Wow..SO things have changed majorly since the last post!! I have gotten over the "homesickness"!! These girls are soo amazing!! I know that if I need them they would be there for me in a heartbeat!! but yeah...neways..

I came home this weekend...Friday after i got home some lady from the Daily News Journal came to interview my parents....For something with it being the first time they don't have kids in the house. So that was interesting. then I went to eat with my mom and dad at Chili's..YUM!!!! Then we came home...by that time it was too late to go to the game so i just stayed home...Then we got up extra early saturday and went to the UT game..It was an okay game... And it was sooooo freakin hot out there!! We left by the 4th quater...and went to eat at Calhoons!! it was good!!! then we came back home and I went to Rach's house and watched Man of the House.... It was really good!!! Then I came home..Went to church and then to camino!! Then I got ready and Mama S and Andrea came to give me a box to take to Ash..Then I left and headed to Jackson!! So I spent the night with Ash..I got to see Magen, Rachel, Emo, Josh, and some other people!! That was fun!! Then we went to Chick-fil-a with her Life Group..That was fun!!! Then ash to me back to Aunt Kristi's house to get my car and then I left from there and came back to Martin!!

I missed martin this weekend..I never thought that this would become like a home to me and that these girls would become family but they have and it is like a home!! but I love it!! Well that is about it!! I needa go and read my english!! I will write more later!!!

Things are so different here. I mean don't get me wrong I love College. But I think I am starting to get homesick. But i am coming home this weekend..SO call me if ya wanna do something!!! maybe it is just that I am not seeing some of my best friends everyday anymore. Or that I know in the back of my mind they aren't like 5-10 mins from me. It is starting to really hit home. Ohh well...

I am coming home this weekend for Friday and Saturday..Hopefully I will get to hang out with Rach... then sometime Sunday I am going to Jackson to see Ash!! I can't wait... I need a day with one of my best friends...

Well I am gonna go!! I will write more later!!

So I actually really liked my classes today!! My professors are all really great!! I don't know anyone in my first 2 classes...but i hope am sure that i will meet some... but my last 2 classes are good..i know everyone in my 3rd class and then my a few in my last class!!

Today was great!!!!! Tonight we went to the Interfaith Cookout..It was soo much fun!! I won a CD!!!! WOO HOO!!! LOL!!!! tomorrow night we are going to a Progressive Dinner with the BCM..I am soo excited!!! But yeah..

I am gonna go!! ~*~Julie~*~

SO THESE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN CRAZY!!! WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE ROOM FROM LIKE ALMOST 10 HOURS AT A TIME ALL DAY LONG..IT IS CRAZY!! BUT IT HAS BEEN AWESOME!!
I HAVE BEEN DOING ALL TYPES OF STUFF WITH MY PEP GROUP...IT HAS BEEN SOO MUCH FUN!! I LOVE MY PEP LEADERS...NICHOLE IS JUST PLAIN CRAZY AND JENNIFER IS JUST AMAZING!! JENNIFER HAS BEEN HELPING ME GET SITUATED AND READY TO START COLLEGE.. SHE HELPED ME TODAY WITH MY SCHEDULE.. SHE IS AMAZING!!!
I AM STILL IN NEED OF PICTURE TO HANG ON MY WALL!! IF YA WANT THE ADDRESS JUST LET ME KNOW AND I WILL GET IT TO YA!!
WELL I AM GONNA GO!! IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY AND I AM CRAZY TIRED!!

Wow...So i am in college..Not just enrolled..but offically moved in and going to class on Monday...
I am really glad that I have Jessi, Ebay, and Katie living with me!! It is amazing!! We all went on a trip tonight to get stuff for our bathroom and other things!! We had soo much fun!!! I have a meeting in like 20 mins for our floor..I am already having trouble staying awake....I am yawning as I type!! LOL!! It is crazy!!

I miss everyone from home like crazy tho!! All of my friends that I had to leave behind and those who have already moved..It is going to be really strange going to class and not seeing them in the "hall" or in class..It is already strange being in a new place...

Well i am going to go!! I will write more later!!

