Random Ramblings

I'm not sure what to write my blog about this week, so I figured I would just start typing whatever came to mind. This may or may not work out well. Here goes nothing.
This morning I absolutely did NOT want to wake up. I mean, that's how I feel most Monday mornings, but for some reason it was worse today. After trying to keep myself awake through my incredibly boring accounting class, I decided that I needed to get some Starbucks to keep me awake for English class. I normally try to stay away from coffee--I just don't like the taste, and it's a bit too expensive. Thankfully, Starbucks makes those sugary drinks that taste nothing like coffee, so I got one of those. I've been weirdly tired lately, and I don't know why. I probably slept more than I was awake this weekend, honestly. I was productive as well, I didn't just sit in my room all weekend, but a lot of it was still spent in my bed or sleeping on the futon. I think I sleep so little during the week that my body needs to catch up on the weekends. The Starbucks is wearing off now and I'm debating taking a nap later since I don't work today. Naps are probably one of the greatest things in my life. This blog is making close to zero sense right now, so I'll just stop it here.

Good good good weekend.

This weekend, a good friend of mine and my roommate's came to visit us! Her name is Sally and she goes to Tennessee Tech. She told us that UT seems like a "real college" compared to hers, because TTU is so small. I'm so glad she got to visit, because we hardly get to talk since we went off to grown-up land in college. On Friday we were all pretty lazy because we were tired, so we watched movies and talked and laughed (with Rebecca Mullen visiting, of course!) Then Saturday we went and showed her around Knoxville! We were going to actually go to the Sunsphere because I've wanted to go there for awhile, but it was kind of icky and cloudy on Saturday, so we ended up at the mall, like typical girls. She was amazed at West Town mall, because we're used to nasty Rivergate mall back home (if you've ever been there, you would understand...) so she wanted to stay there forever, although we couldn't do that, obviously.  We then went to Target and then back to campus to watch more movies.

Sally and Ivy with me ruining pictures as always :) 

Later that night, we walked through the scary Fort up to our friends' apartment to hang out.  Our friends Shyanne and Chase were also visiting this weekend, so we wanted to see them. We all hung out and played cards and Apples to Apples (which is the best game ever invented, by the way). When we realized how late it was getting, our friend Walt drove us back to South Carrick so we didn't end up being in one of those dreaded emails about the Fort robberies and all that. Sally and I couldn't sleep so we ended up talking until about 7 am in iHop when she left to go back to good ole Cookeville. I then proceeded to sleep until 3 in the afternoon, like a champ. I have since been procrastinating studying for an accounting exam tomorrow, which I will probably regret...ah well. I guess it must be time to study!

Back home again

This past week for some reason has been really stressful for me. I didn't have any tests or exams or even papers due, but I just felt like it dragged on forever. So last night, I randomly decided to drive the three or so hours back home. Usually the drive is just really boring and makes me wish someone would invent teleportation or something. I mean, it's 2012, weren't we supposed to have that by now? Anyway, I think I really needed that drive. I was able to think a lot (and sing...quite loudly...) and it was definitely what I needed.

I've spent the weekend so far by being lazy and watching movies with my brother and stepmom. I probably should have brought some homework home, but I left in a hurry so I'll finish it tomorrow night...hopefully. Right now we're watching some movie that I cannot recall the name of. It has George Clooney and Ryan Gosling in it, though. I expected it to be good (partly because of the stars...) but it's honestly really boring. No offense if you like this movie. The Ides of March is what it's called, according to my stepmom.

I really don't know what I intended to write about in this blog, I just don't really feel like watching this movie and it's nice to type out thoughts, no matter how incoherent they most likely seem. Also, I'm not a fan of this cold weather. It can start being warm again anytime...

Going home

Sometimes it's just really good to go home for a few days.

As much as I absolutely love Knoxville, there are times when I just need my family, and this weekend was one of them. It's my brother's birthday on Monday (the 6th), so I came home for his birthday party on Saturday.

Usually when I come home I expect to be completely and utterly bored the entire time. If you lived in White House or have ever visited (I know none of you probably ever have besides Rebecca), you would understand why. Walmart is our main attraction and everyone is usually still in Knoxville (or Cookeville or Murfreesboro) when I come home.

Surprisingly, however, I've had the best time this weekend.
Friday night I went with my cousin Brittany to visit my cousin Andrew up in Bowling Green for dinner. As always, I laughed so much with those two that it is surprising that I don't have abs by now. We all caught each other up on our lives and everything like that and joked and ate and just had a grand ole time.
Saturday I got to watch my brother play basketball and cheer him on like the embarrassing big sister I love to be. Then I got to do my taxes (hey, it can't allll be fun...), and then it was time for the birthday party. It ended up being a smaller party than expected, but that turned out better than it probably would have with the younger cousins running around causing chaos like three- and four-year-olds do. We all somehow decided we were going to do the cinnamon challenge (if you haven't heard of it, it's like when you take a spoonful of cinnamon and try to swallow it...yeah, pretty dumb I know...look it up on youtube). I was videotaped by my lovely cousin Becca; here's a link if you reeeeeeally want to see, but it's nothing special. Anywho, Saturday was just tons of fun because spending time with my cousins is probably one of my favorite things to do, since it's never boring and they're just plain hilarious.
Sunday I finally got to visit my church for the first time in a really long time. It was the best experience seeing all of my old friends and pastors again, and worshiping in my own church. As for the Super Bowl...I was driving back to Knoxville throughout most of it, so you can see how much football means to me.

All in all, it was the best weekend, and I'm so glad I got to go home for awhile.