summer '11

What I'll be doing...

• summer school; im trying to be done with school asap. im already in a 5 year program, but hopefully ill be able to shorten that 5 years by at least one semester if i take classes each summer...thats the plan, anyway. this summer ill probably only take 2 classes, but every little bit counts.
• working out; i have GOT to lose this gut and this little double chin ive acquired. it is NOT cute. so imma try to be pretty consistent with hot yoga and working out in a community center not too far from my house. and overall im just gonna eat less...not on any anorexia type shit though.
• volunteering; of course ill be back at vandy children's working with the little ones, but i also have a few other opportunites around nashville that im hoping to get as well.
• working; so i assume its because of my record, but none of the little food places i applied to ever got back to me...and thats fine. but i do have a possible job at a summer enrichment program, but i doubt i get it either. honestly, i doubt ill have time to work anyway...at this point i dont think ill ever get a job. that damn misdemeanor...
• roadtrips; im going to miss my f3 girls SOOO much, and i plan on visiting as many of them as my budget and time allows me to this summer!! i cant wait to visit their hometowns :]

&&that's about it...i mean its a lot, but not really. I just wanna always have something to do. No wasted time/days.

my weekend!

So idk if I ever said this, but shelby put together a fun filled weekend for me, kinda like a going away thing, but also to help me accomplish some things on my summer checklist that I wasnt getting done!

So on friday after I got off work, we all met up at shelby's house &&headed out on our mini roadtrip to murfresboro to go shopping at forever 21. Its not often that any of us go anywmore since nashville's xxi got flooded or whatever, so needless to say we were veryyyy excited about it lol. After that we were gonna eat at cheddars, but it was a 45 minute wait, so we ended up at casa fiesta :P It was sooo good! Then we hit up wallyworld real quick to pick up some things, then headed back to shel's house for our old fashioned sleepover. We stayed up till 5 in the morning talking about everything and everybody, reminiscing, telling stories, &&all that good stuff. The next morning about half the girls left, leaving me arielle and shel behind. Arielle had to leave by the afternoon, &&me and shelby were gonna go to the wavepool, but by the time we got ready &&out the house, we knew we wouldnt have enough time...so we headed out to ink gallery where she got her tragus pierced, &&I got my second set of tats! Ill do a seperate post about my tattoo once Im done with this one. Once we were done, we went to alex's house for her going away cookout, which was crazy lol. &&At the end of the night, we went back home exhausted :P

Im still tired, actually. Im running off veryyy little sleep. But it was all worth it, &&I had a GREAT time with my girls.

Thanks again, shelby!! &&Of course thanks to everyone who enjoyed the weekend with me!! :D

Pictures will be up soon!

wow.

Today I went with my sissy to visit my friend Justin who just had surgery on his knee. I took him cupcakes &&we basically laid in bed chillin with him for about 3 or 4 hours. Just talking, laughing, watching movies, eating, facebooking. It was just super chill. Me &&justin have never just been the best of friends, but I really do enjoy his company. &&Im going to miss him sooo much! Like, I feel so bad beacause we arent as close as Id like us to be, &&we never really hung out too much.

I say all of that to day this...Im getting slick depressed. Summer is virtually gone, &&I feel like I didnt live it to its full potential. I assumed that this summer was going to be all about partying and not coming home for days straight, but it hasnt been that &&I guess Im disappointed. Im going to miss everyone so much, &&so badly I wish I could just dedicate one day per friend to just chill for every remaining day until the 13th, but I know it isnt possible. I have so much to do in so little time.

I mean, as excited as I am about going to HU &&meeting new people &&making new friends, there is seriously nothing like one of those friends who has just been there for years and years and years. Ive known the majority of my close friends since 5th or 6th grade...thats a long ass time. We were with each other during crucial times of growth in our lives. Those middle school years of puberty &&petty drama &&figuring out who we are. Weve watched each other literally grow up and mature, &&can I can appreciate those friends on a much higher level because I realize where they came from and who they used to be. &&With the new friends Ill make at HU, I wont really have that....so thats kind of depressing.

Well all hope is not lost. I still have a little bit of time left, so Im gonna live it up! :D

that party last night was awfully crazy...

Ok imma just be real for a few minutes. Those who know me personally know that I like to smoke and drink. Yes, I know its bad, but neither is habitual. I only participate in said activities when Im out partying, and Im not addicted to either. Especially smoking, Im about to quit that all together I think. On the other hand, I do enjoy drinking. Wouldnt call myself a drinker though. But when I get the chance, I do.

