I Don't Think They Get It...

Actually, I didn't get it myself until very recently. You're probably wondering what I'm talking about. I'll tell you: friendship and it's level of importance to me. My friends are pretty much my family. We even fight like a family does, I mean, let's be real. Anyway, I've thought of my friends as my family since probably my freshman year of high school. But, it wasn't until a few days ago that I realized just how important they are to me and just how much I would do for them.

Picture this: It's 1:30am. My sister, roommate, and roommate's sister are fast asleep. I'm climbing the ladder to my loft. Then my phone vibrates alerting me to a text message. My friend tells me they broke up with their significant other. Without even thinking about it, I jump down, throw some pants on, and head out the door to comfort this friend....a 25 minute walk away in the freezing cold. I just love my friend that much. Okay, now I always told myself that I would do that, but I guess I didn't really believe it. Then I did it and it just made me think how important my friends are to me and how much I really love them.

I don't think my friends understand just how much I would do for them. If it's between consoling a friend at 2:00am and get sleep for my exam that's at 8:00am, the friend wins. That makes me sound like a bad student, but I'm really not, I promise. If my friend needs a place to stay for a few nights, my futon is always open to them. If a friend needs help with school, I will do my best to teach what I know or find someone who knows better. The only thing I probably couldn't help with is a monetary issue; I am lacking in that area as well. Haha. But, yeah. I am always there to listen when a friend needs it. I'm just there for my friends. Accept it. Haha.

I just don't think my friends have realized all that yet. They'll get it though. I feel like there was a lot of rambling in this entry. Moral of the story: I love my friends to death and will always be there for them.

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

P.S. Sorry for all the cheese, I just had to make all that known.

Lil' Sibs and Super Bowl XLIV!

This was a very eventful weekend, I must say. Kaitie and Deanna came up to visit for Lil' Sibs Weekend. We did many things together.

They arrived around 4:30pm on Friday (I only know the time because I was right in the middle of watching Ellen). We kinda just sat around in our room until about 6:00pm when we left for dinner at SnyPhi. We had to make a quick stop at the Union so I could give Keith the bullet I made for Kate and so Danielle could get some moneda. We arrived to a half-full SnyPhi around 7:00ish. That dinner was so ridiculous. It was full of food "falling" and laughter. After SnyPhi, we went back to our room for 2.5 to see if Danielle got a bid or not (she didn't, sad face) and then we left for Wells to see "Where the Wild Things Are". The movie was terrible, do not see it. It did not at all resemble the book I remember. After the movie, we went to Rather to get some free movies from the RHA office. We got "A League of Their Own", "Bend It Like Becham", "Uptown Girls" (R.I.P. Brittany Murphy), and something else. But what did we end up watching when we got back to the room? Spice World. Yep, a movie I already owned. I mean, it wasn't a bad decision because we love the Spice Girls, it was just pointless to rent movies (even if they were free). Then we went to bed. Actually, I had slept until 2:30pm so I stayed up to watch "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" on hulu. Around 1:30am, I received a text from Justin informing me that I was needed. So, naturally, I threw on some pants and left for the 24-Hour Biggby Coffee to meet up with him. I discovered that Nicole works there, she also made me one of the best Hot Chocolate's I have ever had (thanks Nicole!). Justin and I talked for about an hour and a half and then decided that it was late and we had to go. I got home and went to bed around 3:00am.

On Saturday, we decided to hit up Meridian Mall. But apparently I was taking too long to shower so Deanna and Danielle left without me and Kaitie. Whatev, we hit up the Union for 2.5 before meeting them. A visit to the foodcourt was the first order of business for us, so that's what we did. There we ran into Wings and Marker! I love seeing my friends at the mall, I just love it. After our brief convo and lunch, we made a stop at the Campus Den and loaded Kaitie up with some MSU gear ($76.56 worth). Kaitie and I also took a "ride" in the Hurricane Simulator, so much fun!! Then we went back to the room. Justin came over to play with us before Amy picked us up to go on our Squad 51 Date at Altu's, the Ethiopian restaurant. Ethiopian, not for me. I tried it, didn't like it. But I tried it, Kaitie was surprised the world didn't end (I don't try things). Then Danielle, the sweetheart that she is, took us all to the Dairy Store for ice cream. Again, so good! Then Amy dropped me, Kaitie, and Justin off at Jess's apt for a Mexican Fiesta. That was fun. We met Jess's friend, Mariana, she's pretty cool. Then we made our trip home around midnight. And because Jess lives in Cedar Village, we HAD to make a stop at Insomnia on the way back. The journey was cold and long, but we made it home around 1:00am. I had to go to bed right when we got back because I had Kappa at 1:15pm...and that's early for me.

