1 more day til move in :)
and I still haven't finished packing or finished my freshman novel!!!!
I have packed basically everything except my clothes...I am trying to narrow down to just the basics since I live so close to campus, but its just so hard!
And now I am getting super nervous about rush!! The first day is a casual meet and greet 30 minutes after move in...all of the info about rush has different things about what to wear...one letter said very casual like shorts, polo and flip flops and another said a skirt or casual sundress for the meet and greet...so I absolutely NO idea what to wear!!
any suggestions would be great! I am wearing Lilly dresses for the other 3 days and I even found a pair of Lilly shoes to match one of my dresses! I will be sure and post pictures of my dorm room and outfits for rush.
And advice about rush/smooth move in would be greatly appreciated :)

Last night one of my good friends came over to spend the night...We went and got dinner and then hit the gym! I wish she were a member at my gym so she could go with me and make me work out!! Gosh it helped so much to have someone with me to push me to do more...i'm pretty competitive, so I kept running until she quit. Well after we left the gym we decided we needed a little reward for working so hard. So ofcourse we headed to WalMart and bought some cookie dough and chocolate ice cream and rented Drillbit Taylor. When we got home we watched Benchwarmers(Not my pick...I didn't think it was very funny) and then we watched the first half of Drillbit Taylor(it was funnier than Benchwarmers, but I would much rather watch 27 dresses or Sweet Home Alabama)...Then we finally went to bed about 2 this morning which wouldn't have been so bad if we didn't have to get up at 6:30!!! She spent the night with me because she had to go train for a job in Cochran where she is going to college and my house is about 45 minutes closer than hers...
so after she left at 7 this morning I got ready and hit the gym! I ran a while longer than I did last night and tried out some more of the weight machines...so hopefully I will get in a routine of going and will be able to keep it up!
I am so excited about tomorrow because I am going to play golf for the first time in a very long time!! I was really good when I played in middle school and the beginning of high school, but then I just was too busy to keep it up. Anyway one of my good guy friends and I had a deal...he would try and teach me how to play tennis, if I would try and teach him how to play golf. Well...the tennis thing didn't work out very well, so let's hope golf works out better!
After we get done with golfing in the morning I am coming home to finish a scrapbook that I am working on for this Board that I am serving on. Then hopefully I can start packing!! I am getting kind of nervous about rush!

yuckkkkk!! the rest of my debutante pictures and graduation pictures finally came in the mail today and let me just say that they are not very flattering AT ALL!! The same lady took them that took my senior pictures (which I absolutely loved), but these did not turn out very well. In response to looking at them my grandmother said "you look like miss piggy!"...it was awful! I know that I am not pencil thin, but I'm certainly not fat either...but I am going to try and get in shape this fall and really watch what I eat so that I don't gain the dreaded "freshman fifteen". Did I mention that no one in my family took any pictures of me at my graduation or the party we had after? My mother is the senior counselor at my high school, so she was on stage passing out diplomas...but my father couldn't remember to snap a single shot??? I mean really?? I am starting to get really bored at home so I think this afternoon I might start cleaning out my room and packing up some things for school. My Daddy called me this morning and told me it siabout this big criminal trial that is going on at our local courthouse (he's an attorney)...in such a small town there aren't many big high profile cases. Anyway my parents think I should go watch since I am planning on going to law school with intentions of being a prosecutor. So tomorrow I will probably head on down to the courthouse and hopefully catch the closing arguments. I participated in Mock Trial all through high school and absolutely loved it....if I had not gone out for the team I would still have no clue what I would want to major in or what career I wanted to pursue.

I was reading my new Teen Vogue and saw this really cool blog that Meghan McCain (John McCain's daughter) has started its http://mccainblogette.com/. It profiles here journey on the campaign trail with her family. I thought it was really cool to see behind the scenes through the eyes of a young person. Politics is something that I have always been passionate about and this is sort of a different angle so y'all should definitely check it out!

