Spring break, etc.

I'm really sad that Spring Break is over, because it was a great week (and because I have to do school work again...).  My roommate and I went to Panama City with a bunch of people from UT, and it was a ton of fun. There were a lot of us going, but we were in this huge condo, and the only issue was the showers thing...imagine a ton of people with only three showers...but it wasn't too bad. I met a bunch of new friends and got to go to the beach every day. You really can't tell by my lack of tan, since I am unable to tan properly. Oh well. We went to Pier Park a lot, which is like a shopping place across from the pier that has cool restaurants too. It was really sad on Thursday when we had to leave. The car ride back was kind of uncomfortable because we had to switch cars and I was in the middle of the back seat with nowhere to sleep comfortably. 

On Friday I got to hang out with my dad and my brother all day, which was nice. My dad took me out to lunch at Cheddar's, which is my favorite restaurant. Then we picked my brother up from school and did some shopping around for random stuff they needed. Then I had to go stay at my mom's, which was much needed because I hadn't seen her in over a month. We went clothes shopping and went to see The Hunger Games movie, which was really good despite the major differences from the book.  I then went to visit my friends at MTSU on Saturday because we wanted to see each other before I had to go back to school. I unfortunately got pretty sick there, but my best friend took care of me and I felt a little better the next morning. I'm still a little sickly, but nothing too unmanageable. I just wish I was back with my parents to take care of me. And I wish it was still spring break...I'm not ready to get back into the swing of classes and exams and papers. :(

New friends, shopping, and good food

Ahhh, this past weekend has been so good. I'm blessed with such good friends, it's mind blowing.

Friday night after work, I got to go see my friends' band (they're called Average Age Statue, and they're really cool). We had to wait for the first band to finish before them, because they played last. I thought the first band would never stop playing, but finally AAS got to play, and it was great. I never get to see their shows, since they are normally played in Nashville while I'm in school or working, so it was a nice experience. Afterwards, I hung out with my friends and met the band members that I hadn't met before, so now I have some awesome new friends. I hung out with them last night as well. They're all really funny and cool, and had me cracking up all weekend long.

Today, my roommate (Ivy) and I went shopping for spring break next week! It was exciting because everything seemed to be on sale today, so I might have bought a little too much...but I think that's okay every once in awhile. Then we went to Zaxby's for dinner, which is my absolute favorite fast-food type food. I was extremely excited to go there, because she never wants to go with me.

My weekend and other things ~

So I went home this weekend for the third (I believe) time this semester. Last semester, besides breaks, I only went home one time.  For some reason, I've been a little more homesick this semester. Actually, I'm not sure if it's really homesickness since I still love it here in Knoxville so much. Can you still be homesick if you like where you live as well? I suppose so. Anyway, I was planning on driving home Friday night after work, but seeing as the weather picked Friday to be awful and scary, I had to wait until Saturday morning. 

I had a lot of errands to run this weekend at home, so I was glad the weather was nice on Saturday. I spent the rest of the day running around White House and Hendersonville with my brother running errands and pre-ordering him some video game, and then we went to Steak N Shake to eat. We then watched The Rum Diary with my parents, which was a decent movie. Then I went to see my best friend Zack, who is lucky and already on Spring Break since he goes to MTSU. This morning I went to breakfast at Cracker Barrel with my cousin Andrew, and we caught each other up on our lives.  Then I drove back out to Hendersonville to interview my grandmother for my paper. I ended up staying there for quite a few hours just talking to my grandparents and watching tv with them. I then went home, did laundry, and accidentally took a two hour nap (which is probably best since I had to drive back). I was still tired when I got up, so I decided to drink some coffee with a lot of sugar and creamer. I think I'm starting to like coffee now...oh no! Haha.

Right now I'm revising my draft for my draft workshop tomorrow. I'm a bit nervous about having everyone read my paper, just because I always feel like I'm not a good writer. I guess we'll see tomorrow, right? Ah!