We woke up around noon on Sunday and just sat and conversated for about 45 minutes before I had to get ready to go meet Jonathan to walk over to the music building. So, I met up with Jonathan at 1:00pm and we made the journey to room 245 of the Music Building. We got a lot done at Kappa today. At least, I think so. I don't know how much is "a lot" for them, but for me it was. I have to decide what committee I want to be on. That's gonna be a tough one. Eh, I'll make it. Oh, and did I mention that I have the best Big ever? Not only did she buy me 51 Nerf bullets, but she said she's going to buy my Rec bar for KKPsi. I love her (thanks Rachelle!). Kaitie and Deanna had gone home by the time I got back from Kappa, so I tried to do some studying before going to Sean and Bryan's Super Bowl party. But, I found my Spazzys CD and just couldn't get anything done because I was singing too much. Oh and then RENT came on Danielle's iPod..... Anyway, I left to meet up with Justin at around 5:30pm and then Chrissy picked us up from his room at about 6:15pm. We missed kick-off, but it's no big. It was really fun! Lot's of deep-fried food and a Saints win later, we had to go. I got to my room around 10:00pm. I went on Facebook and then took a brief nap, then I went to the library to get some studying done. Actually, I'm doing that now...at 3:30am. I got a lot done, so I'm gonna say "deuces" to the piece now.

Tomorrow I have class from 8-9:50am and then I'm going back to my room to sleep. Then I start my training for the caf in at 1:00pm in Wonders. I'm excited to finally start making money! I get done with that at 3:00pm and then I'm just gonna chillax until Math at 4:10pm. Or maybe have lunch with Kristin if she's off work. After Math, I'm supposed to be helping Amy study for her Psych exam at SnyPhi. Then I'll probably go back to the library to do some reading for COM 225. But, for now, I'm done. Good night, friends!

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

Oh hey, Exam Week!

This week is apparently exam week. I had three exams and a rough draft due this week. The paper was due on Monday and I had a Math exam the same day. Then I had my COM 225 and PSY 101 exams today. The stuff on Monday was terrible, but the exams today were AMAZING!

I woke up at 8:50am after about 3.5 hours of sleep and took a shower. Then I headed over to Wells to take my COM exam. I was afraid I wouldn't do well because I missed the review and I didn't read all of Chapter 3. But when I read the test questions, I discovered that they were word for word from the book. So, I did really well on that exam. Then I had about 2 hours before my next exam so I went to the library to do some last minute reviewing. I then hopped on a bus to Vet Med to get my exam on. There were 30 questions on this test; I might have missed two at the most. It was the easiest Psych exam I have ever taken in my life. Naturally, I finished that bad boy in record time and was back in my room by about 1:30pm. I was planning on being productive and cleaning my room, but Facebook went and ruined that.

I also discovered today that I'm still being charged for a class I dropped. Why? Because it was a partial-term class, which means that the date to drop it and still get a full refund is earlier than other classes. So I had to email my old HB Adviser and ask her if she could back-date it for me so that I don't have to pay for a class I'm not taking. Hopefully she'll do it, I don't see any reason not to.

After all that was done, I decided to take a nap before going to PRIDE with Justin. But, 20 minutes after I lay down, Danielle barges in, turns on the light, and starts just throwin' shit around. THEN she decides that it would be a good time to Skype her mom and little brother...WHILE I'M SLEEPING!! She finally left 15 minutes before I had to be up to leave. So much for a nap. Ugh, sometimes I don't know what to do with her. Anyway, I got up and went to Landon for dinner with Justin. Then I had to take care of a special task...involving Nerf Gun bullets. Then we went to PRIDE in which we watched Hairspray. I love that movie. And now, here I am. I'm thinking about watching either Teen Mom or Jersey Shore. MTV just feels right at this point in time. Haha.

