exhaustedly excited (a very long entry)
i have been so incredibly busy over the last 3 days that i sometimes feel i haven't had any time to think. of course, i allow myself to think more than i probably should, so it's not too bad that i lost a little thinking time. the real problem is that over the last 3 days i've been extremely stressed. i don't get stressed, so when i do, i don't always know how to deal. i'm beginning to recover from the stress, only for it to build up again with a ton of work left to do before the semester is over. but lets move on.
i'm really looking forward to tomorrow because, not only is it my birthday, but! i don't have anything due, and i can relax. yes, i did say that it is my birthday. i will be 21 years old. the big 2-1. even tho i don't have anything due tomorrow, it is still a busy day and there is very little time to celebrate so we went out tonite in celebration. it was a lot of fun. 8 girls and myself went to fairview heights to TGIFriday's for dinner, followed by dessert at cold stone creamery in shiloh. dinner was a ton of fun, we took lots of pictures, ate some good grub, i received some sweet gifts, and shared a lot of laughter. (sidenote: i LOVE laughing. i love laughing at myself, jokes, and others.) one of the most embarassing things however happened before we left for dinner. my roomies had been very sneeky and purchased a crown for me and made me a sash to wear that was yellow and said "it's my 21st birthday!" by the end of the evening i had embrased it, but i was weary early on. cold stone was after fridays, and was an adventure all by itself. i was very excited because they had my favorite ice cream, oatmeal cookie batter, with which i got grahm cracker pie crust mixed in. 4 of the others had never been there before, so they had an extra fun time with it. most of us didn't finish our ice cream, but it's really the adventure, not the result, that matters. then we came back to greenville and it was over, but it was perfect. tomororw i'll add pictures, and post my birthday poem written by my roommate christine. it was perfect.
some fun facts about me that directly and indirectly concern my birthday. after 27 hours of labor i was born on april 27th and 7:27am in santa barbara, california. in case you couldn't already see the trend 27 has been quite the number for me. so, whenever i see the number 27 i get a little supersticious. tonite at cold stones, my ice cream was $4.27, which i felt appropriate. the moral of this is that i really like the number 27.
breaking news: i just got one of the coolest gifts ever from my friend julianne who lives down the hall and will be my roommate next year. she made me (yes i said made) a strawberry ice cream cake. it is probably one of the coolest homemade gifts i've ever received. i'm very excited about it. too bad i ate too much earlier to be able to enjoy it now.
moving on to some random thoughts.
the other nite i was thinking about my "hole" that is actually my bed, and i remembered back to the first day that i was here at greenville and moving in. our room was totally different now from how we orignianlly set it up. i could have cared less what my area looked like or how it was set up as long as i had a corner that i could go and hide in if i needed to get away. (being an only child i was worried about living with 3 other people for the first time. i handled it well, and have had only a few issues.) so, i just had to laugh that i finally, with 2 weeks left before i leave, got that hole that i'd wanted at the beginning of the year. the perfect way to round it all out really.
annoying moment from after our return home tonite. so, i was sitting here in my hole surfing the internet, and just relaxing. christine had left the room to go hang out with beast and forgotten to close the door. a couple of girls were hanging out talking loudly in the lounge. that was annoying enough, but then they started talking about how it had been 6 months, and i was confused but trying to ignore. not long went by before i heard why the 6 months were so significant. one of the girls had gone 6 months without dating. the girl who she was talking to said, "how did it feel to go through 6 months with no dating?" and then a little later the same girl said "you made it!" like it was some huge accomplishment. people go far longer without dating anyone and they survive every day! why such a big reaction over 6 mere months? for some girls i realize that it is unheard of to go 6 months without dating anyone, but i just find it lame. there is no other word to describe it other than lame; pure and simple. story. i have gone my whole life up to this point without dating anyone. this has not been by choice, but it's how it is. it's something that i'm constantly trying to not be frusterated with, and optimistic about. i believe that one day i will meet someone who is so great that all this time that has gone by will no longer matter because i've found the right person without having "to go around kissing a bunch of losers" along the way. (if you don't know what movie that's from, please, ask.) 6 months is nothing. and if you are sad 'cause your boyfriend of a week just broke up with you, and it'll only take you another 2 weeks to find someone new, in my opinion you can just shove it.
