2 Weeks Left

I promise I will continue with my blog when I to back to Alabama. I was just lazy the last 2 weeks I was there because I was just to excited to go home.

helloooo

Hello One and All! First I will apologize for not posting in such a long time. I keep wanting to, but I just don't feel like it. I have 6 days until I go home. I have to admit that I am homesick and really don't want to go back to school this week for finals. I will be leaving on Saturday morning. I'm glad I have Beth to ride with to made the 10 hour drive not so bad. Thanksgiving was good. I had 2... one with Leah's dad's side, and one with Leah's mom's side. Leah and I have been doing our running. We have been watching Christmas movies and sitting around the house. Starfish said he would wait for me to see Four Christmases. I heard it was really funny.
I feel bad, but I don't really want to write anymore... I promise I will be back though.

Why?

It is 4 in the morning and I am still awake from the 3:30 fire alarm. This is my first college fire alarm. I have been lucky enough to miss the first 4. I honestly didn't even hear it until Beth came in shouting "Girls, wake up!" Then I heard the ringing and was scrambling for my phone and my shoes. We ran down seven flights of stairs and into the 23 degree night. The power is still out, and I'm not ready to sleep yet. The building looked like a party was going on inside because lights were flashing at different times in all the windows. It was laughing at us.

20 days

We have successfully kept our couch with no one stealing it since the time the guys did it. Last night... we stole someone else's couch. Our friends on the 6th floor had some really nice couches they got from the thrift store. So last night while they were away with their door unlocked it disappeared from their room and found its way to ours. Let me tell you... it is so comfortable. We put it in our living room with our couch and now our living room looks so nice. Friday we had a few people over... Leah, Kristine, Maegan, Julia, Latrice, Andrew, Andy, and Harold. We barely had enough places to sit and now there is plenty of room. We also drew a fire place with a fire in it on our window with window chalk. We hung stockings with our names above it. I used an empty paper towel tube for the log in our fire.
I got a call from Uncle Ray and Frankie this morning. I was delighted even if I couldn't hear them very well because I was in the caf. I will try to call them back later. Today Luke is going to go jump. I want to go. I love seeing him jump, and I want to learn to jump too. Well it is Sunday and that means it is time to do laundry. I will do it this weekend and next weekend and next weekend and then just use all my clothes for the last 2 weeks and take it all home with me to wash. Quarters are a valuable thing. I ran 2 miles this morning. It was Cold. Well it was actually 40, but for a tiny Texan like me, I was chilly. A dog was on campus and it followed us all the way back to the dorm. It had a collar but no tags so we didn't know what to do with it. It tried to go inside with us. I felt bad for it, but I figured it had a home somewhere.

So Hungry

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah. That is all I have to say right now.
And write love on your arm tomorrow. You never know who needs it. It could be the person you least expect.

Fruit Punch is not a good Substitute for Orange Juice

3 weeks until finals. 4 weeks until I get to go home. I like it here a lot, but I am ready to spend some time in RC. I'm sad that I don't get to see everyone for Thanksgiving... instead I will be in Oxford, Al with Leah. No, I'm sorry to say that this time it is not a trick... I won't be secretly flying home and surprising everyone. I really wish I could see Andi in Peter Pan. I have never seen Andi in anything before except dancing and singing in the background of Your A Good Man Charlie Brown. I do like her hair cut though. I saw pictures on Facebook and it is cute really short.
I am really bored today. Luke is away on a visit so I can't talk to him. I talked to my mom, but that only lasted so long. Friday I went to a hockey game... We Won! Last night I didn't feel like going to the second game though. So while Luke watched his possible future teammates play Pokemon(hahahahahahahahahaha) I talked to Beth until she left to go party with the cross country people. The guys cross country is going to nationals. The girls team got third so they don't get to go as a team, but one girl qualified on her own.
Beth and I have decided we will leave Saturday December 6 to go back to Texas. I'm thinking about taking my bike home because I practically never use it. I'm sure it will fit in my backseat.
We have started decorating for Christmas. We have stockings hanging in our window and we are going to draw a fireplace to put on our wall under them. I know Ashley is pagan so I'm not sure what holiday she celebrates instead of Christmas. I think it is yule or something like that.
Every one write Love on your arm on Thursday November 13. It is To Write Love on Her Arm Day. To many teenagers are depressed these days. They think about suicide or cut themselves or do other harmful things to their bodies. This day is a day to make people aware of those who are hurting and need to be shown that they are loved.
I am rather tired right now. I think I will take a nap and then do my laundry.

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Post Worthy

Luke sent this to me and I thought it was pretty incredible.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_re_us/centenarian_voter_2

I thought I should point out my newest post below so you don't miss it...

Double Jointed Shoulders are useful for an itchy back

OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He kicked that old man's bum! Poor Palin looked like she was going to cry... muahahahahaha! I would have eaten the blue side of your cake... yeah, I'm talking to you. I would have smushed that stinky red side. Jk... I'm sure it would have tasted equally as delicious. I must say I think this should be a good four years... congress knows whats up. I have never used that phrase before and it feels really weird saying it.
I have registered for my classes for next semester. I have transferred from the college of science to the college of engineering. I am a civil engineer major. Then I will specialize in environmental engineering. I'm excited about this. I am very lucky... they just made first level biology a required class for civil engineering majors. So my biology class this semester wasn't a waste. Actually, all my classes are good ones. I was very pleased to hear that. In the spring I will be taking a second chem class, second history class, Calculus A, and Yoga!
I would type more... but I don't feel like it right now.

