Lauren May

college years

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:58:21 GMT

HEY GUYS! Long time no type! its been wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long. I'm not promising a very exciting update but hey, take what you can get. This semester has rocked my socks off so far. I'm very busy with soooo many fun things and classes aren't as bad as i thought they would be. Since there is a lot going on i'm just gonna make some lists:

Things I'm involved in:
Bible Study co-leader- becky campbell is the leader...she's awesome and about 5 freshman girls come every monday night

Navs- navs is awesome this year....i know so many more people and am looking forward to spring break in colorado already!!!

THON Morale!! WOO!!! FTK!!!- i made morale this which i'm sooo pumped about..for those of you who don't know...moralers take care of the dancers during THON

Bible study w/ Laura Emerick- Laura is an awesome girl and this bible study is awesome

COED IM FOOTBALL- READY SET GO!!- we're undefeated....betsy and i are linemen.....not a smart idea but whatever....kate is an amazing blocker...and besides getting hand raped by the boys everygame its reallllyyy fun

Daycare- i love it sooooooooo much. i actually get excited to go to work. it makes me want a baby even more. and now my goal in life is to have my own Christian Daycare!

Things to look forward to:

Navs Fall Retreat: THIS WEEKEND!!! and then on sunday me and andrea and caitlin and amanda are going to see Matt Wertz at Elizabethtown!!

Jeremy Camp Concert: Laura, Amanda, and I are going to Lancaster for our love...Jeremy

ITALY!!!!!!!: 25 days!!! AAHHHHHH!!!!!!!! no words can describe how excited i am!! i get butterflies in my tummy when i think about it

THON 05- its going to be amazing

Navs Spring Break Trip: COLORADO!! if its anything like last years trip its going to be amazing..plus we get to go skiing!!

Randomness:
I've been skipping some classes lately which is bad! My goal is to not miss anymore classes for the rest of the semester (except of course for italy). GO SEE GARDEN STATE!! its amazing....you'll love it. I decided to knit this really awesome bag. So i go online to order the yarn and it would cost me $120!!!.what the heck.....knitting is supposed to be cheap and crafty...not expensive. boo. I miss katelyn...25 days!! woo!!.......kate is an awesome roommate. i love her ;) ..... my loft feels like its going to break when i move around. i should do something about that. i love the daycare. i love babies. i want a baby.....gotta find a husband first though. I'm sad i won't get to see you girls until christmas.....but that makes Christmas break even more special.....we are having a sleepover.....i watched Now and Then the other night and it brought back soooooooooooooooooooo many memories...i almost cried.

Time for Math 200...aka the death of me.....i hate math...i suck at it.......i'm gonna have a daycare....i don't need to know this crap.........and on that note...have a wonderful day! I MISS ANYONE WHO IS READING THIS! MWAH!!!!

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:31 GMT

You are SALUTE YOUR SHORTS. You are a wangsta who
knows business. You have fun in the sun and
know how to have a good laugh.

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i miss you guys....update more often! i know i'm one to talk..but seriously....just do it!

WARNING: LONG ENTRY AHEAD!!!

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:47:00 GMT

soooooooo it is about time i update and since this isn't a very common thing, this entry is going to be sooooooo long..it may take you days to read it..just a warning.

SPRING BREAK '04 TAMPA, FL

Left Fri. at 7 p.m....each car traveled with another car for safety reasons......i got to drive midnight-4ish which was actually fun......the people in my caravan were amazing and i to know them so well....i guess you can get to know anyone on a 21 hour car ride......everything is going well until we are 4 hours away from Tampa...all of a sudden the car i was riding in stopped working.....something to do with the clutch....soo we had to pull over and pack into some other cars for the rest of the trip.....very entertaining....arrived in Tampa at about 2 p.m. on sat....that night we all went to bed around 10ish.