that is all for now. i've had some fun times and mean thoughts and all in all it's been a good day. birthday pictures and poem to come tomorrow, with a full recount of my birthday. oh happy day!
tired but happy
- corrie
i'm really looking forward to tomorrow because, not only is it my birthday, but! i don't have anything due, and i can relax. yes, i did say that it is my birthday. i will be 21 years old. the big 2-1. even tho i don't have anything due tomorrow, it is still a busy day and there is very little time to celebrate so we went out tonite in celebration. it was a lot of fun. 8 girls and myself went to fairview heights to TGIFriday's for dinner, followed by dessert at cold stone creamery in shiloh. dinner was a ton of fun, we took lots of pictures, ate some good grub, i received some sweet gifts, and shared a lot of laughter. (sidenote: i LOVE laughing. i love laughing at myself, jokes, and others.) one of the most embarassing things however happened before we left for dinner. my roomies had been very sneeky and purchased a crown for me and made me a sash to wear that was yellow and said "it's my 21st birthday!" by the end of the evening i had embrased it, but i was weary early on. cold stone was after fridays, and was an adventure all by itself. i was very excited because they had my favorite ice cream, oatmeal cookie batter, with which i got grahm cracker pie crust mixed in. 4 of the others had never been there before, so they had an extra fun time with it. most of us didn't finish our ice cream, but it's really the adventure, not the result, that matters. then we came back to greenville and it was over, but it was perfect. tomororw i'll add pictures, and post my birthday poem written by my roommate christine. it was perfect.
some fun facts about me that directly and indirectly concern my birthday. after 27 hours of labor i was born on april 27th and 7:27am in santa barbara, california. in case you couldn't already see the trend 27 has been quite the number for me. so, whenever i see the number 27 i get a little supersticious. tonite at cold stones, my ice cream was $4.27, which i felt appropriate. the moral of this is that i really like the number 27.
breaking news: i just got one of the coolest gifts ever from my friend julianne who lives down the hall and will be my roommate next year. she made me (yes i said made) a strawberry ice cream cake. it is probably one of the coolest homemade gifts i've ever received. i'm very excited about it. too bad i ate too much earlier to be able to enjoy it now.
moving on to some random thoughts.
the other nite i was thinking about my "hole" that is actually my bed, and i remembered back to the first day that i was here at greenville and moving in. our room was totally different now from how we orignianlly set it up. i could have cared less what my area looked like or how it was set up as long as i had a corner that i could go and hide in if i needed to get away. (being an only child i was worried about living with 3 other people for the first time. i handled it well, and have had only a few issues.) so, i just had to laugh that i finally, with 2 weeks left before i leave, got that hole that i'd wanted at the beginning of the year. the perfect way to round it all out really.
annoying moment from after our return home tonite. so, i was sitting here in my hole surfing the internet, and just relaxing. christine had left the room to go hang out with beast and forgotten to close the door. a couple of girls were hanging out talking loudly in the lounge. that was annoying enough, but then they started talking about how it had been 6 months, and i was confused but trying to ignore. not long went by before i heard why the 6 months were so significant. one of the girls had gone 6 months without dating. the girl who she was talking to said, "how did it feel to go through 6 months with no dating?" and then a little later the same girl said "you made it!" like it was some huge accomplishment. people go far longer without dating anyone and they survive every day! why such a big reaction over 6 mere months? for some girls i realize that it is unheard of to go 6 months without dating anyone, but i just find it lame. there is no other word to describe it other than lame; pure and simple. story. i have gone my whole life up to this point without dating anyone. this has not been by choice, but it's how it is. it's something that i'm constantly trying to not be frusterated with, and optimistic about. i believe that one day i will meet someone who is so great that all this time that has gone by will no longer matter because i've found the right person without having "to go around kissing a bunch of losers" along the way. (if you don't know what movie that's from, please, ask.) 6 months is nothing. and if you are sad 'cause your boyfriend of a week just broke up with you, and it'll only take you another 2 weeks to find someone new, in my opinion you can just shove it.
that is all for now. i've had some fun times and mean thoughts and all in all it's been a good day. birthday pictures and poem to come tomorrow, with a full recount of my birthday. oh happy day!
tired but happy
- corrie
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