This weekend is going to be so fun! Kaitie is coming up for Lil Sibs weekend tomorrow. We're probably gonna just chillax and maybe see a movie at Wells. Then on Saturday I believe we will be hitting up the mall (even though I absolutely HATE the mall). At 6:00pm my squad is going on a "Squad Date" to Altu's, the Ethiopian restaurant. When that's done Kaitie and I will be going over to Jess's for a "Mexican Fiesta"! That will most def be fun. Then she's going home at some point on Sunday. I have Kappa at 2:00pm (pushed up due to the Superbowl) and then hopefully something will be going on after that. Football games are always fun with a bunch of people, I love Superbowl viewing parties. So, yeah, it should be a fun weekend.

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

About Yesterday

I didn't have any time to blog yesterday as it was so busy towards the end, which is when I usually do all my blogging. It started off slow, but then it really picked up around 4:10pm. I'll start from the beginning.

I woke up at 10:30am to have lunch with Jonathan at 11:00am. Lunch was fun, as is everything I do with Jonathan. Afterwards, I went back to my room and was planning on studying for my COM 225 exam, but I wound up on Facebook and then eventually taking a nap. I woke up and left for Wilson at 3:30pm. When I got there, I went to the Dining Services office thing to set up a time for my Compliance Training. That took all of two seconds, so I had to wait in the lecture hall for 25 minutes for Math to start. Speaking of Math, we got our exams back. I did not do well. I made stupid mistakes, but some were legitimately incorrect. Next time will be better, no doubt. Anyway, after Math I went over to the Union to try to get some studying in before our Tenor Mello Freshmen Food Date, but was unsuccessful. I discovered at this "food date" thing that the Mellos are HILARIOUS! They're so cool, hopefully we'll all hang out more. Also in the Union that night was craft night in which there was button-making, so we made a couple buttons. But, I kinda had to skip out early for a study date with Amy. When I got to SnyPhi, Amy said that Danielle and Andy had just gone in, so we ate with them. When Danielle and Andy left, we started cracking down on Psychology. We were very productive and relearned a lot of information for our exams. We left SnyPhi around 10:00 to get Amy's car from the Stadium lot and then go home. When I got back to my room I had to take a little Psych quiz that was due by 11:59pm, so I kinda rushed as I started at 11:00pm. After my quiz, I made the mistake of going on Facebook...for an hour. I left for the library at around 12:47am. I arrived there around 1:10ish, got a breakfast sandwich and cranberry juice, and then commenced the studying of COM 225. I turned on some Frank Ticheli in hopes of tuning out the super loud people in the library, it worked for the most part. I did not leave the library until 4:27am. I got so much done though. On the cold walk home from the library, the Night Owl bus was passing by me and stopped to ask if I needed a ride. Of course I accepted and was home much faster than I would've been had I walked. I pretty much passed out as soon as I got into my room though. It was a very productive night.

P.S. The best song EVER to study to: "An American Elegy" by Frank Ticheli

Do it, you won't be disappointed.

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

"Crystal Meth! Very nice drug!"

...exclaimed my Psych professor. Hahaha

Today was a little rough for me. I slept through my fave class, in which we were reviewing for an exam. So I hopped in the shower and then went to Psych. I was feeling really down for some reason again, so that's not good. I called Ryan on the way there but we couldn't really talk because there were so many people in my class. I learned more stuff that I already knew in my Psych class. Then I hopped on a bus to go home. Danielle and I went to the Lansing Mall when I got back. We were on a bus longer than we were at the actual mall. The 1 bus is so creepy, I do not recommend riding it...ever. When we got home (4 hours later) I had to rush to get my Tenor and catch a bus to the Union. But the bus took FOREVER to get there so I just walked. But I was too late to meet Justin so I had to go right to Campus Band. I was pissed at this point. Band was great though. Myc and Brad cheered me up. :) Then I went to visit Justin to give him a hug (it's Hug A Gay Day today). Then I went to the Union for some eats and walked home. The rest of the night was pretty good.

