Zelda

Hey there friends!
For those of yall who grew up loving Zelda, as most of us did, you should see this trailer.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB89-9X6YS0.

Tom sent the link to me in a gmail, and I was so excited at first...but he didn't sound super excited about it, which should have told me something. I haven't talked to him about it yet, but basically it looked to me like the original Chronicles of Narnia movies....just low budget and stuff. But still, I know I will see it because...well because I love the Zelda games, even if I am just watching ppl play them instead of playing them myself. Plus, Link has always been the cutest fictional character in my opinion. WOW that sounded wrong because: A) he is fictional, and B) I have a boyfriend, yet am talking about a character in a game. Ok. Go check out the link to see....Link. OMG I am cheesy.
Love,
Meghan

As Promised

...an Update!
Alrighty, the week before spring break was such a stressful week that going to Savannah was just what the doctor ordered. Claire and I took off on Monday to the oldest city in Georgia...and also probably Georgia's most beautiful city, and we had the most chilled out week. Every night we went out to eat with Nana, my mom's mom, and then Claire and I watched a movie at Nana's house and read magazines and hung out. No going out for crazy nights....We're not crazy….welll….not THAT kind of crazy-we are goofy-crazy, and I'm not old enough to even set foot in any bar anyway. I couldn't even go into Wet Willie's downtown in the middle of the afternoon because of a new city ordinance, so Claire had to get me a Weak Willie (the only virgin drink in the place). It was right before St. Patrick’s Day, and the water was dyed green in all the fountains around Savannah. We went all over the city, went to River St., went to Forsyth Park, went to eat at Sweet Potatoes, Carey Hilliard's, and Jalapeños. We went to Tybee Island but only stayed for about an hour on the beach, and we went to Wilmington Island to see Mema and to visit with Payton and Jessica. Well, we went to see everyone, but those were the three we saw, and it was a lot of fun. =) Payton kept saying he was going to 'fire' everyone. At any moment he might say, "SCRAM! You're fired! Pack your bags! I'm calling a cab!" And later when I told him that I was around first so I was higher on Mema's list, he said "No you aren't! I'm erasing you off the list!" I told him he couldn't and he said, "Yeah I can! I work with God!" It cracked us all up-I couldn't even respond to him because I was laughing so hard. He is about 5 yrs old, and he is so funny.

When I returned home, I was busy non-stop, right down to the time I left. I babysat, went to Mandy's baby shower, visited with Tom's family, hung out with friends, and visited with April. It was good to do all of those things, but I was worn out when I returned to school, and felt like I needed a week long nap. lol Then my car broke down this week, and people have been so phenomenal taking me around, but I hate bumming rides all the time. The dealer couldn't get it to screw-up for them the way it did for me, so they couldn't fix it, and I got it back today free of charge, but not fixed. I'm really happy that tomorrow is Friday! I am going to go home so that I can take care of the animals while mom and dad are in Savannah for Dad's medical conference. While there, I am going to have some Covington ppl over to hang out. Saturday evening I am headed back to Athens because I have to go to a Rho Chi meeting at 9AM on Sunday, and I have to babysit at 5:30 on Sunday....I really don't ever leave a lot of time unscheduled, do I?
Alrighty...Spanish Homework!
Love,
Meghan

Ps-there are pics from all of Spring Break below, from babysitting (Yes, I did wear a crown with Abby-I was the “queen”) to the park with Tyler and Madeline to Tom and Tyler at the lake to Savannah with Claire! We have some goofy pictures in there. =) And, no, it’s not an engagement ring on my finger-it’s a promise ring Tom gave me!

I will update...

...one of these days, but I am too busy and stressed to give a good life summary right now. Savannah was fun. Now it's back to reality. In the meantime, let's all have a gander at a quote from my oh so obviously at Tech boyfriend, "Obviously, progress is slow (if I remember correctly, Rome wasn't built in a day and I often compare my website to that city - just ask around)." I cracked up when I read that. =) If you aren't laughing, maybe you just don't know Tom. He updates once every month and a half or so, and his updates are about technical updates he wants to make. And he's funny anyway. Just laugh.
Alright, gotta go to class.
Love,
Meghan
ps-thanks to Melissa, Jessica, Lee, Claire, and whoever else ends up giving me a ride while my car is in the shop. And to all the ppl who have tried to chill me out on the stress level lately. Yall are life-savers!

Once Upon a Time...

There was a girl named Meghan. She got into her first choice University, joined her favorite sorority, and joined a million other things as well. She chose psychology as her major, which is highly ironic because she went psycho on the eve of the last day of classes before spring break when she had a total brain meltdown from having TOO FREAKING MUCH going on in her life in and outside of classes. Meghan was utterly useless to the world after that because her brain went on a permanent vacation when it refused to keep up with her schedule anymore. The only cure was to remove her entirely from her usual schedule by sending her away with a girlfriend to another city for several days on Spring Break. So she went to Savannah in hopes that she would recover. The result? Only time will tell. The end.


This is based on a true story. (unfortunately)

Savannah, Spring Break, Savannah again?

Howdy yall!
Formal with Theta Xi was SUPER fun!! I don't have long to type about it because I have to go to a Spanish Oral Exam, but I had to let yall know that I loved it. Any weekend that Theta Xi wants to sweep me off to some gorgeous location, pay for everything, and have a dance is fine with me! =) After the formal on Saturday night, a group of us went downtown to River Street to hang out. We decided to get a picture and as a joke from our posed position on the fake toyboat(intended for little kids), we all yelled "Real World-Savannah!" when the picture was taken. So, Tom photoshopped it as a joke, and I wanted yall to see it. =) In that picture are Kami, Me, Blake, Jennifer, Tom, Michael, Justin, Sophe. That comprised two rooms at the hotel-Jennifer, Sophe, and I were all UGA Gamma Phi's rooming with Kami, and Alpha Z Delta at GT. She was super fun; we called her "Kamilicious." And all the guys were our dates and roomed together.

