turns out I got the email after chapel. They accepted my application, but I'd been wait-listed... I was very confused. No one had mentioned anything about being put on a waiting list! EVER! not once! I was expecting a pass or fail answer, and instead I received a maybe :p my waiting was not over. Needless to say, I had a meltdown. :p and I STILL had two papers to write by Thursday.
somehow, by the grace of God, I got it all done. Just barely lol... the first paper was for my Principles of Management class, which explained "My Philosophy of Management..." I made up a new one teehee.. ^_^ "demolegranny," a combination of democracy, delegation, and tyranny. my Prof LOVED lol... he said it was "the most well synthesized paper" he had received so far, and i turned it in 15 mins before class! it was the most annoying, most sarcastic paper I have EVER written.
it also marked the FIRST time in my life that a PAPER made me miss math classes...
the second was my... gosh darn it I can't remember which paper it was... *checks her papers from April 22nd...*
aHA! it was my Fine Arts paper lol.. the huge monstrosity that I stayed up ALL NIGHT in MSC1 on Wednesday writing :p that was NOT a fun night. I did manage to get about 45 mins of sleep on one of those couches tho...
ANYWAYS, moving on...
I finished the paper, went back to my dorm and showered and got ready for the day because Jimmy and I were going to Kilgore for him to get his flight physical and I needed to register for the dreaded Spanish CLEP test, (which I finally DID manage to take (again, on VERY little sleep), and managed to pass the first two semesters that I needed credit for. I was actually only EIGHT points away from passing all four semester >.<). So before running to print off my paper and turn it in to my professor, I needed to EMAIL my professors and tell them I wouldn't be in class :p I was also talking with my mom on Skype at the time, and trying to get as much done as humanly possible in the short amount of time that I had, and...
lo and behold! I had another email from ASC...
"Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted as a student in the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities' Australia Studies Centre (ASC) at for Fall 2010..."
I read it and moved on to the next email. Then froze... read it again, and SCREAMED!!!! talked with my mom a bit more, read the list of stuff I had to do, then ran to print my paper, turn it in, and talked with my profs really quick before grabbing coffee and running to meet Jimmy for our adventure in Kilgore! (i took a nap while he drove, got lost twice, and had his physical).
so... YES! I am now OFFICIALLY going to Australia! I had a few more forms to fill out by May 3rd to confirm my participation, (including money!), which I was able to have filled out and mailed and all that fun, annoying stuff. and again, just in the nic of time!
Then school ended...
and Penn2 guys threw a surprise going-away party for me! complete with ice cream, FLOWERS and a phonebook (in prime condition, I might add!) signed by all of them. :) they. are. AMAZING. lol.. i love those guys ^_^
I attended Brian and April's wedding on Sunday morning, May 9th, after staying up most of the night packing my clothes for moving the next day between weddings :p Crazily packed the rest of my stuff and cleared the room of my stuff, Summer and I rearranged the furniture and cleaned. Then I got checked into my new room in Davis, and began moving stuff over, with the help of multiple random friends (Josh, Jimmy, Rusty, Amber, and Kristy). All the moving was done by 6:05, and I got ready in 20 minutes for Tim and Kristy's wedding. It was beautiful ^_^ Got back to campus, (skillfully missing the bouquet toss ;) yes!) and finished cleaning and moving some last minute things. Summer and I both checked out of our room together at 9:15ish. (someone else was late, not us! :p)
the next week was one of utter boredom, very little cash, many late night movies, two theater movies, a Taco Bell run, and many motorcycle rides...
On Saturday the 15th, I saw two more of my very dear friends, Matt and Tiana, tie the knot at their wedding :) it was lovely :) i sat with the Penn1 Pirates, and failed to skip the bouquet toss this time, since my sister-in-law Rebekah caught me and made to join in!
No, I did not catch the bouquet. Yes, I did try. a little.. not really... Matt's sister Michelle caught the bouquet. :) I thought it was very appropriate, seeing as how I caught the bouquet when I was 15 at my eldest brother's wedding.
After the wedding, I had grilled hamburgers with Basil and Evan, (they cooked, AND cleaned. i just sat there, looked pretty, and ate lol..) then we went to watch the cartoon Robin Hood! and Evan showed up with a BIRTHDAY cake for me! SEVEN WEEKS EARLY! i was shocked :) and very happy ^_^
the next day, was packing, cleaning, and moving day, YET AGAIN! and again I stayed up late reading a book till 4 :p (so sue me! I like to read T_T) Sarah and I managed to get everything out of the room AND the hallway and have the room cleaned, with un-lofted beds, and everything spic-and-span, just they way we found it. Unfortunately.. not all of my stuff fit into my uncle's truck :( so we stowed it away at my brother Sam's house.
Now I have been "home" at my grandma's for a week... Jobless, bored out of my mine, and with no friends. My companions and solace have been found in netflix, my brother Steven, my cellphone, and Facebook (to a small extent). My grandma went in for surgery on Thursday to have her knee replaced, so it has mostly been just me and Steven at the house until Uncle Randy gets off work in the evenings. We haven't burnt the place down either! We visited Grandma yesterday, and she's doing fine, but has little or no appetite, and had low blood pressure and a low blood count. So they have her on a blood transfusion and they haven't gotten her up and walking yet. :( so other than those things! she's fine. we're going to see her again tomorrow, and probably bring flowers or a card this time. We would have gone today, except...
Steven and I were supposed to go back to Longview today to get the rest of my stuff (he bought a truck on Monday! :D), but translation was lost somewhere, and Sam and Bekah didn't know we were coming back this weekend, and so they were at a wedding in Waco and didn't tell us :p SO!! tomorrow is Sunday, and all of my make-up is still in Longview.. needless to say, I will not be attending Sunday school :p
Are you still there? Really? good for you! sorry I didn't warn you how long this would be this time around... I'll have more to say about Australia tomorrow. Thanks for reading guys :)