I officially hate CATA. I waited forever for that bus to come and it almost made me late. We had to go through ghetto Lansing to get to the mall. There are super creepy people on the 1 bus. And the bus driver from the CATA Station to Brody cut the line off at me, so I had to wait for the next bus. I hate CATA! Oh, and I bought a bus pass today (contradictory?).

Tomorrow is almost guaranteed to be better than today. My 8:00am is cancelled. I'm eating lunch with Jonathan at 11:00am (he has a 12:40 in Conrad soit had to be early-ish). Then I get to chillax until 4:10pm when I have to go to Math. The at 6:45pm, I'm going on a Tenor-Mello Freshmen Food Date. It's going to be great to meet all the Freshmen Mellos! Then at 8:30 I'm meeting Amy in SnyPhi for diner and to study for our Psych exams. Doesn't that sound great? Fo rull.

It is now 1:02am. I don't have to go to bed yet. I might catch up on Grey's and Private Practice. I might do some Psych flashcards. I might read for COM 225. I might just go on Facebook forever. I might do a small arts and crafts project for a select few friends. I just can't decide! I'll figure it out. Deuces!

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

The Green-Eyed Monster Sucks

I don't know how I feel about today. I mean, all the events of today were pretty good, but the feelings I had throughout the day were just really weird. I'll talk about the events first and then I'll dive into feelings.

I went to WRA at 8:00am today feeling soo tired. We had a pop quiz on readings that I didn't do, but I still managed to do pretty okay on it. Then we had to turn in our rough drafts for our papers. Mine sucked so bad, I was so ashamed to actually hand that in. Oh well, it's a ROUGH draft, right? Anyway, we got done actually learning about 25 minutes before class is officially over, so Dr.V decided to play an ice-breaker game. We went around the room and said our names and an interesting fact about ourselves. Mine was how I lit both of my hands on fire that one night. Good times, good times. Then we were done, so I went to the library to review for my review for my exam (yes, I meant what I wrote). Then I met Justin in the Union for lunch, as uzsh. I had some time to kill between Justin's departure for class and when I had to be at Dem, so I just Facebooked for awhile. After "chatting" with Zack and Amy for a bit, I headed over to Dem to help Millie with the uniforms. We waited for about 40 minutes for the truck to get there, but it was cool. We got the uniforms hung up in record time though! Then I had to book it to the Union for my study sesh with Keine. We went over a bunch of problems that were going to be on my exam and when we were done I felt very prepared for my exam. But we did kinda take a lot of time to do all that, so I almost had to run to Wilson; I couldn't even stop and talk to Kate when I passed by her on my way there. But I took my exam and I think I did pretty okay on it, with the exception of the problem I had to figure out Simple Interest in. I then went to the Union (again) to chillax before meeting Justin for dinner in Landon. Apparently a bunch of my friends were dining in Landon tonight: me, Justin, Keine, Michal, Jonathan, X, Hannah, and Kim all ate together. Then Hannah, Justin, and I went back to his room to watch Brokeback Mountain (so good). When that was over I met up with Zack and Jess to go to BDubs. Then I came home, threw in some laundry, and promptly called my best friend, Ryan.

The "feelings" thing is kinda weird and you won't understand it because I'm not going to reveal that much. I just want to get it out there. I felt kind of stupid for feeling all pissy last night, but then I let it go and was feeling pretty good. I felt pretty great up until around dinnertime. My old jealous self came out and pissed me off and actually made me a little sad. But I tried not to think about it and just let it go, so the rest of my night was happy again. Then I got home and was reminded and got upset again. So I called Ryan because I hadn't heard from him in 3 WEEKS, which is unacceptable, and because he always knows what to do. I only got to talk to him for about a half an hour because he really needed to sleep, but he really helped a lot. I can't wait for 11:40am tomorrow when I can call him again...and he can help me some more. Anyway, as of right now my emotional status is a mixture of happy and enlightened. I think that's a good state to be in.