Yesterday afternoon I went to visit my grandparents and as soon as I walked through the back door the bottom fell out! I mean it hasn't rained like that all summer!! So my grandmother fixed me a piece of pound cake and a diet coke (a winning combination...somehow I still try to convince myself they cancel each other out) and we watched Oprah. Well about halfway through Oprah I got a text message from one of my friends that said "we are meeting at blackbird if you want to join"...so i thought to myself who is we? and what time? I mean really TR you have got to get on the ball about this sort of thing! so a few minutes later another friend called me asking where I was that they were all at blackbird! By this time the rain has slacked off a little bit, but not enough for my grandmother or mother to feel safe with me driving. I'm an only child...so they are very protective of me. I told them I would be fine so I started out the door. Well, let me just say that I was not looking my loveliest yesterday...I stayed at home all day so I was sporting athletic shorts, a t-shirt, rainbows and my polo hat...I didn't really feel comfortable meeting them looking so awful and obviously neither did my grandmother. She is the perfect Southern Lady and if I can grow up to be half as gracious, hospitable and just plain southern as she is I will be a happy girl! She told me I better go home and put on some more make-up, comb my hair and change clothes...so I did just that! and guess what? since it was raining I got to wear my new rainboots!!!
Well it was kind of a sad time for all of my friends...its probably the last time we will all be together before we leave for college. Two of them are going to Atlanta, one to Athens, I am just moving right down the street and one is a high school senior. Right now I am so ready for college and ready to meet new people, but at the same time I don't want to lose touch with these people that I have grown so close to.
Today I am going to Macon with my grandmother to do a little shopping and then we are headed over to my dermatologist. When we get home Mama and Daddy are coming over to my grandparents house and Grandaddy is making some homemade peach ice cream!!!--one of my favorite things about summer! We finally found some good homegrown georgia peaches so its time to make the best summertime treat ever!
Thats all for now....

I'm still trying to figure this whole blog thing out, but I think it will be a great way to keep track of everything this year! I'm sure I will love looking back to read about my freshman year...
I have exactly 10 days until I move in and right now I'm trying to decide exactly how I am going to be able to fit everything that I need into that tiny dorm room!! The clutter in my extra bedroom is killing me and I want to start organizing and packing,but everytime I mention packing my mama starts crying. Did I mention that I will only be 10 minutes away? Georgia's top liberal arts school just so happens to be in my hometown, so I will be sticking around.
This morning I ran errands for my mama since she had to go back to work and now I'm just sitting around the house catching up on magazines and straightening my room. One of my best friends leaves for school on friday and my other bestie started her senior year of high school today.
I'm going to try and figure out how to make a cute header and switch up some stuff on my blog!
Love,
SWM

"I think that somehow we learn who we really are, and then live with that decision."--Eleanor Roosevelt