5 More Weeks

Good news... I changed my sheets. I thought my mother would like to hear that.
"Cover the tuba!" What movie? Luke can't answer because he was talking to me when I wrote this.
Today I watched the movie Boys and Girls and the movie Meteor Man. Last night I hung out with Beth and her brother. We went to Olive Garden and Walmart. Then we went home and watched Along Came Poly, Hoodwinked, and Major Payne. All very funny movies. I love funny movies. They are my favorite. Other than musicals. Musicals are the bees knees! (I'm trying to practice using my flapper terminology.)
I went to Walmart yesterday morning. I was getting my usual groceries: oatmeal, milk, crackers(cheese on wheat), Fiber One bars(delicious), eggs(which I need to go boil), soup for Thursday nights because my lab ends after the caf closes, and I was going to get orange juice but they didn't have any country style... I thought the world was coming to an end. I stood in front of the glass staring at the empty shelf for a good 2 min. Now I don't have any orange juice and I just don't know what to do with myself.

Happy Halloween

This morning I got up and went to class... we started learning about parabolas... I learned that in the 10th grade. It was reall boring. After that I went to track practice. We did 2 450s, 350, 250. I must say I think I did really well. CT told me good job at the end. Then we all went and ate lunch. I love my track team. The people on it are so much fun to hang out with. There is never a dull moment. After lunch Jessica(girl on the team) and I went to my room and baked chocolate cupcakes. I decided at the begining of October that I wanted to make some special treat for the people that work in the caf. Thier jobs suck. I just wanted them to know that they are appreciated (especially by me beause I love to eat) for all the hard work they do for us. So I searched online for a halloween treat and I decided on spider cupcakes. They were chocolate with chocolate icing, they had red m&m eyes, and chocolate twizzler legs. I honestly had never heard of a chocolate twizzler until I found them at Walmart while unsuccessfully looking for black lace liquorish. Jessica is a baking guru, so I had her help me. She brought some hard core baking materials like the thing you put the icing on with(I forgot its name). When I finally took the cupcakes to the caf at 7 they were like, "That is so sweet of you." and stuff like that. I wanted to by anonymous, but they asked my name so I just said Alex. They wanted a picture of me too. I just wanted to be nice and not take credit for it... I should have had someone else deliver them. Ashlee and Beth helped me take them. Jessica left before that because she was going to go carve pumpkins with her boyfriend. After that I showered and got ready for a Halloween party. I was a flapper from the roaring 20s. The party was with RUF, the campus ministry I like to attend. There were a lot of people there, and I talked to quite a few people, but I mostly hung out with some people from the cross country team. The RUF minister dressed as Polly Bleiker from Juno with the bright yellow shorts and headband and the tall socks. His wife, Caroline, is pregnant right now so she was Juno. I love that movie. Because I am lame I left at 10 even though I got there at 8:30. I don't like parties. I prefer "get togethers" with much less people. Hanging out with the track team is my kind of thing. It is now 11:30 and past my bed time... again... I am lame. I hope everone had a nice last day of October. I can't believe it is already November... October went by SO FAST. I only have 4 weeks left before finals.

I hate having 41 cent stamps

I have not been feeling very good for the past week. My back was hurting really bad on the right side in the middle(vertically). I went to the trainer and they figured it was a muscled spasm so we did heat and stem on it. It definitely made it feel better, but it still hurts. That started on the 19th. During the week I started feeling really bad when my stomach starting hurting(trainer thinks it might be indigestion) and I started hurting in my lower abdomen on the sides and my lower back on the sides. I told the trainer and now I am going to go see the doctor tomorrow. The doctor comes at 1, and I already told CT about it. I told her where the pain was and she was like, "That's not good... that sounds like kidneys. " The trainer said it might be kidneys, too. So I will find out tomorrow, and I hope it can be taken care of pretty easily b/c I am Hurting and when the pain comes nausea comes with it. I took pepto bismol to see if it would help with my stomach. I know I have already complained enough, but my knees are Killing me. They hurt so bad.
Moving on. Today at practice we ran 200s. Coach Cain was there and he had the throwers(shot and jav) and the pole vaulters go with him. I was so envious of them. Not that I wanted to get out of running... they had to do the running too. I wanted to pole vault. Even since Luke started teaching me last track season I want to do it so bad. When I come home in December I am going to whip out the little 100 lb pole and go crazy.

Random Thoughts

I was just sitting in the caf eating all alone(i do that almost every weekend) and I started watching the people that came in. I noticed a few things like "pretty" people only hang out with other "pretty" people and rather unattractive people hang out with the like. Why is this? Is it because the "pretty" people are just to stuck up to hang out with the unattractive people or is their just some unexplainable attraction between people that compels them to hang out with people that are on their level of attractiveness. Another thing... why do different groups, like athletes or nerds(Luke)[jk], look so different? Even when they are younger, before they start working out like crazy to get giant muscles or stay inside to long and their skin looks like paste, there is just something that sets them apart... I'm not talking about the clothes they wear or the things things they do, but some kids just look like they are going to be a certain way when they get older, and it usually ends up that way. If someone looked at me, what group would they think I belonged to? I know the answer is not the athletes, so don't even try to use it. I don't think I look like the nerdy kids or the preps. Greasers or Socials(what movie?). Anyway... that was just my thoughts as I sat alone with my beef and carrots, mashed potatoes, and green beans.
I know this is a long time from now, but I was thinking about what I might give up for lent. I thought about caffeinated drinks b/c I drink tea every day at lunch and I'm sure it can't be to good for you, but the caf sweet tea is delicious. That is an option, but I would rather give up something I spend to much time on... like Facebook or solitaire. I gave up computer games last year which ended up being a pretty good idea. I didn't waste my time with it and I had more time for other things. I know if I give up Facebook I will spend all my time solitaire, hearts, freecell, and spider solitaire. Maybe I should give up my computer except for the things I need like my UAH e-mail, studying, this(my blog)(its not that important, but I would like to keep you informed and I don't spend that much time on it).