Now, tomorrow. I have a review for an exam in COM 225 at 10:20am and then I have PSY 101 from 12:40-2:30pm. Then I'm going to the mall with Danielle to pick her out something to wear for Rush. Then chillaxing before Campus Band. And I think after band, Kate and I (and maybe Jonathan) are gonna go to Late Night (I think she said something about making that a regular thing). Then I get to sleep...or stay up late. It really doesn't matter because my 8 O'Clock WRA is cancelled. But right now I need to go get my laundry and then get to bed. Good night!

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

Oops, I Forgot

I totally forgot about blogging this weekend. Oh well, I guess it's time to catch up now.

FRIDAY:

I don't have any classes on Friday so I usually sleep in til forever. But this Friday I had to make up a bunch of Psych homework because I was added in late. So I got up at noon and did that for a few hours. I soon got bored with it though because I've learned it twice before so I just kinda stopped. I also had to go to Keine's room to get a bow and arrow. Sadly, all three of the arrows broke within 5 minutes so it was pretty much useless. So we just went to dinner, at which she made me try Pierogies and Barbeque Chicken Pizza. The latter was good, the former: just not for me. Later that night I went to Jess's apt for a movie night with her. We watched The Hangover and Animal House and did not go to sleep until 4:52am. It was a chill day, but a good one at that.

SATURDAY:

Jess woke me up at noon because she had to go up north to visit her sick uncle. So I was home by like 12:30. Danielle and I were supposed to go to SnyPhi to get our Reefer Madness tickets at this time, but her lazy ass would not get out of bed until 2:30. So, I just did some ChaCha work until she finally got up. Then we took a bus over to SnyPhi, ate some of the "best food on campus", and went to the RCAH Office to get our tickets. We had to wait for 25 minutes for someone to get there, but we got 'em. After finally getting our tickets, we went over to the mall to get some of those card-carrier things and look at shoes. Then we went to the Union to get some food. Justin met up with us there and we sat and chatted for about an hour and a half. Then we convinced Justin that he had to come see Reefer Madness with us. He bought his ticket 4 hours after us and he got a way better seat! What?! Whatev, we still had a great view. Reefer was so funny! I'm glad we went and supported Michal, he was so good (he played my fave president, FDR!). After the show we went back to our room and I attempted to do some more Psych, but failed when I turned on SNL. I tried Psych one last time and ended up on Facebook, as uzsh (that's "usual" without the "ual" haha). I ended up in a convo about my future black husband and alcoholism with Keine. But I had to tear myself away from the computer at 2:30ish so I could wake up early and finish all my Psych.

SUNDAY:

I woke up at noon, showered, and promptly started my Psych hdub. Ok, so I actually checked all my emails and social networking sites first, but then I totally started it. I thought it would take me FOREVER to get all of it done, but because I already knew most of it I could just skip ahead to the quizzes and still pass. I was done by 5:00pm. Just in time to grab dinner in the Brody caf with Justin before heading over to Bruce's movie night. We were the only one's at Bruce's because apparently everyone bailed on him, those jerks. So we stayed and watched Superbad with him before I had to meet Jonathan to go our very first Kappa meeting as active members! The meeting was good but apparently it ran hella-long because the older Actives were getting antsy. And Sam made all of the new Actives little boxes to put our Active Pins in! They're so cute, mine's sitting on my desk lookin' all good and stuff. (Thanks Sam!) So, I left Kappa in a pretty good mood. But when I got back to my room I just got pissed. I don't know why. I just did. And on top of being pissed I had to write a rough draft for a paper that was due the next day. The pissy mood lasted all of two hours. Then I finished my paper (but not really because it was terrible). And I totally forgot that my WRA Professor, Dr.V, wants all of our writings to be typed and printed. So I had to trek to the library at 1:45am to print out a shitty paper. But, on the walk there I was inspired to write my previous post, "MSU, We Love Thy Shadows...". So my Sunday ended pretty great too.

In the end, it was a pretty good weekend. Why did I ever think it was lame? No idea. Well I gotta go meet Justin for dinner now. Bye!

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie