mandey's world

you know, many people make resolutions, but does anyone truely ever keep them? veryvery rarely! so instead of making hopeless promises, i'd rather look at all the great things that happened in 2004. yes, let's take a small trip down memory lane and see all the things that happened...hmmm...let's attempt to go in chronological order. january..oh yea, i won a trophy in literary criticism. that trip oh boy. who would have thought that you could lose an exchange student in a bookstore, and then lose 4 more people on the rescue mission? oh yea and stay on the ghetto side of town w/gun shots at midnight? lol..fun times...Speech. ah yes...that flows throughout most of 2004. TFA state. that is a trip i will never forget. on march 3, i stepped on my first airplane! holding andy's hand, i successfully made it into the air w/out freaking out and my ears popping! lol. that is a trip that will never be forgotten;). ahh..and what was waiting for me when i got back from that trip? my acceptance letter to St. Gregory's, St. Thomas, Tech, and UTA! ahh yes. then came the hard part: choosing a school. wow. best decision ever made! that made all the difference in the world! of course, the definate decision did not come til may but it's all good;). prom w/my girls..ah yes, the three of us girls going stag! great times. and where would i be w/out graduation??? so many stresses, but i made it! i survived:)

summer's a little hazy b/c of course there was not much done. but my life went right into gear in august! met my roommate and despite all the warnings i received from my brother, we have gotten along pretty good. grant you, we do have our moments, but the friendship is great! and it's always nice having someone to go to church with! and of course when i just couldn't stand sitting through a history lecture, i could always count on laura!:hugs: suitemates are so great! kelly, julie and brandi are always looking out for us and we never fight minus the whole temp. wars the first two weeks of school;). trinity has been a wonderful place to live. everyone is so friendly and the hall is so lively. it's gonna be sad when i move out:( maybe i'll move back some day? EXCEL: there is so much to say about it! w/out excel, i don't know where i'd be...my whole college experience has revolved around it and most of my friends are in excel. i cannot express how much it has influenced me. and then there is that randomly selected mentor i have;) so much thanks to mk who reassured me that college would be great and has continued encouraging me as the year has gone on. many thanks to everyone who has had to deal w/my ranting! yal are so awesome! being able to sit back and reflect allows me to truely see how blessed this year has truely been! i do miss loved ones who are no longer here but i know that they are safe and healed. 2004 was full of ups and downs as any other year and it will never be forgotten. as i bring in the new year, i take w/me the memories of 2004 as well as 2003 and all the other yrs as well. 2005, here i come. ready to tackle challenges; ready to study; ready to have fun; ready to live some more!

awww... late nights. gotta luv them...i officially have no more than 19 more days until back to arlington for sure! oh yes... that number sounds so great! not much going on here except boredom and wishing i was away from this dumb town that they call a city. i'm sick of the south plains, sick of all those stupid tech logos everywhere...bleh. i guess tech is a good school...it's just that lubbock is red and black ALL of the time! and the bowl game on thursday...:P it isn't like they've actually won a bowl game any time recently?! and everyone is so hyped about it? so stupid...basketball?? don't get me started! guys suck as usual. and the girls! well they've, in my opinion, have always been the best sports program that university has had! don't ask me why i just spent a whole paragraph on tech b/c i don't know why either.

well i just got finished w/a movie night w/my mom and aunt. we watched raising helen which i've seen so manytimes but yes, i'll admit it, still cry every time. then a cinderella story:) and finally stepford wives. i had never seen that one. omg. so great! awesome movie!

