Friends and slushies

Today was a day worth blogging about. First, I woke up this morning around 8:30 and went to breakfast with my whole family at Cracker Barrel. I spent a weekend with my entire family, but mostly my sister, because my mom had to work and my dad was playing in a tennis tournament. Times with my whole family are rare, except in the summer. Charlotte and I are ready for summer. I can speak for Charlotte when I say that she is ready because as a former boarding school student, right now is the time where kids get antsy. They are tired of school and ready to come home. Imagine being 16 years old and feeling like you're in college. Being 4 hours away from home and your family and pets can be quite tough at times. As for me, I'm just ready to be done with school. I'm tired and I need a break. It looks like I'm going to be at home this summer and that's okay with me. I guess some things, such as internships, aren't meant to be. Well, at least for this summer. I have another year until I graduate too, so technically, I'm a junior. Maybe I'm going to be at home this summer for a reason. I look at it as making up lost time while I was at boarding school. Hopefully, I will have a job though.

I got back to Raleigh around 1 PM and Mom, Charlotte, and I went to Whole Foods to get some lunch. My dad had to stay back home because he was playing in his tennis tournament again. For those of you who don't know, my dad is REALLY good at tennis. He's a South Carolina state champion and he takes it pretty seriously. He plays every weekend. I'm proud of him. :) Anyway, after we ate, Mom and Charlotte dropped me off at school and they took off for Virginia. At 3 PM, I headed down to the soccer field to see one of my best friends, Maggie, who was in town visiting and "refereeing" for the powderpuff football game that was supposed to happen today. Well, when I got there, I discovered that the seniors (with the exception of 2) hadn't showed up to play, so they forfeited and the juniors won.

Maggie and our friends, Katie, Sam, and Kourtney decided to meet Kiran at the Royal Bean for slushies. We stayed there for about an hour just talking and laughing at random stuff. It was a lot of fun talking to everyone, especially Maggie and Katie because I haven't seen them in so long. I don't think I mentioned this earlier, but they are Meredith alums. Then, we left and headed over to the apartments and went to see our friend, Kasey. We stayed and talked to her for a while and then we headed back. Maggie had to go so she dropped us off. It was really good to see her today. I really needed that. I've missed her a lot. Also, it made me really miss one of my best friends, Elise, who could not be here today due to the fact that she now lives in West Palm Beach, FL. However, she was there in spirit!

After that, my mom came back through Raleigh and I met her for dinner at Moe's. She couldn't stay long because she had to drive another 2 and a half hours back home. My parents have done a TON of driving in the past 6 years. I seriously don't know what I would do without them. So, I headed back to school and got settled in. I decided at around 9:30 that I really wanted some ice cream so my friend, Beth and I went and got some ice cream. Today was a REALLY good day. It was jam-packed full of family and friends. Days like these are the reason I live. If y'all are reading this, I love you guys. :)

Bruises and Blisters

I will start off by saying that today was a very good day. I went to class (I only have one class on Wednesdays) and then I had to do a survey for Statistics class in the dining hall. It didn't take as long as I thought it would. My partner and I just went around and asked 20 girls what class they were in and how many credit hours they were taking for their major this semester. Then, I texted my friend, Katelyn and asked her what she was doing and she told me she was about to go for a walk around Lake Johnson and that I should go. So I decided I would go because I hadn't seen her in a while and I missed her. Well, without thinking, I didn't go back to my room and get any tennis shoes. I just left right away and told her I would meet her at her apartment. On the way to her apartment, I somehow got extremely lost and ended up driving through State's campus when I was supposed to be going down Gorman Street. After about 20 minutes, I found her apartment and we took her brother's dog, Sunny for a walk around the lake. Well, I was expecting this lake to be pretty small. Boy, was I wrong! The thing was HUGE! And I had on Tory Burch flats! Anyway, it was a lovely walk - complete with hills - and I got a pretty decent workout, but I could tell I was going to get blisters later on. We walked about 4 miles. After the walk, we went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe where I enjoyed a smoothie with Splenda (Elise would be so proud haha) and Katelyn enjoyed a smoothie and a sesame chicken salad. We spent about 30 minutes there. It was such a beautiful day today so we sat outside in the sunshine. After that, I met my friend/future roommate, Mary at Oberlin Court. We are hopefully going to be living there next year. We turned in our applications today and we're on the waiting list. Anyway, that took about 30 minutes and then we went back to school where they were having dinner in the courtyard. This is one of my favorite things about school and Spring. We have dinners outside and they are so much fun. Mary and I ended up eating with Sam and her suitemate, Alicia. It was a good time. We stayed out there for about an hour and I inhaled a piece of key lime pie. It was SO good. Then, I came back to my room and did some homework, took a shower, and watched American Idol because Miley performed tonight. I talked to a few people online and my friend, Trey actually came by and picked me up and we went on a short Cookout run. That was fun. And now, I am about to wrap this up and go to bed. I have had a great day that was jam-packed with laughs with friends. I don't think I could ask for anything more. :)

Back to the blisters, I have recently just noticed that they are REALLY bad so I washed them with warm water and soap and put some Neosporin on them. I have been getting hurt a lot recently. Last night, I was wearing my pink bedroom shoes from Target that I always wear around my room. Sometimes, I like to slide around on the hardwood floors in my room and do "Risky Business" moves. And by "sometimes", I mean all the time. I don't know why. I think it's some sort of habit. Anyway, I slid a little too much last night and I ended up falling and hitting my shoulder on my dresser. I don't know how I managed to do that, but I did and I laughed very hard at myself.

Okay, I'm going to bed now. It's past my bedtime. Goodnight :)