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Yesterday was confirmation that I'm running myself ragged. I had to attend a president's meeting for the presidents of clubs and groups on campus. No, I'm not a president of anything. I just represented the Wesley Foundation for the meeting. The president of Omicron Delta Kappa was there. After the meeting, I pulled her aside to ask about getting my stuff, which I still haven't gotten. It was then that she told me that recognized my name. Yes, my name is known on campus. I'm a busy girl. I'm active in ACM and Wesley. I'm a member of ODK and Phi Kappa Phi. And I'm a Who's Who student. During that meeting yesterday, I found out that ODK is having a meeting on the 28^th. ACM is having its monthly meeting on the 26^th . All my clubs and classes are competing against each other. I'm a person that puts class first.

After the meeting, I came home and helped my dad with my car. We had to get a new battery. On the way to get it, this crazy woman decided she's more important in the scheme of life. She decided she's going to get in front of my father in the lane on Skidaway. She was turning onto the road. My dad was on the road, going straight. Stupid woman almost hit us. My dad move forwarded to tell the lady that he had the right-of-way. When my dad looked down at her (we were in his truck), she started cussing him out and calling him a white mother farker. My dad looked at her and agreed. That made her even angrier. And when traffic started to move, my dad just stopped in the road and refused to move to let this most important woman go in front of him. Finally, he let the bitch go forward just to get her out of our way. She was just a perfect example of a Savannah driver. it's me first in this town, screw the traffic laws. On my way home earlier, I had seen the same attitude that could have caused a head-on wreck on Waters Ave. Once upon a time, Mike called me a old woman driver. I told him to shut up. These examples just prove why I drive as I do. I don't need an idiot or someone not paying attention to the traffic to hurt me! I've already lost one car! I don't want to lose another.

Later last night, Wesley Foundation met for dinner at Melissa's. It was our biggest dinner yet. Erin, Jessie, Lindsey, her husband Chris, long-time but formerly missing member Chris, Callum, Ashlee, and Ashlee's friend Misty, a BCM gal, were all there. Also joining us for dinner was Terry's mama. Terry could have been there, but he didn't answer his mama's call. It was a fun dinner. Afterwards, we played Phase 10 and joked about Jessie's competitiveness. When Melissa asked if he wanted brownies, we all agreed to get some to take a break from the game. Poor Jessie was stuck on phase 2 when the rest of us were on 4. Just before Jessie left, we took this group shot. We did end up completing the game. Ashlee and Misty's team got to phase 10. They also had the least amount of points.

[♪ Listening to: "Happy" - Amy Grant]

First, I got an extention on my Graphics Design project, since everyone else had trouble, too.

And now, the Thursday Threesome:

Onesome: Cups-- and quarts? Can you remember the conversions for cooking or do you have to look them up? ...or do you just use the old "this much plus a little" method? The gut method of measuring. Actually, I use the cups, as directed, and if it seems too little, I had a bit more until it looks right.

Twosome: and-- how did Valentine's Day go? Do you have a chocolate hangover today <g>? The day was fine. I had too much school work to worry about the lack of love.

Threesome: Saucers-- of milk for the kittens? A pint of ice cream for you? Who gets the last snack of the night at your place? Someone left a glass of milk out and I saw Harri drink from it on my way back here. I think the cats are the last ones with snacks. They love to eat.

[♪ Listening to: "Gone" - Kelly Clarkson]

Yesterday was the day that pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. Yes, spring traning. That mean baseball is coming back. I've missed it.

Some players had switched teams. Marcus Giles is now a Padre. Barry Zito (pictured ) is now a Giant. Mark DeRosa is a Cub. I'm still a Atlanta Braves fan. Some teams have switched minor league affliations. My Savannah Sand Gnats now associates with the Mets. Opening day is April 5^th for the Gnats. I think I'll attend that game. I'll get out of Graphics Design, some how. The next weekend, I'm going to see the Braves.