aww...convos w/some of my closest friends on the net...lol..it's almost like we are talking in person;) yes, i will never give up on johny depp! he will be mine! and we will stick to our battle plan! everyone will wantto steal my johny away from me but yes, we will..remember, "work our way up to the strongest". lol...fun times making up random convos. well..if i don't post, everyone be safe and have a happy new year...i'll post after the new year

well..christmas was fun. real fun...lol. fun times w/the family. first things first. i got my digital camara..right now i am gonna continute using albumtown until i get back to arlington b/c i can't download blogger bot on my mom's computer. so for now, visit my album and then click on christmas 2004 and you can see all my pics i took for christmas:)

well now i can let everyone know of the great and most awesome blessing my family has received. now that my brother has told the family and all;) . i am gonna be an aunt:). by august i will have a niece or a nephew or....both or more...lol. my oldest brother trey and his wife amelia are gonna be parents. in the last sonogram, the doctor said that there is something hiding...soooo...lol...more babies?? lol. they just wanted to be blessed w/one child and they may have more! sorry. had to keep it a secret for so long. there were reasons. those reasons still exist but not as much anymore now that we are going on week 10.

wellso, new baby...now what would christmas be w/out more suprises?? lol. well sarah, zach's girlfriend told us that she will soon start taking classes at church and wishes to become Catholic. my parents are happy. it was zach's and sarah's decision on all of that and my parents would have been perfectly fine if they wished to marry and raise their children in any other church. sarah said that she wanted to convert and get married in the church. it's gonna be so beautiful!!! at least 2 more years until it happens though..she has to graduate from tech first;) the next wedding i'll for sure be attending will be my cousin chrissy's next october. weird..very weird...she's exactly one yr. older than me. i am serious. november 19th at 4:02 pm. it's a real shot of reality hitting me. but wow. i am so happy for her! and i will be in dallas and will even get to go to her bridal shower! aww... well i'm gonna let yal all go b/c i bet i am boring the heck out of everyone. thanks for hearing the ramblings;) laters

YAY for snow..it started coming down as icy rain this morning at 2am. i know this b/c i was driving over to tech to pick my momma up from work. it started sticking at 3:30 as we were coming out of walmart...and what was mandey wearing?? t-shirt, jeans, and flip flops..oh yea baby! oh yea and did i mention that i left my jacket laying on my bed and all that was in the car was my dad's windbreaker...oh yes. 22 degrees outside and snowing and i was wearing that! lol ;) well it's been lightly snowing all day and the sun has been coming out every so often and melting some...but it's suppose to continue through friday! yay!:)

well the hair experiment failed greatly...what i wanted didn't happen and i even bought some special stuff. blehhhh...oh well better luck next time, right? well laters.

don't have a lot to say except 27 more days. yes! 27 days max! lol...

well i found some interesting sites. this one was truly fun. try making the cowevel make his goal. i am working on it..the first time i only got 390 pts.

yay for moms! seriously...to make things nice and short, life's been in the dumps these past few days...i've been the target for everything so what do i do being the person that i am?? shut myself in my room of course...earlier, my parents told me how sorry they were...of course i forgave them...my mom...yes..she so could tell that everyone was getting to me. ok i am the kind of person that won't come out and say that you are bothering me...i finally almost blew up at someone earlier but walked away..they of course called my parents and whined to them...that's when my parents told me how sorry they were...gotta luv them. so right now i am destressing myself..a smirnoff and a jackdaniels should do the trick...one thing i've learned-too much time in lubbock is a definate bad thing. i don't think i will ever be able to come back and live here; i like big city life. so on that note, i am thinking of at least try it next winter-stay in arlington and take a wintermester class...i get christmas week off..one week in lubbock and back to arlington..of course the parents will have to approve but honestly i don't see what's the reason to come to lubbock for a whole month??? well, i've almost finished my drink and after that i'm gonna go try that thing they call sleep...maybe for once i'll actually be able to experience it...laters.