P.S.
And I am taking random things to put on my walls..whether it is pictures or just cute lil drawings that you would like me to have!!!!! if ya need my address..let me know!!!

Wow..So pretty sure I am leaving tonight to go to college!! I will move in tomorrow morning.... it doesn't seem right!!
Well I just want to thank Ash for coming over today and helping me pack..... even tho she did just kinda sit and talk to people on my computer! lol!! At least she was here and it helped me b/c i wasn't by myself. That shows who some real friends are!! I love ya girl!!

Well i prolly won't have internet anymore till tomorrow night or even friday...but just leave me a comment or an e-mail me!!

Well... I am soo stressed about moving!! I don't even know why..I mean I am ready and everything..but just having to pack and leave is what is stressing me!! It is killin me!! AGHHHHHHH........... It is crazy!! I am gonna need some help!! LOL!!

Night with my girls tomorrow!! I can't wait!! Ash and I are gonna wash our cars..LOL!! AT NIGHT!!! it is gonna be fun!!!

WOW....Tonight at youth hit me hard. It isn't the part that I am leaving that hit me. It was the part that I was living my life for Jesus and I didn't do a thing about it last year.. I was always soo scared that I was going to lose a friend if I tried to talk to someone about God and His love for us. But as Mickey was talking tonight, it hit me that I shouldn't have cared if I to scared to do it. I should have just done it. Now who knows if this person will ever have someone else come up to them and ask them if they personally know Jesus. Or if He would even like to know the Lord... It was such a turning point for me. I know I might not get another chance with this person but I do know that I am going to a new school with new people all around me and this is my chance. My chance to go out and tell people about God and His love for them. TO ask them if they would like to come to church with me. or even if they would just like for me to talk about God and let them decide.

I am so glad that the sunday b/f I leave to go to College, that Mickey talked about this. I felt that God was pushing me to go to Church tonight and this was why. It was just sooo amazing!!

Wow...so all i have to say for staying awake from when i got in at 1 till 4 something this morning..then heading over to a best friends house to tell her goodbye was worth everything. Gettin to see her face when turning on the light to wake her up was great!!! I love ya DENA!! And I can't wait to hear from ya..Which will prolly be today and I call you..But still..LOL!!

So last night was great!! I went to Fuji with my family for my dad's birthday. Ash is texting me the scores for the game, and then at like 8:45 i have finished my meal and asking to leave..LOL!! I get there right after 2nd half kick off.... I got to go on the field again!! I can't believe how much I missed it now that I am not doing it!! but hey..COLLEGE CALLS!!!! LOL!! Then after the game ash and I went to the training room waiting for the parking lot to clear and hung out with david and then to the parking lot with some of the guys!! Got to tell some of them bye but then i realized that I will be back prolly like monday or tuesday right before I leave....(kinda scary to say that) then we went to nathan's house to watch a movie and made posters for dena's car!! Then we were sneaky and went and put them on her car..It was funny!! It was a sight to see with 2 girls running through a yard to dena's car at like 12:45 in the morning..It was great!! Came home and then I decided to go and see Dena this morning right b/f she left b/c I never really did get to tell her bye. SO I went and woke her up this morning... GOOD MORNING!! LOL!! Stayed with them till like 5:30 and then came home... Slept for like 3 hours and then we to breakfast at waffle house with mom, dad, and amy before amy left... Now I am back here.... SO yeah!!

Wow...So today marks the day that one of my best friends leaves for college!! I can't believe that it is alreay here. It doesn't seem that it is already time that we leave for college. Don't get me wrong I am ready to go to college...the thing is i don't wanna leave all of my friends. I do have some going with me, but still.... I am going away. Some of my friends are going to TAMPA, some to UNION, some staying at MTSU, and other's elsewhere.

But yeah... i am gonna stop all of that sad stuff.....
I am going to Lunch today with Lauren, Dena, and Elizabeth. I am soo excited! I can't wait!!! It is gonna be fun!!! Then i have to go to work till i get off....and then hopefully i will be able to go to Dena's and then I am going to eat with my family for my dad's birthday. AND THEN I REALLY HOPE I WILL MAKE IT TO THE GAME.. And then on to Nathan's for movie night and then i am coming home..It is gonna be a fun but sad night!!!
But yeah..well i am gonna go... I will write more later!!

