Who Knew?!

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” --Dr. Seuss

^^That was the quote that was on the inside of my graduation invitation, and I had no idea how true that statement was until this semester.

In college, you really can be ANYBODY that you want to be. College has really taught me who I am and what I stand for more than anything has so far.

Your identity is found and defined by three things.
1) What you are apart of.
2) What you do on the weekends.
3) What you put on facebook.

For me...
1) I am apart of the TAMU Women's Water Polo Club, and the Cho-Yeh group that is prevalent here on campus. There are quite a few other things that people are involved in... I heard about the "Illegal Substances Club" the other day, and somehow walked through the cigar club's meeting (nope, couldn't breathe walkin' through that!). There are some pretty crazy things on campus, but I think I've found a good set to be involved in!
2) On the weekends, I hang out with my friends (without going to bars or clubs or drinking or being brought back by the cops, or any of the other crazy things I have witnessed) and I study. I go to church on Sunday's, and then out to eat with Kevin before we go back and study together. I go to the football games with my friends, and instead of going and having 1 beer for every touchdown (which happens A LOT... or one "something" for every touchdown), we go and get frozen yogurt. If I'm not in c-stat then I'm either in Livingston working, in Houston with the family, or road-tripping to see Cho-friends!
3) This is HUGE. I don't understand why some people put up the things they do as far as pictures and status' go. It's ridiculous and absurd.

I thought of that quote tonight as I was sitting in an education meeting. Dr. Seuss is SO right!!

18 Hours in Evans....

(Evans is our library on campus)

FRIDAY: 3:00-5:00, 6:00-9:00
SATURDAY: 10:30-3:30
SUNDAY: 3:00-8:00

Those are the times that I have spent in the library over the past 3 days working on political science ALONE! Not to count the hours that I have spent in my room or on my couch studying for polisci and other classes. I literally have polisci oozing out of my nose and ears at this point. GROSS! My head hurts (yes, it's possible!), and I'm so ready to just be done with this test. I've been stressing out WAY too much over this, and am ready to get the first one over with! My exam is tomorrow!

The rest of the week is going to be positive though:

Monday afternoon: Lunch with Kevin, seeing Kristen Dennison (Cho friend), polo for an hour, than sitting in on a "meeting" where a professional story teller is coming in order to fufill an assignment for my education class.

Tuesday: Geography, Lunch with Kristen Trapnell, Music, NO HISTORY (whoop!), education class project meeting, water polo, dinner with Shannon (polo friend), then BREAKAWAY!!

Wednesday: Class, LONG BREAK!, Class, LONG BREAK!, water polo, Cho-Yeh Bible Study!

Thursday: Class, Impact Small Group Lunch/Hangout, Class, Class, no polo :), NCIS premiere night with Kesli and Renee (impact counselors)!

Friday: Class, long break, Class... then...

I'M GOING TO CHO-YEH FOR THE WEEKEND!!!!!! I need out of cstat stat (haha), and know that a weekend surrounded by camp friends is just what I need to be remotivated to come back to A&M have a good next week :)

"Did you..."

"Did you dye your hair? It looks darker?"

"Did you color your hair? It looks blonder and lighter?"

"Did you cut your hair? It looks shorter?"

"Did you highlight your hair?

"Did your hair grow? It looks longer?"

No, I didn't!! All of these questions were asked (sometimes by 2 or 3 different people) within 30 minutes... I guess this is what happens when I wear my hair in something other than a messy bun or a french braid. Hmm...

It gave me a good laugh :)

Feels like Home

As I was walking back from class today, I realized that after being here a month (yes, it's already been 4 weeks!) this place is starting to feel like home. I know my way around for the most part, I know my schedule, and I have surrounded myself with a good set of friends. I have remembered how to laugh at myself when I do dumb things (like walking into a pole this morning on my way to class), and I'm more "me" than I was earlier. I'm back in the elementary schools once a week, and so being surrounded by kids is such a comforting feeling and something that I have missed SO much. Polo has started up, and so I'm back in the water 3ish times a week. Genny and I can essentially read each others minds, and I've found a really good friend that is also on the water polo team and we have dinner every night after practice together. It's starting to feel like home.