Sun.- Woke up and ate grits......grits are gross...don't ever eat them..they'll make you puke....then we went to a church called Without Walls.....veryyyyyy entertaining none the less....it was one of those churches that you see on tv that have about 1,000 in the congregation....and the pastor was loaded.....he lives in a mansion and has a fancy car....what a jerk.......sunday afternoon we went to a block party in the projects....we got to play with all the kids from the area...it broke my heart to see all these little kids who just wanted someone to hug and play with....the little guy i kinda carried around started crying when we had to go.....so sad!!!....this playground was filled with glass and other non-playgroundish items...very frustrating

Mon.-Tues-got split up into groups of 12 people to go work on the houses in the projects. Our first house was pretty gross....the kitchen hadn't been cleaned in about 10-15 years and the whole house was just covered in dirt....we cleaned her kitchen and painted most of the rooms....Sandra-the lady who lived there, was a former crack-addict. Being from Hollidaysburg, PA you don't usually meet people who've been through what these people have....we got to pray with her after we finished the house and she seemed very thankful. I can't remember which nigth it was but we went to a Christian club called The Rock...really strange....they played worship songs that were turned into techno...not my type of dancing music...but the place looked kinda cool

Wed.- Went to the beach..woo!....even though it took 2 hours to get there it was amazing.........the water was blue and the sand which was so soft was so white......it wasn't exactly bathing suit and ocean weather but it was sunny.....the wind made it a little chilly.......i got really burnt on my legs but you all knew that was going to happen....and i got to throw a baseball with sam...that was so fun!......that night we went to a Phillies vs. Braves spring training game at that big sports complex in disney world......it was fun but it was sooooooo cold...i couldn't stop shaking.....i actually had to get hot chocolate in florida.

Thurs.-groups got assigned to another house...let me just say that this was the worst and best day of my life. The house looked cleaner than our other one when we first walked in. Since two girls and i knew the outlay of the kitchen we said we'd clean it and paint it...little did i know that it was infested with cockroaches......and when i say infested i mean thousands...i opened a cupboard and they scattered everywhere..the cupboard door was soo filled with them that i couldn't see any wood through it......i kinda freaked out and walked out of the kitchen.....but somehow something came over me and i just ran back in and started cleaning the dishes and counters.....i don't knwo what came over me.....i know God def. gave me the strength that i needed.....after the walls were painted one of our group leaders decided that we should try and spray Raid in the cupboard to get rid of some of the cockroaches....so we took food out of the cupboards which was probably the hardest part because they were crawling up my arms and one got on my neck......so then on the count of three this other girl and i just started spraying Raid like crazy...these roaches were spazzing out and like hopping out of the cupboards at us......soooooooooooooooooooooo scary!!!!.....so after all that i felt like i hadn't even made a diff.....it was soooo discouraging.........the two little girls in the house had a birthday that day so we sang happy birthday to them...and the saddest part was that while we were singing there were cockroaches crawling on the walls and table right by there birthday cake and they didn't see anything wrong with it.....i was sooo frustrated and i couldn't understand why people would let their homes get like this.......so i left the house almost in tears..........that night we went out to feed the homeless....we walked around the streets and brought food to them and we even prayed with one lady......it was an amazing experience and it made me appreaciate what God has blessed me with

Fri.- last day of work......we went back to the house and i was soo afraid to see what the kitchen would look like......and it was what i expected.....there were still cockroaches everywhere....so we basically gave up on the kitchen and just focused on making the rest of the house look good....we painted walls and scrubbed walls and i scrubbed a bathroom but that didn't really make a difference....the family seemed thankful for what we did but i still felt like we didn't accomplish anything.....it was so amazing to watch everyone in navs work so hard and as a team.......i didn't hear anything complaining and the mood through the whole week was so encouraging.....we even had dance breaks while we were working...so fun!