On Friday I will be done with classes for a while because Spring Break will FINALLY be here. I cannot wait! Claire Peters and I are thinking of heading to Savannah for that week because Tom will be in class for me, and she has no other plans. =) Hopefully it will be a great week! I think it is bound to be great simply because we aren't in class, but we will see.

Ok, off to take my Spanish Oral Exam. PLEASE pray for me!
Love,
Meghan

ps. Max, Jordan's cat that we got when I was two, had to be put down over the weekend because he has been barely hanging on for the last few months. It's super hard to think about him dying, but he was a member of the family, so I thought he deserved some recognition. I had been taking care of him for a long time, and it's really tough to think about never seeing him again.

YAY-Costa Rica

Hola!
I received an email today before I got home from class that said that my second reference to study abroad in Costa Rica could not be found, and I was freaking out.....

Hello Miss Patton,
Thank you for your patience as the application process comes to a close. I believe that we had briefly spoken in Gilbert Hall about your application. You have presented a strong application and it was on that basis that I spoke to you about your position in the program. While that is still the case, upon review of your files there is 1 reference that I do not have and therefore must delay my decision until that is clarified. Can you tell me the names of the 2 references that you submitted and if they were enclosed with the full application or mailed separately. I apologize for the delay and this misunderstanding but I believe that the second reference is an important way of rounding out the assessment of the applicant.

I await your response,

Lesley Feracho


ok, so that was scary. But before I replied, I read a second email that she had sent before I got home from class as well...

Hello Meghan,
  The misunderstanding on my part has been
cleared up and your file is complete.  I would
like to offer you congratulations on your acceptance to the
program in Costa Rica for the summer of 2006.
You will shortly receive an acceptance letter in the mail.
This will later be followed up by an information
packet and the date of the first meeting which will be
in approximately 1 1/2 weeks since the official acceptace
process has  now ended.
  I look forward to meeting you and to our trip
this summer which promises to be an exciting time.
Lesley Feracho

YAYUH!! Talk about excited. But when I think about it,...I just feel apprehensive(?)....I don't know if that is really an accurate way to describe it. It's just tough to think of being away for that long with SO LITTLE contact. I don't see my nephew or niece often besides in the summer and at Christmas, so I am giving that up this summer. I also don't go to school with Tom, and that's hard enough just seeing him on the weekends. But doing a Maymester and study abroad....I'll basically not see him but a few days from May 15-July 23 or so. That stinks. And it's hard to think about. And I also don't see my family or other friends from home or Tom's family or anyone as much during the year because of the same reasons-they don't go to school here. It's just not easy to think about not seeing them. BUT I don't think it would be easy to be at home thinking, "I just gave up my chance to travel to a Spanish speaking country and take advantage of that. I just gave up my last chance to study abroad. I just secured myself an extra month at least of school till I graduate because of not getting classes done this summer." All of my relationships are going to survive the distance. I know that, and I am trusting God to handle it all. Así , estoy muy feliz estudiar en Costa Rica!

Ok. So this week....I have a Spanish midterm on Friday, and Theta Xi has their formal in Savannah this weekend. =) I am really excited about it (NOT the midterm, but the formal)! The midterm is going to be HARD for me, and though I am excited about the formal, I am disappointed because I have a Spanish Oral exam on Monday...and it's in front of the whole class over really detailed stuff and with randomly assigned partners. AAAAAUUUGH!!! I hope I don't fail. I am going to be SO nervous. Please pray for me! A good thing is that Sophe, my grand lil sis is going to go to formal also, and I don't get to spend enough time with her so this is great. Another awesome thing about it is that she is a Spanish major who happens to be taking the same professor for the same course this semester so we can practice over the trip for the oral exam. Tom needs to get better before the formal trip too....pray for him. He has bronchitus and a sinus infection-NOT fun. Sophe was sick too, so...ya know-prayers all around.

If you are looking for a mission for God to support right now, I have one. My lil sis, Jessica, is actually my small group leader for Campus Outreach. Every year, CO does Cross Cultural Project-they go to a foreign country and work at a campus to spread the gospel and to train Christians of that country to witness to their countrymen. Well, you have to be asked to go on this trip, you can't just do it. And Jessica was selected. She's been praying about it and decided to do it. Now she is raising money to support her trip-it's $5,000. Not cheap, but can you put a price on spreading salvation to others??? So, if you can support her, please contact me at mcp@uga.edu or call me if you have my # because God is going to have to work in a big way through others to make this trip a reality. She can't just dish out the money herself because she doesn't have that much and can't make it by May. But if God has blessed you, pray to see if He is leading you to give some of that back to Him in this way. It would be so wonderful!

Ok...I gotta go to bed. I have to drive to Covington tomorrow to pick up my car and give mom hers back because she let me borrow it. Mine wasn't starting, so it had to be fixed.
Love,
Meghan

Ok Ladies. Your Turn.

Henry wanted me to be fair, so he sent me this.
__________________________________

Summer Classes for Women at the Learning Center For
Adults

Registration Begins May 15 and ends May 22. Schedules
will be awarded on
a first come first serve basis. Maximum class size
this summer has been
lowered to 15 from 20 due to recurring problems of
talking during
lessons.Classes begin the 29th of May and each class
session will last
approximately one hour. The following classes will be
offered:

Class 1

Sports - A Full Discussion of Sports and The
Implications of Interruptions
Meets Mondays at 6PM for 4 weeks.

