End of Senior Year:
A semester ago seems like an eternity away. What I remember of this time in my life is...
-Working at Chick-Fil-A and the subsequent life-changing drama that follows from working at that place
-School from 7:15-12. No more, no less. (Okay maybe sometimes less. When I would ditch Marketing for no good reason and Mom would call me in simply because I had been a good kid the rest of high school.) I took Lindsay home. We would laugh a lot. Particularly about my ridiculous inability to drive. Some days I'd go out to lunch with friends. Then, Brit would come over. We would spend the afternoon together watching Numbers, taking Stan on walks, or one or both of us would be working. My favorite part of every day was Sociology. What an experience that class was. Good ol' Mr. Clark.
-Avoidance of homework and all things school-related (except for the vital Calc BC work for hours each night when Brit left at 1 am). Hence flailing grades. But I eventually did the minimal amount of work necessary in order to raise them back to an A.
-180 on Wednesday nights were a highlight of my week. I had the best small group ever.
January:
-My 6th and final Winter Retreat. Senior Dinner that Saturday. Coloring on placemats with my fellow seniors.
-Senior Study at Dan's house was great. He brought a new twist to the new subject each week. The senior events at church were much more defining than those at school.
February:
-Sweethearts Assembly, my last ever.
-Went to Sweethearts dances at 2 different schools, neither of which were my school.
-Lots of hanging out with work friends.
-Going to the Grizzly Rose for line dancing with friends.
-1 year anniversary with Brit. Seems like so much longer.
-Attended my first Scholarship Competition and by some miracle won.
-More Senior Study.
-My 4th and last Glenwood Springs trip with the Kroonenbergs.
March:
-Received my first voicemail with someone screaming unusual insults at me... from one of my bosses.
-A Spring Break comprised of tons of random stuff with Brit like picnics, star-watching, and mountain-trips. Also sledding and chilling.
April:
-Got in my first car accident. Totaled my car. Got blamed for it (even though it wasn't my fault). Urgh.
-More work drama than usual. Gross.
-Columbine's Prom with Brit's friends. The Melting Pot instead of my Prom. Prom=overrated. Both years. But I'm glad I went.
-Found out I won a Heritage scholarship. Decided to jump right on that. LeTourneau here I come.
May:
-Senior Salute Breakfast. It was good to have closure. And cool to have a personal verse given to each of us by Dan.
-Visit from family to see me graduate. (Linnea, Granny, Paps, Kayla, Wayne, Hannah) It was great to have them here for me.
-Graduation aka Gradumagation aka Grajugation. Anticlimactic. And long. Very long.
-Kyle's Continuation from 8th grade. He's all growed up now as we like to say. "Growin like a weed!"
-Senior Awards Night. I won two scholarships and some stuff for my grades.
June:
-Going to court for my ticket. Gross.
-Read the first three Twilight books in succession. And loved them! I got way too emotionally involved though. The second one had a terrible impact on my emotions.
-Visiting Brit at Summit all the way in Mantiou Springs. I had never driven that long before. I survived though.
-I went to see Kaylie, my best friend growing up, for the first time in years on the way back. It was good to see her.
-Cruise with the big family. Great memories. The Virgin Islands are awesome. Cruises with my family are even better. The entertainment on the cruise this year was amazing too.
-Florida after the cruise. Swimming with the manatees with the Neals. I'll remember that forever!
July:
-Going to the Zoo, journeying to find Blue Bell ice cream, long naps, Numbers, dancing, Disney movies, and playing at different parks with Brit.
-4th of July on Lookout Mountain.
-Lots of shopping at Park Meadows.
-Water world with church friends.
-Bekah visited and paid for me to decorate my dorm room as my graduation present. Fun to see her. Fun to shop. Fun to decorate!
August:
-Breaking Dawn release party. Oh yes I went to it. It was ridiculous but I'm amused that I went.
-Turned 18. No smoking or tattoos for me. But I did vote!
-Driving to LeTourneau. All 15 hours. Without being able to stretch my legs unless out of the car. That was interesting.
-Orientation and all that.
-Granny came to see where I was living and drive Mom to airport.
-Adapting to life at college. Meeting tons of new people that I'll know for a long time. Meeting people actually worth being friends with. All great things. Everyone was nice for once. (Except Trevor, ironically enough.)
-Grew closer to God than I've ever been before. Biggest spiritual high ever. Ever since this time I try to get back to the way things were at this point.
September:
-Broke up with Brit.
-Lots of bonding with people.
-My first college crush. Embarrassing.
-Suite D pictures. In a word, awesomeness.
-B-Dubs Thursdays became consistant.
-Loved hanging out with my G1 girls at the 2A football games.
-Played flag football. That was interesting. And absolutely nothing like Powderpuff in high school. Practicing before games was far more fun than the actual playing.
-Ginny Owens and Shawn McDonald concerts in one night. Then our first night adventuring. I learned that sitting around in the dark at a random rest stop/picnic area talking to people I hardly know is fricken awesome. I also learned that I could feel like I knew these same people for months after only a few hours.
-Cornerstones Retreat. Serious bonding time with the honors kids, Karis and Trevor particularly. Some highlights: angrily throwing rocks in the river, hiking all over Arkansas and eating M&Ms and Skittles to sustain me, sleeping in a Ford Focus hatchback with Karis and Megan, taking a nap next to a guy I hardly knew was pretty memorable, and falling asleep in the middle of the road while looking at the stars
October:
-Concert Month. Beginning with getting to go to the Switchfoot Concert in Dallas free. And meeting them!
-Anberlin concert and trip to Dallas two days later. Staying at Trevor's aunt's house. Talking through the AM hours. First of many. Fun weekend.
-Fall Break at home. Weird to be back after so much had changed.
-Goodwill visits.
-High school football game in Tyler.
-Getting to know the rest of my G1 girls better, starting when I agreed to dress up as a Spice Girl. Quite the bonding experience, apparently.
-AG Silver concert on Halloween instead of Clue Party. Totally worth it. But still kinda sad.
November:
-School got really busy. Lots to do, not enough time. More like not enough drive and commitment to schoolwork, actually.
-Preview student, Morgan.
-Getting to know Trevor more than ever.
-Subsequent drama and friendship problems on and off and on again.
-Lots of time spent with different people than usual.
-Kayla got married on Mom and Dad's 25th anniversary. It was emotional. But good to be with the family. The 5 hour drive from Longview turned out to be a really good thing, lots of talking with God.
-Honors party. Sigh.
-Dark Knight on the mall.
-Trevor asked me on our first date.
December:
-Date with Trevor to look at Christmas lights. Then coffee afterwards.
-Goodwill shopping for White Elephant parties.
-2A/G1 Christmas Party and White Elephant.
-"Cohort 8 Christmas party" and White Elephant.
-Lots of studying. But not enough anyway. Total loss of any remaining concentration on school.
-Study Break party at 2A
-Essays, finals, all that.
-Relient K concert with Caleb and Trevor.
-Flying back home.
-Reality check.
-Christmas in Texas. Always good to be back with the family. No Kayla, though (on her honeymoon).
-Bourne Movie Marathon with Kyle for New Years
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