Sometimes, I really have to remind myself that I DO love Oklahoma...

If you're new around here (which most of you aren't), you should know that I am an Oklahoman, born and raised. I have lived in various parts of this state my entire 24 and 1/4 years of existence. I seriously love this state to the moon and back. Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to live other places, and traveling is definitely in my future, but I can't neglect the states where my roots run so deep.

Fall is the best time in Oklahoma (meaning late October/early November), because the air is cool and crisp to where you can wear jeans and a t-shirt and bring a jacket with you for when you go home after dark. The colors are beautiful. You see them all. It ranges from green to orange to yellow to red, and every shade of those colors in between. During a typical year, we get to experience, truly experience all four seasons.

This year is an exception to a typical year. After last year's freaky blizzard in February, we're actually experiencing the mildest winter I can remember. We even got up to the 80s on Thursday (first day of March!?). Normally, March is a beautifully rainy month. I'm really hoping that we do get some thunderstorms because I. LOVE. THE. RAIN. and Lord knows our state needs the rain in the worst way possible. We had a drought last summer as our state got sucked into this heat vacuum where we saw three digit temps for record days in a row.

I tell you about the weather and the colors for a purpose. Because we have had a mild winter, we haven't had a freeze this season. The trees and flowers are already starting to bloom, and I'm sure if I had gotten to spend Thursday in a park like I wanted to, I would have gotten a million mosquito bites. I did sit out in my car and read my book with the window open, and my chest got a little sunburned. (SUNBURNED! IN OKLAHOMA! IN FEBRUARY!) Since the flowers and trees are trying to bloom, it's causing everyone's allergies to go crazy. I don't usually have allergy problems, but I figure it's because of the mild winter that mine are going haywire.

I've been knocked out all week. My head is full and clogged, I can't really blow my nose but then it randomly drips like a faucet. I haven't had a fever, my chest hurts from the congestion, and my throat is sore from all the drainage. I know this is way too much information, but just deal with it.

I've been lurking in all your sites, reading them but not commenting. But honestly, I'm just taking this weekend to nurse myself back to health, sleep, take meds, and drink plenty of fluids.

I can't wait to see what weekend adventures await you all :)

Weekend Recap

I am so sorry for not getting this out earlier today. Remember how I said this week is College Bowl week? Well I also had about 5 other things to do today. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Friday
I was the responsibility champion and I got shit done. No seriously. I got capstone paper revised (again) [I forgot to mention that I got to talk to my big the night before, I miss her so so so much], I got all of my College Bowl stuff worked on, and then I even got a few pages of notes from a class copied before the family arrived in town around 6:30. I drove from Norman to Moore, where Edith was so patiently waiting for me while Jessica and Ryan went to the VA hospital (Ryan was having abdominal pains). I watched Kenzie play two games on Friday night, and then I took Edith and MacKenzie to meet up with Ryan and Jessica to Taco Cabana for a late night dinner. Upon my arrival home, my roommate was passed out and I got to read a little bit before falling asleep in bliss because of my family :)

Saturday
I woke up a little extra early to really fix my hair, and then Edith and I went on an adventure to wal-mart to buy a new headlight for my car. On our way to Moore, we stopped at What-A-Burger for breakfast. I'm sure you know by now that I got a honey butter chicken biscuit :)
I watched Kenzie play a game, then we went to Saltgrass for lunch, and then she played a second game. I took the family to Fuzzy's Taco Shop on Campus Corner for dinner, and then hung out in their hotel room until I was sleepy.
I came home to roommate and Kaitlin in my room talking and watching The Ugly Truth. Rachel came in and joined us later, and they were in our room until 3:30 a.m. I had fallen asleep before then.

Sunday
I got up SO FREAKING EARLY to go watch Kenzie play one game. It was so freaking cold that I almost fell asleep at the fields from curling up into a ball. After the game, we went to Cheddar's for lunch, and then the family headed back home with some taffy and Classic's (similar to Sonic, but better) in tow. I was really sad to see them go, but I also was super tired so I passed out for a 4 hour nap. I meant to only nap for 2-3.
Chapter was longer than it should have been, and I was late to my college bowl meeting. Once I got there, we were informed that the fourth team member had no questions for us. I came back home to write more questions and more lightening round questions, and ended up staying up until almost 3. By the time I hit the pillow, I PASSED OUT.