"The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane" --Donald G. Smith

kids do the cutest things ever! lol.. just got back from my brother's christmas concert. every year, kindergarten thru 6th sing in the concert. it never fails: there is always some enjoyable moments of laughter b/c of the cute things they do.:) beforehand, we were warned that a few of the kids during rehearsal got stage fright so badthat they got sick. so we were expecting something...well at least no one got really sick. just a few kids who really had to go right in the middle of a song;) oh yea, and one kid who broke into tears..that poor little 4th grader:( the most enjoyable, i mean you were on the floor laughing yourself silly performance was of course the kindergarten/1st grade performance! they are just so innocent and don't realize the things they do...great times. so far so good around the house...saturday i am not allowed to go anywhere b/c we are making tamales...i know what some of you are thinking: YUMM, what's wrong w/that? i'll tell you what's wrong..the making part! that stuff takes forever and it's hard work. blehhhh...and no there will not be any left to take back to arlington..heck we'll be lucky if they last til next week! lol. well later all

ring, cap, gown, invitations, tickets, parties...awww...today sitting w/zach and momma..that was fun. it's so weird that in like 7 months my brother will be a college graduate. everyone is so proud of him! we are going all out for him-one being he can pick any ring he wants and can put all the extras that he wants on it..lol. right now our only obstacle is that rumor has it he will only be getting 6 tickets for guests to graduation..that doesn't even cover immediate family and then you factor in the grandparents, then godparents, girlfriend...yea...he lost count on his fingers...we're hoping that some of his indian friends will give him their extra tickets or that maybe just maybe b/c it's august graduation, there are not as many people graduating...just us minus him and including his girlfriend, sarah is 8! yea..Dilemma... but it'll work out..i know it!

well right now, my oldest bro and his wife are proving to be the hardest to shop for on my christmas list...arg..there is something i really want to get them but if something goes wrong, i really don't want to cause any heartaches...arg...

just a short update on that blessing...right now things are going well...please pray for my family;we'd very much appreciate it.

well i better go change so that i can go pick my momma up from work and then go to walmart:) walmart at 2 in the morning..gotta luv it..laters.

haven't posted in a few days b/c there's really been no point to do so..big news of the week: i am bored! i wanna go back to arlington! at least i had something to do or somewhere to go. of course can't since ya, trinity is closed and mostly everyone went home too. darn. went and saw some old teachers yesterday..yes, laugh all you want but gosh, they all really influenced me a lot and i love going and talking to them from time to time. mrs. wade...oh mrs. wade..lol..she kept on asking what kind of guys i've found and how many dates i've been on..lol..fun stuff w/her..she's like youre graduated why are you back? the story behind that is back in 8th grade science, she kept on ranting that no one ever comes back once they go off to high school. well throughout highschool, at least once a yr. erin and i would go up there and see her..then last may, the last time i had seen her and taken her a graduation invite, she said she'd never see us again b/c we're too good for jr. high...lol..had fun seeing her face yesterday;). well other than making changes to my blog, not a lot's been going on..btw, if you'd like me to add you to my links, leave a comment or email me and let me know:) i don't wanna add anyone unless i get your permission minus one person of whom had already acknowledged to me that you wouldn't mind like ohh..a week ago;)..lol..laters.