Ran out of orange juice last night :(

Last night I had my biology test and after that my bio lab. We finished at 8:56, so I didn't go to Chickfila like I wanted to... it closes at 9. I had a coupon for a free chicken sandwich and I wanted some curly fries. So instead I went to Waffle House. This is my 3rd time to ever eat there (the first with Leah after watching Olympics at coaches house and the 2nd with Leah after Big Spring Jam). I have decided that I like it very much. I always get a waffle and hash browns... delicious. This time I sat at the bar and ate by myself. I didn't mind though. I like being alone sometimes.
Tonight a bunch of people from the track team are going to see Saw 5. Wednesday they watched Saw 1 and Saw 2. Last night they watched Saw 3 and Saw 4. Leah kept trying to get me to come out of my room and watch them, but I refused. I don't like scary movies. I don't want to be afraid of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I am not afraid of anything because I know that whatever happens in my life is Gods will, and I trust in His plan for me. I don't want scary movies messing that up and spooking me out all the time. They are all just filling your head with junk. The only true story movie that has ever been made is.... _____ ___ .... "I do believe in Faeries! I do! I do!" Who can name the movie first? Jk about it being real though.
Julia and Latrice were trying to talk me into it by saying it is a team building experience and i won't even be scary because they make jokes the entire time... I still don't want to go. They said they would kidnap me anyway.
It is raining today... We were supposed to go to the hill too. I got a text from CT saying practice wasn't until 11:30 today... I thought that was strange. She is probably just waiting b/c she knows it will stop raining by then and we will get to run up a muddy hill instead.

My Tummy Hurts

I had a great time this weekend (except Sunday when I had to leave). I liked seeing Everyone, and it was nice to see how many people shouted my name and ran to give me a hug when they saw me. It was really great when I surprised my mom, Luke, and Joseph. My mom and Luke were shocked, but I scared Josey (and he poked himself in the eye.. sorry about that).

I got to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. I defiantly liked it. I liked running in the fun run and being in the parade. There really isn't much fun to be had at Fun Fest... I've never really liked it, but I've had to be there every year b/c the run and being in the parade for band.

Yesterday's track practice was 10 200s, and today's was 4 500s. They hurt but were defiantly doable(is that an actual word?).

Biology test on Thursday. Math test on Friday. I'm Ready, I'm Ready.... Danni... That was from Spongebob.

I'm Ready, I'm Ready

I am ready for this weekend!!! I will be taking a trip. After track practice on Friday(hills) Leah and I are going to Oxford to spend the night at her house. Then on Saturday I will see my awesome peeps run until they can't run anymore. Go Chargers Cross Country! I will spend the weekend there and I'm pretty sure I will have a really good time. Leah told me of some interesting stuff we will get to do. Maybe carve a pumpkin, but I think we are going to wait so we can do it with Kristine. I want to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Saturday night. I will then go back home to the dorm. I probably won't want to leave. I decided I like changing the color of random parts to make it more interesting.
I wish I could go to the homecoming game this week to watch my silly starfish run around with his flag.
Danni... read the title of this post... what is it from? If you get this right I will give you a big hug the next time I see you.

Family Reunion

I loved seeing mom, dad, danni, and luke this weekend! That made me happy and now I can make it through the next 8 weeks. On a different note... the bee sting that I acquired while I was camping with my loved ones still HURTS. It is about an inch wide and hard. I wish it was stop hurting because it has been 2 1/2 days and I would like for it to stop bothering me while I walk to my classes.
Today's workout we ran a 600, 500, 300, 300. Then we did weights. I weighed myself... 98 lbs. I'm getting closer. CT said her goal is 100 lbs by December. We shall see.
Tomorrow is our Health and Safety inspection. An RA will come to our room and make sure it is clean and we don't have anything illegal like toasters or candles. After returning from my long journey from Mississippi(only 2 hours(the fam had 8 hours)) I put everything on my floor and I just now cleaned it up. We now have a squeaky clean shower and toilet that you could drink from if you were desperately thirsty and the sink was just to far away. I need to do laundry tomorrow night.

:)

3 more days! I get to see my family and luke. I am so excited. The only question is... where?

Lonley Saturday

I did it! I changed my tire and took it to get fixed. It took me a month, but I did it. Someone should send me something as a reward. I also went to Walmart to buy water and orange juice. I had to scrape all the change out of my wallet to pay for it, but I have my orange juice and thats all that matters. Right now Leah is in Tennesee and the -cc> team is at a meet. I am very lonely, but I am enjoying the time to myself. I am going to spend my evening studying.
I can't wait for the next 5 days to pass. I get to see my mum, papi, little queen, and my boo. It has almost been 2 months and I am ready to see them!