TEN Random Things about me
10. I hate needles...
9. I have never moved in my life. Not even rooms in my own house.
8. I love to dance, but only when i am by myself or with my friends.
7. I was a football manager for 4 years. and it was the best time of my life!!
6. My first kiss was during my Senior Year, with one of my best guy friends.
5. I have no clue what I want to do with my life.
4. I can not stand feet.. not even my own..
3. Some of my best friends are guys.
2. I love my friends to death.
1. I decided to go to UT Martin in the 7th grade

NINE Ways To Win My Heart
9. Call me anytime during the day just to let me know that you were thinking about me.
8. Surprise me. Not with presents all the time but just with things that you do or say.
7. Protect me but don't hover over me.
6. Hold my hand around your friends.
5. Don't lie to me.
4. Let me hang out with my friends and you with yours.
3. Sing to me. Even if you hate to sing
2. Leave random notes in random places just to see if i will find them.
1. care for me. TRULY CARE FOR ME!!

EIGHT Of My Favorite Friends(no order)
8. Dena
7. Ashley
6. Rachel
5. Amy
4. Elizabeth
3. Jacob
2. Ryan
1. Andrea

SEVEN Places I've Been
7. Paris.................TN
6. Orlando, FL
5. Gulf Shores, AL
4. Calica, Mexico
3. Cozemul, Mexico
2. The BAHAMAS!!!!
1. Atlantic Beach, NC

SIX Things That I Want
6. A closer relationship with God
5. To make it through COLLEGE
4. To read my Bible through and not stop this time
3. A NEW PHONE
2. Closer relationships with the friends I have
1. to figure out what to do with my life.

FIVE Things I'm Afraid Of
5. Losing my friends when we all go off to college
4. Failure
3. losing my relationship with God
2. Being Alone
1. needles

FOUR of My Favorite Items In My Bedroom
4. My eeyore stuffed animals
3. My pictures
2. my bed
1. my books/ BIBLE

THREE Things I HATE
3. Liars
2. Cheaters
1. FEET

TWO Things That I am Thinking about Right Now
2. My friends and I leaving for college
1. my dirty room

ONE Person I Want To See Right Now
1. can't really say!!!

Wow...So in 2 weeks at this time i should be in my dorm room... All moved in with my roomie E-bay...It doesn't seem like it is that close yet... I can't believe that I am leaving soooo soon!!! Today has been very emotional for me... I don't want to leave all of my friends..I have soo many things to say to each of them.... I have one person that I feel I need to say alot to..But I don't know if I can just walk up to this person and tell them exactly what I feel... Am I that Brave?? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! But I feel that I might need to be.. I feel that I need to be able to go right up to this person and hit them for some of the things they have done to me..but also hug and thank them for the things they have taught me. Maybe I will become brave enough to do that!! Doubt it but maybe!! Ohh well..I just needed to get that off my chest!!

So it hit me today that I will be leaving in 2 weeks tomorrow...It is such a scary thought..i have never had to move or be without my friends...And now it is just like soo soon!! I mean it isn't like just me moving.. it is almost all of us...Dena going to Tampa, Ashley going to Union, E-bay, Katie, Jessi, Mallory, and I going to UTM!! And then Rach, Amy, Lauren, and all those staying here..It is such a scary thought that I am going to be out on my own..it doesn't seem like it should already be here... I dunno...Starting to get emotional again.. So I am done!!

