SOO....I'M AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS GOING MY WAY...
I'VE LEARNED THROUGH MY EXPERIENCES OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE THAT MC IS TRUELY THE BEST FIT COLLEGE FOR ME!! I HAD THE BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE AT NT FORMAL IN MEMPHIS JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE.
JUST AS I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM MY TUTORS HOUSE TONIGHT IT WAS A TERRIBLY STORMY NIGHT...THE ROADS WERE WET AND EVERYONE HAD THER EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON....IT WAS A TERRIBLE DAY TO BE DRIVING ON i20 AND i55 IN JACKSON...UGH DON'T RECOMEND THESE INTERSTATES....
SO AS THIS ONE CAR DROVE PAST ME REALLY FAST MIGHT I ADD WHEN EVERY OTHER CAR WAS DRIVING CAUSIOUSLY.....
SO AS THE WATER SWOOSHED FROM THE TIRES OF THIS CAR....IT CAUSED MY CAR TO HYDROPLANE TWICE.....SO TONIGHT I LEARNED WHY IN THE DRIVERS LISCENSE MANUEL IS SO DEAD SET ON TELLING YOU NOT TO OVER CORRECT...TONIGHT THAT SAVED MY LIFE...IF I WOULD HAVE NOT OVER CORRECTED I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY!
SO EVERYONE PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY WHEN ITS RAINING AND REMEMBER IF YOU DO START TO HYDROPLANE PLEASE DO NOT OVER CORRECT YOUR MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
13. "THE BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE"
THIS WEEKEND WAS THE BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE!!!
THIS WEEKEND WAS MAGIC IN MEMPHIS--AKA NT FORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 3:00 I LEFT MC'S CAMPUS AND SET OFF ON MY EXCURSION TO MEMPHIS!
I ARRIVED IN MEMPHIS AROUND 6:00.....I MEET UP WITH TWO OF THE COUPLES THAT WERE IN MY SUITE AT THE REST STOP JUST BEFORE WE TURNED OFF TO INTERSTATE 240....SO I COULD FOLLOW THEM TO THE SUITE SINCE I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING AND I DON'T HAVE A GPS.(WHICH I HAVE ASKED FOR ONE FOR CHRISTMAS).
SOMEHOW IN THE PROCESS OF THE FOLLOWING TO THE HOTEL I GOT LOST. LUCKILY IT WAS STILL ON THE ROAD WHICH THE HOTEL WAS ON. I AM TERRIBLE WITH DIRECTIONS WHEN I CALLED MY FRIENDS AND ASKED FOR HELP THEY IMMEDIATELY HANDED THE PHONE TO THEIR DATES SO THEY COULD GIVE ME DIRECTIONS. THE FIRST THING THEY ASKED WAS WHERE I WAS SO I EXPLAINED I WAS ON POPLAR.....AND BY A BIG BUILDING. THEY SAID THAT DOES NOT HELP MUCH THERE ARE TONS OF BIG BUILDINGS ON POPLAR. THEY TOLD ME WHERE I NEEDED TO GO. APPARENTLY I HAD GONE TO FAR DOWN ON POPLAR. I FOLLOWED THE WRONG CAR WHEN I GOT A CAR LENGTH BEHIND WHEN WE PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE.
ONCE WE ALL ARRIVED AT THE SUITE. WE MEET UP WITH THE OTHER TWO COUPLES AND CHECKED INTO THE SUITE.
THAT NIGHT WE WENT TO RONDAVOU WHAT IS KNOWN AS "THE BEST BBQ YOU WILL EVER EAT" FOR DINNER. IT WAS AMAZING! AT OUR TABLE WE HAD 12 PEOPLE.(THE 7 OF US FROM MY SUITE, CORY,2 GIRLS, AND ANOTHER COUPLE) WHICH THIS MADE THE NIGHT QUITE INTERESTING WHEN THE BILL CAME. APPARENTLY WHEN YOU ARE IN A PARTY OVER 6 THE BILL HAS TO BE ALL IN ONE.SO WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED WHEN WE SAW THAT THE WILL WAS $100....WE SPENT QUITE A DEAL OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD ALL PAY FOR THIS IN CASH....WE PULLED OUT A PEN AND DID A MATH PROBLEM WITH EVERY ONES ORDERS.....IN THE END ONE OF THE GUYS CORY PUT IT ALL ON HIS DEBIT CARD...OF COURSE WE ARE ALL GOING TO PAY HIM BACK! WE WERE SO FORTUNATE THAT HE WAS SO NICE AND WAS WILLING TO PUT THE TAB ON HIS CARD.
