Dating: Against or For?

Guess what this chick went on last week?

That's right, a date.

 

 Which brings me to the question of whether you believe in dating or not? I am still not sure how I feel about dating. It has its pro's and con's.

 

Pro's

Meet new people

Helps you figure out your type

Can be fun to date different people

Usually for a girl, a fun night with little to no cost

Adventure

A change of pace

 

Con's

They can be disastrous

Get lead on

Doesn't work out

Boring=no fun at all

Guy decides he does not like you so he plays the "how about we split it" card

 

 

I am sure both lists can be longer, but that's just my initial thought right now.

Oh by the way, the date was fun, but didn't work out.

I still have no idea how I feel about it. I feel like I am a girl who would rather just be friends and then somehow stumble into a relationship. That can happen right?

 

You tell me:

Are you for dating or not?

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Four Years

Guess what?! I am starting my Senior Year in a week and a half at AU!!!!!

 

I am only freaking out a little bit. Thinking about this coming year has taken me back down memory lane which means you are in for a history lesson in my life!

 

Freshman year!

 

 

This was a year of firsts; first long-distance relationship, first roommate, first college class, and the list goes on and one.

Favorite Memory from the year: Late night talks with my roommate Michelle. Some nights we would lay down and end up talking for hours about our love for old Disney channel movies or about family life. She is the best roommate I could have asked for!

Advice for any freshman: Try everything! It's the year to explore different classes before settling on a major or your favorite activity. I came in thinking I knew exactly what my major would be and I changed it! Try everything! Just do it!

 

 

Sophomore Year

 

Wow! This was by far the most emotional and growing for me. The word of the year was "Drama." But thanks to that Drama a beautiful friendship bonded and led to 3 future roommates bond to last through the many years of change we will encounter for the rest of our lives.

Favorite Memory: It is hard to choose just one. Family game night, country drives, late night talks, blind dates, and so much more!

Advice for Sophomores: This is such a great year to build friendships. You have a year of college underneath you and friends you met. Find your niche and bond. It is well worth it.

 

Junior Year

 

Bring on the laughter! I lived with my two best friends, how much better could life get! It was somewhat of a challenging year, but a fun one to say the least. We became a tiny little family and learned what it is like to live with a pregnant girl and the beauty of birth!

Favorite Memory: Once again too hard to choose! Prank calling whenever we got the chance, spring break in California, and cooking delicious dinners!

Advice for Juniors: Focus on school. The hard work pays off if you keep at it and this is not the time to let your grades slip away.

 

Senior Year

Expectations: To do all the things I have not done yet, spend quality time with friends, and make plans for post-grad life.

Goals: Sing at encore, check everything off my 101 things to do before you graduate list, get into grad school, and get my g.p.a up a little bit!

 

 



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Hello Blog World! I hope you all have been having a lovely week. Mine has been somewhat relaxing; I have been getting over a short cold that seems to have random headaches occur once a day and if you knew me you would know how much I hate having a headache. It puts me in such a bad mood!

Here's some pinning that I have loved this week!

This dress screams me! I love shine, glitter, and just wish I had this dress in my hands right now!

Some background: I wear my hair similar to this style, but with it all up. Lately, though, my hair is getting to heavy and falls out a lot, but I still wanted to be able to wear that hairstyle. Now I found this style and cannot wait to try it out!

How sweet is this!? I would probably dish out some big money to have one of these.

I have done this to my nails multiple times this summer and I get so many compliments. Paint a coat and then just use a permanent marker to add designs of your own to your nails. I love it.

Love this outfit! Perfect for the fall.

I always have old tshirts that I can't really do much with and now I have a way to use them!

Put your memories from the year in a jar. People say to start at the beginning of the year, but I say it's never to late to start.

Yes! Yes! Yes! I want to make this before I go back to school. So cool!

Pin friends! Do it! It is good for the soul!



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Inspiring questions

What can you do today that you could not do a year ago?

- I can play guitar and I can manage my emotions much better than a year ago. I can actually dig deep and discover what the big problem is instead of being petty.

What word best describes the way you've spent the last month of your life?

-I think the best word to describe this last month would be creating. I have created new memories, friendships and a new baby was created by my sister into our family.

In one year from today, how do you think your life will be different?

-A year from now, I plan on packing up and moving across the country to start grad school in Seattle. I plan on saying goodbye to family and friends and starting my new life away from home. Super scary to think about.

What's a common misconception people have about you?

-That I am mean. Two reasons for this: sometimes I just have a mean-muggin face that I do not realize I am wearing and I tend to be  blunt which comes out as harsh even when I do not mean it to be. Maybe I am mean, but I really do not think so. I just need to learn how to wear less of a mean-muggin face and how to be blunt in a not so negative way.

What's the one thing you need to change in your life in the next twelve months?