Class 2

A Step By Step Guide to Car Care - Includes Washing,
Changing Tires, AND
Checking the Oil
Meets Mondays at 2PM for 4 weeks. Bring grubby
clothes. Yep, you'll get
dirty.

Class 3

The Lost Practice of Female Punctuality - Brief
History Lessons Followed
by SBOT (Strategies for Being On Time)
Meets Tuesdays for 4 weeks at 5:42PM - Every class
begins with a test.

Class 4

_Managing_ YOUR Money - A CounterClass to the common
theme of Spending
Your Man's Money. Class will cover many topics ranging
from how to cut
up credit cards, to balancing a check book, and even
how to conceptually
understand that if you purchase something on sale, you
didn't save any
money at all like you thought! You actually spent
money!
Meets Tuesdays at 8PM for 8 weeks. Be prompt in your
arrival as their is
much material to cover.

Class 5

WDW (Whiner's Don't Win) - A linguistics class that
clearly explains how
to improve reception of requests simply by how you say
it. Studies show
it makes a huge difference!
Meets Wednesdays at 6PM for 4 weeks

Class 6

Guy Time - It's Not a Request...It Just Is
A classroom guide not to understanding what Guy Time
means, but merely
how to understand that it is going to happen on
occasion whether you
like it or not, and you can be OK with it and work it
into your schedule.
Meets Wednesdays at 8PM for 6 weeks

Class 7

How to Cure Chronic Headaches - We know you get them
every other hour of
every day and you can't seem to help it. We'll teach
you how to get rid
of them by a simply practice known as Ignoring the
Pain. Class will
include anatomical pictures of females head, showing
the Headache
Generator section of the brain.
Meets Thursdays at 9AM for 4 weeks

Class 8

Master Safe Driving Skills - Despite passing the
driver's license exam,
we all know you can't drive. We'll begin with the
basics ranging from
how and when to use your indicator, what all those
mirrors are for, and
also what it means when you see the red lights on the
car in front of
you. As the class progresses, skills will become more
advanced,
including topics such as merging onto the highway
without fatalities,
navigating one-way streets, and even learning who goes
first at a 4-way
stop!
Meets Thursdays in the Parking Lot at 10AM for 6 weeks

Class 9

How to Parallel Park (Class 8 required previously or
in conjunction with
this class as a prerequisite) -  We know you passed
the driver's license
road test, but getting one and a quarter wheels into
the spot does not
constitute parallel parking. After the class, you can
impress your man
with REAL, SAFE driving skills.
Meets Thursdays in the Parking Lot at 10 AM for 6
weeks (immediately
follows Class 8)

Class 10

Workshop Class - Learning to use everyday tools such
as a screwdriver, a
hammer, and if there's time; we might discuss the
functions and proper
use of a tape measure.
Meets Thursdays at 2PM for 4 weeks

Class 11

When to Talk and When to Shut Up - Yes, there's a time
for both.
Although most women think its always Time to Talk;
we'll teach you the
telltale signs from your man to realize what "Time" it
is. We promise it
will impress your man, and make you a happier, more
concise person.
Meets Fridays at 6PM for 6 weeks

Class 12

Club G.R.O.S.S. - What is it and how to avoid being
labeled a "Slimy Girl."
Before beginning the class, those interested will be
required to read
several Calvin and Hobbes comics showing the
origination, purpose, and
relevance of Club G.R.O.S.S.
Meets Fridays at 8PM for 5 weeks


Due to last year's difficulty in keeping students
attention and making
them not talk during class, we will not be offering
the usual 15
courses. However, we have decided that we will extend
the required
summers of attendance from 4 to 5, so that graduates
will still have the
necessary knowledge that should be gained from these
courses. Our
congratulations to all 3 of the graduates from last
year. May their
success be inspiration to you new-comers. We look
forward to seeing you
in May!

If I Pay, Will You Go? Please, Guys?

HAHA-Kristen(my sister, Kristen) sent
this to me and it made me laugh.
Tom actually doesn't need to take these
classes...for the most part, haha, but they
were too funny to keep to myself! =) Enjoy!
Love,
Meghan
_________________________________________

WINTER CLASSES FOR MEN AT THE LEARNING CENTER FOR ADULTS

REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY February 21, 2006

NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM.

Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays --- Step by Step,! with Slide Presentation. Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll --- Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.

Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub? --- Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor --- Pictures and Explanatory Graphics. Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.

Class 5
After Dinner Dishes --- Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?

Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM

Class 6
Loss Of Identity --- Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other. Help Line Support and Support Groups. Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM

Class 7
Learning How To Find Things --- Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming.
Open Forum .
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.

Class 8
Health Watch --- Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health. Graphics and Audio Tapes. Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost --- Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined.

Class 10
Learning to Live --- Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife. Online Classes and role-playing. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined

Class 11
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 12 Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks? Driving Simulations 4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.

Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy --- Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered. Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 14
The Stove/Oven --- What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.

Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.

"Singles Awareness Day" my foot.