WOW...So if the title doesn't explain it I dunno what to tell ya...
Got up this morning around like 11 after having this very weird dream...Then I just kinda laid around... Around 3:30 it started to rain then the electricity went off around 3:45 when it got really bad and stayed off...We decided to go out to eat since we couldn't cook anything and had to take showers and get ready in the dark... (never knew how hard it is to take a shower without electricity) So we got ready and went to O'Charleys and then to electronic express, sams, and kmart..Come home and still no electricity..This is about 8:15..So I decide to go to Rachel's house and hang out with her for a while..At about 10 my mom calls me on my way to Marble Slab and tells me we finally have electricity..How horrible is that..We find out that a tree fell on a power line and cut off the lights..So that sucked!!!!! But yeah...
Rach and I went to Marble Slab and hung out and then Nate came so I got to meet him and hang out with them for a while..It was fun!! We are gonna have to do it again!!!! but yeah..that is about it..Going to Chattanooga to see my sis tomorrow!! But i will be back for YOUTH!! WOO HOO!!!!

So as I was cleaning out my desk i found a poem that I had written down sometime during high school about friends. I didn't right it, so don't think i did....LOL!!

Friends
Why do we value friendship so much?
Because we cannot live without it!
A friend provides a shoulder to cry on,
A smile and a hug to cheer you up.
Having someone you can truly call "friend" is the greatest joy in life.
NOt only do you have a companion,
BUt a supporter too.
Friends are not just simply people we share interests with.
They are people who make us feel happy to around.
Thank you to all my friends, who are there for me.


That is such an awesome poem..It says everything that a friend is..And that is what all my friends have been..So thank you soo much to all my friends!! I love you all!!!

So we helped my sister move into her new house yesterday and today..It was fun!! Lauren and I had a lot of fun just doing random things...As we were leaving today my mom started to cry and said "this is just the first one of the 3 to leave.." lol!! Ohh well!!! I am ready to go..Anxious but ready....
Had church tonight and it was really good!! We talked about the LOVE chapter..and it was a great message...Then we went to the Jones' house and I got to meet Maegan, (i think that is how you spell it) one of Ashley's and Hannah's roommates..she is really nice and cool!! Then ash and i just sat around and talked about different stuff...that was fun!! But yeah!! That is about it..Got work tomorrow and then tomorrow night is WILDFIRE!! WOO HOO!!!!!

Well...I got home yesterday around 4:15 from being at my grandmothers since Wednesday...That was an interesting trip. We cleaned out her closets...And just incase you don't know how big they are..let me tell you... Her walk-in closet in her room was a good size..kinda like two restroom stalls put together..Minus the toliets...lol!! Then her one in my uncles old room and the one in my aunts old room were your regular size closets.... Then her 4 small ones up stairs were prolly the size of 1 toliet stall that was sideways.... but yeah...so we had to get rid of a lot of clothes and move them all in the closets down stairs... It was crazy!!! My mom told me that I had a lot of clothes..but no...I have nothing compared to my grandmother...But yeah...
We are moving my sister and brother-in-law into their new house today and tomorrow... So that should be fun!! NOT!!!!! But ohh well!! We will find out!!

Gotta go and help!! Bye!!

SO I HAD SUCH AN AWESOME NIGHT TONIGHT!! I WENT OVER TO ASHLEY'S AROUND 5:15 AND WE SAT AND WATCHED HER MOM COOK DINNER..THEN WE WATCHED SMALLVILLE (THE FIRST ONE EVER MADE) WITH ABBY AND THEN THE FIRST LIKE 15 MINS OF WILDFIRE..WHICH BY THE WAY IS MINE AND ASHLEY'S FAVORITE SHOW!! LOL!!! THEN WE HAD TO STOP AND EAT SUPPER!! IT WAS VERY YUMMY!! THEN WE SAT BACK DOWN AFTER COUNTING DOWN THE MINUTES AND WATCHED THE REST OF WILDFIRE!! IT WAS SOO GOOD AND NEXT WEEK IS GONNA BE AWESOME!! I AM SOO GONNA GO BACK TO THEIR HOUSE!! IT WAS SOO MUCH FUN!! I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH THE SCHREIBERS..JUST AS MUCH AS ASH LOVES TO DANCE WITH MY MOM JUST TO EMBARRASS THE HECK OUTTA ME!! LOL!! BUT YEAH..THEN WE LEFT AT LIKE 9:00 AND WENT BOWLING WITH SOME AWESOME PEOPLE FROM CHURCH!!! IT WAS GREAT!!! EVEN THO WE HAD TO WAIT LIKE AN HOUR TO BOWL AND I SUCKED....IT WAS AMAZING!! I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! "TAKE IT TO THE POT" HAHAHAHA!! THAT WAS GREAT!! WELP OFF TO BED!!!! I AM TIRED!!!!

