aggravation

so there are two reasons for this post..... (1) to update you on the weekend and (2) to vent because I'm pretty aggravated. (PS: Sorry it's a long one....)

this past weekend was our myrtle beach trip. all in all, I'm not even gonna sugar coat it, it was pretty bad. i had a miserable time. the only time I really had fun was when we went to Dick's for lunch on Saturday then spent a few hours on the beach. The reason we went to Myrtle was for my "birthday weekend" but instead it turned into what everyone else wanted to do. That sounds selfish but I feel like I have a right to be since it was supposed to be MY weekend. The condo we rented was really nice though. It was 2 bedrooms, one with a king bed and it's own bathroom and another with 2 queen beds. Then we had another full bathroom plus a kitchen and family room with pull out couch. And our balcony looked right onto the water. It was a gorgeous view.

We left on Friday. Dustin, Eric, and Dave headed down early so they could check into the condo and get everything settled so once everyone else got there, we could just have fun. Jake, Alfie, and I left around 4 that afternoon in one car and Emma and Nikki followed in another. With traffic, it took us about 3.5 hours to make it down there. As soon as we got there, I wanted to head to Broadway at the Beach and eat dinner all together. Emma and Nikki had other plans - they wanted to hit the hot tub and lazy river. So instead of coming to dinner, they stayed behind while the rest of us left. We went to Margarittaville for dinner, which was a very cool place. The food was really good as well. I wanted to hit a club after dinner but because it took everyone so long to get ready to leave for dinner, we didn't get out of the restaurant until after 11 which made it pointless to go. So instead we headed back to the hotel and drank. Dustin and I went for a walk on the beach while everyone else stayed behind because it was "too cold."

Saturday morning, we all were awake by 11 so we got ready and headed to Dick's Last Resort, a restaurant where they treat you very poorly (on purpose). I had heard about it and thought it would be fun to go. We get there and they sit you down at a table. then a guy comes around and ties bibs on you. Since I was the only girl (again), he ripped the center out of mine so my "cleavage" would show lol and then we all got white paper hats that said something crude or funny. The waiter came by and threw our silverware and then pulled my chair (while I was still sitting in it, might I add) all the way across the restaurant to another table all by myself. it was very entertaining lol after lunch we hit the beach for a few hours. The water was pretty cold. I got in up to my knees and after a while my legs went numb so I couldn't feel the cold. That's when I decided to get out. Jake and Eric had tickets to go see a UFC fight in Wilmington that night so they got ready and were about to leave when all the guys informed me they all wanted to go.....meaning I would be there by myself (since again Emma and Nikki had other plans). I was not very happy. So Dustin was nice enough to stay behind with me but then complained the entire time about how he wanted to go. So I finally gave in...took a shower and got ready to go. Then we drove all the way to Wilmington (1 hour and 15 min drive) to find out no one would answer their phone so we didn't know where the heck we were going. so we drove all the way back to Myrtle beach. I was pissed by this time. Then when we get back, we find out that Nikki has decided to leave and go home so Emma, Dustin and I went to Planet Hollywood for dinner which was pretty cool and made me feel a little better. Then the 3 of us decided to go to Kryptonite, a club on Broadway at the beach and were told by the other guys that they would meet us at the club as soon as they got back. Come to find out after we were already at the club that they had just made it back to the condo but didn't want to come to the club. So we left because that's what everyone else wanted to do. By this point, I was so aggravated (because of this and a few other events that happened that I would rather not mention), once we got back to the condo I just went straight to bed.

I woke up everyone at 10am on Sunday because checkout time was 11. We all pitched in to clean the condo up a little and get everything into the cars. We then went to a little Mom&Pop Pancake house for breakfast right by where we were staying. After breakfast, we drove back to the condo and parked in the parking lot because Emma and I wanted to hit the beach for a few more hours before we headed home. The boys stayed behind to talk. About 10 minutes later they came to find us and said they wanted to leave. I really didn't want to but again, I had no choice but to leave with them. So we drove back...while Emma and I were pissedoff. As I said, I wasn't very happy about this weekend.