Left fri. night..arrived in atlanta, GA around 5 a.m. and stayed a one of the guys aunts house.....slept a couple hours...had some breakfast....left for home around noon.....arrived in altoona around 5 a.m.ish sunday, where sam's parents picked us up in the curve parking lot and we got to go home and sleep in our own beds...my mom did my laundry..woo!

all in all this trip was amazing and i learned so much that if i typed it all this would be a novel instead of a short story....but thanks for reading! and i wish i could have seen my girls over break...only 8 more weeks left....we can do it!!
i miss all of you like crazy! later dudes!!

p.s. the weather in tampa was 70-80's all week and sunny..then i come back to state college and we get massive amounts of snow...boo!

ahhhhh

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:38:36 GMT

sorry about the double entry...the link in the previous one didn't work so i just wrote it again or something......ah!

i'm a trend setter

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:37:03 GMT

i'm starting the updating trend....and since i'm so popular and everyone wants to be like me i expect a couple updates from some certain people. THON was amazing....$3.5 million for the four diamonds fund.....can i just say awesome.....betsy and i held down the fort.....the most work we had to do was move people out of the portals and stairs...people can be so snippy sometimes......drunk shifts weren't too bad....it just smelled like alcohol which i'm sure wasn't pleasant for the dancers...sam took as many trips to rec hall as i did this weekend...which was verrrryyy kind of him and greatly appreciated (hi sam)....and all in all it was a very enjoyable weekend......and to top it all off nater came and we had a sleep over...even though i wasn't exactly the most exciting hostess it was a good time.

The Passion of the Christ comes out tomorrow and I suggest that all of you go see it. It's going to be amazing!

have a wonderful week kids!

i'm a trend setter

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:34:29 GMT

THON 2004 Always Believing

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:14:46 GMT

so i have a test in a litte over an hour and i don't feel the need to study anymore.....

so THON starts tonight! for all of you non-penn staters, THON is a dance marathon that raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund- for childhood cancer.last year they raised over $3 million.....its a pretty big deal....soo about 700 penn state students dance for 48 hours at rec hall.....crazy times....i'm on rules and regulations with betsy which means we get to wear shirts that say "Security"...yeh thats right........little betsy and i are security guards......and lucky us we got the drunk shifts..here's our schedule:
Sat- 1:30-4:30 A.M
2:30-5:30 P.M.
Sun- 3:30-7:30 A.M.
3:30-8ish P.M.

i'm pretty excited....soooo excited that i didn't fall asleep until 4ish last night..but i skipped my first 2 classes and woke up at 10 so its all good.....if you are within driving distance of penn state i suggest that you come check THON out...its a pretty awesome experience and hey you might even see a famous person (a lot of real world and road rules people come) and supposedly something that has never happended at thon is going to happen at 2:15 a.m. on saturday..woot!.....but i'm most excited about seeing all the little kids running around...i'm sure its going to be really sad but knowing that we're raising money to help them will keep me going through the weekend.....annddd i get to bring a water gun to squirt at them..supposedly they have them too so i won't be the mean person drenching unarmed children with water.

And i would like to give a shout out to katelyn gray for going to rome!! woooooo!

randomness

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:56:30 GMT

This is my random journal entry for the month:

things i don't like:

~the hoagies at The Mix are $5...wayyy to expensive even though they are really good...but the West Wing has hoagies and other good stuff for like $2! ripppppp offfffffff

~i hate it when people put their feet on my coat when its on the back of my chair......there's really no where else for me to put it and i can't help it that they feel the need to stretch out

~black ice.....very hazardous.....and embarassing

~that commercial where the little girl and her dad are eating pb and j sandwiches and he folds his in half so she does too.....she's annoying

~commercials about foot fungus.....too graphic!

~i miss my friends from home....and it stinks that i won't get to see most of you until the semester is over

things i like!:

~west wing turkey and bacon sandwiches with honey mustard...very tasty

~my bible study.....awesome girls!

