ugh. first day already sucks. been up for a little over 2 hours and been at school for almost 1 and it's already been a crappy day. there was a monsoon when i woke up after only 2 hours of sleep, meaning that MTSU was going to be one big lake. my shoes are not water-friendly and my jeans are completely soaked pretty much from the knee down. AND i lost my earring along the treck from my car to work. BOOO! AND i have to see people at school that i would really be ok with never seeing again in my life. but, life goes on. my boy gets more amazing everyday and i am sooo lucky to have found him. should i tell you his name??? hmmm........maybe i'll make you beg a little while longer ;)

so i realized it's almost been a week since i updated so it's probly time to do that! first, can i just say that i hate it when DJ's on the radio think they're amazing and try to "connect" songs or whatever and they fail miserably...that's just annoying

anyways, the last few days have been absolutely amazing! this "stalker" of mine came back into town on wednesday and we've hung out ever since. well, with the exception of today because he left me again :( he's going on a weekend retreat with his fraternity. phi mu alpha (which i don't know if anybody will know what that is except for maybe meagan, rachel, and maria!)....it's the music fraternity. anyways, he's wonderful and such a gentleman and we are sooo compatible (except for the fact that i don't know ANYTHING about classic rock and he knows EVERYTHING! but he's going to teach me...)

so classes start in just a few days....AHHH! i'm soooo not ready! i mean, i like all my free time! but i guess it's time to return to reality again....poop. but i am kinda excited about starring in this semester's opera! i went and practiced today and my voice is getting stronger so hopefully i'll be able to jump right back into school. well, this post is definately long enough so i'm going to stop. love ya! happy MLK day!

i'm sorry - scratch the stalker title: replace it with well-wisher or secret admirer (or not so secret...) ;)

so it seems i have a stalker! ;) but in a good way! a stalker that i do not mind :D anyways, life has been going great! i am soooo ready for people to be back in the boro! they are coming back slowly one by one and that's great, but i want them ALL back! minus the school part - that can stay away!

funny story....last night at about 1am i was washing my face, getting
ready for bed when i saw this black bug flying around my head. i
thought - great, i have a huge fly in my apt again....WRONG! yes, it
happened to be a WASP!!!!!!! well, lucky for me, steve's not here and
ben had just left, my roommate is nowhere to be found, and it's too
late to call the parents. WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO!? i knew ben was still up
and maybe if he left late (like he always does) he would be close
enough to turn around and come kill it 
so i call him, but he's too far away. but he says mark is still awake
and to call him! HALLELUIAH!!!! so i call mark, figuring he wouldn't
want to help me b/c i don't think he likes me very much (i don't
understand why!?) but lo and behold, good 'ole mark wanich comes to my
rescue! i trap the wasp in my bathroom by plugging up the underneath
while mark and i go to walmart to by wasp killer. did you know that if
you just squash a wasp, it releases pheromones that attract other
wasps!? well, i didn't want to do that! so we come back with raid, and
mark kills him for me  but now my shower is covered in raid and my entire bathroom smells 
but there is no more wasp! i finally got to bed around oh, 2:30. what
an adventure. hopefully i won't have any repeats anytime soon!!!

the tear is in the mountains

How beautiful the hands that served
the wine and the bread
and the sons of the earth.
How beautiful the feet that walked
the long dusty roads
and the hills to the cross.
How beautiful
how beautiful
how beautiful is the body of Christ.
How beautiful the heart that bled
that took all my sin
and bore it instead.
How beautiful the tender eyes
that chose to forgive
and never despise.
How beautiful
how beautiful
how beautiful is the body of Christ.
And as He laid down His life
we offer this sacrifice
that we will live just as he died:
willing to pay the price
willing to pay the price.
How beautiful the radient Bride
who waits for her Groom
with His light in her eyes.
How beautiful when humble hearts give
the fruit of pure lives
so that others may live.
How beautiful
how beautiful
how beautiful is the body of Christ.
How beautiful the feet that bring
the sound of good news
and the love of the King.
How beautiful the hands that serve
the wine and the bread
and the sons of the earth.
How beautiful
how beautiful
how beautiful is the body of Christ.


tonight was jessica's wedding. the first of my really close childhood
friends to get married. she walked down the isle to this song by twila
paris...she entered on the "how beautiful the radiant bride..." and she
really was...radiant and beautiful!  so tonight was definately a good
way to end this year and begin a new one. i won't say i did it on my
own really, but i think maybe God subconsciously helped me find the
strength to not back down. and can i just tell you that i have the best
roommate ever!? she knows exactly what to say even though i woke her up
at 3am crying hysterically.