Orange Juice & Sweat

Orange juice is So Good! It is my absolute favorite drink. I was never a big fan of it, and I hated for it to have pulp... all until this summer. When we went to Colorado(Awesome trip!) Aunt Beanie gave me some orange juice with my breakfast, and I wasn't too excited about it, but I drank it anyways. At first I thought it was okay, but as the week went on a kept drinking it and it just kept getting better and better. After the week was over I still wanted orange juice, and now I make sure I always have some in the fridge. I keep it in the fridge in my room b/c I don't think my roomies would like to drink after me(i drink it straight from the carton.) Now I don't like it unless it has pulp... not to much though... I don't want to have to eat it or for it to clog up my throat on the way down. Colorado was a life changing experience. Orange juice, Dreadlocks, Reggae, and Bagelway. Don't worry Auntie Gem... its all for the best. :) People die doing this...

I did something nice on Thursday. There is a girl in my Biology lab that I don't like very much, but I try to like her. I don't know what it is, but I just can't seem to like her. We did a lab that we had to write a lab report over but she had to leave before the results were finished. If she didn't leave she would be late for work and get in trouble by her boss. So as she was getting up to go I was like, "Don't you need the results to do your lab report?" and she was like, "Yeah, but I Have to leave." So I said, "Would you like me to e-mail you the results?" She was very grateful for that. I struggled for a moment with asking her this b/c I don't like her, but I did ask her and I felt good for doing it. I have prayed since then for God to change my heart toward her.

Today was a really good practice. We did the hard tempo run that we did last Tuesday, but I kicked its butt! I ran hard the entire time. Even CT told me I did a good job. That is a big deal! I was feeling so good as I was passing people. And Coach Cain was there with the throwers and he said good job working hard today. I was happy. Then I went and got my knees iced. I happy ending to a happy workout.

Oh yeah... Auntie Gem, I forgot about those Colorado pictures, but I still want those. please

Shapa

Sunday morning I woke up at 9:30. I tried to sleep in but I couldn't make myself go back to sleep. Once Leah woke up at 12 we went to the caf... more not so good food. After that we went and did laundry. I talked to Luke the whole time about his english project. I came up with most of his quotes. Song and Movie quotes. I am awesome. The other day I was on facebook and one of my RC friend's status said she was sad. I commented her and said, "Don't be sad! *Handhug*". Hand hugs were something that we always did when I was in high school. She has a class with Luke this year and she told him that it made the rest of her day. That made me happy.
Last night was the last night of Big Spring Jam. We saw The Afters, Zac Brown Band, mercyme(They are so awesome), Corey Smith, Joe Nichols, and Blake Shelton. Three Dog Night was there too. There were 14 bands last night. We ate Greek food... delicious.
This morning I went to math, and we have a test Wednesday. At track practice we did 2 500s, 2 400s, 2 300s, 2 200s. Then we did weights. Ate lunch. I was so tired in history. I was trying so hard not to fall asleep. Track practice wore me out. It was super hot today.
I had something else I wanted to say but now I have forgotten it. I have to go to my chemistry class now.

Second Attempt

First off... I would just like to tell everyone that if they do not listen to Chris Tomiln they should start right now. His album Arriving is awesome. I have listened to it every morning when I wake since I got it.
I would like to give a pink flamingo(because I think a shout out sounds silly) to my two best friends... Leech Girl and Starfish! I miss you guys so much. Don't worry, I miss everyone else too. They are just the special people of the day.
Right now I am jealous of my family... they moved into the house without me. Jk. That is so awesome that it Finally happened (8 months later). I can't wait to see it in December. It will be exciting sleeping in the Guest room. :)
So this weekend has been pretty fun so far. Friday night we went to the first night of Big Spring Jam. We walked around to the different stages and listened to different bands. We heard Saving Abel, Chris Cagle(some country guy that Leah wanted to hear), Edwin McCain, Buckcherry(he had to be on something), and STYX. There were 8 other bands, but we either didn't want to see them or we were to busy with a better band. After we left we ate taco bell b/c I was super hungry. When we got home I realized that our clothes and hair smelled like cig smoke b/c so many people were smoking. It was gross. I ended up getting 3 hours of sleep before I had to wake up to go to the pancake breakfast. I must say that I had the worst job. I had to clean off and sort the dishes that the waiters were bringing in. I'm glad I had gloves because they were covered with butter and syrup. I was scraping peoples' leftover mess and picking trash out of syrup so the the guy washing dishes had an easier time. It really wasn't that bad, but no one wanted to take my job when the second shift came in. Eventually Paris gave in and he took over. I was So hungry. I ate four pancakes... they were really good, but they are no match for Leah's pancakes(awesome). When we got back to the dorm Leah and I both fell back asleep. I actually typed a post about all this, but it messed up and I didn't want to do it again so I took a nap instead. After sleeping a while I eventually got up and showered. Leah and I went to eat dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger. It was really good. Then we went to Big Spring Jam. We heard Darius Rucker(the guy from Hootie and the Blowfish), Presidents of the United States(they were okay), and T-Pain. We wanted to go listen to Gretchen Wilson to hear that Redneck Woman song, but we missed her. Kansas and 38 Special were there too but we were at a different stage. There were 18 bands last night. After we ate Waffle House. I now like it more than IHOP. I went to sleep around 3 and I tried to sleep in, but I woke up at 9:30 and couldn't go back to sleep. I'm sorry this is such a long post. If you made it all the way to the end you should go eat some delicious treat to reward yourself.