finally rest after a very VERY long day! last night was an experience of it's own at the speech tournament over at lubbock high...yea, mandey got to judge what? Debate...yea;P and not just any debate, CX!! which is only the worst form of debate everknown to man! lol..luv all my friends that are CX fanatics, but me being a public speaker/interper can't stand debate let alone CX! bleh...now i understand when my coach would tell the debaters not to get into a fit and be overly sarcastic...it peeves the hell out of a judge...i wanted to grab one of those girls last night and shake her crazy! lol..probably would have if i didn't have that whole ethics thing..;) today i started early! i judged one of my favs: prose! arg...it was prelims...way too many blehs...but it was ok..most of them were beginners, so that was perfectly fine..i remember when i was a newbee...good times good times...then one round of dramatic followed by a round of humorous followed by a 2nd round of dramatic, semis of humorous and lastly finals of dramatic...what fun all of that was! i truely did have fun though! but oh my gosh..the taboos arewhat got so annoying...'i was raped; i was abused; have cancer; aids...and hey, isurvived it all'...or 'i live in the crazy house' arg...after three rounds of Dramatic, i remember why i prefered not to do it myself when i was in highschool...omg..i haveto tell the story...i did both preliminary rounds if Dramatic interpretation. sometimes, b/c it takes a lot of devotion to do dramatic, it is hard to get enough people entered in an event so sometimes peopleare just randomly thrown in just to make numbers...yea..my first round, it was as though half those people were 'fillers'...yep yep..this one girl went off in some way out story...2 minutes into it, she goes..ok, that's all...and she walks out of the room..i was like...ok?? well igo turn in my ballot and then do humorous where of course i have a couple of 'fillers' once again...go to lunch, then they go hey, you want to judge Dramatic? sure why not...well most of the people go through..b/c there are just a few sections i get a few of the same people again...a couple i was soooo happy to have...and then i'm waiting on my lastperson...i turn and look out the door when i hear a gasp followed by a muttered oh crap! it was my 2 minute filler from earlier...gosh...i guess she had hoped she would neverhave to see me again;) well at least this time she spoke a whole minute longer! lol...well, today i saw many of my friends! yes..it's sad; many of my friends are people who don't even live here in lubbock! i so forgot about this one girl from Tascosa high school..one of my former competitors and a good friend...yea,,,i judged her twice! lol..fun times! ok..it's been since like august since i saw Locke aka "dave" my old speech coach...i finally get to hug her like midmorning when both of us had a few moments..we started talking then i hear a "what is this? Mandey flores isn't gonna even acknowledge me? not even a formal hello?" yea..it was my old old speech coach...ok..i'm sorry but i really had no real connection to her...she was my coach for what? a semester...truely only 2 months...who taught me everything that helped me succeed? Dave. who got me all the resources? Dave. i wanted to spend time w/my close friend not some distant teacher...she was so offended. all i had said was oh hi!! and gave an excuse that i didn't recognize her and that i was really tired and all..i know she didn't buy it, but who cares??? then later, i heard some things that really got me mad...supposedly, a position is opening up..but the thing is, a dear friend has that position..so...yea! really peeved me off!and she hasn't done anything worthy of being fired! grr....if i come to find that this information is true, i have a strong inkling to go give some people a piece of my mind! well things are going good here...it's taken me a whole hr. to write this entry b/c everyone keeps on getting me to fill their cokes and doing things for them...grr...well, my momma and i are gonna go exploring soon;) lol...shopping time!! can't wait!! and she's gonna help me find some hair dye that will make my hair go to some other color than Auburn that quickly turns to a bad orangy color...yes! weare gonna experiment! yay!! maybe we will figure it out by the time i go back to school!well gonna go and get some sleep since yea, have church w/the family early in the morning...talk to yal laters and sorry for the long rambling:)

couldn't keep myself from the computer...lol..well i am back in lubbock. as we were driving, i knew we were getting closer just by looking out my window and seeing all the cotton fields;) well, within an hour of getting home, i was put in charge of babysitting..go figure! lol.. yep so i get to watch my little brother while my older bro goes out w/his girlfriend...what fun..not! well i call around to peeps, andi get the response i was expecting. oh wells..thanks megan for hearing me out last night...you're so right! well..forget what might have been and thinking about the weekend ahead..i called up my old speech coach..i know yal think i am a nerd, but last year, she was truely one of my closest and dearest friends and still is. i come to find out that one of the other speech teams is hosting a tourney this weekend and they are in the pits at the moment...they desparately need judges..so what is mandey doing this weekend??? JUDGING!!! yay! i have been looking forward to this day for a LONG time! i can't wait...i just hope i don't judge debate...bleh...well it'll be fun either way..

late night convos are so interesting...lol
gibberish-Laura
"a what a what?" -Me
"a blubberbut?" laura
"no, a what a what?"me
"a bubble butt? i don't have a bubble butt"laura
"no i said a WHAT A WHAT" -me
"oh..ok..well ido have a bubble butt but that's beside the point"-laura

gotta luv talks at 3 am in the morning:) this whole week, we sucessfully stayed up past 4 am..in one way or another..lol. well this whole post was meaningless...

