Grad School Interview #1

So yesterday I had my first Grad School interview and man was I nervous! I knew I had no reason to be, but I was.
It was here at Milligan and I knew I would know the professors interviewing me and so that did help me relax a little.  I just wanted to make sure I made a good impression!

I had two 30 minute one-on-one interviews.  The first was with a professor I currently have a class with.  She was s sweet and immediately put me at ease.  Some of her questions were a little hard, but I did the best I could.  Overall I think it went great!
After that interview we went to find out who would be interviewing me next.  And come to find out is was my current advisor who wrote my recommendation for the program for me!  I just had to laugh at that!
He was great and since he knew pretty much all my answers already, he decided to do a mock interview for me.  He told me to pretend like I didn't know him and that I was interviewing for some other school.  Seriously not an easy task.
He gave me some feedback...and I just had to laugh at his number one thing.  He told me I was too loud! He said that while I am very confident and assertive, I need to bring my voice down.  I laughed.  Who knew I was too loud!?
He gave me some other great pointers that I am so thankful for! I am glad that this was my first interview and now I kinda look forward to the others I will have!
Also thank you so much to those of you who wished me good luck! I felt so loved yesterday :)

Those Girls Christmas Party 2012

Last night was seriously the BEST NIGHT EVER!!! I cannot tell you the last time I had so much fun!  Between the food, the gifts, and just talking I was such a happy camper to be with my best friends.
Back in October I sent out a Facebook message to all the girls so that we could plan way in advance so that everyone could come.  It is our senior year, and it was very important to me that everyone was there.  We don't know the next time we will get to do this!
Thankfully we settled on a date and time and everyone made it! 

We had yummy food and did White Elephant Gifts.  I didn't want everyone to go have to buy anything, so we had to wrap something that we found in our rooms.  Seriously best idea ever!

We drew numbers and each got to pick a gift.  We were suppose to steal, but none of the gifts were really worth stealing.  But it was so much fun just to see what everyone picked to give!

What we gave: Me: brown paper bags Kelly: a buffalo figurine given to her from an ex boyfriend when she got accepted to Milli Jessi: fake tears and Milligan sun glasses Becky: a CD Lo made for us all two years ago Ashlee: beach in a bag Eliza: a chess and checkers set Lo: A mason jar with used nail polishes, cotton balls, and other nail stuff 
Seriously best gift ideas ever.  And they may have all been hidden and left in Lo's apartment last night...
After we opened gifts we took some group pictures.  It had been a while that all of us were together so this was a must do!

Everyone act uninterested

Ok be normal

One more time being normal

Ok now act like someone said something funny

Act like some crazy fools

High fives anyone?!

Lo come lay across us!

I am so thankful for each and everyone of these girls and don't know what I would do without them! 
Hopefully next year we can do it all again!

Thanksgiving Break

To say that I was excited and ready for Thanksgiving break is a MAJOR understatement.  I was ready to not have to focus on school and instead relax and enjoy my family!
Wednesday morning at 7 am I hopped on my first flight to heading home.  One more flight later and by 11:15 I was finally in nice warm Florida! PS seriously proud of myself for not overpacking for this trip!

I think I mentioned that I could not wait to get back and work out with Sherry.  I was so ready for it, but she really did kick my butt....I couldn't walk for the next three days after!
Thanksgiving was a wonderful day.  Mamerz made us all waffles for breakfast.  I was one happy camper.

After a yummy lunch we all vegged out and had some fun hanging around the fire pit that night (as well as every other night.)  Seriously best thing ever getting that fire pit!

The rest of the weekend was spent decorating the house for Christmas and relaxing.  Christmas decorations are my favorite.  Especially the columns in our house.  Most favorite ever!

On Monday I headed back to Tennessee very unwillingly.  Break was so not long enough and I did not want to leave Florida.  Oh and I had a crazy day In the airport.  I knew I was only going to have about 45 minutes between my two flights.  Well I really ended up only having about 25 minutes.  And of course the gate I landed at and the gate I was heading out of were literally across the airport from each other.  I had to run through the whole airport in order to make my flight.  So not fun!
So now that I am back at school for the next 2 and a half weeks, I am counting down the days until I get to go home for a long time! I cannot wait to really not have to think about school!

Where I Have Been

So you may have noticed I haven't been around these parts for a little bit of time.  There are a couple reasons I have yet to blog for about a week.
For one I was on Thanksgiving break from last Wednesday till Monday.  I wanted to spend time with my family around the fire pit, not on what I should write on the blog.

Another reason? I have gotten tired of blogging a bit.  I felt like in order to be a good blogger I needed to post something everyday, comment all the time, read everyone's blog, and on and on.  And while all of that is what can make a good blogger, that is just not me.
When I started this blog it was to document my time in college.  I didn't want to forget all the time I spent with my friends or what was going on with the family. 