~having a valentine :)

~being really obnoxious w/ my roomy and not caring if we annoy people..which i'm sure we do

~napster.....even thougghhhhhh it doesn't have nearly as many songs as kazaa....but its legal so i'm all for it

~i like that my brother actually likes me now and we can have normal and fun conversations without fighting......although he still beats me up for fun

~my thon rules and regs team got enough points so we get to be at the last four hours of thon!! if you know about thon then you understand that thats just amazing

~i love my friends........i miss alllllllllllll of you so much......except for katelyn and kate and betsy (but i still love you girls)

hey if you read all that you must be really bored or my stalker......either way, good job! have a wonderful day dudes!

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:10:55 GMT

Roll yer own with Antic's Sims-ulator!

everyone needs to update more often......yeh i know i'm one to talk....but i'm doing pretty good lately.......melissa and emily? are you still alive?

computer lab boredness

Mon, 02 Feb 2004 16:51:30 GMT

create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide

i really shouldn't be doing this in the computer lab cuz its really crowded and i don't actually neeeeeeeed to be on here..but i'm just killing time between classes

have a great day!

soooo yeh

Sun, 01 Feb 2004 21:22:22 GMT

sooooooooo yeh.......last night i went to see Tracy Morgan at the bryce jordan center.....student tickets were only 5 bucks so i figured what the heck.......sooo the opening band was kinda weird but kinda funny....they're called Da Vinci's Notebook.....ok so an hour later Tracy Morgan comes out and he starts talking about being so cold that his manhood fell off.....whatever get on with the show.....ohh but it gets worse...i can't even type the bad things he said because i'm too embarassed but let me just say that he should be arrested for the things he said and did....disgusting...luckily sam called me in the middle of it and said he was leaving so i left with him...but the fun doesn't end there............there was this girl who was rrreealllyyyy reallllyyyy i mean reallllyyy drunk standing with some police officers in the lobby....then she decides that she's going to try and beat up the police officers and so she starts swinging at them....so they try to cuff her and she is screaming at the top of her lungs and kicking and it was really freaky......then they try taking her to the cop car and she kept laying down all while screaming like she was being murdered...so it took 4 policemen to pick her up and throw her in the cop car.....fun times........that might have been the weirdest night of my life

so now the super bowl is coming and i have no desire to watch it but i guess it will be fun to eat pizza and hang out with sam and some other altoona people.....at least i have the commercials to look forward to

later dudes!

thhnnoowwww

Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:36:09 GMT

holy snow! there is seriously enough out there to last us for a couple winters..but its pretty and sparkley and it matches my new scarf (which is pretty and sparkley) so its all good! This semester is pretty fun surprisingly.....i don't know why but its fun...i don't really have anything interesting to write so here's a funny story that won't be funny unless you are lauren mccaffrey and katelyn gray:

So katelyn and I were leaving kate's dorm and two elevators came at the same time so we decided to race.....i go in the one that this other guy goes in and katelyn has one all by herself....the guy laughs at me and the doors close......but our elevator goes up!!! and i'm like "NOOO!!!!!" and this guy is kinda freaked out...so this guy with an english accent gets in the elevator and i'm assuming we're gonna go down now..oh no....we go up again!! and so i'm like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" and the guy with the english accent thinks i'm crazy..and i'm laughing hysterically and then two more guys get in the elevator.....so the doors close and we're finally going down....i'm laughing this whole time and all these guys think i'm a crazy....so yeh thats basically the end of the story....but katelyn and i laughed about it for a longgggggggggg time...i'm sure you didn't enjoy any of this story but oh well! at least you were reading this instead of studying

later dudes!!

brrrrrrr chilly

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:55:07 GMT

and i'm off!! the semester has begun and i have that ooo i'm gonna kick this semesters butt feeling but that will soon die. Classes seem alright...here's the list:

History 20- i think my prof. is gay...no big deal..but he is soooooo boring....he just lectures the whoolllleee time...no overhead notes or power point..nothing...so i actually have to pay attention

Egee 102- I heart Samir Pisupati...i had him last semester for egee 101 and he is my favorite...easy A

Ed Psy 14- first education class! prof. is the cutest lady..and she just had a baby which makes her more cute...annndddd she said that sometimes she makes her classses cookies..however everything on the syllabus started out with "This class is very difficult"

Bi Sc 002- easy A...teacher is from a foreign country

HDFS 315- i just switched to this class so we'll see what happens

i miss you girls already......i think we need some traveling pants or sock or something...read sisterhood of the traveling pants and you'll understand

good luck with classes everyone!! ta!

p.s. i don't feel like i can complain about the cold since boston is in the negatives....keep warm leech and melis!

procrastination at its best

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:28:24 GMT

soo i'm in the library at a very nice new computer.....i guess penn state found some extra money hiding around.......i should be studying for my psych final which is in 2 hours but instead i'm writing to all of you because i like you girls better. I seriously can't wait til 6 p.m. tomorrow...FREEDOM!!!....i've never experienced the whole christmas break in college thing so i'm pretty excited. I plan on doing abosolutely nothing on wednesday. i am going to sleep in until i can't sleep anymore. then i am going to get up and watch tv until i feel that i've completely wasted my day. maybe i'll do some christmas shopping too but i think i might wait until later to that cuz it is kinda stressful especially since i don't have any money. i'm so proud of all of you for working so hard for your grades...all of you are amazing!!! go to eatnpark.com and watch my most favorite commercial!!! it makes me teary!! good thing kate's mom gave us a finals goody bag and we ate it all last week and now i have 10 meal points left. katelyn and are amazing..if was a big bag..full of junk...yummy junk. I'm really hungry for a best way chicken salad right now. i might have to stock up on them when i go home. when is everyone getting back? i think i know but i could be wrong..melis and alicia are getting back sat. right? and katelyn and kate and betsy are all coming home fri. right? and does anyone know when al is getting home? sorry this is so boring...i'm really trying to put off studying as long as possible. i think its so cool that i'm not looking at the keyboard at all while i am typing this. katelyn and i had a discussion about that the other day. we were procrastinating. you should download some christmas songs. it makes studying a lot more fun and if you need a study break then you can just dance to "all i want for christmas" by mariah carey...ok back to studying or pretending to study.......good luck with finals everyone!!! it's almost over!

boo for being bored in the computer lab

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:46:15 GMT

Your Years at Hogwarts by nevermindless
Name:
The Sorting Hat places you in:	Ravenclaw (Blue and Bronze)
Subject you are naturally best at:	History of Magic
Your favorite book:	A Beginners` Guide to Transfiguration by: Emeric Switch
Pet you bring to school:	Desert Eagle Owl
You are most known for:	Your wealth, or rather, your parents.

Created with quill18's MemeGen!

college....ah

Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:40:35 GMT

so i just cried to my mom on the phone for half hour about how stupid i am and how i'm not meant to be in college....but she made me feel better by saying " Lauren you're smart!! I don't make dumb babies!!" which made me laugh and i realized that i have nothing to cry about and college is just another obstacle that i need to overcome. And i lovveeeee all my friends...you girls are seriously gifts from God..but why do you all have to be sooo darn smart?????? Seriously, if we lived in a village together i would be the village idiot..haha...anywayysss...kate and alicia and i are going to run a race together!! i'm so pumped....kate is already amazing and alicia is well on her way....i'll just have to run an extra mile here there to catch up to them.......what else what else........oh i'm going home this weekend!!! first time alllll semester!! i can't wait!!....k i feel like i'm talking about myself too much....later taters!

fun times!

