Free at Last!!!

CATS is over!! Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, I'm done with this show! Don't get me wrong, I had a really fun time, but I'm so grateful that it's over! Praise GOD!

It went really well, all 8 shows, and I'm thuroughly exhausted... and apparently so was my roommate, Sarah. This is what Alyssa and I did to celebrate.

My Poor Mother...

HAS NO LIFE!

I was on facebook today and this poor woman, bless her soul, has filled out surveys and every chain letter thing you can think of...

And bless her heart, she apparently thinks I have no life either. THREE unread e-mails from her, a few instant messages, and I'm sure there was a comment or something in there. Poor thing. :)

love you, mom!

WOOHOO!!!

WE WON!!! The Allie Awards were this past Friday night and I had so much fun. I wasn't nominated for anything specific, but a few of the shows I participated in were! I had two dates: Drew and Casey, some of my best friends from school. Musical Comedy Murders won for best comedy, and Guys and Dolls was nominated for best musical. It was great to walk up on that stage and accept my (OUR) award!

AND

My beautiful, talented (favorite) roommate FINALLY won her Allie Award. In fact, she won two! I was so proud of her! GO Alyssa!!! She was so shocked to win the first one and she didn't think she had a chance with the second one, so when they announced her name as the winner, she turned to us all in absolute SHOCK! It was hillarious!

Jamison also won an Allie for his stunning performance in Hedda Gabbler. I was very proud of him, also. We had such a good time :)

MORE EXCITING NEWS!!!!

I'M IN!!

It's official! I've been accepted to Mississippi State University! woot! Only 6 more months until I move to Starkville!

Exciting!!!!

THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!

I'm sooo excited for my some of my best friends! I know they'll be so happy together!

They met at Camp Lakeside, he proposed at Camp Lakeside, and they're getting married this July at Camp Lakeside. So sweet! And I'm so excited for them!

another small update

Life still won't slow down any. Now I have a job to worry about and school is actually starting to pick up. I'm struggling to keep up with my homework and it's tough at times. Luckily though, my job as a tutor is pretty laid back and most of the time I can use the time I spend there on my own homework. It's lovely. It gives me an excuse to calm down and breathe every once in a while. :)

The play is a big fat pain in my behind and if I didn't care so much about my cast and how they would be affected, I'd quit. I come to rehearsal to sit on the stage, and watch everyone else dance and sing. and then I get yelled at for something that I didn't do and it's embarrassing and dumb. That's really all I can say about that. I was doing really well saving money (except some dorm expenses I wasn't expecting to pay, but when you run out of TP and you're the only one in the dorm, you make sacrifices--financial sacrifices). But I've spent more money on this show than I have ANYTHING else. It's incredibly ridiculous.

I'm so excited about camp this summer. I know it's still almost 5 months away, but interviews and suggestions for this summer are already underway and I can't wait. God is going to work so BIG in that place! Just thinking about it makes me happy.

Mom comes home today with her new body! I'm excited for her; she deserves to have the body she's worked so hard to get. I'm so proud! I cleaned her house today and let me just say that scrubbing bathtubs and floors is a great work-out. my back and abs haven't hurt so much since... well since tuesday when i got out of pilates. :)

anyway, that's it for today I think. I still have to go to class until one, work until four thirty, and rehearsal at six!!

first post of the year..

And I'm already stressed out to the max. It's funny how easily stressed out I can get. I'm so thankful for those 30 minute massages Santa gave me! Here's the deal:

I'm trying to lose weight. how many calories can i eat, how many have I already had, how many calories are in this or that, and can i still have my mtn dews, cafeteria food is too gross, healthy food is too expensive, did i work out today, does walking to class count, or should i do another richard simmons dvd? did i burn enough calories today, did i get enough protein, am i going to have enough energy to get up and do it all tomorrow?

School. i have to make good grades this semester so i can get good scholarships at MS State. I have to get into State, transcript requests, scholarship applications, student loan? fastweb, essays, not to mention homework at the school i'm in now. homework, ugh, up late studying, up early to class, all the rest of time with the play. ugh the play, no costume, lots of solos, little dancing, makeup, shoes, accent, stress, 6 am call on opening day for a sold out audience, better get an award for this.

awards. the allies are coming up. am i nominated, is my company nominated, are my friends nominated? do i have a date, do I WANT a date, will date even show up if i ask him? tickets, gotta pay for tickets, do i pay for my date, is my family paying, do i even want to GO?

Starkville, MSU, application, scholarship, apartment? apartment, furnishing apartment, paying for utilities, rent, cable, phone, water... roommate? who knows? not spending a penny until i can pay for my apartment, furnish my apartment, afford to eat in my apartment. no money. broke. not paying for haircuts, makeup, clothes, jewelry, breaking habits are hard. earning money, allowance, extra money, work study, Lord, I hope.

Camp. Lakeside, great, fun, love that place! Riverview, more pay, unfamiliar, unknown, scary. God's will? pray He'll speak up so I can hear it. Lakeside, things to do, dances, powerpoints, fundraisers, games, bookmarks, t-shirts, 53 things on the list... so far. Plan Plan Plan

This is why I don't sleep. I haven't been able to sleep for 2 weeks now without a sleeping aid of some kind. Its frustrating because this is all I think of anymore. If I had to think of anything else, I'd explode. Pray that I'll be able to prioritize these things and get my life a lot less frantic!!