&&Lets just say that on Friday night I definately got the chance...&&I abused it.

I started off cool and composed, helping my friend who hosted the party to keep things together and running smoothly, cleaning up messes, all of that good stuff. All the while Im sipping on a little bit of this, little bit of that. That turns into shots...which turn into double shots. Mix that with a little puff puff puff..puff puff...and puff again pass, &&things quickly went downhill.

&&Thats all I can really tell you because honestly I only remember half of the night. I was alllll the way fuckedddd up. My friends keep telling me all of these crazy ass stories of things I said and did that night, &&all I can do is shake my head.

The next morning, I woke up feeling pretty okay. Helped clean up the house and headed home...&&then shit hit the fan. I have never felt so fucking nauseated in my life. My head was spinning and throbbing, and I couldnt stand up for more than a few minutes without getting sick all over again. I just laid in bed, on the couch, on the floor...wherever all morning sipping water. Couldnt bring myself to eat. My main goal was to not throw up. At one point I was about to force myself to...but I got it together. Thank God. It was literally the worst morning of my life. A hangover is no fucking joke.

So Ive decided to not drink again for a long ass time. Maybe a sip or two, but as far as getting wasted again..nuh uh, I cannot bring myself to it. I will say that it was fun while it lasted...but its not worth it in the end. Hah.

Please dont judge me though. I really am a good girl :]

just another summer night.

Just a few pics from LG's pool party that I spoke about last night :]

summer lovin, had me a blast.

I'm really enjoying my summer thus far, and its only been a week! Tonight I went out to my lifelong friend Lauren and her friend Jewel's grad pool party. It was a super chill night, which is what I'm all about. I dont necessarily have to party every night of my life. Id much rather chill with a small group of people &&just sit around and talk. So needless to say it was a good night. Not to mention it was the first time Ive swam this entire year. Sad right? Hah.

This was kinda pointless. Uhmm yea.

BUT WAIT!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABYGIRL SHELBY :]

[the one on the left; the other chick would me me :P]

Most of yall probably know her because you most likely found my blog through hers. But if you dont follow her already, do it nowww! She was the inspiration for me to start my own blog!

Anyways, I love this girl sooo much! Shes funny and beautiful and talented and just a greatttt friend. She inspires me all the time through her blog, fashion, and hairrrr :]

I love you Shel Bell :] <3333

mitp 1.

only a few. many more to come :]

I love summuhhh timeeee!!!

find a new hobby...check.

So if you havent noticed, Ive finally put a to-do list for summer 1o up on one of my sidebars --->>>. One of the things I want to do is find a new hobby. Another is to make a scrapbook. Lets just say I'm about to kill two birds with one stone! Im going to make scrapbooking my new hobby. Now Ive tried to discover new hobbies for myself before- knitting, making jewelery, latch hook, etc- but I honestly think that this is the one for me. Ever since I was I child, I took tons of pride in putting together bomb-ass posters for school projects &&Ive always been a cut and paste type of girl. Sometimes for fun when Im bored Ill just make a random collage from magazine clippings. For those reasons, I think this will be perfect for me to do. Plus itll keep me super busy for those long boring summer days and nights that are sure to roll around every now and then. I think Im going to make two, one for fam and one for friends. Right now Im about to start working on the friend album. Ive gotta go up to walgreens to develop my pictures first. Im gonna fit as many into the scrapbook as possible and put the rest in a regular photo album.

Im so excited about this! Its really important for me to be able to have something physical like this for me to take up to college...something that will bring back instant memories. Im gonna start tonight as a matter of fact :] Ill keep yall updated on its progress as I go along!

scrapbook!

Ive always said that I wanted to make a scrapbook, and I figure that this summer will be the perfect time to do so! So Im going to take tons of pictures everywhere I go. &&As I take the pics, Ill go get them developed to place in my scrabook. So basically everything will be there in order of my summer!

Its so important for me to have something physical like this for me to hold on to and take with me to dc. Whenever Im missing everyone, I can just open my book to bring back all the great memories I hope to make this summer.