Sun, 28 Sep 2003 22:17:33 GMT

If I were a month I would be: May
If I were a day of the week I would be: Sunday
If I were a time of day I would be: 8 pm..reminds me of my bedtime when i was little
If I were a planet I would be: um, earth?
If I were a direction I would be: north
If I were a piece of furniture I would be: those big huge chairs..like the one allyson has!
If I were a liquid I would be: bubbles
If I were a tree, I would be: weeping willow
If I were a flower/plant, I would be: a love fern
If I were a kind of weather, I would be: fall...i love the smell of fall!
If I were a mythical creature, I would be: Phoenix...like in HP!
If I were a musical instrument, I would be: the guitar Bebo Norman plays...haha
If I were a color, I would be: turquoise
If I were an emotion, I would be: love
If I were a vegetable, I would be: baby corn!...i don't like how the taste..they're just cute
If I were a sound, I would be: a fart...never fails to bring laughter
If I were a car, I would be: silvery navy blue jetta convertible
If I were a song, I would be: Mystery of Mercy~ Caedmon's Call
If I were a book, I would be written by: J.K. Rowling!
If I were a food, I would be:Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip icecream
If I were a place, I would be: wherever my future husband is
If I were a material, I would be: cotton
If I were a taste, I would be: minty
If I were a scent, I would be: that dryer smell
If I were a religion, I would be: Christian!
If I were a body part I would be: eyes
If I were a subject in school I would be: art..but not with Mr. Zerby
If I were a cartoon character I would be: Cinderella
If I were a shape I would be: a flower
If I were a number I would be: one

If you read all of that I'm very proud of you....now you have to fill it out!....its fun!

Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:03:54 GMT

I love Bebo Norman

hellllllloooooooooooooooooooo

Sat, 06 Sep 2003 23:07:47 GMT

hi ya'll....i just thought i would update my journal since i haven't updated in about 30 years. So here's the scoop:

Dorm:
Pollock is an OK place to live...our rooms are set up pretty nice except katelyn's feet are in my face when we sleep..but its ok....i like her feet..ha...almost all the girls on our floor leave their doors closed which means its a lot harder to meet people....i don't know what the deal is with that....i enjoy having katelyn as my roommate..she's very quiet when i'm sleeping and well she's my best friend....how could it get any better!

Class:
Psych 213(child development)~my teacher is awesome...*****

Math 35 (the history of math)~ teacher is about 300 years old but the bonus is we have open note test.....**

EGEE 101( Energy and the Enviorment)~ teacher is this crazy malaysian guy who is so excited about teaching...its gonna be a cool class...****

Religious Studies (New Testament)~ i don't think i like the teacher and the class seems like its going to be pretty tough...**

then i have lots of Communication Disorders classes.....they'll be fun..hopefully

other odds and ends:
football games are fun!...i feel like a true Penn State fan now

Katelyn and I went to all the Christian organizations around campus...i love CRU and NAVS....i've met sooo many new people..its amazing!

That seems to be everything...i hope everyone is enjoying their college days..I MISS YOU GUYS!!!

a funny sidenote:
last night when tons of people from NAVS were hanging out at this house....these 2 guys and this girl walked in with a case of beer..apparently they thought it was a beer party...i wish everyone could have seen their faces when they realized where they were.....i kinda felt bad for a split second!

andddddddddddd i'm spent

Thu, 15 May 2003 22:27:27 GMT

ummmmmmmmm this weather can just go die......its very depressing...i think i have this disease that when it rains i go into pissy lauren mode. its kinda weird....today i spent the day with betsy and christina.....little teenage boys are so weird...yesterday when katelyn and betsy and i were playing tennis the little 6th graders at recess kept asking me out and telling me i was hot....but then they took our tennis balls when they flew over the fence (we suck at tennis).. and they wouldn't give them back....so i went out made this kid give me at least one of them back and he was like "not til you kiss me"..WHAT???? what was he thinking???.........soo then today teen, betsy, and i were running around the track when the 7th grade boys come out to run the mile for gym class.....and lucky me my brother is in the class....first he yells at me for wearing one of his shirts then he's like heeyyyy everyone look at my sister!! and they were all like whistling and saying things like "hey evan you're sister's hot!!".....again WHAT??????? its kinda funny that the only guys i attract are muslims and 13 year olds...wow...i must be charming......DANCE PARTY TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!! i'm sooo excited to go crazy with my girls...but of course we'll have to watch the friens, scrubs, will and grace and ER finales....and i would just like to say that joey should have picked dawson........even though pacey is a gentleman...DAWSON IS HER SOULMATE!!..she even said it!!!...........KATE I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER!!!.....i'll be praying for you!!!.......and well thats about it......i still haven't unpacked...is that bad? i like to procrastinate...its kinda fun......k i'm done...ta!

