A Happy Day

The last couple of days have been really awesome. I splurged a little bit, but I had amazing fun.

Yesterday I woke up easily at 10am and just laid there for a while. After a bit I turned on my computer and got onto Facebook. B3 happened to be on at that time and so we started talking. We had a really good conversation (up until the very end, but that wasn't his fault, his roommate took over) and I was fairly happy after it. I then left to go eat brunch with the Shepardites. Brunch was spectacular that day and it just made the day get even better. Around 3pm my girlfriends and I decided to go shopping.  We found a cute store that had fantastic prices on dresses. I came away with two very formal dresses with a total price of $33. We then went to Orange Julia's and bought a couple of smoothies that tasted so good after spending so much time in the one store. All the other girls were tired by this point though so they decided to go back. I decided that I really did need to search for what I had come for, so I went on my own to Kohl's. I bought a black cardigan and some black flip flops. I also really wanted some boots and I had been told that JCPenny's tends to have good sales so I decided to go over there. I ended up finding some really cute boots for $30 there so I bought them. By this time though it was dark outside and I didn't exactly know the way back to campus. So, I called my friend up and she had someone else direct me back to campus. I made him stay on the phone though for a while because I was very afraid of being mugged out on the streets. When I got back everyone was getting ready to order pizza and watch a movie so I just joined in.

That night was a lot of fun as well because when everyone else decided to go on a walk, Kitten and I stayed behind. We first went to Montag (a food store on campus) and buy some chocolate. On our way over there though we realized we had forgotten one vital thing about Saturday night this week. That night was signing night at the fraternities and so they were particularly rowdy. When we walked into Montag, SAE decided to shout "I AM AN ASSHOLE! I AM AN ASSHOLE! I AM AN ASSHOLE 'TILL I DIE!" and then something else that rhymed with Sigma Chi. They were shouting it towards the Sigma Chi building, but it seemed like they were shouting it at Kitten and me so it was really funny.

When we came back from Montag, Kitten and a couple other Shepardites that had decided not to go on the walk decided to watch a movie and I joined in. We watched a movie called "The Fall" that I thought was amazingly good and I definitely want to see it again. After that we watched "The Black Cauldron" and it was pretty cute. When that movie was over I decided to go to bed.

Today I woke up at 11:30 and go ready to go to brunch at the DG house. When I got there a couple girls showed me how to order the food and I got delicious chocolate chip pancakes. After brunch I hung out with a bunch of the girls for a while until everyone was ready to go shopping (something we had pre-planned as a bonding time). I started to feel more comfortable in the house and I'm quite happy with it now. It was about 1:30 by the time that we left and we ended up going over to the mall again to see the store with the cute dresses. I needed to exchange one of the dresses I had bought for a smaller size and the other girls wanted to check out the sales. One of my new sisters bought a dress and a jacket, but no one else bought anything. After that two of the girls decided to go back and that left just the two of us to shop together.

I had so much fun with those two girls shopping. We first went to JCPenny's to check out boots and make-up from Sephora. Then we decided to go back to DG and see if we could borrow someone's car so we could go to Target, but no one would loan us a car so we got a cab instead. When we go to target we looked all over to see if we could find some footie-pajamas, but we had no luck. Instead we bought make up and beauty accessories.  Then we walked across the street to another mall and bought Orange Julia's because we were hungry and thirsty by that time. Afterwards we decided to go into Burlington Coat Factory where we found amazing sales on lingerie. I totally would have bought some if I had a boy to wear them for, but I restrained myself from buying the $10 corset. My new sisters on the other hand couldn't stand it and ended up buying two corsets each. After that we walked into Sears to see if they would have footie-pajamas, but once again we had no luck. On the bright side though we found an amazing sale on underwear, and they told me that I needed to buy a comfortable thong to try it out. So I bought a thong for $3 today. We were really tired after that store and the mall was closing so we called the cab and had it bring us back to campus.

When we got back to campus Red Head (one of my new sisters that I went shopping with) decided to go to Goudy with me to eat dinner. Dinner was a little bit awkward, but it was still good. When I went back to Shepard after eating I hung out a little bit with Kitten, and then I had to head back to DG for a new members meeting. The new members meeting started out boring, but got really interesting when they started talking about serenades. I'm extremely excited for them, but so incredibly nervous at the same time. I don't exactly want to do a dance in front of the entire drunken student body of this school, but I think it'll be an amazingly fun experience so I'm going to do it anyway.

The meeting got out around 9:30 and I headed back to Shepard to start on my homework. My homework was super long and grueling, and I really didn't like it very much because people would make fun of me for my lack of knowledge in French. That really bothers me, but they don't know it and I probably won't tell them. The creative writing homework I had after that was a little more fun though. I wrote a new poem that goes like this:

Unseen

Smile, frown, puckered lips,
Twitch, wink, double blink,
wiggle, scrunch, pig-like sniff,
wrinkled, smooth, dimpled chin.

Actions that, are done upon,
every single day,
No notice, too humble,
but there, nonetheless.

Scratch, pinch, soothing touch,
CRACK, bend, crunchy pop,
Twist, turn, gentle stretch
Grab, squeeze, choking clutch

Actions that, are done upon,
every single day,
No notice, too humble,
but there, nonetheless.

Stand, sit, aching joints,
Jiggle, stretch, beastly bounce,
Flex, rest, tired limbs,
love, hate, needed life.

I also fixed up my Teddy poem so that it sounds like this:

Teddy
 
He has two ears balanced upon his head,
Two small onyx eyes with tiny white specks,
One soft large nose perched above his mouth,
A thin smile, almost imperceptible, just below the muzzle.

As he sits next to the I Spy book, his head nearly reaches the top,
His body easily fits from the spine to the opening,
His pudge extends out in front of him.
Each of his limbs barely breach his overwhelming fluff.

Initially he is ice, but as he is held a fire grows,
The tighter he is squeezed the smaller he becomes,
If he is crushed enough, his heart starts to beat,
Revealing his love for me.

He was built for me by my beloved,
Each of his attributes assembled for me explicitly,
I will take him with me past the moons of Jupiter,
And into the world beyond.

At one point while writing these poems I decided to take a break and check JobCat to see if there were any job postings near by. There actually was, so I decided to fix up my resume and write a cover letter and apply. I really hope I get the job, I could use the income.

Now I'm headed to bed, much later than I had anticipated (3 am). Tomorrow I have to get up an hour earlier than I normally would because I'm "dressing to the badge" which means I'm dressing super formal to classes and wearing my DG pin. I think it'll be fun but awkward. We'll see how it goes.