Tomorrow marks the first big event of my summer, which is movies in the park! For those who dont live in nashville, basically movies in the park is where they show movies on a huge screen at night in the middle of nashvilles biggest park, centennial. Familes come out with their kids and blankets to lay out and enjoy the movie, and popular vendors from the area provide food and drinks. But what has happened over the past two years or so is that teenagers, specifically black ones, have turned mitp into a huge social event. Its a chance for all of us to hang out together in one place at one time. You never know who you may run into or meet! Its usually filled with tons of drama, which makes it all the more interesting, hah! Toward the end of the mitp run last year, though, things got ratchet. Public school kids started showing up and acting an ass. Fights were started, firecrackers were thrown. Hopefully everyone acts with more common sense this year before they put us all out for good! I plan on taking as many pictures as I can...I cant wait :]

5.26

In four days I will officially be a HFA alumni. &&It's blowing my mind! I seriously cannot wait. Summer is finally here! &&Imma shake the hell out of it, best believe :]

This was really pointless. I guess I'm just happy to be out of school lol. Ready to party again tonight!

summuhtime.

To do list for summer 2010;;

• spend as much time out of the house as possible;;this is going to be the last time for a gooood little minute that ill have the opportunity to spend alot of time with all of my friends here together. once i move to dc, i'll only be able to come home every few months for short periods of time, &&with fall breaks, xmas break, etc all varying from school to school, itll be hard to meet up even when i am home :[. i hateee thinking about it honestly. but im definately going to make the best out of each and everyday that im still here in the ville :].
• buy a new wardrobe;;living in dc is going to slick be hell for me because i despise the cold. but on the bright side, that means i get to buy myself a wholeee new wardrobe! im not the biggest fan of winter clothing, but trust me when i say im gonna make the best of it.
• get another tat;;really, this is just a random one. idk what imma get yet though.
• save money like crazyyy;;living by myself in dc is going to be expensiveeee. im constantly gonna be having to pay for food [imma fatty], laundry, transportation, and of course clubbing and shopping! so if i miraculously find a job over the summer, best believe that money goin straight to the bank.
• find a new hobby;;i just want something to do to keep me busy. i feel like a have alot of artistic potential inside of me thats just waiting to burst out! hah! if i could i would loveee to join some kind of musical theater group or something. cant let this voice go to waste! :]
• maximize my social networking;;im soo proud of myself! lately ive been adding people from the HU c/o 2014 facebook page like crazy &&getting to know them. im actually in search of a roomate as we speak! im really excited about branching out and meeting people from all over the country. its so important to build good relationships with the people you meet in college, because once they become successful, you gonna wanna get the hookup from them, &&vice versa, nah meen? hah.
• take plenty of pictures;;i plan on making some kind of massive collage to put above my bed in my dorm room when i move. im going to need pictures of everyyybody! i have to be able to see those faces everyday!!
• cherish time with my family;;i know that my fam is going to miss me more than anyone else. i dont know how im going to live without them &&how they're gonna live without me :[. i get super emotional everytime i think about leaving. im gonna do my best to spend tons of special time with them this summer.
• parrrtayyy;;i havent been to a good party in ages. as my friend ryan says, i need to shake sumn asap! so every house party, girls nights out at the club...shit anything, im in theaaa! plus, i feel the need to get completely wasted one good time before i go :P.

That's all I can think of for now. As more come to my mind, I'll post them. &&Also, my friend Netta inspired me to do this;; I'm gonna do one for college too eventually.

a day in the park!

As most of you know [or should know] by now, the floods in Nashville and the surrounding areas have really affected the city pretty bad. So we've been out of school this entire week, &&we arent expecting to go back until next monday. &&The reason that we are out sucks bad, I mean alot of people are homeless right now, and thats sad as hell, &&my heart goes out to them. But at the same time, I'm enjoying these days off! AP exams were supposed to start this week, &&now we dont have to take them for another two weeks! As long as I graduate May 26th, I really dgaf anymore. So today a few friends and I went to the park to chill for a hour or so. Here are some picturesss :]

lmao. it was hot! :P

summer.

I knew the beautiful weather this past weekend was too good to be true, because as soon as it finally got warm...it got cold on us again! IT FREAKIN SNOWED again today [even though I wasnt here to witness;;I was in ATL]!!

I seriously cannot wait for it to get warm. I NEED to wear sandals again. I need to put on shorts and dresses...with no tights! I want to be able to go outside without millions of layers of clothes!

I've never been so sick of winter. Not that I ever liked it, but now I really detest it.

&&Spring Break plans are slowly but surely coming together! I'm soooo excited, it's gonna be amazing! PCB, here we comeee! I really don't think they ready for us, hah!