A lot of ppl, including some married ppl I know (AHEM Henry) consider Valentines Day a hallmark holiday and a singles' awareness day. Let's just get real for a second-1. What holiday does hallmark (and any other business) NOT use to their advantage? 2. If you are single, and you and the outside world are not aware of it the other 364.25 days a year, then that's when you REALLY have something to worry about.
I'm not saying it doesn't stink for ppl to be without significant others on days set up to make ppl appreciate the people they are dating or romantically involved with in some other way. But cry me a river ppl. I go to school over an hour away from my boyfriend and have not seen him on one valentines day or one of his birthdays since I started college. Yeah, yeah "You have a boyfriend, what are you complaining about?" That's the point. I'm not. I love seeing Tom, and it stinks not seeing him all the time, but you know what-it's "you don't go to school with your significant other awareness day" for me 5 days a week and 9 months a year. I see couples holding hands, girls leaving to go hang out at their boyfriends, sorority sisters attending datenights in the middle of the week....you get the idea. I don't do those things outside of Friday nights, Saturdays, and Sundays until around 5. And I'm still alive.
I consider myself blessed to be happy where I am in school. In fact, I am realllly grateful that Tom is ONLY a little over an hour away and that I DO get to see him every weekend and that he WANTS to call me during the week and see me on the weekends. I'm not saying I am perfect, I've never complained, I don't miss Tom, or that you should aspire to being just like me. I'm just saying that if your life stinks right now because you are single, it's most likely because you aren't content with something in your life. And you need to figure out what that is and fix it before you get someone else involved in your life. And if you are single on Valentines Day, use it as an excuse to get free candy and hang out with other single friends. Or if you are dating someone who isn't close by, celebrate your relationships with OTHER ppl you appreciate on that day that aren't far away. For example, I am having the best Valentines Day (week, really) of my life because I am finally taking advantage of it. This week I have gotten to enjoy candy sent to Gamma Phi for VDay, exchanged VDay cards and presents with Lauren because we decided to be each other's UGA valentines (And we did that during class, so that made it much funnier-it totally made me think back to elem school, only we were the only ppl in the Statistics in Psychology class who got presents), and I had dinner with my roommates tonight, plus an awesome cake that I made-sorry, I'm proud of it. hehe My roomies gave me Valentines (I made the meal), and my mom got me a present that I get this weekend and she and dad sent me a card. My sister sent me VDay stuff to my house-so I get it this weekend too, and Tom and I are celebrating VDay on Friday-dinner and presents. I also sent out Valentines to all my siblings+Ben+April, and Esther and I talked today on the phone to tell each other Happy Valentines Day, and that was a great present because I miss her so much. I don't see her often since she is at FSU. So there ya go-Hallmark isn't the only thing that can profit from Valentines Day-it's all in the attitude and the plans you make. So next year, loves, make sure you have some fun.
Love,
Megs

This weekend...

...was awesome!! I had such a great time. Don't worry Mrs. Patti, Tom didn't need to be nursed back to health or anything, he was just fine. He even helped me watch Jack on Saturday night! haha (Although he spent most of the time watching a movie. I can't complain though since it's not your ideal way to spend a Saturday night-babysitting-when you only see each other 3 days a week for 9 months of the year.)
Ok, so Tom and Phillip were tearin' up the dance floor Saturday night, which was a sight to behold-it was really fun, and Claire and I had a great time. We all hung out for a while after that, and the next night after babysitting we all hung out again. Today I found out that there is a satellite church in Athens for Northpoint, so I want to check that out.
That's all for now. Another week is here already...and Valentine's Day is upon us as of Tuesday. Tom's got his present waiting to be opened. I get mine Friday night-dinner and something that he said is nothing big but he won't tell me about. I love surprises!! =)
Love,
Meghan

Español, por favor.

Howdy yall...
Many of you know that I have been looking up study abroad opportunities over the last year in order to know what my options are for possibly studying abroad with UGA for Spanish. I have to turn in the application and the app. fee tomorrow. I am excited and nervous about this chance to go to Costa Rica. For those of you who think I am looking into getting my parents to fund a 5-week school sponsored trip to the beach with a few Spanish lessons thrown in, you should be made aware that we would be spending 4 of 5 weeks on a mountain. We would also be going during the rainy season. And I was informed that I would need long sleeves and boots. I would also be attending class for hours every day. The last week would be spent traveling to various cities, landmarks, museums, and yes-a beach or two. =) I was fully prepared to work every day, but I was kind of hoping that the beach would be a more common part of the experience. Yall know that I L-O-V-E tropical, beachy settings and weather. Well, tonight I had to get all of my application ready for being turned in tomorrow, and I was asked to write a one-page essay to "express why you want to study abroad, what about the host country's culture interests you most, and why the qualities of this particular program support your personal, academic, and career goals." Basically, why are you applying and what does it mean to you?
I thought, I bet there are people I know who are wondering the same thing about why I want to do that instead of study in Athens. Maybe you don't care. Either way, here is my answer....

Studying abroad with the University of Georgia in Costa Rica would provide me with an experience that I would not otherwise be able to have. I am currently working towards a minor in Spanish, and I feel that the best way to experience that culture and develop comfortable conversational Spanish is to immerse myself in a Spanish-speaking country.

It is true that I could visit many countries in order to study Spanish, but I prefer to visit a country for the length of time that this trip offers, and the location that the University of Georgia has chosen seems ideal. Costa Rica is a beautiful area, and this trip would allow me to see much that it has to offer. From the mountains to the beaches, and from various cities and landmarks to the history in the museums, Costa Rica provides a vast amount of beauty and information that will be brand new to me.

I also am excited about the possibility of studying on this trip because I look forward to spending time living with a local family. That is the most interesting area of culture in Costa Rica to me. I feel that it will be a totally different situation than what I am accustomed to in Georgia, and I am interested to see how that experience will shape me. I believe that it will help me learn about the daily lives of native Costa Ricans as well help me improve my Spanish speaking and listening abilities. Outside of improving my appreciation of that culture and the language, I hope to gain new friends on this trip, both in the families that house students and in the teachers and students attending the trip. When I was six years old, my parents decided to put me into a different school that was an hour away from the one I had been in for two years. My mother said she remembered that I said to her, “But all my friends are at this school. What will I do?” She said I thought for a minute, and then I answered myself with, “That’s ok-I’ll make new friends!” And that was the end of my worries. I have taken that attitude with me as I have grown up, switching schools again in middle school, then deciding to attend the University of Georgia, a huge college where I knew only two people and saw neither of those two often. I intend to take that same attitude with me on this trip.

