Feeling up to posting now…

I’ve been home since Friday evening, and it’s been GREAT so far! Saturday I got up early to go to the eye doctor. I have a birthmark on the edge of my eye that has been getting bigger, plus I was due for a checkup anyway. My prescription’s the same, but my doctor referred me to a vascular plastic surgeon or something like that to see about getting it removed. Initially, my parents were going to remove it when I was about three, but decided against it.

After ordering more contacts for the year, my mom and I went to the Cracker Barrel for brunch. I am pretty sure I have been to every Cracker Barrel from here to Memphis, but I always love it. While we were waiting for a table, we found some cute lamps to bring to my grandma next week, and a Coke cookbook for my dad, the ultimate Coke drinker. Then we went to World Market. I LOVE THAT PLACE! It was our first time there and we spent about an hour and a half ooh-ing and aah-ing over everything. For the rest of my dad’s father’s day present we filled up a basket we found there with dark chocolate from different countries, some of his favorite tea, some salmon pate, some Asian cooking sauce, and some other foreign foods.

We then went to Target to pick up a few necessities and I ran into my friend from school, Aimee, who lives in the area. The funny thing about this is that we always seem to run into each other when we’re on breaks. She lived in the dorm next to me at school and we have the same major so we had several classes together,but it’s just funny that I run into her more than people I went to high school with.

When we got home I read the Lucky that I picked up at Target. I wasn’t too impressed, to be honest. I stuck a “YES!” on a cute yellow blouse from Gap, but nothing else really struck my fancy. Maybe a second look through will reveal more…we’ll see.

Sunday my family ate croissants and muffins from a local coffee shop for breakfast. It was a warm and sunny day, and we ate out on the back porch. My dad loved his presents, especially these dark chocolate chili covered almonds…yeah, my mom’s idea. I ran some errands for my mom in the afternoon and then we all cooked dinner for my dad using some recipes from the Coke cookbook. It wasn’t the best, but my dad liked it…well, pretended to. The strawberry shortcake was a hit with everyone, though. Maybe because no Coke products were involved?

After walking the dog with my dad, I took my sister to the movie store to pick up some DVDs. Our movie store has a thing where for every “A” you get on your report card, you get a free DVD. My sister just happened to get a 4.0 this term (3.98 year average! YAY!), so we picked up Sydney White, Atonement, Because I Said So, and Alvin and the Chipmunks. We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks last night and it was actually really, really cute and funny!

Today I slept in, ate some breakfast, then took my sister to her best friend’s house. I then drove over to a country club about 30 minutes away where my friend Drew works. They have openings at the snack bar, so his manager asked me to come in for an interview. I filled out an application a few weeks ago and this was the first time I could come in. I have to get a drug test tomorrow, but I know I’ll pass that, and basically after they get those results they’ll put me on the schedule! I won’t start until after next week (BECAUSE I’M GOING TO MEMPHIS!) But this is my first (real) job and I’m so excited to be making some money of my own. AND AND AND…the uniform? Polos and khaki shorts! PERFECT!

Whew…this was a long post. But I had a lot to update 🙂

Hope everyone’s summers are going great!

A bittersweet weekend

This weekend was AMAZING. By far the best weekend of the quarter, if not the year!

Friday, I spent some time laying out on the green with Lindsay, Susie and Jenny. We then went up to the house for a little bit to join Katie, Kaleigh and Erin in the sun. Erin’s boyfriend called and we went over to his house to play cornhole and lay out even more. It was just a great time with some of my best friends from the sorority. Then later that night Amanda, Lindsay, Jenny and I went to Sig Ep and saw pretty much everyone we knew there! Cassie dropped her phone in the toilet and can’t get a new one until she goes home in 10 days. She’s not happy.

Yesterday was the highlight, but also the saddest part of my weekend. It was Senior Sendoff for my sorority. We had the secret senior reveal. I was so happy to see Molly liked the gifts Mandy and I got her, and she got us some great stuff as well! Then we had lunch and the saddest part was when the littles read their letters to the bigs. Lots of tears were shed, and I thought about what I’m going to do next year because both my grandbig Julie and big Erin are graduating. I started to write the letter in my head, but it brought tears to my own eyes to even think about it. I just know that I’m going to sob next year. Then came the time for wills. I wasn’t expecting to get anything willed to me because I’m only close with a few seniors. But Lindsey surprised me by willing me a Clay Aiken shirt (I’m not a Clay fan but Lindsey says it suits me anyway), a clarinet music holder (we both played clarinet in high school) and a broken Superman alarm clock (I don’t know). Later that afternoon we all went over to an apartment some of the seniors share and I wore my Clay shirt and brought along a hula hoop that was part of the gifts that Molly got me. I had so much fun! My cornhole skills weren’t as sharp as they were Friday, but Amanda and I still did okay. I got to spend a lot of time with Lindsey and Molly, so that was great. I cannot even express how glad I am that I am part of such a great sorority. Alpha Omicron Pi has become my family, just as I was told it would become. I could not ask for a better group of friends. I am so excited to live in the house for the next two years and to grow as a person because of it. I know Greek life often has a bad connotation, but joining a sorority was honestly the best decision I have made in college, and I won’t be surprised if I still feel that way in 2011, when I am a senior. I don’t even know what else to say; I don’t feel like there are any other words to describe how much AOPi means to me.

Amanda and I left around 8:30 to go to Jimmy John’s for food and we ran into Claire along the way. After eating I came home and crashed and woke up around midnight and watched some TV with Cassie and Terry. Fell back asleep around 3 and woke up this morning at 11 to go to brunch with Erin, Audra, Julie and Becca. We went to the diner, as usual. We didn’t stay for long because we all had things to do but it was still a good time. I came back and did laundry and made notecards for econ and philosophy. Exams are coming up so quickly and I really want/need to do well. Then Cassie and I set up the grill outside on the patio. Terry brought over burgers and pasta salad and we had a little cookout. Amanda, Katie, Michelle, Krista and Mallory joined us for a little bit. Amanda and I went up to talk to Megan for a little bit since we haven’t seen her much lately. She’s studying abroad in Denmark next quarter, so we’re not going to see her for a long time.

Whew. That was a lot. I was just really excited that I had such a great weekend.