In other news, my first 2 boxes of flooring are in. My dad and I have decided to get new flooring for the living room. We'll do it ourselves. I bought the first 2 boxes. Tomorrow, I have to buy another box. I might buy another one, if money allows. After we buy enough boxes, we're going to get the floor done.

This week, school-wise, has been hell. I had a 10-page+ report due yesterday. I also had a presentation in Ethics yesterday. Tuesday, I had to present a monologue from Hamlet. I chose Laertes's speech to Ophelia to tell her to ditch Hamlet. I was nervous and I didn't know the monlogue too well, so I threw in a bit of acting and staging to cover my hide. Today, I have a project to turn in for Graphics Design. It's not complete. I was just having trouble with this one thing with it. I'm not going to stree about getting it done. I was honoest in my report and said I learned from this project that VB.net is not my strong point. Some people get it, others don't.

Oh, and a new Richard Marx song comes out on the 27^th at Target stores. It's on an album titled New Music From an Old Friend. Richard is performing a song titled "Your Goodbye." From the sample I heard, it's more in tune with a ballad. Also on this album will be Carole King, Kenny Loggins, and Brian Wilson. I will have to update the Richard Marx Discography as soon as I can.

[♪ Listening to: Someone Else's Dream" - Faith Hill]

Who needs a boyfriend when they have a Scooter?

I found a few minutes to post, while delaying my reading of Hamlet.

Today's Wesley lunch was a summary of this weekend's theme. Melissa narrowed it down to share with the students that didn't attend the forum. She brought up a question of how to save a drowning person. She was talking in general; we all got specific with our ways to save a drowning person. Some answers included just letting a person you don't like just float away. We knew it was to be serious, but we all just got goofy about it. At two points in the conversation, Ramacles, our nickname for our member Patrick, laughed so hard, he was gasping for air. I like to think we had fun.

Those of that that went told the others of what we did this weekend. In addition to discussions about our weekend, we started signing up for the spring trip. We'll be going to see the Atlanta Braves play the Marlins on Friday night, as well as visiting the King Center and hanging out with the Georgia Tech Wesley group at their place. And, we'll be having dinner again Friday. We're having a blast. This is the type of friendship that I craved growing up.

Sunset over the Frederica River
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I am back from my weekend at St. Simons Island for the 2007 Georgia Wesley Student Movement Retreat. This photo is one I took yesterday evening as the sun was setting. The retreat took place at Epworth By The Sea this year. Epworth is just off the Frederica River.

I went back down there Friday morning and met up Michelle. I met Michelle when we went to Adrian, MI last year. We also plan on going to Tacoma together in May. She wanted to come down and look around St. Simons before the retreat. That we did. We went out to Christ Church for pictures and drove around town looking for the Tree Spirits. After that, we headed to Epworth and helped set up the retreat.

After my Wesley Foundation got to the island, we all met up at a local restaurant on the south end of the island. The food was good, but the service was not that great. The waiter seemed to have gotten my table. The rest of the group finished their meals by the time we got to eat ours. The waiter was lucky I left a dollar. The other table of our group then waited forever for the waiter to get their checks.

Saturday was busy. We had some great group discussions and everyone as a group discussing the theme for the retreat, Romans 12:2, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." We called the theme Extreme Makeover.

Saturday's free time was busy as well. The AASU Foundation, along with Terry from SSU, did a ropes course. That was a blast. We had to work as a team to get tasks done. One task was to simulate getting across a canyon with a cup of nitroglycerin. We didn't take long to think of a plan and get it done. We had to try twice, as I fell into the canyon and died the first time. The other big task we did was get us all across a wire a foot and a half off the ground. Only one person could move at a time, and if we fell, we had to start at the beginning. We took 2 tries on that one. I didn't not fall on that one.

I ended up being the photographer for the whole event. I took over 1000 photos for the weekend. I got those photos up on Flickr. I've got pictures of retreat activities, touring St. Simons with Michelle, and the ropes course. This weekend was a blast and exhausting. That's good. My next 2 days will be spent on school work, meaning no blogging time for me. That's just as well. I need my good grades.