I have always been open to meeting new people and learning about them, and I truly feel that that is the main difference between taking Spanish in Costa Rica and taking those same courses at UGA this summer. I could stay in Athens and learn the same Spanish words or grammar, but I wouldn’t learn about the people and the culture in the same way that I would from spending over a month in a Spanish-speaking country. I know that studying abroad would help me appreciate the culture because I would appreciate the people that I would meet, and they are living examples of why that culture is what it is. I would also appreciate the Spanish language as more than an extra degree or help in my future work; I would appreciate it as a tool to help me communicate with those that I would be living with daily.

Because I will be a senior next year, this is my last opportunity to really spend a month studying a language where it is prominent in the culture in which I would be living. Not only would I be able to study abroad, but the classes offered on this trip would allow me to graduate on time. I currently need four more Spanish classes to complete my minor, and I am in the second semester of my junior year. By taking a Spanish class in May at UGA, I could take two Spanish courses in Costa Rica, leaving me with one Spanish course to complete my senior year. I have worked very hard to achieve my minor, and I am willing to continue working hard for the opportunity to study in Costa Rica.

This program would also be beneficial in my future because it would help me attain a better grasp of conversational Spanish, which might be important to my career. I plan to be an animal trainer at a place such as Zoo Atlanta or Sea World, and people of various cultures as well as local residents of the United States tend to come to such attractions. In the Southern states of the USA, there tend to be many Spanish speaking people, and the ability to communicate with them while in a performance with the animals would help them to be included in what my work would have to offer. I feel that by studying in Costa Rica, my ability to comprehend Spanish when it is spoken to me will be advanced as well as my ability to converse clearly and correctly with Spanish-speaking individuals.

Submerging myself in a foreign culture is something that I have been carefully considering and researching over the last year, and I have been eagerly talking about to several people for the last few months. I am looking forward to the opportunity to be in a new situation that I believe will help me grow as a person as well as a student. I understand that this program is designed to challenge you in your seriousness as a student in order to help you appreciate the culture of the country as well as the language, and I am ready to meet that challenge. I look forward to the opportunity to enrich my college education by learning more about other countries and their residents, meeting new people, studying in a different setting, and improving my understanding and abilities in Spanish.

That's enough about that. I am excited because tomorrow Tom is coming to Athens, and he, Phillip, Claire, and I are going to eat at Outback, then we are going to Gamma Phi's Cocktail Datenight-where I am excited about being dressed up and seeing my girls, and Tom and Phillip are excited about being 21 during a power hour. LOL Seriously, the first hour of the datenight the drinks are only $1 each, but these guys have more sense and respect than to get all they can shoved into their bodies in an hour, so no drunk boyfriends for me and Claire. haha But they can still be excited about being 21 together while Claire and I are lagging behind. Sigh...I don't really care about drinking, it's just that I feel like I've been 20 forever since everyone on earth is turning 21 this year...and it seems like everyone else (in Athens) never really cared about their age anyway so being under 21 is not a problem to them. Being the girl scout that I am-seriously, I feel like a nun-haha, I'm not breaking any laws, so I feel like I've been 20 for half of my life. And since I will probably be doing a maymester (May 15-June 7), I will miss my family vacation (June 3-June 9) and am not going to drive to Hilton Head on the 8th just to turn around and drive back. So I am going to be in Covington alone on my 21st (June 9th)-my hometown hoes better be around to keep me company. It's a Friday, so it shouldn't be a problem to hang out like we did for Tom. And I mean, seriously. I can't be all alone on my 21st bday. That has to be against the rules. I've already given up half the other big days in my life, I'm not giving up that one too. As Tom continues to say-after 21, there aren't that many more exciting birthdays. I actually don't know if I totally agree since I just love having my birthday every year. But still. You know what I mean.
Ok, I am tired and only halfway through my Spanish hw and haven't even started my Geology hw yet, so I am gonna go.
Adios!
~Meghan

ps-I wrote this on Thursday night, but couldn't post it till today, so that is why I am referring to today as "tomorrow."

ChuckECheese...

...Wore me out. It was Mary Caroline's bday party-there were 37 kids, and also, I watched Jack the whole time...her very busy 1&1/2 year old brother. I got there at 2:45 to help set up and I left at 6:30 or so when it was over. Whew. Not to mention that the Chucky mannequin thing is freaky. Yay that tomorrow is Friday!
~Meghan

Zombie...

I am SO tired. Last night, I was about to go out to eat with Alicia, Jess, and Sophe at 7:30. Then I was going to come back and finish my hw and get a shower and go to bed. But at 7:05, I got a phone call from Jennie Armstrong telling me that she needed me to babysit because it was an emergency. My first thought was that Mary Caroline was having another asthma attack and had to go to the hospital, but it was nothing like that. Scot had been visiting with his parents (who live in another state) and his keys fell out before they took him to the airport. Jennie had to get to the airport by 9pm so that she could bring him his keys when his plane landed. So I canceled with the girls and went to babysit. MC was hard to work with because I couldn't get her in bed until about 8:30, and she kept getting up until like...10 something. I tried to do my hw, but I only got a little bit of my Spanish done, and they didn't get back till about 11:35. I went back to the apartment and watched my required 30 min of Spanish TV that they didn't have at their house, and tried to finish my hw, but ended up falling asleep w/ my contacts in and no shower. I had to get up earlier than usual to shower and had to wear glasses since I wore my contacts in my sleep. I know yall prolly aren't interested in a total rundown of my life, but that, plus having quizzes in 3 of my 4 classes today, should explain why I am SO TIRED!!!!!!!!!!
~Meghan

Sadness.