AFTER DINNER WE WHERE DOWN TO 10. WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE THE TROLLEY AND SEE WHAT MEMPHIS WAS ALL ABOUT. THIS WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. APPARENTLY THE TROLLEY TAKES MANY BREAKS ON ITS VOYAGE THROUGH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS. THIS MADE THE RIDE A LOT LONGER THAN IT WOULD NORMALLY BE. ALL OF US MADE USE OF THE TIME AND HAD A GREAT TIME....AND TOOK SOME CRAZY PICS ON THE TROLLEY. WE RODE ON THE TROLLEY UNTIL IT ARRIVED AT BEALE STREET. WE WANTED TO WALK THE STREETS AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE. BOY WAS THIS AN INTERESTING SIGHT. IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I HAD EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
ONCE WE HAD DONE THE WALK AND SEEN ALL OF WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, WE WENT BACK TO OUR CARS.
ONCE THE SEVEN OF US ARRIVED BACK AT THE HOME WOOD SUITE, THE COUPLES EXCHANGED "HAPPIES" THIS IS WHEN THE DATES EXCHANGE GIFTS TO ONE ANOTHER. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS TRADITION. SO IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING WATCHING THE COUPLES EXCHANGE GIFTS. MY DATE TAYLOR STRINGER WAS UNABLE TO COME UP UNTIL SAT. AFTER THIS WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS AND THE GUYS WENT UP TO THEIR SUITE.
SATURDAY WHEN WE WOKE UP EVERYONE TOOK SHOWERS AND GOT DRESSED FOR THE DAY. THE FIRST THING WE DID SATURDAY WAS AT 11:00 WE WENT TO THE MEMPHIS ZOO. THE ZOO WAS THE PRETTIEST ZOO I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. IT WAS RECENTLY VOTED THE BEST ZOO IN THE "NATION" I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD. ALL OF US HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE ZOO AND TOOK SOME AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WILL HELP US REMEMBER OUT EXPERIENCE AT THE MEMPHIS ZOO. I ENJOYED THE ZOO SO MUCH THAT I BOUGHT A SOUVENIR: AN ADORABLE PANDA BEAR STUFF ANIMAL. I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND CHILDISH BUT I LIKE IT....ITS A WAY TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES THAT WE HAD. WE SPENT ALL MORNING AT THE ZOO.
AT ABOUT 1:00 OUR STOMACHS WERE GROWLING IT WAS TIME TO FIND FOOD. ON THE CAR RIDE FROM THE ZOO TO LUNCH I CALLED MY DAD'S OLD SECRETARY WHO RETIRED AND MOVED TO MEMPHIS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO AND TOLD HER HOW I WAS IN MEMPHIS THIS WEEKEND FOR A FORMAL AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER IF SHE HAD TIME. SO WE ARRANGED TO MEET AT THE SUITE AND 3:30. WE WENT TO O'CHARLEY'S FOR LUNCH. OFF COURSE I ORDERED MY FAVORITE BEYOND FAVORITE THING CHICKEN QUISADILLAS!
AFTER LUNCH WE WENT TO A STORE AND BOUGHT SOME THINGS FOR ME TO MAKE FOR TAYLOR'S HAPPY! I BOUGHT HIM A RED STOCKING AND A RED BOX AND FILLED THEM WITH TEDDY GRAMS, CANDY CANES, RED GATORADE,BROWN/BLACK DRESS SOCKS, MIKE&IKE'S,ETC.