Gah!

I just typed a pretty long post and my internet freaked out and now its gone. I will type it later, but right now I'm too tired.

Baffled

I'm having trouble with the world lately. I know I should not put my faith in earthly things, but you can't ignore them either. I have heard so much bad news in the past few days and it is making me crazy. It just blows me away that there can be So Much Evil in this world and no matter how many people try to help and try to make a difference things just seem to keep getting worse. I have started to do some serious soul searching this morning. I haven't really found anything yet and I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'm still looking. All I want to do with my life is make a change. I don't care about making lots of money or becoming famous or anything for myself. If it would do any good, I would become a super hero... minus the super powers... well Danni knows my superpower. I would help and save people and make sure no one knew who I was. But then my character would be famous, and I don't want that. I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I still want to go into the peace corps, but I don't know what to do with my college career. What should I major in? I'm pretty sure helping people or traveling the world trying to make a difference are not majors at any college. I don't even know if that is what I actually want to do. What if everything I do never changes anything? I'm a poet, a peace loving hippie, a confused teenager, a runner, a pianist(I haven't had access to a piano since January... I'm going crazy. I need to buy a keyboard or something.), a liberal (OBAMA!), a toothpick(96 lbs), a singer(I'm going to be in a musical someday), a daughter, a sister, a girlfriend, a bloody horrible procrastinator, an asthmatic that's allergic to the outdoors, a Christian.................. and still, I don't know who I am. So I continue my quest for the Holy Grail... well not quite, but for myself and my future and what is right in all this chaos.
This is another crazy vent post so grammar, spelling, and punctuation are not important. Again... if it doesn't makes since... we neither do I, so its okay.

Waiting for the Weight

Today I weighed myself after practice. I am 96 pounds. I told CT that and she said I need to get into the weight room. I told her that my junior year I lifted every day and only weighed 99 pounds. I have never been 100. She said her goal is to get me to 102 pounds. I eat 2 plates of food at the caf, and I'm talking about full plates... yes, i can't believe it either, but... my food touches. I know that sounds crazy and you are thinking, "Alex is letting her food touch? The world must be ending." but I can safely tell you that I am just way to hungry after track practice to even care.
I also have a question... what is in laundry detergent that makes it blue? I have never seen a laundry detergent that wasn't blue. (The powder stuff doesn't count.)

Victory is Ours!

We got the couch back. Leah, Lauren, their mom, Ashley, Beth, and I all went to the guys room. Leah pulled Dallas off the couch and Ashley and Beth took the couch out. I held the door and carried the wheel that fell off. We are locking our door from now on... at least until the marshmellow assassination is over. The whole dorm has this thing going on... its a marshmellow war. I don't really get all the details, but i'll figure it out. But we definatally don't want our couch stolen or marshmellows all over our room.
This is my 3rd post of the day, so you peolpe better read and comment on all of them!

I'm Useless

The guys are trying to seal the couch right now and I'm here all alone so there is nothing I can do about it. :(

--CC>

Yesterday I woke up at 6am to go work our cross country home meet. I stood around and waited for the runners to get to me and I made sure they took a right turn. It was pretty boring standing there by myself with nats and mosquitos swarming all around me so I walked in circles trying to avoid the bugs. Jay Poole(a guy on the track team) had a sation near mine, so after the runners went by him he would come talk to me to make the time go by faster. Ater the guys race Leah was done at her station and came and stood with me. Both guys and girls teams got first.... yay. Afterward we had BBQ... I don't like bbq, but I ate some. The banana pudding was delicious.
After all that we went back to campus where Leah's mom and twin sister were waiting for us. We went out to eat and walked around Bridge Street. Andy and Dallas went with us. Then we went home and watched tv for a while. Lauren(Leah's sister) spen the night and slept in Leah's bed with her. I went to bed early, so I don't know how late they stayed up or how long Dallas and Andy stayed. I was tired.

Frozen Friday

Today at track practice we ran 10 200s. They had to be under 37 sec and we had 90 sec of rest in between. After that we did weights and abs. She killed us with abs today! As usual we went and ate lunch afterwards, and I ate catfish, jasmine rice, and green beans. It was so good. Yesterday the lunch was terrible so I was happy today. Last night there was lasagna and it was delicious.
So after we ate lunch Leah and I went to get an ice bath. The trainer wasn't there so we had to make our own. CT told us to put 3 (big) buckets of ice and 4 of water. Let me tell you... it was COLD and it was PAINFUL. CT asked if we would do it for 10 or 15 min and I was like "15!" My toes were on fire it was so cold. Last week when we took an ice bath we used the one that had been sitting there for a while. It was only 57 degrees. Today we took a fresh one that was 30something degrees! It took me like 5 min to get used to it and even then my toes were killing me. After a while my ankles and shins started to hurt. Oddly my knees felt pretty warm... I was grateful to them. When the time was up we struggled to get out of the tub. My toes hurt so bad. I wanted to cry they hurt so bad. But I didn't... I'm to tough for that. I couldn't feel my (bright red) legs or bend my knees. I love ice baths. Even though you have to go through so much pain, your legs feel so much better after they have thawed out. You are not sore at all and you are ready to go 10 more 200s.