I hit a bird the other day with my car. It flew out and swooped down as I was picking up speed on the on ramp. There was nothing I could do. It bumped my bumper...and then I looked in the rearview and...this is sad. There was this big poof of feathers blowing up into the breeze. Ugh. It was so sick-I just gasped, clapped my hand over my mouth, and tore my eyes back to the road. It was not good.

Then...this freshman boy died of alcohol related problems last weekend in Russell Hall-the dorm I was in as a freshman. He was a 19 year old Sigma Alpha Epsilon guy, and apparently he had a friend in from out of town. They were drinking in the dorm, and he got drunk and passed out. In that state he threw up and choked on it to death. That was the story in the news. How HORRIBLE is that? I won't say that he didn't cause it to happen, but it's one of those things that you hope someone will learn from and stop doing, not DIE from. It makes me SO angry bc the officials at UGA are saying that their worst fears have been realized because of the underage drinking at UGA and the drinking in the dorms. As if they don't know it's happening. YEAH RIGHT. That makes me so mad. They know it happens, and they shouldn't act like they are surprised someone got hurt. If they didn't think drugs, alcohol, etc were going around the dorms, they wouldn't have police officers walk with the RAs who are on call every single night down every single hall of every single floor of the dorms.

Alright then. That's enough of bad news for now.

Just Trust Me, Kid

Sometimes it's funny how you think you are doing all the right things as a Christian, then you find out that you are failing miserably in some areas. God has really opened my eyes to my lack of trust in some areas through giving me the position of song chair for my sorority. Getting this position that I didn't ask for was fairly unexpected, and I wasn't prepared, even though I had prayed that He only give it to me if He wanted me to have it and without me pursuing it. Then he did, and I doubted and I was so scared. But I took it, then I worried about the first meeting. It went fine. Then I worried about Beta Choral Cup. Then Jen (who was in charge until now) emailed me to see about talking to me about any concerns while we ate. So we talked. Then I worried about having enough girls to sing the national anthem for the Gym Dawgs meet this Friday on short notice. Then I decided to take to heart all the messages I had heard at Church and Crossroads about involvement with out gifts, glorifying God, and doing your part fully because you trust that God gave you your role because through you He can accomplish much. Then I prayed and gave it to God. And then at least 10 girls told me that not only would they be there Friday, but they were excited about it. Our God is an awesome God. And I know I have a long way to go...

Thanks Jess, for reminding me of this passage at Small Group....
Matthew 6:25-34
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

This song was randomly playing on the cd in my car when I got in it tonight too....here is part of it. It's "Brave" by Nichole Nordeman.

I am small
And I speak when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say Your name
Just Your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside?

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
Every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me
That changes everything


PS- Funny Story.... So today I am walking back from lunch with Jen, and I was walking alone downtown on the sidewalk to the bus stop. These two men (old enough to have fathered me) that were true Necks and were in a big camouflage truck started hollering at me and telling me to turn around and talk to them. I ignored them and kept walking, when suddenly I heard a funny noise. I glanced over my shoulder and had to laugh when I saw that they had stalled out in the middle of the road. God has a great sense of humor. That's what they get for acting like that. (and by the way, I was in jeans, a long sleeve t-shirt, a poofy vest, had a huge Vera Bradley bag blocking my butt from view, and had my hair in a pony-tail. There is NO WAY I provoked those comments by dressing provocatively.)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

If you didn't read that title and think of Darth Vadar finding out that he killed his wife, go back and read it again.
Why "nooooo?" Because it's 1:04AM and I am in a bathrobe (still wet from the shower) about to make a sandwich for tomorrow then do what is left of two subjects of hw that is due tomorrow that I should have finished this weekend. I still have to brush my teeth and dry my hair too. Grrr. I am a moron for not making it possible to get a decent night's sleep. I have classes tomorrow at 9:05AM sharp. Technically, that is THIS morning.

Good news though:
1. First meeting of pref singers with me in charge went fairly well.
2. I went to Crossroads with Melissa tonight and had a great time.
3. I found my charger for my cell phone-turns out is wasn't left in Atl, but in the deep pocket of one of my bags.
^This is good bc I use my phone as a second alarm. Yes, I need more than one in the morning. No, I am not a morning person.

Bad news-I am going to be very busy from 9:05AM till at least 9:15PM tomorrow. UGH. Wednesdays are ROUGH. Other bad news-I am still on the internet instead of doing what needs to be done. Not for long though.
Goodnight!
~Meghan

Three Day Weekends Make Me Smile!