ONCE WE GOT BACK TO THE SUITE TAYLOR AND MY DAD'S SECRETARY ROSEMARY WERE WAITING IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO EACH OTHER...FOR ME. HE HE...SO WHEN TAYLOR WALKED UP TO THE CAR AND GAVE ME A HUGH I CALMLY TOLD HIM OH BY THE WAY YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET MY DADS OLD SECRETARY. THE MEETING WENT VERY WELL. ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE SUPER NICE TO HER. EVERYONE WENT INTO THE SUITE. ROSEMARY AND I VISITED FOR LIKE 30 MINUTES AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH EACH OTHERS LIFE SINCE SHE IS BASICALLY PART OF MY FAMILY. WHILE SHE WAS IN OUR SUITE I GAVE TAYLOR HIS HAPPY BECAUSE MY FRIENDS REALLY WANTED TO SEE HIS REACTION. HE LOVED IT...I THINK..HA HA. SO I GUESS IN A WAY TAYLOR HAD THE APPROVAL OF A FAMILY MEMBER BEFORE WE WENT TO FORMAL TOGETHER.
ONCE ROSEMARY LEFT...TAYLOR AND I CAUGHT UP AND WATCH THE ALABAMA FLORIDA GAME. HE GAVE ME MY HAPPY AT THIS POINT, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVED. AN ADORABLE TEDDY BEAR, AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, AND A PICTURE ALBUM WITH PICTURES IN IT. WE DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME HAD PASSED. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.I PRETTY MUCH TOLD HIM MY FAMILY HISTORY FROM A-Z. YEAH I'M A VERY TALKATIVE PERSON.WE TALKED UNTIL IT WAS ALMOST THE BEGINNING OF THE 4TH QUARTER OF THE GAME WHICH THAT WAS A BAD THING BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE DRESSED AND READY TO LEAVE FOR THE FORMAL IN AN HOUR. SO WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS AND GOT DRESSED.
GETTING DRESSED FOR THE FORMAL WAS SO MUCH FUN! IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW NERVOUS THE OTHER GIRLS WERE. I WAS NOR NERVOUS BECAUSE I HAD BEEN TO FORMALS BEFORE.
ONCE EVERYONE WAS READY, OUR DATES WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS AND PICKED US UP AND WALKED US TO THE CAR.
IN MY CAR"A CHEVY EQUINOX SPORT" WAS CHRISTINE AND JUSTIN AND TAYLOR AND I. WE DROVE TO THE CADRE BUILDING WERE THE FORMAL WAS HELD. WE SEARCHED FOR A PARKING GARAGE. ONCE WE FOUND A GARAGE AND A SPOT TO PARK WE SET OFF INTO THE NIGHT IN SEARCH OF OUR FINAL DESTINATION---NT FORMAL "MAGIC IN MEMPHIS".
THE BUILDING WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. ONCE WE WALKED INTO THE DOORS THERE WAS A SIGN FOR US SAYING WHERE TO GO. WE GOT INTO THE ELEVATOR AND WENT TO THE FORMAL!!!
THE ROOM HAD A BEAUTIFUL AMBIANCE.THE TABLE WERE DECORATED SO PRETTY. EVERY SINGE DETAIL MADE THE APPEARANCE LOOK ELEGANT. NOT LONG AFTER WE ARRIVE IT WAS TIME TO EAT. AT EACH TABLE THERE WERE FOUR COUPLES. I BELIEVE I HAD THE BEST TABLE. MY BIG SIS___JACLYN HOWARD& MARK REGAN,BONNEY SPAULDING & ANDY WILSON, ABBEY KRAKE & ERIC DAVIS, CAROLINE JACKSON & TAYLOR STRINGER.
THE FOOD WAS AMAZING. WE STARTED OFF WITH OF COURSE SALAD'S. NEXT WAS CHICKEN WHICH I THINK WAS CHICKEN COURT ON BLUE, BEANS, AND POTATOES. LAST THE DESERT WAS CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE..THIS WAS A MOUTH WATERING TREAT.
AFTER WE ATE IT WAS TIME TO "PARTY" WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY.
ONCE THE FORMAL WAS OVER WE WALKED BACK TO THE CAR AND RETRIEVED IT. THE FUNNY THING WAS THE PARTICULAR GARAGE WE PARKED AT ONLY TAKES CORRECT CHANGE $5 TO GET OUT. YOU COULD EITHER PUT A $5 BILL IN THE MACHINE OR FIVE ONES. WE SEARCHED OUR POCKETS FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR EXACT CHANGE. NONE OF US HAD ENOUGH. WE HAD $3..WE STILL NEEDED TO MORE. LUCKILY I HAD A BAG IN THE BACK OF MY CAR WITH A BUNCH OF RANDOM STUFF IN IT..WITHIN THE BAG I FOUND $2. YAY WE COULD GET OUT!