Another Day at UAH

Well I wish I had something to report, but nothing has happened. I do the same things all the time:
Monday and Wednesday I go to math, go to practice, eat lunch, go to History, go to my room, shower, get ready for class, go to Biology.
Tuesday and Thursday I go to Math, go to study hall, go to practice, eat lunch, go to my room, shower, get ready for class, go to Biology. On Thursdays I go to my Chemisty lab instead of math and I go to Bio lab right after Biology.
Friday I go to math, go to practice, eat lunch, ice bath, and the rest of the day varies. The weekends can change too, but so far Leah and I have been pretty lazy. We do laundry, eat somewhere besides the caf b/c we need a break from that food, and if we need to we get groceries.
I just thought of something... today at practice CT said that the guys side of the team is being a team, but the girls side is not. She said that there is a "bad apple" and we have one week to fix it before she calls "the apple" out. I didn't even know we were having a prroblem... I was talking to some of the other girls and they didn't think so either. So we had a girls' team meeting. We talked about that and I still don't know who she ment. Some of the girls said that the freshman are coming out more, but we still have a bit more to go. CT said to me, "I know you are shy, but you are going to have to get over it." I was just like, "I'm not shy. I just don't talk alot." If I have something to say, I will say it. So now they have asked for the outgoing Alex that they will probabally want to go away once they see her. Just kidding. I guess I can understand why people would think I'm shy. I just don't like to talk a lot. I have no problem talking to people I don't know and it doesn't bother me to get up in front of people. Oh well.
I still have to go get my tire fixed... Friday. And I have to talk to a councelor... Friday.

No Name Day

The guys saw the couch in our room for the first time yesterday. They didn't seem to care, so I hope they aren't planning anything.
I AM TIRED. I am about to go to history and I will be fighting off sleep the whole time.
Track practice was good. I am going to have big strong muscles when I get back. But again... I'm tired.
I went grocery shopping yesterday. It was Leah's first time without her mom. It was easy for me, but I have been doing all the shopping with Dan(without mom) for a while now.
I had a book called The Muscians Notebook for my friend Mishaal. It looked just like my book the Poets Notebook. I went to mail Mishi her gift and accidentally grabbed mine. She sent me a message thanking me for it but wondered why I did. Thats when I realized my mistake. So i'm going to have to make a trade.

Friday Frenzy

Yesterday was a long day.
I went to my only class: precal. I got my test back... a 94.
I went to track practice. It went well.
We went and ate lunch.
Leah, Christine(another girl on the team), and I went and had an ice bath. My legs feel much better.
We took showers and Leah and I just hung out. Maegan called Leah and said they needed someone to chase soccer balls because Kyle couldn't make it. So while Leah chased runaway balls I watched the soccer game. We lost 0-1. I think it was against North Georgia. Their goalie was really good.
After the game we went back to the dorm. A guy that won't leave Leah alone kept texting her about going to see a movie so she agreed to go only if I could go. So I went. Holy Wow! The movie was lame (Burn After Reading), he(Steve) was lame... he made me go buy the tickets and he was going to go have me go buy drinks and popcorn but I said no. When he finally left to go get drinks Leah and I were like, "I can't believe this guy!" Neither of us had fun. Well we did have fun before we met with Steve b/c we walked around Bridge Street and Leah got an awesome hat. but after we met with him it was lame. After we finally escaped from him we went back to the dorm. Then some friends of Leah's asked her if she wanted to go to the ATO house with them. She didn't want to go by herself so again I went. again, it was lame. as soon as you walk inside there were 3 pingpong tables where people were playing beer pong. the house was really nice, but really dirty. the floor was sticky from beer and i could feel my shoes sticking as I walked. The people were not that nice. I felt very out of place because all the girls were the sorority type and girls and guys alike looked at me like, "why the heck are you here?" I'm sure it didn't help that a lot of them were drunk. Leah's friend asked if we wanted to play beer pong and because he already knew that neither of us drank he would drink it for us. We said no. I texted Leah about leaving and she said we had to go. I told her that I would never go back there. Ever.
On a different note. Leah and I are thinking about being RAs next year. We would get free room and board, and free food. And we paid after that. I am going to talk to my RA about it today to learn more about it.
Oh yeah... I forgot to mention that before we went to the movie Leah and I went to Chilis and has a good time. We got the Create A Pepper t-shirts that they are selling right now. The money goes towards childrens cancer.
Next weekend we are going to thrift store shopping for awesome random shirts.

Epiphany

Today as I was sitting in class I realized something: I don't want to be a doctor. I have been talking about it since my sophmore year of HS, and today I realized that I don't want that anymore. I really did want to be a OBGYN, but for the past year or so I have started to wonder if that is what I really want. And now I have realized that, NO... I really don't want to go into the medical field. I think it is facinating, but for some reason I am no longer compelled to be in it. For one thing... I hate being in Biology. I hated it my freshman year in highschool and I hate it now. I mean... I did like the stuff about the human body and disecting stuff, but other than that... lame. Another thing... If I decide to be a doctor, I am going to be trying to get an internship and a job right out of med school. If I do that I won't be able to do the Peace Corps. I have wanted to join the Peace Corps for a long time, but you can only do it if you have a college degree. Right now I have no idea what I want to do. Maybe environmental engineering or maybe I will become a spy or a secret agent or a tattoo artist or a belly dancer. just kidding on the last few, but the first one does sound interesting. I am going to talk to someone, perhaps a councelor or a circus clown or an elephant... whoever can give me the best advice.
I just realized yesterday that I have to get the form for absentee voting ASAP. I'm not going to miss my first oppourtinity to vote. I'm sorry to those of you who like him, but McCain is an Idiot. GO Obama GO!
I'm sorry if I rambled or repeated myself... I was tying really fast and I don't want to go back and check it.