hellloooo everyone!

Mon, 05 May 2003 19:50:24 GMT

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!.....i just got done with my psych final....its 3:45 p.m. and i'll be moving out @ 5. AHHH!!!!......i'm soo excited....this is the best day ever!...no more roommate who talks about ohhh every second of the day and is noisy when poor little me is trying to sleep!!!...nooo more having to listen to her selfish comments and sarcastic remarks!!!.....but she wasn't allll that bad....we bonded a couple times.....i guess it could have been worse.....but i'm sooo excited to room with katelyn next year!! dance parties everynight!!!! YAY!........I have my women's studies final on friday which i am driving up for because who would want to stay in this dorm room any more than they need to...then sat. i have to come back to state college to re-certify for lifeguarding...10 a.m. to 7 p.m....FUN TIMES!!!!....its alright...i'll have ian and i think matt hall to keep me company....and then after sat. NO MORE STUDYING for 4 months....ohhh yeh...my birthday is on thurs....i almost forgot.....birthdays aren't as exciting as they used to be.......hopefully my family gives me money because i don't think the $.35 i have in the bank is going to cover me until the end of may.....ALICIA YOU ARE MY HERO!!...if i were you i would just skip the final on the 13th...thats just heinous!!! I hope all of you are enjoying your last days as college freshmen!!....study hard because...well its college...thats what we do....and i can't wait to see all of you!!! hugs and kisses!!...GOOD LUCK ON FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Easter!

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 18:42:29 GMT

hiiiiiii!.......well today was an ok day......its freezinggggg but i'm eating oatmeal so it's making me feel all warm and cozy...yay for my psych teacher who gave us extra credit for coming to class.....boooooooooo for me writing a 10 page paper tonight instead of going out and enjoying college life...oh well....i deserve it since i put it off soooo long. I hope everyone has a wonderful easter!!!....i know i'll eat lots and lots of candy and get wayyy too excited about the easter egg hunt. I'm so excited for next weekend when i get to see melissa!! yayayayyaayay!!!...and then the canoe trip...yayayayya!!!..ok i have nothing else to say....HAPPY EASTER!!

i love my friends!

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:32:46 GMT

somewhere b e t w e e n the procrastination.... and the homework.....
and the incessant forwards..... and the friendships..... and the calls to each other complaining about crushes!!...... Somewhere b e t w e e n the phone calls to old friends..... And the "I miss you's", the "I love you's"....... And the "What are we doing tonight's?"..... And somewhere b e t w ee n all of the changing,growing... Somewhere b e t w e e n the classes........ And the skipping classes...... And the studying for tests.......And the pretending to study for tests....... And the downright NOT studying for tests... I forgot.......... I forgot what school was all about. Somewhere between all the appointments and starbu! cks coffees, and Diet Mt. Dew's... paying bills and then not paying bills...Making plans then breaking plans... Appearing, Disappearing, then re-appearing...I forgot...I! forgot what it was like to cry....... I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you happy........... And that pretending to be smart doesn't make you smart ............ I forgot that you can't just forget the past in fear of the future.......... I forgot that you can't control falling in love........... And that you can't make yourself fall in love........... I learned that I can love......... I learned that it's okay to mess up......... And it's okay to ask for help......... And it's okay to feel like crap......... I learned it's okay to complain and whine to all your friends for a whole day........ I learned that sometimes the things you want most you just can't have. I learned that the greatest thing about high school and college and the working world isn't the parties or the DRiNKiNG or the hook-ups... It's the friendships, which means taking chances........ I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we most need to talk about.......... I learned that time and can heal all things... I learned that just when you think it can't get worse-- it does... but w/ the love and support of friends--you survive... I've learned that when you start feeling bad about losing touch -- those that you've lost touch w/ are feeling the same way...I learned that letters from ! friends are the most important things.And that sending cards to your friends makes you feel better. But, basically, I just learned that my friends........