AFTER THE FORMAL MY SUITE MATES AND OUR DATES CHANGED CLOTHES IN A FRIENDS HOTEL ROOM DOWNTOWN IN THE HILTON HOTEL..LUCKILY I REMEMBERED BEFORE WE LEFT THE HOTEL TO GET CHANGE FOR A 20 TO PAY FOR OUR NEXT GARAGE.
THE AFTER PARTY WAS HELD AT B.B. KINGS BLUES CLUB! NONE OF US DRANK WE WENT TO LISTING TO A GOOD JAZZ BAND.
WE LEFT BEALE STREET AT 1:52.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE SUITE THE GIRLS WERE READY TO GO TO BED. THE GUYS HOWEVER STAYED UP AND TALKED UNTIL 5 AM. SINCE I WAS ON THE COACH. I COULD HEAR THEM ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT NOT DESIFERE WHAT THEY WERE SATING. AT ABOUT 5 AM THEY CALMED DOWN AND GOT QUITE. I WAS NOW ABLE TO GET DESCENT NIGHTS SLEEP.
SUNDAY MORNING I GUESS ACTUALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE WOKE UP AND WENT TO THE BLUE PLATE CAFE FOR BRUNCH. THE FOOD WAS ONCE AGAIN AMAZING. AFTER BRUNCH WE SET OFF ONCE AGAIN TO OUR FINAL DESTINATION....MC.
IN MY SUITE AT HOME WOOD SUITES. THERE WERE 10 OF US. RILEY&COURTNEY,HOLLY&MICHAEL, CHRISTINE&JUSTIN,JORDAN&JEREMY,ME AND TAYLOR.
THIS WEEKEND WAS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET OUR MINDS FOCUSED ON EXAMS AN AMAZING WEEKEND AWAY!!!! THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT COULD TOP THIS WEEKEND AND MAKE IT BETTER WOULD BE IT ALABAMA WOULD HAVE WON. OH WELL WE HAD AN AMAZING SEASON. SO roll tide roll!!!!! THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR! I TOOK AROUND 400 PICTURES."A PICTURE IS WORTH MORE THAN 1000 WORDS"-CHRISTINE "A PIC IS FOREVER"-CAJ
TAYLOR WAS AN AN AWESOME DATE!!
THIS WEEKEND WAS TRULY THE BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE."LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL". THANKS:TAYLOR,CHRISTINE, JUSTIN, COURTNEY,RILEY,HOLLY,MICHAEL, JORDAN AND JEREMY.
THIS WEEKEND WAS MAGIC IN MEMPHIS--AKA NT FORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 3:00 I LEFT MC'S CAMPUS AND SET OFF ON MY EXCURSION TO MEMPHIS!
I ARRIVED IN MEMPHIS AROUND 6:00.....I MEET UP WITH TWO OF THE COUPLES THAT WERE IN MY SUITE AT THE REST STOP JUST BEFORE WE TURNED OFF TO INTERSTATE 240....SO I COULD FOLLOW THEM TO THE SUITE SINCE I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING AND I DON'T HAVE A GPS.(WHICH I HAVE ASKED FOR ONE FOR CHRISTMAS).
SOMEHOW IN THE PROCESS OF THE FOLLOWING TO THE HOTEL I GOT LOST. LUCKILY IT WAS STILL ON THE ROAD WHICH THE HOTEL WAS ON. I AM TERRIBLE WITH DIRECTIONS WHEN I CALLED MY FRIENDS AND ASKED FOR HELP THEY IMMEDIATELY HANDED THE PHONE TO THEIR DATES SO THEY COULD GIVE ME DIRECTIONS. THE FIRST THING THEY ASKED WAS WHERE I WAS SO I EXPLAINED I WAS ON POPLAR.....AND BY A BIG BUILDING. THEY SAID THAT DOES NOT HELP MUCH THERE ARE TONS OF BIG BUILDINGS ON POPLAR. THEY TOLD ME WHERE I NEEDED TO GO. APPARENTLY I HAD GONE TO FAR DOWN ON POPLAR. I FOLLOWED THE WRONG CAR WHEN I GOT A CAR LENGTH BEHIND WHEN WE PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE.