on that note, i am so ready for everybody to come back to m'boro!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially a certain someone....

it's day 3...things should start to get better after today!! i can see my collar bones! haha. it's weird, my stomach is growling, but i'm not hungry. it's amazing how your body can react to pain to shut off everything else! well, one of my favorite girly movies is on TBS (the american president) so i'm going to go get back to that. leave me some comments to make me feel loved! muah! 

yeah, throat DEFINATELY hurts worse today :( AND we have to cut down on the pain med b/c you're only supposed to have 8 tbsp a day and we've been having 2 every 4 hours. you do the math :( dr. isley called not too long ago to check up on me but my mom had to talk to her. she is so sweet - i absolutely love her!!! anyways, i'll just be sitting around my house today so if you want to hang out and watch a movie or something, send me a text!

yes, the time is correct on this post...i'm up for my 4 hour dose of my pain medicine. my body will not let me miss it! it's really not as bad as i thought (yet - they say the 2nd and 3rd days are worse than the 1st) but the pain is different than i imagined it. they said it would be the worst sore throat i've ever had, but the only thing that's really bothering me is how swollen my uvula is and how it kinda hinders me from breathing and swallowing. luckily i got liquid meds....i don't think i would have survived with pills....seriuosly! ok so the codine is kicking in....time for bed! 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! school's out!!! it's such a relief! sucky part is, i'm getting my tonsils taken out tomorrow...so no fun for carla for the next couple of weeks! and i can't talk for a couple of days after the surgery! :( anybody that knows me understands what a big deal that is! so if you want to get in touch with me or come visit me, send me an email or a text and i'll communicate with you that way! i would love visitors to come watch movies with me or just hang out!

OH. MY. GOSH!!!! i saw rent tonight and let me just tell you - it was AMAZING! i don't even know how to describe it. it's so real. it's so true. so raw. wow. 

so guess who i'm going to lunch with?! the infamous NATHAN MOORE! wow...it's been like 1,000,000 years since i've seen my old best friend...yay for him calling me and yay for me calling him back!

yeah, so you see that girl on the very right of my profile pic? yeah, found out this weekend that she is getting married in may and moving to australia!!! i am veeeeeeeery sad! she's in SAI with me (and is kinda the reason i went SAI) and we did our ritual for her to be alum sunday. there is a song we sing in ritual which has kinda become her song b/c she always sings it in ritual, but i had to sing it to her sunday and i almost started crying. this was after i lost it the first time when she read her goodbye letter.  i'm usually not a crier, but man, the flood gates just let loose that night! i'm really going to miss courtney :(

update on my granddanny....he's back home from the hospital. he had a TIA (aka trans-ischemic attack) which is just a fancy way to say a mini-stroke.  but TIA's are usually a precursor to a full blown stroke.  so i'm a little worried.  please keep him in your prayers!

i have tried TWICE this weekend to go see RENT but have failed miserably both times :( so i think i'm going to go see it some other time this week. hopefully.

update on my granddanny...he was doing better and was able to go back home, but my aunt (who's a nurse) was staying with him just in case. well, i just talked to my mom and she said they had to rush him back to st. thomas b/c they think he had a mini-stroke (TIA) but they aren't sure. so please please pray! holidays are not a good time for my family anyway...thanks guys!

to see RENT tonight!!!!! i'm so excited! i've never seen it, but i
kinda know the story line and i know the music and i cannot wait to see
it on the big screen! i'll let ya know what i think about it later!

that it's supposed to SNOW TONIGHT! now, we all know that this means we'll only get a few flurries, but even so! it's just preparing for the big snow that's going to happen later! ;) ;) i love december!

please pray for my grandfather...he was in intensive care last night
at st. thomas b/c of pnemonia and a bleeding ulcer in his throat. my
mom just informed me that he's being moved to a regular room today but
i'm still scared. he's in his 80's and already has health problems and
i just don't know if he will have the will or strength to fight. thanks
guys!