OK so here comes the second reason for my post. I'm aggravated. frustrated. disappointed. upset. yeah pretty much all of those. And sad part is, it's not even over this weekend. I felt all those emotions on Sunday and Monday about the weekend but I was over it. Now I'm all those emotions over something else. Maybe I'm overreacting.....but my parents really want to meet all my new college friends because I talk about them so much. So they planned an end of year BBQ at the house so they could finally put faces to names. I've told all my friends that were invited about this a week and a half in advance about it. "Don't make plans for May 2 at 4pm because my parents are having a BBQ." and everyone (Emma, Nikki, Annie, Dustin, Eric, Alfie, Elizabeth, and Dan) all said, "Ok, we'll be there!" then today I get a text message from both Nikki and Emma saying they can't go because they have other plans. ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME?! I mean I told them how important this was to me and they still back out?! Am I wrong for being upset?? They've known about it. And I understand things come up (like Annie's dad is gonna be in town, which she didn't know about until a few days ago so she cancelled) but the others just made plans. And my mom wonders why I hang out with guys more often than girls now. It's because I feel like the guys actually give a crap about how I'm feeling. They're coming because they know how important it is to me that my parents meet them. But obviously Emma and Nikki don't. I'm just a little pissed.

But again, if I'm overreacting, please tell me. I mean I'm really aggravated because I feel like they just don't care. But oh well......I guess I realize who my true friends are. oh well. hopefully this weekend turns out better than last weekend. plus, i shouldn't be stressing over this. I have finals to worry about. wish me luck!

some pictures

I just thought I would post some pictures from the birthday festivities :) hope you enjoy!

*easter 2009 with my little sis*

*my birthday toast from the boys*

*the happy birthday pizza crust with cinnamon and honey. yumm!*

*me and my favorite boys*

*pregamin for buckhead*

*the office!*

*bonfire*

*tanning at the beach*

*me and emma gray at the beach!*

*the group at the beach (and my hair freakin out lol)*

running like hell from the haunted house

So as you read in the post below, we all went to a "haunted house" on Saturday night. As luck would have it, Amy was trying to take a picture of me and emma in front of the haunted house when Dustin comes bolting from the house along with Alfie and Lauren screaming "RUNN!" Instead of pushing the picture button, she accidentally pushed the record button. So she recorded all of us running and screaming. Unfortuantley you can't see anything but the audio is pretty hilarious. It seriously sounds like something right out of a horror video. You can't really understand what people are saying but again, it's pretty funny, so I thought I would share it with you guys. Listen carefully and you'll hear some of the girls crying lol Hope you get a good laugh :) i sure did!

birthday week happenings

as always, things that are planned don't always go the way they were planned. but let me just tell you, i had an awesome birthay/birthday week!!

Easter was spent at my uncles which was really enjoyable. He was excited to show off all the work he has done in the house and the food was fantastic. My uncle also surprised me with an amazingly good chocolate cake for my birthday. Driving home, my brother rode with me so we got some sister brother bonding time, which was also nice since I don't get to spend much time with him anymore. I spent the night at home with my family, which I haven't done since Christmas time.

Monday, I slept in a little then went shopping with my mom. We had a good time bonding plus I got some awesome presents lol I finially got a new camera!! I absolutely love it :) and I got a case for it so I don't break this one too lol then we hit the mall and I got a few new tops and a jean skirt. Then we met my family for dinner at Olive Garden. After dinner, we headed home and had some more cake and then I headed back to my apartment.

Tuesday, I had class then tutored Gen for a little bit. After, I had a few errands to run so I did those. By the time I got back, I had to get ready for dinner since people were gonna be showing up soon. A few people met up at my place and we headed over to Mello Mushroom. We had a group of 10 (Elizabeth, Markie, Kelley, Justin, Alfie, Dustin, Eric, Nick, Nikki, and Emma) and it was nice to just have some quailty down time with my friends and enjoy dinner. The food was awesome! and in the middle of dinner Dustin, Alfie, and Eric stood up and made a toast to me and finished it off with a fantastic rendition of "Happy Birthday." I was beat red by the end though lol

The night unfortunately didn't end as well as it started though. When I got home, one of my roommates and I got into a huge argument and I ended up staying at Veronica's for the night because I just couldn't stand being at home anymore. I also had to bring Kobie with me since she complained about her too. I miss her terribly so I will be bringing her back soon...I don't care what my roommate says. I did have a good laugh at Veronica's though, which made me feel a lot better but I dreaded going back the next day.