Hello all!
I will just give a quick rundown of the weekend. Friday, Tom came to Athens, and we went out to eat and watched X-files and hung out and then went to Covington on Saturday. Saturday, upon arriving home, I realized I had left all my work out clothes in Athens, which stunk since I wanted to work out with Tom on Monday. I got home and said hello to the cats (they were in the laundry room bc it was FREEZING outside) and played with Lucy. Then I made green bean casserole and ate it all by myself for supper-YUM! (It was not a huge one though.) Then Mom and Dad got home from shopping for new kitchen appliances-Dad started to pull out our old stuff and I freaked out because he found my Cocomotion-only the best hot chocolate machine EVER! Not to mention it was my graduation present from high school from Mr. Tommy and Mrs. Patti, so it was a relief to have it back. After freshman year, it was apparently put behind some other things in a corner, and I haven' t been able to find it since. So thanks dad. =)
Let's see... Still on Saturday. I got a call from Tom that his family was going out to eat, so I joined them, but I only had dessert since I had already eaten supper-I had Key Lime goblet from Up the Creek-basically a huge goblet of keylime pie and graham crackers. Amazing. I couldn't eat all of it. YUM. Sunday, I went to church with Tom's family and ate lunch with them at their cousin's house because it was his birthday. Eli was turning 16, and that is a big birthday, so that is why Tom and I had gone back to Covington in the first place. Alrighty....Tom couldn't find his BuzzCard (school id), so we drove back to Athens to look for it, but it wasn't there. That was ok, because then I was able to get my workout clothes. We drove back to Atl because that was our intended destination for Sunday night originally, and we met with Zach at Emory. From his dorm, we went to pick up a friend, Beth, and then all four of us went to the Brick Store Pub for supper and to hang out. It was really fun, and I liked the pub a lot. It was very relaxed, and just...had a cool atmosphere-even the menus were cool. Ok...then Tom and I went back to his place to hang out some more with the roomies and Jessica.
...Monday-Tom, Davey, and I walked to the CRC-the GT workout center- and worked out for about an hour. I was on a treadmill for 30 minutes, and I jogged for the first 10 minutes straight!!! Ok, that might be laughworthy to some of yall, but I DETEST running, so that is big for me. Then I walked for exactly 4 minutes, then I ran some more. Then I walked some more. It ended up being a total of 30 min on the treadmill and only about 10 min of walking. That's huge for me! =) Ok, then I did some weights on my arms and some crunches, then we walked back to the guys' apartment where Daniel, Robert Lee, and Jessica were all hanging out. I made lunch-yummy cheeseburgers-for me and Tom. (Thanks for those beef patties, Mrs. Patti!) And then I stayed to hang out till about 10 or 10:30pm. I got back to Athens around 11:30-45. And then I hung out with Melissa while I unpacked, and we ended up talking for about an hour or two just catching up on the weekend and talking. That may seem like a random thing to write about in a blog...prolly no more random than writing what I had to eat....but still-the reason is because last semester I was busy all the time, and she was too, and we never hung out anymore. It was really sad because we had been close ever since our first week of school freshman year. And I felt like I didn't know a THING about her last semester, but this semester we have been spending more time together, and I appreciate it more now than ever, so it's cool! =)
Sadly, I didn't get to see Alejandra or any of the other OC ppl besides Zach while in Atl this weekend, but there is another year and a half to make up for that. =) Also, one of the best things about this week is that Monday was not spent in class, and Tuesdays I don't have class. So I have classes Wed-Friday this week. The bad thing is I have a ton of homework to do-thank you procrastination, and I have to organize some stuff for Pref Singers for Gamma Phi because we have our first meeting tomorrow at 6:30! EEK! I am scared about this position, but I just have to trust God to guide me. Also, tomorrow, I am planning to go to Crossroads (a Christian Fellowship type thing), and I am excited about it. I haven't been to Crossroads in over 2 years, but I think it will be a nice addition to the week when I can make it-esp on weeks I can't get to Campus Outreach.
Alright, it's 2:20 AM and I am tired. Thanks for reading that really random blog! =)
Toodles!
~Meghan
ps- check out my moblog and facebook pictures for pics from this weekend.

Flashback. Awesome.

I LOVE THE '90'S!

You know you're a 90's kid if...


You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You've worn skorts and felt stylish

You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club

You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in kindergarten

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

" Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE"
They jumped so high high high they touched the sky sky sky and they didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly they jumped so low ow ow he stumbed he's toe oe oe and thats the end end end of the elephants show ow ow

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare"

You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder"

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It

You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff.

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

You know the Macarena by heart.. LOL

" Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain woud finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

Repost this if you were a 90's kid and can relate to any of these!
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Ok, you don't have to repost it, but you KNOW you want to. =) Thanks, Jess for letting me copy your blog. I heart this one! =)

I Can Almost Taste the Weekend...