Today was fun!! i got up and went to church this morning and then went to eat with my family.... Well I have delayed the whole dorm shopping for like...all summer... So mom and I went and did some shopping today..Which really helped b/c all i have to get now is a TV, DVD/VCR player, and a few other lil things... I was soo excited!! We went like all over tha boro to find some stuff... I found my comforter...i was soo excited..We walked into Linen's and Things and I just happen to look beside me and I found the greatest comforter...It was perfect... It is sooooooo BRIGHT!!! It is soo many different colors..And I am just soo excited to get it!!! we had to order it b/c they didn't have the TWIN here but whatever... WOO HOO!! NEWays....
Went to church tonight and that was fun!! I got to see how much amazing work God did in some of my best friends lives...It was just great to sit there listen to what all happened..I really wished that I could have gone to camp with NBC Youth but I couldn't!!! Ohh well!! Then we all went to tha Moore's house and just had a get-together..It was alot of fun... Emo, Ash, Amy, and I all just kinda sat around and talked about college and different stuff!! I love being able just to open up and talk to my friends about random things.. But yeah....
I got work tomorrow so that is it!!

WOW!!! Last night was a lot of fun!!! I went to Rachel's house to watch a movie and just hang out with her b/f she left for New York this morning..(which by the way keep everyone who went to new york in your prayers) and we watched...The Diary of a Mad Black Woman....It was soo funny!! We both felt every emotion that you are supposed to feel in that movie!! LOL!! Then we went to the new DQ over by the new walmart and hung out with some of the AO's (Alpha Omega College Ministry) and then we left...But it was soo funny!! They had me laughing a lot... LOL!!!( i think I need more SPRITE)lol!!!!! But yeah....That is about it..Got church in a lil while...Bye!!

Wow!!! So i am finally home after being in a car for what felt like forever... We left this morning at 8 and got back around 8 tonight..We thought that we might stay in Atlanta tonight but the show that my dad wanted to go to was this tiny thing so we just came on home... I had a good time I guess you could say..It was miserably HOT down there but it was very pretty..The last few days the waves were huge so we got our floats and were riding them...Yeah I know..I am 18 years old and riding waves like a lil kid..But hey..It was fun!! LOL!! But yeah...That is about it!! I will write more later!! I am gonna go and watch a movie!!

well...i am in Macon, GA.... We are staying in the Marriott..... But we are on our way to St. Augustine,Florida..I am soo excited!!!! But yeah...I hope that everyone has a great week!! See yall when i get back!!!!

I found something interesting out today/tonight... I am actually happy that Tipper is gone.. I know that she isn't in any pain and I have talked to both my mom and dad about everything and I am glad that she doesn't have to suffer anymore.... She was a wonderful dog and she didn't deserve to suffer any. And now she isn't.. I know this might sound weird b/c of the last post but still....... I am feeling so much better right now.. I mean i am still upset and miss her so much..But she is in a better place and that is what she deserves....

Well.....My mom and dad took Tipper to the vet this morning...WE had to put her to sleep... She was the best dog I ever had, well she was the only, but still.... It was hard... I helped dig the grave and said my last goodbye to her.... She was a sister to me....

The hardest part is we have family pictures tonight and she won't be in them. She was part of my family. But I know that she is in a better place now.. She doesn't have to go through anypain. And I now that she is waiting to go through the gates of Dog Heaven.....

I LOVE YOU TIPPER!!!!!!!!!!
RIP July 12, 2005

Everyone please pray for my family.... We are expecting to NOT have my dog in the morning...she is moving but it is really hard on her..She is in a lot of pain and it is really hurting her. I have had this dog since I was in 1st grade. And it is really hard on me to see her like this.. SO please just pray...