Wednesday, I went to work then went to dinner at my house with my family. Once I came back to the apartment, I found out my roommates weren't going to be around because they had a game out of town that night. It made me feel a little better so I had some friends come over and we pregamed before heading out to Buckhead for my Wednesday birthday celebration. It was so much fun!! Ihop followed which was yummy, as always.

Thursday, I got to sleep in (yay!) and then Willie came over and brought me shopping for my birthday. I got 3 super cute shirts which I can't wait to wear. Next, I hit the books for some study time. Later that night, Dustin came over and we grabbed dinner and he convinced me to go to the Office with him and Eric. Stupid peer pressure lol but I had an awesome time. I wore one of my new shirts and then Dustin and Eric wore something to match so we walked in looking fantastic ;) lol

I was supposed to work Friday morning but since I ended up not getting in until after 4am, I called in and said I wasn't coming (Sorry V!! lol). Then went to tutor but the kids were in an assembly, so I headed back to my apartment and took a nap lol we decided to postpone our myrtle beach trip to next weekend since a few people couldn't go this weekend. Alfie came over around 6. We went bathing suit shopping since we both needed a new one. Then around 1030, Dustin and 2 of his friends from Wilmington came over and we hit 2 frat parties. They were both decent and fun...but not the best parties I've been to.

I didn't go to bed until around 4am again so I basically slept all day Saturday (I know, it's bad lol) then got up and got ready. Alfie came over around4 and we headed to Dustin's for a little bit. I left and went back to my place to get ready because I agreed to go with Eric to this dinner at the country club. He needed a date so he asked me to go. I think I took a world record shower for me trying to get ready lol Eric came and picked me up and we went to dinner. The food was pretty good and we got free drinks. After dinner we went to my place and I got changed then headed to Dustin's for the bonfire he was having. We made smores and listened to music and then took out the golf cart and went for a joy ride lol then Dustin suggested we take a field trip. He brought us to some haunted house in the middle of no where which was so scary. Taking full advantage of us already being skittish, he had fun scaring the crap out of us. After that, we went to what is known as "acid park" which was also really cool to see. It's this place with a bunch of reflectors everywhere and it has a story to go along with it. Click here to read it. It's pretty interesting. We finally made it back to Dustin's around 4am then headed to bed because we were gonna have an early morning.

At 8:30, I went around and woke everyone up to get ready to go to the beach. we were on the road by 9. I'm such an awesome motivator :) lol so we spent the day in Wilmington. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun. I can't wait for next weekend now!! And this time, I didn't turn into a lobster lol

So it's Monday now and I really hope this week flies by because I'm soo ready for this weekend. It's gonna be so much fun :) it's "dead week" for classes so exams start next week. I'm almost a junior!! Hope everyone has a great week!

20 years old!

i'm officially not a teenager anymore!!

BIG plans

Every other year, my birthday falls on or around Easter. This year, it's the day after, which is a Monday, so that kinda sucks. But I'm looking forward to it. I have some pretty big plans for the next few days. Here's what my next week and a half looks like:

Thursday
My boss got me tickets to the hockey game so Alfie and I are going to cheer on the Canes against the Sabres along with some of my coworkers and their friends. If they win this one, it will be ten straight wins for the Canes!!

Friday
Work, no tutorng this week because the kids are on spring break, then hang out with some friends...maybe go to Dave's 20th birthday party, but that one's still up in the air

Saturday
Drive to Charlotte to spend time with my uncle. The rest of my family will also arrive in Charlotte later in the afternoon. They are driving back from Hilton Head, which is why we aren't all driving together.

Sunday - Easter!
My uncle will be holding his first celebration in his new house! He's so excited to have everyone over for Easter dinner. He invited his neighbors as well as his new girlfriend, so it will be a full house. After we eat, my family is heading back to our house in Cary. I'll be spending the night at the house with my family.