ONCE WE ALL ARRIVED AT THE SUITE. WE MEET UP WITH THE OTHER TWO COUPLES AND CHECKED INTO THE SUITE.
THAT NIGHT WE WENT TO RONDAVOU WHAT IS KNOWN AS "THE BEST BBQ YOU WILL EVER EAT" FOR DINNER. IT WAS AMAZING! AT OUR TABLE WE HAD 12 PEOPLE.(THE 7 OF US FROM MY SUITE, CORY,2 GIRLS, AND ANOTHER COUPLE) WHICH THIS MADE THE NIGHT QUITE INTERESTING WHEN THE BILL CAME. APPARENTLY WHEN YOU ARE IN A PARTY OVER 6 THE BILL HAS TO BE ALL IN ONE.SO WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED WHEN WE SAW THAT THE WILL WAS $100....WE SPENT QUITE A DEAL OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD ALL PAY FOR THIS IN CASH....WE PULLED OUT A PEN AND DID A MATH PROBLEM WITH EVERY ONES ORDERS.....IN THE END ONE OF THE GUYS CORY PUT IT ALL ON HIS DEBIT CARD...OF COURSE WE ARE ALL GOING TO PAY HIM BACK! WE WERE SO FORTUNATE THAT HE WAS SO NICE AND WAS WILLING TO PUT THE TAB ON HIS CARD.
AFTER DINNER WE WHERE DOWN TO 10. WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE THE TROLLEY AND SEE WHAT MEMPHIS WAS ALL ABOUT. THIS WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. APPARENTLY THE TROLLEY TAKES MANY BREAKS ON ITS VOYAGE THROUGH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS. THIS MADE THE RIDE A LOT LONGER THAN IT WOULD NORMALLY BE. ALL OF US MADE USE OF THE TIME AND HAD A GREAT TIME....AND TOOK SOME CRAZY PICS ON THE TROLLEY. WE RODE ON THE TROLLEY UNTIL IT ARRIVED AT BEALE STREET. WE WANTED TO WALK THE STREETS AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE. BOY WAS THIS AN INTERESTING SIGHT. IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I HAD EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
ONCE WE HAD DONE THE WALK AND SEEN ALL OF WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, WE WENT BACK TO OUR CARS.
ONCE THE SEVEN OF US ARRIVED BACK AT THE HOME WOOD SUITE, THE COUPLES EXCHANGED "HAPPIES" THIS IS WHEN THE DATES EXCHANGE GIFTS TO ONE ANOTHER. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS TRADITION. SO IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING WATCHING THE COUPLES EXCHANGE GIFTS. MY DATE TAYLOR STRINGER WAS UNABLE TO COME UP UNTIL SAT. AFTER THIS WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS AND THE GUYS WENT UP TO THEIR SUITE.
SATURDAY WHEN WE WOKE UP EVERYONE TOOK SHOWERS AND GOT DRESSED FOR THE DAY. THE FIRST THING WE DID SATURDAY WAS AT 11:00 WE WENT TO THE MEMPHIS ZOO. THE ZOO WAS THE PRETTIEST ZOO I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. IT WAS RECENTLY VOTED THE BEST ZOO IN THE "NATION" I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD. ALL OF US HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE ZOO AND TOOK SOME AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WILL HELP US REMEMBER OUT EXPERIENCE AT THE MEMPHIS ZOO. I ENJOYED THE ZOO SO MUCH THAT I BOUGHT A SOUVENIR: AN ADORABLE PANDA BEAR STUFF ANIMAL. I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND CHILDISH BUT I LIKE IT....ITS A WAY TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES THAT WE HAD. WE SPENT ALL MORNING AT THE ZOO.