Today, I was lucky enough to have both of my morning classes cancelled, so the only class I had began at 1:30. I inadvertently slept until noon. Once I got done with class, I had a couple hours of downtime before I had to work (I'm a referee for soccer) and then once I was done with work I went straight to College Bowl.

Tonight's college bowl rounds were a lot of fun! I didn't realize how much I would like reading questions off :)

My best friend Caroline who went on spring break with us ended up coming over for a little bit after college bowl, and she and I went and got some food at Classic's (like Sonic, but better), and now here I am updating you on the weekend and my super busy day. I unfortunately didn't take my camera out to the ball fields so I don't have any pictures to share :(

But on a good note, I have a cool Tell the World Tuesday feature coming up tomorrow, and my little piece of blog world was featured over at scenic glory as a part of a group sponsor post. Seriously, if you haven't checked this site out by now, you are missing out.

Now it's off to bed, tomorrow is busy too, practice for piano between classes (exam part 1 begins Wednesday) and then College Bowl all evening. I hope every single one of you had a fantastic start to your week!

Happy Friday!

I'm so excited for today! I'm just about finishing up my guest post that will be featured in a couple weeks (I'll share where it's at once it's published!).

I got some much needed rest last night and slept wayyy to hard. My roommate even got up this morning and I was so out of it that I never heard her leave. I got the capstone paper done last night, caught up on my google reader FINALLY, and got some stuff typed up for college bowl. responsibility champion!

I am also very much looking forward to around 5:30 this afternoon. I have an aunt, her husband, and my two cousins Edith and MacKenzie coming in town for a softball tournament. If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a HUGE family person and unfortunately I haven't gotten to go home as often as I would have liked to this semester. But both I and my family are slightly okay with it because we all know that this is my last semester and I want to have as much fun as possible :)

Anyways, I will be spending the entire weekend at a softball field, cheering for Mac and a bunch of other girls I don't know. I can't wait to see them, it's been since my appendix surgery in February, and quite frankly that's been too long for me!

What are you excited about for Fridays? This weekend?

Have a great weekend friends!

p.s. bleh, I fail and also forgot to remind you all to link up to TexaGermaNadian's blog hop. It's one of the best :)

I had a pretty lazy Friday.

So I am a bum. And it's okay.

I don't have classes on Friday. I didn't get up until 9:45 this morning, I surprisingly woke up before my alarm that was set for 10.
Once I finished breakfast, I went and took a shower. I wore jeans for the first time today since my surgery! But I only wore them for about 2 hours to go to lunch with my pledge class in Alpha Gam to discuss the senior date party.. Then I took a nap. Not just a little cat nap. A TWO AND A HALF HOUR NAP. Riiiiiiiiiiidiculous. Seriously.

Sunday: a little more Funday than last week

Today is so much better. 
I got some very much needed needed sleep after getting sick yesterday.
After the game, I came home and passed out for about 4 hours. I then was up for about an hour to watch the beginning of the Duke-Virginia Tech game (which VT WON. Awesome.). Then I went back to sleep (around 9 ish) until 3:30 this morning.
Once I woke up at 3:30, I stayed awake for about half an hour and then slept until 6:45. I was awake from about 6:45-7:30. Then I crashed until 10:30 this morning.

Now the only thing I'm feeling is groggy from too much sleep and starving. Good thing Mimi (my grandma) made spaghetti for after church. There's a big steaming plate waiting for me at the table!

I will be returning to Norman this afternoon. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to all my classes this week except for the work out ones.

Happy Sunday everyone! It's Comment Love Sunday at FTLOB. Hop on over and find some new blogs to read!

coma, coma, coma

So I was very excited to be going to my very first adult Christmas party last night! As in, it was the first Christmas party with people who all have real jobs and stuff that I got invited to. HOWEVER, the "adults" were just as, if not worse, bad as all the college parties I've been to! They were being ridiculously inappropriate, getting so drunk they were puking, and being overly dramatic and crying! I was slightly irritated at everything, and couldn't believe that I had thought that adults could handle partying and their alcohol...