Not Bad, Not Bad At All

Work out was pretty good. We warmed up with a mile. We stretched and did drills. Then we did the work out. There were 15 stations with 2 people at each one. CT would tell us when to start, half way, and when to stop. We did the entire rotation once. The stations were swissball hyperextentions, crab walk(without putting your hands behind you), abs(put your feet in the air, touch your toes with the medecine ball and back down to your chest), fast knee ups, mountian climbers, decline pushups, abs(balance on your butt while touching the medecine ball to the ground on either side of you), dips, squats on a half ball thing(i don't know what its called), pushups, one legged squats, jump rope, lunges, and core(hold yourself in pushup position on your toes and elbows). Then we cooled down with 2 laps around the gym and stretched. It was much easier than expected. Coach Cain said we were going to do more running, but it was raining outside so we stayed in the gym. It was definatally a work out, but everyone survived.
When we were doing drills CT would call people out who were doing them right to show everyone else. She called me out for B skips. I was happy... if CT approves, you must be doind something right. She told me good job on some of my other drills too. I guess Coach Straham's obsession with drills is paying off.

Can't Wait

First Offical Track Practice Today!
Hopefully she doesn't kill us yet...

Midnight Laundry

Last night Leah, Megan, and I went to starbucks to get some coffee. We sat outside Starbucks and talked for a really long time. Then we went to Walmart because we needed some Folgers. The coffee we have now is gross. We got back around midnight. I still hadn't done my laundry and Leah had some to do too, so at 12:30 we went and did our laundry. We sat on top of the washers and did homework until did homework and listened to music unil 2. I didn't go to bed until 2:30 because I had to fold my laundry. I forgot to set my alarm for this morning but still woke up at 8:20 to get ready for my 9:10 class.

Couch

So yesterday Leah and I ran into Andy and Dallas around 12pm and they told us about this couch they found at the thrift store. It had wheels and pulled out into a bed, but it didn't have a price tag on it, so they were going to go back for it Monday.
Around 7 Beth(suite mate) called me and said she and Ashley(other suite mate) had found this couch that they were thinking about buying. It had wheels and pulled out into a bed, but it didn't have a price on it so they were going to go back for it Monday. The guys overheard this (my phone is kind of loud) and they were like, "Heck no! That's our couch! We are going back for it tomorrow." So I texted Beth and told her what they had said. She and Ashley immediately went back to the store and begged the people there to let them buy it. They priced it at $29($32 with tax). They started calling everyone to find a truck and eventually borrowed Coach Cain's. While we were at the fair Beth texted me and said the couch was in our room. I told Leah, but we didn't tell Andy and Dallas. They are probably going to go to the store today and be mad that its not there.... I have a feeling there is going to be a war over this couch... or Andy and Dallas are going to be really mad at us.
Don't forget to read about the fair(below).

The Fayetteville County Fair

Last night was a lot of fun. It ended up being, Leah, Ben, Andy, Dallas, and me. Leah and I ate foot long corn dogs. and then we went and rode a bunch of rides. It was really fun even though there were a ton of people smoking . We saw a kid that looked 10 who was smoking. We thought we were going to get cancer from secondhand smoke just being there. We also had a funnel cake. Yum. You can't go to a fair without having a funnel cake. It just hit me, just now as I was typing the word that I realized why it is called a funnel cake. I've never thought about that before. Anyways... I had a really good time, but by the end I was tired, so we drove through the fog back to Alabama.

Update

Today I went to a volleyball tournament. Chargers lost their first game. :( But we watched another game and that one was fun(even if it wan't our team). Last night... the concert was country... lame. So I went and watched 300 instead. I'd say its a pretty good movie. Thursday I didn't have a lab so I went to RUF large group. Leah and I both liked it quite a bit. She said she would go to small group with me on sunday. A girl on the -CC> team invited us to her church, so we are prebabally going there on Sunday. Later today Leah and I might go to a fair with the guy Leah has been going on dates with, Ben. I might go. I would probabally take someone else so I won't feel like a 3rd wheel. I'll probabally do my laundry today or tomorrow. Las weekend Leah came home with $80 in quarters, so I think we are set for a while.

To-Do

I already have my day planned out. I have class from 9:10-10:05. Then Leah and I are going to work out right after that. We will go eat lunch, and come back and shower. Then I will go to study hall for a while. I will then take a dipsosable camera to Walmart to get it developed. While waiting for the camera to be developed I will go to my interview at 2:30. Yes, I have an interview. It is with the Big Brother Big Sister organization. I have wanted to do this for a long time and I recentally found out that the one in Huntsville is on University! It could take a while for them to find me a sister... or it could take 2 days. They have to interview me to see what I'm like so they can find a kid to match. I am very excited about it, but I do need prayers that this whole thing works out. I will have to spend 1 hour a week with my "sister".
Back to my day. After the interview I will get my pictures at Walmart. Then I don't know what I'm going to do until I go to a concert Pi Kappa Alpha is having. The guy's name is Jamie Grooms. I've never heard of him, but others say he is good.

Sorry

I'm regret to inform you that I have nothing to say today. Nothing happened. It was very boring. I did run 3 miles at 11:00, and i almost felt as hot as Texas. I hope it cools down soon.