"whatever women do, they must do twice as good as men to be thought of half as good. Luckily that is not difficult" -Charlotte Whitton

well...i left trinity for like a whole hr. today;) oh yea...well now i kinda regret it, but sleeping in was a really good thing for me. ok, gotta tell this story...well i get up at 7 to go set up for free donuts downstairs. christy asks if i will stay down there and monitor it to make sure guys don't just walk off w/a dozen of the krispy creams or anything crazy like that..i agree of course...so i lay down on the couch and am watching i love lucy..yep fun times..mind you, i don't have my contacts on. so i just see blurs on the screen and blurs of people...then the tony danza talk show comes on..yea, i fell asleep...wake up like at 9:15 and see julie getting some donuts...talk to her for a bit and then people start coming back from tests...everyone said that they saw me sleeping and were wondering how long i had been there. lol...delila..aww delila...she said that she was wondering if i'd still be sleeping when she got back..she seemed a little disappointed? lol...i finally go up to my room like at 10 and take a shower:) i combed my hair, and then fell back to sleep:) when i woke up, i proceeded to put my hair in a pony tail...it was sooo soft!! but of course curly...but my hair..aww...so soft..lol mandey decided to start cleaning the room today...got things all done and basically other than that was really REALLY laZy..thought oh wells; i'll go to the office tomorrow! ha..righht...my bro comes to my room like at 4:30 and the first thing he says is "we're leaving tomorrow" i attempt to reason w/him b/c of course i have the rest of the week all planned out...he goes "well i am leaving tomorrow with or w/out you...if you want to stay here..fine but how you'll get home is beyond me" dang i hate him for that! well not hate..that word is way too strong. i am angry w/him..yep so i am driving out tomorrow at noon...mixed feelings about that. i do want to go home. truely i do but i love my life here. i am like a guest in lubbock..it's not the same as it used to be. umm...will be very interesting seeing old friends. i have really changed since may..yea, may was really the last time i saw anyone...but i am a completely different person than i was 6 months ago. Some of them will be shocked..usually when something about me would change, i would attempt to mask it but now? there's no hiding me...it's different..i have learned so much and grown so much. i can't pretend to be someone i most definately am not. if they hate me for who i truely am, it's not my fault. i just want to be real. i thank all of my friends here that accept me for who i am and put up w/all my crap. i just don't know if people back home will ever be able to do the same..maybe i'm underestimating them? but in so many ways i can feel that i'm not. don't know how things will turn out there...well i hope that everyone has a good and safe holiday..since i didn't get to say bye like i had planned, i am sending goodbyes and hugs through here...i will be on the internet mostly when i'm home but of course i have to share w/at least 4 other people...hopefully i will get to talk to you sometime..if not i will see yal in january! can everyone please keep my family in your prayers..we would very much appreciate it...:hugs all aroung: one month..it's just one month..lol..;)