And now I feel like half of my post have nothing to do with this.  Most of my posts really are not that important and really I don't even care about.  And I don't even want to write them half the time, but I feel like I have to.
So from now on I may not post as often, but when I do it will be important and it will be something I want to be able to remember when I am old and gray and have forgotten everything.  And that I think will make everything happy again!

Christmas Gifts for the Girls

I can now FINALLY share with yall what I got the girls for Christmas this year! Yes I know Thanksgiving has not come and gone yet, but I just got too dang excited to not give them out yet!!
It didn't really take me too long to come up with what to get them.  We have all been relatively OBSESSED with tumblers lately and I thought that maybe this would be the perfect gift.
Well I was right! But I really wanted to get them personalized for each girl.  I also thought that since it is our senior year it would be great to throw some Milligan in with it.
So here is what I ended up with!!

They all have the Milligan 'M' on them and then each girls name! And yes they were the best ever.  The girls loved them and I was so glad I could get them something they would love, use, and remember our time at Milligan by!
Now to move onto what to get for the family....

Weekend Recap

I have to say this was one of the only weekends I have ever wished would go by fast! And why did I want it to go by so fast? Because come Wednesday at 7am I will be on a flight home to see my family!!  And that day cannot come soon enough!
Even though I wished for a quick weekend, I still wanted a good one.  And that is what I got friends!
After classes on Friday morning I spent the day just hanging out and relaxing.  I needed to make sure I was well rested for Airband that night!

The theme this year was "Wild One"! We had all kinds of bands show up including, One Direction and Justin Bieber.  I have to say One Direction (or Detour as they wanted to be called here) stole my heart!  
Some professors even got in on the action and I have to say I was pretty impressed with them! Who won you ask? I honestly couldn't tell you! I didn't know anyone in the band and they obviously didn't really stick out to me!
The day I was mostly looking forward to was Saturday.  Benjamin and Bryce (the brothers) had come to Tennessee to do some hunting and I got to go see them!

The first picture is a conversation between Benj and I.  He amazes me everyday...
Then there is me and Brycey and his pedophile mustache...bubs you gotta shave that thing...it's got major creeper status.
I promise my brothers love me and each other.  And they love it when I demand we take pictures!
After lunch at Bob's Dairyland (gotta love East Tennessee) Uncle Harvey took us riding around his property.  I got the comfy ride with him in the mule (with my seat belt buckled), while the boys cuddle on the back of our old four wheeler.  Oh how that four wheeler brought back some good memories of the old hunting lease Dad had.
Oh how I love my brothers and the time I get to spend with them! I cannot wait to see them again on Wednesday!
That night when I got back Jessi made some yummy spaghetti and invited our neighbors over.  One question...why have not done that before?! Totes fun spending some time with Gretchen and Gracie!
I then told Jess I would help her paint some signs.  Don't ever let me volunteer to do that.  For one I hate spacing things out just right, and two I am not a perfectionist!

This weekend I was also able to put together all of my Christmas presents for the girls....and hand them out! I for real was just too excited for them and had to hand them out! Tomorrow I give out the last one and then I will share with you all what I got them...let's just say it really was the perfect gift:)
Sunday was the usual spent doing homework.  Major nerd status for loving that I got a lot accomplished!
Hope yall had a great weekend too :)

How We Live

Since moving into our dorm this year I have learned quite a bit about my friends and how they live.  I have also learned how different we are from each other!  It is crazy to me how much alike we can be, but also so different at the same time!
I love these girls to death, but all I can do is laugh at how differently we live!

From left to right we have Jessi, Kelly, Becky, Me, and Lo.
And here are the fun little quirks I have picked up on that make us each who we are and how we live!
1. Kelly likes to live in the dark.  She always seems to have as little light on whenever possible.  I however like to turn every light on when I walk into a room. 
2.  Lo stores her spices in the fridge.  Why you ask? Because bugs might get into them.  And this has not ever happened to her before.
3.  Becky brings home food from restaurants ALL the time.  And then they sit in the fridge for weeks before she throws them out.  My food never lasts for more than a day in the fridge...I just get too excited to eat it!
4.  Jessi hangs the rug that sits on the floor outside of the shower up all the time...even if someone is about to get in.
5.  I am more likely to buy name brand food products...I just do not trust most generic brands.  I grew up on Publix and nothing can top that when it comes to generic.
6.  When someone goes to put the silverware away they never separate out the spoons.  They are different sizes people and therefor go in different places on the tray.
7.  Everything in Kelly's room matches.  The consist of three colors: grey, coral, or green.
8.  Becky and Lo take forever to put a room together.  Instead of doing a little here and a little there, they wait till they have everything and then decorate.  
9.  Jessi is very DIY and sew everything.  I would rather just go buy it half the time.
10.  And this last one is to how we all tend to be the same in the way we live.  We all make some hot messes during the week and then at some point in time clean up.  Half the time mine and Kelly's room looks like a bomb went off...and that is only the first day after it has been picked up!
I love you girls and I love that we all have our own little ways that we live!