I made a comment earlier about how I have missed being around kids, which has probably been one of the hardest things about being here (besides missing my family and my camp friends). Seriously. Senior year I was teaching swim lessons, was at the elementary school 3 times a week, and was volunteering with the children's programs at church. I was ALWAYS surrounded by kids, and I loved it. This summer I spent 10 weeks LIVING with 8-10 year olds. Then, all of a sudden, I'm thrown into this world where I live on a college campus and don't see kids ever. It was depressing!

Thank goodness c-stat is starting to feel like home. Maybe it's because I'm constantly busy and have something that I look forward to everyday? Monday is "lunch date with Kevin" day. Tuesday is "lunch date with Kristen and Breakaway" day. Wednesday is "Cho-Yeh Bible Study" day. Thursday is "Impact hangout/lunch" day. Friday is, well, FRIDAY! I already had my lab this morning, and only have one class left today. Then I'm having lunch with Kevin, and studying for polisci for a majority of the afternoon. Tonight is midnight yell, and tomorrow is the first day since classes started that I get to sleep in!!!!

Walmart Extravanganza

I bought some interesting things at Walmart today, considering I live in a dorm room and don't ever make real food

• 4 Kids Lunchables (remember those?!)


• Cookie Dough (no, i don't have an oven. Guess I'll just have to eat it like we did at camp!)


• Shredded Velveeta Cheese (to eat with bread... duh)


• 2 hot dogs (yes, a package of just 2 of them)


• DUNKAROOS!!! (haven't had those since I was a kid)


• Off-brand bread, delish


• 4 bottles of chocolate milk (only problem, they wouldn't all fit in my fridge so I had to drink two as soon as I got home!)


• Fold-top lunch baggies! (i didn't know they still had those... plus I got 100 for 50 cents!)

I mean... those are a normal combination of things to get at walmart right?

This is What I Have Learned...

Velveeta Mac'n'cheese is SO much better than easy mac.

The fact that I have 3 tests on one day is going to cause major torture.

Off brand bread tastes just like "name brand" bread.

Peanut butter tastes just as good on a knife as it does on bread and crackers.

Funfetti cake mix is actually really good by itself. But don't talk until you have swallowed all of it.

All of the sorority houses are on one street.

Food at the Rec is worth waiting 15 minutes for.

It is perfectly okay to put your laundry in the wash, go to class, come back and switch it into a dryer, take a nap, then come back and take it back to your room.

8 AM classes are just torture.

Staring at a "countdown timer" actually makes the class go by faster.

The library is WAY too quiet to ever study in there.

It is possible to make it a week without coffee. I've gone 4.

Going 4 months without rain causes some people to forget how to drive when it does actually sprinkle.

Pandora is amazing and is about to surpass the website I visit the most (yes... nearly beating facebook, google, and blogger!)

Shredded velveeta cheese can be eaten by itself, and my roommate doesn't even look at me weird anymore.

There is never a "bad" time or location for a nap.

Ice makes everything taste better, even cstat water.

When professor's cancel the next class, they need to wait till the end of the current class to announce that, because if they say it at the beginning, they have no hope in regaining our attention.

People walk in or leave class 25 minutes early/late like it's not a big deal.

Holding an ice-cube on your tongue after you burnt it hurts really bad!

Early morning bike rides are relaxing (if you are up in time).

Never answer "yes" if somebody asks you if you are a freshman. They are going to want you to sign up for some club and waste your time telling you about it. And more than likely, you don't have the time.

That's about it for now... I've learned a bunch in college!!

Sorority Houses Scare Me

That is what I realized tonight. We had our Cho-Yeh Bible Study at one of the sorority houses. Oh. My. Gosh.

First of all, the place looks like the White House. SERIOUSLY. HUGE! Second, I'm pretty sure the room that we were in had more expensive furniture than I have ever seen. I was scared to sit on the couch it was too nice... geesh.

I could never be in a sorority.