well bye bye finals! lol..yay for being done w/finals..so glad about that...nice all nighter i did pull..i wrote my outlines on the dry erase board in the study lounge...fun times there...sociology test was pretty much a breeze..i know i missed one question...other than that i might have missed like a few...but still good grade there! history..oh my..well it was the same like any of her other tests but of course w/all her other tests, i never know how i do what i do...wish i knew what they liked in my papers..i always think it's crappy but the grade says otherwise..who knows...well came back and slept! i mean really sleep! well kinda;)...i don't know how i ended up taking that many advil and alieve??? honestly i don't remember takingall those pills. and i can't find them anywhere like if i brushed them off the desk. already searched...at least i got some sleep..thank you to those who looked out for me:) well when i finally did get up got to watch one of my alltime favorite movies: a walk to remember! aww..love it so much..still cry every time! then playing pool w/megan chris and laura...sorry guys, i am bad luck! serious, whoever's team i was on, we lost..yep..i suck at pool...air hockey! omg..fun game.."did you get blood on the puck?" lol...IHOP at 1 am is always fun...lol..i won't put the quote that i so know megan will be putting on her blog, but lets just say we had fun..i so love the whole camping idea..although i would be scared out of my mind doing some of that stuff megan and chris were talking about, something about doing it w/friends makes it all less scary and more fun! i honestly love listening to old stories...so much fun hearing the memories of others...i so can't wait for super bowl party now..not a big football person but i'm so there...in all actuality, the only times i have truely been really involved in superbowl parties was not w/family but when i would go out w/my friends to their superbowl parties:)...interesting..very interesting. well some stresses are finding their way out of my life, thank goodness. hate it when i'm caught in the middle and can't say anything...sucks a lot...especially when i care about all involved...that applies to many I mean WAY too many things going on in life in general. well more and more each day i can't wait for things to happen...can't wait til i get home in a sense..i want to see the new cat my mom got this past week; want to play with my cat. hug my momma silly. and just see all of my family...be able to get in the car and see them just like that. even my oldest brother..now that's weird. i want to see them all. why is it that you don't truely appreciate something until it's no longer there? example: being woken up at 5 am b/c my little bro just heard thunder and wants to sleep in my bed w/me...ok seriously, i got to a point where i didn't want him on my bed b/c he's a boy and omg, he snores like a grown man! but it was those nights when the rain was pouring down and i would sing him to sleep or we'd watch a movie to go to sleep that we really bonded..that we knew that we were safe. well sorry about the random visit down memory lane...funny thing that happened earlier...
J "did you have a guy in your room after 1?"
Me"of course not..we were just seeing the foozeball"
J"but i was Just in there a bit ago"
Me "yea, we just walked in 5 minutes ago. who do you think we are? rule breakers?" lol...hehe...fun times...

well finals week can make everyone a little on the edge...really needed tonight..i know i should have been studying my butt off, but that's what i'm doing now...i have the rest of the week, or holidays for that matter to sleep...right now i am on a short break, b/c my dumb body for some reason is failing me and my head is bobbing around..what is up w/that;) well, watched life aquatic tonight over at the amc. gotta luv free movies...then late night breakfast courtesy of laura...ahaha...unofficial social all courtesy of laura..lol..coffee...yummm...good times outside;) in the cold...lol..it was a great get together so have to admit that...and yea, i am a loser...i've never done anything way out...boring loser..i could see it in megan's eyes...there is some adventure idea brewing in her head....hmmm....oh my gosh, refer to megan's entry for the story on cody, lil' brudder, and faith...hahaha...that was freaking hilarious!! we had way too much fun w/those videos...lol..i am still laughing myself silly on those... well my head is coming back down from the clouds and i still have tons of studying to do before my first exam at 11 and the second at 2...wish me luck! and of course i hope everyone is doing and will do good on all finals! i personally can't wait to finish mine b/c yea, i am so wanting to read a new book i just got!!:) i did a no no this afternoon and was reading through it instead of studying;) ya know youre an english major when ya love to go through dictionaries...lol..i don't care how many people make fun of my facination w/words...they just don't understand the beauty! lol...that includes ignacio who didn't let up for a second how nerdy i had to be for reading my book! just don't appreciate language, man! lol. you gotta love words! can i hear an amen?