1.I am an only child.
2.I try way too hard to achieve perfection in schoolwork, my relationships with others and just life in general.
3.I love to make "to-do" lists and I write everything down in my planner. If I lost it I would have no clue what to do
4.Most people would describe me as a prep, but I prefer southern belle.
5.It really bothers me when people call me rich or snobby, because if you get to know me you realize that I am neither.
6.I can't stand it when I feel like I have hurt someone's feelings or cause trouble for someone else.
7.My favorite colors always have been and always will be pink and green.
8. I rarely go anywhere without a collared shirt .
9. I own enough shoes for everyone in my town!
10.I ALWAYS write thank-you notes, even for little things.
11. My mother is my best friend.
12.I love to read.
13. I refuse to watch movies made from books, if I haven't read the book yet.
14. Nothing is finer than some Good Ole Southern Hospitality .
15. I skipped the second grade.
16. I monogram basically everything I can get my hands on...including my car :)
17. I like to play golf.
18.I try to be an independent woman, but I am by no means a feminist.
19.I don't like making decisions.
20. I actually enjoy writing...even essays for class.
21. My grades are really important to me, but I am not a nerd.
22.My greatest talent is public speaking. I absolutely LOVE it.
23.I hope to study abroad in Spain.
24.I like politics and sometimes I watch C-Span
25.I want to do an internship in D.C. for atleast a semester.
26. I am a sucker for a sweet southern boy with good manners.
27. Volunteering is super important to me.
28.I love hanging out downtown with my friends.
29. Jackie O is my fashion icon. She is timeless and classy.
30. Dr. Seuss and Eleanor Roosevelt are my heroes.
31. I'm kind of obsessed with quotes.
32.My favorite book is Star Girl...even though its a children's book.
33.I am fully convinced that Apples to Apples is the best game every created.
34.I don't like to sweat.
35.My favorite flowers are gerber daisis and tulips.
36. If its polka dotted then I probably own it.
37. I am a firm believer that every girl should own a little black dress.
38.Sometimes I wish I were Holly Golightly or Scarlett O'Hara.
39.I'm still afraid of bad thunderstorms.
40.I have a phobia of drive-thrus.
41.Key-Lime Pie Ice Cream from Brusters is my new favorite
42.I am terrible at math.
43.I will be attending Georgia College & State University. Go Bobcats!!!
44.I was accepted to UGA, Furman University, Mercer University and Georgia College& State University.
45.I am at a point in my life where I don't want to grow up, but at the same time I want to.
46. My grandparents are adorable and some of my favorite people in the whole world.
47. My yorkie Molly just died and she was like a sister to me.
48.I challenge myself way too much.
49. As a high school student I took over a full load at GCSU last semester AND made the Dean's List.
50. I wish that the whole world could be happy.
51.I don't really like meat on my pizza.
52.One of my favorite things to do is shop.
53. I LOVE bargain shopping. It makes me feel so good when I find expensive clothes for really cheap.
54. I have three really tiny closets.
55. My perfect outfit is a Polo or Vineyard Vines oxford and Chino shorts or a pair of jeans.
56. I am forever indebted to my mother for everything that she has ever done for me. She truly is amazing.
57. I like to HOBY-O.
58.I rode a horse for the first time this year.
59. I love to meet new people.
60 I work much better under pressure, but I am not a procrastinator.
61.I own 6 pairs of Sperrys
62. I am a little obsessed with Lilly Pulitzer.
63. Rainbow flip-flops are amazing and "oh-so comfy"
64.My favorite perfume is Betsey Johnson.
65.I don't like confrontations.
66.I love performing and being on stage.
67. I danced for 14 years. Now I really miss it.
68. There are never enough hours in the day.
69. I hate sleeping in. It makes me feel so utterly lazy.
70. New York City is one of my favorite places to visit, but I would never want to live there.
71. I want to live in a historic home.
72.When I grow up, I am going to be the next Nancy Grace.
73. My favorite news channel is CNN.
74.I like to wear hair ribbons and bows.
75.I never go anywhere without my pearls.
76.I am technologically challenged.
77.I don't like myspace...it scares me.
78. I want to become fluent in Spanish.
79. I want to make a difference in the world.
80. My dream job would be working for a Senator or planning events for a huge corporation.
81.I really enjoyed Mock-Trial in High School...It helped me realize that I want to go to Law School.
82.I text way too much.
83. I don't really like to talk on the phone, I would much rather talk in person.
84. My two favorite me are Ben and Jerry....Ice Cream can make all of your problems seem smaller.
85.I wish that I could play piano.
86.My favorite toy growing up was a barbie doll.
87.I love to dress up for no reason.
88. I am pretty much the most unathletic person you will ever meet.
89. I like to eat salads.
90. The beach or the lake are my two favorite places.
91. I miss the simplicity of elementary school.
92. I like to ask questions.
93. I worry way too much.
94. I like mexican food.
95. I love animals and tried to catch a squirrel for a pet when I was little.
96. Sometimes I wish I had an older brother.
97.I love antiques.
98.My favorite thing to do is talk :)
99.I went to a public school.
100. I absolutely LOVE my life and I can't wait to see what the next chapter holds for me!!