ok, so i'm going to brag for a moment 
i have started working out and it's been about 3 weeks now....and i
have lost a total of 7 pounds!! and not only that, but i am running
further and further everyday and for somebody who didn't used to be
able to run for even 3 minutes that's a big step! my new goal is to run
for 2 miles without walking or anything. well, today i ran for 1.8
miles!! 24 minutes straight! now, i know this is a slow 1.8 miles, but
still! AND i did this all without my asthma inhaler. which i have never
done before. i usually get an asthma attack after 5 minutes. which only
means that my cardiovascular system is improving! yay!!! so, hopefully
sometime next week i'll be able to hit 2 miles and can start aiming for
2 and a half! woohoo! i'm so proud of myself! spring break, here i
come!!!!!!!!!!

aww my little cassie is engaged!!! yay for her! and to be proposed to in aruba?! darin is going to have a hard time topping that for the honeymoon! ;) go to Cassie's Phusebox for pictures!

she definately tried to use the IP-relay thing but got disconnected after "hey it's cassie" so the woman kindly (or not so kindly...) told me that the use of relay for those other than deaf or blind people is illegal and that my phone # and cassie's IP had been tagged for fraudulent use. wah!? but then i spotted cassie on AIM and got the good news (which by this time i had guessed cuz i'm that good!) followed by an email with pictures. nice try with the relay cass, you just HAD to get disconnected huh? ;)


CONGRATULATIONS CASSIE!

i just bought a cd with both the chanson de bilitis and les nuits d'ete on it! i know what i'm going to be listening to all day!!

my recital is finally over! after 8 months of preparing and stressing
over it, is has finally culminated and now i don't know what to do with
myself! it was amazing to see all of my friends and family there to
support me - thank you so much for being there! i love you all!

EEK! my recital's today!!! 
i am sooo excited!! i have had this date in my head ever since last
spring and it's finally here! wow - what am i going to do with myself
when it's over??!? if you can, you should come! it's at 5pm and it's
only 30 minutes long so you'll be in and out! it's at the wright music
building in the t. earl hinton music hall. haha so many names! anyways,
i must go and get ready! au revoir mes amis!

1)Where did you graduate from and what year?
Oakland High School (GO PATS!) 2002

2)Did you have school pride?
oh yeah - i remember one day for a pep rally lacy, erin and i bought red, white, and blue (respectively) legings and red white a blue boxers to go over them with matching t-shirts. cassie and i (and maybe erin?) also painted jeans in red white and blue puff paint with glitter that said go pats all over them :)

3)Was your Prom a night to remember?
of course! b/c they were prom! i had 2 - junior year i remember getting left at after prom b/c my date went to a party to drink and i didn't do that; my boyfriend at the time was pissed b/c i'd left my phone in my dates car and wasn't answering and i had to call my mom to come pick me up at 6am. senior year i went with chris and all my best friends!

4)What was your fav. song you danced to the night of PROM?
junior year i don't remember, but senior year naima, monica, and i started the electric slide to a song and everybody danced along...it was like a movie! but i don't remember the song :(

5)Do you own all 4 Yearbooks ?
of course!

6)Do you remember the First CD you ever bought?
i sure don't...

7)What was your fav. movie in high school?
oh geez...umm...oceans 11?

8)What was your number one choice college?
haha - i only applied to MTSU. i was one of the few that really wanted to go here from my high school b/c i knew all of the music professors already and like them a lot :)

9)What radio station did you jam out to in high school?
107.5 The River!

10)Were you involved in any organizations or clubs?
oh yeah! Beta club, One club, HOSA, French club, National Honors Society (or is that a college thing?)

11)What was your fav class in high school?
CHOIR! duh...

12)Who was your big crush in high school?
ha - i had a few. Nathan, Aaron, Sylvain, Chris

13)Would you say you have changed a lot since high school?
definately!!!!

14) What do you miss the most about it?
simplicity. you always knew you were going to see your friends in the hallway and that they'd be there the next day.

15)Your worst memory of HS?
9-11

16)Did you have a car?
yup

17)What were your school colors ?
red white and blue

18)Who was your fav. teacher?
there's not one that stands out as a favorite...i pretty much liked them all.

19)Did you own a cell phone in highschool?
when i got a car, i got a cell phone

20)Did you leave campus for lunch?
sometimes senior year b/c i had choir right afterwards and i really didn't care. :)

21)If so, where was your fav. place to go eat?
la siesta! (see any similarities??)

22)Were you always late to classs?
i was NEVER late to class in high school...what happened?!

23) Did you ever have to stay for Sat. School? (or detention)
nope, i was the perfect student (ha!)

24)Did you ever Ditch?
does senior skip day count?

25) When it comes time for the reunion will you be there?
count me in!