well i have stalled for exactly 10 minutes...it is about time i go back to the study lounge and continue my studying for sociology and history...laters peeps..you might not see me til wednesday...actually i might treat myself tomorrow night and go to...umm...:) yea...B&N....that is if i get the car...which is in high hopes..:crossing fingers: night all...well actually to those who actually sleep..morning to all..lol..laters

well, yesterday was a great day..didn't have a chance to write about it til now;) fun times decorating the float w/seth, ignacio, amber and kelly..lol..parumpatum tum..lol.. hehe..christmas party over at club 301 was great! everyone was all dressed up and it was just a great party. got home at...don't remember but like as i was finally winding down and laura and nancy had walked in and were settling down, the stupid fricking fire alarm went off..that was like at 2:30...yep..and how long does it take the police on average to get over here and fix it? at least 45 fricking minutes...we walked out: me blind as a bat and not feeling well in pjs and nancy as confused as a high schooler can be...yep we just got into the car and gave nancy a tour of cooper street til 3:30ish...went back and i finally got some sleep before my algebra final. not a lot, i grant you..but at least it was some sleep. didn't study b/c yea, it's algebra for goodness sakes; if you don't know it now, what makes you think you will know it tomorrow? and algebra is so...not hard...mulitple guess...work backwards and plug in, you'll get the answer. yep, came back and slept; laura and nancy left for texarkana, and like at 1 what should happen but another f*ing alarm! grrr...apparently, when they fixed them thursday, it did no good! so glad no one was in the suite...i woke up...not muttering swear but screaming it...kinda sorta chewed one of the nice office aids off...yea, i was in a bad mood. i know; i have become, um..a little lighter with my words. what can i say? pshhh...i am becoming more liberal? who knows and who cares...but at least my day got better. went to lunch w/the bro and had a good time having random convos. parade of lights was a new experience. the parade itself was well seemed short..but oh well, it was getting chilly out there! then we went and watched closer...ok, mandey's...i'll be honest: my first R rated movie to see in the theatres...weekend's been awesome! have really great friends that just make college life a blast! what would i do w/out them? man, i think i would have had a pretty boring college experience! gals of 301, yal are awesome! lol:) well, who knows what i'll do for the rest of the night. as much as studying is very tempting, i doubt that'll happen. still have tomorrow and monday for that. one more day til mocksmas!!! yay!

well today was so freaking awesome! i must say that today was a very great day!! got to sleep in til almost ten! oh yea! well, went over to the office and hung out there before history..yes, oh yes. last time for history 1311! well all the set up for holiday celebration was tedious but very much well worth it! there were many people that came and i overheard people saying how great the decorations were...great event! holiday after party was great! i am just so happy about all of that:) so not expecting any of it...so totally awesome! of course when kelly told mk "you planned it like that" i of course knew that my name was getting called out! lol...mk, you are such a great mentor! so glad that you hinted and invited me to try out excel! my new home! my family! lol btw, elf was a great movie; so glad i got to see it:) ok, have to do this: Laura, BIG ROOMIE HUG!! always and forever! smile, it's a great day...well, gonna go and take a shower, i still smell like the smoke from the fireplace:P night all!

YAY...shopping is like the best thing EVER...lol..way too many fun times shopping:) i just love shopping for the perfect gifts for those i care about...don't really care of the getting thing but i love giving! kinda upset that i can't get everyone something, but i still care about you ALL! :) and yea, laura and i were like taunting each other about gifts to one another and decided that we are making a tradition..every year, even though we're not gonna be roommates, we are celebrating a new holiday:) now and forever more, December 6th is a holiday! it is our christmas! lol. our, how did we decide it????? mocksMAS...so on monday everyone will be wished a Merry MocksMas! hehe...well today's been good..other than shopping, i just went to english and then hung out in the office...yea, gave my presentation in english..yep..i was attacked so much by the umm...won't get too much into that...but basically those that were opposing me, were stereotyping and weren't listening to my side of the argument...arg...oh and i had lost an envelope w/a check for lubbock municpal court for my ticket..i was so upset...but some nice lady found it in a parking lot and called my home number and talked to my momma saying she found it and what she could do w/it and all...aww..that was so nice!:) made my day! well i am done w/being the student in college adjustment! next year i get to be the teacher! hehe..well i just got back from hall council..that was fun:) letters of appreciation all around and group hugs:) luv those peeps! hehe..well other than that, night all!