8 Days

8 Days to graduation!

Today: I attended my last Bryan College chapel. I turned in my last undergrad paper. I attended my last music concert.

School left:

2 online lessons

my online final (which I take next Friday)

I'm trying to finish up all my online class work before I leave for Senior trip in the morning, so this post will be short.

Huston 2nd: L-R Lauren, EB, Erin, Allison, Melissa, Me

At the All Campus Picnic Freshman year

My first semester freshman year I lived on Huston 2nd. This hall was so tight that year. 2nd is a short hall, so counting the RA there was 12 of us total (I didn't have a roommate so it should have been 13... I guess she was the unlucky number ;-) ).

EB and Erin lived on this hall, but they already got a blog post. :-)

The first friend I had on this hall was Allison. She and I connected on facebook and were so excited when we found out we'd be living across the hall from each other. She made freshman year an adventure. We were typical freshman together, but you know what... it was totally worth it. Freshman year is the only time you can get away with it, so why not go all out ;-)

Lauren was the next friend I made. For the first few weeks we did absolutely everything together. My first memory of Lauren was the 2nd day we were there, I realized I left my straightener at the hotel, so I went to ask if I could borrow hers. Later that day I saw a note on my board saying something along the lines of "Dear Charlee, I am frizzy and would really like to be straightened. Can you return Lauren's straightener? -Lauren's hair" Yes, she's crazy hysterical like this and I love it. Well, she just had to go and meet the love of her life (hehe, they're getting married this summer! The only freshman couple to survive all 4 years!) and I got all wrapped up in work and music. What's awesome though is that this last semester Lauren and I have been able to reconnect and it's been so much fun to see how much she's grown these past four years, but still remain the same awesome Lauren that I enjoyed so much freshman year.

Spring Banquet 2008

Back Row L-R: Jandi, Me, Tara, Erin, EB, Allison, Lauren

Front row L-R: Nicole, Tori, Cassie Marie

Other girls on the hall have come and gone. Melissa and Tara left after sophomore year. Tori graduated early. Tara and Tori are married. Cassi Marie graduated our junior year and got married. Steph and Lauren are engaged. Jandi is Senior class President, studied a semester in Ecuador, and is pretty much the most awesome person ever (she actually moved on the hall the semester I moved off). All in all though, we've managed to survive together. We'll always have freshman year! :-)