AT ABOUT 1:00 OUR STOMACHS WERE GROWLING IT WAS TIME TO FIND FOOD. ON THE CAR RIDE FROM THE ZOO TO LUNCH I CALLED MY DAD'S OLD SECRETARY WHO RETIRED AND MOVED TO MEMPHIS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO AND TOLD HER HOW I WAS IN MEMPHIS THIS WEEKEND FOR A FORMAL AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER IF SHE HAD TIME. SO WE ARRANGED TO MEET AT THE SUITE AND 3:30. WE WENT TO O'CHARLEY'S FOR LUNCH. OFF COURSE I ORDERED MY FAVORITE BEYOND FAVORITE THING CHICKEN QUISADILLAS!
AFTER LUNCH WE WENT TO A STORE AND BOUGHT SOME THINGS FOR ME TO MAKE FOR TAYLOR'S HAPPY! I BOUGHT HIM A RED STOCKING AND A RED BOX AND FILLED THEM WITH TEDDY GRAMS, CANDY CANES, RED GATORADE,BROWN/BLACK DRESS SOCKS, MIKE&IKE'S,ETC.
ONCE WE GOT BACK TO THE SUITE TAYLOR AND MY DAD'S SECRETARY ROSEMARY WERE WAITING IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO EACH OTHER...FOR ME. HE HE...SO WHEN TAYLOR WALKED UP TO THE CAR AND GAVE ME A HUGH I CALMLY TOLD HIM OH BY THE WAY YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET MY DADS OLD SECRETARY. THE MEETING WENT VERY WELL. ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE SUPER NICE TO HER. EVERYONE WENT INTO THE SUITE. ROSEMARY AND I VISITED FOR LIKE 30 MINUTES AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH EACH OTHERS LIFE SINCE SHE IS BASICALLY PART OF MY FAMILY. WHILE SHE WAS IN OUR SUITE I GAVE TAYLOR HIS HAPPY BECAUSE MY FRIENDS REALLY WANTED TO SEE HIS REACTION. HE LOVED IT...I THINK..HA HA. SO I GUESS IN A WAY TAYLOR HAD THE APPROVAL OF A FAMILY MEMBER BEFORE WE WENT TO FORMAL TOGETHER.
ONCE ROSEMARY LEFT...TAYLOR AND I CAUGHT UP AND WATCH THE ALABAMA FLORIDA GAME. HE GAVE ME MY HAPPY AT THIS POINT, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVED. AN ADORABLE TEDDY BEAR, AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, AND A PICTURE ALBUM WITH PICTURES IN IT. WE DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME HAD PASSED. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.I PRETTY MUCH TOLD HIM MY FAMILY HISTORY FROM A-Z. YEAH I'M A VERY TALKATIVE PERSON.WE TALKED UNTIL IT WAS ALMOST THE BEGINNING OF THE 4TH QUARTER OF THE GAME WHICH THAT WAS A BAD THING BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE DRESSED AND READY TO LEAVE FOR THE FORMAL IN AN HOUR. SO WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS AND GOT DRESSED.
GETTING DRESSED FOR THE FORMAL WAS SO MUCH FUN! IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW NERVOUS THE OTHER GIRLS WERE. I WAS NOR NERVOUS BECAUSE I HAD BEEN TO FORMALS BEFORE.
ONCE EVERYONE WAS READY, OUR DATES WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS AND PICKED US UP AND WALKED US TO THE CAR.
IN MY CAR"A CHEVY EQUINOX SPORT" WAS CHRISTINE AND JUSTIN AND TAYLOR AND I. WE DROVE TO THE CADRE BUILDING WERE THE FORMAL WAS HELD. WE SEARCHED FOR A PARKING GARAGE. ONCE WE FOUND A GARAGE AND A SPOT TO PARK WE SET OFF INTO THE NIGHT IN SEARCH OF OUR FINAL DESTINATION---NT FORMAL "MAGIC IN MEMPHIS".
THE BUILDING WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. ONCE WE WALKED INTO THE DOORS THERE WAS A SIGN FOR US SAYING WHERE TO GO. WE GOT INTO THE ELEVATOR AND WENT TO THE FORMAL!!!
