, my meeting with troy left me stressed, drained, and incredibly sad for reasons that i don't think i can explain right now. so, today has been bad since...yesterday afternoon. ha.
sorry do dump all this on here, but it's just been a really terrible day. and it's taken me forever to type this, because for some reason, now that i finally know how to conjugate french verbs, i can't manage in english anymore.
sigh.

frustrations...

so i hate that my first post on this is an angry one but i just have to vent...

so in the education department we have several classrooms, and in one of these classrooms we have a class called Integrated and in another classroom a class called math and science for teachers. well in each of these classes we had to create and put up a bulletin board and in the math and science room, we have 3 boards and you put them up in order of when your groups board is due...well, my board was one of the 3 that shouldn't get taken down, ours were the last 3 boards...and we have to take pictures of the boards we do to put in our E-Portfolio (what we make when we student teach) well i hadn't taken a picture yet because ours was supposed to be up til the end of the semester, well i walk upstairs and my board has been taken down-these 2 ed majors that "think they know it all" took it down and put up their board for integrated-which meets in the other room and is where they should put up that board...and they took mine down and i have no idea where they put my materials...
i am soooooo mad!

my morning started off great and then this, and now this afternoon i have pt, it's supposed to storm, i have a test in the morning...it's just not good!

but now i feel better...

oh and isn't opposite morn on fridays anyways...you have me confused dani!

love you all

So I have an anatomy test today = no fun. I haven't been able to concentrate to study. But oh well, this semester is almost done and I can't wait!!!

Sometimes I don't really care for Chattanooga and by Chattanooga I just really mean UTC, but I love how we have 5 different coffee shops to choose from that are all equally amazing. I mean even if you don't like coffee they just have the greatest atmosphere. I am hoping that this summer I can get a good book and just sit in one for a couple of hours and read. By the way, i'm taking any suggestions that you have for a good book. I don't really like to read for pleasure normally, but that just seems like the thing that I usually try to do in the summer.

Danielle I hope that your test went well. Jackie I get to see you real soon! and Miranda I hope your paper that Josh wrote and that everything else is turning out great!

Let's see... about Thursday morning wildernesses... I guess you usually do the Buffalo that day right? So it has to be something just for the morning... and fun. hmmm.... It could be question day, where everything you say has to be in the form of a question. Like... If you wanted to say "Get Up" you could say "Should I go around and get everybody up. Am I screaming too loud to wake you up. Can I yell loud enough for everyone to come out of their deep sleep and walk down the stairs for this wonderfully aromatic food?" If you wanted to say we are having BLT's you could say "Is that bread with bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes? Do I want mayo?" Or even in the inflexion of your voice. It could be a little harder to do, but I think it would be fun... Okay that's all my creative juices will produce for the day. Hopefully this will at least give you an idea that you can work with.

Love ya'll!

Seriously...I mean, seriously

I love that quote from Grey's Anatomy. It totally fits my life pretty much everyday. The prof. that is suppose to be telling me stuff about my Mexico trip...let's put this politely...isn't. I know I am suppose to be all adult and everything...but seriously. Isn't this what they are paying him to do...COME ON PEOPLE! Danielle, I just said a quick prayer for your test...I know it is about 2 hours too late...but does God really work on a timeline? I have been thinking for the past two days that a class was going to be canceled but I couldn't remember which one. I walked into my 11 o'clock late and no one was there...guess that was it. How nice it is though to not have to go to class.
I can't think of any ideas off hand about wilderness, but if I do I will make sure to let you know. My creative juices aren't flowing too well at the moment.
How secure is this blog thing? Because I could think of a hundred things to say, but I don't want anyone reading it. That is about all I got for now. Talk to ya later peeps!

needlework and seedlings

jenny- wow. exactly how bad did that roller coaster ride go? are my fears finally justified? should i turn on the news? and which sister?
(yay on you seeing j.d. that must have been good for you.)

i got up at 430 this morning to get some extra cramming in. i have a french test this morning. the last of three. just to let you know, i've failed the first 2. despite the fact that i've been studyig like crazy. still can't seem to manage to pull a passing grade out. talk about depressing...
so, if any of you happen to see this before 940, cross your fingers for me. i'm gonna have to pull off a circus stunt to make it through this one.

also, i'm meeting with troy this afternoon about wilderness stuff. it's only our second meeting so far this year...i think last year we'd gotten in about 4 by this time. not counting phone calls. i don't have nearly as much fleshed out as i would like. i'm still working on pretty general ideas. so, lets hope i don't disappoint troy. and that i get started soon. i'm running out of time fast.

also, if anyone has ideas for thursday mornings (i'm working on getting them past opposite morning, it always makes the campers scared of me for the rest of the week...) let me know. i'm playing with a few ideas, but nothing has been 100% "it" yet.

love.
danie

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Ralph Waldo Emerson

AAAAHHHH!!!! i'm soooo excited! This is so awesome and i'm not kidding (well I kinda am...) but a little tear came to my eye when I read the about us! It is soo awesome! By the way this is me uber excited :)

So this morning pretty much sucked. I overslept for the class that I didn't make a really good grade on the test last week. So I was like "great, now he is going to think that I have just given up.... super." So i went to talk to him and he was pretty cool about it. He is really nice and understanding, I hope he doesn't think that I am too much of a dork though. Oh well.

So I like the name of the website too by the way, pretty much everything about it I like.

Oh and J.D. came here yesterday out of the blue. His sister got sick after a roller coaster ride gone bad, while she was in Atlanta. He met his uncle (which lives in Atlanta) in Chattanooga to pick her up. I got to see him for only like 20 min. but it was still great because i haven't seen him in a month. so yay.

Miranda, hope your test went well today. I am going to be in the same boat with you on wednesday if someone doesn't light a fire under me.

oh and just for your information, college kids, even in a human anatomy class, never grow out of laughing when you talk about poop. :)

let's get it started

ok, girls. here we go! our first blog.
pretty exciting, huh?
i'm thinking we can add a slideshow of pics if anyone knows how to use flicker. and we can fill in the description page elements soon.
anyway, i need to get some things done, so my next blog will actually say something.
love.
danie