buddy now has hair!!!!

weekend review

friday i went to see megan. she was gracious enough to allow me to do my laundry at her apartment. in return, i just had to fold her laundry. no problem. while i was folding laundry, i noticed that i folded three of the same shirts in her laundry and mine, which means, in a given week, megan and i wear three of the same things. i'm not sure whether or not we wore them on the same day, but i wouldn't doubt it.

friday night we made milkshakes. i am very jealous she has a blender.

saturday morning megan's car wouldn't start so, like good mechanics, we cleaned her battery (it had nasty smurf-blue fuzz on it) and then jumped her car. btw, aren't our matching cars cute? ry has one too.

then we went to the HSU vs. ETBU game (we matched, but i forgot to get a picture). instead i got a picture of this:

this is what we saw all game. this girl tied her undershirt to her beltloop so she figured she didn't have to pull up her pants.

this is a look of pure joy/excitement:

megan seeing her gift from phil for the first time

she got a monster tetherball

phil posing with his keg of rootbeer i got him:

phil got megan, mom, and i the greatest shirts EVER. this is the back of the hardin-simmons GA's shirt:
the cursive says: "just fiddledikken around."

new pet

thanks to jon, brooke, and braden i know have a new pet: buddy is currently a hairless pig, but hopefully that will be changing soon.


tomorrow i am off to nachagdoches to see meg. saturday is etbu vs. hsu. then sunday is the state fair with lindsay. it's about to be an amazing weekend!!!!

boring

life is pretty boring right now, which really isn't a bad thing. i have been a very diligent student this weekend and have written 4 case study analysis and 2 papers; which means, as long as i get A's on all them, i am done with writing little healthcare papers for the semester. now, i can concentrate on writing my two 20 page papers (CRAP, FO SHO). tomorrow (monday) is my final exam for financial accounting. hopefully, this class will be my official first A as a grad student. then next monday starts a new class: IT and MIS, which apparently also has quite a bit of writing. this grad school thing kinda sucks. and, i still need a job.

good things: tuesday is the first night of GROW, which stands for God Rewards Our Work and is done through my church. on each tuesday of the month groups of people get together and make home visits, write letters, or make phone calls to people in the community. i am the first tuesday of each month (which this month happens to be the second tuesday) and am pretty excited. also, this coming weekend is ETBU vs. HSU. big weekend for the fam. i will get to see megan and phillip (and haley...i guess she counts now, too).

the knee is doing well. i rode the stationary bike for the first time yesterday. tomorrow i am either going to ride the bike again or try swimming. if i feel real brave, i might do both.

random fact of the day: UTD has 4,560 parking spots, yet sells 11,877 permits. and people wonder why we have a parking problem.

sorry this post was boring. next time pictures?

APALLED!

what is the world coming to?! today in the mail i received free snus from camel along with a guide on how to use it. as a country, aren't we supposed to be advocating NOT using tobacco products since we know how unhealthy they are? instead we are mailing out free samples. by the way, snus is the newest thing among underage kids because it is tobacco in small packets that are really easy to hide and don't require spitting, making it easier to not get caught. i am thoroughly disappointed in whoever is responsible for this, and slightly pissed.

more birthday

GOOD JOB MOM!! when i went home wednesday night, my birthday presents from my parents were on my bed. mom made me an apron and got me a beth moore devotional. i love them both!!

side by side: the apron is black with cherries and green ties

close up of the detailing: it has my name and a cherry applique

beth moore devotional: Jesus 90 days with the one and only

update on the knee: surgery well. it wasn't as bad as the doctor originally thought, which is good. now i am working on walking without crutches and regaining my range of motion. thanks to meg, i am quite advanced.

prayer

i'm going to be needing quite a bit of prayer over the next couple of days. today (wednesday) is my big presentation for strategic management which counts for 40% of my grade and i hate speaking in front of groups. tomorrow (thursday) is my knee surgery.




thanks to samar and sarah for the flowers, balloons, cake, and card. y'all are awesome!