Both o l d and new......... Are the most important people to me in the world. AND.......without them, I wouldn't be who I am today..... So this is a thank you to all of my friends. . For always being there. And even if we're not on good terms or we have lost touch... I will always have an unconditional love for you.. ~Always and forever ~love you!~

KILLLLLLLL

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 06:37:47 GMT

i'm going to kill my roommate...she is sooo rude and sooo self centered and about the loudest person i know.....she talks wayyyyy too much and never listens to me when i have things to say.....SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!!!.....soo its 1:30 a.m.. I went to bed at 11 however she comes prancing in at 12 and totally wakes me up with her loud hustle and bustling...then she has the nerve to turn the tv on and not turn the volume down and watch 3 FREAKING SHOWS!!!!!......and she knew she woke me up cuz i was obviously tossing and turning and trying to fall asleep...and you'd think since i just got out of bed she would get the hint...OF COURSE NOT!...she's too wrapped up in her own little world to notice. ONLY 5 MORE WEEKS OF THIS MADNESS!!!!....lets just hope i don't kill her in her sleep before then..GRRROOWWLLLL!!!!!

gilmore girls is a hoax!!

Wed, 26 Feb 2003 02:13:16 GMT

so they make us this that Rory has sex with Jess and i'm so excited to see the episode and it turns out Paris is the only one having sex!!! First of all who cares, and second of all why did they lie to us??...thats crap! today i ate soooo much junk because my church sent me a hhuuggeeee box of candy and snacks so naturally i had to eat them!..and i had a funnel cake at dinner..blahhhhhhhhhh..but i did burn 700 calories at the gym today so hopefully that made up for the crap i ate today. Too bad i have to go to spring break with betsy and danielle detrich. My self-esteem is going to be shot the first day at the beach...they're both super models. I look up too all of you, especially melis and alicia who have soooooo much work to do!..you guys are soooo smart and strong and you can do it!....i have so much time on my hands that seriously if i knew half the stuff you girls were studying i would do it for you. Two nights in a row i haven't gotten to sleep until 4 in the morning...i just lay there and stare at the ceiling....its reaaallllyyyy frustrating. I'm hoping tonight i'll just pass out because i don't think my brain could take another sleepless night. I'm goign to see chicago this weekend!! and i'm going to highschool swim districts!.i'm so excited to see people i haven't seen in forever!....plus maybe the swimmers will motivate me to start swimming again. I'm also going home this weekend since i won't be h ome much over spring break. sorry this entry is just a huge paragraph of my scattered thoughts but i'm really trying to procrastinate..and its really working. Today it looked like it was warm out but it def. wasn't. Why does the weather play with my head like that??....

*Lauren May*

college years

WARNING: LONG ENTRY AHEAD!!!

ahhhhh

i'm a trend setter

i'm a trend setter

THON 2004 Always Believing

randomness

computer lab boredness

soooo yeh

thhnnoowwww

brrrrrrr chilly

procrastination at its best

boo for being bored in the computer lab

college....ah

fun times!

hellllllloooooooooooooooooooo

andddddddddddd i'm spent

hellloooo everyone!

Happy Easter!

i love my friends!

KILLLLLLLL

gilmore girls is a hoax!!

Lauren May