Monday - My Birthday!
By the time I wake up, I will officially be 20 years old! whoop!! This year, I told my parents to not get me any gifts because I would much rather pick them out myself, so I took the day off work and mom is taking me shopping for the day. Then dinner and cake at the house to celebrate with my family. And the birthday week begins.....lol

Tuesday
Dinner with my friends to celebrate my birthday. I think as of right now, we're going to Mellow Mushroom but that could change...just depends on how many people are going and if we can get reservations.

Wednesday
Nothing too special, since Wednesday night we are going to our typical spot: Buckhead. Hopefully more of my friends will come so we can all go and celebrate my birthday there! We get to dress up and dance the night away...one of my favorite things to do :)

Thursday
Day of rest lol it's going to be a busy weekend so I needed to take one night off to do some last minute homework/studying and prepare for the weekend to come....

Friday-Sunday
Work, as usual. Tutor, as usual. Then a few friends and I will be heading to Myrtle Beach!! Instead of having a party (since I can't have one at my apartment anyway because the roommates will be in town), I thought it would be much more fun to head down to the beach and party it up there. We'll probably hit a nightclub or two, and during the day, go to the beach, shop and maybe some other fun things. I've actually never been to Myrtle Beach so I'm pretty excited. We'll be heading back to Raleigh on Sunday, so it's only a short trip, but it should be lots of fun!!

So like I said, I'll be a busy bee for the next few days. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high because whenever I have big plans and I get really excited, they never quite live up to the expectation I built up in my head. So I'm planning on having a good time, and I will definitely report back after to fill you in on all the fun and crazy things that happened.

spontaneous adventure!

college life is all about living it up! so the spontaneous event of this past weekend....trip to wilmington! a few friends stayed over my apartment on friday after a night of drinking. when we woke up on Saturday, I was like..."let's go to the beach" and eric says "OK!" lol so that's exactly what we did. We got a group of people together (Dustin, Jake, Dave, Eric, Alfie, and me) and hit the road. We didn't arrive to Wilmington until around 5pm so we didn't actually see any beach that day....we just went straight to the hotel and then hit the grocery store to stock up on some drinks and munchies. By around 9, we had all gotten cleaned up and we head out to dinner. We went to Sticky Fingers (probably the best rib place EVER!) and then headed downtown. After asking a bunch of people where the best place to go was, we heard that the Rise was a good club. So we head over there but what everyone failed to tell us was that there was a dress code to get in....guys had to have collared shirts and girls couldn't wear flip flops. So that place was out. After wondering around for another half hour, we finally settled on Oliver Twist. It was a small club but a lot of fun - definitely can't compare to the Raleigh clubs though. Raleigh's are way better. The next morning, check out was at 11 so we collected all our stuff, checked out and then hit the beach for a few hours. on our spontaneous trip, we all forgot sunscreen. so we all looked like lobsters after lol but it was well worth it. we had sooo much fun and because of that, I'm sure there will be many more spontaneous beach trips to come.

vicious cycle

i still haven't had much inspiration to write....but i'm forcing myself to because i don't want to completely stop. this blog thing is really therapeutic at times. and i need to keep all my wonderful readers informed (even though i'm sure there aren't that many out there lol). i apologize in advance if my posts lately aren't that entertaining or enjoyable to read.

that being said.....i need your help:
lately (well more like for the past 2 months or so), i have been on the worst sleeping schedule....staying up until 3am, then waking up in time for class around 9 but taking an afternoon nap or in time for work around 11 depending on the day. and because i've been taking naps or sleeping in every day, i can't fall asleep at night. i either toss and turn or i'm just physically not tired. and once i finally get back on track, i mess it up by partying on the weekends and not going to sleep until 4am and sleeping in until noon. or when i really do try, i fall asleep by 9pm but then wake up at 6am the next day and then need a nap by mid-afternoon, which throws my body compltely off again and messes up my attempt. so it's a vicious cycle that i really need to break but just can't seem to do. i've even tried to force myself to not take naps by sitting outside and reading or going into the living room to watch tv and do my homework instead of laying in bed to do these activities. but even that doesn't work because i fall asleep sitting up doing homework in the living room or outside on the porch. ughh what do i do to fix this problem?

any ideas out there?? i really hate this. i know it's bad for me...and it gives me awful dark circles under my eyes, which drive me crazyyyy! so please help!! your advice is much appreciated :)