Almost forgot...

I almost forgot to write my blog, ahh! I'm usually pretty on top of this blog thing. I had a speech due today in my public speaking class, and of course I didn't start writing it until this morning. (My class isn't until 6:30 at night so it wasn't too bad). Speeches always give me the worst anxiety, no matter how many I've done or how prepared I am. I felt unprepared today because I started writing it so late, but I think I ended up doing alright. We had to persuade our audience, which was a lot better than our informative speeches because it wasn't all facts facts facts. BORING. But yeah, I ended up doing my speech on why people should read more, and over half of the class decided to ditch today (most of the people there were only there because they had to present as well) so it wasn't as nerve racking as having to speak to the entire class. I don't know why, but every time after I give a speech, I get really shaky, even though it's over. It's kind of annoying. Oh well, at least that's over with.

On to Easter weekend! My roommate and I left for our 3 hour road trip back home on Thursday afternoon after we picked up our checks from work--the weekend was already starting out well :) Haha. We had a fun trip singing loudly and talking and all that jazz. Then she dropped me off and I got to hang out with my family.  We went to the Red Box and got Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which my dad complained about but then ended up actually liking a lot, and we got some lame movie that no one liked and I honestly can't even remember the title or what it was about. The next day, one of my best friends, Kellen, picked me up and we had planned to go to Opry Mills Mall since it was FINALLY open, but it was so packed that we ended up going to the yucky Rivergate Mall instead. I got some shorts and earrings from American Eagle and she got a ton of other stuff because she has a better paying job than me. Haha. We went to eat at Chick Fil A and I ended up seeing some people I knew, so it was nice to catch up with them for a few minutes. After that, I went home and watched my brother play xbox for a few hours and talked to him about his friends and crazy things that 14 year old boys do. Saturday I did some laundry and helped clean around the house, and my cousin Brittany picked me up that evening to stay the night. We did some gallivanting around Nashville and met up with my cousin Andrew (her brother) after he got off of work. Then, Sunday morning, she curled my hair and made it all pretty. We were planning on going to church but our ride was sick, so we just ended up staying with our family at their house instead. My mom and aunt cooked us some yummy food and we had a grand ole time painting eggs and watching the younger kids hunt for Easter eggs. Then, Ivy and I began our ride back to Knoxville, and that's about it.

I feel like all of my blogs are about my weekends...hmmm. Oh well. Here are some pictures just because.

My cousin, Andrew

My cousin Keyra and my uncle Mark--painting Easter eggs :)

Kellen!