Study Hall

Study Hall started today. I went for an hour and a half today. Freshmen have to have 5 hours a week. I shouldn't have a problem getting all my hours in.

New Phone

I got a new phone. I like it so far. I miss my slide phone though... I liked that a lot. There are a few things I'm going to have to get used to, but it is a good phone. I bought it from a guy on craigs list. It says 3G on it... what does 3G mean?

The Holiness of God

Isaiah 6:1-8

6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two wings they covered their feet, and with two wings they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
6:4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
6:5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
6:6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the alter. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send Me!"

Small Group

Last night I went to a co-ed freshman small group. It is with the campus group RUF(Refined University Fellowship). They are a Presbiterian based group so they are hard core about scripture... with me being a Methodist, this could be a good thing for me. The people in charge of this group are a married couple with one daughter and another one on the way. They are very nice. There were only three other girls there last night, but I'm sure it will grow. Last year they said there were 14 poeple in the group. I'm going to invite Leah next week to see if she likes it. I'm actually excited to go back next week.

Is There Anyone Out There?

Why doesn't anyone leave me comments? Getting comments is like getting mail. Its exciting... not exciting as mail, but its still up there.

Three Day Weekend

I didn't end up going with Leah. I was about to when I realized that I have to much homework. So we decided that I will go another weekend with her. My suite mates on the other side are leaving tomorrow to go somewhere. I can't wait. I know that doesn't sound very nice, but I need some quiet. There is always someone here or something going on, and everyone needs to be alone every once in a while. Right now I just want to be alone. My phone is still acting crazy and my room has experienced some serious weather... a strong gust of wind must have blown through it because I don't remember putting all my stuff all over the place. I should add that to the to-do list: Clean Room (vacuum and all). I have to do laundry tomorrow... I need to get some quarters. Can I wash greys with darks? greys with colors? I'm trying to minimize my amount of loads. I plan on drying everything together. It worked last week, so I will do it again. I'm excited about September 25... The Office starts back! Maybe if I can get everything done and I continue to buy nothing but necessities I will buy The Office season 2, or maybe 3... they are both hilarious. I will try to start taking pictures so I can share them with you guys. I always forget though until there is a perfect picture moment, and I don't have my camera with me. I miss everyone and it has only been 2 weeks... only 6 more.

Sad Hair

I miss my long hair... I want it back. And I'm tired of this color. I want my natural color back too.

Cell Phone

Of all the phones I've ever had, the one I have now is the only one I haven't killed because I dropped it to many times. I have actually only dropped this one twice and I have been extra careful with it. Why then, is it treating me so badly? The screen just started messing up one day and now it doesn't work. Now I have no clue who is calling me, I can't send or read text messages, and if I don't have your number memorized you won't be hearing from me any time soon. I actually tried to call someone today and accidentally called my abuela. She went crazy because she was so happy that I called, so I decided not to tell her that it was an accident. I talked to her and decided I shouldn't try to call anyone else.

Mail!!!

I got my first piece of mail today! I was excited (even if it was just my biology lab book that I ordered online). I love mail... its probabally the best thing that was ever invented.

First with CT

Well I had my first workout with CT today. She said she would take it easy on us because it was our first time. We ran 1 mile, drills (she was looking at our form), decline push-ups, and abs. Tempest (a girl returning to the team) said that the abs were easy compared to what CT usually does. After we finished with her Leah, Megan, Tempest, and I did our weights. I'm still feeling Monday's stairs.
Good news though... Nationals, both indoor and outdoor, are in Texas this year! School ends at the end of April for us, but we run through May.
We have a long weekend ahead and Leah asked if I wantd to go home with her. I'm thinking on it.
I need a shower before I go to my History Class(BORING).

Late night

Last night when we got back from our team meeting we decided that we still needed to workout. So Leah and I and our new friend Megan(who is also a sprinter on the team) decided to run stairs. We started on the first floor and ran all the way up to the 7th... 10 times. Man were my legs tired or what. We were so hot that we went and stood in the rain for a few min. It was refreshing. On Wednesday I go to an individual practice. There will be 4 people there (Leah and I were the first 2 to sign up for that day). I hope CT doesn't kill us yet. Megan said she saw the hill we have to work out on... and it is scary. Well Leah and I are going to work out now. Oh yeah, and yesterday when it was raining and I wanted to walk... I was completly soaked from the waist down when I got to the team meeting. My shoes were squishing and squeeking. At least the umbrella kept my top half dry.

Rain

It is raining. I don't want to walk to class in the rain but I refuse to waste gas on such a short trip. Hopefully my umbrella will take care of me.

Week 2

My first week of classes was pretty good. I like all of them so I decided I will go back this week. I like my "room"mate a lot and we have made friends that we like to hang out with, but I do miss everyone in RC. If anyone wants my address you will have to e-mail me for it. I'd rather not post it online. My e-mail is shorterthanu44@homail.com so feel free to use it. : )
Well I'm off to the caf... hopefully the food is good so I don't have to eat pizza... again.

Orientation

I have to admit that the 10 hour drive is not fun. At all. I dread making the trip on my own.
On the way to Huntsville, Alabama for orientation. We shall see how well I keep this blog going... for my parents' sake I will try. They probabally won't even keep track of it. At least I will try.
Only 2 hours left... the last 8 hours have dragged on like a sleep walking sloth.