THE ROOM HAD A BEAUTIFUL AMBIANCE.THE TABLE WERE DECORATED SO PRETTY. EVERY SINGE DETAIL MADE THE APPEARANCE LOOK ELEGANT. NOT LONG AFTER WE ARRIVE IT WAS TIME TO EAT. AT EACH TABLE THERE WERE FOUR COUPLES. I BELIEVE I HAD THE BEST TABLE. MY BIG SIS___JACLYN HOWARD& MARK REGAN,BONNEY SPAULDING & ANDY WILSON, ABBEY KRAKE & ERIC DAVIS, CAROLINE JACKSON & TAYLOR STRINGER.
THE FOOD WAS AMAZING. WE STARTED OFF WITH OF COURSE SALAD'S. NEXT WAS CHICKEN WHICH I THINK WAS CHICKEN COURT ON BLUE, BEANS, AND POTATOES. LAST THE DESERT WAS CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE..THIS WAS A MOUTH WATERING TREAT.
AFTER WE ATE IT WAS TIME TO "PARTY" WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY.
ONCE THE FORMAL WAS OVER WE WALKED BACK TO THE CAR AND RETRIEVED IT. THE FUNNY THING WAS THE PARTICULAR GARAGE WE PARKED AT ONLY TAKES CORRECT CHANGE $5 TO GET OUT. YOU COULD EITHER PUT A $5 BILL IN THE MACHINE OR FIVE ONES. WE SEARCHED OUR POCKETS FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR EXACT CHANGE. NONE OF US HAD ENOUGH. WE HAD $3..WE STILL NEEDED TO MORE. LUCKILY I HAD A BAG IN THE BACK OF MY CAR WITH A BUNCH OF RANDOM STUFF IN IT..WITHIN THE BAG I FOUND $2. YAY WE COULD GET OUT!
AFTER THE FORMAL MY SUITE MATES AND OUR DATES CHANGED CLOTHES IN A FRIENDS HOTEL ROOM DOWNTOWN IN THE HILTON HOTEL..LUCKILY I REMEMBERED BEFORE WE LEFT THE HOTEL TO GET CHANGE FOR A 20 TO PAY FOR OUR NEXT GARAGE.
THE AFTER PARTY WAS HELD AT B.B. KINGS BLUES CLUB! NONE OF US DRANK WE WENT TO LISTING TO A GOOD JAZZ BAND.
WE LEFT BEALE STREET AT 1:52.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE SUITE THE GIRLS WERE READY TO GO TO BED. THE GUYS HOWEVER STAYED UP AND TALKED UNTIL 5 AM. SINCE I WAS ON THE COACH. I COULD HEAR THEM ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT NOT DESIFERE WHAT THEY WERE SATING. AT ABOUT 5 AM THEY CALMED DOWN AND GOT QUITE. I WAS NOW ABLE TO GET DESCENT NIGHTS SLEEP.
SUNDAY MORNING I GUESS ACTUALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE WOKE UP AND WENT TO THE BLUE PLATE CAFE FOR BRUNCH. THE FOOD WAS ONCE AGAIN AMAZING. AFTER BRUNCH WE SET OFF ONCE AGAIN TO OUR FINAL DESTINATION....MC.
IN MY SUITE AT HOME WOOD SUITES. THERE WERE 10 OF US. RILEY&COURTNEY,HOLLY&MICHAEL, CHRISTINE&JUSTIN,JORDAN&JEREMY,ME AND TAYLOR.
THIS WEEKEND WAS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET OUR MINDS FOCUSED ON EXAMS AN AMAZING WEEKEND AWAY!!!! THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT COULD TOP THIS WEEKEND AND MAKE IT BETTER WOULD BE IT ALABAMA WOULD HAVE WON. OH WELL WE HAD AN AMAZING SEASON. SO roll tide roll!!!!! THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR! I TOOK AROUND 400 PICTURES."A PICTURE IS WORTH MORE THAN 1000 WORDS"-CHRISTINE "A PIC IS FOREVER"-CAJ
TAYLOR WAS AN AN AWESOME DATE!!
THIS WEEKEND WAS TRULY THE BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE."LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL". THANKS:TAYLOR,CHRISTINE, JUSTIN, COURTNEY,RILEY,HOLLY,MICHAEL, JORDAN AND JEREMY.
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