It's so close-I can smell it...I can almost feel it...I am so ready to have a break. Already! haha I think a lot of it has to do with a lack of sleep from all the reading I have been assigned, but I guess I just have to get back into the swing of things and learn to start my homework much earlier so that I can actually sleep at night. I haven't been to bed before 2:30AM since classes started, and it's not like I even want to be up that late. Grr...I am becoming an old person. My goal? Get in bed by 12AM. No joke. I seriously just don't think I can function tomorrow if I don't get some sleep.
So classes....
~Geology. My teacher is hardcore about some rules. No gum, no food, no drinks (not even H2O), assigned seats, no bathroom breaks, pop-quizzes to make sure you are on time or paying attention, random attendence checks. The whole nine yards. And of course the class starts with The Big Bang. Theory? Who said theory? Not my teacher, that's for sure. Whatever, it's exactly what I expected to happen. One of my sorority sisters, Molly, is in this class with me! Yay!
~Intro to Cinema. My teacher makes me think of the squirrel from Ice Age. He is skinny and funny and animated. I like him a lot, and I think that he really is into his subject. I think this elective is going to be much tougher than I expected, but it's already cool because I am seeing films each week that I haven't seen before and actually learning about them. (We have lectures M&W mornings, Film Screenings W afternoons, and breakout sessions with our TAs on F mornings.) This is really a strange coincidence, but Molly is in THIS class with me too! And so is one of our other sorority sisters, Anna. Yay again! (and Anna is in my Breakout session for this class!)
~Psych 2990. This class is taught by a 4th year grad student. She seems really sweet, but to be honest (and this is no reflection on her), I just don't love Psych Research classes. This one is on how stat is used in the Psychology field. I don't really remember much about Stat to be honest-I took it about 2 years ago and haven't looked at it since. But we'll see what happens. My first lab for that is tomorrow, and it's my first time working with my Psych TA, so hopefully it will go well. This is the class Lauren is in with me.
~Spanish 3010. Wow. This class is booty-kickin'. At least it is kickin' MY booty. It's my first Spanish class in my minor (upper level), so I came in thinking that I was going to just be taking the next step up from Span 2002 (what I had last semester). HA. I come into this tiny conference room and see two tables put together with chairs around them. There are 15 students (including me) and the teacher all sitting at the table...and it's Spanish Conversation and Composition. My teacher speaks SO rapidly that if I am not looking at his face/mouth, I don't know what he is saying. And I still don't know half of what he says if I AM looking at him. At first I thought we were all on the same level (besides this one dude who lived in Mexico until he was 7), but today I saw that some students have a better understanding of what is going on than I do-they understand better, which allows them to participate more. I think I am going to call up this number that was on our syllabus that contacts UGA for free tutoring, because I am going to need it this time. I no longer know anyone in this class from previous things because the girl I knew in here transferred to an earlier one. Boo. But that's ok-I'll make new friends, right? =)
~Psych 3030. A cool but time-consuming One-hour course that I took because it seemed interesting and it gave me an hour. It is about Careers in Psychology. I thought-awesome, I will come in and sit down and listen to ppl talk about how they use their degrees in Psych/got their jobs, and then get an A for attendance. Wrong again. I am really looking forward to what this class can teach me about myself, but there are about a million assignments throughout the semester, some ppl coming in to talk, but a huge packet I have to get at Bel Jean that has all the teacher's powerpoints in it and other stuff, so I am wondering exactly how this class will be handled. But she seems like the sweetest girl. Well...she looks about Kristen's age, so I think of her like that (4 years older than me), but she is actually 31. It's funny how similar they are-both pretty, both married and in school, both graduated with a major in English (and my teacher had one in Psych too) and then went on to work in the same areas as drug reps before deciding to go back to school. Difference-this woman worked as a drug rep for 5 years, is 31, is blonde, and got her master in Psych while pursuing a Ph.D. Kristen-worked one year as drug rep, is 25, brunette, and already has a masters but in English, and is in law school. Whew. But this lady seems like she genuinely wants to help and loves to teach and only gives us those assignments (tons of them) because she feels they are too important to drop. So, I think I will like this course despite the workload for a one hour course. One of the girls from my hall freshman year is in this one, but I haven't gotten to say hello in class yet. Hey, Allison!

SO, my classes...kinda random, right? Well, Geology is the last physical science I will EVER take-(Praise be to the Lord)-and Intro to Cinema fills the last of one area that I had to do and is an elective. Spanish is my minor (PRAY FOR ME, PLLLLLLEEEAASE!), and Psych is my major. After this semester I will only ever get to take Psych and Spanish. So I guess I should actually be enjoying having a break from those two things. But then again, next year is my senior year, so I should really be in the hardcore stuff, right? ....

My Schedule:

Times		Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday		Friday
09:05A-09:55A		GEOL1121				GEOL1121				GEOL1121
09:30A-10:45A								PSYC2990
10:10A-11:00A		DRAM2120				DRAM2120
10:10A-11:00A										DRAM2120
11:15A-12:05P		PSYC2990				PSYC2990				PSYC2990
12:20P-01:10P		SPAN3010				SPAN3010				SPAN3010
01:25P-02:15P						PSYC3030
02:30P-04:25P						DRAM2120

That's right-no classes Tuesday and just a lab Thursday, but 4 classes back to back on M&F, and SIX-count it-6 classes W without a break (including the 2 hour Film Screening). That is a long day-I had it today and am TIRED. But it's almost 12AM, and that is when I wanted to get to bed. That won't happen tonight, but I plan to make it as close to that as possible.
Goodnight!
Love,
Meghan
ps-if you actually read all of the stuff I posted, I am impressed, and you must have been sorta bored. Or a stalker. I prefer bored. *wink*
ps2- I AM GOING TO BE AN AUNT AGAIN! WOOOHOOO! Jonathan and Lisa will have a baby at the end of the summer, I think, YAY! Congrats to them!

Here we go again...

Howdy yall...
Tomorrow...well, technically today, is the first day of classes for the spring semester of the year 2006. This is my 6th semester of college. That feels so weird. Now I am having to make a million decisions....where to intern or study abroad. When to do that. How to spend time getting back in shape and trying to eat well. Where to live next year. How to budget my time and still attend Campus Outreach, small group, singing practices for Gamma Phi, Rho Chi meetings, and babysit. How to do the things I want to do and keep my grades up. When am I going to graduate? I mean...I can graduate on time, but it depends on how I want to use my time-studying abroad, internships, whatever....It's a lot to think about.
Right now, I am excited because I just found out that one of my favorite girls at UGA, Lauren Fortner, is going to be in a psych class with me that is at 11am on MWF and in it's lab on Thursday, so that makes my mornings that much better. =)
Right now, I am also scared because I was asked to be the song chair for our sorority. I thought about it over the weekend and decided to do it. But I just...I don't know what I am gonna do. I mean, Jennifer, the girl who was song chair for the last year and a half, was really great with this. It's time consuming and frustrating at times-that much is obvious from all the practices we have had and from talking to her just as a friend. Gamma Phi-our a cappella group-practices at least once a week (more during competetive times), sings the national anthem at several UGA events, and competes every year in the Beta Choral Cup...in front of every sorority and Beta Theta Pi and many of these ppl's friends and families...it's a bit intimidating to be in charge of a group that has to do all of that. I think I am going to get some girls to be Song Chair assistants. I didn't put my name down or ask to be nominated for this position, but I prayed about it a few months ago and said that if I got asked to do it despite that then I would accept. So I did. So let's just hope this was the Lord's will. If so, then I have nothing to worry about because He has it all taken care of.
Ok...I have too much on my mind and I have to get up early, so I am going to get a shower and go to bed. Please pray for me to handle all of these things well and to make wise decisions!
Sweet dreams!
Love,
Meghan