The fun part of it was when we went to a bar just around the corner, where there was karaoke, pool, darts, and plenty of people wanting to buy drinks for us. The drinks were very very cheap too. bad thing about it? A lesbian hit on me. It was so freaking weird. So weird. So so so weird. Whatever.

I slept all day today to try to let my brain recuperate. I think my Mimi thinks it was because I was out so late, but I took three naps today.

This post is completely boring and I apologize for it. But my brain is still in a coma.

Also, I would love it if you would visit the formspring box on the left side of my page and ask me a question. Or two. Or 50. I haven't been asked anything in two months, and it makes me very sad :(

definitely interesting weekend.

ok, so this weekend was amazingly fun, but I don't want to have another one like that for a while.

Friday night, me, Katie, Lisa, and Caroline decided to have a mini-girls' night out. We got all dressed up =) and went to OKC to take Lisa's MAC to the MAC store. Then we went to Bricktown for dinner...we wanted to eat at Zio's, but it was an hour wait. So we decided to try out a new restaurant called Othello's. It was ok. I've definitely had better. it was an "American" restaurant as Jessica said--it served pasta, steak, and seafood. lol what an assortment.

Anyways, the waiter was hott. seriously. I wanted to ask if he had a big enough to-go box for him to fit in =) but Katie and Lisa wouldn't let me.

after dinner, we came back to the dorms and hung out til about 10:30. me and Caroline got ice cream, and then we went to party #1, a Phi Delta Theta house party. it was overly crowded and I was not having fun. plus I was driving so I really hated it being that crowded.

so me, Caroline, and Lisa left that, and went to the Delta Upsilon house and that was fun, because it was a much bigger house and a lot less people =) and it was two blocks away from the dorms =) =)

so when Katie met up with us after her Raising Caine's fiasco, we walked back to the dorms and I just left my car at the frat house cuz I figured I could get it in the morning.

well Saturday morning was our OU Women's basketball white out, and I really wanted to go. So I was going to ride with my friend Clark [because it was snowing!] but I couldn't find my ID. so he took me to my car to see if it was there, but no ID =( so I didn't get to go to the game. I was very depressed.

so Katie took me to lunch, then we came back and napped =) ..then Caroline and Lisa came over, and we all went to Burger King and ate some more. then later that night, Katie had a sorority thingy, and Kyle asked us if we wanted to go with him and some guys on his floor to a Hornets basketball game. Since I'd never been to a pro ANYTHING before, it sounded like a good idea! =) so me, Caroline, and Lisa got in my car and took trip #2 to Bricktown to watch the Hornets. =) it was fun!

then me and Katie had a little fiasco in Wal-Mart, and we didn't speak the rest of the night, but it's ok now =) after Wal-Mart we went back to Kyle's room to watch Saw III and it is so freaking good. I love all 3 of them, but I think 2 is the best so far!

Sunday I was going to get up early and go to church, but I slept right through my alarm and didn't wake up until 10:30. I wasn't very happy about that, but I couldn't change it. So I did some homework and laundry.

and because I didn't have my ID, I only ate what I had in the room--beef jerky and the last of my cereal. so basically I starved myself on Sunday.

but on Monday, I got a temporary ID and ate in the cafeteria!! [[I finally ate!! yay!]] but not eating Sunday made me sick.

I talked to Bobby, and he did REALLY WELL at his pro-exposure camp thing this past weekend. I'm happy && excited for him, but I worry. we already don't talk much, and this is coming up fast. will we completely stop talking when he goes pro? I know I shouldn't worry, and that if we're supposed to keep in touch we will, but I can't help how I feel. it's unfair, he still has my <3>

but I read a quote online tonight that said "Love isn't supposed to be easy. if it were easy it wouldn't be called love." boy is that the truth for my situation. I need to go to bed.

p.s. a guy at the DU house found my ID, and I'll be getting my real ID back tomorrow!