-Be willing to do the things that scare me and be the outgoing person I am. Sometimes I get so worried about all the bad that I do not take the jump and see what happens.



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Sorry for the disappearance...

Well I have been busy these last couple of weeks.

I went on a mini road trip to check out two grad schools in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Both schools were drastically different; one a public and one private. I liked the Tennessee school just a little bit more than the Pennsylvania school mainly because I could see myself there more and its not so big.

I also just spent the weekend in Wisconsin for a Wedding so you can just call me Ms. Traveler now. This summer has been great in a lot of ways. I have learned the value of working hard, but also resting. I also have been loving all the family time. Since Quinn came into this world, the family has valued time together so much. I am so excited to head back to school and start my senior year, but am also not ready to start the beginning to the end.

Hopefully, you will get to see all that I experience through this blog and I am excited to see what happens!

Here's to growing up!

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I am torn...

Warning: This may be a controversial post. Please keep your rude comments to your self. I do not seek to hurt or cause anger; I just seek to talk through what I am thinking.

I am sure you have heard, but Chick-fil-a is in a public battle against homosexuals. I am torn because I love chick-fil-a and I love homosexuals. Now let me explain.

Chick-fil-a has been a place of so many memories for me. Not only do they have excellent fast food, but it is a place I spent most of my high school career. Every Wednesday my best friend and I would grab a late lunch after school and it became a ritual. It is where we bonded, fought, and cried. It's a place I remember meeting for small group at and I remember crying because I had just been broken up with. It is where my dad took us in the summer for our weekly lunch date. I love chick-fil-a and anyone who knows me well would know that. It's the place I would choose to have a first date at; that's how serious I am.

Homosexuals remind me of my best friend whom I found out was gay during my Senior year of high school and it made me love him even more. I think it may be one of the reasons our friendship stayed intact all these years, because there was always love no matter whom he loved. I do not look at him and say, "Who you love is wrong, what you love is wrong." I look at him and say, "I love you because He first loved us."

And this is where I am torn. Two of my loves at battle with each other; protesting, in a way, hatred towards each others. It is amazing how much media has exploded over the statements from both sides and I feel thrown in the middle. I feel pulled into a fight that I never asked to be apart of, but did I ask to be apart of it when I chose to be a Christian and chose to love homosexuals. Is it my fault I'm torn?

Can there really be a neutral line? Can eating at a restaurant just be eating and not supporting all their decisions?

I'm curious as to what others think. Where are you standing in this debate and why are you standing there? For now, I'm standing in the middle. I still choose to love Chick-fil-a and the homosexual community, because it is my life goal to live out LOVE. Isn't that why God died on the cross, because he loved us?

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Welcome Baby Green!

I have been MIA this week because....

I am a new aunt to this cute little boy!

Quinn Alexander was born Monday at 11:08 p.m. after my sister spent 23 hours in labor!

He came out bright eyed and continued to look at everyone as we left; he also came out with a mo hawk and has thus worn one every day he has been alive. I can already tell he is going to be a Ladies man.

In other news, I have been thinking a lot lately about a lot of things. One of those things of course has to do with boys. Who would have guessed?! I have just been trying to figure out this growing up thing. In high school, I was all about not dating unless I really got to know the guy first and if we were friends, but now that I am older and entering into my last year of college, I realize that mind set may not be right any more. I still believe in a lot of it, but is it wrong to date guys without having that strong friendship first? So many questions that come with this next year and I am just not ready for them. I have found I have been super procrastinative lately and it has to do with things I wanted to get done before school starts, but I just don't want to do it. There is just a lot I have to learn this next year.

In regards to my Senior year, I have also been thinking a lot of what the year is going to consist of and I have thought of a few things that would push me out of my comfort zone, but also be things I am interested in.

1.) Singing at chapel. It will happen!

2.) Try out for encore again?

3.) Go Evangelizing. I have always been a critic to evangelism, but after meeting some evangelists at the fair my curiosity has increased and I would like to go and try it out at least once.

4.) Enter into a Karaoke contest. I love singing and karaoke. Why not compete?

5.) Say yes to blind dates or dates. No I am not asked out on dates or blind dates often, but I want to be open-minded to them.

6.) Give a friendship a second chance? This one is way up in the air, but it is something I have been considering.

7.) Get crafty again! I was always wanting to do crafts when I was in school, but now that I actually have time to do them I don't. I blame it on the android.

8.) Be the outgoing person I know I am. Around my friends, I am loud and talk and not weary of what people will think of me, but in the real world I kind of clamp up sometimes. I want to be that outgoing person I know I am without worrying what people will think of me.

9.) Go red for a little bit. This shall happen in October!

And I am sure the list will go on and on.

Health wise...

this week was a slip. With the baby and work and my sleeping schedule off, I did not workout once, nor did I eat as healthy as I should have. Here's to this week and hopeful improvement!



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