FINAL-ly....

Well, hello my peeps!
It's been forever, and I am now in the midst of finals... I have taken Psych of Parenting, Marine Science, and Psych Research Design. Still left to take: Biology and Spanish (my two hardest ones). I've been reallllly busy and tired lately, which why I've been MIA again on the blogging scene...

Since we last talked, UGA beat GT in football, then we beat LSU for the SEC Championship. Now the junkyard dawgs are facing the Sugar Bowl, and you know what they say-Can't Spell Sugar without UGA!!! =) So, here's to hoping they win! It was a lot of fun watching the game at GT with Tom, Ben, and Eli! My favorite part? In the last quarter when UGA finally broke the tie by putting 7 more points on the board, GT had the ball and was fighting to get some points in the last minute and a half or so. UGA intercepted the ball, pretty much sealing the deal that we would win the game! It was so exciting! We were all on our feet screaming, and then above me I hear the familiar chant, "It's Great To Be a Georgia Bulldog!" I turn to see some of the few other Georgia folks in that section holding up a huge flag with a Georgia "G" on it, which made me grin, then I joined in the cheer. When the rest of the Georgia fans around me heard me yelling along, they joined in too, much to the chagrin of the Techies that surrounded us. I couldn't rub it into Tom's face too much because he looked REALLY upset that they lost, though I KNOW that he and Ben and Eli would have given me a REALLY hard time had we lost. But we didn't. hahaha
Then Ben, Henry, Tom, Dana, and I were all at the McFarlin home to watch the SEC game and the ACC game. Ben, Henry, and I were both pretty happy with the turnout since UGA won the SEC and FSU won the ACC!!! =)

SO...my school load was not lessened over the last few weeks. I had hoped that maybe with the end of the semester approaching it would be lessened a bit, but-following the usual pattern- teachers and TAs felt the need to push in all the end of the semester stuff they could before exams started. Finishing my last two labs of the semester was a WONDERFUL feeling though, and I can't WAIT to be done studying for a few weeks! =)

In other random Meghan news, my toilet-for absolutely no reason-quit working the other day. I mean...I had to use Melissa's toilet because mine wouldn't flush. It wasn't clogged or anything. It just wouldn't flush. So that was a pain for a while-I've never appreciated public restrooms more-I made a point to use one before heading back to my apartment each time so that I wouldn't have to keep asking my roommates to let me in to their bathrooms! On Friday night, I dreamed that my toilet was working again, and woke up disappointed to find out that it was a dream. Then when I came back here Sunday night, it worked again! YAY! Praise the Lord because I had actually been praying for that all week! (I wasn't ever around to be there when maintenance could come by, so I didn't call. I didn't want them to do anything without me here, because I tried to fix it myself before and flooded it and had to clean up the bathroom, and it was not something I was eager to do again.) Praise the Lord for my toilet! yay! Yall know how I have to go alllllll the time! haha

Also, lately my camera hasn't been able to work with my computer, which is why I haven't put any pics up for this blog or previous ones...For some reason the computer hasn't been able to work with the camera's USB cord lately. I dunno why. So, Tom is going to try to help me once finals are over by hunkering down with the cd that came with the camera and figuring out how to make it work. =) Hopefully I will be able to get those pics on the computer soon! =)

Kristen's birthday was on December 1st. Claire (Park) and Melissa both turned 21 last weekend, and Tom will be 21 on the 15th (and Davey will be on the 27th)! Maddie Fae will be one year old on Saturday, too. =) SO many December birthdays! =)

I finally got to reading the Harry Potter books right around Thanksgiving, and I finished the sixth one last Friday. They were AMAZING!! I loved the movies, but I mean....no movie can compete with those books! I also got Tom to start watching the movies, and now he is excited to see the fourth one- we watched the first with Claire (Peters) and Phillip, and the second and third last weekend. Maybe Friday night we can go with Esther to see the fourth one. I've already seen it, but I wanna see it again, and neither of them have seen it yet but both want to. Yay! I am also really excited about going to see The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe with friends and family when we all get home for the break! =) We grew up watching those movies and reading the books, so this is super big for us! It looks awesome.

Last Friday, I went to Atl to play broomball with Theta Xi! It was so fun!! I actually didn't fall down while playing this time! I did, however, get tackled by Jenn (one of my sorority sisters and another huge TX fan-her boyfriend is in it) and by Beth (another UGA girl-she is really a Pi Phi, but that night, she was an honorary GPB! haha). I thought they were just going to hug me, but I should have known better since they were running at me as quickly as they could for being on the ice in tennis shoes! haha Jenn and I tackled Tom too, and Davey caught a pic of it with his phone then forwarded it to me-it' s on my moblog! Check it out! =) Broomball is so fun, and I can tell that Tom liked it even more this year since he was a brother and knew everyone! It was nice for me to know some of the girls there too. I saw Sarah there too-she went to the MXPX and Relient K concert with us and Tyler and Kyle-but we didn't get to talk really. I tried to get her attention, but she couldn't here me yelling her name because it was so loud. That's ok though-I'll be around again. =)

Sad news...Lucy was limping around all weekend, and she has major swelling on one paw...I am worried that it is broken or badly infected. She was just limping every now and then...she wouldn't get up if she could avoid it, and when she did, she stood with her paw completely off the ground. It just breaks my heart to see animals in pain, but when it's my dog, it just kills me. Hopefully, our vet will be able to get rid of the problem and her pain soon. Little Max is definately aging too. Poor kitty...he looks sooo rough these days, and he is always inside. He's so skinny and his eyes are all closed up a lot of the time. He can't jump very high at all anymore, and he is going deaf too. What is the cat comparison to human years? I know that it's 7 dog yrs/1 human yr, but how old is an 18 year old cat in cat years?

Ok...I can't spend anymore time on the blog right now! Pray for me to do well on my last two finals Thursday! I need it! Good luck to the rest of yall with your finals, and be safe traveling! =)
Love,
Meghan